The second round of the 76th edition of Tata Steel Chess 2014 witnessed three wins by Rapport, Giri, and Aronian. Here are all the games of Round 2. You can read a full report on the round at Chess Blog. Boris Gelfand suffered his second loss in as many rounds and Giri checkmated his opponents King in the open at f4. Aronian played a steady game coming out with a plus after the opening.
[...] 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘f6 4.O-O ♘xe4 5.d4 ♘d6 6.♗xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 ♘f5 8.♕xd8+ ♔xd8 9.♖d1+ ♔e8 10.♗f4 ♘e7 11.h3 ♘g6 12.♗h2 ♗e7 13.♘c3 ♗d7 14.♘d4 ♘f8 15.♖d2 h5 16.♖ad1 ♖d8 17.a3 h4 18.♘ce2 c5 19.e6 ♘xe6 20.♘xe6 ♗xe6 21.♗xc7 ♖xd2 22.♖xd2 f6 23.♘f4 ♔f7 24.♘xe6 ♔xe6 25.♔f1 ♖c8 26.♗a5 b6 27.♗c3 b5 28.♖e2+ ♔f7 29.♖d2 ♔e6 30.♖e2+ ♔f7 31.♖d2
[...] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.♗g2 ♗e7 5.♘f3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.♕c2 a6 8.a4 ♗d7 9.♕xc4 ♗c6 10.♗f4 a5 11.♘c3 ♘a6 12.♖ae1 ♗d5 13.♘xd5 exd5 14.♕b5 ♕c8 15.♕b3 ♘b4 16.♘d2 c6 17.e4 dxe4 18.♘xe4 ♘xe4 19.♖xe4 ♕d7 20.♗d2 ♘d5 21.♖e2 ♗f6 22.♗xd5 ♕xd5 23.♕xd5 cxd5 24.♖c1 ♗xd4 25.♗f4 ♖fd8 26.♖c7 b6 27.♖ee7 ♗xb2 28.♖xf7 ♖ac8 29.♖b7 ♖c4 30.♖fc7 ♗d4 31.♗e3 ♖xc7 32.♖xc7 ♗xe3 33.fxe3 d4 34.exd4 ♖xd4 35.♖b7 ♖b4 36.♔g2 h5 37.♔f3 ♔h7 38.h4 ♔g6 39.♖d7 ♔f6 40.♖d6+ ♔f5 41.♖d5+ ♔e6 42.♖g5 ♔f7 43.♖xh5 ♖xa4 44.♖h8 ♖b4 45.♖a8 g5 46.hxg5 ♔g6 47.♖g8+ ♔h5 48.g4+ ♔h4 49.♖g6 a4 50.♖g7 b5 51.♖g8 a3 52.g6 ♔g5 53.g7 ♖b3+ 54.♔e4 ♔g6 55.♖a8 ♔xg7 56.♔f5 ♖f3+ 57.♔e4 ♖c3 58.♔f5 ♖c5+ 59.♔f4 ♖c4+ 60.♔f5 ♖a4
