Abdusattorov beats Carlsen to lead Tata Steel Masters alone on 4/5 - 5
Nodirbek Abdusattorov outplaying the World Champion Magnus Carlsen in fine style. This gave Abdusattorov the outright lead after five rounds. For Carlsen it was I believe the first time he lost two classical games in a row since the Gashimov Memorial of 2014. Other winners today were Levon Aronian and Parham Maghsoodloo. This was the only "awayday" of this year's tournament and seems to have been a real success, the round was played at the Ajax football stadium in Amsterdam. The Challengers had a day off having played their round 5 in Wijk aan Zee yesterday, everyone is back there tomorrow. Read FM Michiel Abeln's report from Amsterdam below.
Masters Round 5 Standings: 1st Abdusattorov 4pts, 2nd Giri 3.5pts, 3rd= Praggnanandhaa, Caruana, Aronian 3pts, 6th= Erigaisi, So, Maghsoodloo, Ding 2.5pts, 10th= Carlsen, Rapport 2pts, 12th= Keymer, Gukesh, Van Foreest 1.5pts.
Masters Round 6 Friday 20 January 1pm GMT: So-Keymer, Ding Liren-Aronian, Giri-Erigaisi, Abdusattorov-Praggnanandhaa, Van Foreest-Carlsen, Rapport-Maghsoodloo, Caruana-Gukesh.