23 January 2019
Russian Players Gain New Victories in Wijk aan Zee
Round 9 games are played.
Photo: Alina l'Ami
In the ninth round of the Tata Steel Masters, Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Santosh Vidit, while Vladimir Fedoseev outplayed Teimour Radjabov in a drawish endgame. The games Shankland - Carlsen, Giri - Van Foreest, Kramnik - Ding Liren, Mamedyarov - Duda, and Rapport - Anand were drawn.
Standings after Round 9:
1-3. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniachtchi - 6
4-5. Ding Liren, Anish Giri - 5.5
6-8. Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vladimir Fedoseev - 4.5
9-10. Santosh Vidit, Samuel Shankland - 4
11-12. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Richard Rapport - 3.5
13. Jorden Van Foreest - 3
14. Vladimir Kramnik - 2.5.
Round 10 pairings:
Carlsen - Anand, Duda - Rapport, Ding Liren - Mamedyarov, Vidit - Kramnik, Van Foreest - Nepomniachtchi, Fedoseev - Giri, Shankland - Radjabov
Maksim Chigaev is leading the Tata Steel Challengers with 6.5 points. Andrey Esipenko and Vladislav Kovalev are trailing by half a point.
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