27 January 2019
Magnus Carlsen Wins Tata Steel Masters
Ian Nepomniachtchi is third.
Photo: Alina l'Ami
In the 13th round of the Tata Steel Masters, Richard Rapport defeated Jorden Van Foreest, Vladimir Kramnik lost to Samuel Shankland, while the games Giri - Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi - Radjabov, Mamedyarov - Fedoseev, Anand - Vidit, and Duda - Ding Liren were drawn.
Having scored 9 points out of 13, Magnus Carlsen (Norway) won the super tournament in Wijk aan Zee for the seventh time. Anish Giri (Netherlands) is second with 8.5 points. Ian Nepomniachtchi (3rd place, Russia), Ding Liren (4th place, China), and Viswanathan Anand (5th place, India) have scored 7.5 points each.
Final standings:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 9
2. Anish Giri - 8.5
3-5. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren, Viswanathan Anand - 7.5
6. Santosh Vidit - 7
7-9. Teimour Radjabov, Samuel Shankland, Richard Rapport - 6.5
10. Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 5.5
11-12. Vladimir Fedoseev, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 5
13-14. Jorden Van Foreest, Vladimir Kramnik - 4.5.
Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus) won the Tata Steel Challengers with 10 points and qualified for the Tata Steel Masters 2020. Andrey Esipenko, Maksim Chigaev (both from Russia), and Benjamin Gledura (Hungary) are 1.5 points behind. Due to his superior tie-break, Esipenko is second, while Gledura is third.
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