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Tata Steel 2017
January 25, 2017
Round Ten
Lawrence and Jan talk about the joys of living in Hamburg.
Lawrence says that Wesley So is playing the best chess in the world at the moment. The guys say that they don’t know who is working with him but he himself works very hard on his game. A viewer says that he lives like a monk.
Jan and Lawrence dispute whether the one playing the best chess at the moment is also the strongest player in the world. This is the difference between form and aptitude.
Jan says he would back Carlsen against So in a match at the moment and the two cannot agree on their terms of reference.
The kibitzers weigh in:
- form is who is most physically fit
- best chess means winning all the time or drawing or not losing at all
- form means that you’ve been overperforming
- simply, if magnus, caruana and so play today in a round robin, who wins? That should be the definition.
- stop Lawrence OMG, please stop
- I agree that So is showing the best form. In regards to magnus vs so you have to include matchup of style
- form is temporary, class is permanent
- Wesley has the best results over the last 6 months, but I agree with Jan that Magnus’ play is actually of higher quality
- Where is Aristotle when you need him?
- Peter would solve this discussion very quickly
- Wesley is only 3.9 points away from Capuana
Harikrishna’s resourcefulness, Adhiban’s breakout performance, So’s streak without a loss are all discussed. The guys call up the Gibraltar games of Cauruana and Peter Svidler on the screen to talk about. The news comes in that Ivanchuk has lost on time at Gibraltar. Really, this chess in real time is most entertaining!
Later Jan shows a copy of Vassily’s scoresheet supplied by Ben Finegold, and it is missing move 24, so that contributed to his not making the time control at move 40.
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Aronian won the game of the day against Richard Rapport. Adhiban-Nepo was a theoretical debate. Nepo made a piece sacrifice out of the gate but at the end it was a draw. Eljanov-Wei Yi was a confusing draw. So won a nice game against Wojtaszek and cemented his lead in the tournament. A flawless game by Wesley So. The last game to finish is Karjakin-Andreikin and a win for the former.
The games:
Tata Steel Masters 2017
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Harikrishna, Pentala – Carlsen, Magnus
C48 Four Knights, Spanish variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O h6 7.a3 Re8 8.h3 Bc5 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Bc4 c6 11.Re1 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 b5 14.Ba2 a5 15.Ne2 d6 16.Ng3 Be6 17.Rf1 d5 18.Rf2 Ra7 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Nf5 Kh7 21.Qg3 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Rc7 23.c3 b4 24.cxb4 axb4 25.a4 b3 26.Bxb3 Qb8 27.Ra3 e4 28.Kh2 exd3 29.Bxd5 d2 30.Rd3 Rc2 31.Qxb8 Rxb8 32.b3 Nxd5 33.Rfxd5 d1=Q 34.Rxd1 Rxb3 35.R5d2 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Ra3 37.Kg1 1/2-1/2
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Van Wely, Loek – Giri, Anish
D43 QBD, Semi-Slav
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.g3 Nd7 8.Bg2 dxc4 9.O-O Be7 10.e3 O-O 11.Nd2 Nb6 12.a4 a5 13.f4 Bb4 14.Qe2 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nce4 Qe7 17.Nxc5 Qxc5 18.Rfc1 Bd7 19.Nxc4 Nxc4 20.Rxc4 Qb6 21.Rd1 Rfd8 22.Rcd4 Be8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Bxb7 Bxa4 26.Be4 g6 27.Kf2 Qc7 28.Qd2 Bb5 29.Bf3 e5 30.h4 exf4 31.gxf4 Bd7 1/2-1/2
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Aronian, Levon – Rapport, Richard
E18 Queen’s Indian, old main line
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Be1 Re8 10.Qc2 d5 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 Bxd4 13.Rd1 Qc8 14.Nxe4 Bc5 15.Ng5 f5 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Bc3 Bf8 18.e4 h6 19.exf5 hxg5 20.f6 c5 21.f4 g4 22.f5 gxf6 23.fxe6 Qh7 24.Qg2 Na6 25.Rd7 Qh5 26.Rxf6 Rad8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Qf1+ 1-0
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Adhiban, Baskaran – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.a3 Nbd7 10.Bc4 e5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Nf5 g6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Rh7 15.O-O-O gxf5 16.exf5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Rhf1 Qf6 19.Bb3 Rh8 20.Rf3 Re8 21.Ba4 Rd8 22.Rg3 b5 23.Qxa8 bxa4 24.Rc3 Nb6 25.Qa7+ Rd7 26.Rc7 Kd8 27.Rdxd7+ Nxd7 28.Rc3 Qd6 29.Qa8 Nc5 30.Qa7 Nd7 31.Rg3 Ke7 32.Rd3 Qc6 33.Rc3 Qxg2 34.Rxc8 Qh1+ 35.Kd2 Qxh2+ 36.Kc3 Qh3+ 37.Kb4 Qxf5 38.Qc7 e4 39.Qd8+ Kd6 40.Qc7+ Ke7 41.c4 e3 42.Qd8+ Kd6 43.Qc7+ Ke7 44.Qd8+ Kd6 45.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2
I liked 33. Rc3 as did stockfish but it didn’t give Adhi the win.
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Eljanov, Pavel – Wei Yi
A13 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc7 11.Nd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qd6 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Rac8 15.Bf1 Bg4 16.Be2 Bf5 17.Bb2 Qe7 18.a3 Bb6 19.Ra2 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qa1 Rc2 22.Bc3 Rxa2 23.Qxa2 Rd8 24.Qb2 Qg5 25.h4 Qg6 26.Be5 Bg4 27.Qc2 Bxe2 28.Rxe2 Qf5 29.Bf4 h6 30.Rd2 Rd3 31.Rd1 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Bb8 Kh7 34.Qe2 Kg6 35.b4 Qd7 36.Rc1 Rd2 37.Qe1 Qd3 38.a4 Re2 39.Qc3 Rxe3 40.fxe3 Bxe3+ 41.Kh1 Bxc1 42.Qxc1 e3 43.Bxa7 e2 44.Qe1 Kh5 45.b5 Kg4 46.Kh2 Qh7+ 47.Kg1 Qd3 48.Bb6 f5 49.Ba5 b6 50.Bxb6 f4 51.gxf4 gxf4 52.Bc5 Qc4 53.Bb6 Qd3 54.Bc5 Qc4 55.Bb6 Qd3 1/2-1/2
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Karjakin, Sergey – Andreikin, Dmitry
C50 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 h6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.h3 Ba7 10.Nf1 Be6 11.Ng3 Bxc4 12.dxc4 Ne7 13.Nh2 Qd7 14.Qf3 Qe6 15.b3 a4 16.Bd2 Kh7 17.Nhf1 c6 18.Be3 Bb8 19.Nd2 axb3 20.axb3 Bc7 21.Nh5 Nd7 22.Qg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 b5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Ng3 Bb6 26.Bxb6 Nxb6 27.Nf5 Nxf5 28.exf5 f6 29.Ne4 d5 30.Nd6 b4 31.cxb4 d4 32.Ra5 Rab8 33.Ne4 Rfd8 34.b5 Nd5 35.Rc1 Rbc8 36.Rc6 Nc3 37.Nd2 e4 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Nc4 d3 40.b6 Ne2+ 41.Kf1 Nd4 42.b7 d2 43.Ra1 Rb8 44.Na5 Nb5 45.Rd1 Nd6 46.Rxd2 Nxb7 47.Nxb7 Rxb7 48.Rb2 h5 49.b4 hxg4 50.Ke2 g6 51.fxg6+ Kxg6 52.Ke3 g3 53.fxg3 Kf5 54.b5 Rb6 55.g4+ Ke5 56.Rf2 Re6 57.Rc2 Re7 58.b6 Rb7 59.Rb2 Kd5 60.g3 Kc6 61.Kxe4 1-0
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
So, Wesley – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
A13 English, Neo-Catalan
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5 d4 9.a3 a5 10.Rd1 e5 11.Nc3 Bxc5 12.Nd5 h6 13.Bd2 a4 14.Bb4 Nxb4 15.axb4 Nxd5 16.bxc5 Nb4 17.Qd2 Nc6 18.b4 Qe7 19.Qb2 Bg4 20.Re1 Rfd8 21.Nd2 Be6 22.b5 Nb8 23.Qb4 f5 24.Nb3 Nd7 25.Bxb7 Rab8 26.Rxa4 Rxb7 27.c6 Qxb4 28.Rxb4 Rc7 29.cxd7 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 Bxc4 31.Rc1 Be6 32.Rc8 Rxc8 33.dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 34.b6 1-0
