Giri, Carlsen and Mamedyarov remain in the Tata Steel Masters lead after 11 rounds

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80th Tata Steel Masters 2018 (11)

Giri, Carlsen and Mamedyarov remain in the Tata Steel Masters lead after 11 rounds

Mark Crowther - Friday 26th January 2018

Hou Yifan was defeated by Viswanathan Anand who now moves within half a point of the lead after Round 11. Photo ©

Hou Yifan was defeated by Viswanathan Anand who now moves within half a point of the lead after Round 11. Photo © | www.tatasteelchess.com/

The 80th Tata Steel Masters returned to Wijk aan Zee for the 11th round. The leaders Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Magnus Carlsen drew a fairly dull game where the World Champion got easy equality with black but nothing more. Anish Giri was under some pressure from Fabiano Caruana's London System but if there was any advantage for white it had gone by first time control.

Viswanathan Anand ground down Hou Yifan to move within half a point of the leaders. Maybe Hou Yifan should have held a rather miserable major piece endgame but it was not easy at all. Sergey Karjakin won his second game of the event in a long technical endgame against Vladimir Kramnik. Wesley So won an exchange for a pawn against Gawain Jones and eventually converted the advantage. Matlakov-Svidler and Adhiban-Wei Yi were fairly dull draws.

Santosh Vidit and Anton Korobov both drew again and retain a joint lead on 7.5pts.

Round 11 Standings: 1st= Giri, Carlsen, Mamedyarov 7.5pts 4th Anand 7pts 5th= Kramnik, Karjakin 6.5pts 7th Wesley So 6.5pts 8th Svidler 5pts 9th= Wei Yi, Caruana, Matlakov 4.5pts 12th Jones 4pts 13th Adhiban 3.5pts 14th Hou Yifan 2pts

Round 12 Pairings 26th Jan 12:30 GMT: Hou Yifan-Wei Yi, Giri- Adhiban, Kramnik-Caruana, Svidler-Karjakin, Carlsen-Matlakov, Jones-Mamedyarov, Anand-Wesley So.

80th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-28 i 2018																cat. XX (2750)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2752	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	.	½	1	½	.	1	7½	2892
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2834	½	*	½	½	½	.	1	½	½	½	.	1	1	1	7½	2878
3.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2804	0	½	*	.	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	.	1	1	7½	2886
4.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2767	½	½	.	*	0	½	.	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	7	2842
5.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2787	0	½	½	1	*	0	½	1	1	.	1	½	.	½	6½	2815
6.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2753	½	.	½	½	1	*	½	.	½	1	½	½	½	½	6½	2805
7.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2792	½	0	½	.	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	.	6½	2816
8.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2768	½	½	0	½	0	.	½	*	½	.	½	½	½	1	5	2706
9.	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2743	.	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	.	4½	2692
10.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2811	½	½	0	0	.	0	½	.	½	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2674
11.	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2718	0	.	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	.	½	1	4½	2690
12.	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2640	½	0	.	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	.	*	1	½	4	2656
13.	Adhiban, Baskaran	g	IND	2655	.	0	0	½	.	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	3½	2622
14.	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2680	0	0	0	0	½	½	.	0	.	0	0	½	½	*	2	2491

Round 11 (January 26, 2018)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	38	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Anand, Viswanathan	- Hou, Yifan	1-0	33	D35	QGD Exchange
Karjakin, Sergey	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	59	A14	Reti Opening
So, Wesley	- Jones, Gawain C B	1-0	62	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Caruana, Fabiano	- Giri, Anish	½-½	44	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Matlakov, Maxim	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	27	A33	English Symmetrical
Adhiban, Baskaran	- Wei, Yi	½-½	21	A37	English Symmetrical

80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-28 i 2018																cat. XV (2612)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2718	*	½	.	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	.	7½	2744
2.	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2652	½	*	1	0	1	½	.	½	1	½	1	.	½	1	7½	2752
3.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2629	.	0	*	½	0	½	½	.	1	1	½	1	1	½	6½	2663
4.	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2693	0	1	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	.	.	0	½	1	6	2635
5.	Bluebaum, Matthias	g	GER	2640	½	0	1	½	*	.	½	½	½	½	.	1	1	0	6	2643
6.	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2634	½	½	½	½	.	*	.	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	6	2642
7.	Gordievsky, Dmitry	g	RUS	2622	0	.	½	0	½	.	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	6	2641
8.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2634	½	½	.	½	½	0	½	*	.	½	½	½	½	½	5	2573
9.	Tari, Aryan	g	NOR	2599	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	.	*	½	½	0	.	1	5	2585
10.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2671	0	½	0	.	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	.	1	5	2573
11.	Bok, Benjamin	g	NED	2607	½	0	½	.	.	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	5	2566
12.	Van Foreest, Lucas	m	NED	2481	½	.	0	1	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	½	.	4	2529
13.	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2497	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	.	.	½	½	*	½	4	2516
14.	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2489	.	0	½	0	1	½	0	½	0	0	½	.	½	*	3½	2492

Round 11 (January 26, 2018)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Korobov, Anton	½-½	31	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Amin, Bassem	- Tari, Aryan	½-½	43	A07	Barcza System
Gordievsky, Dmitry	- Bluebaum, Matthias	½-½	57	A13	Reti Opening
L'Ami, Erwin	- Girya, Olga	½-½	57	B10	Caro Kann
Krasenkow, Michal	- Bok, Benjamin	½-½	34	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Van Foreest, Lucas	- Xiong, Jeffery	0-1	38	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Harika, Dronavalli	- Van Foreest, Jorden	0-1	97	A49	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4

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