12 December 2017
Fabiano Caruana Defeats Ian Nepomniachtchi on Tie-Break of London Chess Classic
Magnus Carlsen wins Grand Chess Tour 2017.
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Having scored 6 points out of 9, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana had to play a tie-break for the 1st place, according to the Regulations.
Two rapid and the first blitz games ended in a draw, but the second blitz encounter was won by Caruana. Thus the American became the winner of the tournament.
Final standings:
1. Fabiano Caruana - 6
2. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 6
3-5. Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So - 5
6. Hikaru Nakamura - 4.5
7. Levon Aronian - 4
8. Sergey Karjakin - 3.5
9-10. Viswanathan Anand, Michael Adams - 3.
The reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen won the Grand Chess Tour 2017.
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Photos by Lennart Ootes