Standing after Round Ten
1. So 7.0
2. Aronian 6.0
3. Carlsen 6.0
4. Karjakin 6.0
5. Eljanov 6.0
6. Wei Yi 6.0
7. Adhiban 5.5
8. Harikrishna 5.0
9. Giri 5.0
10. Nepomniachtchi 4.0
11. Andreikin 4.0
12. Wojtaszek 4.0
13. Rapport 3.5
14. Van Wely 2.0
Tomorrow is a rest day.Comment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Tata Steel 2017
January 25, 2017
Round 10 (continued)
Challengers
Tata Steel Challengers 2017
Round 10, 2017
Grandelius, Nils – Dobrov, Vladimir
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 g5 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne5 11.Qd2 h5 12.f4 gxf4 13.g5 Nh7 14.h4 f6 15.g6 Nxg6 16.Bf3 Be7 17.Bxh5 Nf8 18.Bxg6+ Nxg6 19.O-O-O Qa5 20.Nf5 exf5 21.Qg2 Be6 22.Qxg6+ Bf7 23.Qg7 Rg8 24.Qh7 fxe4 25.Qxe4 Kf8 26.Nd5 Re8 27.Nxf4 f5 28.Qf3 Qxa2 29.Rd5 Bxh4 30.Rxf5 Re7 31.Qc3 1-0
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Lu Shanglei – Hansen, Eric
A00 Dunst Opening
1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Nf6 4.Nxf6+ exf6 5.d4 Bd6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.c3 Re8+ 8.Ne2 c5 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Qc2 g6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Qd2 c4 13.Bb1 Nb6 14.h4 Nd5 15.h5 Bg4 16.Rh4 f5 17.Rdh1 Re7 18.Bc2 Rae8 19.Ba4 Rxe3 20.hxg6 fxg6 0-1
- in Holland, we call this the van get opening
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2016
Smirin, Ilia – L’Ami, Erwin
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Bogolyubov variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bxf3 16.Qc3 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Be4 18.Rad1 a5 19.Qc6 Qe8 20.Qxc7 Bb4 21.Re2 Rc8 22.Qb6 Qxe5 23.f3 a4 24.Bxd5 Bc2 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Rxd4 Bc5 27.Rdd2 Bg6 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Kf2 Rb8 30.Be4 Kf8 31.Bxg6 1/2-1/2
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Bok, Benjamin – Ragger, Markus
C50 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.a4 a5 7.c3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.Bb5 Bd6 11.Ne4 Na7 12.d4 Nxb5 13.axb5 exd4 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Qxd4 Bd7 16.Bf4 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 c5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Bd6 Rfe8 20.b3 a4 21.Bc5 axb3 22.Nxb3 Na4 23.Bd4 Be6 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 h5 26.h4 Red8 27.f3 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Rd3 29.Bd4 c5 30.Bxc5 Rxc3 1/2-1/2
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Guramishvili, Sopiko – Xiong, Jeffery
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.h4 g6 9.g5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Be7 11.Qf3 e5 12.Nde2 Bg4 13.Qg2 Nbd7 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.f4 Qa5 16.Kb1 Qc5 17.Rd2 Qa5 18.Nc1 Rxc3 19.bxc3 Qxc3 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Rd3 Qc6 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.Qg3 O-O 24.Qxe5 Rc8 25.Rh2 Be6 26.Bh3 Nxe4 27.Bxe6 Bf6 28.Qxf6 Nxf6 29.Bxc8 Qxc8 30.Rd4 Qc6 31.Nb3 a5 32.Rhd2 a4 33.Rd6 Qc3 34.R2d3 Qe5 35.Nc1 Ne4 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Ne2 Qb5+ 38.Kc1 a3 39.Re3 Qb2+ 40.Kd1 Qf6 0-1
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Jones, Gawain – Lei Tinglie
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc4 Qd8 10.Nce5 Bc5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bg5 a5 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Qh5 Be7 17.Nf3 Kh8 18.c3 dxc3 19.bxc3 a4 20.Bc2 f5 21.Rad1 Bf6 22.Qh6 Bg7 23.Qh4 h6 24.Re3 Ra5 25.Bxa4 Rd5 26.Rde1 c5 27.Bb3 c4 28.Bxc4 Rc5 29.Bb3 Rxc3 30.Rxc3 Qxc3 31.Qe7 Kg8 32.h3 Bf6 33.Qd6 Bb7 34.Re3 Qa1+ 35.Kh2 Bxf3 36.Qg3+ Bg4 37.hxg4 f4 38.Qxf4 Bg5 39.Qe4 Bxe3 40.Qxe3 Qf6 41.g3 Kg7 42.Kg2 Rd8 43.a4 Qg5 44.Qc3+ Kg8 45.Qc7 Rd4 46.a5 Qb5 47.Qc8+ Kg7 48.Qc3 Qb7+ 49.Kh2 Qb4 50.Qe3 Re4 51.Qf3 Re5 52.a6 Ra5 53.Bc2 Rxa6 54.Qd3 Ra2 55.Qh7+ Kf8 56.Qxh6+ Ke8 57.Qh8+ Ke7 58.Qh4+ Ke8 59.Qh8+ Ke7 60.Qh4+ f6 61.Qh7+ Kd6 62.Qd3+ Kc7 63.Qh7+ Kb8 64.Qg8+ Ka7 65.Qc8 Qd6 66.Qc3 Qb6 67.Kh3 Kb8 68.Qc4 Rb2 69.Qc3 Ra2 70.Qc4 Rb2 71.Qc3 Qb5 72.Kh2 Ra2 73.Qd2 Qb6 74.Kg1 Ra1+ 75.Kh2 Ra2 76.Kg1 e5 77.Qd3 Ra1+ 78.Kg2 Qc6+ 79.Qe4 Kc7 80.Qxc6+ Kxc6 81.Be4+ Kc5 82.f3 Re1 83.Bf5 Kd4 84.g5 fxg5 85.Kh3 Ke3 86.Kg4 Ra1 87.Be4 Rf1 88.Bc6 Rf2 89.Be4 Rf1 90.Bc6 Rg1 91.Be4 Rg2 92.Bd5 Kd4 93.Be4 Rg1 94.Bc6 Kc5 95.Be4 Kd6 96.Bb7 Ke6 97.Be4 Kf6 98.Bc6 Rc1 99.Be4 Rc4 100.Kh5 Rb4 101.Kg4 Rb8 102.Bd5 Rd8 103.Be4 Rg8 104.Bd5 Rg7 105.Be4 Ke6 106.Bf5+ Kd5 107.Be4+ Kd4 108.Bc6 Ke3 109.Bd5 Kf2 110.Be4 Ra7 111.Bd5 Ra5 112.Be4 Ra4 113.Kxg5 Kxg3 114.Kf5 Ra5 115.Bc6 Rc5 116.Be4 Kf2 117.f4 exf4+ 118.Kxf4 Rc4 119.Ke5 Rxe4+ 120.Kxe4 1/2-1/2
Round 10, Jan. 25, 2017
Tari, Aryan – Van Foreest, Jorden
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Qd3 Nf6 7.Ndb5 Qb8 8.Qg3 d6 9.Be3 a6 10.Nd4 Qc7 11.f4 g6 12.O-O-O Bg7 13.f5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 O-O 15.Qh4 e5 16.Be3 b5 17.a3 Bb7 18.Bg5 Qd8 19.Kb1 Rc8 20.Rd3 a5 21.Rh3 h6 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Qxf6 Bxf6 24.Bxb5 gxf5 25.Rf1 f4 26.Rxh6 Kg7 27.Rh3 Rh8 28.Rxh8 Rxh8 29.h3 Be7 30.Bc4 f5 31.Bd5 Bxd5 32.Nxd5 Bh4 33.exf5 Kf7 34.Rd1 Rg8 35.Rd2 e4 36.Nxf4 Bg5 37.g3 Bxf4 38.gxf4 Rg1+ 39.Ka2 Kf6 40.Rxd6+ Kxf5 41.Rd8 e3 42.Re8 Kxf4 43.b4 axb4 44.axb4 Kf3 45.Rf8+ Kg3 46.Re8 Kf2 47.Kb3 e2 48.Kc4 Rg8 49.Re6 Rg6 50.Re8 e1=Q 51.Rxe1 Kxe1 52.Kc5 Kd2 53.b5 Rg5+ 54.Kc6 Kxc2 55.b6 Kd3 56.b7 Rg8 57.Kc7 Ke4 58.h4 Kd5 59.b8=R Rxb8 60.Kxb8 Ke5 61.Ka7 Kf5 62.Ka6 Kg4 63.Ka5 Kh5 64.Ka4 Kxh4 1/2-1/2
Standing after Round Ten
1. Ragger 7.0
2. Smirin 7.0
3. Xiong 7.0
4. Hansen 6.5
5. Jones 6.5
6. Grandelius 6.0
7. L’Ami 5.5
8 Lu 5.5
9. Tari 5.0
10. Bok 4.0
11. Dobrov 3.5
12. Van Foreest 3.0
13. Lei 2.5
14. Guramishvili 1-0
Tomorrow is a rest dayComment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Tata Steel 2017
January 27, 2017
Round Eleven
Wei Yi beats Karjakin and is just behind So for the lead. Is this a breakout tournament for Wei Yi?
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Wei Yi – Karjakin, Sergey
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 d5 8.d4 Bb6 9.O-O dxe4 10.Bg5 c5 11.Nd2 cxd4 12.Nxe4 dxc3 13.Qf3 Bb7 14.Bxf6 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Qxf6 16.Nd7 Qg6 17.Qxg6 hxg6 18.Nxf8 cxb2 19.Rab1 Kxf8 20.Rfd1 Ke7 21.Rxb2 g5 22.Rbd2 Rh8 23.g3 Rh5 24.Kg2 Kf6 25.h3 Rh6 26.Rd8 Ke7 27.R1d7+ Ke6 28.Rd2 Rf6 29.Rg8 Rg6 30.Re8+ Kf6 31.Rd7 1-0Comment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Tata Steel 2017
January 27, 2017
Round Eleven
Jan says that looking back on this round, Magnus won’t be happy drawing against Adhiban; he was never really better after the first few moves of the opening. Anish Giri had a winning position against Harikrishna but the latter, with his customary resourcefulness, was able to draw. Rapport-Van Wely ended in a draw. Andreikin-So also ended in a draw from a well-known line. Karjakin got himself in trouble very early against Wei Yi and lost.
The guys seem to be interested in chess today and don’t talk much about TV shows and popular culture.
