15 January 2018
Viswanathan Anand Catches Up With the Leader in Wijk aan Zee
Three rounds of Tata Steel Chess are played.
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
On January 15, round 3 of Tata Steel Chess was played in Wijk aan Zee.
In Tata Steel Masters, Viswanathan Anand defeated Fabiano Caruana, while Gawain Jones bested Baskaran Adhiban. The games Kramnik - Hou Yifan, Svidler - Giri, Carlsen - Wei Yi, So - Karjakin, and Mamedyarov - Matlakov were drawn.
Round 3 standings:
1-2. Anish Giri, Viswanathan Anand - 2.5
3-5. Magnus Carlsen, Gawain Jones, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 2
6-9. Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler - 1.5
10-12. Fabiano Caruana, Wei Yi, Maxim Matlakov - 1
13-14. Baskaran Adhiban, Hou Yifan - 0.5.
Round 4 pairings:
Hou Yifan - Matlakov, Karjakin - Mamedyarov, Caruana - So, Adhiban - Anand, Wei Yi - Jones, Giri - Carlsen, Kramnik - Svidler
Santosh Vidit and Anton Korobov are leading the race of Tata Steel Challengers with 2.5 points. Dmitry Gordievsky is trailing by half a point.
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