2019 Cup Chronicle Issue 9
The tension is rising, as two players have separated themselves from the pack of leaders. Ding Liren defeated his immediate rival Fabiano Caruana in a well played game and was joined on top of the leaderboard by Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won against Wesley So with the black pieces. The two grandmasters are now half a point ahead of Viswanathan Anand and Sergey Karjakin, both of whom drew their games today. As the tournament enters the penultimate round tomorrow, the pressure is mounting with only two rounds left in the tournament.
