Anand and Gawain Jones win in Tata Steel Masters Round 3

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Anand and Gawain Jones win in Tata Steel Masters Round 3

Mark Crowther - Monday 15th January 2018

Fabiano Caruana was defeated by Viswanathan Anand in Round 3. Photo ©

Fabiano Caruana was defeated by Viswanathan Anand in Round 3. Photo © | http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Viswanathan Anand joined Anish Giri in the lead after defeating Fabiano Caruana in the 3rd round of the 80th Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee. This is, by his own reckoning, Anand's 18th appearance in Wijk aan Zee and he is seeking a record breaking 6th win. Anand with white was unsure what Caruana had in mind in a well known variation of the Petroff, he was confronted with 12...Nc7 which was a novelty and 13...Bg6, a very dangerous piece sacrifice. Anand managed to avoid the position becoming a complete mess and obtained two minor pieces for rook and pawn the evaluation remained about equal. Then it was Caruana who started to drift and then blundered with 28...axb4. Caruana bet on activity and a possible perpetual check that turned out not to be there. Anand grabbed a pawn, consolidated his position and finished with a lovely queen offer.

The other winner of the day was bottom seed Gawain Jones, he beat Adhiban in a Tarrasch French. Jones is on +1 in spite of a hard start to the tournament.

Magnus Carlsen didn't talk to the press after a quick draw against Wei Yi. Carlsen's opening with white was a failure and there was sterile equality after just 14 moves.

The leader Anish Giri also drew quickly, with black against Peter Svidler, Giri has white vs Carlsen tomorrow. The remaining games were also drawn, So-Karjakin and Mamedyarov-Matlakov weren't especially interesting but Kramnik looked to have a nice edge vs Hou Yifan before 25.c5?! (Qxe4 wss better) 25...Nc4! proved to be just equal and there was a draw by repetition immediately after.

Santosh Gujrathi Vidit and Anton Korobov lead the Challengers with 2.5/3.

Masters Round 3 standings: 1st= Anand, Giri 2.5pts 3rd= Mamedyarov, Jones, Carlsen 2pts 6th= Karjakin, So, Svidler, Kramnik 1.5pts 10th= Caruana, Wei Yi, Matlakov 1pts 13th= Hou Yifan, Adhiban 0.5pts

Masters Round 4 - Tues 16th Jan 12:30GMT: Hou Yifan-Matlakov, Karjakin-Mamedyarov, Caruana- Wesley So, Adhiban-Anand, Wei Yi-Jones, Giri-Carlsen, Kramnik-Svidler

80th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-28 i 2018																cat. XX (2750)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2767	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	.	2½	3033
2.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2752	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	1	.	.	.	1	.	2½	3018
3.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2804	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	1	.	2	2855
4.	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2640	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	2	2864
5.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2834	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	1	2	2861
6.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2753	½	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2733
7.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2792	.	.	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1½	2758
8.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2768	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	½	1½	2716
9.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2787	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	½	.	1½	2725
10.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2811	0	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	2622
11.	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2743	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	0	.	*	.	.	.	1	2671
12.	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2718	0	.	½	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	2662
13.	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2680	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	2508
14.	Adhiban, Baskaran	g	IND	2655	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	2474

Round 3 (January 15, 2018)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	42	C42	Petroff's Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	25	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Jones, Gawain C B	- Adhiban, Baskaran	1-0	55	C07	French Tarrasch
Carlsen, Magnus	- Wei, Yi	½-½	46	E06	Catalan
So, Wesley	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	46	D38	QGD Ragozin
Svidler, Peter	- Giri, Anish	½-½	21	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Hou, Yifan	½-½	32	A18	English Opening

80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-28 i 2018																cat. XV (2612)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2652	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	2½	2900
2.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2718	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1	1	.	.	2½	2927
3.	Gordievsky, Dmitry	g	RUS	2622	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	1	.	½	.	.	.	.	2	2697
4.	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2634	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	1½	2582
5.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2629	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	0	.	1½	2581
6.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2634	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	1½	2620
7.	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2497	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	1½	2644
8.	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2489	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2632
9.	Van Foreest, Lucas	m	NED	2481	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	1	.	½	.	.	1½	2633
10.	Tari, Aryan	g	NOR	2599	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	0	*	.	.	.	.	1	2482
11.	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2693	.	0	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	2491
12.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2671	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	1	2486
13.	Bluebaum, Matthias	g	GER	2640	0	.	.	.	1	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	2465
14.	Bok, Benjamin	g	NED	2607	0	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	1	2469

Round 3 (January 15, 2018)
Korobov, Anton	- Bok, Benjamin	1-0	59	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Bluebaum, Matthias	0-1	42	C11	French Defence
Harika, Dronavalli	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	42	B03	Alekhine's Defence
Girya, Olga	- Xiong, Jeffery	½-½	80	D27	QGA
Tari, Aryan	- Gordievsky, Dmitry	½-½	43	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Amin, Bassem	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	0-1	59	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Krasenkow, Michal	- Van Foreest, Lucas	½-½	54	E53	Nimzo Indian

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