12 June 2018
Wesley So Leads the Field in Leuven
Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian pursue him.
Photo by Lennart Ootes
On June 12th, the first three rounds of rapid chess of the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour were played in Leuven. A win is worth 2 points, while a draw - 1 point.
Having defeated Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So took the lead with 5 points out of 6. Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian are 1 point behind. The Russian outplayed Alexander Grischuk and made draws with MVL and Hikaru Nakamura. The Armenian grandmaster bested Nakamura and drew with Grischuk and Anand.
Standings after round 3:
1. Wesley So - 5/6
2-3. Sergey Karjakin, Levon Aronian - 4
4-8. Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 3
9-10. Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand - 1.
Rounds 4-6 will be played on June 13th.
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