6 August 2017
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Takes the Lead in Saint Louis
4 rounds are played.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
In round 4 of the 2017 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave outplayed Magnus Carlsen in a long and puzzling struggle, while Ian Nepomniachtchi literally smashed Hikaru Nakamura. The games Caruana-Karjakin, Aronian-Anand and Svidler-So were drawn. Standings after round 4:
1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 3
2. Fabiano Caruana - 2.5
3-7. Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Viswanathan Anand - 2 8-10. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura, Peter Svidler - 1.5.
Round 5 pairings:
Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian, Anand - Caruana, So - Carlsen, Karjakin - Nepomniachtchi, Nakamura - Svidler.
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