Gashimov rd 7: Magnus Carlsen defeated tournament leader Veselin Topalov today, and taking the lead at the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir. Ding Liren moved to plus-one after beating a suffering David Navara.
Gashimov rd 8 pairings: Giri-Carlsen, Mamedyarov-Navara, Ding-Mamedov, Radjabov-Karjakin, Topalov-Wojtaszek. Carlsen leads with 4.5. US ch rd 8: Robson beat Akobian, Lenderman beat Liang. Caruana & Shankland in first place with 5.5 out of 8. In women's ch, Wang leads 7/8.
Gashimov rd 8 pairings: Giri-Carlsen, Mamedyarov-Navara, Ding-Mamedov, Radjabov-Karjakin, Topalov-Wojtaszek. Carlsen leads with 4.5. US ch rd 8: Robson beat Akobian, Lenderman beat Liang. Caruana & Shankland in first place with 5.5 out of 8. In women's ch, Wang leads 7/8.
So vs Caruana has finished in a draw. So's attempt at finding an advantage in the Petroff was swiftly rejected by the young Challenger #USChessChamps
Lenderman's tournament has completely turned around after his crushing loss to Caruana - he's now a dark horse to win the whole event since his last three games aren't the toughest #USChessChamps
The big clash in the Women's section is Wang vs Krush. The result of this one will likely be critical towards the final standings #USChessChamps