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82nd Tata Steel Chess 2020 (5)

Firouzja joins So in the lead on 3.5/5 in the Tata Steel Masters

Alireza Firouzja concentrating during his game against Giri. Photo ©

Alireza Firouzja concentrating during his game against Giri. Photo © | http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

The fifth round of the Tata Steel Masters took place in the Philips Stadion of PSV in Eindhoven. By the finish of the round Alireza Firouzja had joined Wesley So in the lead on 3.5/5.

Firouzja beat Anish Giri in the longest game of the day. An interesting Queen's Gambit with 3...Be7 looked to be heading for a draw before Giri made life difficult for himself with 35...Re8 (35...Bb6 keeping the bishop was the way to go) after which he was gradually ground down. Wesley So seemed reasonably happy to draw quickly as black against Vladislav Kovalev.

Viswanathan Anand won his first game of the tournament beating Jeffery Xiong in a sharp French Defence where he looked very much at home in the complications.

There were mind-bending complications when Jan-Krzysztof Duda went for a sacrificial attack against Vladislav Artemiev, computers show the attack could have been refuted (eg. 24...fxg4) but it was obviously much harder over the board, the game eventually fizzled out into a drawn pawn endgame. Fabiano Caruana must have been winning straight out of the opening against Jorden Van Foreest but couldn't put his opponent away and he could briefly have been in trouble towards the end. Most likely Van Foreest was happy enough to escape. Magnus Carlsen's frustrations continued with a fifth draw, this time against his former second Daniil Dubov. Carlsen was highly critical of his 17.Nc4 (17.Nf1 and he liked his chances although he conceded it wasn't much objectively) and although worse he was never in danger of losing and even turned down a draw (very optimistically) later on. Nikita Vitiugov looked to be getting somewhere against Yu Yangyi's Catalan but this came to nothing and a draw was agreed in 24 moves.

Round 5 Standings: 1st-2nd So, Firouzja 3.5pts, 3rd-5th Caruana, Van Foreest, Artemiev 3pts 6th Xiong, Duda, Carlsen, Anand, Dubov 2.5pts, 11th-12th Giri, Vitiugov 2pts, 13th Yu, 1.5pts 14th Kovalev 1pt.

Round 6 Pairings Fri 17th Jan 12:30pm: Dubov - Artemiev, So - Duda, Giri - Kovalev, Yu - Firouzja, Xiong - Vitiugov, Van Foreest - Anand, Carlsen - Caruana.

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 * 1 ½ . . . . . 1 . . ½ . ½ 2891
2. Firouzja, Alireza g FID 2723 0 * . . 1 . ½ . . . 1 . . 1 2885
3. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2822 ½ . * ½ . ½ . . . . ½ . 1 . 3 2795
4. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2644 . . ½ * . 0 . ½ . 1 . . 1 . 3 2835
5. Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2731 . 0 . . * . ½ . ½ . . 1 . 1 3 2801
6. Xiong, Jeffery g USA 2712 . . ½ 1 . * . ½ 0 ½ . . . . 2755
7. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2758 . ½ . . ½ . * . . ½ . ½ . ½ 2708
8. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 . . . ½ . ½ . * . ½ ½ . ½ . 2706
9. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2758 0 . . . ½ 1 . . * . ½ . ½ . 2740
10. Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2683 . . . 0 . ½ ½ ½ . * . . . 1 2729
11. Giri, Anish g NED 2768 . 0 ½ . . . . ½ ½ . * ½ . . 2 2712
12. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2747 ½ . . . 0 . ½ . . . ½ * ½ . 2 2677
13. Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2726 . . 0 0 . . . ½ ½ . . ½ * . 2619
14. Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2660 ½ 0 . . 0 . ½ . . 0 . . . * 1 2492
Round 5 (January 16, 2020)
Firouzja, Alireza - Giri, Anish 1-0 51 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Caruana, Fabiano - Van Foreest, Jorden ½-½ 35 A20 English Opening
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Artemiev, Vladislav ½-½ 52 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Carlsen, Magnus - Dubov, Daniil ½-½ 47 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Anand, Viswanathan - Xiong, Jeffery 1-0 43 C19 French Winawer
Vitiugov, Nikita - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 24 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Kovalev, Vladislav - So, Wesley ½-½ 21 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
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 . 1 1 . 2765
2. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2636 . * . ½ ½ . . ½ . . 1 . . 1 2722
3. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2606 . . * ½ . . . ½ . . 1 1 . ½ 2704
4. Van Foreest, Lucas g NED 2523 . ½ ½ * . ½ . . . 1 . . ½ . 3 2666
5. Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2694 . ½ . . * 1 ½ ½ . . ½ . . . 3 2678
6. Smeets, Jan g NED 2585 . . . ½ 0 * 1 1 . . ½ . . . 3 2678
7. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2659 ½ . . . ½ 0 * . 1 . ½ . . . 2624
8. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek g UZB 2635 . ½ ½ . ½ 0 . * . . . . 1 . 2609
9. Grandelius, Nils g SWE 2673 ½ . . . . . 0 . * ½ . ½ . 1 2605
10. Nihal, Sarin g IND 2618 ½ . . 0 . . . . ½ * . ½ . 1 2589
11. Saduakassova, Dinara m KAZ 2519 . 0 0 . ½ ½ ½ . . . * . . . 2487
12. Smirnov, Anton g AUS 2604 0 . 0 . . . . . ½ ½ . * ½ . 2465
13. Keymer, Vincent m GER 2527 0 . . ½ . . . 0 . . . ½ * ½ 2433
14. Warmerdam, Max m NED 2498 . 0 ½ . . . . . 0 0 . . ½ * 1 2372
Round 5 (January 16, 2020)
Eljanov, Pavel - Smirnov, Anton 1-0 38 D11 Slav Defence
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Anton Guijarro, David ½-½ 40 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
L'Ami, Erwin - Saduakassova, Dinara 1-0 53 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Smeets, Jan - Mamedov, Rauf 1-0 39 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Grandelius, Nils - Warmerdam, Max 1-0 55 A07 Barcza System
Nihal, Sarin - Van Foreest, Lucas 0-1 52 C50 Giuoco Piano
Keymer, Vincent - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 36 D37 QGD 5.Bf4

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