FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 11th round

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Wang Hao and Caruana shared 1st-2nd places with 8 points, but Wang Hao had a better tie-break, so he was declared a winner and got a place in the Candidates!

Results of top 10 boards of the last round

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2745 7 ½ – ½ 7½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2812
GM Aronian Levon 2758 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Carlsen Magnus 2876
GM Alekseenko Kirill 2674 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732
GM Wang Hao 2726 7 1 – 0 7 GM Howell David W L 2694
GM Paravyan David 2602 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Le Quang Liem 2708
GM Anton Guijarro David 2674 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2639
GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2669 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM So Wesley 2767
GM Robson Ray 2670 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Anand Viswanathan 2765
GM Sevian Samuel 2654 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Yu Yangyi 2763
GM Kovalev Vladislav 2661 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Karjakin Sergey 2760

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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 10th round

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Caruana is leading with 7.5 points.

Results of top 10 boards

GM Caruana Fabiano 2812 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Anton Guijarro David 2674
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2745 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Aronian Levon 2758
GM Carlsen Magnus 2876 6 1 – 0 6 GM Matlakov Maxim 2716
GM Anand Viswanathan 2765 6 0 – 1 6 GM Wang Hao 2726
GM Karjakin Sergey 2760 6 0 – 1 6 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2674
GM Howell David W L 2694 6 1 – 0 6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2759
GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 6 1 – 0 6 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2621
GM Le Quang Liem 2708 5½ 1 – 0 6 GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2664
GM So Wesley 2767 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Robson Ray 2670
GM Yu Yangyi 2763 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2669

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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 9th round

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Caruana, Aronian, Anton Guijarro and Nakamura lead with 6.5 points.

Results of top 10 boards

GM Aronian Levon 2758 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Anton Guijarro David 2674
GM Carlsen Magnus 2876 5½ ½ – ½ 6 GM Caruana Fabiano 2812
GM Alekseenko Kirill 2674 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Anand Viswanathan 2765
GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2664 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2760
GM Kovalev Vladislav 2661 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2745
GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Wang Hao 2726
GM Matlakov Maxim 2716 5 1 – 0 5½ GM Gelfand Boris 2686
GM McShane Luke J 2682 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM So Wesley 2767
GM Yu Yangyi 2763 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Adhiban B. 2639
GM Grischuk Alexander 2759 5 1 – 0 5 GM Shirov Alexei 2664

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