[...] 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3 ♘f6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 ♗b4+ 7.♗d2 ♘xe4 8.♗xb4 ♘xb4 9.♗xf7+ ♔xf7 10.♕b3+ d5 11.♘e5+ ♔e6 12.♕xb4 ♕f8 13.♕xf8 ♖xf8 14.♘c3 c6 15.f3 ♘d6 16.♔f2 ♘f5 17.♖he1 ♔d6 18.♖ad1 g6 19.b4 ♗d7 20.♘a4 b6 21.♖d2 ♖ae8 22.♘c3 ♖e7 23.♖c1 ♗e8 24.♘e2 ♘g7 25.♖e1 ♘e6 26.♘c1 ♖f4 27.♘e2 ♖f5 28.♘c3 ♖f4 29.♘e2 ♖f5 30.♘c3 ♖f4
[...] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.♘b3 ♗e6 8.♗e3 h5 9.♘d5 ♗xd5 10.exd5 ♘bd7 11.♕d2 g6 12.♗e2 ♗g7 13.O-O O-O 14.♖ac1 b6 15.h3 ♖e8 16.g4 hxg4 17.hxg4 ♘h7 18.g5 f5 19.gxf6 ♗xf6 20.♖f2 ♗g5 21.♖g2 ♗xe3+ 22.♕xe3 ♘df8 23.♗d3 ♖a7 24.♖f1 ♖f7 25.♕h6 ♔h8 26.♘d2 ♖f4 27.♖g4 b5 28.♘e4 ♘d7 29.♖xg6 ♖g8 30.♘g5
[...] 1.b3 e5 2.♗b2 ♘c6 3.e3 ♘f6 4.♗b5 ♗d6 5.♘a3 a6 6.♗xc6 dxc6 7.♘c4 ♕e7 8.♘e2 b5 9.♘xd6+ cxd6 10.a4 b4 11.O-O O-O 12.♘g3 ♘d5 13.f4 f6 14.a5 c5 15.fxe5 fxe5 16.♖xf8+ ♕xf8 17.♕e2 ♕e7 18.♕d3 ♗b7 19.♖f1 ♕d7 20.♕c4 ♔h8 21.♕h4 ♕e6 22.♕e4 ♗c6 23.♕f5 ♕e7 24.♘e4 ♖d8 25.h4 ♔g8 26.h5 ♗d7 27.♕f3 ♗b5 28.d3 h6 29.♘g3 ♕e6 30.♘f5 ♘e7 31.♘h4 ♗d7 32.♗c1 ♖e8 33.e4 ♔h7 34.♘f5 ♘xf5 35.exf5 ♕f6 36.♕b7 ♗b5 37.♕e4 d5 38.♕xd5 e4 39.♗f4 exd3 40.cxd3 ♖e2 41.♕f3 ♕d4+ 42.♔h2 ♕xd3 43.♕g4 ♖xg2+ 44.♕xg2 ♕xf1 45.♕g6+ ♔h8 46.♗xh6 ♕f2+ 47.♔h1 ♕e1+ 48.♔h2 ♕e5+ 49.♔h1 gxh6 50.♕xh6+ ♔g8 51.♕g6+ ♕g7 52.♕e6+ ♕f7 53.♕c8+ ♕f8 54.♕e6+ ♕f7 55.♕c8+ ♕e8 56.♕xc5 ♕c6+
[...] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.♕c2 O-O 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.♕xc3 b6 7.♗g5 ♗b7 8.e3 d6 9.f3 h6 10.♗h4 ♘bd7 11.♗d3 c5 12.♘e2 ♖c8 13.♕b3 d5 14.cxd5 ♗xd5 15.♕d1 cxd4 16.♘xd4 ♗c4 17.O-O ♗xd3 18.♕xd3 ♘e5 19.♕e2 ♘g6 20.♗f2 e5 21.♘b5 ♕e7 22.♖fd1 ♖fd8 23.♗e1 ♘d5 24.♘c3 ♘xc3 25.♗xc3 ♖xd1+ 26.♖xd1 ♖d8 27.♖d2 ♖d7 28.♕d1 ♘f8 29.♗b4 ♖xd2 30.♕xd2 ♕d7 31.♗d6 ♘g6 32.♔f2 f6 33.♕d5+ ♔h7 34.♕d3 f5 35.h3 a5 36.a4 ♘h4 37.b3 ♕e6 38.♕d1 ♕g6 39.g3 ♘xf3 40.♔xf3 ♕h5+ 41.g4 ♕xh3+ 42.♔e2 ♕xg4+ 43.♔d2 ♕e4 44.♕c2 ♕g2+ 45.♔c1 ♕g1+ 46.♔b2 e4 47.♕c8 ♕g6 48.♗e5 h5 49.♕d8 ♕g2+ 50.♔a3 ♕g1 51.♕xb6 f4 52.♕b7 fxe3 53.♕xe4+ ♔h8 54.♗d4 ♕c1+ 55.♗b2 ♕c5+ 56.♔a2 ♕g5 57.♗c1 h4 58.♗xe3 ♕h5 59.♗f4 ♕g4 60.♕e3 h3 61.♕g3 ♕e2+ 62.♔a3 ♕e7+ 63.♗d6 ♕d7 64.♗e5 ♔g8 65.♗c3
