After the second day of play in the World Rapid Chess Championships in Kazakhstan, Magnus Carlsen has a commanding lead of 1½ points from the world class field.

After 10 of the 15 scheduled rounds Carlsen remains undefeated on 8½ points, securing his place with a victory against his co-leader from yesterday, Sergey Karjakin, in the last round of the day.

A selection of games from day 2 are below.  All the games are available at the official website.

The full current standings are:

#	Name	Nat	Elo	Pts
1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2837	8½
2	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2752	7
3	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2779	7
4	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2726	6
5	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2677	5½
6	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2763	5½
7	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2788	5½
8	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2749	5
9	Kurnosov, Igor	RUS	2663	5
10	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2738	4½
11	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2769	4½
12	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2770	4
13	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	KAZ	2589	4
14	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2732	3
15	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA	2644	3
16	Ismagambetov, Anuar	KAZ	2471	2

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The full results from day 2 (rounds 6-10):

Round 6
Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	Dreev, Aleksey
Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	Morozevich, Alexander
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	Bologan, Viktor
Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	Grischuk, Alexander
Svidler, Peter	½-½	Tkachiev, Vladislav
Kurnosov, Igor	1-0	Gelfand, Boris
Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	Topalov, Veselin
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	1-0	Ismagambetov, Anuar
Round 7
Topalov, Veselin	1-0	Radjabov, Teimour
Dreev, Aleksey	½-½	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas
Gelfand, Boris	½-½	Carlsen, Magnus
Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	Ivanchuk, Vassily
Bologan, Viktor	0-1	Karjakin, Sergey
Tkachiev, Vladislav	½-½	Kurnosov, Igor
Ismagambetov, Anuar	0-1	Svidler, Peter
Round 8
Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	Dreev, Aleksey
Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	Morozevich, Alexander
Svidler, Peter	1-0	Grischuk, Alexander
Kurnosov, Igor	1-0	Ismagambetov, Anuar
Gelfand, Boris	1-0	Tkachiev, Vladislav
Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	Bologan, Viktor
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	1-0	Topalov, Veselin
Round 9
Topalov, Veselin	1-0	Svidler, Peter
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	Karjakin, Sergey
Dreev, Aleksey	1-0	Ivanchuk, Vassily
Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	Kurnosov, Igor
Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas
Bologan, Viktor	1-0	Radjabov, Teimour
Tkachiev, Vladislav	0-1	Carlsen, Magnus
Ismagambetov, Anuar	1-0	Gelfand, Boris
Round 10
Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	Karjakin, Sergey
Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	Dreev, Aleksey
Svidler, Peter	0-1	Morozevich, Alexander
Kurnosov, Igor	0-1	Topalov, Veselin
Gelfand, Boris	½-½	Grischuk, Alexander
Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	0-1	Bologan, Viktor
Tkachiev, Vladislav	0-1	Ismagambetov, Anuar

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The format for the world rapid championship is a 16-player round robin competition at the time control of 15 minutes plus 10 second increment.

The schedule:

Date	Event	Round
5 July	Opening Ceremony
6 July	Rapid Finals	1-5
7 July	Rapid Finals	6-10
8 July	Rapid Finals	11-15
9 July	Blitz Finals	1-15
10 July	Blitz Finals	16-30
11 July	Departure

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The total prize funds are $200,000 for the rapid championships, and another $200,000 for the blitz championship (see distribution below).

Place	Prize
Winner	$40,000
2nd place	$33,000
3rd place	$27,500
4th place	$22,500
5th place	$18,000
6th place	$14,000
7th place	$12,000
8th place	$10,000
9th place	$7,000
10th place	$4,000
11th-16th place	$2,000 each

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Games start each day at 15:00 local time (09:00 UTC) and the live coverage at the official website is available here.

Games via TWIC.