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Anish Giri and Magnus Carlsen joined Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead on 4 points after they both won in the sixth round of the Tata Steel Masters.

Carlsen won a difficult endgame late on against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Although equal the position was very unbalanced and it seems 44...h5? (44...e3) was the losing move. Jan-Krzysztof played the rare 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3!? against Giri. Duda's 13.0-0?! followed by 14.Nd5? left Giri with a winning position which he converted easily enough even though it took 44 moves. Jorden van Foreest won a bottom of the table battle against Vladimir Fedoseev where there were shocking swings in evaluation during the game. Richard Rapport and Vladimir Kramnik drew the final game to finish, they both were winning at one stage or another too. The remaining games were less interesting, Ding Liren tried for a long time against Teimour Radjabov but Anand-Nepomniachtchi and Vidit-Shankland were fairly short.

Round 6 standings: 1 Nepomniachtchi 4pts, 2 Carlsen 4pts, 3 Ding 4pts, 4 Giri 4pts, 5 Anand 3.5pts, 6 Vidit 3.5pts, 7 Radjabov 3pts, 8 Mamedyarov 2.5pts, 9 Shankland 2.5pts, 10 Rapport 2.5pts, 11 Duda 2.5pts, 12 Fedoseev 2pts, 13 Kramnik 2pts, 14 Van Foreest 2.

Round 7 pairings: Saturday 19th Jan 2019: Fedoseev-Carlsen, Shankland-Van Foreest, Radjabov-Vidit, Giri-Ding, Nepomniachtchi-Duda, Kramnik-Anand, Mamedyarov-Rapport.

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.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2763	*	½	.	1	½	.	.	½	.	½	.	.	1	.	4	2911
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2835	½	*	½	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	.	½	1	4	2871
3.	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2813	.	½	*	.	.	½	½	.	1	.	.	½	.	1	4	2849
4.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2783	0	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	.	1	1	.	1	.	4	2891
5.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2773	½	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	½	.	.	½	.	1	3½	2784
6.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2695	.	½	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	½	½	.	1	3½	2798
7.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2757	.	.	½	.	½	.	*	½	.	½	½	.	½	.	3	2774
8.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2817	½	0	.	½	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	2½	2716
9.	Shankland, Samuel	g	USA	2725	.	.	0	.	½	½	.	½	*	½	½	.	.	.	2½	2704
10.	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2731	½	.	.	0	.	.	½	.	½	*	.	½	½	.	2½	2697
11.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2738	.	.	.	0	.	½	½	.	½	.	*	1	.	0	2½	2659
12.	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2724	.	.	½	.	½	½	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	0	2	2602
13.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2777	0	½	.	0	.	.	½	½	.	½	.	.	*	.	2	2656
14.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2612	.	0	0	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	*	2	2638

Round 6 (January 18, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	51	D27	QGA
Ding, Liren	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	75	A07	Barcza System
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	22	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Shankland, Samuel	½-½	18	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Rapport, Richard	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	94	C24	Bishop's Opening
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Giri, Anish	0-1	44	C44	Scotch Gambit
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	46	B09	Pirc Defence

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.	Kovalev, Vladislav	g	BLR	2687	*	½	.	½	.	1	1	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	4½	2745
2.	Chigaev, Maksim	g	RUS	2604	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	½	½	1	.	.	1	.	4	2730
3.	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2699	.	.	*	.	½	½	.	.	.	1	.	½	½	1	4	2685
4.	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2584	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	1	½	.	½	.	½	3½	2633
5.	Bareev, Evgeny	g	CAN	2650	.	½	½	.	*	½	0	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	3½	2628
6.	Gledura, Benjamin	g	HUN	2615	0	.	½	.	½	*	½	1	.	.	.	.	½	.	3	2608
7.	Van Foreest, Lucas	g	NED	2502	0	.	.	.	1	½	*	½	½	.	.	.	½	.	3	2594
8.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2643	.	½	.	½	.	0	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	1	3	2552
9.	Keymer, Vincent	m	GER	2500	.	½	.	0	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	½	.	1	3	2529
10.	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2679	.	0	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	1	.	1	3	2562
11.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2539	½	.	.	.	0	.	.	½	½	½	*	½	.	.	2½	2549
12.	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2477	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	½	0	½	*	.	½	2½	2521
13.	Saduakassova, Dinara	m	KAZ	2472	0	0	½	.	0	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1½	2433
14.	Kuipers, Stefan	m	NED	2470	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	0	0	0	.	½	.	*	1	2324

Round 6 (January 18, 2019)
Kovalev, Vladislav	- Saduakassova, Dinara	1-0	69	C42	Petroff's Defence
Korobov, Anton	- Bareev, Evgeny	½-½	37	D19	Slav Defence
L'Ami, Erwin	- Gledura, Benjamin	0-1	49	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Keymer, Vincent	- Van Foreest, Lucas	½-½	33	A18	English Opening
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Chigaev, Maksim	0-1	81	C53	Giuoco Piano
Paehtz, Elisabeth	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	35	E01	Catalan
Kuipers, Stefan	- Esipenko, Andrey	½-½	35	C53	Giuoco Piano

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