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83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (Games and Results)
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021
Mark Crowther - Thursday 14th January 2021
The 83rd Tata Steel Chess tournament takes place 15th January (Saturday 16th Jan Round 1) to 31st January 2021. The event will be limited to just the top Masters group where the players are: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Alireza Firouzja, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Pentala Harikrishna, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Alexander Donchenko (who replaces Daniil Dubov who has been close contact with someone with Covid and has had to self-isolate), Andrey Esipenko, David Anton Guijarro, Jorden van Foreest, Nils Grandelius and Aryan Tari. This feels a very young field with 4 players aged 30-34, two teenagers and the rest of the field in their 20s. The circumstances of the coronavirus means there will be practically no-one there to watch in person but there is sure to be a lot of internet coverage. Two years ago when I was last in Wijk aan Zee not only was there this tournament, a B event and many amateur groups but on the first weekend there was also a huge cycling event with hundreds of people- the place was a hive of activity. It's obviously not going to be like that at all this year.
Jorden Van Foreest wins the Tata Steel Masters after an Armageddon Tie-break (13)
Jorden Van Foreest pulled off one of the great shocks in Tata Steel history in winning the 83rd event and becoming the first Dutch winner since Jan Timman in 1985. Van Foreest and Anish Giri drew the two blitz tie-break games, then there was a final Armageddon tie-break where Van Foreest had draw odds - he won on time in the end. As 11th seed Van Foreest was on no-one's list of potential winners but he was well prepared and solid. Earlier he beat Nils Grandelius in a very fine game indeed with a vicious new idea against the Najdorf Sicilian. Giri had his own troubles and was in severe danger of losing to David Anton for much of the final round before fighting back to draw in the end.
This was a really fine final round Magnus Carlsen finished the event with a win but was unsparing in the criticism of his own play. Carlsen finished on +2 which was a bad result by his own high standards but was not the catastrophe that his opponent Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had, this was his fourth loss of the tournament. Two players that hoped to get into a tie-break for the tournament title were Fabiano Caruana and Alireza Firouzja. Caruana was happy with his opening against Aryan Tari but branded his 11...Ng6 as careless, 12...f5 was risky but he never came close to getting the win he needed. Firouzja looked to be heading for a win against Radoslaw Wojtaszek but allowed his opponent to escape with a draw (52.Qg4? 52.d5! wins but he was winning later too with 60.Be5!), towards the end it was clear even a win wouldn't get him into the tie-break match as his Sonneborn–Berger was worse than Van Foreest and Giri's. Alexander Donchenko finished a bad event for him with yet another loss as he subsided to defeat against Andrey Esipenko Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Pentala Harikrishna drew a fairly uneventful game.
Final Round 13 Standings: 1st Van Foreest 8.5pts (TB 53), 2nd Giri 8.5pts (52.25), 3rd Esipenko 8pts (49), 4th Caruana 8pts (48.25), 5th Firouzja 8pts (48), 6th Carlsen 7.5pts (47.25), 7th Harikrishna 6.5pts (38.75), 8th Tari 6pts (38), 9th Grandelius 6pts (34), 10th Duda 5.5pts (35.75), 11th Anton Guijarro 5pts (30.75), 12th Wojtaszek 5pts (30.75), 13th Vachier-Lagrave 5pts (29.75) and 14th Donchenko 3.5pts (23).
