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Magnus Carlsen took the sole lead of the Tata Steel Masters after grinding down Viswanathan Anand in a long knight and pawn endgame on the road in Leiden. It probably could have been drawn but it was certainly no fun for anyone to defend.

Having talked up Vladimir Fedoseev's prospects after round 8 he went and lost in round 9 to Anish Giri. This was a rather messy struggle where Giri won the exchanges in the last ten move before move 40. Giri moved right back into contention in clear second place with this win.

Richard Rapport beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda at the end of an interesting but balanced Trompowsky. Duda set up mate which failed due to a hidden trick 34...f4+ although it could hardly have been a surprise such a resource existed.

Jorden Van Foreest scored his third win of the event this time downing joint leader Ian Nepomniachtchi. The players castled on opposite sides of the board in a sharp Sicilian, Van Foreest's attack arrived first, 26...Nf6? (26...Ne3 seems to hold) was the decisive mistake losing material which was eventually converted to a win.

Ding Liren and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov drew in 46 reasonably well played moves. Sam Shankland and Teimour Radjabov drew in a Catalan. Santosh Gujrathi Vidit beat a clearly dispirited Vladimir Kramnik who is quite unrecognisable at the moment. I'm not sure what's wrong.

Round 10 Standings: 1 Carlsen 7, 2 Giri 6.5, 3 Nepomniachtchi 6, 4 Ding 6, 5 Anand 6, 6 Radjabov 5, 7 Vidit 5, 8 Fedoseev 4.5, 9 Shankland 4.5, 10 Rapport 4.5, 11 Duda 4.5, 12 Van Foreest 4, 13 Mamedyarov 4, 14 Kramnik 2.5.

Rest day Thursday

Round 11 Friday 25th Jan: Radjabov-Carlsen, Giri-Shankland, Nepomniachtchi-Fedoseev, Kramnik-Van Foreest, Mamedyarov-Vidit, Rapport-Ding, Anand-Duda,

81st Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee (NED), 11-27 i 2019																cat. XXI (2753)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2835	*	.	½	½	1	.	½	½	½	1	.	1	1	½	7	2892
2.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2783	.	*	0	½	½	.	½	1	.	1	1	½	½	1	6½	2854
3.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2763	½	1	*	½	½	.	1	.	.	½	½	0	½	1	6	2829
4.	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2813	½	½	½	*	.	½	½	½	1	.	.	1	½	½	6	2820
5.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2773	0	½	½	.	*	½	.	½	½	½	.	1	1	1	6	2824
6.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2757	.	.	.	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	2740
7.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2695	½	½	0	½	.	0	*	½	½	.	½	1	.	1	5	2752
8.	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2724	½	0	.	½	½	1	½	*	1	½	0	0	.	.	4½	2710
9.	Shankland, Samuel	g	USA	2725	½	.	.	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	.	4½	2713
10.	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2731	0	0	½	.	½	½	.	½	½	*	1	.	½	½	4½	2733
11.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2738	.	0	½	.	.	½	½	1	½	0	*	0	½	1	4½	2702
12.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2612	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	1	0	.	1	*	.	.	4	2688
13.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2817	0	½	½	½	0	½	.	.	½	½	½	.	*	½	4	2697
14.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2777	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	.	.	½	0	.	½	*	2½	2577

Round 10 (January 23, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	76	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Ding, Liren	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	46	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	29	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Giri, Anish	0-1	41	B23	Sicilian Closed
Shankland, Samuel	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	31	E06	Catalan
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Rapport, Richard	0-1	41	A45	Trompowsky
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	60	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation

81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee (NED), 11-27 i 2019																cat. XIV (2580)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Chigaev, Maksim	g	RUS	2604	*	½	½	.	1	½	.	½	.	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2763
2.	Kovalev, Vladislav	g	BLR	2687	½	*	½	1	.	½	½	½	1	1	½	.	.	1	7	2729
3.	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2584	½	½	*	.	½	½	1	.	1	1	1	½	½	.	7	2729
4.	Gledura, Benjamin	g	HUN	2615	.	0	.	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	.	1	½	½	6	2649
5.	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2679	0	.	½	½	*	.	0	1	½	.	½	1	1	1	6	2633
6.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2643	½	½	½	0	.	*	½	1	½	.	½	.	1	½	5½	2618
7.	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2699	.	½	0	½	1	½	*	½	.	.	½	½	1	½	5½	2617
8.	Bareev, Evgeny	g	CAN	2650	½	½	.	½	0	0	½	*	0	½	1	.	.	1	4½	2558
9.	Van Foreest, Lucas	g	NED	2502	.	0	0	½	½	½	.	1	*	½	.	1	0	½	4½	2541
10.	Keymer, Vincent	m	GER	2500	½	0	0	0	.	.	.	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2524
11.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2539	0	½	0	.	½	½	½	0	.	½	*	½	1	.	4	2527
12.	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2477	0	.	½	0	0	.	½	.	0	½	½	*	½	½	3	2417
13.	Kuipers, Stefan	m	NED	2470	0	.	½	½	0	0	0	.	1	0	0	½	*	.	2½	2391
14.	Saduakassova, Dinara	m	KAZ	2472	0	0	.	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	.	½	.	*	2½	2412

Round 10 (January 23, 2019)
Esipenko, Andrey	- Van Foreest, Lucas	1-0	41	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Bareev, Evgeny	1-0	31	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Korobov, Anton	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	68	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Keymer, Vincent	- Kovalev, Vladislav	0-1	61	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Chigaev, Maksim	0-1	51	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Paehtz, Elisabeth	- Saduakassova, Dinara	½-½	19	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Kuipers, Stefan	- Gledura, Benjamin	½-½	46	B48	Sicilian Paulsen

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