Tata Steel 2022 gets underway with a lively first round - 1
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The first round of the Tata Steel Masters saw wins for
Jan-Krzysztof Duda against Richard Rapport, Jorden
van Foreest against Nils Grandelius and
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit against Sam Shankland. There
were also escapes for Daniil Dubov against Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov and Sergey Karjakin against Fabiano Caruana.
World Champion Magnus Carlsen had a comfortable
draw against Andrey Esipenko with black.
All in a all an exciting start. Brief summaries of
all the games in the masters group below.
Round 1 Masters Standings: 1-3 Duda, Vidit, Van Foreest 1pt 4-11 Carlsen, Caruana, Giri, Mamedyarov, Karjakin, Dubov, Esipenko, Praggnanandhaa 0.5pts, 12-14 Rapport, Shankland, Grandelius 0pts
Round 2 pairings Sunday 16 January 1pm GMT Shankland-Grandelius, Rapport-Van Foreest, Praggnanandhaa-Duda, Carlsen-Giri, Mamedyarov-Esipenko, Karjakin-Dubov, Vidit-Caruana.
Round 1 Challengers standings: 1-4 Ganguly, Bjerre, Murzin, Shuvalova 1pt; 5-10 Erigaisi, Jumabayev, Nguyen, Warmerdam, Van Foreest, Vogel 0.5pts; 11-14 L'Ami, Dardha, Maurizzi, Zhu Jiner 0pts.