Tata Steel Masters 2016

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 4th November, 2015, 03:48 PM

Re: Tata Steel Masters 2016

Tata Steel Masters 2016

November 4, 2015

Utrecht

The tournament has sites away from the main venue that are attractive. One is the Railway Museum of the Netherlands.

The Maliebaan Station has steam and diesel locomotives, freight cars and a model railway.

Some comments online:

- This is an interactive museum in a restored 19th century station. It traces the history of the rail travel and shows how Dutch royalty once traveled. It is a huge area and contains a large selection of diesel, steam and electric locomotives.
It's definitely worth a few hours of your time.

- The Museum is on the edge of the town centre but easy to find and not far to walk from the Utrecht Centraal train station. I believe there is actually a train that goes there but I chose to walk in order to see more of Utrecht.

You enter via the old Maliebaan Station building, which has the original waiting rooms for passengers and Royalty, plus the ticket desk. You can purchase a Museumkart here which, for just under 60 euros, gives you access to a huge number of museums across the Netherlands. I found it far better value than buying the Amsterdam card, since it is nationally acceptable, not just for Amsterdam. They will also provide you with a written museum guide in English. Much of the display is in Dutch but this booklet gives comprehensive info on the trains and carriages plus an overview of the 5 exhibit areas.

From the old station, head across the railway lines to the main complex. On the way you may see tenders pulling trains into position. There is plenty going on and many photo opportunities.

The main complex houses the majority of the exhibits and the first is called the Great Discovery. You can get an audio guide in English or German for this experience, which is very well done. The next part takes you to the Orient Express, there is a theatre production but it is only in Dutch but I understood it describes a journey on that famous train. The third part is called Steel Monsters. Brilliant! This is a ride that takes you under and between the engines. I won't give away all the secrets but this ride is huge fun.

The largest expanse of the complex houses trains of all types. There is a gantry walk so you can see them from all angles. There are also numerous displays of railway tools, accessories, lights, signage, you name it, they have it! Don't miss the opportunity to try your hand at working a signalling board and getting trains into the correct positions.
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It will be interesting to see where the grandmasters will be playing at this museum

I do like trains.

Now, chess-news.ru has written up the Utrecht part with a photo giving an aerial view of the old city. Now, what part of the above do you suppose is in the write-up? The railway history? The antiquity of the city? Famous inhabitants or prior tournaments?

http://www.chess-news.ru/node/20401

Ah, no. It seems that in Utrecht, the Scottish police issued warrants in 1999 for the arrest of those responsible for blowing up the Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The history of this is given, the role of Gaddafi and the Libyans and then links to Ilyumzhinov and the recent tragedy of the passenger plane exploding over the Sinai.

I am bewildered at the article – never seen anything like it in a life of reading chess material. It is in Russian but google translate can easily give you the English version if you want. But why would you want to?

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 1st December, 2015, 11:41 PM

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Tata Steel Masters 2016

December 1, 2015

The 13th and 14th participants in the tournament have been announced.

Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) will be the 13th participant of the Tata Steel Masters, the top group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Eljanov (32) has been rising up the world list very fast. After several excellent results in the second half of this year, he has managed to reach the 13th position on that list. At the beginning of the year he was still ranked 25th. Eljanov won the B-group (currently the Tata Steel Challengers) in 2007, earning a spot in 2008’s A-group (currently the Tata Steel Masters), where he ended last.

Jeroen van den Berg, director of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament:

“Eljanov is a valuable addition to our tournament. He had an extremely strong performance in the world cup tournament in Baku. He managed to win almost all his games, in the process eliminating top players like Nakamura (US) and Grischuk (Russia). In the semi-finals he was eventually defeated by winner Sergey Karjakin. In Baku alone, he managed to win 35 rating points. After a successful performance at the European Team Championship in Reykjavik he has reached a rating of 2763 points. At the beginning of the year that was 2727 points. If he is still in such a strong shape in January, we can look forward to a number of interesting games at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.”

Evgeny Tomashevsky (28) from Russia is the 14th grandmaster of Tata Steel Masters. This completes the roster, which has no less than 12 chess players from the world Top 30. With three players China has the largest contingent. Netherlands, Russia and the United States closely follow with two grandmasters. Tomashevsky ended in the ACP-ranking today as highest ranked player with a rating below 2750. That earned him the last remaining place in Wijk aan Zee. The 78th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be held from 15 to January 31, 2016.

"Tomashevsky had an excellent year," said Jeroen van den Berg, director of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. "In August he won the Russian Superfinal and was part of the Russian team that recently in Reykjavik convincingly captured the European Team Championship. Tomashevsky is an asset to our tournament. "Among his colleagues, the Russian champion is known as "the Professor" for his eloquence, sympathetic appearance and broad knowledge. Tomashevsky debuts at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.

