It was a peaceful, but by no means uneventful day at FIDE Grand Prix Berlin although all eight games in Round 2 were drawn

The third leg of the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix started with four decisive games and four games ended in a draw

Pool C is the only group where both games had a decisive outcome, while the rest ended in a draw

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess player and current World Champion, is at the bottom of the tournament his company has organized, and he is still the star of the show

The semifinals began punctually with the ceremonial first move by German cabaret artist Matthias Deutschmann on board one...