25 January 2019
Anish Giri Catches Up With Magnus Carlsen at Tata Steel Masters
Not without his rival Samuel Shankland's help.
Photo: Alina l'Ami
The 11th round of the Tata Steel Tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee. In the main event, Samuel Shankland's resignation in a drawn position allowed Anish Giri to catch up with Magnus Carlsen, who drew his game with Teimous Radjabov. Vladimir Kramnik scored his first victory in the tournament having outplayed Jorden Van Foreest. Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Vladimir Fedoseev, while Santosh Vidit bested Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The games Rapport - Ding Liren and Anand - Duda were drawn.
Standings after Round 11:
1-2. Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri - 7.5
3. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 7
4-5. Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren - 6.5
6. Santosh Vidit - 6
7. Teimour Radjabov - 5.5
8-9. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Richard Rapport - 5
10-11. Vladimir Fedoseev, Samuel Shankland - 4.5
12-13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jorden Van Foreest - 4
14. Vladimir Kramnik - 3.5.
Round 12 pairings:
Carlsen - Duda, Ding Liren - Anand, Vidit - Rapport, Van Foreest - Mamedyarov, Fedoseev - Kramnik, Shankland - Nepomniachtchi, Radjabov - Giri
Vladislav Kovalev defeated Parham Maghsoodloo to equal with Maksim Chigaev. The leaders have scored 8 points out of 11. Andrey Esipenko is trailing by half a point.
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