Aronian in the lead at Wijk aan Zee

16th January 2014, Kuala Lumpur - The 76th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place from 10th through January 26th, 2014. This year for the first time the grandmasters of the Tata Steel Masters will play one round in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and one round in the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. Aronian is leading with 3.0 points after four rounds of play. Here are the first four round results of the Masters Group:-

Round 1 - Saturday the 11th Dominguez, L. - Giri, A. ½-½ Van Wely, L. - Karjakin, S. 0-1 Harikrishna, P. - Aronian, L. ½-½ Caruana, F. - Gelfand, B. 1-0 Rapport, R. - So, W. 0-1 Nakamura, H. - Naiditsch, A. 1-0	Round 2 - Sunday the 12th Giri, A. - Naiditsch, A. 1-0 So, W. - Nakamura, H. ½-½ Gelfand, B. - Rapport, R. 0-1 Aronian, L. - Caruana, F. 1-0 Karjakin, S. - Harikrishna, P. ½-½ Dominguez, L. - Van Wely, L. ½-½
Round 3 - Monday the 13th Van Wely, L. - Giri, A. ½-½ Harikrishna, P. - Dominguez, L. 1-0 Caruana, F. - Karjakin, S. 1-0 Rapport, R. - Aronian, L. ½-½ Nakamura, H. - Gelfand, B. ½-½ Naiditsch, A. - So, W. ½-½	Round 4 - Wednesday the 15th Giri, A. - So, W. ½-½ Gelfand, B. - Naiditsch, A. ½-½ Aronian, L. - Nakamura, H. 1-0 Karjakin, S. - Rapport, R. 1-0 Dominguez, L. - Caruana, F. 1-0 Van Wely, L. - Harikrishna, P. ½-½

Standings of Tata Steel Masters

		Score	Rating	TPR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Aronian, L.	3.0 / 4	2812	2935		½					1	1		½
2	Harikrishna, P.	2.5 / 4	2706	2844	½		½			1			½
3	Karjakin, S.	2.5 / 4	2759	2808		½					0		1	1
4	So, W.	2.5 / 4	2719	2828					½			½		1	½
5	Giri, A.	2.5 / 4	2734	2811				½		½			½		1
6	Dominguez, L.	2.0 / 4	2754	2724		0			½		1		½
7	Caruana, F.	2.0 / 4	2782	2776	0		1			0						1
8	Nakamura, H.	2.0 / 4	2789	2757	0			½							1	½
9	Van Wely, L.	1.5 / 4	2672	2651		½	0		½	½
10	Rapport, R.	1.5 / 4	2691	2680	½		0	0								1
11	Naiditsch, A.	1.0 / 4	2718	2562				½	0			0				½
12	Gelfand, B.	1.0 / 4	2777	2552							0	½		0	½

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