**Jack Maguire** · Friday, 11th December, 2015, 11:41 AM

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The 'Challengers' have also been announced.

http://www.chess.com/news/all-tata-s...announced-4701

**Jack Maguire** · Tuesday, 29th December, 2015, 05:22 PM

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And with Qatar now over, Tata Steel odds are now posted. Carlsen is the overwhelming favourite at 8/11, and Giri the second favourite at 63/10, followed by Caruana at 8/1, So at 9/1, Karjakin at 21/2, Mamedyarov at 29/2, the trio of Ding, Eljanov, and Tomasheveky each at 16/1, Navarra at 19/1, Wei at 20/1, Adams at 33/1, and the two real long shots, Hou at 325/1 and Van Wely at 600/1.

https://www.marathonbet.com/en/betting/Chess/

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 5th January, 2016, 11:45 AM

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Tata Steel Masters 2016

January 5, 2016

Masters Schedule

Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16
Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17
Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18
Round 4 - Tue. Jan. 19
Travel Day - Wed. Jan. 20
Round 5 - Thur. Jan. 21
Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22
Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 23
Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24
Free Day - Mon. Jan. 25
Round 9 - Tue. Jan. 26
Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27
Free Day - Thur. Jan. 28
Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29
Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30
Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31

Games start at 1:30 p.m. (local), which is 7:30 a.m. Montreal/Toronto time

**Jack Maguire** · Tuesday, 5th January, 2016, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by Jack Maguire View Post

And with Qatar now over, Tata Steel odds are now posted. Carlsen is the overwhelming favourite at 8/11, and Giri the second favourite at 63/10, followed by Caruana at 8/1, So at 9/1, Karjakin at 21/2, Mamedyarov at 29/2, the trio of Ding, Eljanov, and Tomasheveky each at 16/1, Navarra at 19/1, Wei at 20/1, Adams at 33/1, and the two real long shots, Hou at 325/1 and Van Wely at 600/1.

https://www.marathonbet.com/en/betting/Chess/

One week closer and Carlsen has dropped to 67/100 while all other players retain their same odds.

https://www.marathonbet.com/en/betting/Chess/

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 15th January, 2016, 04:54 PM

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Tata Steel Masters 2016

January 15, 2016

The drawing of lots was this afternoon and so the round-by-round pairings have been decided:

Round 1, Jan. 16, 2016
Hou, Yifan – Karjakin
So – Giri
Ding Liren – Adams
Navara – Carlsen
Caruana – Eljanov
Wei Yi – Tomashevsky
Mamedyarov – Van Wely

Round 2, Jan. 17, 2016
Karjakin – Van Wely
Tomashevsky – Mamedyarov
Eljanov – Wei Yi
Carlsen – Caruana
Adams – Navara
Giri – Ding Liren
Hou Yifan – So

Round 3, Jan. 18, 2016
So – Karjakin
Ding Liren – Hou Yifan
Navara – Giri
Caruana – Adams
Wei Yi – Carlsen
Mamedyarov – Eljanov
Van Wely – Tomashevsky

Round 4, Jan. 19
Karjakin – Tomashevsky
Eljanov – Van Wely
Carlsen – Mamedyarov
Adams – Wei Yi
Giri – Caruana
Hou Yifan –Navara
So – Ding Liren

Round 5, Jan. 21
Ding Liren – Karjakin
Navara – So
Caruana – Hou Yifan
Wei Yi – Giri
Mamedyarov – Adams
Van Wely – Carlsen
Tomashevsky – Eljanov

Round 6, Jan. 22
Karjakin – Eljanov
Carlsen – Tomashevsky
Adams – Van Wely
Giri – Mamedyarov
Hou Yifan – Wei Yi
So – Caruana
Ding Liren – Navara

Round 7, Jan. 23
Navara – Karjakin
Caruana – Ding Liren
Wei Yi – So
Mamedyarov – Hou Yifan
Van Wely – Giri
Tomashevsky – Adams
Eljanov – Carlsen

Round 8, Jan. 24
Karjakin – Carlsen
Adams – Eljanov
Giri – Tomashevsky
Hou Yifan – Van Wely
So – Mamedyarov
Ding Liren – Wei Yi
Navara - Caruana

Round 9, Jan. 26
Caruana – Karjakin
Wei Yi – Navara
Mamedyarov – Ding Liren
Van Wely – So
Tomashevsky – Hou Yifan
Eljanov – Giri
Carlsen – Adams

Round 10, Jan. 27
Karjakin – Adams
Giri – Carlsen
Hou Yifan – Eljanov
So – Tomashevsky
Ding Liren – Van Wely
Navara – Mamedyarov
Caruana – Wei Yi

Round 11, Jan. 29
Wei Yi – Karjakin
Mamedyarov – Caruana
Van Wely – Navara
Tomashevsky – Ding Liren
Eljanov – So
Carlsen - Hou Yifan
Adams – Giri

Round 12, Jan. 30
Karjakin – Giri
Hou Yifan – Adams
So – Carlsen
Ding Liren – Eljanov
Navara – Tomashevsky
Caruana – Van Wely
Wei Yi – Mamedyarov

Round 13, Jan. 31
Mamedyarov – Karjakin
Van Wely – Wei Yi
Tomashevsky – Caruana
Eljanov – Navara
Carlsen – Ding Liren
Adams – So
Giri – Hou Yifan

The chess24.com commentary team will be Fiona Steil-Antoni, Jan Gustafsson and Lawrence Trent for the first five rounds and then the inimitable Peter Svidler for the final eight rounds.

The action starts at 13:30 CET on Saturday. This would be 7:30 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time.

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 17th January, 2016, 01:01 AM

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Tata Steel Masters 2016

January 16, 2016

Round One

You had a choice of commentators today – Lawrence Trent and Yasser Seirawan from Wijk on chess.com and Jan Gustafsson and Fiona Steil-Antoni, broadcasting from Hamburg.

