15 January 2018
Anish Giri Takes the Lead in Wijk aan Zee
Two rounds of Tata Steel Chess are played.
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
On January 14, round 2 of Tata Steel Chess was played in Wijk aan Zee.
In Tata Steel Masters, Vladimir Kramnik lost to Anish Giri, Magnus Carlsen defeated Baskaran Adhiban, while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov outplayed Hou Yifan. The games Matlakov - So, Karjakin - Anand, Caruana - Jones, and Wei Yi - Svidler were drawn.
Round 2 pairings:
1. Anish Giri - 2
2-4. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 1.5
5-10. Jawain Jones, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler - 1
11-13. Wei Yi, Maxim Matlakov, Baskaran Adhiban - 0.5
14. Hou Yifan - 0.
Round 3 pairings:
Kramnik - Hou Yifan, Svidler - Giri, Carlsen - Wei Yi, Jones - Adhiban, Anand - Caruana, So - Karjakin, Mamedyarov - Matlakov
Olga Girya, Santosh Vidit and Lucas Van Foreest won their games in round 2 of Tata Steel Challengers. The leaders are Jorden Van Foreest, Dmitry Gordievsky, Santosh Vidit, and Anton Korobov with 1.5/2.
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