7 December 2017
Fabiano Caruana Pulls Away in London
By defeating Vishy Anand in round 5 of LCC.
Photo by Lennart Ootes
In round 5 of the London Chess Classic, the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Fabiano Caruana defeated Viswanathan Anand. The games Nepomniachtchi - Karjakin, Aronian - Vachier-Lagrave, Carlsen - So, and Adams - Nakamura were drawn.Standings after round 5:
1. Fabiano Caruana - 3.5
2-8. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Michael Adams, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian - 2.5
9-10. Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand - 2.
December 7 is the tournament’s free day.
Round 6 pairings:
Adams - Nepomniachtchi, Nakamura - Carlsen, So - Aronian, Vachier-Lagrave - Caruana, Anand - Karjakin.
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