Two hours in, it seemed that these would be the results of the matches So over Giri, Hou Yifan over Karjakin, Eljanov over Caruana and Van Wely beating Mamedyarov, with the rest drawn.

But it didn’t quite work out that way.

The games:

(chess24.com) - Initially chess fans were glued to the battle between David Navara and Magnus Carlsen. Magnus, true to his style, seemed to be outplaying his opponent strategically, but Navara found an interesting pawn sacrifice that changed the rhythm of the game - with Magnus later describing the position as "dangerous".

He didn't accept the pawn, continued with his plan, and after correct play from both sides they reached an equal endgame where a repetition of moves was natural. David Navara was satisfied with the result, after admitting he made a miscalculation.

Tata Steel Masters 2016, Wijk aan Zee
Round 1, Jan. 16, 2016
Navara, David – Carlsen, Magnus
D35 QGD, Exchange Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.e3 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bd3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.O-O a5 13.a3 O-O 14.Qc2 Re8 15.b4 b5 16.Na2 Bb7 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Nb4 Qa8 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Bf5 Nb6 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Nc4 23.Qc3 Rxa3 24.Qd4 c5 25.Rxa3 cxd4 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.exd4 Ra4 28.Rb1 Nd2 29.Rb2 Nc4 30.Rb1 Nd2 31.Rb2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

(ChessBase.com) Anish Giri is considered to be one of the most solid players of the world's elite and it is no coincidence that he was the only player on the Grand Chess Tour who did not lose one single game. But in his game against Wesley So in the first round of Wijk aan Zee 2016 he had a bad day.

So played with white and opted for the Botvinnik Variation of the English Opening, explaining after the game that "Anish is basically unbeatable in the opening and I thought I go for an opening that is not so theoretical." A successful choice. After about 20 moves it became apparent that all three minor pieces of Black had landed on bad positions standing badly. Giri tried to drum up some counterplay by pushing his pawns on the kingside and the queenside but this weakened both his position and his pawns. So gradually started to pick the weak pawns of Giri but carefully avoided to give Giri any chances. After 37 moves Giri resigned in a hopeless position.

Round 1, Jan. 16, 2016
So, Wesley – Giri, Anish
A36 English, Ultra-Symmetrical Variation

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.d3 e5 8.Nd5 Nce7 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.e4 Nge7 11.Nge2 O-O 12.O-O Bd7 13.Bd2 h6 14.Nb5 Be6 15.Nec3 b6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Na7 18.Nc3 f5 19.h4 f4 20.Bh3 b5 21.Ne2 f3 22.Nc1 h5 23.Nb3 a4 24.Na1 b4 25.axb4 cxb4 26.Qxa4 Nac6 27.Qd1 Nd4 28.Nc2 Nxc2 29.Qxc2 Rb8 30.Rfc1 Rb7 31.Qb3 Kh8 32.Rc4 Ng8 33.Rxb4 Rxb4 34.Qxb4 Bf6 35.Rc1 Qe7 36.Qb6 Bxh4 37.Rc7 1-0

(chess24.com) - Hou Yifan had Sergey Karjakin on the ropes, but the defensive abilities of the Russian never fail to astonish. A few moves before the time control, Hou Yifan seemed to have everything under control. Perhaps Hou Yifan should have played a move like 35. Qe1 in order to try and reach the time control, and only then look at ways to put pressure on the f5-pawn or improve her bishop. Instead she played 35. Qd3? and after 35... Qxe5 simplifications followed on f5 and the position equalised.

Round 1, Jan. 16, 2016
Hou Yifan – Karjakin, Sergey
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Na3 Bg7 5.Nxc4 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bd2 Nd5 10.Rc1 Re8 11.h3 Nd4 12.e3 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 c6 14.Na5 Qd6 15.Qe2 Rb8 16.Nc4 Qe7 17.e4 Nb6 18.Be3 Be6 19.b3 Nxc4 20.dxc4 a5 21.c5 f5 22.Kh2 Rf8 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Bd2 Ra8 25.Bc3 Qxc5 26.f4 Qd6 27.Bxe5 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Qe7 29.Rf4 Kh8 30.Rcf1 Rg8 31.h4 Rg6 32.Bh3 Rag8 33.R1f3 Qg7 34.Qe3 Rh6 35.Qd3 Qxe5 36.Bxf5 Bd5 37.Be4 Rd6 38.Rf2 Bxe4 39.Qxe4 Qxe4 40.Rxe4 Rgd8 1/2-1/2

Round 1, Jan. 16, 2016
Ding Liren – Adams, Michael
A22 English, Bremen, Reverse Dragon

