Van Foreest, Giri, Caruana and Firouzja lead the Tata Steel Masters on 4.5 points after seven rounds - 7

It was all change at the top of the Tata Steel Masters after Anish Giri defeated the leader Nils Grandelius in a Najdorf Sicilian. Wins for Fabiano Caruana over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Jorden Van Foreest over Aryan Tari and finally Alireza Firouzja over Jan-Krzysztof Duda meant there was a group of four leading after seven rounds. Magnus Carlsen remains becalmed with yet another draw, he didn't even generate a sniff of a chance against Pentala Harikrishna, Carlsen faces Andrey Esipenko in round 8, he scored his first win after beating Radoslaw Wojtaszek.

A more detailed breakdown of the day's play below.

Round 7 Standings: 1st-4th Van Foreest, Giri, Caruana, Firouzja 4.5pts 5th-8th Harikrishna, Esipenko, Carlsen, Grandelius 4pts 9th Wojtaszek 3pts 10th-13th Vachier-Lagrave, Tari, Anton, Duda 2.5pts 14th Donchenko 2pts

Round 8 Pairings Sunday 24th January 2021 1pm: MVL-Van Foreest, Donchenko-Tari, Duda-Anton, Harikrishna-Firouzja, Esipenko-Carlsen, Grandelius-Wojtaszek, Caruana-Giri.