It was an eventful Round 5 for Tata Steel Masters 2017, as 4 out of 7 games were decisive.
Wesley So takes the driver’s seat at the end of Round 5 after he defeated Pentala Harikrishna, and Pavel Eljanov lost to Levon Aronian, while Magnus Carlsen drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Replay games of Round 5 below: [replay]
Tata Steel Masters 2017 Round 5 Results
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Wesley’s success in 2016 appears to be spilling over to 2017. He has yet to lose a game after 49 successive games. This performance validates many analysts’ claim that he now is a legitimate contender to the world chess crown.
Tata Steel Masters 2017 Ranking after Round 5
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Replay all the games played so far in Tata Steel Masters 2017.
Noel Galera Baruela
Great
Ryan Vincent Jarabejo
not yet until he is sitting with magnus across the board.. di ba wesley? haha
AJ Bulahan
impressive
Jesus Dominguez Jr
Awesome!!! PSC take note!!
Ryan T. Zafra
future world champion
Karem Cecilia
So galing!
Abraham Lim
Congrats to our Pinoy Champ !
Michael Greg Cataluña
american flag n xa..huhuhu
John Lee Antonio
lupet
Mel Magno
In fairness kung hindi sya nag american citizen hindi sya magiging world class sa atin ksi walang support para makasali sya sa tournament abroad to face the world leading super grandmaster
Doc Pepe
D pa american citizen. He has to wait. But if dual citizenship sia he will be like fabiano caruana