Published: January 25, 2019
The world No 4, Anish Giri, is also in joint first after the US champion, Sam Shankland, resigned in a drawn position
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Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, has recaptured his vintage form in an impressive response to his unwelcome record of halving 21 consecutive games, and now shares the lead going into this weekend’s final two rounds at Wijk aan Zee.
From 2.5/5 and a mid-table place a week ago Carlsen’s total leapt to 7.5/11 and joint first in the 14-player field. The Norwegian scored with a creative attack against Hungary’s Richard Rapport but most of his wins have been achieved by trademark endgame grinds, notably in Wednesday’s 10th round when the 28-year-old eked out the point in a 76-move marathon against Vishy Anand which looked level when they reached king, rook, knight and four pawns each.
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