28 June 2019

Ian Nepomniachtchi Increases His Lead in 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was outplayed in Round 3.

Photo: Lennart Ootes
Photo: Lennart Ootes

In the third round of the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour, Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, while the games Vachier-Lagrave - Ding Liren, Giri - So, Karjakin - Nakamura, Caruana - Carlsen, and Anand - Aronian were drawn.



Standings after Round 3:

1. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 3
2-3. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So - 2
4-7. Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin - 1.5 
8-12. Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura - 1.

Round 4 pairings:

Ding Liren - Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi - Karjakin, Carlsen - Mamedyarov, Aronian - Caruana,  So - Anand, Vachier-Lagrave - Giri.

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