80 th Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 13 Games

Carlsen is the winner of 80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament after bet Giri in the tie-break
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Tie-break games

Giri, Anish-Carlsen, MagnusCarlsen, Magnus-Giri, Anish

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Giri, Anish2752–Carlsen, Magnus2834½–½C5480th Tata Steel Masters 2018-TB1.2Wijk aan Zee28.01.2018ChessBase

1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 c5 4.c3 f6 5.d3 d6 6.0-0 a6 7.e1 a7 8.b3 0-0 9.h3 h6 LiveBook: 340 Games 10.bd2 e8 11.f1 e6 12.c2 d5 13.e2 dxe4 14.dxe4 e7 15.g3 ad8 16.h4 f8 17.hf5 e7 18.e3 g6 19.gf5 f4 20.f3 c6 Black should try 20...g6 21.g3 h7 21.g4 xg4 22.hxg4 g6 23.xf4 exf4 24.xf4 gxf5 25.gxf5 g7 26.fxe6 xe6 27.ad1 de8 28.e2 g5 29.f3 f6 30.h3 f4 31.f1 31.dd2 31...e5 32.h2 g5 33.g3 g4 34.d2 g5 35.e5?

35.g2= und Weiss ist OK. 35...xe5= 35...f3!-+ 36.g2 h5 37.xh5 xh5 36.d1 Much worse is 36.d8+ g7 36...g5! 37.d3 Nur nicht 37.d8+? g7-+ 37...ef5 38.h4 ½–½

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Round 13 Games

Matlakov, Maxim-Jones, Gawain C BAdhiban, B..-Kramnik, VladimirKarjakin, Sergey-Carlsen, MagnusMamedyarov, Shakhriyar-Anand, ViswanathanSo, Wesley-Hou, YifanWei, Yi-Giri, AnishCaruana, Fabiano-Svidler, Peter

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Matlakov, Maxim2718–Jones, Gawain C B2640½–½E6580th Tata Steel Masters 201813Wijk aan Zee28.01.2018ChessBase

1.d4 f6 2.f3 g6 3.g3 g7 4.g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 c5 7.c3 c6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.f4 d4 10.e1 e8 11.c1 g4 12.h3 e5 13.g5 xf3+ 14.exf3 xg5 15.fxg4 e7 16.a4 d7 17.a3 c6 18.d5 xd5 19.cxd5 f8 20.d6 xd6 21.xb7 ab8 22.e4 ed8 23.c2 b4 24.f3 d4 25.g2 a5 26.h4 a4 27.e3 a6 28.g5 d1 29.ce2 c4 30.b3 c1 31.h2 axb3 32.xb3 c4 33.b7 1d7 34.eb2 d1 35.xd7 xd7 36.f6 e1 37.f3 c3 38.e2 d1 39.c2 d4 40.b3 c7 41.g2 d7 42.c2 c5 43.e3 c7 44.e4 a7 45.b3 c7 46.h5 d4 47.c2 g7 48.e2 c5 49.c2 d5+ 50.h2 e4 51.g4 c5 52.h6+ g8 53.xe4 xg5 54.xg5 xg5 55.e8 h5+ 56.g2 xh6 57.c8 h5 58.xc3 ½–½

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80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 12 Games

80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament -Standings after 12 Games.



80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament -  Round 12 Games.

Carlsen, Magnus-Matlakov, MaximGiri, Anish-Adhiban, B..Hou, Yifan-Wei, YiKramnik, Vladimir-Caruana, FabianoSvidler, Peter-Karjakin, SergeyJones, Gawain C B-Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarAnand, Viswanathan-So, Wesley

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Carlsen, Magnus2834–Matlakov, Maxim27181–0B4880th Tata Steel Masters 201812Wijk aan Zee27.01.2018ChessBase

1.e4 c5 2.f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 c6 5.c3 c7 6.e3 a6 7.d2 f6 8.f4 B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2 8.0-0-0 e7 9.f3 h5 10.xc6 bxc6 11.f4 e5 12.g5 a5 13.c4 a4 14.a3 d6 15.f4 0-0 16.hf1 1/2-1/2 (44) Grischuk,A (2783)-Cori Tello,J (2641) Tbilisi 2017 8...b4 9.d3 a5 10.a3 xc3 11.xc3 xc3+ 12.bxc3 d5 LiveBook: 60 Games 13.exd5 exd5 14.b3 c4 15.d4 e4 16.c5N xc5 17.xc5 d7 18.0-0-0 0-0-0 19.xc4 dxc4 20.b6 de8 21.d4 e6 22.xc4+ c6 23.xc6+ xc6= Endgame KRB-KRB 24.d1 xg2 25.g1 e4 26.xg7 g6 27.a4 f8 28.b2 d7 29.f5 xf5 30.c5 c8 31.xf7+ e6 32.e7+ f6 33.b4 a5 34.a3 c4 35.xb7 xa4 36.a7 e4 37.xa5 e2 38.d6 xc2 39.c4 e6 40.a6 f5+ 41.c3 e4 42.d4 f5 43.a5+ g4 44.c5 f3 45.a7 h6 46.h7 e4+ 47.d3 e6

