9 April 2018
Fabiano Caruana Wins Grenke Chess Classic
Nikita Vitiugov shares third place.
Photo by Georgios Souleidis
The final round of 9 of Grenke Chess Classic was played in Baden-Baden on April 9. Fabiano Caruana defeated Nikita Vitiugov to take the first place with 6.5 points out of 9. The games Anand - Carlsen, Hou Yifan - Naiditsch, Vachier-Lagrave - Meier, and Aronian - Bluebaum were drawn.
Magnus Carlsen is second with 5.5/9. Nikita Vitiugov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Levon Aronian shared 3-5 places with 5 points.
Final standings:
1. Fabiano Caruana - 6.5
2. Magnus Carlsen - 5.5
3-5. Nikita Vitiugov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian - 5
6. Matthias Bluebaum - 4.5
7-9. Arkadij Naiditsch, Viswanathan Anand, Hou Yifan - 3.5
10. Georg Meier - 3
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