14 June 2017
Levon Aronian Leads the Pack in Stavanger
Vladimir Kramnik outplayed Magnus Carlsen in round 7.
On June 14, the seventh round games of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament were played in Stavanger. Levon Aronian won against Sergey Karjakin, Vladimir Kramnik outplayed Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave lost to Anish Giri. The games So - Caruana and Anand - Nakamura were drawn.Standings after round 7:
1. Levon Aronian - 5
2. Hikaru Nakamura - 4.5
3-4. Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri - 4
5. Wesley So - 3.5
6-8. Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand - 3
9-10. Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 2.5.
Round 8 pairings:
Nakamura - So, Carlsen - Karjakin, Vachier-Lagrave - Kramnik, Aronian - Anand, Giri - Caruana.
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