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.d3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bd6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 c6 13.a4 Bf8 14.a5 Nc4 15.a6 Nxb2 16.Qd2 Nc4 17.Qf4 Bd6 18.Qc1 Be5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Rd1 Qe7 21.Ne4 bxa6 22.f4 Ng6 23.Qxc6 Rb8 24.Qd6 Bg4 25.Qxe7 Rxe7 26.Rd2 h6 27.Rxa6 Rb4 28.Nc3 Rc4 29.Ra3 Nf8 30.Kf2 Rec7 31.Nd5 Rc2 32.Rxc2 Rxc2 33.Bf1 Be6 34.Ne7+ Kh7 35.Rxa7 g6 36.Bg2 Bg4 37.Bf1 Be6 38.Bg2 Bg4 39.Bf3 Bxf3 40.Kxf3 Ne6 41.e3 Kg7 42.h3 h5 43.Nd5 Rh2 44.h4 Rc2 45.Nb6 Rc3 46.Ke4 Rc1 47.Kf3 Rc3 48.Nd5 Rb3 49.Ke4 Rb1 50.Nc3 Rb4+ 51.Kd5 Kf8 52.Ne4 Rb3 53.Nd6 Rd3+ 54.Ke5 Nd8 55.Rd7 Rxe3+ 56.Kf6 Re6+ 57.Kg5 Kg7 58.f5 Re3 59.f6+ Kh7 60.Rxd8 Re4 61.Rh8+ 1-0

Fabiano Caruana played a fine attacking game against Pavel Eljanov. After being surprised by Eljanov's opening choice Caruana decided to gambit a pawn to get attacking chances in an isolated queen's pawn position. White had compensation for the pawn but not more. However, the position was difficult to play for Black and after defending very precisely for most of the time Eljanov finally cracked, allowing White's attack to become overwhelming.

Round 1, Jan. 16, 2016
Caruana, Fabiano – Eljanov, Pavel
D24 QGA, 4.Nc3

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Qe2 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nb6 13.Bd3 Nfd5 14.Bg3 Bd7 15.Ne4 Ba4 16.Rc1 Nd7 17.b3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bc6 19.Rfd1 a5 20.a4 Qe8 21.h4 Rd8 22.h5 Nb4 23.Bb1 Kh8 24.Bf4 Rg8 25.Bd2 Rd5 26.Bxb4 axb4 27.Rxd5 exd5 28.Ng3 Bg5 29.Re1 g6 30.Qg4 Qe7 31.Qd4 b6 32.e6+ Bf6 33.Qf4 g5 34.Qf5 Rg7 35.Qc2 Qc5 36.Qxc5 bxc5 37.Nf5 Rg8 38.exf7 1-0

Round 1, Jan. 16, 2016
Wei Yi – Tomashevsky, Evgeny
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Anti-Marshall (8.a4)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 d6 11.h3 h6 12.c3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ba7 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Re8 16.a5 Na7 17.Bc2 bxc3 18.bxc3 Nb5 19.Qd2 Bd7 20.Nc4 Be6 21.Ne3 Bd7 22.Nc4 Be6 23.Ne3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

"Bend or break", that sometimes seems to be the motto of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Against Loek van Wely he definitely went for broke by playing a double-edged pawn sacrifice in the opening. This could have led to a quick defeat had Loek van Wely seen a winning tactical shot in a complicated position. However, van Wely missed this opportunity but still had the better position. Eventually an endgame arose, in which Van Wely had a knight against two pawns but found no way to win and after 76 moves agreed to a draw.

The move that Loek missed was 17…Ng4 instead of his Qxb5. There would follow 18.Qe1 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Nxf2 20.Qa5 Qxa5 21. Rxa5 Rf8 etc)

Round 1, Jan. 16, 2016
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Van Wely, Loek
D11 QGD Slav, 3. Nf3

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 e6 8.Ne5 Qb6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Be3 Rd8 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.d5 Bc5 14.Nxc6 Bxe3 15.Nxd8 Kxd8 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Nxb5 Qxb5 18.fxe3 Ke7 19.Rxa7 Rb8 20.Qd4 Qd5 21.Rb1 Rxb3 22.Rxd7+ Nxd7 23.Qxg7+ Kd6 24.Qxh7 Rxe3 25.Qc2 Qd4 26.Kf1 Rc3 27.Rd1 Rxc2 28.Rxd4+ Ke7 29.Kf2 Ne5 30.h4 Rc4 31.Rf4 Rc2 32.Ke3 Rc1 33.Re4 Nc4+ 34.Kf2 Nd6 35.Rf4 Nf5 36.h5 Nh6 37.g4 Nf7 38.Kg3 Rg1+ 39.Kf2 Ra1 40.Kg3 Re1 41.Kf2 Rb1 42.Kg3 Rb2 43.Rf2 Rb4 44.e3 Re4 45.Kf3 Ra4 46.Kg3 Re4 47.Kf3 Ng5+ 48.Kg3 Nh7 49.Kf3 Ra4 50.Kg3 Ra1 51.Rf4 Rb1 52.Ra4 Kf6 53.Ra8 Rg1+ 54.Kh4 Rh1+ 55.Kg3 Rg1+ 56.Kh4 Rh1+ 57.Kg3 Ng5 58.Kg2 Rh4 59.Ra4 Rh3 60.Ra3 Rh4 61.Ra4 e5 62.Ra6+ Kf7 63.Ra7+ Ke6 64.Ra6+ Kd5 65.Ra4 Kc6 66.Kg3 Rh3+ 67.Kf2 Kb5 68.Ra8 Ne4+ 69.Ke2 Kc4 70.Ra5 Nc5 71.Kf2 Nd3+ 72.Kg2 Rxe3 73.h6 Nf4+ 74.Kf2 Rb3 75.h7 Rh3 76.Rxe5 1/2-1/2

Comments

(Nigel Short) - Is that really Ju Wenjun playing in ‪the Tata Steel Challengers? I have just got back from New Zealand (where we came 2nd=) & am totally jet-lagged.

