19 January 2020
Alireza Firouzja Takes the Lead in Wijk aan Zee
Seven rounds are completed.
The seventh round of the Tata Steel Tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee on January 18. Daniil Dubov lost to Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja defeated Jefferey Xiong, Jorden Van Foreest outplayed Nikita Vitiugov, while the games Anand - Carlsen, Kovalev - Yu Yangyi, Duda - Giri, and Artemiev - So were drawn.
Standings after Round 7:
1. Alireza Firouzja - 5
2-4. Wesley So, Jorden Van Foreest, Fabiano Caruana - 4.5
5-10. Daniil Dubov, Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vladislav Artemiev, Anish Giri - 3.5
11. Jefferey Xiong - 3
12-13. Nikita Vitiugov, Yu Yangyi - 2.5
14. Vladislav Kovalev - 1.5.
Round 8 pairings:
Dubov - So, Giri - Artemiev, Yu Yangyi - Duda, Xiong - Kovalev, Van Foreest - Firouzja, Carlsen - Vitiugov, Caruana - Anand.
Pavel Eljanov is leading the Tata Steel Challengers with 5 points scored.
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