Magnus Carlsen Blunders but Joins Leaders in Wijk aan Zee

Eight rounds of Tata Steel Chess are played.

On January 21, round 8 of Tata Steel Chess was played in Wijk can Zee.

In the main tournament, the leader of the race Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lost to Anish Giri.  Magnus Carlsen blundered a piece in his encounter with Gawain Jones but still managed to win the game to join the leaders. Fabiano Caruana outplayed Hou Yifan. The games Adhiban - Karjakin, Wei Yi - Matlakov, Kramnik - So, and Svidler - Anand were drawn.

Standings after round 8:

1-3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri - 5.5 
4-5. Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So - 5 
6-7. Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin - 4.5 
8-9. Maxim Matlakov, Peter Svidler - 4 
10. Gawain Jones - 3.5 
11-12. Wei Yi, Fabiano Caruana - 3 
13. Baskaran Adhiban - 2 
14. Hou Yifan - 1.

January 22 is the tournament's free day. 

Round 9 pairings:

Jones - Hou Yifan, Anand - Carlsen, So - Svidler, Mamedyarov - Kramnik, Matlakov - Giri, Karjakin - Wei Yi, Caruana - Adhiban.

Anton Korobov, the leader of Tata Steel Challengers, lost to Bassem Amin and is sharing the first place with Santosh Vidit with 6 points. 





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