17 January 2020
Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja Lead Masters Event at Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Five rounds are over.
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The fifth round of the Tata Steel Tournament was played in Eindhoven on January 16. Alireza Firouzja outplayed Anish Giri, Viswanathan Anand bested Jefferey Xiong, while the games Carlsen - Dubov, Caruana - Van Foreest, Vitiugov - Yu Yangyi, Kovalev - So, and Duda - Artemiev were drawn.
Standings after Round 5:
1-2. Wesley So, Alireza Firouzja - 3.5
3-5. Jorden Van Foreest, Fabiano Caruana, Vladislav Artemiev - 3
6-10. Daniil Dubov, Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Jefferey Xiong - 2.5
11-12. Anish Giri, Nikita Vitiugov - 2
13. Yu Yangyi - 1.5
14. Vladislav Kovalev - 1.
Round 6 pairings:
Dubov - Artemiev, So - Duda, Giri - Kovalev, Yu Yangyi - Firouzja, Xiong - Vitiugov, Van Foreest - Anand, Carlsen - Caruana.
Pavel Eljanov, Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Erwin l'Ami are leading the Tata Steel Challengers with 3.5 points scored.
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