Balogh
Grischuk
Balogh
 
Grischuk
 
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
a1
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
1
3
6 turns without comments
4

we have a berlin defense deferred on the board

00:06 d3
4
9
11 turns without comments
10

This is one of those positions without much of a chance for either side! We have a long maneuvering game on our hands here.

00:12 Bb3
10
17
15 turns without comments
18

Balogh aims for a kingside attack, but he doesn't have sufficient material to pursue the black king. Grischuk has it all covered.

00:03 Bg5
18
33
30 turns without comments
33

Black has achieved a big advantage here, with a dominating central pawn structure, and White's dark-colored bishop stuck lonely on the queenside.

00:04 c5
34
37
7 turns without comments
37

Black has a huge advantage here, as White's bishop is inactive, and he has a dark-square weakness too.

00:01 Qf4
38
40
5 turns without comments
40

Black has won a pawn too, and is smoothly moving towards converting the position into a win

03:14 Rxf3
41
47
13 turns without comments
47

All Black's pieces have swarmed forward and made inroads into White's posiiton, and Balogh resigns here.

A smooth win for Grischuk, the quick play specialist. His team KazChess won the round too with a 4-2 margin

00:01 Nf6

For the third round, I will be covering Balogh -Grischuk and Arjun - Nogerbek from Pool D.

Other commentators of TakeTakeTake shall be covering Hong-Nepo, Short-Hikaru from Pool A, and Aronian - Ghasi Turner - Raikatomaharo from Pool B.