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Giri leads the Tata Steel Masters alone after 9 rounds

Mark Crowther - Wednesday 24th January 2018

Anish Giri beat Maxim Matlakov in Round 9. Photo ©

Anish Giri beat Maxim Matlakov in Round 9. Photo © | http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Anish Giri took the lead of the 80th Tata Steel Masters after defeating Maxim Matlakov in the only decisive game of the 9th round. The event now goes on its second awayday on Wednesday, visiting the University of Groningen's Academy Building.

Matlakov sacrificed a pawn with 9.b3 (previously seen in the game Eljanov-So from the Gashimov Memorial last year) a move Giri hadn't prepared for, however 14.Rfc1 was a mistake according to Giri but that his own follow up wasn't the best and Matlakov stood better (25.Rd1 instead of 25.Nd6 is the computer suggestion). Starting with 31...Rc8 Giri applied pressure and after 35.Rc1 (35.Ke2 looks necessary) Matlakov's position became difficult if not just lost and he had to resign on move 39.

Earlier Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen both played very solidly and agreed a draw in a Ruy Lopez after 32 moves. The other joint leader Shakhriyar Mamedyarov didn't get anything against Vladimir Kramnik and the game traded down to a draw. Gawain Jones looked to get back to 50% against Hou Yifan but he couldn't quite put his large advantage away and he was a pawn down and much worse at first time control and will have been relieved to draw in the end.

The remaining games Wesley So-Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin- Wei Yi and Fabiano Caruana-Adhiban were all drawn. Caruana will be the most disappointed of this group as he let a large advantage slip away.

Santosh Vidit and Anton Korobov still share the lead in the Challengers but Korobov was completely busted vs Dronavalli Harika but survived to draw.

Round 9 Standings: 1st Giri 6.5pts 2nd= Carlsen, Mamedyarov 6pts 4th= Kramnik, Wesley So 5.5pts 6th= Anand, Karjakin 5pts 8th Svidler 4.5pts 9th= Jones, Matlakov 4pts 11th= Wei Yi, Caruana 3.5pts 13th Adhiban 2.5pts 14th Hou Yifan 1.5pts

Pairings: Round 10 - Wednesday 24th Jan 2018 1pm GMT Groningen. Hou Yifan-Adhiban, Wei Yi-Caruana, Giri-Karjakin, Kramnik-Matlakov, Svidler-Mamedyarov, Carlsen-Wesley So, Jones-Anand.

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.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2752	*	½	1	1	½	½	.	½	½	1	.	.	.	1	6½	2920
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2834	½	*	.	½	.	½	.	½	1	.	½	½	1	1	6	2858
3.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2804	0	.	*	½	½	.	½	.	.	½	1	1	1	1	6	2868
4.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2787	0	½	½	*	½	1	.	1	½	.	1	.	.	½	5½	2833
5.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2792	½	.	½	½	*	.	½	½	.	½	1	½	1	.	5½	2834
6.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2767	½	½	.	0	.	*	½	½	.	1	½	1	½	.	5	2800
7.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2753	.	.	½	.	½	½	*	.	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	2777
8.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2768	½	½	.	0	½	½	.	*	½	.	½	.	½	1	4½	2738
9.	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2640	½	0	.	½	.	.	½	½	*	.	0	½	1	½	4	2710
10.	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2718	0	.	½	.	½	0	½	.	.	*	½	½	½	1	4	2707
11.	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2743	.	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	*	.	.	.	3½	2682
12.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2811	.	½	0	.	½	0	0	.	½	½	.	*	½	1	3½	2658
13.	Adhiban, Baskaran	g	IND	2655	.	0	0	.	0	½	½	½	0	½	.	½	*	.	2½	2599
14.	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2680	0	0	0	½	.	.	½	0	½	0	.	0	.	*	1½	2490

Round 9 (January 23, 2018)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	27	C53	Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	38	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Anand, Viswanathan	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	32	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Karjakin, Sergey	- Wei, Yi	½-½	36	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Jones, Gawain C B	- Hou, Yifan	½-½	65	A14	Reti Opening
Matlakov, Maxim	- Giri, Anish	0-1	39	A07	Barcza System
Caruana, Fabiano	- Adhiban, Baskaran	½-½	60	E71	King's Indian 5.h3

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.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2718	*	.	1	.	½	.	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	.	6½	2770
2.	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2652	.	*	0	1	1	½	1	.	.	.	1	½	½	1	6½	2772
3.	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2693	0	1	*	.	½	½	.	1	½	0	.	.	½	1	5	2639
4.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2629	.	0	.	*	0	½	½	½	.	1	1	1	.	½	5	2642
5.	Bluebaum, Matthias	g	GER	2640	½	0	½	1	*	.	.	.	½	.	½	½	1	0	4½	2620
6.	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2634	.	½	½	½	.	*	½	.	1	.	0	½	½	½	4½	2607
7.	Bok, Benjamin	g	NED	2607	½	0	.	½	.	½	*	.	½	1	½	.	½	½	4½	2592
8.	Gordievsky, Dmitry	g	RUS	2622	0	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	4½	2601
9.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2634	½	.	½	.	½	0	½	½	*	½	.	½	½	.	4	2575
10.	Van Foreest, Lucas	m	NED	2481	½	.	1	0	.	.	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	.	4	2587
11.	Tari, Aryan	g	NOR	2599	½	0	.	0	½	1	½	½	.	0	*	.	.	1	4	2565
12.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2671	0	½	.	0	½	½	.	½	½	½	.	*	.	1	4	2568
13.	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2497	0	½	½	.	0	½	½	½	½	½	.	.	*	.	3½	2551
14.	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2489	.	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	.	.	0	0	.	*	2½	2472

Round 9 (January 23, 2018)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Bluebaum, Matthias	½-½	44	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Amin, Bassem	- Girya, Olga	1-0	71	A07	Barcza System
L'Ami, Erwin	- Xiong, Jeffery	0-1	58	A34	English Symmetrical
Van Foreest, Lucas	- Gordievsky, Dmitry	0-1	77	B41	Sicilian Paulsen
Tari, Aryan	- Bok, Benjamin	½-½	18	A11	Reti Opening
Krasenkow, Michal	- Van Foreest, Jorden	0-1	67	D20	QGA
Harika, Dronavalli	- Korobov, Anton	½-½	78	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto

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