27 April 2019

Magnus Carlsen Maintains Leadership at GRENKE Chess Classic

World champion defeated Levon Aronian in round 7.

Photo: Georgios Souleidis
Photo: Georgios Souleidis

The seventh round of the GRENKE Chess Classic was played in Baden-Baden on April 27. Magnus Carlsen defeated Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana beat Arkadij Naiditsch, Viswanathan Anand lost to Georg Meier, while the games Vachier-Lagrave - Vallejo Pons and Keymer - Svidler were drawn. 



Standings after Round 7:

1. Magnus Carlsen - 5.5
2. Fabiano Caruana - 4.5
3-4. Peter Svidler, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 4
5-7. Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Arkadij Naiditsch - 3.5
8. Francisco Vallejo Pons - 2.5
9-10. Vincent Keymer, Georg Meier - 2.

Round 8 pairings:

Vallejo - Naiditsch, Meier - Caruana, Svidler - Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave - Keymer, Aronian - Anand.

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