14 January 2019
Round 2 of Tata Steel Tournament Played in Wijk aan Zee
Ian Nepomniachtchi is among leaders.
A newcomer Jorden Van Foreest scored his first victory (Photo: Alina l'Ami)
In the second round of the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee, Vladimir Kramnik lost to Anish Giri, Jorden Van Foreest outplayed Jan-Krzysztof Duda, while the games Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi, Mamedyarov - Radjabov, Rapport - Shankland, Anand - Fedoseev, and Ding Liren - Vidit were drawn.
Standings after Round 2:
1-2. Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniachtchi - 1.5
3-12. Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Richard Rapport, Samuel Shankland, Vladimir Fedoseev, Santosh Vidit, Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Jorden Van Foreest - 1
13-14. Vladimir Kramnik, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 0.5.
Round 3 pairings:
Vidit - Carlsen, Van Forest - Ding Liren, Fedoseev - Duda, Shankland - Anand, Radjabov - Rapport, Giri - Mamedyarov, Nepomniachtchi - Kramnik.
In the Tata Steel Challengers, the Russians Maksim Chigaev and Andrey Esipenko made draws against Evgeny Bareev, who is representing Canada, and Erwin l'Ami respectively. Maksim Chigaev is sharing the first place with 1.5 points. Esipenko has got 1 point.
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