Magnus Carlsen Joins Leaders in Wijk aan Zee
Sergey Karjakin scored his first victory.
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In the sixth round of the Tata Steel Masters, Magnus Carlsen defeated Richard Rapport, Sergey Karjakin beat Jorden van Foreest, Fabiano Caruana lost to Anish Giri, while the games Shankland - Praggnanandhaa, Mamedyarov - Grandelius, Vidit - Duda, and Dubov - Esipenko were drawn.
Standings after Round 6:
1-3. Magnus Carlsen, Santosh Vidit, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 4 points
4-5. Andrey Esipenko, Richard Rapport - 3.5
6-8. Sergey Karjakin, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Anish Giri - 3
9-13. Sam Shankland, Fabiano Caruana, Daniil Dubov, Jorden Van Foreest, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa - 2.5
14. Nils Grandelius - 1.5.
Round 7 pairings:
Esipenko - Shankland, Giri - Dubov, Duda - Caruana, Van Foreest - Vidit, Grandelius - Karjakin, Rapport - Mamedyarov, Praggnanandhaa - Carlsen
Arjun Erigaisi (India) won the fifth game in a row in the Challengers tournament to gain 5.5 points. Volodar Murzin has got 3.5 points, while Polina Shuvalova has scored 2.5.
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