19 March 2018
Fabiano Caruana Takes the Sole Lead in Berlin
First circle of Candidates Tournament finishes.
Photo by Vladimir Barsky
On Sunday, March 18, the seventh round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament was played in Berlin. Fabiano Caruana (USA) defeated Levon Aronian (Armenia) with Black, Sergey Karjakin (Russia) outplayed Wesley So (USA), while the games Grischuk (Russia) - Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) and Kramnik (Russia) - Ding Liren (China) were drawn.
Standings after round 7 (first circle):
1. Fabiano Caruana - 5,
2. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – 4.5
3-5. Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Ding Liren – 3.5
6. Sergey Karjakin – 3
7-8. Levon Aronian, Wesley So – 2.5
Round 8 pairings:
Grischuk - Kramnik, Mamedyarov - Karjakin, Ding Liren - Aronian, So - Caruana
Tournament page
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