Biel Young Grandmasters Update
The Young Grandmasters Tournament at the Biel International Chess Festival is currently ongoing, with five rounds completed out of the scheduled nine.
Italian American Fabiano Caruana leads with a score of 3.5/5 after beating early pacemaker Wesley So.
Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana meet in round five (picture from the tournament's Facebook page)
The current standings in full are:
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2697 | 3½ |
| 2 | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2650 | 3 |
| 3 | So, Wesley | PHI | 2674 | 3 |
| 4 | Rodshtein, Maxim | ISR | 2609 | 3 |
| 5 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2708 | 3 |
| 6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2723 | 2½ |
| 7 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2617 | 2½ |
| 8 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2672 | 2 |
| 9 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2616 | 1½ |
| 10 | Negi, Parimarjan | IND | 2615 | 1 |
All the decisive games from rounds 2-5 are below. Live coverage is available at the official website, where round six is currently underway.
