26 June 2019
2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour Begins in Zagreb
Four games in Round 1 were decisive.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
The first games of the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour were played in Zagreb on June 26.
Magnus Carlsen defeated Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana bested Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi outplayed Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren lost to Wesley So, while the games Mamedyarov - Karjakin and Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian were drawn.
Standings after Round 1:
1-4. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So - 1
5-8. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin - 0.5
9-12. Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura - 0.
Round 2 pairings:
Ding Liren - Karjakin, Nakamura - Mamedyarov, Nepomniachtchi - Caruana, Carlsen - Anand, Aronian - Giri, So - Vachier-Lagrave.
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