World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won in today’s round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. His opponent, Russian Grandmaster Evgeny Tomashevsky resigned after the 30th move. He now has a total of 4.0 points and shares the top position along with Liren Ding and Fabiano Caruana.
GM Anish Giri also beat GM Shakhryar Mamedyarov in a 50-move game that started in the English Opening.
The Tata Steel Masters Challengers group likewise has 3 winners: Miguoel Admiraal, Eliaj Safarli and Nijat Abasov.