Caruana in the Tata press centre: "The pawn sac wasn't my preparation as I didn't expect Vienna from Eljanov!"

(Olimpiu G. Urcan) - Czech humour from David Navara [while demonstrating his draw against Carlsen]: "...I am not a very good strategic player."

- Wesley So makes beating Giri look easy

**Jack Maguire** · Sunday, 17th January, 2016, 09:11 AM

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FM 'hellokostya' reports for chess.com on all R1 games with apposite video links. He also covers the 7 decisive 'Challenger' games.

http://www.chess.com/news/caruana-so...l-round-1-9378

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 17th January, 2016, 03:30 PM

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Tata Steel Masters 2016

January 17, 2016

Round Two

Yasser and Lawrence talk about the enormous self-confidence of the top five players, a self-confidence that sets them aside from their fellows and Kasparov, Karpov and Korchnoi are mentioned.

Yasser says he was playing in Wijk in 1980, one of his first internationals and he beat Viktor Korchnoi in Round 2 and Viktor was not happy. But after that he would come up to Yasser during the tournament and ask, “What do you think of Timman’s position in this game?” and so forth.

At the end Viktor said to him, “I have a proposition for you. How would you like to be my second?”

Yasser said that he absolutely frozen and asked himself, “Can I afford this? How much would I have to pay?”

Viktor went on, “Of course I will pay all of your expenses and give you 500 Swiss francs a week besides.”

And so, Yasser became his second for the next cycle that included matches against Petrosian, Polugayevsky and then Hubner and culminated in Merano 1981 against Anatoly Karpov.

Yasser is Syrian by birth. He said in a 2011 interview: Yes, I have an ‘extensive’ family of Seirawan’s living in Damascus. This comes from my father’s side of the family. Unfortunately, when I was nine years old my mother and father divorced and I lived with my mother, so much of my knowledge of my Syrian side has been ‘lost.’ Through my father I’m kept informed of what is happening there.

The family left Syria when I was four years old. I have only two memories of Syria, which I wrote in detail in my book, “Chess Duels.” Those memories were of pain and pleasure. An interesting twinning.
________

Today’s games:

Tata Steel Masters 2016
Round 2, Jan. 17, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Caruana, Fabiano
A00 Symmetrical Opening

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.e4 e5 4.Ne2 c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nd4 8.c3 Nxe2 9.Qxe2 Ne7 10.h4 h6 11.h5 g5 12.f4 exf4 13.gxf4 gxf4 14.Bxf4 Nc6 15.Na3 Be5 16.Be3 Be6 17.Nc4 Bg3+ 18.Kd2 Qd7 19.d4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.d5 Bg4 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Qb5 25.Rac1 Qxb2+ 26.Kd1 Bf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Qxf4 Rg8 29.Rf1 Qd4+ 30.Ke1 Qb4+ 31.Kd1 Qd4+ 32.Ke1 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

25.Rac1?, better is b3

- Magnus will never forgive himself for 25. Rac1

- but 25.b3 was not clear either

- 25.b3 lines are inhumanly complicated

Round 2, Jan. 17, 2016
Giri, Anish – Ding Liren
D11 QGD Slav, 4.e3

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 b6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Qe2 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ba6 Bxa6 13.Qxa6 Qe7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Rac1 Qe6 16.Nf1 Ne4 17.N3d2 Ndf6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rc2 Rac8 20.Rdc1 h5 21.Qe2 h4 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.h3 Rdc8 24.Bd4 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 Rxc2 26.Qxc2 Be5 27.Bxe5 Qxe5 28.Qc8+ Kh7 29.Qg4 Qf6 30.f3 Nc3 31.a4 d4 32.Kf2 Nd1+ 33.Ke2 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Jan. 17, 2016
Adams, Michael – Navara, David
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nf3 Nh6 9.Nc3 Nf5 10.Ne2 c5 11.dxc5 Na6 12.Qb5+ Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.b4 b6 16.cxb6 Nxb4 17.Ned4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 axb6 19.Rb1 Rxa2 20.Kd2 Na6 21.Rxb6 Nc5 22.Rc6 Ne4+ 23.Ke2 Rb8 24.Rc7+ Ke8 25.Rd1 Ra3 26.Rd3 Rxd3 27.cxd3 Rb2+ 28.Rc2 Rxc2+ 29.Nxc2 Nc5 30.d4 Ne4 31.Ne3 1/2-1/2

- David Navara draws Michael Adams after losing his previous three games against the Englishman

Andrey Deviatkin: This is Chess-News. Grandmaster Michael Adams just drew David Navara in round 2 of the Tata Steel Chess Masters.

Michael, could you please tell us what happened in the game?  

Michael Adams: Well, we played this line, he went for the very critical move 10...c5. To be honest, I didn't really check it. It's quite interesting, particularly with this 11...Na6. It looks a bit dangerous for Black to me, but I don't know, I didn't really find anything. In one line, maybe I can keep a pawn, but Black's too active, so I think it was a fairly normal draw.  

AD: And about the opening. I think normally you don't play this 3.e5 and 4.h4 line in the Caro-Kann?  

