Five Rounds Completed at Tata Steel Masters
Nils Grandelius is in the lead again.
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The fifth round of the Tata Steel Masters was played in Wijk aan Zee on January 21. Nils Grandelius defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as White in the Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence, one of the most favourite openings of the French grandmaster. The games Caruana - Esipenko, Giri - Harikrishna, Wojtaszek - Duda, Carlsen - Donchenko, Firouzja - Van Foreest, and Anton - Tari were drawn.
Standings after Round 5:
1. Nils Grandelius - 3.5
2-5. Pentala Harikrishna, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana - 3
6-9. Jorden Van Foreest, Andrey Esipenko, Alireza Firouzja, Radoslaw Wojtaszek - 2.5
10-13. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Anton, Aryan Tari - 2
14. Alexander Donchenko - 1.5.
Round 5 pairings:
Vachier-Lagrave - Tari, Van Foreest - Anton, Donchenko - Firouzja, Duda - Carlsen, Harikrishna - Wojtaszek, Esipenko - Giri, Grandelius - Caruana
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