5 April 2018
Grenke Chess Classic: All Round 5 Games Drawn
World champion was close to losing.
Photo by Georgios Souleidis
In round 5 of the Grenke Chess Classic in Baden-Baden, the games Naiditsch - Bluebaum, Anand - Caruana, Hou Yifan - Vitiugov, Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian, and Meier - Carlsen were drawn. In the game Meier - Carlsen, the world champion miraculously escaped a loss.
Standings after round 5:
1-3. Nikita Vitiugov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana - 3.5
4-5. Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian - 3
6-7. Viswanathan Anand, Matthias Bluebaum - 2
8-10. Hou Yifan, Georg Meier, Arkadij Naiditsch - 1.5
Round 6 pairings:
Carlsen - Aronian, Vitiugov - Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana - Hou Yifan, Bluebaum - Anand, Meier - Naiditsch.
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