11 December 2017
Ian Nepomniachtchi Takes the Lead in London
After defeating Magnus Carlsen.
Photo by Lennart Ootes
In round 8 of the London Chess Classic, the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Ian Nepomniachtchi outplayed Magnus Carlsen, while the games Adams - Aronian, Nakamura - Caruana, So - Karjakin, and Vachier-Lagrave - Anand were drawn.Standings after round 8:
1. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 5.5
2. Fabiano Caruana - 5
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 4.5
4-7. Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura - 4
8-10. Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin, Michael Adams - 3.
Round 9 pairings:
Nepomniachtchi - Vachier-Lagrave, Anand - So, Karjakin - Nakamura, Caruana - Adams, Aronian - Carlsen.
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