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Topalov may agree with you - he criticised 28 ..b6 TWIC round 6 report

Caruana - Ding marathon but all games drawn in round 7 chess.com report

Round 8 has Anand v Topalov, they are both +1, with So (+2) white against Caruana (with black v MVL in the last round, so the tournament is still open)

Round 8 (August 13, 2016)
So, Wesley - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 34 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 43 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 87 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Ding, Liren - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 26 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Giri, Anish - Svidler, Peter 0-1 84 E60 King's Indian without Nc3

chess.com report

Round 9

Topalov (4.5) - Aronian (4.5)
Svidler (3) - Anand (4.5)
MVL (4) - So (5)
Caruana (4) - Giri (3)
J'adoubeamura (3.5) - Ding (4)

Not much discussion of this tournament. Some great chess played (among a number of tame draws).

Great result for Wesley So with 5.5/9. Four players finishing joint second with 5/9.
Giri the big loser, unable to win a game, finishing bottom with three losses and 6 draws.
Giri used to be so hard to beat, what has happened?

He certainly seems to be going through a bit of a post-Candidates slump. But these mini-crises can sometimes do good in the longer run.

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Not much discussion of this tournament. Some great chess played (among a number of tame draws).

Been busy, had an exam this afternoon, back to normal now

I gather that Mickey Adams was confirmed as the wildcard for the London Chess Classic

Mick Norris wrote:I gather that Mickey Adams was confirmed as the wildcard for the London Chess Classic

That is correct. A press release has now been issued.