Round 5 of London Chess Classic brings four draws and one win

Round 5 of London Chess Classic brings four draws and one win
December 14, 2016 - 11:53 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Levon Aronian of Armenia and Anish Giri of The Netherlands blitzed out the opening of their game and came to a quick draw in the fifth round of the London Chess Classic.

Round 5 of the tournament brought four draws and one win. The only winner of the round was English player Michael Adams who defeated Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria with an inspired attack.

Wesley So of the United States has cemented his place at the top of the table, Aronian, Fabiano Caruana of the United States, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and American Hikaru Nakamura now share the second to fifth spot, followed by Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand and Giri in the joint sixth spot.

The tournament is the last of the Grand Chess Tour. The winner in London receives $75,000, the overall winner of the Grand Chess Tour receives another $75,000.

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