Fabiano Caruana regained his +3 win-loss margin when he defeated Levon Aronian in the penultimate round of the Candidates Tournament 2018. As a result, he also regained the sole lead leading to the final round. Moreover, this is Aronian’s 6th loss in the tournament.

Meanwhile, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won his Round 13 game against Alexander Grischuk, thus joining Sergey Karjakin in second place. Karjakin drew against Wesley So.

Karjakin and Mamedyarov are still within striking distance of the sole leader, Caruana.

Candidates 2018 Round 13 Results

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Round 13 Standings:
1st Caruana – 8pts;
2nd Mamedyarov, Karjakin – 7.5pts;
4th Ding Liren 7pts;
5th Grischuk 6.5pts;
6th Kramnik 6pts;
7th Wesley So 5.5pts;
8th Aronian 4pts

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Candidates 2018 Final Ranking

Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Caruana Fabiano	USA	2784	9	0	5	57
2	7	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2809	8	1.5	3	54.75
3	2	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2763	8	0.5	4	54.75
4	6	Ding Liren	CHN	2769	7.5	0	1	52.5
5	1	Kramnik Vladimir	RUS	2800	6.5	1	3	41.5
6	8	Grischuk Alexander	RUS	2767	6.5	1	2	44
7	5	So Wesley	USA	2799	6	0	1	40.5
8	3	Aronian Levon	ARM	2794	4.5	0	1	33

Final Round (Round 14) Match-ups

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