25 January 2020
Fabiano Caruana Pulls Ahead in Wijk aan Zee
Magnus Carlsen is on the second place.
In Round 11 of the Tata Steel Masters Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Fabiano Caruana outplayed Vladislav Kovalev as Black, Viswanathan Anand defeated Alireza Firouzja, while Vladislav Artemiev won against Jorden Van Foreest. The games Vitiugov - Dubov, Duda - Carlsen, So - Xiong, and Giri - Yu Yangyi were drawn.
Standings after Round 11:
1. Fabiano Caruana - 8 points
2. Magnus Carlsen - 7
3. Wesley So - 6.5
4-5. Jorden Van Foreest, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 6
6-10. Alireza Firouzja, Daniil Dubov, Anish Giri, Vladislav Artemiev, Viswanathan Anand - 5.5
11. Jefferey Xiong - 5
12-13. Nikita Vitiugov, Yu Yangyi - 4
14. Vladislav Kovalev - 3.
Round 12 pairings:
Dubov - Yu Yangzi, Xiong - Giri, Van Foreest - So, Carlsen - Artemiev, Caruana - Duda, Anand - Kovalev, Vitiugov - Firouzja.
David Anton is leading the race at Tata Steel Challengers with 8 points scored.
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