24 January 2018
Anish Giri Heads the Race in Wijk aan Zee
The leader to face Sergey Karjakin in round 10.
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
In round 9 of the main tournament of Tata Steel Chess, Anish Giri defeated Maxim Matlakov to become the sole leader. The games Jones - Hou Yifan, Anand - Carlsen, So - Svidler, Mamedyarov - Kramnik, Karjakin - Wei Yi, and Caruana - Adhiban were drawn.
Standings after round 9:
1. Anish Giri - 6.5
2-3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen - 6
4-5. Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So - 5.5
6-7. Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin - 5
8. Peter Svidler - 4.5
9-10. Maxim Matlakov, Gawain Jones - 4
11-12. Wei Yi, Fabiano Caruana - 3.5
13. Baskaran Adhiban - 2.5
14. Hou Yifan - 1.5.
The central matches of round 10 are Giri - Karjakin, Kramnik - Matlakov, Svidler - Mamedyarov, Carlsen - So, and Jones - Anand.
Santosh Vidit and Anton Korobov are leading Tata Steel Challengers with 6.5 points our of 9. The Russians Dmitry Gordievsky and Olga Girya have scored 4.5 and 2.5 points respectively.
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