Carlsen leads going into Tata Steel Masters final round, Giri beats So

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Carlsen leads going into Tata Steel Masters final round, Giri beats So

Mark Crowther - Saturday 24th January 2015

Wesley So fought hard to try and save a lost position against Anish Giri but couldn't hold in the end. Photo ©

Wesley So fought hard to try and save a lost position against Anish Giri but couldn't hold in the end. Photo © | http://www.tatasteelchess.com

Magnus Carlsen survived some nervous moments to remain in the lead of the Tata Steel Masters going into the final round. Carlsen played black against Liren Ding and was put under severe pressure. The game required precise calculation and Carlsen's 22...a5 which took Ding by surprise seems to lead to a liquidation and a draw.

The longest battle of the day took 111 moves and seven and a quarter hours. It ended Wesley So's undefeated run going back to April 2014 which was also more than 50 games. So's problems went back to opening he was already under a lot of pressure after the nice 18.Rb5. They entered a Queen and Pawn ending where Giri had an extra a-pawn on move 36. Giri could have finished things much faster but he probably wanted to make sure and So stayed tough. In the end So couldn't escape his fate. This results means that it is Giri who is half a point off the leader Carlsen rather than So going into the final round.

The other decisive game saw Ivan Saric defeated Radoslaw Wojtaszek after a long struggle. Levon Aronian's desperate event saw yet another disappointment as he missed a win against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Loek van Wely and Baadur Jobava probably want the event to just end and agreed a quick draw. Teimour Radjabov vs Hou Yifan and Vasil Ivanchuk vs Fabiano Caruana also finished in draws.

Round 12 Standings: 1 Carlsen 8.5pts/12, 2 Giri 8pts 3 Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Liren Ding 7.5pts 6-7 Ivanchuk, Caruana 7pts, 8 Radjabov 6pts 9 Aronian 5.5pts 10 Wojtaszek 5pts 11 Hou Yifan 4.5pts 12-13 Van Wely, Saric 4pts 14 Jobava 2pts

I will be hosting ICC's commentary for the final round with GM Varuzhan Akobian which I'm looking forward to very much. Please join us.

Round 13 Pairings: Round starts 90 minutes earlier at 11am GMT 12pm CET:

So-Van Wely, Wojtaszek-Giri, Carlsen-Saric, Aronian- Liren Ding, Caruana-Vachier-Lagrave, Hou Yifan-Ivanchuk, Jobava-Radjabov.

77th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee (NED), 9-25 i 2015																cat. XX (2746)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2862	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	.	1	8½	2900
2.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2784	½	*	0	1	1	½	½	½	½	.	½	1	1	1	8	2867
3.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2757	½	1	*	½	1	0	.	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	7½	2833
4.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2762	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	.	1	1	7½	2845
5.	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2732	½	0	0	½	*	½	0	1	.	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2837
6.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2715	½	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	.	1	½	1	7	2811
7.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2820	0	½	.	½	1	½	*	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	7	2795
8.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2734	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	.	6	2748
9.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2797	0	½	½	0	.	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2713
10.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2744	1	.	½	½	0	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	0	0	5	2685
11.	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2673	0	½	0	½	0	.	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	4½	2667
12.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2667	0	0	½	.	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	4	2625
13.	Saric, Ivan	g	CRO	2666	.	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	1	4	2617
14.	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2727	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	.	0	1	0	½	0	*	2	2475

Round 12 (January 24, 2015)
Giri, Anish	- So, Wesley	1-0	111	A13	Reti Opening
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	33	A07	Barcza System
Ding, Liren	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	36	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	38	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Radjabov, Teimour	- Hou, Yifan	½-½	34	E06	Catalan
Van Wely, Loek	- Jobava, Baadur	½-½	20	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Saric, Ivan	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	1-0	71	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation

77th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee (NED), 10-25 i 2015																cat. XIII (2561)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2675	*	½	½	½	.	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	10.0	2821
2.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2729	½	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	.	1	1	1	1	9.0	2744
3.	Shankland, Samuel L	g	USA	2652	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	.	1	½	½	8.0	2696
4.	Van Kampen, Robin	g	NED	2615	½	0	0	*	0	1	1	½	.	½	1	1	1	1	7.5	2653
5.	Salem, A.R. Saleh	g	UAE	2603	.	0	½	1	*	½	½	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	7.0	2605
6.	Sevian, Samuel	g	USA	2511	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	.	6.5	2592
7.	Potkin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2608	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	1	.	½	1	6.5	2586
8.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2613	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	.	½	5.5	2550
9.	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2538	0	½	½	.	1	0	0	1	*	0	0	½	½	1	5.0	2501
10.	Klein, David	g	NED	2517	0	.	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	½	4.5	2464
11.	Haast, Anne	wm	NED	2352	0	0	.	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	*	0	½	1	4.0	2446
12.	Michiels, Bart	g	BEL	2563	0	0	0	0	0	1	.	0	½	0	1	*	1	½	4.0	2432
13.	Dale, Ari	m	AUS	2291	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	.	½	½	½	0	*	0	3.5	2421
14.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2593	0	0	½	0	0	.	0	½	0	½	0	½	1	*	3.0	2370

Round 12 (January 24, 2015)
Wei, Yi	- Haast, Anne	1-0	26	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Navara, David	- Sevian, Samuel	½-½	44	A22	English Opening
Shankland, Samuel L	- L'Ami, Erwin	1-0	40	C58	Two Knights Defence
Van Kampen, Robin	- Potkin, Vladimir	1-0	31	C11	French Defence
Michiels, Bart	- Salem, A.R. Saleh	0-1	38	E33	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Dale, Ari	- Klein, David	½-½	36	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto
Timman, Jan H	- Gunina, Valentina	0-1	40	B12	Caro Kann Advanced

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