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Kramnik on Fire in Day 2

Kramnik, Svidler, Tomashevsky and Grischuk through to semifinals, to be played tomorrow on lichess.org

A hugely eventful day for the Play for Russia charity blitz event where Kramnik overtook Grischuk to win the double round-robin overall with a dominating 10.5 / 14, winning five of his seven encounters in today's leg. 

Tomorrow, the four best performers from the double round-robin will play a semi-finals and finals, to find a clear Play for Russia Champion - sticking with the 5 + 2 format they’ve played in so far. 

Just like today and yesterday, WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni and GM Evgenij Miroschnichenko will be providing English commentary of the games, on the Lichess Twitch and YouTube channels tomorrow for day 3. Russian commentary will be provided by MatchTV and broadcast on Russian television. 

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