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Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Santosh Gujrathi Vidit in a symmetrical pawn structure in a Petroff. Vidit was doing fine if not better but got in a tangle on the Queen side with 26...Kb7 and soon Nepomniachtchi had a decisive passed pawn on the seventh rank. Nepomniachtchi, Carlsen and Anand share the lead on 6 points.

Teimour Radjabov blundered at the end of a long balanced game against Vladimir Fedoseev to give a win to the Russian. Fedoseev's slow start is long behind him and he'll be looking for a decent place in the standings on debut.

The remaining games were drawn. Magnus Carlsen played pretty provocatively against Sam Shankland but the game remained pretty equal throughout.

Mamedyarov Duda drawn Bf4 Queen's Gambit that stayed equal. Anand equalised against Richard Rapport's Catalan. Giri against Van Foreest blew up into a tactical mess but when the smoke cleared black had enough compensation for a pawn less in the two bishops and a draw was agreed. Vladimir Kramnik played an ultra solid Colle System but was on the verge of losing to Ding Liren when black blundered with 43..Qa6? (43.Rb8 for instance) allowing the freeing 44.Ne7! for instant equality.

Round 9 Standings: 1 Nepomniachtchi 6, 2 Carlsen 6, 3 Anand 6, 4 Ding 5.5, 5 Giri 5.5, 6 Fedoseev 4.5, 7 Radjabov 4.5, 8 Duda 4.5, 9 Vidit 4, 10 Shankland 4, 11 Rapport 3.5, 12 Mamedyarov 3.5, 13 Van Foreest 3, 14 Kramnik 2.5.

Round 10 -Wednesday 23rd (Leiden) 2pm Carlsen-Anand, Duda-Rapport, Ding-Mamedyarov, Vidit-Kramnik, Van Foreest-Nepomniachtchi, Fedoseev-Giri, Shankland-Radjabov.

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	½	½	1	.	.	½	1	.	½	½	?	1	6	2898
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2835	½	*	?	½	.	½	.	.	½	½	1	1	1	½	6	2864
3.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2773	½	?	*	.	½	½	½	.	.	½	½	1	1	1	6	2868
4.	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2813	½	½	.	*	½	½	½	.	½	1	.	?	1	½	5½	2821
5.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2783	0	.	½	½	*	?	.	1	½	.	1	½	½	1	5½	2826
6.	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2724	.	½	½	½	?	*	1	0	½	1	½	.	0	.	4½	2742
7.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2757	.	.	½	½	.	0	*	½	1	?	½	½	½	½	4½	2742
8.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2738	½	.	.	.	0	1	½	*	½	½	?	½	0	1	4½	2739
9.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2695	0	½	.	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	.	.	1	?	4	2707
10.	Shankland, Samuel	g	USA	2725	.	½	½	0	.	0	?	½	½	*	½	½	1	.	4	2705
11.	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2731	½	0	½	.	0	½	½	?	.	½	*	½	.	½	3½	2692
12.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2817	½	0	0	?	½	.	½	½	.	½	½	*	.	½	3½	2684
13.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2612	?	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	0	0	.	.	*	.	3	2635
14.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2777	0	½	0	½	0	.	½	0	?	.	½	½	.	*	2½	2612

Round 9 (January 22, 2019)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1-0	37	C42	Petroff's Defence
Giri, Anish	- Van Foreest, Jorden	½-½	30	A36	English Botvinnik
Radjabov, Teimour	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	0-1	84	D15	Slav Defence
Shankland, Samuel	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	40	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Rapport, Richard	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	42	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	½-½	31	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Ding, Liren	½-½	44	D02	Queen's Pawn Game

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	.	½	.	1	½	.	½	?	1	1	1	6½	2739
2.	Kovalev, Vladislav	g	BLR	2687	½	*	½	1	½	½	.	½	1	?	½	.	1	.	6	2714
3.	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2584	½	½	*	.	½	1	½	.	?	1	1	½	.	½	6	2713
4.	Gledura, Benjamin	g	HUN	2615	.	0	.	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	.	1	½	?	5½	2669
5.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2643	½	½	½	0	*	?	.	1	½	.	½	.	½	1	5	2612
6.	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2699	.	½	0	½	?	*	1	½	.	.	½	½	½	1	5	2617
7.	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2679	0	.	½	½	.	0	*	?	½	.	½	1	1	1	5	2594
8.	Bareev, Evgeny	g	CAN	2650	½	½	.	½	0	½	?	*	0	½	1	.	1	.	4½	2584
9.	Van Foreest, Lucas	g	NED	2502	.	0	?	½	½	.	½	1	*	½	.	1	½	0	4½	2577
10.	Keymer, Vincent	m	GER	2500	½	?	0	0	.	.	.	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2545
11.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2539	?	½	0	.	½	½	½	0	.	½	*	½	.	1	4	2555
12.	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2477	0	.	½	0	.	½	0	.	0	½	½	*	½	½	3	2417
13.	Saduakassova, Dinara	m	KAZ	2472	0	0	.	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	.	½	*	.	2½	2412
14.	Kuipers, Stefan	m	NED	2470	0	.	½	?	0	0	0	.	1	0	0	½	.	*	2	2360

Round 9 (January 22, 2019)
Chigaev, Maksim	- Esipenko, Andrey	½-½	37	C50	Giuoco Piano
Kovalev, Vladislav	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	40	C01	French Exchange
Gledura, Benjamin	- Paehtz, Elisabeth	1-0	30	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Bareev, Evgeny	- Keymer, Vincent	½-½	51	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Van Foreest, Lucas	- Kuipers, Stefan	0-1	63	C11	French Defence
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Korobov, Anton	½-½	51	C53	Giuoco Piano
Saduakassova, Dinara	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	0-1	44	A34	English Symmetrical

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