23 January 2019
Magnus Carlsen Pulls Ahead at Tata Steel Masters
Maksim Chigaev keeps leading Challengers' tournament.
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In the tenth round of the Tata Steel Masters, Magnus Carlsen outplayed Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniachtchi lost to Jorden Van Foreest, Anish Giri beat Vladimir Fedoseev, Richard Rapport bested Jan-Krzysztof Duda, while Vladimir Kramnik lost to Santosh Vidit. The games Ding Liren - Mamedyarov and Shankland - Radjabov were drawn.
Standings after Round 10:
1. Magnus Carlsen -7
2. Anish Giri - 6.5
3-5. Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren - 6
6-7. Teimour Radjabov, Santosh Vidit - 5
8-11. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vladimir Fedoseev, Samuel Shankland, Richard Rapport - 4.5
12-13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jorden Van Foreest - 4
14. Vladimir Kramnik - 2.5.
January 24 is the tournament's free day.
Round 11 pairings:
Radjabov - Carlsen, Giri - Shankland, Nepomniachtchi - Fedoseev, Kramnik - Van Foreest, Mamedyarov - Vidit, Rapport - Ding Liren, Anand - Duda
Maksim Chigaev maintains leadership at the Tata Steel Challengers with 7.5 points. Andrey Esipenko and Vladislav Kovalev are trailing by half a point.
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