22 August 2018

Fabiano Caruana Joins Leaders at Sinquefield Cup

Challenger defeats Hikaru Nakamura in round 4.

Photo: Lennart Ootes
Photo: Lennart Ootes

In round 4 of the 2018 Sinquefield Cup, Fabiano Caruana outplayed Hikaru Nakamura in the key American derby, while the games Mamedyarov - Aronian, Grischuk - Vachier-Lagrave, So - Karjkakin, and Anand - Carlsen were drawn. 



Standings after round 4:

1-5. Alexander Grischuk, Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana - 2.5 
6-7. Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 2
8. Wesley So - 1.5
9-10. Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura - 1 

Round 5 parings:

Aronian - Anand, Carlsen - So, Karjakin - Grischuk, Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura - Mamedyarov

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