Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin Win in Round 7 of Tata Steel Chess

The leader is Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

On January 20, round 7 of Tata Steel Chess was played in Wijk can Zee.

In the Tata Steel Masters, the leader of the tournament Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Wei Yi, Magnus Carlsen outplayed Hou Yifan, Sergey Karjakin bested Fabiano Caruana, while Viswanathan Anand lost to Vladimir Kramnik. The games Jones - Svidler, So - Giri, and Matlakov - Adhiban were drawn.

Standings after round 7:

1. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 5.5 
2-5. Anish Giri, Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik - 4.5 
6-7. Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin - 4 
8-10. Gawain Jones, Maxim Matlakov, Peter Svidler - 3.5 
11. Wei Yi - 2.5
12. Fabiano Caruana - 2 
13. Baskaran Adhiban - 1.5
14. Hou Yifan - 1.

Round 8 pairings:

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

Anton Korobov is heading the race in the Tata Steel Challengers with 6 points. The Russians Dmitry Gordievsky and Olga Girya have scored 3.5 and 2.5 points respectively. 





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