First Round of FIDE Grand Prix Leg Played in Berlin

Alexandr Predke and Nikita Vitiugov began with victories.

The final, third, leg of the FIDE Grand Prix began in Berlin. Sixteen participants were divided into four groups. The round results, standings, and pairings are as follows:

Pool A:

Esipenko - Oparin 1/2-1/2, Aronian - Nakamura 1-0
1. Levon Aronian - 1, 2-3. Andrey Esipenko, Grigoriy Oparin - 0.5, 4. Hikaru Nakamura - 0
Aronian - Oparin, Nakamura - Esipenko

Pool B:

Keymer - Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2, Dubov - Dominguez 0-1
1. Leinier Dominguez - 1, 2-3. Vincent Keymer, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 0.5, 4. Daniil Dubov - 0
Dubov - Mamedyarov, Dominguez - Keymer 

Pool C: 

Shankland - So 1/2-1/2, Predke - Vachier-Lagrave 1-0
1. Alexandr Predke - 1, 2-3. Sam Shankland, Wesley So - 0.5, 4. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 0
Predke - So, Vachier-Lagrave - Shankland

Pool D:

Giri - Yu 1/2-1/2, Vitiugov - Tabatabaei 1-0
1. Nikita Vitiugov - 1, 2-3. Anish Giri, Yu Yangyi - 0.5, 4. Amin Tabatabaei - 0
Vitiugov - Yu, Tabatabaei - Giri.

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