A few upsets in Round 2. Leor Wasserman dropped a key pawn early and could not recover against Mick Liebzeit, who is now 7-0 in the last 3 weeks, including the Yanofsky Memorial.
Peter Magyar defeated Myron Kernetsky, who outrated him by 460 points, while Joshua Huston-Earle upset Bruce Leaden. The winners on Boards 1-6 enter Round 3 tied for first with 2 points.
| Bd | Res | White | Black | Res | |
| 1 | 1 | Samuel Lipnowski (2220) | Theo Wolchock (1938) | 0 | |
| 2 | ½ | Rolando Bince (2000) | Gustavo Melamedoff (2076) | ½ | |
| 3 | 0 | James Atem (1932) | Blair Rutter (2019) | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | Leor Wasserman (2015) | Mick Liebzeit (1833) | 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | John Klokow (1804) | Anthony Boron (2009) | 1 | |
| 6 | 0 | Ken Einarsson (1724) | Isaac Wiebe (1654) | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | Myron Kernetsky (2028) | Peter Magyar (1565) | 1 | |
| 8 | 0 | Jason Evans (1522) | Brock Beach (1727) | 1 | |
| 9 | ½ | John Remillard (1652) | Francis Trueman (1489) | ½ | |
| 10 | 1 | Joshua Huston-Earle (1383) | Bruce Leaden (1576) | 0 | |
| ½ | Rayan Roy (1543) | BYE | |||
| ½ | Dean Kraus (1164) | BYE |