30 June 2019
Ian Nepomniachtchi Maintains Leadership in Croatia Grand Chess Tour
Round 5 games were played in Zagreb.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
In the fifth round of the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour, Ding Liren outplayed Anish Giri, while the games Anand - Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana - So, Mamedyarov - Aronian, Karjakin - Carlsen, and Nakamura - Nepomniachtchi were drawn.
Standings after Round 5:
1. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 4
2-3. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So - 3
4-8. Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin - 2.5
9-11. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura - 2
12. Anish Giri - 1.5
Round 6 pairings:
Ding Liren - Nepomniachtchi, Carlsen - Nakamura, Aronian - Karjakin, So - Mamedyarov, Vachier-Lagrave - Caruana, Giri - Anand.
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