Five rounds are played at the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2023 and 18-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov emerged as the sole leader of the event after defeating World Champion Magnus Carlsen yesterday.
Carlsen suffered two losses in a row, which happened in 2015 for the last time. The Uzbekistani teen prevailed in the exciting Queens endgame holding Black pieces. With his fifth round victory, Abdusattorov scores 4 points, followed by Anish Giri who holds second place with 3.5 points.
Another two games of the 5th round finished in a decisive result. Levon Aronian and Parham Maghsoodloo scored their first wins in the event playing against Vincent Keymer and Jorden van Foreest (respectively).
Rankings after 5 played rounds:
1
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
4/5
2713
2
Giri, Anish
3½/5
2764
3
Praggnanandhaa
3/5
2684
4
Aronian, Levon
3/5
2735
5
Caruana, Fabiano
3/5
2766
6
Erigaisi Arjun
2½/5
2722
7
Ding, Liren
2½/5
2811
8
So, Wesley
2½/5
2760
9
Maghsoodloo, Parham
2½/5
2719
10
Carlsen, Magnus
2/5
2859
11
Rapport, Richard
2/5
2740
12
Gukesh D
1½/5
2725
13
Van Foreest, Jorden
1½/5
2681
14
Keymer, Vincent
1½/5
2696
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Featured photo by: Jurriaan Hoefsmit – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023