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78th Tata Steel Masters 2016 (9)

Carlsen extends his lead to a point after 9 rounds of the Tata Steel Masters

Adams lost to Carlsen in Round 9. Photo ©

Adams lost to Carlsen in Round 9. Photo © | http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Magnus Carlsen defeated Michael Adams to extend his lead in the Tata Steel Masters to a full point. Carlsen played a quiet Giuoco Piano but gradually outplayed Adams and had a decisive advantage at first time control. Adams continued to resist in a miserable position and Carlsen decided to give up material to produce a favourable endgame but Adams could dream of drawing again. Carlsen brought home the full point in 66 moves.

Fabiano Caruana was held to a draw by Sergey Karjakin after obtaining a substantial advantage but could not overcome his opponents tough defence.

Wei Yi scored his first win of the event after 8 draws with a controlled sacrificial attack on David Navara's king.

The remaining games were drawn. Pavel Eljanov didn't make the best of the white pieces but hung on a pawn down to draw against Anish Giri. Loek van Wely had a nice opening against Wesley So but a couple of inaccurate moves encouraged his opponent to offer a draw which was accepted. Ding Liren's fine opening preparation seemed to go straight to a drawn endgame against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Hou Yifan defended well to hold an inferior position against Evgeny Tomashevsky.

Eltaj Safarli caught Baskaran Adhiban in the lead on 6.5/9 after the later was defeated by Jorden Van Foreest. Alexei Dreev is half a point further back.

Round 9 Standings 1st Carlsen 6.5, 2nd Caruana 5.5, 3rd-6th Wesley So, Wei Yi, Giri, Ding Liren 5 7th-9th Karjakin, Eljanov, Mamedyarov 4.5, 10th-11th Navara, Hou Yifan 4 12th-13th Tomashevsky, Van Wely 3.5, 14th Adams 2.5

Round 10 (Utrecht 27th Jan 2016 13:00 GMT) Karjakin-Adams, Giri-Carlsen, Hou-Eljanov, So-Tomashevsky, Ding-Van Wely, Navara-Mamedyarov, Caruana-Wei Yi.

78th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2016 cat. XX (2748)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2844 * ½ . ½ . . ½ 1 ½ ½ . 1 1 1 2900
2. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2787 ½ * ½ . ½ 1 ½ 1 . 0 ½ . . 1 2841
3. So, Wesley g USA 2773 . ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ . ½ ½ ½ . ½ . 5 2778
4. Wei, Yi g CHN 2706 ½ . ½ * ½ ½ . ½ . 1 ½ ½ . ½ 5 2800
5. Giri, Anish g NED 2798 . ½ 0 ½ * ½ . ½ 1 ½ . ½ 1 . 5 2780
6. Ding, Liren g CHN 2766 . 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 . ½ ½ ½ . . 1 5 2790
7. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2769 ½ ½ ½ . . 0 * ½ . ½ ½ 1 ½ . 2744
8. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2760 0 0 . ½ ½ . ½ * 1 . . ½ 1 ½ 2751
9. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2747 ½ . ½ . 0 ½ . 0 * . 1 ½ ½ 1 2747
10. Navara, David g CZE 2730 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ . . * 0 . . ½ 4 2719
11. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2673 . ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ . 0 1 * ½ 0 . 4 2695
12. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2728 0 . . ½ ½ . 0 ½ ½ . ½ * ½ ½ 2662
13. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2640 0 . ½ . 0 . ½ 0 ½ . 1 ½ * ½ 2679
14. Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 0 0 . ½ . 0 . ½ 0 ½ . ½ ½ * 2579
Round 9 (January 26, 2016)
Carlsen, Magnus - Adams, Michael 1-0 66 C50 Giuoco Piano
Caruana, Fabiano - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 60 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wei, Yi - Navara, David 1-0 28 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Eljanov, Pavel - Giri, Anish ½-½ 48 E04 Catalan
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ding, Liren ½-½ 30 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Hou, Yifan ½-½ 47 E53 Nimzo Indian
Van Wely, Loek - So, Wesley ½-½ 25 D38 QGD Ragozin

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