Magnus Carlsen Wins Tata Steel Masters in Advance
The final round is ahead.
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In the penultimate 12th round of the Tata Steel Masters, Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana to become the tournament winner in advance since he will get a forfeit win tomorrow. Sergey Karjakin lost to Sam Shankland, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won against Santosh Vidit, while the games Esipenko - Rapport, Giri - Grandelius, and Duda - van Foreest were drawn.
Standings after Round 12:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 8.5 points
2-3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Richard Rapport - 7.5
4. Anish Giri - 7
5. Andrey Esipenko - 6.5
6-9. Sergey Karjakin, Jorden van Foreest, Fabiano Caruana, Santosh Vidit - 6
10-11. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sam Shankland - 5.5
12. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa - 4.5
13. Nils Grandelius - 4
14. Daniil Dubov - 3.5.
Round 13 pairings:
Van Foreest - Shankland, Grandelius - Duda, Rapport - Giri, Praggnanandhaa - Esipenko, Mamedyarov - Caruana, and Karjakin - Vidit.
Arjun Erigaisi won the Challengers tournament with one round to go.
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