16 January 2019
Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren Lead Tata Steel Masters
Five rounds are played.
The fifth round took place in Alkmaar (Photo: Fiona Steil-Antoni)
In the fifth round of the Tata Steel Masters, Magnus Carlsen celebrated a long-awaited victory in a classical chess having defeated Jorden Van Foreest. Ding Liren beat Samuel Shankland to catch up with the leader. The games Kramnik - Mamedyarov, Fedoseev - Vidit, Nepomniachtchi - Rapport, Giri - Anand, and Radjabov - Duda were drawn.
Standings after Round 5:
1-2. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren - 3.5
3-6. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Santosh Vidit, Anish Giri - 3
7-9. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 2.5
11-12. Samuel Shankland, Richard Rapport, Vladimir Fedoseev - 2
13. Vladimir Kramnik - 1.5
14. Jorden Van Foreest - 1.
January 17 is the tournament's free day.
Round 6 pairings:
Carlsen - Mamedyarov, Rapport - Kramnik, Anand - Nepomiachtchi, Duda - Giri, Ding Liren - Radjabov, Vidit - Shankland, Van Foreest - Fedoseev
Vladislav Kovalev and Anton Korobov are leading the Tata Steel Challengers with 3.5 points. The Russians Andrey Esipenko and Maksim Chigaev are trailing by half a point.
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