28 August 2019
Ding Liren Takes Sole Lead at Sinquefield Cup
Decisive round is ahead.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
In the penultimate tenth round of the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, Magnus Carlsen defeated Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi lost to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, while the games Aronian - Ding Liren, Karjakin - Anand, Mamedyarov - Caruana, and Nakamura - Giri were drawn.
Standings after Round 10:
1. Ding Liren - 6
2-5. Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin - 5.5
6-8. Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 5
9-10. Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri - 4.5
11-12. Wesley So, Levon Aronian - 4.
Round 11 pairings:
Ding Liren - Mamedyarov, Vachier-Lagrave - Carlsen, Caruana - Karjakin, Anand - Nakamura, Giri - Nepomniachtchi, So - Aronian.
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