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Originally posted by Brad Thomson
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The Giri win was definitely a standout! -
Ivic, Donchenko, and Yilmaz tied for first in the challengers after 4 rounds.Comment
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Pragganandhaa upset Ding Liren! - another one of the top seeds falls.
So and Aronian are all draws so far.Comment
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Go Donchenko!! Any young buck who plays the Caro Kann is ok by me. Although, I think it was Larsen who said to a young opponent, "If you play the Caro Kann now, what will you play when you're an old man?" :)Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De QuinceyComment
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Donchenko plays interesting positional chess.Comment
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Rd 5 Today only challengers. Masters have a rest day.
Beerdsen - Roebers Black played French and chaos on the board (actually I like Black's attack). Beerdsen has made interesting opening choices in several games so far.Comment
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After 5 rounds Yilmaz has taken a clear lead of 4 out of 5 in the challengers. (as both Donchenko and Ivic drew their respective games)Comment
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Round 5 - Abdusatarov has Q+NP vs Carlsen's Q. I assume it's a win with best play (I didn't check the tablebases).Comment
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Rd 5 In the masters - the big news is Abdusattarov beat Magnus and is now in clear first after 5 rounds.Comment
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https://en.chessbase.com/post/tata-s...023-endgames-1 The good endgame doctor GM Karsten Mueller weighs in on interesting endgames from Tata Steel.Comment
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Rd 6 Some great jousting ending up in passed pawn play starting with 32.c4 in So - Keymer. Nice endgame win by Wesley So. Caruana's c5 was revealing and opened up active play by the rooks and a better bishop soon became overwhelming.Comment
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Abdusattorov still leads with a half point margin over Caruana and Giri after 6 rounds.Comment
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Rd 6 challengers Donchenko played a nice Caro-Kann with pressure ideas leading to breakthru. Vaishalli good positional chess leading to domination. L'Ami - Warmerdam was highly entertaining with Black attacking but getting nowhere and then White sacked a rook on h8 to get a passed pawn bone in the throat leading to a nice endgame finish.Comment
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After 6 rounds Yilmaz and Donchenko tied for first with 4.5 out of 6. Two a half point back.Comment
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Rd 7 In the Challengers all but one game were decisive. Donchenko played a nice positional game to beat his coleader Yilmaz. As a result Donchenko has taken a clear lead.Comment
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