24 April 2019
GRENKE Chess Classic Crosses Equator
Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand lead.
Photo: Georgios Souleidis
The fifth round of the GRENKE Chess Classic was played in Karlsruhe on April 24. Vincent Keymer defeated Georg Meier, while the games Svidler - Vallejo Pons, Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian, Anand - Caruana, and Carlsen - Naiditsch were drawn.
Standings after Round 5:
1-2. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand - 3.5
3-6. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Peter Svidler, Fabiano Caruana - 3
7. Arkadij Naiditsch - 2.5
8. Francisco Vallejo Pons - 1.5
9-10. Georg Meier, Vincent Keymer - 1.
April 25 is the tournament's free day. The event moves to Baden-Baden.
Round 6 pairings:
Vallejo Pons - Caruana, Naiditsch - Anand, Meier - Carlsen, Aronian - Keymer, Svidler - Vachier-Lagrave.
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