Wijk aan Zee A 2016

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Carlsen

Carlsen (photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Carlsen, Ding and Caruana lead with 4 out of 6.

Results of the 6th round

Karjakin, S. – Eljanov, P.½-½
Carlsen, M. – Tomashevsky, E.1-0
Adams, M. – Van Wely, L.½-½
Giri, A. – Mamedyarov, S.1-0
Hou, Y. – Wei, Y.½-½
So, W. – Caruana, F.½-½
Ding, L. – Navara, D.½-½

Standings after 6 rounds

1Caruana, F.4.0 / 62787
2Ding, L.4.0 / 62766
3Carlsen, M.4.0 / 62844
4So, W.3.5 / 62773
5Hou, Y.3.5 / 62673
6Eljanov, P.3.5 / 62760
7Giri, A.3.0 / 62798
8Wei, Y.3.0 / 62706
9Karjakin, S.3.0 / 62769
10Navara, D.2.5 / 62730
11Mamedyarov, S.2.5 / 62747
12Tomashevsky, E.2.0 / 62728
13Van Wely, L.2.0 / 62640
14Adams, M.1.5 / 62744

Games of the round

Pairings of the 7th round

Navara, D. – Karjakin, S.
Caruana, F. – Ding, L.
Wei, Y. – So, W.
Mamedyarov, S. – Hou, Y.
Van Wely, L. – Giri, A.
Tomashevsky, E. – Adams, M.
Eljanov, P. – Carlsen, M.

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Weekend Sale

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Wijk aan Zee A 2016

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Ding-Karjakin (Photo by Alina l'Ami)

Ding-Karjakin (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

Ding and Caruana lead with 3.5 points out of 5.

Results of the 5th round

Ding, L. – Karjakin, S.1-0
Navara, D. – So, W.½-½
Caruana, F. – Hou, Y.½-½
Wei, Y. – Giri, A.½-½
Mamedyarov, S. – Adams, M.1-0
Van Wely, L. – Carlsen, M.0-1
Tomashevsky, E. – Eljanov, P.½-½

Standings after 5 rounds

1Caruana, F.3.5 / 52787
2Ding, L.3.5 / 52766
3Hou, Y.3.0 / 52673
4So, W.3.0 / 52773
5Carlsen, M.3.0 / 52844
6Eljanov, P.3.0 / 52760
7Karjakin, S.2.5 / 52769
8Wei, Y.2.5 / 52706
9Mamedyarov, S.2.5 / 52747
10Giri, A.2.0 / 52798
11Tomashevsky, E.2.0 / 52728
12Navara, D.2.0 / 52730
13Van Wely, L.1.5 / 52640
14Adams, M.1.0 / 52744

Games of the round

Pairings of the 6th round

Karjakin, S. – Eljanov, P.
Carlsen, M. – Tomashevsky, E.
Adams, M. – Van Wely, L.
Giri, A. – Mamedyarov, S.
Hou, Y. – Wei, Y.
So, W. – Caruana, F.
Ding, L. – Navara, D.

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