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Carlsen, Magnus – Adhiban, Baskaran
B01 Scandinavian Defence
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e6 8.c3 Be7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxh5 Ng6 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.c4 Nf6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qa4+ c6 15.Qxa7 Bd6 16.Nc3 Bc7 17.Rd1 Qd6 18.g3 Qd7 19.h4 O-O 20.Qc5 b5 21.cxb5 cxb5 22.a3 Rfc8 23.Qg5 b4 24.axb4 Rxb4 25.Qd2 Bb6 26.Ne2 Rbc4 27.Qd3 e5 28.Bg5 Ng4 29.Rac1 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Re8 31.Rd1 exd4 32.Bf4 Nf6 33.Nc1 Nd5 34.Bd2 Qc6 35.Ne2 Qf6 36.Rc1 Qf5 37.Qxf5 gxf5 38.Kf1 d3 39.Nc3 Nxc3 40.Rxc3 Bd4 41.Rb3 g6 42.f3 Be5 43.g4 fxg4 44.fxg4 Bf6 45.h5 gxh5 46.gxh5 Re5 47.h6 Kh7 48.Rxd3 Rf5+ 49.Ke2 Bxb2 1/2-1/2
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Giri, Anish – Harikrishna, Pentala
A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nxc1+ 8.Rxc1 a6 9.d4 b5 10.Bd5 Ra7 11.dxc5 e6 12.c6 b4 13.Qd4 Rc7 14.Na4 exd5 15.exd5 Be7 16.Qxg7 Bf6 17.Qh6 Re7+ 18.Kf1 Qxd5 19.Qxf6 Rg8 20.h3 Re6 21.Qf4 Nxc6 22.Nc5 Re7 23.g3 Rg6 24.Kg2 Qd6 25.Qc4 Qf6 26.Rce1 Qxb2 27.Na4 Qa3 28.Nb6 Bb7 29.Nd5 Rge6 30.Qc5 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Rxe1 32.Nxe1 Qxa2 33.Nf3 Kd7 34.Kh2 Qe2 35.Nf6+ Kc7 36.Nd5+ 1/2-1/2
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Rapport, Richard – Van Wely, Loek
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern variation
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 d6 6.Be2 f5 7.h4 h6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.d4 e4 10.Ng1 Ne7 11.d5 c5 12.Nh3 O-O 13.Nf4 a6 14.Qd2 Rb8 15.f3 Qe8 16.O-O-O b5 17.Rdg1 b4 18.Nd1 a5 19.Nf2 a4 20.Bd1 a3 21.Ba1 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.g4 gxf4 24.gxf5 fxe3 25.Qxe3 Nxf5 26.Qg5 exf3 27.Bxf6 Rxf6 28.Qxf6 Qe3+ 29.Kb1 Qxf2 30.Qd8+ Kf7 31.Qc7+ Kf6 32.Qd8+ Kf7 33.Rxg7+ Nxg7 34.Qc7+ Kg8 35.Bc2 Bf5 36.Qxb8+ Kf7 37.Qc7+ Kg8 38.Qd8+ Kf7 39.Qc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Andreikin, Dmitry – So, Wesley
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.c3 d5 14.Bd3 g6 15.Nd2 Ng7 16.Qe2 c6 17.Re1 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Nf3 Ng7 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Qd6 22.Qf3 f6 23.Nd3 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.h4 1/2-1/2
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Wei Yi – Karjakin, Sergey
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 d5 8.d4 Bb6 9.O-O dxe4 10.Bg5 c5 11.Nd2 cxd4 12.Nxe4 dxc3 13.Qf3 Bb7 14.Bxf6 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Qxf6 16.Nd7 Qg6 17.Qxg6 hxg6 18.Nxf8 cxb2 19.Rab1 Kxf8 20.Rfd1 Ke7 21.Rxb2 g5 22.Rbd2 Rh8 23.g3 Rh5 24.Kg2 Kf6 25.h3 Rh6 26.Rd8 Ke7 27.R1d7+ Ke6 28.Rd2 Rf6 29.Rg8 Rg6 30.Re8+ Kf6 31.Rd7 1-0
The last two games still going on are Nepo-Eljanov and Wojtaszek-Aronian
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Nepomniachtchi – Eljanov, Pavel
A45 Trompovsky Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Ne2 Nbd7 7.f3 Bh5 8.Nf4 Bg6 9.Qe2 e5 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.c3 Re8 13.Qf2 Nh7 14.Bh4 f5 15.Qg1 Nhf6 16.Bg3 Bd6 17.e4 Nh5 18.Bf2 Nf4 19.Bf1 exd4 20.Bxd4 Bc5 21.g3 Ne6 22.Bxc5 Ndxc5 23.exd5 cxd5 24.b4 Na4 25.Qxb6 Nxb6 26.Bb5 Re7 27.Rde1 a6 28.Bd3 Rhe8 29.Bc2 Nc7 30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.g4 Nb5 32.gxf5 Nxc3 33.Kb2 d4 34.Ne4 Nxe4 35.Bxe4 gxf5 36.Bxf5+ Kb8 37.Be4 Rc7 38.Rg1 Rc3 39.Kb1 Nc4 40.Rd1 Na3+ 41.Ka1 Rc4 42.Rg1 Rc7 43.Kb2 Nc4+ 44.Kc2 Ne5+ 45.Kd2 Rf7 46.Rg3 d3 47.Bxd3 Nxf3+ 48.Ke2 Nxh2 49.a3 Rf4 50.Ke3 Rf7 51.Ke2 Rf4 52.Ke3 Rf7 53.Ke2 1/2-1/2
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Aronian, Levon
C19 QGD Slav, Dutch variation, main line
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Bd2 Qa5 16.Qe1 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Qxd2 18.Nxd2 Nb8 19.Rfc1 Nc6 20.Bb5 Reb8 21.Nb3 a6 22.Bf1 Rf8 23.f3 f6 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Rc3 g5 26.Rd1 Rf4 27.Be2 Bg6 28.g3 Rf7 29.Nc5 Re7 30.Rd2 a5 31.Bb5 Na7 32.Re2 Rc8 33.Rce3 b6 34.Nxe6 Nxb5 35.axb5 Rc1+ 36.Kf2 Rh1 37.Kg2 Rb1 38.Re5 Bd3 39.Rd2 Bf1+ 40.Kf2 h6 41.f4 Bh3 42.Nd8 Kf8 43.Rxe7 Kxe7 44.Nc6+ Kf6 45.fxg5+ hxg5 46.Ne5 Bf1 47.Nd7+ Ke6 48.Nxb6 Bxb5 49.Rc2 a4 50.Kf3 Be8 51.Re2+ Kf7 52.Nc8 Kf8 53.Rf2 Bh5+ 54.Ke3+ Kg7 55.Nd6 a3 56.bxa3 1/2-1/2
The one tournament that Jan does play each year is the Thai Open. He does a six-hour flight to Dubai, rests a few hours and then does another six hours to Bangkok.
This year at the 17th Bangkok Chess Club Open, former champions including GMs Nigel Short, Paco Vallejo, Jan Gustafsson and Wang Hao will face a strong challenge from a contingent of hungry young grandmasters, barely in their twenties: Ma Gun, Falko Bindrich, Karen H. Grigoryan, Niclas Huschenbeth, S. Dhopade Swapnil and Wan Yunguo are all grandmasters born in the 1990s, while GM Diptayan Ghosh of India (ELO 2570) is still a teenager.
It takes place at the Regent Cha-am Beach Resort, near the picturesque seaside town of Hua-hin, Thailand. The tournament runs over nine days, from 8–16 April 2017.
Jan would really like to go to a chess tournament in Japan if he could.
As you see, at this point of the day and at this point of the tournament, there is not much of importance to discuss.
