28 June 2019
Ian Nepomniachtchi Takes the Lead in 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour
The Russian grandmaster defeated Fabiano Caruana.
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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