27 August 2018

Sinquefield Cup: All Games Drawn Again

Fabiano Caruana maintains leadership.

Photo: Lennart Ootes
Photo: Lennart Ootes

A drawish calm continues at the 2018 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis: the games Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian, Nakamura - Karjakin, Mamedyarov - Carlsen, Caruana - Anand, and Grischuk - So were drawn.



Standings after round 8:

1. Fabiano Caruana - 5
2-5. Alexander Grischuk, Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian - 4.5 
6-7. Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 4
8. Wesley So - 3.5
9. Hikaru Nakamura - 3
10. Sergey Karjakin - 2.5

Round 9 pairings:

Karjakin - Vachier-Lagrave, Carlsen - Nakamura, Anand - Mamedyarov, So - Caruana, Aronian - Grischuk.

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