15 January 2018

Viswanathan Anand Catches Up With the Leader in Wijk aan Zee

Three rounds of Tata Steel Chess are played.

Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website

On January 15, round 3 of Tata Steel Chess was played in Wijk aan Zee. 

In Tata Steel Masters, Viswanathan Anand defeated Fabiano Caruana, while Gawain Jones bested Baskaran Adhiban. The games Kramnik - Hou Yifan, Svidler - Giri, Carlsen - Wei Yi, So - Karjakin, and Mamedyarov - Matlakov were drawn.

Round 3 standings:

1-2. Anish Giri, Viswanathan Anand - 2.5 
3-5. Magnus Carlsen, Gawain Jones, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 2 
6-9. Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler - 1.5 
10-12. Fabiano Caruana, Wei Yi, Maxim Matlakov - 1 
13-14. Baskaran Adhiban, Hou Yifan - 0.5.

Round 4 pairings: 

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

Santosh Vidit and Anton Korobov are leading the race of Tata Steel Challengers with 2.5 points. Dmitry Gordievsky is trailing by half a point.





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