2 April 2018
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Joins Nikita Vitiugov in the Lead at Grenke Chess Classic
Three rounds played in Karlsruhe.
![Photo by Georgios Souleidis](/upload/iblock/cdb/cdb55349dcfa69cb6906abe739c26d82.jpg)
Photo by Georgios Souleidis
On April 2, the third round of Grenke Chess Classic was played in Karlsruhe. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave outplayed Hou Yifan, Fabiano Caruana defeated Georg Meier, while the games Bluebaum - Carlsen, Naiditsch - Vitiugov, and Anand - Aronian were drawn.
Standings after round 3:
1-2. Nikita Vitiugov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 2.5
3-5. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian - 2
6-8. Viswanathan Anand, Arkadij Naiditsch, Matthias Bluebaum - 1
9-10. Hou Yifan, Georg Meier - 0.5.
April 3 is the tournament's free day.
Round 4 pairings (will be played in Baden-Baden):
Carlsen - Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian - Hou Yifan, Vitiugov - Anand, Caruana - Naiditsch, Bluebaum - Meier.
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