Standing after Round Eleven
1. So 7.5
2. Wei Yi 7.0
3. Aronian 6.5
4. Carlsen 6.5
5. Eljanov 6.5
6. Adhiban 6.0
7. Karjakin 6.0
8. Harikrishna 5.5
9. Giri 5.5
10. Nepomniachtchi 4.5
11 Andreikin 4.5
12. Wojtaszek 4.5
13. Rapport 4.0
14. Van Wely 2.5
and tomorrow, Wesley is white against Wei Yi.Comment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Tata Steel 2017
January 27, 2017
Round Eleven
Challengers
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
L’Ami, Erwin – Tari, Aryan
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Qe2 Rfd8 15.Qc4 Qb5 16.a4 Qxc4 17.Rxc4 Rab8 18.Rfc1 Bd7 19.Ne5 Be8 20.f3 Rb3 21.Kf2 f5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Rxc6 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Rc7 Rb2+ 27.Kg3 Re2 28.Rxa7 Rdd2 29.Kf4 Kf7 30.Kxf5 Rxg2 31.Re1 Rd5+ 32.Kf4 Rd4+ 33.Kf5 Rd5+ 1/2-1/2
A fun game to watch. Jeffrey is still under 2700 but maybe by the end of the year…
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Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Xiong, Jeffery – Smirin, Ilia
E60 King’s Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 Bc6 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.a4 O-O 13.a5 b6 14.Qa2 bxa5 15.Nd2 Nb6 16.Qxa5 e5 17.Ba3 Re8 18.e3 Qd7 19.Rfd1 Bf6 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Bc5 Rec8 22.Bd4 Qe7 23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.c4 Qe6 25.c5 Nc4 26.Nxc4 dxc4 27.Rd6 Qe8 28.Bxc6 Rxc6 29.Rad1 Qe4 30.Qc3 Re8 31.Rxc6 Qxc6 32.Qxc4 Rc8 33.h4 h5 34.Kh2 Kg7 35.Qc3+ Kh7 36.Qc4 Rc7 37.Rd5 a5 38.Qd4 Rc8 39.e4 a4 40.Rd7 Kg8 41.Rd6 Qb5 42.c6 a3 43.Kg2 Qb2 44.Qd5 Kg7 45.Rxg6+ fxg6 46.Qd7+ Kh6 47.Qxc8 Qe5 48.c7 Qxe4+ 49.Kh2 Qd4 1-0
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Lei, Tingjie – Guramishvili, Sopiko
E73 King’s Indian, Semi-Averbakh
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.g4 Nc5 9.Bf3 a5 10.h4 Bd7 11.h5 c6 12.g5 Ne8 13.Nge2 Rc8 14.Qd2 cxd5 15.Nxd5 b5 16.cxb5 Bxb5 17.Nec3 Bc4 18.hxg6 Nd3+ 19.Kd1 Rb8 20.b3 fxg6 21.bxc4 Nb2+ 22.Ke2 Nxc4 23.Qd3 Nb2 24.Qa6 Nc7 25.Qxa5 Ne6 26.Qxd8 Rfxd8 27.Ne7+ Kf7 28.Nc6 Nd4+ 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Nxd8+ Rxd8 31.Nd5 d3+ 32.Kd2 Nc4+ 33.Kxd3 Ne5+ 34.Ke2 Nxf3 35.Kxf3 1-0
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Dobrov, Vladimir – Lu, Shanglei
A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack, main line
1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bg5 d6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.e4 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 h6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Qb6 12.Nc4 Qb8 13.Qe2 d5 14.Ne5 dxe4 15.Bc4 Bf5 16.g4 Nxg4 17.Nxg4 Qxf4 18.h3 Rab8 19.Rf1 Qd6 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Bf2 Qa5 22.Bd4 Rfd8 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qe3 Rh8 26.Qd4+ f6 27.Ne3 Bxh3 28.Qxe4 Qc5 29.Rg1 g5 30.Rh1 Bd7 31.Bd3 h5 32.Ke2 h4 33.Qg6+ Kf8 34.Bc4 Be8 35.Qe4 Bf7 36.Bxf7 Kxf7 37.Kd3 Qb5+ 38.Nc4 h3 39.Ke3 Rh4 0-1
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Van Foreest, Jorden – Bok, Benjamin
C44 Ponziani, Jaenisch Counter-Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Nd5 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 d6 8.Bxb4 Ncxb4 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Qb3 Nxc4 11.Qxb4 Nb6 12.O-O O-O 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Qxd6 cxd6 15.Re1 Be6 16.Nc3 Nd5 17.Ng5 Nxc3 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.bxc3 Kf7 20.Re3 Rac8 21.Rae1 Rfe8 22.Rf3+ Kg8 23.Rfe3 Kf7 24.Rf3+ Kg8 25.Rfe3 1/2-1/2
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Hansen, Eric – Jones, Gawain
C76 Ruy Lopez, Archangel variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.f4 Nxf4 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Ba4 Ne7 18.b4 Qd7 19.Qd3 Ra8 20.c4 Nc6 21.Reb1 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Rxa4 23.Nf5 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 g6 25.c5 gxf5 26.cxb6 cxb6 27.e5 d5 28.Rd1 Rc8 29.Kg2 Qa4 30.Qxf5 Rc6 31.Qd3 Rg6+ 32.Kh1 Qxb4 33.Qxd5 Kg7 34.Qf3 Qc4 35.h4 h6 36.Rg1 Rxg1+ 37.Kxg1 b5 38.Qg4+ Kf8 39.Qd7 b4 40.Qd6+ Kg7 41.e6 Qxe6 42.Qxb4 Qg4+ 43.Kf1 Qh3+ 44.Ke1 Qh1+ 45.Ke2 Qxh4 46.Qe4 Qg5 47.Kf1 h5 48.Qf3 Qf5 49.Qc3+ Kg8 50.Qf3 Kh7 51.Ke1 Qg4 52.Qd3+ Qg6 53.Qf3 Qg1+ 54.Kd2 Qg4 55.Qd5 Kg6 56.Qd8 Qf5 57.Qg8+ Kf6 58.Qd8+ Kg7 59.Ke2 f3+ 60.Kd2 Qe5 61.Qh4 Kg6 62.Kd3 Qf5+ 0-1
White has K+R and Black K+R+N
Round 11, Jan. 27, 2017
Ragger, Markus – Grandelius, Nils
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall
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.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qe2 a5 13.Nd2 Bc5 14.Nc4 Qe7 15.Be3 Ba6 16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.Qe3 Qxe3 18.Nxe3 Rfd8 19.Rad1 Kf8 20.f3 Ne8 21.Bc4 Bb7 22.Bd5 Bxd5 23.Nxd5 Ra6 24.Kf2 Rdd6 25.Ke2 Rac6 26.Ne3 Rd4 27.Rd3 Rxd3 28.Kxd3 Nd6 29.c3 bxc3 30.b3 Rb6 31.Kxc3 Rc6+ 32.Kb2 Ke7 33.Rd1 Ke6 34.Rd5 Ra6 35.Rc5 c6 36.Ka3 h5 37.Rc2 g6 38.Nd1 f5 39.exf5+ gxf5 40.Nf2 Rb6 41.Nd3 e4 42.fxe4 fxe4 43.Nf4+ Ke5 44.Nxh5 e3 45.Ng3 Kd4 46.Kb2 c5 47.Ne2+ Kd3 48.Nc1+ Kd4 49.Ne2+ Kd3 50.Nc1+ Kd4 51.Rc3 c4 52.Kc2 Rb4 53.Ne2+ Ke4 54.Ng3+ Kd4 55.Ne2+ Ke4 56.bxc4 Rxa4 57.Ng3+ Kd4 58.Ne2+ Ke4 59.Ng3+ Kd4 60.Rd3+ Kxc4 61.Rxd6 Ra2+ 62.Kd1 Rxg2 63.Ra6 Rxh2 64.Rxa5 Rh3 65.Nf1 Rf3 66.Ke2 Rf2+ 67.Ke1 Rf3 68.Nh2 Rg3 69.Nf1 Rf3 70.Ra3 Kd4 71.Nh2 Rg3 72.Ng4 Ke4 73.Ra4+ Kf5 74.Nh6+ Kg5 75.Nf7+ Kf6 76.Nd6 Ke5 77.Nb5 Rg2 78.Nc3 Kf5 79.Nd5 Rh2 80.Nxe3+ Ke6 81.Ra6+ Kd7 82.Kd1 Rf2 83.Nc4 Ke7 84.Nd2 Rf6 85.Ra5 Ke6 86.Ke2 Rf8 87.Ke3 Rh8 88.Nf3 Rh1 89.Ke4 Kd6 90.Rd5+ Kc7 91.Rd2 Kc6 92.Ne5+ Kc5 93.Rc2+ Kb5 94.Rc8 Re1+ 95.Kd4 Rd1+ 96.Nd3 Rh1 97.Kd5 Rh5+ 98.Ne5 Kb4 99.Rc4+ Kb3 100.Re4 Rh8 101.Nc6 Kc3 102.Re3+ Kd2 103.Rg3 Rh5+ 104.Kc4 Rh8 105.Rd3+ Ke2 106.Nd4+ Kf2 107.Rf3+ Kg2 108.Rf6 Ra8 109.Kd3 Ra3+ 110.Ke4 Ra8 111.Rb6 Kg3 112.Nf5+ Kg4 113.Rg6+ Kh5 114.Rg1 Ra4+ 115.Nd4 Kh4 116.Rg8 Kh5 117.Kf5 Ra5+ 118.Kf6 Ra6+ 119.Ne6 Kh4 120.Rg1 Kh3 121.Kf5 Ra5+ 122.Ke4 Ra4+ 123.Nd4 Kh4 124.Ke5 Kh3 125.Nf5 Ra5+ 126.Kf4 Ra4+ 127.Kf3 Ra3+ 128.Ne3 Kh4 129.Rh1+ Kg5 130.Ke4 1/2-1/2
Challengers Standing after Round Eleven
1. Xiong 8.0
2. Jones 7.5
3. Ragger 7.5
4. Smirin 7.0
5. Hansen 6.5
6. Grandelius 6.5
7. Lu Shanglei 6.5
8. L’Ami 6.0
9. Tari 5.5
10. Bok 4.5
11. Dobrov 3.5
12. Van Foreest 3.5
13. Lei Tingie 3.5
14. Guramishvili 1.0Comment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Tata Steel 2017
January 28, 2017
Round Twelve
Throughout the broadcasts, it seems that both Jan and Lawrence have been holding something back. Jan worked with Magnus on preparations for the WCC Match but he cannot say anything about it.
Lawrence was Fabiano’s manager but he hasn’t been talking of his status until now. Lawrence says that he and Fabiano have parted ways but are still on very good terms with each other. Lawrence believes that a player needs a manager for scheduling, organization, checking his emails and negotiating good conditions; someone to help take care of business.
It is not everyone who can afford a team of helpers, even if you are in the top ten. Carlsen, Levon, Vishy, Topalov and Fabi are on the list of those who can.
Tukmakov is now working with Wesley So as his coach for seven months now. He has been able to do without until now because of his unbelievable focus. Tukmakov formerly coached Anish Giri.
See:
http://forum.chesstalk.com/showthrea...358#post110358
The big jump by Wesley in the past year was in his rate of conversion of good positions – that is 100%, almost Karpovian, whereas Anish hasn’t learned that skill yet.
Coaches are not as good athletes as their player but they can identify weaknesses and help then with that. That is what is funny with Nakamura and Kris Littlejohn, who is quite weak compared with Hikaru. Chris is mainly there to work on the openings using the computer.
Kris performs some of his work weeks or even months before a tournament, as soon as he knows which players are entered. He starts gathering information from the databases about the moves those players like to use.
