Latvian player IM Toms Kantans, managed to beat the top seed in Stockholm Chess Challenge, GM Vladimir Onischuk from Ukraine in round 2 of the competition.
This means that Kantans shares the lead with GM Daniil Lintchevski from Russia. Both have 2 points after the first two games in the tournament. The fact that so few players have maximum score after only 2 rounds will promise one thing: This will be a tough tournament!
Toms’ wife WIM Anna Kantane, Poland, played a fascinating game against Theodor Kenneskog, Sweden. Here you can look at the game with Swedish commentary from the TV host Martin Lokander.
Tournament website/ Standings and statistics
Round 3 pairings:
| Bord | Nr. | Namn | Poäng | Resultat | Poäng | Namn | Nr. | ||
| 1 | 5 | IM | Kantans Toms | 2 | 2 | GM | Lintchevski Daniil | 2 | |
| 2 | 8 | FM | Nilsen Joachim Birger | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Kazakovskiy Valeriy | 11 | |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Onischuk Vlaidimir | 1 | 1½ | GM | Blomqvist Erik | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | 1 | 1 | IM | Nasuta Grzegorz | 7 | |
| 5 | 12 | FM | Rydström Tom | 1 | 1 | IM | Westerberg Jonathan | 6 | |
| 6 | 10 | FM | Mikalsen Erlend | ½ | ½ | FM | Kenneskog Theodor | 9 | |
| 7 | 13 | WIM | Kantane Anna | ½ | ½ | Stefansson Vignir Vatnar | 15 | ||
| 8 | 14 | WIM | Zhou Qiyu | ½ | 0 | Tirelli Mauro | 16 |
