Joint leader Vidit Gujrathi maintained his unbeaten run in the Masters section of the elite Tata Steel chess tournament after a 36-move draw, following a three-fold repetition of moves, with Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the sixth round at Wijk aan Zee, near Amsterdam, on Friday.
Magnus Carlsen defeated Richard Rapport, one of the three overnight leaders, and joined Vidit and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov at four points.
R. Praggnanandhaa drew with Sam Shankland to join four others at 2.5 points. Anish Giri defeated Fabiano Caruana and Sergey Karjakin scored over defending champion Jorden van Foreest to join Carlsen as the winners of the day.
