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82nd Tata Steel Chess 2020 (13)

Fabiano Caruana wins the Tata Steel Masters with 10/13 after beating Artemiev in the final round

Vladislav Artemiev lost to Fabiano Caruana in the final Round. Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Vladislav Artemiev lost to Fabiano Caruana in the final Round. Photo © Michiel Abeln. | https://michielabeln.tumblr.com/post/189316573931/where-to-buy-the-anand-files

Fabiano Caruana was the only winner in the final round of the 82nd Tata Steel tournament to finish on a score of 10/13. This was Caruana's first victory in the Masters Group in Wijk aan Zee although he had previously won the B and C Groups.

Caruana's performance was one of the best in this tournament's history going back to 1939. The top group has been 13 rounds since 1980 (but for a couple of years) and Caruana equalled the record score since then with 10/13 previously achieved by Garry Kasparov in 1999 and Magnus Carlsen in 2013. The margin of victory over Carlsen was two points, the largest ever in a 13 round event here. Records going further back show Korchnoi won with 12/15, 3 points clear of Portisch, Tal and Hort in 1968 and that Olafsson (1959) and Euwe (1952) won 9 round events by 2 points.

Caruana was again the last to finish. Artemiev certainly had drawing chances until near the end but it was a long defence for him and eventually he erred. All in all a fantastic 6.5/7 finish after a slow start but it did include a win against Anand where he was lost at one stage.

Wesley So played a drawish Four Knights against Magnus Carlsen and they rattled out over 40 moves extremely quickly and the game was agreed drawn after 52 moves, this meant Carlsen finished in second place and eventually confirmed So in sole 3rd place. Anish Giri against Jorden Van Foreest was a competitive game to decide who was the top finishing player from the Netherlands, Van Foreest won this battle by half a point and finished tied in fourth place. Duda-Anand, Firouzja-Dubov and Kovalev-Vitiugov were all short draws. On another day Yu Yangyi might have converted what looked like a sizable advantage against Jeffery Xiong but this too was drawn.

Carlsen was disappointed with his performance here and in classical chess for the last few months. Still according to Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS on twitter) "Carlsen has now played 168 classical games since January 2018 scoring +53 =113 -2 against an average rating of 2748. His only two losses came within two months in 2018 against So and Mamedyarov." His draw vs Wesley So was his 120th game undefeated. Carlsen next plays in the GRENKE Chess Classic in Karlsruhe/Baden Baden from 11th-20th April 2020.

In the Challengers Group David Anton Guijarro's draw was sufficient to qualify him for the Masters Group next year. He was half a point clear of Abdusattorov, Eljanov and L'Ami.

1st Caruana 10pts, 2nd Carlsen 8pts, 3rd So 7.5pts, 4th-5th Van Foreest, Dubov 7pts, 6th-9th Giri, Anand, Duda, Firouzja 6.5pts, 10th-11th Xiong, Artemiev 6pts, 12th Vitiugov 5pts, 13th Yu Yangyi 4.5pts, 14th Kovalev 4pts.

82nd Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee (NED), 10-26 i 2020 cat. XX (2741)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2822 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10.0 2945
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8.0 2817
3. So, Wesley g USA 2765 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7.5 2795
4. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2644 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 7.0 2777
5. Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2683 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7.0 2774
6. Giri, Anish g NED 2768 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6.5 2738
7. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2758 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6.5 2739
8. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2758 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6.5 2739
9. Firouzja, Alireza g FID 2723 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6.5 2742
10. Xiong, Jeffery g USA 2712 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 0 6.0 2713
11. Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2731 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 6.0 2712
12. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2747 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 5.0 2653
13. Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2726 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4.5 2631
14. Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2660 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ * 4.0 2605
Round 13 (January 26, 2020)
So, Wesley - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 52 C47 Four Knights
Giri, Anish - Van Foreest, Jorden ½-½ 55 D10 Slav Defence
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 23 A18 English Opening
Firouzja, Alireza - Dubov, Daniil ½-½ 16 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Artemiev, Vladislav - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 66 A07 Barcza System
Yu, Yangyi - Xiong, Jeffery ½-½ 33 A57 Volga Gambit
Kovalev, Vladislav - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 18 C07 French Tarrasch
82nd Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee (NED), 10-26 i 2020 cat. XV (2602)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2694 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 2704
2. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek g UZB 2635 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 8 2686
3. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2650 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 2685
4. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2606 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8 2688
5. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2636 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 2656
6. Keymer, Vincent m GER 2527 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7 2636
7. Nihal, Sarin g IND 2618 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7 2629
8. Van Foreest, Lucas g NED 2523 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 2608
9. Grandelius, Nils g SWE 2673 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 2596
10. Smeets, Jan g NED 2585 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 6 2574
11. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2659 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 ½ ½ 6 2568
12. Warmerdam, Max m NED 2498 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 2499
13. Smirnov, Anton g AUS 2604 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 2491
14. Saduakassova, Dinara m KAZ 2519 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 3 2397
Round 13 (January 26, 2020)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Saduakassova, Dinara ½-½ 76 A05 Various
Eljanov, Pavel - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 55 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Nihal, Sarin - Mamedov, Rauf 1-0 61 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Van Foreest, Lucas - Anton Guijarro, David ½-½ 29 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Grandelius, Nils - Keymer, Vincent 0-1 48 A07 Barcza System
Warmerdam, Max - Smeets, Jan 1-0 31 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Smirnov, Anton - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 0-1 26 E20 Nimzo Indian

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