Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Joins Magnus Carlsen in Lead of Tata Steel Masters
Eight rounds are behind.
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In the eighth round of the Tata Steel Masters, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Ansrey Esipenko lost to Anish Giri, Santosh Vidit won against Nils Grandelius, while the games Shankland - Carlsen, Karjakin - Rapport, Caruana - Van Foreest, and Dubov - Duda were drawn.
Standings after Round 8:
1-2. Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 5.5 points
3-4. Anish Giri, Santosh Vidit - 5
5. Richard Rapport - 4.5
6-9. Andrey Esipenko, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Jorden Van Foreest - 4
10-11. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sam Shankland - 3.5
12. Daniil Dubov - 3
13. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa - 2.5
14. Nils Grandelius - 1.5.
The 24th of January is the tournament's second rest day.
Round 9 pairings:
Giri - Shankland, Duda - Esipenko, Van Foreest - Dubov, Grandelius - Caruana, Rapport - Vidit, Praggnanandhaa - Karjakin, and Carlsen - Memdyarov.
Arjun Erigaisi won the sixth game in the Challengers tournament and now has got 7 points. Volodar Murzin has gained 4.5 points, Polina Shuvalova has scored 2.5.
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