20 January 2020
Fabiano Caruana Joins Leader in Wijk aan Zee
Many decisive games were played in Round 8.
In Round 8 of the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Magnus Carlsen celebrated his first victory in the game versus Nikita Vitiugov, Fabiano Caruana bested Viswanathan Anand, Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Yu Yangyi, while Jefferey Xiong lost to Vladislav Kovalev. The games Dubov - So, Giri - Artemiev, and Van Foreest - Firouzja were drawn.
Standings after Round 8:
1-2. Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja - 5.5
3-4. Wesley So, Jorden Van Foreest - 5
5-6. Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 4.5
7-9. Daniil Dubov, Vladislav Artemiev, Anish Giri - 4
10. Viswanathan Anand - 3.5
11. Jefferey Xiong - 3
12-14. Nikita Vitiugov, Yu Yangyi, Vladislav Kovalev - 2.5
January 20 is a rest day.
Round 9 pairings:
Anand - Dubov, Vitiugov - Caruana, Firouzja - Carlsen, Kovalev - Van Foreest, Duda - Xiong, Artemiev - Yu Yangyi, So - Giri.
Pavel Eljanov is leading the Tata Steel Challengers with 5.5 points scored.
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