15 January 2019

Four Rounds of Tata Steel Chess Tournament Played in Wijk aan Zee

Most of the games are drawn.

Photo: Alina l'Ami
Photo: Alina l'Ami

In the fourth round of the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee, Santosh Vidit defeated Jorden Van Foreest, while Anish Giri won his game against Richard Rapport. The games Carlsen - Kramnik, Mamedyarov - Nepomniachtchi, Anand - Radjabov, Duda - Shankland, and Ding Liren - Fedoseev were drawn. 



Standings after Round 4:

1. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 3
2-5. Ding Liren, Viswanathan Anand, Santosh Vidit, Anish Giri - 2.5
6-10. Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Samuel Shankland, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 2
11-12. Richard Rapport, Vladimir Fedoseev - 1.5
13-14. Vladimir Kramnik, Jorden Van Foreest - 1.

Round 5 pairings:

Van Foreest - Carlsen, Kramnik - Mamedyarov, Fedoseev - Vidit, Nepomniachtchi - Rapport, Giri - Anand, Shankland - Ding Liren, Radjabov - Duda. 

Six players, including the Russians Andrey Esipenko and Maksim Chigaev, are leading the Tata Steel Challengers with 2.5 points. 



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