Grischuk Extends Lead in Bilbao
On day two of the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, Alexander Grischuk (pictured) extended his lead with a win over Alexei Shirov.
The Russian showed good technique in the endgame, making his outside passed pawn and bishop v knight advantage count.
Lev Aronian also scored an impressive win with the white pieces to make amends for his first-round loss yesterday.Â
By the time Karjakin conceded defeat, Aronian's rooks and bishop had woven a lethal web around Karjakin's king.
Since the tournament is using the unusual 3-1-0 scoring system the results favour Grischuk even more than they would with the traditional scoring method.
After two rounds the leaderboard looks like this:
|  Alexander Grischuk |  6 |
| Â Lev Aronian | Â 3 |
| Â Alexei Shirov | Â 1 |
| Â Sergey Karjakin | Â 1 |
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