16 January 2018
Vladimir Kramnik Pursues Leaders in Wijk aan Zee
Four rounds of Tata Steel Chess are played.
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
On January 16, round 4 of Tata Steel Chess was played in Wijk aan Zee. In the Tata Steel Masters, Vladimir Kramnik outplayed Peter Svidler, Maxime Matlakov defeated Hou Yifan, while Wei Yi bested Gawain Jones. The games Hou Yifan - Matlakov, Karjakin - Mamedyarov, Caruana - So, Adhiban - Anand, Wei Yi - Jones, Giri - Carlsen, Kramnik - Svidler were drawn.
Standings after round 4:
1-2. Anish Giri, Viswanathan Anand - 3
3-5. Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 2.5
6-10. Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Wei Yi, Maxim Matlakov, Gawain Jones - 2
11-12. Fabiano Caruana, Peter Svidler - 1.5
13. Baskaran Adhiban - 1
14. Hou Yifan - 0.5.
Round 5 parings:
Svidler - Hou Yifan, Carlsen - Kramnik, Jones - Giri, Anand - Wei Yi, So - Adhiban, Mamedyarov - Caruana, Matlakov - Karjakin.
Santosh Vidit and Anton Korobov maintain leadership in the Tata Steel Challengers with 3.5 points. Dmitry Gordievsky and Lucas Van Foreest are 1 point behind.
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