23 January 2020
Fabiano Caruana Maintains Leadership in Wijk aan Zee
Magnus Carlsen is half a point behind.
In Round 10 of the Tata Steel Masters Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Fabiano Caruana defeated Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen beat Vladislav Kovalev, while Vladislav Artemiev lost to Jefferey Xiong. The games Dubov - Giri, Yu Yangyi - So, Van Foreest - Duda, and Anand - Vitiugov were drawn.
Standings after Round 10:
1. Fabiano Caruana - 7 points
2. Magnus Carlsen - 6.5
3-4. Wesley So, Jorden Van Foreest - 6
5-6. Alireza Firouzja, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 5.5
7-8. Daniil Dubov, Anish Giri - 5
9-11. Vladislav Artemiev, Jefferey Xiong, Viswanathan Anand - 4.5
12-13. Nikita Vitiugov, Yu Yangyi - 3.5
14. Vladislav Kovalev - 3.
January 23 is a rest day.
Round 11 pairings:
Vitiugov - Dubov, Firouzja - Anand, Kovalev - Caruana, Duda - Carlsen, Artemiev - Van Foreest, So - Xiong, Giri - Yu Yangyi.
David Anton is leading the race at Tata Steel Challengers with 7 points scored.
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