20 January 2022

Three Leaders Emerged at Tata Steel Masters

Mamedyarov and Rapport joined Vidit.

Photo: Lennart Ootes / Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022
Photo: Lennart Ootes / Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022


The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022 resumed in Wijk aan Zee after the first rest day.

In the Masters event, Santosh Vidit made a draw against Anish Giri and was caught up with by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who defeated Jorden van Foreest, and Richard Rapport, who outplayed Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. The games Dubov - Shankland, Esipenko - Caruana, Duda - Karjakin, and Grandelius - Carlsen were drawn.

 

 
Standings after Round 5:

1-3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Santosh Vidit, Richard Rapport - 3.5 points
4-5. Andrey Esipenko, Magnus Carlsen - 3
6-8. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Fabiano Caruana, Jorden Van Foreest - 2.5
9-13. Anish Giri, Daniil Dubov, Sam Shankland, Sergey Karjakin, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa - 2
14. Nils Grandelius - 1.

Round 6 pairings:

Shankland - Praggnanandhaa, Carlsen - Rapport, Mamedyarov - Grandelius, Karjakin - Van Foreest, Vidit - Duda, Caruana - Giri, and Dubov - Esipenko
 
Arjun Erigaisi (India) keeps leading the race in the Challengers event with 4.5 points scored. Volodar Murzin has got 3 points, while Polina Shuvalova is half a point behind him.  

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