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Wijk aan Zee 10th round

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GM Group A

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Carlsen won again and this time it was L’Ami who had to resign. Now Carlsen is 1.5 points ahead of Anand and Aronian who have 6.5.

Results of the 10th round

van Wely, L. – Giri, A. ½-½
Caruana, F. – Nakamura, H. 0-1
Aronian, L. – Wang, H. 1-0
Carlsen, M. – L’Ami, E. 1-0
Harikrishna, P. – Hou, Y. 0-1
Anand, V. – Karjakin, S. ½-½
Sokolov, I. – Leko, P. 0-1

GM Group B

Rapport won against Ipatov of Turkey and caught up with Movsesian. Both have 7 points out of 10 now. Naiditsch and Smeets are on 6.5.

Results of the 10th round

van Kampen, R. – Timman, J. 1-0
Nikolic, P. – Naiditsch, A. ½-½
Rapport, R. – Ipatov, A. 1-0
Edouard, R. – Grandelius, N. 1-0
Ernst, S. – Smeets, J. 0-1
Movsesian, S. – Dubov, D. ½-½
Tiviakov, S. – Turov, M. ½-½

GM Group C

Brunello is leading the event with 8.5 out of 10, Peralta is 2nd with 8. Swinkels and Klein share 3rd-4th and have 6.5 points.

Results of the 10th round

Goryachkina, A. – Klein, D. 0-1
Kovchan, A. – Admiraal, M. ½-½
Peralta, F. – Romanishin, O. 1-0
Swinkels, R. – Burg, T. 1-0
Brunello, S. – van der Werf, M. 1-0
Schut, L. – Gretarsson, H. 0-1
Bitensky, I. – Mekhitarian, K. 1-0

Today is the rest day :).

The official website of the event is http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Wijk aan Zee 9th round

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GM Group A

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Carlsen was surprised by Hou’s Ponziani but got a very good position and won later. He is a sole leader and has 7 out of 9, Anand has 6 points, Aronian and Nakamura are on 5.5.

Results of round 9

Sokolov, I. – van Wely, L. 0-1
Leko, P. – Anand, V. ½-½
Karjakin, S. – Harikrishna, P. ½-½
Hou, Y. – Carlsen, M. 0-1
L’Ami, E. – Aronian, L. ½-½
Wang, H. – Caruana, F. ½-½
Nakamura, H. – Giri, A. ½-½

GM Group B

Movsesian is leading the event with 7 points, Smeets and Naiditsch are on 6.5.

Results of round 9

Tiviakov, S. – van Kampen, R. 1-0
Turov, M. – Movsesian, S. 0-1
Dubov, D. – Ernst, S. 1-0
Smeets, J. – Edouard, R. 1-0
Grandelius, N. – Rapport, R. ½-½
Ipatov, A. – Nikolic, P. 1-0
Naiditsch, A. – Timman, J. 1-0

GM Group C

Brunello is the sole leader with 7.5 points out of 9, 2nd is Peralta with 7. Swinkels and Klein share 3rd-4th and are on 6.5 points.

Results of round 9

Bitensky, I. – Goryachkina, A. 1-0
Mekhitarian, K. – Schut, L. 1-0
Gretarsson, H. – Brunello, S. 0-1
van der Werf, M. – Swinkels, R. 0-1
Burg, T. – Peralta, F. ½-½
Romanishin, O. – Kovchan, A. ½-½
Admiraal, M. – Klein, D. 1-0

The official website is http://www.tatasteelchess.com/