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82nd Tata Steel Chess 2020 (8)

Caruana joins Firouzja in the lead of the Tata Steel Masters on 5.5/8

Fabiano Caruana beat Viswanathan Anand from a lost position. Photo © Michiel Abeln

Fabiano Caruana beat Viswanathan Anand from a lost position. Photo © Michiel Abeln | https://michielabeln.tumblr.com/post/189316573931/where-to-buy-the-anand-files

Fabiano Caruana one a game of fluctuating fortunes against Viswanathan Anand to join Alireza Firouzja in the lead of the Tata Steel Masters going into the second rest day. Magnus Carlsen and Jan-Krzysztof both won their first games of the event after 7 draws.

Caruana was pressing for a long time against Anand in a QGD Ragozin but his advantage never got that great, just in the run up to first time control Caruana blundered with 37.Qf6? (37.Nf6=) almost certainly missing 39.Rd6! Caruana retained a pawn on f7 which made the technical task of converting the advantage hard for Anand. Things started to go a little wrong for Anand after missing 44....Nb3 and playing the inaccurate 47...Ke7 (48...Kg7) but 52...Ra1? was Anand's losing move after which Caruana made no mistake converting his advantage.

The two young stars of the tournament Jorden Van Foreest and Firouzja played a very difficult and non-standard Najdorf. Van Foreest was pushing until the rather safe 15.Qb6 after which the game remained roughly equal until drawn on move 36.

Daniil Dubov and Wesley So didn't leave theory in their bloodless draw in a Ragozin Defence.

Magnus Carlsen scored his first win beating a rather dispirited Nikita Vitiugov in a quiet but difficult Ruy Lopez. Jan Krzysztof Duda also won his first game beating a struggling Yu Yangyi. Tail-ender Vladislav Kovalev took advantage of Jeffery Xiong over-pressing to score his first win. Anish Giri and Vladislav Artemiev drew in a Cambridge Springs.

Pavel Eljanov continues to lead the Challengers Group with 5.5/8.

Rest Day Monday 20th January 2020.

Round 8 Standings: 1st-2nd Caruana, Firouzja 5.5/8pts, 3rd-4th So Van Foreest 5pts, 5th-6th Carlsen, Duda 4.5pts, 7th-9th Dubov, Giri, Artemiev 4pts, 10th Anand 3.5pts, 11th Xiong 3pts, 12th-14th Vitiugov, Yu, Kovalev 2.5pts.

Round 9 Tuesday 21st January 2020 12:30GMT: Anand - Dubov, Vitiugov - Caruana, Firouzja - Carlsen, Kovalev - Van Foreest, Duda - Xiong, Artemiev - Yu, So - Giri

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. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2822 * . ½ ½ ½ . 1 ½ . 1 ½ . 1 . 2882
2. Firouzja, Alireza g FID 2723 . * 0 ½ . ½ . 1 1 . 1 . ½ 1 2861
3. So, Wesley g USA 2765 ½ 1 * . . ½ ½ . ½ 1 . ½ . ½ 5 2830
4. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2644 ½ ½ . * ½ . 1 . . ½ 0 1 1 . 5 2850
5. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 ½ . . ½ * . ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 ½ . 2775
6. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2758 . ½ ½ . . * ½ ½ ½ . . ½ 1 ½ 2768
7. Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2683 0 . ½ 0 ½ ½ * . 1 . ½ . . 1 4 2745
8. Giri, Anish g NED 2768 ½ 0 . . ½ ½ . * ½ ½ . ½ . 1 4 2758
9. Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2731 . 0 ½ . . ½ 0 ½ * ½ . 1 . 1 4 2732
10. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2758 0 . 0 ½ ½ . . ½ ½ * 1 . ½ . 2712
11. Xiong, Jeffery g USA 2712 ½ 0 . 1 ½ . ½ . . 0 * ½ . 0 3 2651
12. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2747 . . ½ 0 0 ½ . ½ 0 . ½ * ½ . 2606
13. Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2726 0 ½ . 0 ½ 0 . . . ½ . ½ * ½ 2607
14. Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2660 . 0 ½ . . ½ 0 0 0 . 1 . ½ * 2592
Round 8 (January 19, 2020)
Caruana, Fabiano - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 61 D38 QGD Ragozin
Van Foreest, Jorden - Firouzja, Alireza ½-½ 36 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Carlsen, Magnus - Vitiugov, Nikita 1-0 30 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Dubov, Daniil - So, Wesley ½-½ 15 D38 QGD Ragozin
Giri, Anish - Artemiev, Vladislav ½-½ 39 D52 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Xiong, Jeffery - Kovalev, Vladislav 0-1 78 A42 Modern Defence
Yu, Yangyi - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 0-1 68 B35 Sicilian Defence
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 ½ 1 . 1 2733
2. Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2694 . * ½ ½ . ½ ½ . 1 ½ 1 . ½ . 5 2693
3. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2636 . ½ * ½ . ½ ½ ½ ½ . . . 1 1 5 2684
4. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2606 . ½ ½ * . . ½ ½ ½ . . 1 1 ½ 5 2681
5. Grandelius, Nils g SWE 2673 ½ . . . * 0 ½ 1 . . ½ ½ 1 1 5 2683
6. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2659 ½ ½ ½ . 1 * . . 0 . . ½ ½ 1 2650
7. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek g UZB 2635 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . * . 0 1 ½ . . . 4 2623
8. Van Foreest, Lucas g NED 2523 ½ . ½ ½ 0 . . * ½ ½ 1 ½ . . 4 2612
9. Smeets, Jan g NED 2585 . 0 ½ ½ . 1 1 ½ * 0 . . ½ . 4 2599
10. Keymer, Vincent m GER 2527 0 ½ . . . . 0 ½ 1 * . ½ 1 ½ 4 2588
11. Nihal, Sarin g IND 2618 ½ 0 . . ½ . ½ 0 . . * ½ 1 1 4 2599
12. Smirnov, Anton g AUS 2604 0 . . 0 ½ ½ . ½ . ½ ½ * . ½ 3 2507
13. Saduakassova, Dinara m KAZ 2519 . ½ 0 0 0 ½ . . ½ 0 0 . * . 2373
14. Warmerdam, Max m NED 2498 0 . 0 ½ 0 0 . . . ½ 0 ½ . * 2370
Round 8 (January 19, 2020)
Anton Guijarro, David - Nihal, Sarin 1-0 65 A11 Reti Opening
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 49 D35 QGD Exchange
Mamedov, Rauf - Warmerdam, Max 1-0 47 C50 Giuoco Piano
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ 51 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Van Foreest, Lucas - Smirnov, Anton ½-½ 24 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Smeets, Jan - Keymer, Vincent 0-1 47 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Saduakassova, Dinara - Grandelius, Nils 0-1 56 D71 Gruenfeld 3.g3

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