26 August 2019

Sergey Karjakin and Ian Nepomniachtchi Join Leaders at Sinquefield Cup

Round 8 was played in Saint Louis.

Photo: Lennart Ootes
Photo: Lennart Ootes

In the eighth round of the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, Sergey Karjakin defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi bested Levon Aronian, while the games Carlsen - Ding Liren, Nakamura - So, Mamedyarov - Giri, and Caruana - Anand were drawn. 



Standings after Round 8:

1-5. Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi - 4.5
6-8. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 4
9-11. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura - 3.5
12. Levon Aronian - 3.

Round 9 pairings:

Ding Liren - Caruana, Anand - Mamedyarov, So - Nepomniachtchi, Giri - Karjakin, Aronian - Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave - Nakamura.

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