Abdusattorov and Giri draw in the battle of the leaders in Round 11 of the Tata Steel Masters - 11

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Today was a quiet day even after a day of rest. A win for second placed Anish Giri against Nodirbek Abdusattorov would have allowed him to replace the leader at the top of the standings but after mixing up his lines he didn't get anything and the game was drawn in 29 moves. Magnus Carlsen tried for 58 moves against Wesley So but never seemed to generate realistic winning chances. R Praggnanandhaa's tournament continues to go bad after losing a third game, this time to Parham Maghsoodloo. Praggnanandhaa had a promising position but after choosing the wrong plan he was instead lost. This was the only decisive game of the day. FM Michiel Abeln's report is below. Alexander Donchenko is the sole leader after defeating Amin Tabatabaei while the previous joint leader Mustafa Yilmaz drew against Jergus Pechac. Masters Round 11 Standings: 1st Abdusattorov 7.5 2nd Giri, Anish 7 3rd= Carlsen, So 6.5 5th= Aronian, Caruana 6pts, 7th Rapport 5.5pts, 8th= Praggnanandhaa, Ding Liren, Maghsoodloo 5pts, 11th= Gukesh, Van Foreest 4.5pts, 13th= Erigaisi, Keymer 4pts. Masters Round 12 Saturday 28th January 1pm GMT: So-Abdusattorov, Van Foreest-Giri, Rapport-Ding Liren, Caruana-Keymer, Gukesh-Aronian, Maghsoodloo-Erigaisi, Carlsen-Praggnanandhaa.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/ev ... el-masters