10 December 2017
Ian Nepomniachtchi Catches Up With Fabiano Caruana in London
Three decisive games were played in round 7 of LCC.
Photo by Lennart Ootes
In round 7 of the London Chess Classic, the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Ian Nepomniachtchi outplayed Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen defeated Michael Adams, while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won against Sergey Karjakin. The games Caruana - So and Aronian - Nakamura were drawn.Standings after round 7:
1-2. Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi - 4.5
3-4. Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 4
5-7. Levon Aronian, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura - 3.5
8-10. Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin, Michael Adams - 2.5.
Round 8 pairings:
Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi, Adams - Aronian, Nakamura - Caruana, So - Karjakin, Vachier-Lagrave - Anand.
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