Azerbaijani grand master Teymur Rajabov will open the 2nd round of the tournament in Linarece with the match against Levon Aronian.
After 3-day respite related to flight from Mexico to Spain chess-players will hold next match on Friday, Trend reports. Rajabov, scored 3.5 points as a result of the 1st half of the start, will try to gain revenge for the lost to the winner of the World Cup at the first round. Nevertheless, it will not be easy, as Aronian has good chances to win.
It should be mentioned that Peter Leko-Fransisco Valyekho, Veselin Topalov-Petr Svidler, Vasiliy Ivanchuk-Ethien Bacro will meet within the 8th round.