Once he knows which players Hikaru will be going up against and finds out the "colors" (who will play white and who will play black in each game), he analyzes the openings commonly used by Hikaru's opponents. Then he tries to find a "novelty" — a responsive move that has never been played before. He uses branching to predict all the possible moves that a given opponent could play, and which moves that player would be comfortable with, given his historical games. Branching each move, he eventually comes up with a report in the format of game notation, but with all the branching possibilities included.
The only place where you get a salary if you are over 2600 is in Iceland.
As a pure player you could get 30,000 euros a year. The average income in Germany is 3300 euros a month.
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Lawrence talks about a movie with Larry David called Whatever Works (1996). He plays a chess coach called Boris Yellnikoff. In the scene I saw on YouTube, he has a confrontation with a mother on whose son he dumped the pieces from a chessboard to shake him out of his torpor!
Watching the Eljanov-Carlsen game, Lawrence says that every time he predicts a Carlsen loss, he wins. Jan says it is like the movie The Cooler (2003). Wikipedia says that in old-school gambling parlance, a casino "cooler" is an unlucky individual, usually a casino employee, whose mere presence at the gambling tables usually results in a streak of bad luck for the other players.
Lawrence could be a reverse cooler for Magnus or anyone else. He asks if he could charge for the service and Jan says he learned from The Joker in the second Batman movie, that if you are good at something, you should charge for it.
Talking of superstition, Aronian has a deal with van Wely, that when they meet, Loek gives him 5 or 10 euros, for nothing. Loek thinks he is helping a friend with that superstition but Jan suspects that Levon is just hustling him.
Jan says that movies he has seen and didn’t like were Rogue 1 and Zoolander 2 but he did like Hell or High Water (2016) which follows two brothers who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch
Eric Hansen is losing to Sopiko. On the chess chat we get these comments:
- Today she will need all her losing skills to turn this game into a loss. She will manage!
- Chessbrah Hansen can withstand a lot, except perhaps beautiful women
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The game of the day is Eljanov-Carlsen where Magnus fought back to win.
Tomorrow is the last round and Carlsen is playing Karjakin.
The games:
Tata Steel Masters 2017
Round 12, Jan. 28, 2017
Eljanov, Pavel – Carlsen, Magnus
A90 Dutch Defence
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bf4 Bxf4 8.gxf4 O-O 9.e3 Bd7 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.O-O Be8 12.Rfc1 Qe7 13.Qa3 Qxa3 14.bxa3 Nbd7 15.Rab1 Rb8 16.a4 a5 17.Rb2 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Ng5 Rf6 20.f3 h6 21.Nh3 exf3 22.Bxf3 Rf7 23.Nf2 c5 24.Nd3 cxd4 25.exd4 Nf6 26.Nc5 Ne4 27.Nxe6 Bxa4 28.d5 Bd7 29.Bxe4 fxe4 30.Nc5 Bg4 31.Re1 Rc8 32.Nxe4 Rxf4 33.Nd6 Rcf8 34.Rb3 R8f6 35.Ne4 Rg6 36.Rg3 b6 37.d6 Kh7 38.Nf2 Rxc4 39.Nxg4 Rgxg4 40.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 41.Kf2 Rd4 42.Re6 Kg8 43.Ke3 Rd1 44.d7 Rxd7 45.Rxb6 Rd5 46.Rb2 Kh7 47.Ke4 Rh5 48.Kf4 Rh4+ 49.Kg3 g5 50.Rb7+ Kg6 51.Rb6+ Kh5 52.h3 Ra4 53.Rc6 Ra3+ 54.Kg2 Rxa2+ 55.Kg3 a4 56.Ra6 a3 57.Kf3 Rb2 58.Kg3 a2 59.Kf3 a1=Q 60.Rxa1 Kh4 0-1
Round 12, Jan. 28, 2017
Adhiban, B. – Giri, Anish
C28 Vienna game
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Ne2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Be6 8.Bxd5 Bxd5 9.f4 f6 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.c3 Bd6 13.Nf4 Qf7 14.d4 O-O-O 15.Qa4 a6 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 Ng6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Rde8 21.h3 g5 22.Rf5 Re2 23.Rf2 Rhe8 24.Raf1 Kd7 25.Rxe2 Rxe2 26.Rf2 Re1+ 27.Rf1 Re2 28.Rf2 Re1+ 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Ke6 31.Ke2 Kf5 32.Kf3 a5 33.c4 b6 34.Ke3 Ke6 1/2-1/2
Round 12, Jan. 28, 2017
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Andreikin, Dmitry
D15 QGD Slav Accepted
1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg5 Bb4 8.Bg2 Nbd7 9.Nd2 Qa5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.O-O Nb6 12.e3 e5 13.Nde4 f5 14.Ng5 h5 15.dxe5 Be7 16.Nf3 Be6 17.Ne2 Rd8 18.Qc2 Nd7 19.Nf4 Nxe5 20.Nd4 Bc8 21.h4 Nd3 22.Nxd3 cxd3 23.Qxd3 c5 24.Nb3 Qb4 25.Qc3 Qxc3 26.bxc3 b6 27.c4 Rh6 28.a5 b5 29.cxb5 axb5 30.Rfc1 c4 31.Nd4 Ba6 32.Bc6+ Rxc6 33.Nxc6 Rc8 34.Nd4 b4 35.Rab1 c3 36.Nxf5 Bc5 37.Nd4 Bxd4 38.exd4 Rc4 39.f3 Kd7 40.Kf2 Kc6 41.Ke3 Kb5 42.g4 Rc8 43.Kd3 Kxa5+ 44.Kc2 Bc4 45.Ra1+ Kb5 46.Ra7 Bd5 47.Kd3 b3 48.Rca1 b2 49.R1a5+ Kb6 50.R5a6+ Kb5 51.Ra5+ Kb6 1/2-1/2
Round 12, Jan. 28, 2017
Aronian, Levon – Van Wely, Loek
E81 King’s Indian, Samisch
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nge2 a6 7.Ng3 Nbd7 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O b5 10.Be3 Rb8 11.Rf2 Qc7 12.Rc1 b4 13.Na4 c5 14.d5 e6 15.b3 Re8 16.Qd2 exd5 17.cxd5 Nb6 18.Nxb6 Qxb6 19.Bh6 Bh8 20.h3 Bd7 21.Bc4 Bb5 22.Kh1 Qd8 23.Bg5 Rb7 24.Qf4 Qe7 25.Qh4 Qe5 26.Rd2 Bxc4 27.f4 Qxe4 28.Nxe4 Nxe4 29.Re1 Bc3 30.f5 Bxd2 31.Bxd2 Bxd5 32.Rxe4 Bxe4 33.Qf6 Bxg2+ 34.Kg1 1-0
Round 12, Jan. 28, 2017
So, Wesley – Wei Yi
D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ng5 Be6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe6+ fxe6 13.Ke2 Bb4 14.Na4 Kc7 15.Bf4+ Bd6 16.Be3 Nd5 17.Rac1 Rhf8 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Nf4+ 20.Bxf4+ Rxf4 21.Ke3 Raf8 22.Rc2 Rg4 23.g3 Rf3+ 24.Ke2 Rg6 25.Rhc1 Rgf6 26.Rxc6+ Kd7 27.Rc7+ Kd6 28.R1c6+ Kd5 29.Rc5+ Kd6 30.R7c6+ Kd7 31.Rc7+ Kd6 32.R7c6+ 1/2-1/2
Round 12, Jan. 28, 2017
Karjakin, Sergey – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Nd2 Bg4 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Re8 15.Be3 Nb6 16.Rb1 Nc4 17.Qd3 d5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Qxd5 20.exd5 e4 21.Nd2 Nxd2 1/2-1/2
Round 12, Jan. 28, 2017
Harikrishna, Pentala – Rapport, Richard
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Ng6 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Ne1 h5 9.Nd2 Ndxe5 10.dxe5 d4 11.Nc4 dxe3 12.Nxe3 Nxe5 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Nd3 Bd6 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Qxd8+ Kxd8 17.c3 f4 18.Bc4 f6 19.Rfe1 Kc7 20.Rad1 Rae8 21.h3 Re7 22.Bd3 g5 23.Bf5 Rg8 24.f3 a5 25.a4 Rb8 26.Kf1 b5 27.axb5 Rxb5 28.Rd2 a4 29.Re4 Ra5 30.Bg6 h4 31.Rc4 Bd6 32.Be4 Bc5 33.Rd1 Kb6 34.Ra1 Rb5 35.Ra2 Rd7 36.Rcxa4 Kc7 37.b4 Be3 38.c4 Rb8 39.c5 Rd1+ 40.Ke2 Rg1 41.Kd3 Rd1+ 42.Kc3 Rc1+ 43.Bc2 Bf2 44.Ra7+ Rb7 45.Rxb7+ Kxb7 46.Kb3 Bd4 47.Kc4 Ra1 48.Ra5 Rxa5 49.bxa5 Bf2 50.Be4 Be1 51.a6+ Kxa6 52.Bxc6 Ka7 1/2-1/2
Standing after Round Twelve
1. So 8.0
2. Carlsen 7.5
3. Aronian 7.5
4. Wei Yi 7.5
5. Eljanov 6.5
6. Adhiban 6.5
7. Karjakin 6.5
8. Harikrishna 6.0
9. Giri 6.0
10. Andreikin 5.0
11. Nepomniachtchi 5.0
12. Wojtaszek 5.0
13. Rapport 4.5
14. Van Wely 2.5Last edited by Wayne Komer; Saturday, 28th January, 2017, 10:15 PM.Comment
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Tata Steel 2017
January 28, 2107
Round Twelve
Challengers
Tata Steel Challengers 2017
Round 12, Jan. 28, 2017
Guramishvili, Sopiko – Hansen, Eric
D93 Grunfeld
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.Nf3 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Qa5 11.O-O Nc6 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.g4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bc8 16.Rfd1 b6 17.Ng5 Ba6 18.Qf3 Rac8 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Bc7+ Bf6 22.Qxc6 h5 23.Rd8 Rxd8 24.Bxd8 Qxa2 25.c4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Qe2 27.g5 Bb2 28.Qd5+ Ke8 29.Qg8+ Kd7 30.Qd5+ Ke8 31.Qg8+ Kd7 32.Qd5+ Ke8 1/2-1/2
Sopiko had the better of the game but left herself dangerously short of time (less than 2 minutes) for the last eight moves.
