Schacksnack

Results from round 6:

Loek van Wely, Netherlands (2667) – Levon Aronian, Armenia (2797) draw
Fabiano Caruana, Italy (2820) – Magnus Carlsen, Norway (2862) 0-1
Hou Yifan, China (2673) – Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Poland (2744) draw
Baadur Jobava, Georgia (2727) – Wesley So, U.S. (2762) 0-1
Tejmour Radjabov, Azerbaijan (2734) – Anish Giri, Netherlands (2784) draw
Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukraina (2715) – Ivan Saric, Croatia (2666) draw
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France (2757) – Ding Liren, China (2732) 1-0

The world champion did a hat-trick by winning his third game in a row and this time Caruana was one of his victims. Now Carlsen is only half a point behind the leader Ivanchuk.

Recap from round 6

Standings and pairings for the seventh round:

Ding Liren, China (2732) 3.5 – Loek van Wely, Netherlands (2667) 2
Ivan Saric, Croatia (2666) 2.5 – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France (2757) 3.5
Anish Giri, Netherlands (2784) 3.5 – Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukraina (2715) 4.5
Tejmour Radjabov, Azerbaijan (2734) 3 – Wesley So, U.S. (2762) 4
Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Poland (2744) 4 – Baadur Jobava, Georgia (2727) 0.5
Magnus Carlsen, Norway (2862) 4 – Hou Yifan, China (2673) 2
Levon Aronian, Armenia (2797) 2 – Fabiano Caruana, Italy (2820) 3

All rounds in Wijk aan Zee begin at 13.30 CET (7:30 AM EST),  except   for  the last round on January 25th, which begins at 12.00 Noon  (6:00   AM  EST). Players receive 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50    minutes  for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves    with a  30 seconds bonus for each move starting from move one. More   information  at the official  site: www.tatasteelchess.com