3 July 2019
Magnus Carlsen Takes the Sole Lead in Croatia Grand Chess Tour
World champion defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in Round 7.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
In the seventh round of the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour, Magnus Carlsen beat Ian Nepomniachtchi to grab the sole lead in the tournament. The games Anand - Ding Liren, Caruana - Giri, Mamedyarov - Vachier-Lagrave, Karjakin - So, and Nakamura - Aronian were drawn.
Standings after Round 7:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 5
2. Wesley So - 4.5
3-6. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian - 4
7-9. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin - 3
10-12. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura - 2.5.
Round 8 pairings:
Ding Liren - Carlsen, Aronian - Nepomniachtchi, So - Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave - Karjakin, Giri - Mamedyarov, Anand - Caruana.
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