1 April 2018
Nikita Vitiugov Leads Grenke Chess Classic With 2/2
Carlsen, Aronian and MVL chase the leader.
![Photo by Georgios Souleidis](/upload/iblock/0c6/0c65ecca92bb8e10762e2d4c0a27c5e1.jpg)
Photo by Georgios Souleidis
On April 1, the second round games of Grenke Chess Classic were played in Karlsruhe. Four encounters out of five ended with decisive results; notably, all the victories were achieved with the white colour. Nikita Vitiugov defeated Georg Meier, Magnus Carlsen outplayed Hou Yifan, Maxim Vachier-Lagrave bested Viswanathan Anand, while Arkadij Naiditsch lost to Levon Aronian. Fabiano Caruana made a draw with Matthias Bluebaum.
Standings after round 2:
1. Nikita Vitiugov - 2
2-4. Magnus Calrsen, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 1.5
5. Fabiano Caruana - 1
6-10. Viswanathan Anand, Arkadij Naiditsch, Hou Yifan, Georg Meier, Matthias Bluebaum - 0.5.
Round 3 pairings:
Bluebaum - Carlsen, Meier - Caruana, Naiditsch - Vitiugov, Anand - Aronian, Hou Yifan - Vachier-Lagrave.
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