Anish Giri Maintains Leadership at Tata Steel Masters
The 12th round is completed.
The penultimate 12th round of the Tata Steel Masters was played in Wijk aan Zee on January 30.
Pentala Harikrishna beat Alexander Donchenko, while the games Vachier-Lagrave - Duda, Esipenko - Van Foreest, Grandelius - Tari, Caruana - Anton, Giri - Firouzja, and Wojtaszek - Carlsen were drawn.
Standings after Round 12:
1. Anish Giri - 8
2-4. Fabiano Caruana, Jorden Van Foreest, Alireza Firouzja - 7.5
5. Andrey Esipenko - 7
6. Magnus Carlsen - 6.5
7-8. Nils Grandelius, Pentala Harikrishna - 6
9. Aryan Tari - 5.5
10-11. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 5
12-13. Radoslaw Wojtaszek, David Anton - 4.5
14. Alexander Donchenko - 3.5.
Round 13 pairings:
Anton - Giri, Firouzja - Wojtaszek, Tari - Caruana, Van Foreest - Grandelius, Donchenko - Esipenko, Duda - Harikrishna, Carlsen - Vachier-Lagrave.
The final round will start at 2 PM (Moscow time).
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