Daniil Dubov smoothly outplayed Magnus Carlsen to finish Day 2 of the FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial ahead of the World Champion. Peter Svidler twisted the knife by brilliantly beating Magnus in the next game and for a while it looked as though Le Quang Liem might add to the Norwegian’s misery, but Magnus found a way to win and ended up only half a point behind. Alexandra Kosteniuk suffered a similar fate in the women’s event as Kateryna Lagno took over at the top, but 5 players are within a point of the lead.
Check out Pascal Charbonneau’s recap of the day’s Steinitz Memorial action:
