27 January 2018

Sergey Karjakin Wins the Russian Derby in Wijk aan Zee

Vishy Anand approaches leaders.

Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
On January 26, round 11 the Tata Steel Chess was played in Wijk aan Zee.   

In the Masters tournament, Viswanathan Anand defeated Hou Yifan, Sergey Karjakin bested Vladimir Kramnik, while Wesley So outplayed Gawain Jones. The games Mamedyarov - Carlsen, Matlakov - Svidler, Caruana - Giri, and Adhiban - We Yi. were drawn. 

Standings after round 11:

1-3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri - 7.5 
4. Viswanathan Anand - 7
5-7. Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So, Sergey Karjakin - 6.5 
8. Peter Svidler - 5 
9-11. Maxim Matlakov, Wei Yi, Fabiano Caruana - 4.5
12. Gawain Jones - 4 
13. Baskaran Adhiban - 3.5 
14. Hou Yifan - 2.

Round 12 pairings:

Hou Yifan - Wei Yi, Giri - Adhiban, Kramnik - Caruana, Svidler - Karjakin, Carlsen - Matlakov, Jones - Mamedyarov, Anand - So



Santosh Vidit and Anton Korobov are leading Tata Steel Challengers with 7.5 points out of 11. The Russians Dmitry Gordievsky and Olga Girya have scored 6 and 3.5 points respectively. 

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