21 January 2018
Magnus Carlsen Blunders but Joins Leaders in Wijk aan Zee
Eight rounds of Tata Steel Chess are played.
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
On January 21, round 8 of Tata Steel Chess was played in Wijk can Zee.
In the main tournament, the leader of the race Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lost to Anish Giri. Magnus Carlsen blundered a piece in his encounter with Gawain Jones but still managed to win the game to join the leaders. Fabiano Caruana outplayed Hou Yifan. The games Adhiban - Karjakin, Wei Yi - Matlakov, Kramnik - So, and Svidler - Anand were drawn.
Standings after round 8:
1-3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri - 5.5
4-5. Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So - 5
6-7. Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin - 4.5
8-9. Maxim Matlakov, Peter Svidler - 4
10. Gawain Jones - 3.5
11-12. Wei Yi, Fabiano Caruana - 3
13. Baskaran Adhiban - 2
14. Hou Yifan - 1.
January 22 is the tournament's free day.
Round 9 pairings:
Jones - Hou Yifan, Anand - Carlsen, So - Svidler, Mamedyarov - Kramnik, Matlakov - Giri, Karjakin - Wei Yi, Caruana - Adhiban.
Anton Korobov, the leader of Tata Steel Challengers, lost to Bassem Amin and is sharing the first place with Santosh Vidit with 6 points.
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