Jeffrey Xiong now stands 4th in the U.S., behind Caruana, So and Nakamura. Aryan is touted to become No. 2 in Norway. Here he essays a weaker variant of the Petrov and …
Round 12, Jan. 28, 2017
Tari, Aryan – Xiong, Jeffery
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Mason variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Re1 Nb4 11.cxd5 Nbxd5 12.Qb3 c6 13.Bg5 Nc7 14.Rad1 Rb8 15.Bc4 Bg4 16.d5 b5 17.dxc6 bxc4 18.Qxc4 Rb4 19.Qe2 Bd6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Ne4 Rxe4 22.Qxe4 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Qxf3 24.gxf3 Rd8 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.b4 Ne6 27.b5 Bxh2 28.Rxd8+ Nxd8 29.Rd1 Bc7 30.Rd7 Ne6 31.a4 Ke8 32.a5 Bxa5 33.Rxa7 Bd8 34.Rb7 Nd4 35.f4 g6 36.f3 h5 37.Kf2 Ba5 38.Ke3 Nf5+ 39.Kd3 h4 40.Ra7 Bb6 41.Ra6 Bd8 42.Ra8 1-0
(chess.com) - That loss permitted both Gawain Jones (vs Vladimir Dobrov) and Markus Ragger (vs Jorden van Foreest) to leapfrog Xiong into shared first place heading into the final round. Tomorrow all three of those players and Ilia Smirin (also in third with Xiong) still have a shot at victory and a spot in the masters tournament next year.
Round 12, January 28, 2017
Jones, Gawain – Dobrov, Vladimir
B22 Sicilian, Alapin
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nb5 Qd8 9.Nbxd4 Nd5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd4 f6 12.Bc4 Bd6 13.Nd2 e5 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Ne4 Qb8 16.Be3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Be7 18.O-O-O Qb6 19.Bf7+ Kxf7 20.Rxd7 Rhb8 21.Qc4+ Kf8 22.b4 Qxe3+ 23.Kb1 Rb5 24.Nd6 Rd5 25.Rxe7 Rd8 26.Rf7+ Kg8 27.Rxg7+ Kh8 28.Rg3 1-0
Round 12, January 28, 2017
Ragger, Markus – Van Foreest, Jorden
B12 Caro-Kann Defence
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Be2 Nbc6 9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.O-O d4 11.Ne4 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.c5 e5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bh5+ Ke7 16.Bh4 Bf5 17.Nd6 Be6 18.f4 exf4 19.Rxf4 g5 20.Re4 Bxc5 21.Nxb7 Qd5 22.Nxc5 Qxc5 23.Qb3 Ne5 24.Qb7+ Bd7 25.Rxe5+ fxe5 26.Bxg5+ Kd6 27.Rc1 Qb6 28.Qe4 Rac8 29.Rf1 Rcf8 30.Re1 d3+ 31.Be3 Bf5 32.Qa4 Qc6 33.Qa3+ Ke6 34.Rc1 Qb7 35.Bf3 e4 36.Bd1 Rd8 37.Qc3 Rhe8 38.Bb3+ Rd5 39.Bf4 Kf7 40.Qc7+ Qxc7 41.Bxd5+ Kf6 42.Rxc7 e3 43.Rc6+ Kg7 44.Bh6+ Kh8 45.Rc7 1-0
Round 12, January 28, 2017
Smirin, Ilia – Lei, Tinglie
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Ne5 Qb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 e6 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.Qf3 Bb5 15.Bc2 O-O-O 16.a4 Bc6 17.b4 Qe7 18.O-O Ne4 19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 Bxb5 21.c4 Nd2 22.Qc3 Nxc4 23.Bxg7 Rhe8 24.Bf6 Qd6 25.Bxh7 Kd7 26.Rfb1 Bc6 27.Bxd8 Rxd8 28.Bd3 Qf4 29.Bxc4 dxc4 30.Rd1+ Bd5 31.Rd4 Qg5 32.g3 Rc8 33.Rf4 Qg6 34.Rd1 Ke7 35.Qb4+ Ke8 36.Rh4 Qf6 37.Rf4 Qe7 38.Qc3 b5 39.Rb1 Rb8 40.Ra1 b4 41.Qh8+ Qf8 42.Qe5 Rc8 43.Ra7 b3 44.Rh4 b2 45.Qxb2 c3 46.Qb5+ Bc6 47.Qa6 Bd7 48.Qd3 Rd8 49.Qxc3 Qd6 50.Qd4 1-0
Round 12, January 28, 2017
Bok, Benjamin - L’Ami, Erwin
D37, QGD, Hastings variation, main line
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Qa5 9.Be2 Bb4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bd7 12.Qb2 Bc6 13.Qb4 Qxb4 14.cxb4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Rc8 16.Rfc1 Nbd7 17.Be2 Bd5 18.a4 Ne4 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 f6 21.Bd4 a6 22.f3 Nd2 23.Bb6 Bc4 24.Rc2 Bxe2 25.Rxd2 Bc4 26.e4 Rc6 27.a5 Bb5 28.Bc5 e5 29.Rad1 Rc7 30.Rd6 h5 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.g3 Re8 33.Ke3 Ree7 34.R1d2 1/2-1/2
Round 12, January 28, 2017
Grandelius, Nils – Lu, Shanglei
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Re1 b5 7.c4 b4 8.a3 bxa3 9.b3 g6 10.Bxa3 Bg7 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.Rb1 Ng4 13.Bf1 Nde5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Bxb4 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 O-O 17.Nd5 Bd4 18.Ne3 Ne5 19.Qg3 Nc6 20.Bc3 Bxc3 21.dxc3 Be6 22.h4 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 a5 24.c5 dxc5 25.Qg5 Qd6 26.Rb6 Rb8 27.Rxb8+ Nxb8 28.Bc4 Nd7 29.h5 a4 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Bd5 Bxd5 32.Nxd5 Nf6 33.c4 Nxd5 34.e5 Qa6 35.cxd5 a3 36.d6 a2 37.Qxe7 a1=Q+ 38.Kh2 Qe2 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.d7 Qaxe5+ 0-1
Standing after Round Twelve
1. Jones 8.5
2. Ragger 8.5
3. Xiong 8.0
4. Smirin 8.0
5. Lu 7.5
6. Hansen 7.0
7. Tari 6.5
8. L’Ami 6.5
9. Grandelius 6.5
10. Bok 5.0
11. Dobrov 3.5
12. Lei 3.5
13. Van Foreest 3.5
14. Guramishvili 1.5
Final Round Pairings
Van-Foreest-Grandelius
L’Ami-Ragger
Xiong-Bok
Lei-Tari
Hansen-Smirin
Lu-Jones
Dobrov-Guramishvili
Remember that the last round starts at 12:00 local time, which is 6:00 am Toronto/Montreal time.Comment
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Tata Steel 2017
Jan. 29, 2017
Round Thirteen
Eric wins his last game and ends with a score of 8.0 behind Ragger, Xiong and Jones.
Tata Steel Challengers 2017
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Hansen, Eric – Smirin, Ilia
B42 Sicilian, Kan
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Nbc6 7.Nb3 Ng6 8.a4 b6 9.f4 Be7 10.Be3 d6 11.c3 O-O 12.N1d2 Bb7 13.Qf3 e5 14.f5 Nf4 15.Bc2 d5 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.exd5 Ne5 18.Qxf4 Re8 19.Ne4 Qxd5 20.f6 Ng6 21.Qf2 gxf6 22.Nd4 Rad8 23.Rae1 Kf8 24.Bb3 Qe5 25.Nxf6 Qxf6 26.Qg3 1-0Comment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Well done, Eric.Comment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Superb tournament for Eric, +3 and super scalps of Xiong, Lu Shanglei, and SmirinComment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Tata Steel 2017
January 29, 2017
Round Thirteen
There are many important games in this the last round.
Magnus sacrifices a piece with 9. Nxg5, which leads to a good position but after this the computer evaluation goes up and down. At the first time control, Jan says that any of the three results are still possible in this game.
In the meantime Nepomniachtchi has lost against So and so Wesley has won the tournament.
Two other games have results, with Van Wely and Adhiban.
Tata Steel Masters 2017
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – So, Wesley
A45 Trompovsky Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.e4 h6 6.Bh4 dxe4 7.Qe2 Qa5 8.O-O-O Qxa2 9.Qb5+ Nbd7 10.c6 bxc6 11.Qxc6 Bb7 12.Qxb7 Qa1+ 13.Nb1 Rb8 14.Qxb8+ Nxb8 15.Bb5+ Nfd7 16.Ne2 Be7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.h4 Rd8 20.Rh3 Nd3+ 21.Bxd3 Rxd4 22.Be2 Rxd1+ 23.Bxd1 Qa5 24.Nd2 f5 25.Rg3 Qe5 26.Ra3 Nc6 27.g3 Qd4 28.Re3 Nb4 0-1
Nepo gets to twitter and retweets an earlier comment:
Idiocy. Anger. Disgust.