[...] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 ♘g4 4.♘f3 ♗c5 5.e3 ♘c6 6.♘c3 O-O 7.♗e2 ♘gxe5 8.♘xe5 ♘xe5 9.O-O a5 10.♔h1 d6 11.f4 ♘c6 12.b3 ♖e8 13.♖f3 ♗f5 14.♖g3 ♖e6 15.♗d3 ♗xd3 16.♕xd3 ♘b4 17.♕d2 ♕e7 18.e4 ♕h4 19.♖f3 ♘c2 20.♖b1 ♕e1+ 21.♕xe1 ♘xe1 22.♖g3 ♖g6 23.♘d5 ♖xg3 24.hxg3 c6 25.♗e3 ♘d3 26.♗xc5 cxd5 27.♗xd6 dxe4 28.♔g1 f5 29.♔f1 ♖a6 30.♗c7 ♔f7 31.g4 ♖c6 32.♗xa5 ♖a6 33.♗c3 ♖xa2 34.gxf5 e3 35.g3 ♖c2 36.♗e1 ♔f6 37.g4 h5 38.♗h4+ ♔f7 39.gxh5 ♖h2 40.♗e1 ♔f6 41.♔g1 ♖e2 42.♗c3+ ♔xf5 43.♗xg7 ♔xf4 44.♗h6+ ♔g3 45.♗xe3 ♖xe3 46.♔f1 ♔f4 47.♖a1 ♖f3+ 48.♔g1 ♖g3+ 49.♔f1 ♖f3+ 50.♔g1 ♔g4 51.h6 ♘f4 52.h7 ♖h3 53.♔f2 ♔f5 54.b4 ♘d3+ 55.♔e2 ♔e4 56.♖a8 ♖h2+ 57.♔d1 ♖xh7 58.♔d2 ♘xb4 59.♔c3 ♘c6 60.♖e8+ ♖e7
[...] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 ♗b4+ 4.♘bd2 O-O 5.a3 ♗e7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 ♘fd7 8.♗d3 c5 9.h4 g6 10.h5 cxd4 11.♕c2 ♘c5 12.cxd5 ♘xd3+ 13.♕xd3 ♕xd5 14.♘e4 ♘c6 15.♗h6 ♕a5+ 16.♕d2 ♕xd2+ 17.♔xd2 ♖d8 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.♗g5 h5 20.g4 ♗xg5+ 21.♘fxg5 ♘xe5 22.gxh5 ♘c4+ 23.♔e1 ♗d7 24.b3 ♘a5 25.♖c1 ♗c6 26.hxg6 ♗xe4 27.♘xe4 ♔g7 28.♖c7+ ♔xg6 29.♖g1+ ♔f5 30.f3 e5 31.♖g5+ ♔f4 32.♔f2 ♖f8 33.♖h7
[...] 1.c4 e6 2.♘c3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4 ♗b4 5.e5 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 ♗xc3+ 8.bxc3 ♘c6 9.♘f3 ♘ge7 10.♗e2 O-O 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 h6 13.♗d2 ♗f5 14.♕b3 ♗g4 15.♗c3 ♕d7 16.h3 ♗e6 17.♖fd1 ♘g6 18.♗f1 ♖ac8 19.♖ac1 ♖c7 20.♕b2 ♕e7 21.g3 ♖fc8 22.♔h2 f6 23.exf6 ♕xf6 24.♗g2 ♘ce7 25.♗b4 ♖xc1 26.♖xc1 ♖xc1 27.♕xc1 ♘c6