And now ... Be4+ would win. 48.c4 c6 49.c7 h1 50.b5 h5 50...e2± 51.c6 b2+ 52.a5 h3 51.g7++- h4?

51...f5 52.f7+ g6 52.g1? 52.e7+ h3 53.g3+ xh2 54.d6 52...a8 White has a decisive advantage. 53.b6 e2 54.c7 d5 55.g3 h1 56.c3 g4 57.c6 Precision: White = 83%, Black = 57%. 1–0

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80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 11 Games

80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament -Standings after 11 Games





























80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament -Round 11 Games

Karjakin, Sergey-Kramnik, VladimirSo, Wesley-Jones, Gawain C BAnand, Viswanathan-Hou, YifanCaruana, Fabiano-Giri, AnishMamedyarov, Shakhriyar-Carlsen, MagnusMatlakov, Maxim-Svidler, PeterAdhiban, B..-Wei, Yi

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Karjakin, Sergey2753–Kramnik, Vladimir27871–0A1480th Tata Steel Masters 201811Wijk aan Zee26.01.2018ChessBase

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.g2 f6 4.f3 e7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 6.d4 6...c5 7.cxd5 xd5 8.c3 c6 9.b2 LiveBook: 194 Games xc3 A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White 9...f6 10.c2 b6 11.xd5 exd5 12.d4 a6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.fe1 c8 15.xf6 xf6 16.ac1 c4 17.d2 fd8 18.e3 1/2-1/2 (73) Kramnik,V (2812)-Nakamura,H (2787) Leuven 2016 10.dxc3 c7 10...xd1 11.fxd1 11.c2 b6 12.c1!N Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games: 12.ad1 b7 13.d2 fd8 14.fd1 xd2 15.xd2 f6 16.c4 xb2 17.xb2 1/2-1/2 (17) Ohse,A (2152) -Israel,J (2192) Germany 2013 12...b7 13.f4 c8 14.ad1 d8 15.h4 h6 16.xd8+ xd8 17.d1 f5 18.d2 f7! 19.d7 f6 20.e5 xe5 21.xe5 xe5 22.xb7 xd7 23.xd7 e8 24.c6 a5 25.b5 f8

26.f4! f6 26...xc3 27.d3 d4+ 28.e3 27.d6 e7 28.h5 xc3 29.xb6 c4 30.b8+ f7 31.xc4 d7 32.g2 e7 33.f3 d1 34.b7+ d7 35.b5 d1 36.a3 36.e3 36...f1+ 37.g2 d1 38.e3 d6 39.f3 c6 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.xg4 a4 42.b7+ d8 43.e4 43.b5 c7 44.b8+ c8 45.xc8+ xc8 46.bxa4 46.xa4 b2 43...b2 44.b5 c7 44...c1 45.bxa4 xa3 46.d7+ c8 47.d3 45.xc7 45.b8+ 45...xc7 46.bxa4 c3 46...xa3 47.a5 47.e5 d8 48.f3 d2 48...c7 49.e4 d8 50.f5 exf5+ 51.xf5 e7 52.e4 e6 53.c4+ e7 54.d5 49.e4 e7 50.f5 exf5+ 51.xf5 c1 52.a5 xa3 53.a6 c5 54.e4 e6 55.c4+ d7 56.d5 f2 57.e6+ c7 58.b5 h4 59.a7 b7 1–0

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80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 10 Games

80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Standings after 10 Games


80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 10 Games

Carlsen, Magnus-So, WesleyHou, Yifan-Adhiban, B..Kramnik, Vladimir-Matlakov, MaximSvidler, Peter-Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarJones, Gawain C B-Anand, ViswanathanGiri, Anish-Karjakin, SergeyWei, Yi-Caruana, Fabiano

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Carlsen, Magnus2834–So, Wesley27921–0D0280th Tata Steel Masters 201810Groningen24.01.2018ChessBase

