Abdusattorov beats Carlsen to take sole lead in Tata Steel Masters 2023
Five rounds are played at the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2023 and 18-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov emerged as the sole leader of the event after defeating World Champion Magnus Carlsen yesterday.
Carlsen suffered two losses in a row, which happened in 2015 for the last time. The Uzbekistani teen prevailed in the exciting Queens endgame holding Black pieces. With his fifth round victory, Abdusattorov scores 4 points, followed by Anish Giri who holds second place with 3.5 points.
Another two games of the 5th round finished in a decisive result. Levon Aronian and Parham Maghsoodloo scored their first wins in the event playing against Vincent Keymer and Jorden van Foreest (respectively).
Rankings after 5 played rounds:
| 1 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 4/5 | 2713 |
| 2 | Giri, Anish | 3½/5 | 2764 |
| 3 | Praggnanandhaa | 3/5 | 2684 |
| 4 | Aronian, Levon | 3/5 | 2735 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | 3/5 | 2766 |
| 6 | Erigaisi Arjun | 2½/5 | 2722 |
| 7 | Ding, Liren | 2½/5 | 2811 |
| 8 | So, Wesley | 2½/5 | 2760 |
| 9 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2½/5 | 2719 |
| 10 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2/5 | 2859 |
| 11 | Rapport, Richard | 2/5 | 2740 |
| 12 | Gukesh D | 1½/5 | 2725 |
| 13 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 1½/5 | 2681 |
| 14 | Keymer, Vincent | 1½/5 | 2696 |
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Featured photo by: Jurriaan Hoefsmit – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023