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Caruana leads the Tata Steel Masters by a full point on 8/11 after beating Kovalev

Mark Crowther - Friday 24th January 2020

Jan-Krzysztof Duda remains undefeated after drawing with Magnus Carlsen in Round 11. Photo © Michiel Abeln

Jan-Krzysztof Duda remains undefeated after drawing with Magnus Carlsen in Round 11. Photo © Michiel Abeln | https://michielabeln.tumblr.com/post/189316573931/where-to-buy-the-anand-files

Fabiano Caruana took control of the Tata Steel Masters with a win against tail-ender Vladislav Kovalev in Round 11 with the black pieces. Caruana felt that his opponent's 13.Re1 in combination with 15.f4 (rather than Rc2 and f4) was not a good line and maybe his opponent had confused things. The decisive error seems to have been 21.bxc4 after which white is very close to being lost and very soon Kovalev only had choices between quite miserable moves.

Magnus Carlsen conceded that "tournament victory is out of the question now" following his draw against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. This was a complicated struggle in a Giuoco Piano where Carlsen took some calculated risks and posed some problems for Duda but didn't look close to winning. In Carlsen's mind especially must be his final round game against Wesley So who is pretty much unbeatable with the white pieces if he wants to draw.

Viswanathan Anand returned to 50% with a win against 16 year old Alireza Firouzja who has now lost three in a row, albeit to the World Champion, World Number Two and now a legendary former World Champion. 21.Nd6+? seems to have been a serious mistake after which Anand toyed with the young player for a long time before extracting a win at the end. 20 year old Jorden Van Foreest has also impressed in this event but today he became badly unstuck against Vladislav Artemiev. Van Foreest played one of the sharpest lines of the Sicilian a tempo down as black against an English but he was having to work hard to justify his choice almost from the start and with 22...Nb6? his position became rather bad and his opponent cleaned up effectively.

The remaining games were drawn. Wesley So drew very quickly against Jeffery Xiong. Nikita Vitiugov against Daniil Dubov was a theoretically relevant draw in a sharp line of the Open Ruy Lopez which finished in a perpetual check. Anish Giri couldn't make much headway against one of the very most solid lines of the Petroff's Defence.

In the B-Group David Anton Guijarro is in the box seat with 8/11 a point clear of Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Erwin L'Ami. Anton also seems to have quite a favourable draw for the final two rounds where his opponents currently stand in 11th and last place.

Round 11 Standings: 1st Caruana 8pts, 2nd Carlsen 7pts, 3rd So 6.5pts, 4th-5th Van Foreest, Duda 6pts 6th-10th Anand, Giri, Dubov, Firouzja, Artemiev 5.5pts, 11th Xiong 5pts, 12th-13th Vitiugov, Yu 4pts, 14th Kovalev 3pts.

Round 12 Pairings Saturday 25th Jan 12:30 GMT: Dubov - Yu, Xiong - Giri, Van Foreest - So, Carlsen - Artemiev, Caruana - Duda, Anand - Kovalev, Vitiugov - Firouzja.

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 1 . ½ ½ 1 1 8 2907
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 ½ * . ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 . ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2829
3. So, Wesley g USA 2765 ½ . * . ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 2800
4. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2644 ½ ½ . * ½ ½ . 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 6 2780
5. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2758 . ½ ½ ½ * . ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2766
6. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2758 0 ½ 0 ½ . * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ . 5½ 2744
7. Giri, Anish g NED 2768 ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ . ½ ½ 1 5½ 2749
8. Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2683 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * . 1 ½ ½ . 1 5½ 2748
9. Firouzja, Alireza g FID 2723 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 . * 1 1 . ½ 1 5½ 2746
10. Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2731 . . ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 2722
11. Xiong, Jeffery g USA 2712 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 . ½ 0 1 * ½ . 0 5 2706
12. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2747 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ . 0 ½ * ½ . 4 2647
13. Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2726 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ . ½ ½ . ½ * ½ 4 2647
14. Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2660 0 0 ½ ½ ½ . 0 0 0 0 1 . ½ * 3 2570
Round 11 (January 24, 2020)
So, Wesley - Xiong, Jeffery ½-½ 14 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 43 C53 Giuoco Piano
Giri, Anish - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 43 C42 Petroff's Defence
Firouzja, Alireza - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 47 E20 Nimzo Indian
Artemiev, Vladislav - Van Foreest, Jorden 1-0 57 A28 English Four Knights
Vitiugov, Nikita - Dubov, Daniil ½-½ 24 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Kovalev, Vladislav - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 36 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller 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. Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2694 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 . 1 ½ . 8 2785
2. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek g UZB 2635 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 . 1 ½ 1 1 . 1 7 2703
3. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2606 ½ ½ * ½ . . ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7 2692
4. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2636 ½ ½ ½ * . ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . 1 1 6½ 2659
5. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2650 0 ½ . . * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 2659
6. Grandelius, Nils g SWE 2673 0 ½ . ½ ½ * ½ 0 . ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 2637
7. Smeets, Jan g NED 2585 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ . ½ . 5½ 2612
8. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2659 ½ . 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ . ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2592
9. Keymer, Vincent m GER 2527 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 . 1 ½ * . ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2600
10. Nihal, Sarin g IND 2618 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . . * 0 ½ 1 1 5½ 2602
11. Van Foreest, Lucas g NED 2523 . 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ . ½ 5 2572
12. Smirnov, Anton g AUS 2604 0 0 0 . 0 ½ . ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 2498
13. Saduakassova, Dinara m KAZ 2519 ½ . 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 . 0 * ½ 2½ 2402
14. Warmerdam, Max m NED 2498 . 0 ½ 0 0 0 . 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2½ 2393
Round 11 (January 24, 2020)
Eljanov, Pavel - Smeets, Jan ½-½ 79 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Grandelius, Nils - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar ½-½ 37 A14 Reti Opening
Keymer, Vincent - Mamedov, Rauf ½-½ 40 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Nihal, Sarin - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 48 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Van Foreest, Lucas - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 20 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Smirnov, Anton - Anton Guijarro, David 0-1 61 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Warmerdam, Max - Saduakassova, Dinara ½-½ 27 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen

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