20 March 2018
Fabiano Caruana Keeps Leading Candidates Tournament After 8 Rounds
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is second, Alexander Grischuk is third.
Photo by Anastasia Karlovich
On Monday, March 19, the eighth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament was played in Berlin. Alexander Grischuk defeated Vladimir Kramnik (both from Russia), the games Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) - Karjakin (Russia), So - Caruana (both from the USA), and Ding Liren (China) - Aronian (Armenia) were drawn.
Standings after round 8:
1. Fabiano Caruana - 5.5
2. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – 5
3. Alexander Grischuk - 4.5
4. Ding Liren – 4
5-6. Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin – 3.5
7-8. Levon Aronian, Wesley So – 3
Round 9 pairings:
Karjakin - Kramnik, So - Grischuk, Caruana - Ding Liren, Aronian - Mamedyarov.
Tournament page
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