30 January 2021

Anish Giri Maintains Leadership at Tata Steel Masters

The 12th round is completed.

Photo: Official website
Photo: Official website


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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