28 June 2019

Ian Nepomniachtchi Takes the Lead in 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour

The Russian grandmaster defeated Fabiano Caruana.

Photo: Lennart Ootes
Photo: Lennart Ootes

In the second round of the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour, Ian Nepomniachtchi outplayed Fabiano Caruana to take the sole lead with 2 points. 

The games Ding Liren - Karjakin, Nakamura - Mamedyarov, Carlsen - Anand, Aronian - Giri, and So - Vachier-Lagrave were drawn.



Standings after Round 2:

1. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 2
2-3. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So - 1.5
4-8. Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin - 1 
9-12. Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura - 0.5.

Round 3 pairings:

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

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