27 August 2019
Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren Share First Place at Sinquefield Cup
Nine rounds completed in Saint Louis.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
In the ninth round of the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Wesley So, Din Liren bested Fabiano Caruana, while the games Anand - Mamedyarov, Giri - Karjakin, Aronian - Carlsen, and Vachier-Lagrave - Nakamura were drawn.
Standings after Round 9:
1-2. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren - 5.5
3-4. Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin - 5
5-7. Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 4.5
8-11. Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura - 4
12. Levon Aronian - 3.5.
Round 10 pairings:
Aronian - Ding Liren, Nepomniachtchi - Vachier-Lagrave, Karjakin - Anand, Mamedyarov - Caruana, Carlsen - So, Nakamura - Giri.
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