The world champion is ahead by half a point and is unbeaten, but has made little progress towards his target of a 2900 rating following a much debated draw with Russia’s Sergey Karjakin
Magnus Carlsen leads his nearest rival, Anish Giri, by half a point going into the weekend’s final three rounds of the “chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, but the world champion’s declared target of an all-time record 2900 rating is proving harder to achieve.
Play is, as usual, free and live to view online, starting Friday and Saturday at 1pm, and Sunday at 11am. Chess.com is the place to watch for close-ups of the players in action.