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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 7th round

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Caruana and Aronian lead with 5.5 points.

Results of top 10 boards

GM Grischuk Alexander 2759 4½ ½ – ½ 5 GM Caruana Fabiano 2812
GM Aronian Levon 2758 4½ 1 – 0 5 GM Wang Hao 2726
GM Alekseenko Kirill 2674 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Carlsen Magnus 2876
GM Anton Guijarro David 2674 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732
GM Yu Yangyi 2763 4 ½ – ½ 4½ GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2664
GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2669 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Anand Viswanathan 2765
GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2664 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2760
GM Shirov Alexei 2664 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2748
GM Adhiban B. 2639 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2745
GM Jumabayev Rinat 2630 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Gelfand Boris 2686

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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 6th round

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Wang and Caruana lead with 5 points. Wednesday is a rest day.

Results of top 10 boards

GM Caruana Fabiano 2812 4 1 – 0 4 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2664
GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2664 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2759
GM Wang Hao 2726 4 1 – 0 4 GM McShane Luke J 2682
GM Carlsen Magnus 2876 3½ 1 – 0 4 GM Shirov Alexei 2664
GM Karjakin Sergey 2760 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2669
GM Aronian Levon 2758 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Dreev Aleksey 2662
GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Bluebaum Matthias 2643
GM Gelfand Boris 2686 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Adhiban B. 2639
GM Alekseenko Kirill 2674 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Akopian Vladimir 2638
GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2648 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Anton Guijarro David 2674

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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 5th round

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Seven players lead with 4 points – Wang, Caruana, McShane, Fedoseev, Grischuk, Shirov and Maghsoodloo.

Results of top 10 boards

GM McShane Luke J 2682 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2812
GM Wang Hao 2726 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2664
GM Anton Guijarro David 2674 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Karjakin Sergey 2760
GM Grischuk Alexander 2759 3 1 – 0 3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2670
GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2669 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Aronian Levon 2758
GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2664 3 1 – 0 3 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2748
GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2648
GM Shirov Alexei 2664 3 1 – 0 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2690
GM Dreev Aleksey 2662 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Gelfand Boris 2686
GM Bluebaum Matthias 2643 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2674

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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 4th round

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Four players lead after 4 rounds:

GM Wang Hao CHN 2726 3,5
GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2812 3,5
GM McShane Luke J ENG 2682 3,5
GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2664 3,5

Results of top 10 boards of the 4th round

GM Caruana Fabiano 2812 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Wang Hao 2726
GM Alekseenko Kirill 2674 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2759
GM Cheparinov Ivan 2670 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732
GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2664 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2718
GM Sargissian Gabriel 2690 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2664
GM McShane Luke J 2682 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Adhiban B. 2639
GM Kovalev Vladislav 2661 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2876
GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2658 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Yu Yangyi 2763
GM Karjakin Sergey 2760 2 1 – 0 2 GM Demchenko Anton 2655
GM Aronian Levon 2758 2 1 – 0 2 GM Sevian Samuel 2654
GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2657 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2748

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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 3rd round

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Wang and Caruana lead with 3 points.

Results of top 10 boards

GM Shirov Alexei 2664 2 0 – 1 2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2812
GM Wang Hao 2726 2 1 – 0 2 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2721
GM Adhiban B. 2639 2 ½ – ½ 1½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2748
GM Carlsen Magnus 2876 1½ ½ – ½ 1½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2657
GM Yu Yangyi 2763 1½ ½ – ½ 1½ GM Sarana Alexey 2655
GM Grischuk Alexander 2759 1½ 1 – 0 1½ GM Oparin Grigoriy 2654
GM Artemiev Vladislav 2746 1½ ½ – ½ 1½ GM Melkumyan Hrant 2650
GM Demchenko Anton 2655 1½ ½ – ½ 1½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2745
GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 1½ 1 – 0 1½ GM Motylev Alexander 2651
GM Papaioannou Ioannis 2645 1½ ½ – ½ 1½ GM Svidler Peter 2729

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