19 January 2019

Vishy Anand Joins Leaders at Tata Steel Masters

Maksim Chigaev shares first place in Challengers' tournament.

Photo: Alina l'Ami
Photo: Alina l'Ami

In the seventh round of the Tata Steel Masters, Teimour Radjabov defeated Santosh Vidit, Vladimir Kramnik lost to Viswanathan Anand, and Samuel Shankland beat Jorden Van Foreest. The games Giri - Ding Liren, Mamedyarov - Rapport, Fedoseev - Carlsen, and Nepomniachtchi - Duda were drawn. 



Standings after Round 7:

1-5. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Viswanathan Anand - 4.5
6. Teimour Radjabov - 4
7-8. Santosh Vidit, Samuel Shankland - 3.5
9-11. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Richard Rapport - 3
12. Vladimir Fedoseev - 2.3 
13-14. Vladimir Kramnik, Jorden Van Foreest - 2.

Round 8 pairings:

Carlsen - Rapport, Anand - Mamedyarov, Duda - Kramnik, Ding Liren - Nepomniachtchi, Vidit - Giri, Van Foreest - Radjabov, Fedoseev - Shankland

Maksim Chigaev and Vladislav Kovalev are sharing the first place in the Tata Steel Challengers with 5 points. Andrey Esipenko is trailing by half a point.



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