[...] 1.♘f3 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.♘c3 d5 4.cxd5 ♘xd5 5.d4 ♘xc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.♗f4 ♗g7 8.e3 O-O 9.♗d3 ♘d7 10.O-O ♕a5 11.♕c2 cxd4 12.cxd4 e5 13.♗g3 exd4 14.♘xd4 ♘b6 15.♕c7 ♗xd4 16.exd4 ♗f5 17.♗xf5 ♕xf5 18.♕xb7 ♖fd8 19.♖fd1 ♖d7 20.♕a6 ♕e4 21.♗e5 ♖f8 22.h3 f6 23.♗g3 ♖ff7 24.f3 ♕f5 25.♖ac1 ♔g7 26.♔h2 ♖fe7 27.♖c5 ♘d5 28.♕a5 ♕e6 29.♖e1 ♕f7 30.♖e4 ♘e3 31.♗f2 ♘f5 32.♕d2 ♖e6 33.♖xe6 ♕xe6 34.d5 ♕d6+ 35.♔g1 ♖b7 36.♕e1 ♘e7 37.♖a5 ♘xd5 38.♕d1 ♖d7 39.♖xa7 ♖xa7 40.♗xa7 g5 41.a4 ♕a6 42.♗d4 ♕c4 43.♕a1 ♕c2 44.a5 ♘f4 45.♗f2 ♘e2+ 46.♔h2 ♘f4 47.♕f1 ♘d3 48.♗d4 ♕d2 49.♗g1 ♕f4+ 50.♔h1 ♕c4 51.♕a1 ♕c2 52.♗e3 h6 53.a6 ♕e2 54.♕g1 ♕a2 55.a7 ♘b4 56.♕d1 ♘d5 57.♕d2 ♕a1+ 58.♗g1
[...] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 d5 4.♘c3 ♗e7 5.♗f4 O-O 6.e3 ♘bd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 ♘xd5 9.♘xd5 exd5 10.dxc5 ♘xc5 11.♗e5 ♗f6 12.♗xf6 ♕xf6 13.♕d4 ♕xd4 14.♘xd4 ♗d7 15.f3 ♖fc8 16.♔d2 ♘e6 17.♗d3 ♘xd4 18.exd4 ♔f8 19.♖he1 ♖c6 20.h4 ♖ac8 21.♖e5 ♗e6 22.♖ae1 a5 23.a4 ♖d6 24.b3 h6 25.g4 ♗d7 26.g5 hxg5 27.♖xg5 ♖e8 28.♖eg1 g6 29.h5 gxh5 30.♖xh5 ♔e7 31.♖gg5 ♗c6 32.♔e3 ♖e6+ 33.♔f4 ♖f6+ 34.♖f5 ♖xf5+ 35.♗xf5 ♖g8 36.♗g4 ♖d8 37.♔e5 ♖g8 38.♔f4 ♖d8 39.♖e5+ ♔f8 40.♖h5
[...] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 g6 3.d4 ♗g7 4.dxc5 ♕a5+ 5.c3 ♕xc5 6.♘a3 ♕a5 7.♕d5 ♕xd5 8.exd5 ♘f6 9.d6 e6 10.♘b5 ♘a6 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 b6 13.♗e2 ♗b7 14.O-O ♘c5 15.♘c7 ♘b3 16.♖a3 ♘xc1 17.♖xc1 ♖ab8 18.♘e5 bxa5 19.♖xa5 ♖fd8 20.♖xa7 ♘e4 21.♘c4 ♗d5 22.♘xd5 exd5 23.♗f3 ♘xc3 24.bxc3 dxc4 25.g3 ♖b6 26.♖c7 ♖xd6
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