2 April 2018
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Joins Nikita Vitiugov in the Lead at Grenke Chess Classic
Three rounds played in Karlsruhe.
Photo by Georgios Souleidis
On April 2, the third round of Grenke Chess Classic was played in Karlsruhe. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave outplayed Hou Yifan, Fabiano Caruana defeated Georg Meier, while the games Bluebaum - Carlsen, Naiditsch - Vitiugov, and Anand - Aronian were drawn.
Standings after round 3:
1-2. Nikita Vitiugov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 2.5
3-5. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian - 2
6-8. Viswanathan Anand, Arkadij Naiditsch, Matthias Bluebaum - 1
9-10. Hou Yifan, Georg Meier - 0.5.
April 3 is the tournament's free day.
Round 4 pairings (will be played in Baden-Baden):
Carlsen - Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian - Hou Yifan, Vitiugov - Anand, Caruana - Naiditsch, Bluebaum - Meier.
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