18 January 2019
Four Players Lead at Tata Steel Masters
Six rounds are played in Wijk aan Zee.
Photo: Alina l'Ami
In the sixth round of the Tata Steel Masters, Magnus Carlsen defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda, while Vladimir Fedoseev lost to Jorden Van Foreest. The games Rapport - Kramnik, Anand - Nepomiachtchi, Ding Liren - Radjabov, and Vidit - Shankland were drawn.
Standings after Round 6:
1-4. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri - 4
5-6. Viswanathan Anand, Santosh Vidit - 3.5
7. Teimour Radjabov - 3
8-11. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Samuel Shankland, Richard Rapport - 2.5
12-14. Vladimir Fedoseev, Vladimir Kramnik, Jorden Van Foreest - 2.
Round 7 pairings:
Fedoseev - Carlsen, Shankland - Van Foreest, Radjabov - Vidit, Giri - Ding Liren, Nepomniachtchi - Duda, Kramnik - Anand, Mamedyarov - Rapport
Vladislav Kovalev is leading the Tata Steel Challengers with 4.5 points. Maksim Chigaev is half a point behind, while Andrey Esipenko is trailing by one point.
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