MA: I had the idea to play it for a long time, but then, for whatever reason, the Caro-Kann just wasn't coming up, so I thought I would try it. When I originally looked at it, it was less popular, while now there's already quite a lot of games. But I saw that he'd never actually had any games in this line, so I thought maybe it wasn't such a bad choice because he's not playing Caro-Kann so long, and he never faced 4.h4. So I thought it was worth trying, if he doesn't have any experience.

AD: Okay, I got it. And about the endgame "5 vs 5". Actually, you are well-known for winning many seemingly drawish positions. Did you think White could have achieved something at the end? Maybe by playing f2-f3 instead of d3-d4 or like this?

MA: Maybe... Well, I wanted to put the knight on f4 very quickly, but I don't know... I think I was just not in great shape in general. But no, I think it's basically just a draw. I don't think Black has too many problems. I wasn't really expecting 30...Ne4 somehow, and then it was very difficult to get rid of this knight on e4. I thought he might have played 29...Nc3+ instead of 29...Nc5. Yeah, I mean, it's very close to a draw. If you saw this game - Naiditsch against Granda from Isle of Man 2015 - it looked like Naiditsch had sort of a completely winning version of this endgame, more or less, and still it was a draw somehow (smiles), it was a very strange game. Okay, I think normally it's a draw against a strong player.

Round 2, Jan. 17, 2016
Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Mamedyarov, Shakhryar
D06 QGD, Symmetrical (Austrian) Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.g3 e5 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.Bg2 Bb4 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O Rd8 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Bg5 Rac8 15.e3 Na5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nxa5 Bxa5 18.Qa4 Kg7 19.a3 Rd2 20.Ne2 Qd8 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 22.b4 Bb6 23.Nc3 f5 24.Qb5 Qd6 25.Nd5 Bd8 26.Rc1 Be6 27.Nc3 e4 28.Bf1 Bf6 29.Qc5 Qxc5 30.bxc5 Be5 31.a4 Bb3 32.a5 a6 33.c6 bxc6 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Jan. 17, 2016
Karjakin, Sergey – Van Wely, Loek
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, Bc4 Modern Line

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.O-O-O Rfc8 13.Kb1 Ne5 14.Bg5 Kf8 15.f4 Neg4 16.Rhe1 Rc5 17.f5 gxf5 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Re8 20.Nd5 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Jan. 17, 2016
Eljanov, Pavel – Wei Yi
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qa4 a6 6.cxd5 b5 7.Qd1 cxd5 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Be5 e6 14.Nd2 Bh6 15.e3 Qe7 16.h4 b4 17.Qc2 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Bd7 19.Qd1 Bb5 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 Ng4 23.Bf4 Bxf4 24.exf4 Nf6 25.Nb3 Bc4 26.Nc5 a5 27.b3 Bb5 28.Qe3 Ng4 29.Qd2 Qf6 30.f3 Nh6 31.Bh3 Nf5 32.Bxf5 Qxf5 33.Qd1 Qh3 34.Qe1 Qf5 35.Qd1 Qh3 36.Qe1 Qf5 1/2-1/2

and the game that looked like it would never end:

Round 2, Jan. 17, 2016
Hou Yifan – So, Wesley
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.Re1 a6 9.Ba4 Ba7 10.d4 Ng6 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Nbd2 c5 13.d5 b5 14.b3 Bd7 15.Nf1 Qc7 16.Ne3 Bb6 17.a4 Nf4 18.Nh2 c4 19.bxc4 Ba5 20.Bd2 bxc4 21.Nhg4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Rab8 23.Ra3 Qc5 24.Ra2 Rb7 25.g3 Nd3 26.Rf1 Reb8 27.Qe2 Rb2 28.Rxb2 Nxb2 29.Rb1 Bc7 30.Ra1 g6 31.Kg2 Bd8 32.Bc1 Qc8 33.Ra2 Nd3 34.Ba3 Bb6 35.Nxc4 Ne1+ 36.Qxe1 Qxc4 37.Rb2 Qc7 38.Bd1 Rc8 39.Qe2 a5 40.Qa6 Rb8 41.Qd3 f6 42.Qc2 Ba7 43.Rxb8+ Qxb8 44.Qb3 Qc7 45.Be2 g5 46.Kf1 Kf7 47.f3 Ke7 48.Bd3 Qb6 49.Qxb6 Bxb6 50.Bb5 Bc8 51.Ke2 Bc5 52.Bc1 Kd8 53.Bd2 Kc7 54.Be1 1/2-1/2

48…Qb6?, better is Bxa4

Standing After Round Two

Ding Liren 1.5
Caruana 1.5
So 1.5
Navara 1
Karjakin 1
Van Wely 1
Carlsen 1
Wei Yi 1
Tomashevsky 1
Mamedyarov 1
Hou Yifan 1
Giri 0.5
Adams 0.5
Eljanov 0.5

**Jack Maguire** · Monday, 18th January, 2016, 07:59 AM

Re: Tata Steel Masters 2016

All the short draws yesterday in the Master's group induced NM Sam Copeland to refer to the lack of action thereof as "soporific" in his summary report for chess.com. Great word but not likely to land Sam on the short list for top chess promoter of the year. (:

http://www.chess.com/news/tata-steel...m-caruana-2103

**Jack Maguire** · Monday, 18th January, 2016, 08:19 AM

Re: Tata Steel Masters 2016

Wesley So and Anish Giri have now gone a composite dozen games without nicking Yifan Hou for a full point. Wesley is +0, -0, =6 while Anish is +0, -2, =4. Yifan has Black against Anish in the final round (13) in an attempt to make it a baker's dozen. Amusingly, Anish has far more trouble with the Women's World Champion than he does with the Men's World Champion. (:

**Jack Maguire** · Monday, 18th January, 2016, 09:09 AM

Re: Tata Steel Masters 2016

Punters have made Magnus Carlsen the prohibitive favourite in his first ever game with China's 16-year-old Wei Yi. Despite having Black, Magnus is at 6/4 while Wei Yi is at 87/10. The most likely result, a draw, pays 41/50.

