12 June 2018
Wesley So Leads the Field in Leuven
Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian pursue him.
![Photo by Lennart Ootes](/upload/iblock/16b/16bdc6b4d72fbe0fbd87b73484c81af8.jpg)
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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