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82nd Tata Steel Chess 2020 (3)

Alireza Firouzja leads the Tata Steel Masters on 2.5/3 after beating Artemiev

Artemiev had a lengthy post-mortem with Firouzja at the end of Round 3. Photo ©

Artemiev had a lengthy post-mortem with Firouzja at the end of Round 3. Photo © | https://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Alireza Firouzja continued his impressive start to the Tata Steel Masters with a convincing third round victory over Vladislav Artemiev in a sharp Caro Kann Advanced. Firouzja might well have finished things off earlier but his win took him to 2.5/3 half a point clear of the pack.

Fabiano Caruana won against a struggling Yu Yangyi in a Petroff Defence and Jorden Van Foreest repeated his use of the c3 Sicilian for a nice win against Daniil Dubov although things were in danger of getting messy at one point. This means that white has scored 9 unanswered wins in the Masters Group, it might have been more, Viswanathan Anand accepted a draw in a favourable but sharp position against Anish Giri.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen didn't do well with white, being very much on the worse half of the draw against Jeffery Xiong. This brings Carlsen to 110 games undefeated, tying the accepted record by Sergei Tiviakov. It is 531 days since his loss to Shakriyar Mamedyarov in Round 9 of Biel on 31st July 2018. Since then he's scored +36 =74 -0 (stats Tarjei J. Svensen on twitter). Carlsen faces Jorden Van Foreest tomorrow for the record.

Nikita Vitiugov didn't manage to make much of an edge against Wesley So and Vladislav Kovalev got on the scoreboard with a draw against Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

All the games were drawn in the Challengers Group where Mamedov, Eljanov, Ganguly, Smeets and L'Ami share first with 2/3.

Round 3 Standings: 1st Firouzja 2.5/3pts, 2nd-5th Xiong, So, Caruana, Van Foreest 2pts, 6th-10th Giri, Carlsen, Duda. Artemiev, Dubov 1.5pts, 11th-12th Vitiugov, Anand 1pt, 13th-14th Yu Yangyi, Kovalev 0.5pts.

Round 4 14th Jan 2019 12:30pm GMT Dubov - Duda, Artemiev - Kovalev, So - Firouzja, Giri - Vitiugov, Yu Yangyi - Anand, Xiong - Caruana, Van Foreest - Carlsen.

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. Firouzja, Alireza g FID 2723 * . . . . . . ½ 1 . . . . 1 2989
2. Xiong, Jeffery g USA 2712 . * . . 1 . ½ . . ½ . . . . 2 2858
3. So, Wesley g USA 2765 . . * ½ . . . . . . ½ 1 . . 2 2900
4. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2822 . . ½ * . ½ . . . . . . 1 . 2 2878
5. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2644 . 0 . . * . . . . 1 . . 1 . 2 2832
6. Giri, Anish g NED 2768 . . . ½ . * ½ . . . . ½ . . 2817
7. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 . ½ . . . ½ * . . . . . ½ . 2735
8. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2758 ½ . . . . . . * . . ½ . . ½ 2710
9. Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2731 0 . . . . . . . * . 1 ½ . . 2742
10. Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2683 . ½ . . 0 . . . . * . . . 1 2672
11. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2747 . . ½ . . . . ½ 0 . * . . . 1 2626
12. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2758 . . 0 . . ½ . . ½ . . * . . 1 2629
13. Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2726 . . . 0 0 . ½ . . . . . * . ½ 2506
14. Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2660 0 . . . . . . ½ . 0 . . . * ½ 2448
Round 3 (January 13, 2020)
Firouzja, Alireza - Artemiev, Vladislav 1-0 57 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Caruana, Fabiano - Yu, Yangyi 1-0 48 C43 Petroff's Defence
Van Foreest, Jorden - Dubov, Daniil 1-0 47 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Carlsen, Magnus - Xiong, Jeffery ½-½ 56 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Vitiugov, Nikita - So, Wesley ½-½ 39 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Anand, Viswanathan - Giri, Anish ½-½ 21 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kovalev, Vladislav - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof ½-½ 32 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
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. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2659 * . . . . . ½ ½ . 1 . . . . 2 2753
2. Smeets, Jan g NED 2585 . * . . . ½ ½ . . . 1 . . . 2 2684
3. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2650 . . * . . . . . ½ ½ . . . 1 2 2731
4. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2636 . . . * . ½ . . . . ½ 1 . . 2 2677
5. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2606 . . . . * ½ . . . . . ½ 1 . 2 2666
6. Van Foreest, Lucas g NED 2523 . ½ . ½ ½ * . . . . . . . . 2609
7. Saduakassova, Dinara m KAZ 2519 ½ ½ . . . . * ½ . . . . . . 2646
8. Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2694 ½ . . . . . ½ * . . ½ . . . 2604
9. Nihal, Sarin g IND 2618 . . ½ . . . . . * ½ . . ½ . 2642
10. Grandelius, Nils g SWE 2673 0 . ½ . . . . . ½ * . . . . 1 2517
11. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek g UZB 2635 . 0 . ½ . . . ½ . . * . . . 1 2513
12. Warmerdam, Max m NED 2498 . . . 0 ½ . . . . . . * . ½ 1 2464
13. Smirnov, Anton g AUS 2604 . . . . 0 . . . ½ . . . * ½ 1 2458
14. Keymer, Vincent m GER 2527 . . 0 . . . . . . . . ½ ½ * 1 2459
Round 3 (January 13, 2020)
Smeets, Jan - Saduakassova, Dinara ½-½ 45 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek ½-½ 61 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
L'Ami, Erwin - Van Foreest, Lucas ½-½ 38 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anton Guijarro, David - Mamedov, Rauf ½-½ 32 D19 Slav Defence
Nihal, Sarin - Smirnov, Anton ½-½ 30 D10 Slav Defence
Grandelius, Nils - Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ 45 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Keymer, Vincent - Warmerdam, Max ½-½ 45 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto

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