This is one of those positions without much of a chance for either side! We have a long maneuvering game on our hands here.
Balogh aims for a kingside attack, but he doesn't have sufficient material to pursue the black king. Grischuk has it all covered.
Black has achieved a big advantage here, with a dominating central pawn structure, and White's dark-colored bishop stuck lonely on the queenside.
Black has a huge advantage here, as White's bishop is inactive, and he has a dark-square weakness too.
Black has won a pawn too, and is smoothly moving towards converting the position into a win
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
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.