20 January 2019
Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand Pull Ahead at Tata Steel Masters
Maksim Chigaev leads Challengers' tournament.
Photo: Alina l'Ami
In the eighth round of the Tata Steel Masters, Magnus Carlsen beat Richard Rapport, Viswanathan Anand outplayed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Vladimir Fedoseev bested Samuel Shankland, while Vladimir Kramnik lost to Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The games Ding Liren - Nepomniachtchi, Vidit - Giri, and Van Foreest - Radjabov were drawn.
Standings after Round 8:
1-2. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand- 5.5
3-5. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren, Anish Giri - 5
6. Teimour Radjabov - 4.5
7-8. Santosh Vidit, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 4
9-10. Samuel Shankland, Vladimir Fedoseev - 3.5
11-12. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Richard Rapport - 3
13. Jorden Van Foreest - 2.5
14. Vladimir Kramnik - 2.
January 21 is the tournament's free day.
Round 9 pairings:
Shankland - Carlsen, Radjabov - Fedoseev, Giri - Van Foreest, Nepomniachtchi - Vidit, Kramnik - Ding Liren, Mamedyarov - Duda, Rapport - Anand
Maksim Chigaev is leading the Tata Steel Challengers with 6 points. Andrey Esipenko and Vladislav Kovalev are trailing by half a point.
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