Yes, in case you just came out of a cave after a long while, and didn’t know, the World Chess Championship is ongoing. This time without Magnus Carlsen on either side of the board, after he earlier relinquished his title.
See how the win by Ian Nepomniachtchi over Ding Liren unfolded by playing it out below:
If Magnus Carlsen’s decision not to defend his title in 2023 devalues the world crown, well it’s not really his problem. Watch this video:
The first half of the tournament (7 out of 14 rounds) have been played in March last year. It was cut off due to the pandemic. The second half resumes this month, continuing with where the standings were before it was cut off:
Read more here.
Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi won 3 games each and tied for first place in the 9-round London Chess Classic 2017, the last and final leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2017.
| # | Name | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2799 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2729 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2837 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2789 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5 |
| So Wesley | USA | 2788 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | |
| 6 | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2781 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 |
| 7 | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2805 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 |
| 8 | Karjakin Sergey | RUS | 2760 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3.5 |
| 9 | Anand Viswanathan | IND | 2782 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 3 |
| Adams Michael | ENG | 2715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 3 |
They headed to the 4-round 10m+5spm tiebreak matches, and Caruana eventually won with 3 draws and the Game 4 win.
With six rounds down and 3 to go, the defending champion of the Sinquefield Cup 2017 as well as the Grand Chess Tour 2017, Wesley So, finds himself solely at the bottom of the standings as he lost his 6th round game against Levon Aronian. [replay]
The rest of the Round 6 games were draws.
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Replay all Sinquefield Cup 2017 games.
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Magnus Carlsen defeated Wesley So in the fifth round of Sinquefield Cup 2017 to remain within striking distance of the leader, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. [replay]
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Replay all games here.
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Another action-packed Round 2 in Sinquefield Cup 2017 as 60% of the games are once again decisive. The top 3 players in the world in terms of FIDE ratings won their games in this round.
Wesley So bounced back from his Round 1 loss by defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in Round 2. Magnus Carlsen displayed his dominance against his former challenger Sergey Karjakin in the world chess crown. Fabiano Caruana delivered a fine win against Levon Aronian after a rook+bishop vs. rook ending.[replay]
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Thus at the end of Round 2, Carlsen, Caruana and MVL lead the tournament with 1.5 points apiece.
