Five Rounds Completed at Tata Steel Masters

Nils Grandelius is in the lead again.

The fifth round of the Tata Steel Masters was played in Wijk aan Zee on January 21. Nils Grandelius defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as White in the Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence, one of the most favourite openings of the French grandmaster. The games Caruana - Esipenko, Giri - Harikrishna, Wojtaszek - Duda, Carlsen - Donchenko, Firouzja - Van Foreest, and Anton - Tari were drawn. 

 

 
Standings after Round 5:

1. Nils Grandelius - 3.5
2-5. Pentala Harikrishna, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana - 3
6-9. Jorden Van Foreest, Andrey Esipenko, Alireza Firouzja, Radoslaw Wojtaszek - 2.5
10-13. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Anton, Aryan Tari - 2
14. Alexander Donchenko - 1.5.

Round 5 pairings:

Vachier-Lagrave - Tari, Van Foreest - Anton, Donchenko - Firouzja, Duda - Carlsen, Harikrishna - Wojtaszek, Esipenko - Giri, Grandelius - Caruana 

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