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Van Wely – Harikrishna, Pentala
E04 Catalan, Open
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.Ne5 Nc6 7.Nxc4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nd5 9.Qd3 O-O 10.O-O Be7 11.Rd1 Bf6 12.e3 Ncb4 13.Qd2 c5 14.Ne4 cxd4 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.e4 Rac8 17.Na3 Ba4 18.exd5 Bxd1 19.Qxb4 Be2 20.d6 Rfd8 21.Bd2 b6 22.Re1 d3 23.Nc4 a5 24.Qb5 Rc5 25.Qa6 b5 26.Nxa5 Rc2 27.Nc6 h6 28.Nxd8 Qxd8 29.Qa8 Rc8 30.Qb7 f5 31.Bc6 Qf8 32.d7 Rd8 33.Qc7 Kh7 34.Bxb5 Qf6 35.Qc3 e5 36.Bxd3 1-0
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Rapport, Richard – Adhiban, Baskaran
A45 Trompovsky Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Nc3 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qh4 e6 6.O-O-O Be7 7.e4 a6 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Bd3 d6 10.Rhe1 Bd7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Ne4 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Ncxe7 14.Ng3 f6 15.Nh5 O-O-O 16.Nxg7 Ng6 17.Qc4 Ngf4 18.Qxc7+ Nxc7 19.g4 Bc6 20.Be4 Ng2 21.Re2 Nf4 22.Ree1 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 Ng2 24.Re2 Nf4 25.Re1 Ng2 26.Re2 Rd8+ 27.Nd2 Nf4 28.Bxc6 Nxe2 29.Bxb7+ Kxb7 30.Kxe2 Rg8 31.Nh5 Rg6 32.Kf3 f5 33.gxf5 exf5 34.Ng3 e4+ 35.Kf4 Nd5+ 36.Kxf5 e3 37.fxe3 Nxe3+ 38.Ke5 Nxc2 39.Nde4 Rh6 40.Nf1 Nb4 41.Nf6 Nxa2 0-1
The guys say that Adhiban has had a great tournament. Someone in the chat room says Adhiban jumps 44 places adding 28.5 points and ends up at 2682.
Wei Yi also had a good tournament.
In the distance there is the sound of a vacuum cleaner. Jan says that at home he has a Roomba robotic vacuum. He programs it to do the floors from 12:00 until 12:30 every day and it does a good job. He would like to have a cooking robot. Lawrence says that there is one called Robot Chef. The machine consists of two remarkably dexterous robotic arms installed atop a cooking area, complete with hotplates, a sink and an oven. The firm hopes to bring a consumer version to market by 2017 that will feature several additions, including a library of thousands of recipes, a dishwasher and a refrigerator. This means you not only won’t have to cook or prep for yourself if you can’t be bothered, but you don’t even need to wash up afterward. It will set you back close to $15,000 (£10,000), but hopefully the price will go down over time as with any new technology.
Carlsen-Karjakin is a draw.
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Carlsen, Magnus – Karjakin, Sergey
C53 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bg5 d6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Kg7 11.Qf3 Be6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bd5 a5 14.b5 Nb8 15.Bxb7 Ra7 16.Bd5 Nbd7 17.Nc4 Bxd5 18.exd5 Qe8 19.Ne3 Rg8 20.O-O Nh7 21.Nf5+ Kh8 22.Bh4 Ra8 23.Rae1 f6 24.Re4 Nc5 25.Re3 Nd7 26.d4 Qg6 27.Ne7 Qg4 28.Nxg8 Rxg8 29.Qxg4 Rxg4 30.g3 exd4 31.cxd4 Bxd4 32.Re8+ Rg8 33.Re7 Rg7 34.Re4 Ne5 35.Kg2 Bb6 36.f4 Ng6 37.Kh3 Kg8 38.Rfe1 Kf7 39.Re6 Rg8 40.R1e4 f5 41.Re2 Rh8 42.a4 Kg7 43.Rxg6+ Kxg6 44.Re6+ Kf7 45.Re7+ Kg8 46.Kg2 Nf8 47.Bg5 Rh7 48.Re8 Kf7 49.Rd8 Kg8 50.Re8 Rf7 51.Bh6 Rf6 52.Bg5 Rf7 53.Bh6 1/2-1/2
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Andreikin, Dmitry – Aronian, Levon
D11 QGD Slav
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.a3 g5 11.Bd2 g6 12.Qf3 a6 13.Bd3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Bf1 c5 16.Bg2 Ra7 17.O-O Qb8 18.Rfd1 Be7 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 Nb6 21.e4 Nfd7 22.e5 Nc4 23.Bc1 O-O 24.Ne4 Qd8 25.h4 gxh4 26.Bh6 Re8 27.Qh3 f5 28.gxf5 exf5 29.Nc5 Bg5 30.Bd5+ Kh7 31.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 32.Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Ndb6 34.Bc6 Rd8 35.Ne6 Rc8 36.Bxb5 Re7 37.Bxa6 Rxe6 38.Bxc8 Nxc8 39.Rdc1 N8b6 40.Ra7+ Kh6 41.Rc7 Na3 42.R7c5 Kh5 43.Rc6 Rxc6 44.Rxc6 Nd5 45.Rc5 Nf4+ 46.Kh1 g5 47.b5 Nxb5 48.Rxb5 g4 49.d5 h3 50.e6 1-0
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Wei Yi – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall
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.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.h3 h6 14.a5 Rd8 15.Bc4 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Nb3 Be6 18.Nxd4 Bxc4 19.Nf5 Qe6 20.Qe3 Ne8 21.Qc5 Nd6 22.Qxb4 Bb5 23.Ng3 c5 24.Qc3 Rac8 25.f4 Bc6 26.f5 Qe7 27.Kh2 Nb5 28.Qf3 f6 29.Qf2 Nd4 30.Ra3 Be8 31.Nf1 Kf8 32.Rg3 Qb7 33.Rc3 Bb5 34.Ng3 Be8 35.Nh1 c4 36.Qh4 Qf7 37.Qf2 Ba4 38.Rd1 Qd7 39.Rf1 Qb7 40.Ng3 Nb5 41.Re3 Nd4 42.Nh5 Be8 43.Qh4 Bxh5 44.Qxh5 Qf7 45.Qh4 Nxc2 46.Rg3 Ke7 47.Rg6 Rd3 48.Qg4 Kf8 49.Qh5 Ke7 50.Qg4 Kf8 51.Qh5 Ke7 52.Rf3 Nd4 53.Rxd3 cxd3 54.Bd2 Ne2 55.Qf3 Rd8 56.Qf2 Rd4 57.Be3 Rd7 58.Bd2 Rd4 59.Be3 Kf8 60.Qe1 Rxe4 61.Qd2 Rxe3 62.Qxe3 Qd7 63.Qb6 Nf4 64.Rg3 d2 65.Qb8+ Kf7 66.Qb3+ Qd5 67.Qd1 e4 68.Qg4 g5 69.fxg6+ Kg7 70.Rc3 Qd6 0-1
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Giri, Anish – Eljanov, Pavel
E19 Queens Indian, old main line
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 d6 10.b3 Nd7 11.Bb2 Be4 12.Bh3 Bf6 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Rd2 a5 15.Qe3 Bb7 16.d5 Bxb2 17.dxe6 Bf6 18.exd7 Qxe3 19.fxe3 Rad8 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.exd4 Bc6 22.c5 Bxd7 23.Bxd7 Rxd7 24.cxb6 cxb6 25.Rc1 d5 26.Rc6 Rb8 27.Rdc2 Kf8 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Kf3 Rd6 30.Rc7+ Ke6 31.a3 Rbd8 32.Kf4 Kf6 33.R2c6 g5+ 34.Kf3 h5 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Rxc6 37.Rxc6+ Kf5 38.Rxb6 Ra8 39.Rd6 Ra3+ 40.Kf2 Ke4 41.Rf6 Rb3 42.h4 Kxd4 43.hxg5 Rxb4 44.Rxf7 Ke5 45.Rh7 Kf5 46.Rxh5 Kg6 47.Rh4 d4 48.Kf3 Rb3+ 49.Kf2 Rb4 50.Re4 Kf5 51.Rf4+ Kxg5 52.Ke1 Rb1+ 53.Kd2 Rg1 54.Rf3 Kg4 55.Rf4+ Kg5 56.Rxd4 Rxg3 57.Rd3 Rg4 58.Rf3 Ra4 59.Rf8 Kg6 60.Ke3 Ra3+ 61.Kf4 Ra6 62.Rf5 Re6 63.e4 Rf6 1/2-1/2
Final Standings
1. So 9.0
2. Carlsen 8.0
3. Adhiban 7.5
4. Aronian 7.5
5. Wei Yi 7.5
6. Karjakin 7.0
7. Eljanov 7.0
8. Giri 6.5
9. Harikrishna 6.0
10. Andreikin 6.0
11. Wojtaszek 6.0
12. Nepomniachtchi 5.0
13. Rapport 4.5
14. Van Wely 3.5Comment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Tata Steel 2017
January 29, 2017
Round Thirteen
Challengers
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
L’Ami, Erwin – Ragger, Markus
