4 August 2017
Carlsen, Caruana and MVL Lead the Race in Saint Louis
2 rounds are played
In round 2 of the 2017 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis Magnus Carlsen defeated Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana outplayed Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi lost to Wesley So. The games Nakamura - Vachier-Lagrave and Svidler - Anand were drawn.Standings after round 2:
1-3. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 1.5
4-8. Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand - 1
9. Peter Svidler - 0.5
10. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 0.
Round 3 pairings:
Anand - Carlsen, So - Nakamura, Caruana - Nepomniachtchi, Karjakin - Aronian, Vachier—Lagrave - Svidler.
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