Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 4 Players Lead As Grandelius Stumbles

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GM Nils Grandelius couldn’t keep his lead at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. In the seventh round, the Swedish grandmaster lost to GM Anish Giri, who is now in shared first place together with co-Dutchman GM Jorden van Foreest, GM Fabiano Caruana, and GM Alireza Firouzja.

How to watch?
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament runs January 16-31, 2021. All rounds start at 14:00 CET (5 a.m. Pacific) except for the final round that starts an hour earlier. You can follow the games at chess.com/events/2021-tata-steel-masters and watch the broadcast at chess.com/tv.

A full report will be posted soon.

Round 7 Standings

#	Fed	Name	Rtg	Perf	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	Pts	SB
1		Van Foreest, Jorden	2671	2845		½	½	½			½		½			1	1		4.5/7	15.25
2		Giri, Anish	2764	2784	½				½	½		1		½		1		½	4.5/7	15
3		Caruana, Fabiano	2823	2808	½				½	½		½		½	1			1	4.5/7	14
4		Firouzja, Alireza	2749	2820	½						0			1	½	½	1	1	4.5/7	11.75
5		Harikrishna, Pentala	2732	2803		½	½			½	½	1	½		½				4.0/7	15.25
6		Esipenko, Andrey	2677	2794		½	½		½			½	1	½	½				4.0/7	14
7		Carlsen, Magnus	2862	2746	½			1	½					½		½	½	½	4.0/7	13.5
8		Grandelius, Nils	2663	2791		0	½		0	½				1	1			1	4.0/7	11.25
9		Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	2705	2636	½				½	0				½		½	½	½	3.0/7
10		Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2743	2647		½	½	0		½	½	0	½						2.5/7	10
11		Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2784	2605			0	½	½	½		0				½	½		2.5/7	8.75
12		Tari, Aryan	2625	2642	0	0		½			½		½		½		½		2.5/7	8.25
13		Anton Guijarro, David	2679	2622	0			0			½		½		½	½		½	2.5/7	7
14		Donchenko, Alexander	2668	2591		½	0	0			½	0	½				½		2.0/7