Magnus Carlsen Wins Tata Steel Masters in Advance
The final round is ahead.
In the penultimate 12th round of the Tata Steel Masters, Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana to become the tournament winner in advance since he will get a forfeit win tomorrow. Sergey Karjakin lost to Sam Shankland, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won against Santosh Vidit, while the games Esipenko - Rapport, Giri - Grandelius, and Duda - van Foreest were drawn.
Standings after Round 12:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 8.5 points
2-3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Richard Rapport - 7.5
4. Anish Giri - 7
5. Andrey Esipenko - 6.5
6-9. Sergey Karjakin, Jorden van Foreest, Fabiano Caruana, Santosh Vidit - 6
10-11. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sam Shankland - 5.5
12. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa - 4.5
13. Nils Grandelius - 4
14. Daniil Dubov - 3.5.
Round 13 pairings:
Van Foreest - Shankland, Grandelius - Duda, Rapport - Giri, Praggnanandhaa - Esipenko, Mamedyarov - Caruana, and Karjakin - Vidit.
Arjun Erigaisi won the Challengers tournament with one round to go.
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