In the Dutch Wijk-aan-Zee on the big chess tournament Tata Steel Chess were of the party penultimate 12th round. According to its results, the winner became GM from USA Fabiano Karuna, who scored 9 points and became inaccessible to the competitors, including world champion Magnus Carlsen.
the American of Italian descent after 10-th round ahead of Carlsen is just half a point, but in two rounds in a row won two victories – over Belarus Vladislav Kovalev and pole Jan-Krzysztof Duda. At the same time Norwegian champion slowed down, making two draws, including with the Russian Vladislav Artemiev.
Another our chess player Daniil Dubov in the 12th round won the Chinese Yu Yanji. Nikita Vitiugov played a draw with the former leader of the tournament alirezai Firoza from Iran. All the rest of the party also ended peacefully.
Before the final round at 9 points Caruana, Carlsen – 7,5, American Wesley so has 7 points, Oaks together with the Dutchman van Jordana Forrest scored 6.5 points, Artemyev 6, Vitiugov – 4,5.
