9 June 2019
Magnus Carlsen Keeps Leading the Race in Stavanger
Five rounds of Altibox Norway Chess are played.
Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess
The fifth round of the Altibox Norway Chess super tournament was played in Stavanger on June 9. The classical games Vachier-Lagrave - Carlsen, So - Anand, Yu Yangyi - Caruana, Ding Liren - Aronian, and Mamedyarov - Grischuk were drawn.
Alexander Grischuk and Yu Yangyi excelled in Armageddon. The games Vachier-Lagrave - Carlsen, So - Anand, and Ding Liren - Aronian ended in draws, which are in favour of Black.
Standings after round 5:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 8
2. Yu Yangyi - 6.5
3-4. Levon Aronian, Wesley So - 6
5-6. Ding Liren, Viswanathan Anand - 5
7. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 4.5
8. Fabiano Caruana - 3.5
9. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 3
10. Alexander Grischuk - 2.5.
Round 6 pairings:
Carlsen - Ding Liren, Anand - Yu Yangyi, Aronian - So, Mamedyarov - Vachier-Lagrave, Grischuk - Caruana
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