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Anish Giri is still in the lead after eight rounds in the Wijk aan Zee chess tournament. The 29-year-old defending champion played with white against Wei Yi from China. He shares the lead with 5 points with Gukesh Dommaraju from India and Alireza Firouzja from Iran who now competes under the French flag.

The chess players have a rest day on Monday. The ninth round follows on Tuesday.

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