TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 (5)
Aronian misses chances to beat Grischuk and all games drawn in Candidates Round 5
Mark Crowther - Thursday 15th March 2018
Levon Aronian vs Alexander Grischuk was the most interesting game of the day. Photo © | https://worldchess.com/berlin/
All four games in the fourth round of the FIDE Candidates tournament in Berlin were drawn. Levon Aronian missed several concrete chances after he got the advantage in a King's Indian/Benoni structure. Aronian said he even saw a winning line starting with 28.Rxg4 and acknowledged he should have played 29.Qxc8+ which was his final chance. "I don't understand how I played 29.Qd8+, it's beyond me". Aronian.
Wesley So and Vladimir Kramnik drew a Semi-Slav where black pushed a little bit but the game didn't depart far from equality. Ding Liren and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov drew a Catalan in 31 moves in a position of total equality. Fabiano Caruana gave up equality even earlier in a Catalan against a well prepared Sergey Karjakin.
Round 5 standings: 1st Caruana 3.5pts, 2nd Kramnik 3pts, 3rd Mamedyarov 3pts, 4th Aronian 2.5pts, 5th Grischuk 2.5pts, 6th Ding Liren 2.5pts, 7th Karjakin 1.5pts, 8th Wesley So 1.5pts.
Round 6 pairings 16th March 2pm GMT: Caruana-Grischuk, Wesley So-Aronian, Ding Liren-Karjakin, Mamedyarov-Kramnik
| FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (GER), 10-28 iii 2018 | cat. XXII (2786) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2784 | * | * | 1 | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | 1 | . | 3½ | 2937 |
| 2. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2800 | 0 | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | 3 | 2853 |
| 3. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2809 | ½ | . | . | . | * | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | . | ½ | . | 3 | 2853 |
| 4. | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2769 | ½ | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | . | ½ | . | 2½ | 2790 |
| 5. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2794 | . | . | 0 | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2½ | 2781 |
| 6. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2767 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | . | 1 | . | 2½ | 2785 |
| 7. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2763 | ½ | . | ½ | . | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | . | ½ | . | * | * | . | . | 1½ | 2641 |
| 8. | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2799 | 0 | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | * | * | 1½ | 2636 |
| Round 5 (March 15, 2018) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 31 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Ding, Liren | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ | 31 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 42 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | |
| So, Wesley | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 57 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
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