26 January 2019
Magnus Carlsen Leads Tata Steel Masters
Decisive round is ahead.
Photo: Alina l'Ami
In 12th round of the Tata Steel Masters, which was started by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, Magnus Carlsen outplayed Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Ian Nepomniachtchi lost to Samuel Shankland, while Vladimir Kramnik defeated Vladimir Fedoseev in the Russian derby. The games Ding Liren - Anand, Vidit - Rapport, Van Foreest - Mamedyarov, and Radjabov - Giri were drawn.
Standings after Round 12:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 8.5
2. Anish Giri - 8
3-5. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren - 7
6. Santosh Vidit - 6.5
7. Teimour Radjabov - 6
8-9. Samuel Shankland, Richard Rapport - 5.5
10. Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 5
11-14. Vladimir Fedoseev, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jorden Van Foreest, Vladimir Kramnik - 4.5.
Round 13 pairings:
Giri - Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi - Radjabov, Kramnik - Shankland, Mamedyarov - Fedoseev, Rapport - Van Foreest, Anand - Vidit, Duda - Ding Liren
Vladislav Kovalev is leading the Tata Steel Challengers with 9 points. The Russians Maksim Chigaev and Andrey Esipenko are trailing by half a point.
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