16 June 2017
World Champion Outplayed His Former Challenger in Stavanger
Levon Aronian leads.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
On June 15, the eighth round games of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament were played in Stavanger. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won against Vladimir Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen upset Sergey Karjakin. The games Nakamura - So, Aronian - Anand, Giri - Caruana were drawn. Standings after round 8:
1. Levon Aronian - 5.5
2. Hikaru Nakamura - 5
3. Anish Giri - 4.5
4-5. Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So - 4
6-9. Viaswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana - 3.5
10. Sergey Karjakin - 3.
Round 9 pairings:
Kramnik - Giri, Karjakin - Vachier-Lagrave, Anand - Carlsen, So - Aronian, Caruana -Nakamura.
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