9 December 2017
Ian Nepomniachtchi Pursues the Leader in London
The Russian defeats Michael Adams in round 6 of LCC.
Photo by Lennart Ootes
In round 6 of the London Chess Classic, the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Ian Nepomniachtchi outplayed Michael Adams. The games Nakamura - Carlsen, So - Aronian, Vachier-Lagrave - Caruana, and Anand - Karjakin were drawn.Standings after round 6:
1. Fabiano Caruana - 4
2. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 3.5
3-7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian - 3
8-10. Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand, Michael Adams - 2.5.
Round 7 pairings:
Nepomniachtchi - Adams, Karjakin - Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana - So, Aronian - Nakamura, Carlsen - Adams.
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