D80 Grunfeld, Stockholm variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 c6 7.Rc1 O-O 8.dxc6 Qxd4 9.Qxd4 Bxd4 10.cxb7 Bxb7 11.e3 Bg7 12.Nf3 Na6 13.Be2 Rfd8 14.O-O Rac8 15.Nb5 Rxc1 16.Rxc1 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Bf6 18.Nxa7 Nc5 19.Nb5 Ra8 20.a3 Ra5 21.Ne1 Be4 22.Rb4 Bc6 23.f3 Na6 24.Rb1 Bxb5 25.Bxb5 Rxa3 26.Bxa6 Rxa6 27.f4 Ra3 28.Kf2 e5 29.Rb4 exf4 30.exf4 Bh4+ 31.g3 Ra2+ 32.Kf1 Be7 33.Re4 Bc5 34.Re2 Ra1 1/2-1/2
Hansen, Eric – Smirin, Ilia 1-0 already given
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Xiong, Jeffery – Bok, Benjamin
B55 Sicilian, Prins variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Be2 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O dxe4 12.fxe4 e5 13.Qe1 Be6 14.Kh1 Kh8 15.Qg3 Qc7 16.Rac1 Qa5 17.Bg5 Rad8 18.Qh4 Rg8 19.b3 Rd7 20.Na4 Rd4 21.Be3 Rxe4 22.Qf2 Ng4 23.Bxg4 Rxg4 24.h3 Rh4 25.Bxa7 Rf4 26.Qg1 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 Bxc4 28.Bb6 Qa6 29.bxc4 Qxa4 30.Rxf7 Bf6 31.Qf1 Qxa2 32.Rxf6 gxf6 33.Qxf6+ Rg7 34.Qf8+ Rg8 35.Qf6+ Rg7 36.Qd8+ Rg8 37.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Dobrov, Vladimir – Guramishvili, Sopiko
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Qd3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.g3 Nd7 10.Bg2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qb3 e5 13.e3 exd4 14.exd4 Qd6 15.Rfe1 Nf6 16.Ne5 Rb8 17.d5 Bf5 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Qc4 Be6 21.Qxc6 Qa7 22.Rd2 Rfd8 23.Rde2 Bd6 24.Nf3 Rb6 25.Qa4 Rdb8 26.Qd1 Bf8 27.Qa1 Rd6 28.b3 Rc8 29.Na4 Bd7 30.Ne5 Bb5 31.Re3 Rd2 32.Rc1 Rcc2 33.Rxc2 Rxc2 34.Qd1 Qc7 35.Nc4 Rxc4 36.bxc4 Qxc4 37.Nc3 Bc5 38.Rf3 Bc6 39.Qd8+ Bf8 40.Qd3 Qb4 41.Rf4 Qb7 42.Bxc6 Qxc6 43.Rc4 Qe6 44.Kg2 a5 45.h3 Qa6 46.Ne4 Qb7 47.Qf3 Nxe4 48.Qxe4 Qd7 49.Qa8 Kh7 50.Rc8 Bb4 51.Rh8+ Kg6 52.Qe4+ Kf6 53.Rb8 Qc7 54.Rb7 1-0
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Lu Shanglei – Jones, Gawain
C50 Giuoco Pianissimo
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. a5 Ba7 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. N3d2 Be6 17. d4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ne6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nfe3 Nf4 21. f3 Raa8 22. g3 Ng6 23. Nb2 Red8 24. Na4 Nh7 25. Rad1 Ng5 26. Kg2 Qf6 27. Nf5 Ne7 28. h4 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Ne6 30. Qc2 Rd8 31. Ne3 h5 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Ng6 34. Nf5 Ne7 35. Ne3 Ng6 36. Nd5 Qd8 37. Nb2 c6 38. Ne3 Nxh4+ 39. gxh4 Qxh4 40. Nd3 Qg5+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kf1 Ng5 44. Ne1 Nh3 45. Qd2 Qg1+ 46. Ke2 g6 47. N3g2 Kg7 48. Qd6 Qh2 49. Qe7 Nf4+ 50. Kf2 Nh3+ 51. Ke3 g5 52. Kd3 Nf4+ 53. Kc4 Ne6 54. Kb3 Qg3 55. Qxb7 h4 56. Qxa6 Qf2 57. Qb6 Qe2 58. Qb8 h3 59. Qxe5+ Kg8 60. a6 hxg2 61. a7 Qd1+ 62. Kc4 Qe2+ 63. Kb3 Qd1+ 64. Kc4 Qe2+ ½-½
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Van Foreest, Jorden – Grandelius, Nils
A45 Queen’s Pawn game
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qd2 Bg7 5.Bh6 O-O 6.Bxg7 Kxg7 7.O-O-O c5 8.e3 Nc6 9.dxc5 Be6 10.Bb5 Ne5 11.Qd4 Qc7 12.Nge2 Rac8 13.Nf4 Rfd8 14.h3 a6 15.Ba4 h6 16.Bb3 g5 17.Nxe6+ fxe6 18.Na4 Ned7 19.h4 g4 20.h5 e5 21.Qd3 e4 22.Qc3 e6 23.Qb4 a5 24.Qb5 Nxc5 25.Nxc5 Qxc5 26.Qxb7+ Rc7 27.Qa6 Rb8 28.Kb1 Rb6 29.Qe2 Rb4 30.c3 Rb8 31.Rd4 Kh7 32.Rhd1 Rg7 33.Qc2 Rgb7 34.f3 Kh8 35.Ka1 gxf3 36.gxf3 Rg7 37.fxe4 Nxe4 38.c4 Rc8 39.Kb1 Qb6 40.Ka1 Nd6 41.Qf2 Nf5 42.Rf4 dxc4 43.Rxc4 Rxc4 44.Bxc4 Qxe3 45.Rd8+ Kh7 46.Qxe3 Nxe3 47.Bd3+ Nf5 48.Ra8 Rd7 49.Bc2 Rd5 50.Ra6 Rc5 51.Kb1 Kg8 52.Rxe6 Ng7 53.Rxh6 Nxh5 54.b3 Kf8 55.Bd3 Ke7 56.Kb2 Nf4 57.Be4 Re5 58.Bf3 Kd8 59.Ka3 Kc7 60.Rc6+ Kb8 61.Ka4 Ne6 62.Rd6 Nc5+ 63.Ka3 Rf5 64.Rc6 Ka7 65.Be2 Re5 66.Bc4 Rh5 67.Rg6 Rh2 68.Rg8 Rh6 69.Bd5 Rd6 70.Bg2 Rd2 71.Rg5 Kb6 72.Bd5 Nd3 73.Bc4 Nc1 74.Rb5+ Kc6 75.b4 Rxa2+ 76.Bxa2 Kxb5 77.bxa5 Nxa2 78.Kxa2 Kxa5 ½-½
Round 13, Jan. 29, 2017
Lei Tingjie – Tari, Aryan
E01 Catalan, Closed
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 Ne4 9.Nc3 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 c6 11.Rfd1 Rb8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Ndxe4 f5 14.Nd2 e5 15.d5 Qc7 16.Rab1 e4 17.b4 Nf6 18.Qb3 Rd8 19.Rbc1 c5 20.Nb5 Qb6 21.a4 Bf8 22.Qe3 Bd7 23.Nb3 Ng4 24.Qf4 cxb4 25.d6 g6 26.c5 Qc6 27.Qd2 Be6 28.Qxb4 Qd7 29.N3d4 Bd5 30.Ne2 Bf7 31.Nf4 Ne5 32.Nd5 Bg7 33.Qa3 Nd3 34.Rxd3 exd3 35.c6 bxc6 36.Ne7+ Kh8 37.Nxc6 d2 38.Rd1 a6 39.Nxb8 Rxb8 40.Nc7 Rb6 41.Nd5 Bxd5 42.Bxd5 Rxd6 43.Bc4 a5 44.Qc3 h5 45.Be2 Kh7 46.Qc2 Rd4 47.Qc3 Qd5 48.Bf3 Rd3 49.Qxg7+ Kxg7 50.Bxd5 Rxd5 51.Kf1 Kf6 52.Ke2 Ke5 53.Ke3 Rd4 54.f3 Kd5 55.Rxd2 Rxd2 56.Kxd2 Kc4 57.f4 Kd4 58.Ke2 h4 59.Kf3 h3 60.g4 Kd3 61.Kg3 Ke3 62.Kxh3 Kf3 63.Kh4 Kxf4 64.h3 Ke3 65.Kg5 f4 66.Kxg6 f3 67.h4 f2 68.g5 f1=Q 69.h5 Qf8 70.Kh7 Qf7+ 71.Kh6 Qg8 72.g6 Qh8+ 73.Kg5 Ke4 74.h6 Qe5+ 0-1
Standing after Final Round
1. Jones 9.0
2. Ragger 9.0
3. Xiong 8.5
4. Hansen 8.0
5. Lu 8.0
6. Smirin 8.0
7. Tari 7.5
8. L’Ami 7.0
9. Grandelius 70
10. Bok 5.5
11. Dobrov 4.5
12. Van Foreest 4.0
13. Tingjie 3.5
14. Guramishvili 1.5Comment
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Re: Tata Steel 2017
Tata Steel 2017
January 31, 2017
Tournament Roundup
(From chess24.com)
Colin McGourty
Wesley So beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final round of the 2017 Tata Steel Masters to win the tournament by a full point ahead of reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen. An extraordinary finale saw first wins for Dmitry Andreikin and Loek van Wely as the chasing pack crumbled, with defeats for Levon Aronian and Wei Yi, while Magnus Carlsen squandered a chance to beat Sergey Karjakin. Gawain Jones survived by the skin of teeth against Lu Shanglei to win the Challengers and qualify for the 2018 Masters.
Wesley beat five of the bottom six players to score +5, finish a full point ahead of Carlsen (+3) and remain the only unbeaten player:
His unbeaten record of course stretches further, to a remarkable 56 classical games over more than six months:
Bilbao Masters (Round 5 onwards): 6 games, +1
Sinquefield Cup: 9 games, +2
Olympiad: 10 games, +7
Isle of Man Open: 9 games, +4
London Chess Classic: 9 games, +3
Tata Steel Masters: 13 games, +5
Total: 56 games, +22
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