15 March 2016

Sergey Karjakin Seized The Lead At The Candidates

He defeated Vishy Anand in the Round 4.

The 4th round of the Candidates tournament in Moscow produced a single decisive game: Sergey Karjakin defeated Vishy Anand. Three other games ended in draws: Nakamura-Giri, Svidler-Aronian, and Caruana-Topalov. 

Standings after four rounds:

Karjakin 3
Aronian 2.5
Anand, Svidler, Caruana, Giri 2
Nakamura 1.5
Topalov 1

Round 5 pairings: Giri-Svidler, Anand-Nakamura, Topalov-Karjakin, Aronian-Caruana.