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Candidates Round 2 — Only Human

by scribe | Mar 16, 2013 | current news, people, positions, tournaments

In today’s second round of the Candidates Tournament, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov scored the first two wins (against Gelfand and Ivanchuk, respectively) to move into first place. Magnus Carlsen continued his drawing ways, splitting the point against...

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