27 August 2018
Sinquefield Cup: All Games Drawn Again
Fabiano Caruana maintains leadership.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
A drawish calm continues at the 2018 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis: the games Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian, Nakamura - Karjakin, Mamedyarov - Carlsen, Caruana - Anand, and Grischuk - So were drawn.
Standings after round 8:
1. Fabiano Caruana - 5
2-5. Alexander Grischuk, Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian - 4.5
6-7. Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 4
8. Wesley So - 3.5
9. Hikaru Nakamura - 3
10. Sergey Karjakin - 2.5
Round 9 pairings:
Karjakin - Vachier-Lagrave, Carlsen - Nakamura, Anand - Mamedyarov, So - Caruana, Aronian - Grischuk.
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