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Magnus Carlsen got nothing out of the opening as white against Anish Giri in the English Opening and was perhaps even in a little danger of being worse himself. Instead a forcing line produced a completely drawn endgame in just 25 moves.

Alireza Firouzja beat Vladislav Kovalev in a Ruy Lopez Chigorin where the latter mixed up his move order with 16...c4?! (Bd7) and compounded matters with 17...Nd7? (Qb6 had to be tried) after which it he was just a pawn down for nothing.

Jorden Van Foreest beat Yu Yangyi in the final game to finish. His 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Sicilian led to a small nagging initiative which grew to a nice advantage in a Rook endgame around move 28, this was still practically difficult for both sides, according to computer analysis 45...Kf3 was the decisive blunder (45...Rb8) and the point was brought home slowly but surely by Van Foreest after that in 75 moves.

Viswanathan Anand was held by Vladislav Artemiev in a 5...c5 Caro-Kann, a variation he plays himself as black. 12.Na3 was a rare idea. Anand gave up the exchange with 26.Rxe6 but the position remained stubbornly level. 28.Bd6 was another try suggested after the game but it probably wouldn't have altered the result.

Wesley So chose a rare variation of the Gruenfeld against Fabiano Caruana as black and they quickly reached a drawn double rook endgame.

Jeffery Xiong was pressing for a long time against Daniil Dubov in a messy Rossolimo Sicilian but nothing remained of the advantage after 43.c4?! and the game was drawn in 42 moves.

Nikita Vitiugov was winning against Jan-Krzysztof Duda (most clearly with 43.Bc5 Rb2 44.Be7) but just a few moves later after Duda managed to get his king out of the corner the game was already equal.

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	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2644	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2872	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2768
4.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2822	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2765
5.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2768	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2872
6.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2765	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2822
7.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2758	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	2731
8.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2758	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2747
9.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2747	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2758
10.	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2731	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2758
11.	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2712	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	2683
12.	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2683	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	2712
13.	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2726	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
14.	Kovalev, Vladislav	g	BLR	2660	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (January 11, 2020)
Firouzja, Alireza	- Kovalev, Vladislav	1-0	36	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Yu, Yangyi	1-0	75	B40	Sicilian Classical
Carlsen, Magnus	- Giri, Anish	½-½	25	A22	English Opening
Caruana, Fabiano	- So, Wesley	½-½	33	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Anand, Viswanathan	- Artemiev, Vladislav	½-½	31	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	½-½	58	B59	Sicilian Boleslavsky
Xiong, Jeffery	- Dubov, Daniil	½-½	52	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo

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	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
2.	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2636	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
3.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2606	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1
4.	Anton Guijarro, David	g	ESP	2694	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2635
5.	Grandelius, Nils	g	SWE	2673	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2618
6.	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2659	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	2519
7.	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2635	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2694
8.	Nihal, Sarin	g	IND	2618	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2673
9.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2585	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	½	2523
10.	Van Foreest, Lucas	g	NED	2523	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	2585
11.	Saduakassova, Dinara	m	KAZ	2519	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2659
12.	Smirnov, Anton	g	AUS	2604	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
13.	Keymer, Vincent	m	GER	2527	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
14.	Warmerdam, Max	m	NED	2498	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (January 11, 2020)
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	- Warmerdam, Max	1-0	41	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
L'Ami, Erwin	- Smirnov, Anton	1-0	47	D11	Slav Defence
Anton Guijarro, David	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	74	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Nihal, Sarin	- Grandelius, Nils	½-½	103	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Smeets, Jan	- Van Foreest, Lucas	½-½	52	C45	Scotch Game
Saduakassova, Dinara	- Mamedov, Rauf	½-½	28	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Keymer, Vincent	- Eljanov, Pavel	0-1	69	D45	Anti-Meran Variations

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