20 October 2019

Hikaru Nakamura Joins Leaders of FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss

Russian players are in chasing pack.


The ninth round of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss was played in the Isle of Man on October 19.

The fourth leader has appeared: Hikaru Nakamura defeated Vladislav Kovalev to join Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, and David Anton. Caruana drew with Magnus Carlsen, and the game Aronian - Anton also ended peacefully.

11 players, including the Russians Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Grischuk, Nikita Vitiugov, Kirill Alekseenko, Maxim Matlakov, and Aleksandr Rakhmanov, are half a point behind.  



The following leaders' games will be played in Round 10: Caruana - Anton, Nakamura - Aronian, Carlsen - Matlakov, Anand - Wang Hao, Karjakin - Alekseenko, Howell - Grischuk, Vitiugov - Rakhmanov, Le Quang Liem - Maghsoodloo.

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