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82nd Tata Steel Chess 2020 (7)

Alireza Firouzja leads the Tata Steel Masters on 5/7 after beating Jeffery Xiong

Alireza Firouzja against Jeffery Xiong in round 7. Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Alireza Firouzja against Jeffery Xiong in round 7. Photo © Michiel Abeln. | https://michielabeln.tumblr.com/post/189316573931/where-to-buy-the-anand-files

16 year old Alireza Firouzja leads the Tata Steel Masters alone on 5 points after 7 of the 13 rounds. Can it really be that this young player will be able to win his first super-tournament? He has certainly already shown himself to be a very, very special talent.

Firouzja outplayed Jeffery Xiong on the white side of a Berlin showing fine technique in bringing the full point home. Wesley So was very comfortable on the black side of a Reti against Vladislav Artemiev and they drew in 41 moves. Fabiano Caruana won the final game to finish beating Daniil Dubov in a fine endgame where in spite of being a pawn down he was the one who was pressing. Jorden Van Foreest joined those tied on 4.5 points half a point off the lead beating Nikita Vitiugov on the black side of a French Defence. Vitiugov plays the French as black but went completely wrong with the careless 10.Bd3? which loses material. Van Foreest was completely winning later being three pawns up but falling for a tremendous cheapo that won a piece, however his material advantage of five pawns for a piece was still enough to win. This is the first win for the black pieces in the Masters Group.

Magnus Carlsen's travails continued against Viswanathan Anand. His opening seemed a little odd but it was later he was critical when he got into real trouble after playing 25...d4 overlooking that 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. cxd4 Qxc2 29. Qf3 wins. Anand allowed Carlsen back in the game with 28.Rb4? (28.Bh6) and even at one stage in Anand's time trouble it briefly looked like Carlsen might win, however after first time control Carlsen had to find a way to draw which he did.

Anish Giri played a sideline of the Marshall Gambit of the Ruy Lopez which was absolutely good enough for a draw. Vladislav Kovalev and Yu Yangyi drew in 33 moves.

Pavel Eljanov continues to lead the B-Group with 5/7.

Round 7 Standings: 1st Firouzja 5pts, 2nd-4th So, Caruana, Van Foreest, 4.5pts 5th-10th Carlsen, Duda, Anand, Giri, Dubov, Artemiev 3.5pts 11th Xiong 3pts, 12th-13th Vitiugov, Yu, 2.5pts 14th Kovalev 1.5pts

Round 8 Sunday 19th Jan 12:30GMT Dubov - So, Giri - Artemiev, Yu - Duda, Xiong - Kovalev, Van Foreest - Firouzja, Carlsen - Vitiugov, Caruana - Anand.

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 * 0 . . . ½ . 1 . 1 1 . ½ 1 5 2889
2. So, Wesley g USA 2765 1 * ½ . . ½ 1 . . ½ . ½ . ½ 2844
3. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2822 . ½ * ½ ½ . . ½ 1 . ½ . 1 . 2840
4. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2644 . . ½ * ½ . ½ . 1 . 0 1 1 . 2862
5. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 . . ½ ½ * . ½ ½ ½ . ½ . ½ . 2730
6. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2758 ½ ½ . . . * . ½ ½ ½ . ½ . ½ 2725
7. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2758 . 0 . ½ ½ . * ½ . ½ 1 . ½ . 2745
8. Giri, Anish g NED 2768 0 . ½ . ½ ½ ½ * . . . ½ . 1 2762
9. Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2683 . . 0 0 ½ ½ . . * 1 ½ . . 1 2742
10. Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2731 0 ½ . . . ½ ½ . 0 * . 1 . 1 2727
11. Xiong, Jeffery g USA 2712 0 . ½ 1 ½ . 0 . ½ . * ½ . . 3 2699
12. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2747 . ½ . 0 . ½ . ½ . 0 ½ * ½ . 2627
13. Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2726 ½ . 0 0 ½ . ½ . . . . ½ * ½ 2644
14. Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2660 0 ½ . . . ½ . 0 0 0 . . ½ * 2506
Round 7 (January 18, 2020)
Firouzja, Alireza - Xiong, Jeffery 1-0 68 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Caruana, Fabiano - Dubov, Daniil 1-0 79 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Giri, Anish ½-½ 27 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 54 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Artemiev, Vladislav - So, Wesley ½-½ 41 A06 Zukertort Opening
Vitiugov, Nikita - Van Foreest, Jorden 0-1 62 C11 French Defence
Kovalev, Vladislav - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 33 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
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. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2650 * . . . . ½ ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 . 1 5 2744
2. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2636 . * . ½ ½ . . ½ ½ ½ . . 1 1 2689
3. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2606 . . * ½ ½ . . ½ ½ . . 1 1 ½ 2681
4. Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2694 . ½ ½ * 1 . . . ½ ½ ½ . ½ . 4 2645
5. Smeets, Jan g NED 2585 . ½ ½ 0 * . . ½ 1 1 . . ½ . 4 2660
6. Grandelius, Nils g SWE 2673 ½ . . . . * ½ 1 ½ 0 . ½ . 1 4 2648
7. Nihal, Sarin g IND 2618 ½ . . . . ½ * 0 ½ . . ½ 1 1 4 2636
8. Van Foreest, Lucas g NED 2523 ½ ½ ½ . ½ 0 1 * . . ½ . . . 2613
9. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek g UZB 2635 . ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ . * . 1 . . . 2619
10. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2659 ½ ½ . ½ 0 1 . . . * . ½ ½ . 2623
11. Keymer, Vincent m GER 2527 0 . . ½ . . . ½ 0 . * ½ 1 ½ 3 2539
12. Smirnov, Anton g AUS 2604 0 . 0 . . ½ ½ . . ½ ½ * . ½ 2502
13. Saduakassova, Dinara m KAZ 2519 . 0 0 ½ ½ . 0 . . ½ 0 . * . 2387
14. Warmerdam, Max m NED 2498 0 0 ½ . . 0 0 . . . ½ ½ . * 2386
Round 7 (January 18, 2020)
Eljanov, Pavel - Van Foreest, Lucas ½-½ 33 E06 Catalan
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Mamedov, Rauf ½-½ 41 B35 Sicilian Defence
L'Ami, Erwin - Smeets, Jan ½-½ 49 D12 Slav Defence
Grandelius, Nils - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek ½-½ 52 E06 Catalan
Nihal, Sarin - Saduakassova, Dinara 1-0 47 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Keymer, Vincent - Anton Guijarro, David ½-½ 32 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Smirnov, Anton - Warmerdam, Max ½-½ 33 D38 QGD Ragozin

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