18 January 2018
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Catches Up With the Leaders After Round 5 of Tata Steel Chess
And becomes second in live rating list.
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
On January 17, round 5 of Tata Steel Chess was played in Hilversum.
In the Tata Steel Masters, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Fabiano Caruana, Peter Svidler bested Hou Yifan, while Wesley So outplayed Baskaran Adhiban. The games Carlsen - Kramnik, Jones - Giri, Anand - Wei Yi and Matlakov - Karjakin ended in draws.
Standings after round 5:
1-3. Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 3.5
4-6. Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So - 3
7-11. Sergey Karjakin, Wei Yi, Maxim Matlakov, Gawain Jones, Peter Svidler - 2.5
12. Fabiano Caruana - 1.5
13. Baskaran Adhiban - 1
14. Hou Yifan - 0.5.
January 18 is the tournament's free day.
Round 6 pairings:
Hou Yifan - Karjakin, Caruana - Matlakov, Adhiban - Mamedyarov, Wei Yi - So, Giri - Anand, Kramnik - Jones, Svidler - Carlsen.
Anton Korobov is heading the race in the Tata Steel Challengers with 4,5 points. Santosh Vidit is half a point behind.
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