Reggio Emilia, Round 2: Morozevich Wins Again
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 10:19PM
Dennis Monokroussos in Alexander Morozevich, Reggio Emilia 2011

Today two of the three games in the 2011/12 edition of Reggio Emilia were drawn, but mighty Alexander Morozevich struck again - and again, with the black pieces, defeating Anish Giri with a brutal attack in the center. He now leads with a 2-0 score - or rather, 6-0, as they seem to be using the 3-1-0 scoring system borrowed from soccer.

Hikaru Nakamura drew Fabiano Caruana; they have 4 points (1.5/2) and 1 point (.5/2), respectively. Vassily Ivanchuk's game with Nikita Vitiugov was also drawn, leaving Ivanchuk with two points thanks to his two draws and Vitiugov, like Caruana and Giri, with a single point based on their one draw.

Today's games, including my notes to Giri-Morozevich (and a bad pun), can be replayed here.

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