13 January 2020
Second Round of Tata Steel Chess Tournament Finishes in Wijk aan Zee
Russian grandmasters celebrate first victories.
The second round games of the Tata Steel Tournament were played in Wijk aan Zee on January 12. Vladislav Artemiev defeated Nikita Vitiugov, Daniil Dubov beat Vladislav Kovalev, Wesley So bested Viswanathan Anand, while the games Yu Yangyi - Carlsen, Duda - Firouzja, Giri - Caruana, and Xiong - Van Foreest were drawn.
Standings after Round 2:
1-5. Vladislav Artemiev, Daniil Dubov, Wesley So, Jefferey Xiong, Alireza Firouzja - 1.5
6-10. Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Jorden Van Foreest, Fabiano Caruana, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 1
11-13. Viswanathan Anand, Nikita Vitiugov, Yu Yangyi - 0.5
14. Vladislav Kovalev - 0.
Round 3 pairings:
Firouzja - Artemiev, Van Foreest - Dubov, Vitiugov - So, Carlsen - Xiong, Kovalev - Duda, Anand - Giri, Caruana - Yu Yangyi.
Rauf Mamedov, Pavel Eljanov, Erwin l'Ami, Jan Smeets, and Surya Ganguly are leading the Challengers Tournament with 1.5 points scored.
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