23 March 2018

Vladimir Kramnik Celebrates Spectacular Victory in Round 10 of Candidates Tournament

Fabiano Caruana keeps leading.

Photo by Vladimir Barsky
Photo by Vladimir Barsky

On March 22, the tenth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament was played in Berlin. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) won against Levon Aronian (Armenia), while the games Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) - Caruana (China), Grischuk - Karjakin (both from Russia), and Ding Liren (China) - So (USA) were drawn.



Standings after round 10:

1. Fabiano Caruana - 6.5
2. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – 6
3. Alexander Grischuk - 5.5
4-5. Sergey Karjakin, Ding Liren – 5
6. Vladimir Kramnik - 4.5
7. Wesley So - 4
8. Levon Aronian – 3.5

Round 11 pairings: 

Caruana - Kramnik, So - Mamedyarov, Ding Liren - Grischuk, Aronian - Karjakin 

Tournament page

Official website