Magnus is even a bigger betting favourite tomorrow when he has White against Shakh. He's currently at 3/4 with 147/100 draw odds and a Shakh win paying 12/1. Of course, there is some history here and Shakh hasn't fared much better than Naka in his encounters with the World Champion. Empirically, it's +5, -1, =6 with Shakh's lone win occurring in an early 2008 encounter.

https://www.marathonbet.com/en/betting/Chess/

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 18th January, 2016, 02:10 PM

Re: Tata Steel Masters 2016

Tata Steel Masters 2016

Round Three

January 18, 2016

The premier game today is Wei Yi vs Magnus Carlsen. It starts as a Marshall Gambit. Magnus played it once before against Anand in the 2015 Gashimov Memorial. The result was a draw.

WIM Arlette van Weersel comes in to talk about a social media program called #saychess, which has a contest for the best pictures from around the world showing chess is fun and for everybody. There are daily prizes and the grand prize is a chessboard signed by all the Tata participants.

Nick Schilder, the famous Dutch singer, talks with Yasser about Navara-Giri. This game gets a lot of discussion because it looks like Anish is having a difficult time of it.

Then, IM Jan van de Mortel joins Yasser. He has been waiting three days for the opportunity. Lawrence Trent has gone to Hamburg to shoot a video. There was a question yesterday as to whether it is faster to fly or just take the train.

The game Antipov-Van Foreest from the Challengers is discussed. Van de Mortel has played Jorden Van Foreest many times at Bullet Chess. The latter is a 16-year-old Dutch player. His great-grandfather was Arnold Van Foreest (1863-1954).

Jorden says this on his website:

My name is Jorden van Foreest. I was born in Utrecht 30 April 1999. I have 4 brothers: Lucas, Pieter, Tristan, Nanne and one sister Machteld. My current teacher is Sergey Tiviakov. Special Achievements: 2014: I won the European Chess Championship 2013 in the age category under 14. 2014: International Master More information about my chess achievements can be found on my Fide page. I hope to reach the same relative strength as my great grand grandfather A. E. van Foreest who was three times Dutch chess champion. As a result my handshake distance to Alekhine is at most three (me–my grandfather–my great great grandfather–Alekhine).

The guys talk about having dropped a queen by discovered check by a bishop. Jan says that it happened once to him in a classical game, when he was 13 and he has never let it happen again.

Yasser says that it has, embarrassingly, happened to him about six times in his career and you paradoxically get stronger because of it.

They also talk about Jan Hein Donner’s “The King”. This is a collection of Donner’s short articles full of insults, ironies and self-mockery.

Some of the essays have these titles: Bobby and I, Ignore Him, Gentlemen, Does Canada Exist?, Distracting an Opponent and Olafsson’s Neck. Yasser loves the book and especially one story about the power of the a-pawn on a5.

In his annotations to Donner-Velimirovic, Havana 1971, he ends with an ode to the a-pawn:

"Dear pawn on a5,

Sweet little thing, a rook's pawn you are, just one square is all you control. You're so small, almost nothing and throughout the game you've been standing there on your little place, but all that time my hope was built on you, and all my fearful hankering was for you. I did see you standing there, you little rascal. People thought, of course, it was the d5 pawn that it was all about, he drew their attention, they all looked at him, but you and I knew better, it was all about you, about you and you alone.

You've been waiting, you naughty boy, not wanting to come on, because you knew that all the time I was only thinking of you and that you didn't have to do anything at all, because I would be coming to you of my own. Little rook's pawn, you're free now. Go ahead, unspeakable bliss is waiting for you and me on a8. Thank you, you sweet little thing. I love you,

your King
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On the boards, Mamedyarov suddenly blows a rook to Eljanov and Pavel comes in to talk about it. It looks like Giri will not go down to Navara but he has saved the game. Wei Yi – Carlsen is heading for a draw.

Yasser gets a tweet from Jonathan Tisdall and Yasser recalls being in a U.S. Junior (U18) Championship in 1976 (in Memphis), an 8-player tourney, where 6 of the 8 became grandmasters. Ken Regan, the mathematician, who often appears in ChessTalk, was a participant in that tourney, as were Diesen, Rohde, Henley, Tisdall, Fedorowicz and De Firmian.

