Monday, January 28, 2019

81st Tata Steel Chess 2019



The 81st Tata Steel Chess tournament took place Saturday 12th (Round 1) to Sunday 27th January 2019. 

 Magnus Carlsen won the tournament for the seventh time and finished half a point clear of his final round opponent Anish Giri with whom he drew.













Games



Games
Ding, Liren2813Carlsen, Magnus2835½–½A0581st Tata Steel GpA1.1Wijk aan Zee NED12.01.2019
1.f3 f6 2.g3 b5 3.d4 e6 4.g5 c5 5.d5 a5+ 6.d2 b6 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.a4 b4 9.a5 d8 10.g2 c6 11.e5 xe5 12.xa8 d5 13.a6 d7 14.b7 d6 15.g5 f7 16.xf6 xf6 17.d2 0-0 18.0-0 xb2 19.e4 d4 20.exd5 e5 21.b3 e4 22.d3 g4 23.f3 h5 24.d2 g5 25.c6 h3 26.b5 xf1 27.xf1 xf3 28.xf3 e4 29.e3 xf3+ 30.xf3 xf3 31.xf3 exf3 32.f2 ½–½