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One false step by Caruana in time trouble (38.Re1?! instead of the immediate 38.a4!) & Duda is right back in the game! "Even if White finally converts it will cost him a hell of a lot of energy!" (Leko)
Wow, Duda is not losing this game?! Defense in modern Chess is incredible. A key difference to Chess in former times!
An unfinished masterpiece as Fabiano Caruana plays a brilliant attack against Jan-Krzysztof Duda but can't take home the full point
Round 3, Jan. 18 Firouzja, Alireza – Anton Guijarro, David D02 Queen’s Bishop game
I usually like to watch Peter Leko giving the move-by-move analysis. I have chess24 on the left screen and chessbomb or https://analysis.sesse.net on the right screen.
My favorite commentators – Jan Gustafsson and Peter Svidler.
Today, Peter Leko made this statement: "I've never in my life ever tasted coffee"
A guy on Chat replies: I’m waking up at 5 AM local time for these Tata Steel games. I would be dead without coffee.
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 18th January, 2021, 08:46 PM.
Grandelius - Hari a masterpiece by Hari but poor play by Grandelius. Was he surprised in the opening? I sometimes play the e5 French but never against a top GM.
Firouzja won that position from the middlegame! Cant believe it. He's a wizard.
Alexander Donchenko got off the mark yesterday, today he's come up with a g4 novelty!
The win for Donchenko if Wojtaszek tries to win here with 45...Bf1? is amazing! Peter summarises the incredible complexity in a seemingly simple position...
"This is very scary for Black!" says Leko after Firouzja goes for the risky 8...h5!?
Firouzja's ability to inject brain-bending complications into positions is amazing. Very hard to study and emulate, but worth trying. Or just watch and enjoy...
A crazy position in Tari-Firouzja! When Tania pointed out the computer's move was impossible to find Peter did see 28.Kh1!! here, but Aryan went for 28.Rxc5 and should now objectively be lost... but Alireza has just 2 minutes
After 28...Qxc5 29.Nxg5 Ne2+? (29...Be2! is apparently winning) 30.Kg2 a draw was agreed, with Alireza down to seconds in a roughly equal position!
Round 4, Jan. 19 MVL – Anton Guijarro, David C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter-Attack
Never would have predicted 7 draws this round. Interesting chess was played but some interesting opportunities missed. Definitely most exciting was Tari - Firouzja
Anton Guijarro - Tari has entered an almost "pure" 3 connected pawns vs bishop endgame. Its actually 4 pawns vs 1 pawn and bishop. This used to be one of the most exciting endgames for me to play or watch. I suppose tablebases have taken the fun out of them but its always fun trying to find variations where the pawns will win.
The fans are getting their monies worth this round with two exciting endgames to watch (maybe three!?).
Last edited by Hans Jung; Thursday, 21st January, 2021, 02:10 PM.
Round 5 Quiz Question – In its 83-year history, this event has had 3 title sponsors, all from the same industry. Name the three sponsors and the countries in which they were based.
Shocker, as after pushing for a win for 5.5 hours David Anton is now losing to Aryan Tari!
54...c2? and Tari misses the win Leko: "c2, draw! Good! Not good, but both players after they will be told Black could have won, with this result they can both live. But if Tari had won after 54...Bb5! I would be worried for David - that's just too crazy!
Anton-Tari ends in a draw - a great result for Aryan given he was desperately hanging on for most of the game, but he missed a beautiful win near the end!
Round 5, Jan. 21 Carlsen, Magnus – Donchenko, Alexander B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack
Alexander Donchenko has come ready to take on Magnus Carlsen in the Najdorf!
Leko "You are Magnus Carlsen or not, I don't think there was even a slightest moment in this game where you could see that Magnus could have played better. He plays a perfect game but Donchenko nevertheless with perfect defence holds on!"
Round 5, Jan. 21 Firouzja, Alireza – Van Foreest, Jorden D02 Queen’s Pawn game
A game with brilliant moves and ideas from both sides, but Magnus Carlsen is held to a 5th draw in a row - he may have missed a big chance when he rushed in Jan-Krzysztof Duda's time trouble!
Jorden could have gone for the beautiful 28.Bxd6! here, with the idea of sacrificing the queen after 28...c3 29.Qxb5! cxb5 30.Bxb4 with a winning advantage. Instead, he went for the more normal-looking e5 which seems to give a winning advantage as well
38...Qb8!, threatening Qb5+, is a brilliant final touch 17-year-old Alireza Firouzja needed to spot in advance! He's about to win a 2nd game and move to a plus score in this year's tourney
Firouzja is right back in business after his 1st round loss to Magnus!
Grandelius holds on against Caruana and remains the sole leader of #TataSteelChess after 6 rounds - Firouzja and Van Foreest win to join the now 6-player chasing pack half a point behind!
Round Seven Question - How many times has the top group of this even (all-time) been held as a knock-out?
When? Name the runners-up.
Answer: 2 (1993: Miguel Illescas Cordoba, 1995: Evgeny Bareev)
The winners were first, Anatoly Karpov in 1993, and second, Alexey Dreev in 1995, according to Peter. The tournament in those years was Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee.
Quote of the Day: Nils is probably short for Cornelius. Cornelius Grandelius would have been a mouthful.
Echoes of the game vs. Duda, as after 33 minutes Caruana goes for the winning 14.e6! Will he take home the full point this time?
And last year's winner Fabiano Caruana joins this year's leaders after taking down MVL - a result Fabi would love to repeat when the Candidates restarts later this year!
"So that's the best I can get? I play the Najdorf, I follow Anish Giri's course & I have to suffer this horrible endgame?"
Giri joins his Dutch colleague Van Foreest in the #TataSteelChesslead after taking down leader Grandelius. Anish won the ending he told Nils should be fine for Black in his Chessable course! [Sharp practice by Anish WK]
Wojtasek-Esipenko - clever tactic here by Black - 19...Rxd4! 20.Nxd4 Nb3. The knight is attacked by another knight, but it can't capture it, and it has nowhere to go, while pins on the diagonal ...a7-g1 loom
After both players drew their first 6 games, 18-year-old Esipenko knocks Wojtaszek out of the 2700 club while climbing to 2688.6 himself!
Alireza Firouzja also wins a 2nd game in a row to join the #TataSteelChess leaders!
We have 4 new leaders - Jorden van Foreest, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana & Alireza Firouzja - after they all won today! Andrey Esipenko also won to catch Magnus Carlsen before they play tomorrow.
Lot of knight dancing going on in Tari - Van Foreest. I loved Esipenko's kamikaze knight.
With all the wins in today's round the leaderboard is still tight (8 players within half a point) which makes the tournament very interesting at the halfway point.
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