The games:

Tata Steel Masters 2016
Round 3, Jan. 18, 2016
Wei Yi - Carlsen, Magnus
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter-Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Be3 Bxd3 17.Nd2 Qf5 18.Bd4 Rae8 19.Kg2 Qxf3+ 20.Kxf3 Re6 21.Rac1 h6 22.Kg2 Rg6 23.Ne4 Nf4+ 24.Kf3 Bxe4+ 25.Rxe4 Nd3 26.Rd1 Nxb2 27.Rd2 Ba3 28.Bb6 Rd6 29.Rxd6 Bxd6 30.Re2 Nd3 31.Rd2 Ne5+ 32.Kg2 Be7 33.f4 Nc4 34.Bxc4 bxc4 35.Rd7 Bf6 36.Rc7 Bxc3 37.Rxc6 Rb8 38.a4 Bb2 39.Ba5 c3 40.Bxc3 Bxc3 41.Rxc3 Rb4 42.a5 Rb5 43.Ra3 Rb2+ 44.Kh3 f5 45.Rc3 Rb5 46.Ra3 g5 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.Kg2 Kg7 49.h4 g4 50.Rc3 Rxa5 51.Rc6 Ra2+ 52.Kg1 a5 53.Ra6 a4 54.Kh1 Kf7 55.Kg1 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Ra3 57.Kh2 Ra2+ 58.Kg1 Ke7 59.Kh1 a3 60.Kg1 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Jan. 18, 2016
Navara, David – Giri, Anish
D97 Grunfeld, Russian, Alekhine (Hungarian) Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Be3 e6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Rad1 Nxc5 15.Qa3 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Ng5 Bc6 18.f4 Qb7 19.Bc5 Re8 20.f5 exf5 21.Rxf5 gxf5 22.Bh5 Bd5 23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Bxf7+ Qxf7 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Qb3+ Kg6 27.Qg3+ Kf7 28.Qb3+ Kg6 29.Qg3+ Kf7 30.Qf3 Nd7 31.Qd5+ Kg6 32.Qc6+ Nf6 33.exf6 Rac8 34.Qxa6 Ra8 35.f7+ Kxf7 36.Qxb5 Rad8 37.Qb3+ Kg6 38.Qg3+ Kf7 39.Qb3+ Kg6 40.Bd6 Bxb2 41.Qxb2 Rxd6 42.h3 Ra6 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Jan. 18, 2016
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Eljanov, Pavel
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav, Accelerated Meran

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.f4 Bc5 13.Ke2 Rd8 14.h3 Nxe3 15.Bxe3 Bxe3 16.Kxe3 d4+ 17.Kf3 dxc3 18.Rad1 Bd7 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Bd3 f5 21.Qxc3 c5 22.Kf2 Bc6 23.Be2 b5 24.Qe3 bxc4 25.Bxc4 Bb5 26.Be2 Bxe2 27.Kxe2 c4 28.bxc4 Qb4 29.Qb3 Qc5 30.Qc3 Rac8 31.Kf3 Kg8 32.Kg3 a5 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.Rb1 a4 35.Kh2 Qc6 36.Qg3 Qe4 37.Qg5 Rc8 38.c5 Qxb1 0-1

38.c5? loses the rook in a winning position. He should have played 38.Rb6
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Round 3, Jan. 18, 2016
Van Wely, Loek – Tomashevsky, Evgeny
E17 Queen’s Indian, Anti-Queen’s Indian System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d5 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 Na6 10.Nd4 Nc5 11.Ba3 d6 12.dxe6 Bxg2 13.exf7+ Rxf7 14.Kxg2 Ng4 15.Nf3 Ne4 16.Qd3 Qe7 17.h3 Ngf6 18.Rad1 Re8 19.Qc2 Qe6 20.Qd3 Qd7 21.Bc1 Nc5 22.Qc2 Qa4 23.Qxa4 Nxa4 24.Rd2 Ne4 25.Rc2 Nexc3 26.Be3 Ne4 27.Rd1 Ref8 28.Bd4 Nac5 29.Rf1 Ne6 30.Be3 Rf5 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Jan. 18, 2016
So, Wesley – Karjakin, Sergey
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.Nc3 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 dxc4 14.e4 b5 15.a4 a6 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 e5 18.Bg5 b4 19.d6 bxc3 20.Qxc3 h6 21.Be3 e4 22.Qa3 Re8 23.dxe7 Qxe7 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Rd6 Re6 26.Rad1 Ne5 27.Bh3 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Rb8 29.Kg2 c3 30.bxc3 Nc4 31.Rxa6 Nxe3+ 32.fxe3 Nd5 33.a5 f5 34.c4 Nxe3+ 35.Kf2 Nxc4 36.Bxf5 Rf8 37.g4 Nxa5 38.Rxa5 g6 39.Re5 gxf5 40.gxf5 Ra8 41.Kg3 Kf7 42.Rxe4 Kf6 43.Kf4 Ra6 44.h4 h5 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Jan. 18, 2016
Ding Liren – Hou Yifan
D38, QGD, Ragozin Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8.e3 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Qb3 c5 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.Nd2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 cxd4 14.exd4 Nf6 15.Bd3 Be6 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Bxc8 19.Qb4 Qxb4 20.axb4 Ke7 21.Nb1 Bd7 22.Nc3 a6 23.f3 Kd6 24.Kf2 Ng8 25.Ra1 Ne7 26.Ra5 Rc8 27.g4 Rc6 28.b5 axb5 29.Rxb5 Rxc3 30.bxc3 Bxb5 31.Bxb5 f5 32.gxf5 Nxf5 33.Bd3 Ke6 34.g4 Ng7 35.Ke3 h5 36.gxh5 Nxh5 37.c4 1/2-1/2

(To be Concluded)