Wijk aan Zee A 2016

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Eljanov-Carlsen, Caruana watching

Eljanov-Carlsen, Caruana watching (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Caruana and Carlsen lead with 5 points out of 7.

Results of the 7th round

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

Standings after 7 rounds

1 Caruana, F. 5.0 / 7 2787
2 Carlsen, M. 5.0 / 7 2844
3 So, W. 4.0 / 7 2773
4 Giri, A. 4.0 / 7 2798
5 Ding, L. 4.0 / 7 2766
6 Hou, Y. 3.5 / 7 2673
7 Wei, Y. 3.5 / 7 2706
8 Karjakin, S. 3.5 / 7 2769
9 Eljanov, P. 3.5 / 7 2760
10 Mamedyarov, S. 3.5 / 7 2747
11 Navara, D. 3.0 / 7 2730
12 Tomashevsky, E. 2.5 / 7 2728
13 Van Wely, L. 2.0 / 7 2640
14 Adams, M. 2.0 / 7 2744

Games of the round

Pairings of the 8th round

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

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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

1 Caruana, F. 4.0 / 6 2787
2 Ding, L. 4.0 / 6 2766
3 Carlsen, M. 4.0 / 6 2844
4 So, W. 3.5 / 6 2773
5 Hou, Y. 3.5 / 6 2673
6 Eljanov, P. 3.5 / 6 2760
7 Giri, A. 3.0 / 6 2798
8 Wei, Y. 3.0 / 6 2706
9 Karjakin, S. 3.0 / 6 2769
10 Navara, D. 2.5 / 6 2730
11 Mamedyarov, S. 2.5 / 6 2747
12 Tomashevsky, E. 2.0 / 6 2728
13 Van Wely, L. 2.0 / 6 2640
14 Adams, M. 1.5 / 6 2744

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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