4 April 2018

Fabiano Caruana Becomes One of the Leaders of Grenke Chess Classic

Round 4 finishes in Baden-Baden.

Photo by Georgios Souleidis
Photo by Georgios Souleidis

On April 4, the fourth round of Grenke Chess Classic was played in Baden-Baden. Fabiano Caruana defeated Arkadij Naiditsch, while the games Carlsen - Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian - Hou Yifan, Vitiugov - Anand, and Bluebaum - Meier were drawn.



Standings after round 4:

1-3. Nikita Vitiugov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana - 3
4-5. Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian - 2.5
6-7. Viswanathan Anand, Matthias Bluebaum - 1.5
8-10. Hou Yifan, Georg Meier, Arkadij Naiditsch - 1. 

Round 5 pairings:

Meier - Carlsen, Naiditsch - Bluebaum, Anand - Caruana, Hou Yifan - Vitiugov, Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian.

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