20 January 2018
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Takes the Lead in Wijk aan Zee
Six rounds of Tata Steel Chess are played.
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
On January 19, round 6 of Tata Steel Chess was played in Wijk can Zee.
In the Tata Steel Masters, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Baskaran Adhiban, while Wesley So outplayed Wei Yi. The games Hou Yifan - Karjakin, Caruana - Matlakov, Giri - Anand, Kramnik - Jones, and Svidler - Carlsen were drawn.
Standings after round 6:
1. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 4.5
2-4. Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Wesley So - 4
5-6. Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik - 3.5
7-10. Sergey Karjakin, Maxim Matlakov, Gawain Jones, Peter Svidler - 3
11. Wei Yi - 2.5
12. Fabiano Caruana - 2
13-14. Baskaran Adhiban, Hou Yifan - 1.
Round 7 pairings:
Carlsen - Hou Yifan, Jones - Svidler, Anand - Kramnik, So - Giri, Mamedyarov - Wei Yi, Matlakov - Adhiban, Karjakin - Caruana.
Anton Korobov is heading the race in the Tata Steel Challengers with 5,5 points. Santosh Vidit is one point behind.
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