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82nd Tata Steel Chess 2020 (4)

Carlsen goes to 111 games without defeat; So leads the Masters with 3/4

Van Foreest in play against Magnus Carlsen. Photo ©

Van Foreest in play against Magnus Carlsen. Photo © | https://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Magnus Carlsen survived a very dangerous opening surprise in the Two Knights defence against Jorden Van Foreest in the fourth round of the Tata Steel Masters. Carlsen needed to avoid a loss to to set a new record of 111 undefeated games in the row, his last loss was to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in July 2018. Carlsen was surprised in the opening and was struggling according to computer analysis but he retained decent practical chances, once the players were on their own he gradually fought back for a draw (after 31.Rf2?! Bc1 the position was equal but it was white that had to be careful). The players repeated to draw in 45 moves.

Wesley So took the lead in the tournament by beating Alireza Firouzja in a quiet Queen's Gambit Accepted where he steadily outplayed the youngster as white. Vladislav Artemiev won the only other decisive game of the day against tail-ender Vladislav Kovalev where a blunder on move 40 was decisive.

Anish Giri came up with a potentially important novelty 9.h5 in the London system against Nikita Vitiugov but in the end black managed to hold on. Jeffery Xiong kept a small edge against Fabiano Caruana but it wasn't enough to win.

Viswanathan Anand held a fairly comfortable draw against Yu Yangyi in 32 moves of a Ragozin. Daniil Dubov and Jan-Krzysztof Duda drew a Catalan in 23 moves where they quickly reached a drawish major piece endgame.

Round 4 Standings: 1st Wesley So 3/4pts, 2nd-6th Xiong, Caruana, Firouzja, Van Foreest, Artemiev 2.5pts 7th-10th Carlsen, Giri, Duda, Dubov, 2pts 11th-12th Vitiugov, Anand, 1.5pts 13th Yu Yangyi 1pt, 14th Kovalev 0.5pts.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly leads the Challengers Group on 3/4.

Rest Day Wednesday 15th Jan.

Round 5 - Thursday 16th Jan 1pm GMT (Eindhoven): Carlsen - Dubov, Caruana - Van Foreest, Anand - Xiong, Vitiugov - Yu, Firouzja - Giri, Kovalev - So, Duda - Artemiev.

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. So, Wesley g USA 2765 * . ½ 1 . . . . . . ½ 1 . . 3 2955
2. Xiong, Jeffery g USA 2712 . * ½ . 1 . ½ . . ½ . . . . 2850
3. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2822 ½ ½ * . . . . ½ . . . . 1 . 2837
4. Firouzja, Alireza g FID 2723 0 . . * . 1 . . ½ . . . . 1 2823
5. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2644 . 0 . . * . ½ . . 1 . . 1 . 2843
6. Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2731 . . . 0 . * . . . . 1 ½ . 1 2817
7. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 . ½ . . ½ . * ½ . . . . ½ . 2 2712
8. Giri, Anish g NED 2768 . . ½ . . . ½ * . . ½ ½ . . 2 2799
9. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2758 . . . ½ . . . . * ½ ½ . . ½ 2 2703
10. Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2683 . ½ . . 0 . . . ½ * . . . 1 2 2693
11. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2747 ½ . . . . 0 . ½ ½ . * . . . 2668
12. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2758 0 . . . . ½ . ½ . . . * ½ . 2660
13. Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2726 . . 0 . 0 . ½ . . . . ½ * . 1 2581
14. Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2660 . . . 0 . 0 . . ½ 0 . . . * ½ 2401
Round 4 (January 14, 2020)
So, Wesley - Firouzja, Alireza 1-0 47 D27 QGA
Xiong, Jeffery - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 36 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Van Foreest, Jorden - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 45 C58 Two Knights Defence
Artemiev, Vladislav - Kovalev, Vladislav 1-0 44 E20 Nimzo Indian
Giri, Anish - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 30 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Dubov, Daniil - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof ½-½ 23 E04 Catalan
Yu, Yangyi - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 32 D38 QGD Ragozin
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. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2636 * . . . . . ½ . ½ 1 . . . 1 3 2736
2. Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2694 . * ½ . . . . 1 ½ ½ . . . . 2694
3. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2659 . ½ * ½ . . . . . ½ 1 . . . 2729
4. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2650 . . ½ * ½ . . . . . ½ . 1 . 2714
5. Nihal, Sarin g IND 2618 . . . ½ * . . . . . ½ ½ . 1 2701
6. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2606 . . . . . * ½ . ½ . . 1 . ½ 2660
7. Van Foreest, Lucas g NED 2523 ½ . . . . ½ * ½ . . . . ½ . 2 2588
8. Smeets, Jan g NED 2585 . 0 . . . . ½ * 1 ½ . . . . 2 2592
9. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek g UZB 2635 ½ ½ . . . ½ . 0 * . . . . . 2543
10. Saduakassova, Dinara m KAZ 2519 0 ½ ½ . . . . ½ . * . . . . 2556
11. Grandelius, Nils g SWE 2673 . . 0 ½ ½ . . . . . * ½ . . 2545
12. Smirnov, Anton g AUS 2604 . . . . ½ 0 . . . . ½ * ½ . 2519
13. Keymer, Vincent m GER 2527 . . . 0 . . ½ . . . . ½ * ½ 2481
14. Warmerdam, Max m NED 2498 0 . . . 0 ½ . . . . . . ½ * 1 2403
Round 4 (January 14, 2020)
Anton Guijarro, David - Smeets, Jan 1-0 59 C42 Petroff's Defence
Mamedov, Rauf - Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ 64 C53 Giuoco Piano
Van Foreest, Lucas - Keymer, Vincent ½-½ 58 B10 Caro Kann
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 104 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Saduakassova, Dinara - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 0-1 26 E04 Catalan
Smirnov, Anton - Grandelius, Nils ½-½ 36 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Warmerdam, Max - Nihal, Sarin 0-1 38 B12 Caro Kann Advanced

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