10 August 2017
Anand and Aronian Catch Up With the Leader in Saint Louis
Carlsen is half a point behind.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
In round 7 of the 2017 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis Levon Aronian outplayed Hikaru Nakamura, while Viswanathan Anand defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi. The games Vachier-Lagrave - Karjakin, Svidler - Carlsen, and So - Caruana were drawn.Standings after round 7:
1-3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian - 4.5
4. Magnus Carlsen - 4
5-6. Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin - 3.5
7. Peter Svidler - 3
8-10. Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura - 2.5
Round 8 pairings:
Anand - Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian - Svidler, Nepomniachtchi - Carlsen, Caruana - Nakamura, Karjakin - So.
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