Tata Steel Masters Round 9 in the Hague sees 5 decisive games - 9

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The ninth round of the Tata Steel Masters moved to the AFAS Theatre in the Hague. Five of the seven games in the Masters were decisive and six of seven in the Challengers. At the end of the round four players share the lead with 5.5/9, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Anish Giri, Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa. Wei Yi, Santosh Vidit and Alireza Firouzja are all on 5/9. Abdusattorov beat Jorden van Foreest pretty convincingly in just 24 moves. Praggnanandhaa beat Ju Wenjun taking on the Two Knights with the sharp Ng5. Giri drew with black against Ding Liren and Gukesh drew with Vidit. Alireza Firouzja lost his third game of the event when he allowed Alexander Donchenko a huge attack, Ian Nepomniachtchi lost the thread in a decent position against Wei Yi, and finally Maghsoodloo managed a miracle win against Max Warmerdam, this kind of loss will lively give the Dutchman nightmares, he went from won to equal to lost with moves 51, 52 and 53. Round 9 Standings: 1st= Abdusattorov, Giri, Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa 5.5pts 5th= Wei Yi, Vidit, Firouzja 5pts 8th Nepomniachtchi 4.5pts 9th= Ding Liren, Warmerdam 4pts 11th= Maghsoodloo, Ju Wenjun, Donchenko 3.5pts 14th Van Foreest 3pts Round 10 1pm: 24th January 2024. Firouzja-Giri, Nepomniachtchi-Ding Liren, Van Foreest-Wei Yi, Warmerdam-Abdusattorov, Ju-Maghsoodloo, Vidit-Praggnanandhaa, Donchenko-Gukesh.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/ev ... sive-games