David Howell beat Jorden van Foreest 7-5 in the first round and plays Vidit next in the quarter finalThe Mr Dodgy Invitational 2 takes place online on Chess24 May 12th - 16th 2021. This 16 player KO blitz (5 minutes no increment) tournament has a strong field. Simon Williams, Peter Heine Nielsen, Nils Grandelius, Jorden van Foreest, Daniil Dubov, Vidit Gujrathi, Alexei Shirov, David Howell, Laurent Fressinet, Pepe Cuenca, David Navara, Baadur Jobava, Peter Svidler, Anish Giri, Baskaran Adhiban and Alexander Grischuk. Anish Giri won the event last year.
Daniil Dubov beat Simon Williams 6.5 - 0.5
Navara recovered from a 9 move loss in game 2 to beat Abidhan