Fabiano Caruana won the 2020 Tata Steel Chess Masters

Fabiano Caruana scored the only win of the final round of the Tata Steel Masters to match the 10/13 last scored in Wijk aan Zee by famous legends Magnus Carlsen in 2013 and Garry Kasparov in 1999. His +7 score left him a full two points ahead of Magnus, who finished in clear second place after Wesley So was content to take a 9th draw in a row. David Antón shrugged off his loss the day before to get the draw he needed to win the Challengers and qualify for next year’s Masters.

The final round of the 2020 Tata Steel Masters looked destined to be an anti-climax. The dream scenario would have been for Wesley So to come out fighting after eight draws in a row and try to beat Magnus Carlsen and snatch second place, but, to no-one’s great surprise, he didn’t.

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• Official website
• Follow all the games on chess24: Masters | Challengers
• Magnus Carlsen hunts 8th Wijk aan Zee title
• Tata Steel 1: Firouzja and Van Foreest strike
• Tata Steel 2: Wesley So beats Anand as five lead
• Tata Steel 3: Firouzja leads as Carlsen ties streak
• Tata Steel 4: Magnus Carlsen sets 111-game record
• Tata Steel 5: Firouzja beats Giri for 3rd win
• Tata Steel 6: Giri & Dubov win, Magnus held again
• Tata Steel 7: Alireza Firouzja leads again
• Tata Steel 8: Magnus wins, Fabi catches Firouzja
• Tata Steel 9: Carlsen teaches Firouzja a lesson
• Tata Steel 10: Magnus wins again but Fabi leads
• Tata Steel 11: Caruana almost uncatchable
• Tata Steel 12: Caruana wins with a round to spare