Schacksnack

Results from round 12:

Loek van Wely – Baadur Jobava draw
Tejmour Radjabov – Hou Yifan draw
Vasil Ivanchuk – Fabiano Caruana draw
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  – Levon Aronian draw
Ding Liren – Magnus Carlsen draw
Ivan Saric  – Radoslaw Wojtaszek 1-0
Anish Giri  – Wesley So 1-0

Giri got his second queen ending in this tournament and won it after a long fight. Now the question is how much energy Giri and So will have for the tomorrow’s game which starts a little bit earlier than usual, at 12.00 Noon (6:00 AM EST).

Recap from round 12

Standings and pairings for round 13:

Wesley So – 7.5 – Loek van Wely 4 –
Radoslaw Wojtaszek 5 – Anish Giri 8
Magnus Carlsen 8.5 –  Ivan Saric 4
Levon Aronian 5.5 – Ding Liren 7.5
Fabiano Caruana 7 – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 7.5
Hou Yifan 4.5 – Vasil Ivanchuk 7 –
Baadur Jobava 2 – Tejmour Radjabov 6

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