14 January 2018
Vladimir Kramnik Starts Tata Steel Masters With Victory
Anish Giri and Vishy Anand win in round 1 as well.
Photo: Alina l'Ami, Official website
First games of the 80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament were played in Wijk aan Zee on January 13.
In Tata Steel Masters, Vladimir Kramnik defeated Wei Yi, Anish Giri outplayed Hou Yifan, while Maxim Matlakov lost to Viswanathan Anand. The games Svidler - Adhiban, Carlsen - Caruana, Jones - Karjakin, and So - Mamedyarov were drawn.
Standings after round 1:
1-3. Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri - 1
4-11. Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin, Baskaran Adhiban, Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Peter Svidler, Gawain Jones - 0.5
12-14. Wei Yi, Maxim Matlakov, Hou Yifan - 0.
Round 2 pairings:
Hou Yifan - Mamedyarov, Matlakov - So, Karjakin - Anand, Caruana - Jones, Adhiban - Carlsen, Wei Yi - Svidler, Giri - Kramnik.
Anton Korobov, Jorden Van Foreest, and Dmitry Gordievsky won their games of round 1 in Tata Steel Challengers.
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