FIDE Grand Prix Leg: Grigoriy Oparin Takes Lead in Pool A
Four rounds are played in Berlin.
The fourth round of the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix is completed in Berlin. Sixteen participants are divided into four groups. The round results, standings, and pairings are as follows:
Pool A:
Oparin - Esipenko 1-0, Nakamura - Aronian 1-0
1. Grigoriy Oparin - 2,5, 2-3. Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura - 2, 4. Andrey Esipenko - 1.5
Nakamura - Oparin, Aronian - Esipenko
Pool B:
Mamedyarov - Keymer 1-0, Dominguez - Dubov 1/2-1/2
1-2. Leinier Dominguez, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 2.5, 2. Vincent Keymer - 2, 4. Daniil Dubov - 1
Dominguez - Mamedyarov, Dubov - Keymer
Pool C:
So - Shankland 1/2-1/2, Vachier-Lagrave - Predke 1-0
1-4. Alexandr Predke, Sam Shankland, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 2
Vachier-Lagrave - So, Predke - Shankland
Pool D:
Yu - Giri 1/2-1/2, Tabatabaei - Vitiugov 1-0
1-4. Nikita Vitiugov, Anish Giri, Yu Yangyi, Amin Tabatabaei - 2
Tabatabaei - Yu, Vitiugov - Giri.
26 March is a rest day.
