10 June 2017

Hikaru Nakamura Strenghtens Leadership in Stavanger

Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian are half a point behind.

Photo: @NorwayChess
Photo: @NorwayChess
On June 10, the fourth round games of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament were played in Stavanger. Hikaru Nakamura won against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian celebrated victory against Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri outplayed Viswanathan Anand. Caruana - Kramnik and So - Karjakin were drawn.

Standings after round 4:

1. Hikaru Nakamura - 3
2-3. Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian - 2.5,
4-7. Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Anish Giri - 2, 
8-9. Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 1.5,
10. Viswanathan Anand - 1.

Round 5 pairings:

Karjakin - Caruana, Anand - So, Carlsen - Giri, Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian, Kramnik - Nakamura.

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