1.f3 d5 2.d4 f6 3.f4 f5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 xb1 6.xb1 D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4 b4+ 7.d1 d6 8.g5 h6 LiveBook: 3 Games 9.xf6 xf6 10.cxd5N Predecessor: 10.c5 f8 11.c2 c6 12.b4 a6 13.d3 d7 1/2-1/2 (40) So,W (2822)-Wojtaszek,R (2745) Shamkir 2017 10...exd5 11.e4

Threatens to win with e5. e7 12.b5+ c6 13.e5 f4 14.d3 c5 15.dxc5! c6 16.c1! b4 Black is not keeping still 17.a3 xc5 18.e2 d4+ 19.xd4 xd4 20.f4 0-0 21.d2 Bh7+! is the strong threat. b6 22.he1 f6 Hoping for ...fxe5. Threatens to win with ...fxe5. 23.e6 xe6+ 24.f3 d7 25.ad1 ad8 26.e3 26.c4!? e8 27.xd5+ h8 28.g3 26...d6 27.g6 f5 28.e6+! Much weaker is Don't play 28.xd5 c6 28...xe6 29.xe6 c5 30.e5 f6 31.xf5 d6 32.dxd5 f7 33.e4 g6 34.g4 h5 35.h3 e8 36.ed4 e5

37.b4! Stronger than Of course not 37.xe5 xe5 38.g3 g5 38...e1 37...g5 38.g3 Not And not 38.xe5 xe5 39.c8 xf4+ 40.xf4+ gxf4 38...b6 39.d7+ 39.d7± e7 40.b5 39...f8!= 40.h7 Black must now prevent Rh8+. aiming for Rh8+. g4+ 41.xg4 hxg4+ 42.xg4 Precision: White = 70%, Black = 60%. Hoping for Rh8+. d6 43.c4 a5 44.c6 g8 45.b7! e5 46.cxb6 xb6 47.xb6 Endgame KRB-KR d4 48.b5 e2 49.b3 xh2 50.xa5 e2 50...f7 51.d5± b2 51...f2± 52.a4+- c3

53.f5! e8

54.g4! f8+ 55.e4 b8 56.b5 e8+? 56...a8 was worth a try. 57.d3 a5 57.d3 e1 58.a5 f2 59.b4 e3+ 60.c4 e4+ 61.b3 f7 62.e5 d4 63.b5 d3+ 64.c2 g3 64...d4 65.f5+ e6 65.g5 d4 66.d5 e3 67.d3 g2+ 68.b3 c1 69.b6 e6 70.d4 b2+ 71.a4 f5 72.b4 a2+ 73.b5 xf4

74.xf4+! xf4 75.b7 Precision: White = 87%, Black = 46%. 1–0

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80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 9 Games

Matlakov, Maxim-Giri, AnishJones, Gawain C B-Hou, YifanCaruana, Fabiano-Adhiban, B..Karjakin, Sergey-Wei, YiSo, Wesley-Svidler, PeterMamedyarov, Shakhriyar-Kramnik, VladimirAnand, Viswanathan-Carlsen, Magnus

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Matlakov, Maxim2718–Giri, Anish27520–1A0680th Tata Steel Masters 20189Wijk aan Zee23.01.2018ChessBase

1.f3 d5 2.g3 g4 3.g2 c6 4.0-0 d7 5.h3 h5 6.d4 A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems e6 7.c4 e7 8.c3 The position is equal. dxc4 9.b3 cxb3 10.xb3 b6N Predecessor: 10...gf6 11.xb7 0-0 12.f4 a5 1/2-1/2 (41) Eljanov,P (2751)-So,W (2822) Shamkir 2017 11.a4 gf6 12.b1 c7 13.f4 c8 14.fc1 14.b3 14...0-0 15.b3 g6 16.b2 d8 17.a4 a5 18.d2 h5 19.e3 hf6 20.c4 d5 Black should try 20...a7= 21.xb7 b4 22.xc8 axc8 22...dxc8 23.a2 c5 23.a2!± xe3 24.fxe3 c5

25.d6 25.d1!± 25...a3 Black has some pressure. 26.xc8 xb2 27.e7+ f8 28.xg6+ hxg6 29.c2 a3! 30.c6 cxd4 31.exd4 c8 32.e3 e7 33.f1 d6 34.g4 b6 35.c1?

35.f2= 35...a3!-+ 36.c3 b4 37.xb4? 37.c2 keeps fighting. 37...axb4 Black is winning. 38.c5 b3 39.a5 d7 Precision: White = 56%, Black = 69%. 0–1

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