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (13)
Mark Crowther (Sun Jan 31 19:22:00 2021)
Anish Giri lost the final Armageddon game on time to Jorden Van Foreest. Photo © | https://chess.com
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (12)
Giri leads the Tata Steel Masters going into the final round but lets Firouzja off the hook
Mark Crowther | Sat Jan 30 21:24:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (11)
Anish Giri still leads after round 11 of the Tata Steel Masters
Mark Crowther | Fri Jan 29 20:47:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (10)
Anish Giri leads the Tata Steel Masters going into the final rest day
Mark Crowther | Wed Jan 27 22:51:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (9)
Giri, Caruana and Firouzja share the lead on 6 points after 9 rounds
Mark Crowther | Tue Jan 26 22:45:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (8)
Esipenko scores a thumping victory over Carlsen in Tata Steel Round 8
Mark Crowther | Sun Jan 24 20:46:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (7)
Van Foreest, Giri, Caruana and Firouzja lead the Tata Steel Masters on 4.5 points after seven rounds
Mark Crowther | Sat Jan 23 22:04:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (6)
Nils Grandelius retains the Tata Steel Masters lead after 6 rounds
Mark Crowther | Fri Jan 22 21:06:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (5)
Nils Grandelius leads the 83rd Tata Steel Masters alone on 3.5 points after five rounds
Mark Crowther | Thu Jan 21 21:48:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (4)
All games drawn in Round Four of the Tata Steel Masters 2021
Mark Crowther | Tue Jan 19 22:05:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (3)
Five way tie in the lead after three rounds of the Tata Steel Masters 2021
Mark Crowther | Mon Jan 18 19:43:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (2)
Nils Grandelius leads the Tata Steel Masters 2021 alone on 2 out of 2
Mark Crowther | Sun Jan 17 20:58:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel Chess 2021 (1)
Carlsen, Giri and Grandelius all win in Round 1 of the Tata Steel Masters 2021
Mark Crowther | Sat Jan 16 20:25:00 2021
83rd Tata Steel 2021 (Wijk aan Zee NED)
Fri 15th Jan 2021 - Sun 31st Jan 2021 -
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83rd Tata Steel Masters (14 players 13 Rds SRR Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Masters
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| 83rd Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 15th Jan 2021 - Sun 31st Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 13 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | TB1 | TPR |
| 1 | Van Foreest, Jorden | GM | NED | 2671 | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 8.5 | 53 | 2839 |
| 2 | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2764 | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8.5 | 52.25 | 2832 |
| 3 | Esipenko, Andrey | GM | RUS | 2677 | ½ | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 49 | 2815 |
| 4 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | USA | 2823 | ½ | ½ | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 48.25 | 2804 |
| 5 | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | FID | 2749 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | # | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 | 48 | 2810 |
| 6 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2862 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | # | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7.5 | 47.25 | 2771 |
| 7 | Harikrishna, Pentala | GM | IND | 2732 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | # | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | 38.75 | 2724 |
| 8 | Tari, Aryan | GM | NOR | 2625 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6 | 38 | 2703 |
| 9 | Grandelius, Nils | GM | SWE | 2663 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | # | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 2700 |
| 10 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | GM | POL | 2743 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5.5 | 35.75 | 2666 |
| 11 | Anton Guijarro, David | GM | ESP | 2679 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 30.75 | 2641 |
| 12 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | GM | POL | 2705 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | 5 | 30.75 | 2639 |
| 13 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2784 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | # | 1 | 5 | 29.75 | 2633 |
| 14 | Donchenko, Alexander | GM | GER | 2668 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | # | 3.5 | 23 | 2554 |
| Round 1 (January 16, 2021) | ||||||
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| Giri, Anish | - Tari, Aryan | 1-0 | 47 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Esipenko, Andrey | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 30 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Van Foreest, Jorden | ½-½ | 56 | D32 | Tarrasch Defence | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Firouzja, Alireza | 1-0 | 40 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 64 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Grandelius, Nils | - Donchenko, Alexander | 1-0 | 47 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Anton Guijarro, David | ½-½ | 67 | E10 | Blumenfeld Counter Gambit | |
| Round 2 (January 17, 2021) | ||||||
| Van Foreest, Jorden | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 43 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Esipenko, Andrey | ½-½ | 47 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Tari, Aryan | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 68 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Grandelius, Nils | 0-1 | 40 | A30 | English Symmetrical | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 69 | B34 | Sicilian Defence | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Firouzja, Alireza | ½-½ | 35 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Donchenko, Alexander | - Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | 32 | D12 | Slav Defence | |
| Round 3 (January 18, 2021) | ||||||
| Giri, Anish | - Donchenko, Alexander | ½-½ | 42 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 | |
| Esipenko, Andrey | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 33 | B53 | Sicilian Hungarian | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 51 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | - Anton Guijarro, David | 1-0 | 61 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Tari, Aryan | ½-½ | 56 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
| Grandelius, Nils | - Harikrishna, Pentala | 0-1 | 38 | C02 | French Advance | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Van Foreest, Jorden | ½-½ | 40 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
| Round 4 (January 19, 2021) | ||||||
| Van Foreest, Jorden | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 58 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | |
| Esipenko, Andrey | - Grandelius, Nils | ½-½ | 44 | B92 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 44 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | |
| Tari, Aryan | - Firouzja, Alireza | ½-½ | 30 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 39 | D87 | Gruenfeld Botvinnik | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Anton Guijarro, David | ½-½ | 80 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
| Donchenko, Alexander | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 50 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Round 5 (January 21, 2021) | ||||||
| Giri, Anish | - Harikrishna, Pentala | ½-½ | 26 | D20 | QGA | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Esipenko, Andrey | ½-½ | 40 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | - Van Foreest, Jorden | ½-½ | 53 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Donchenko, Alexander | ½-½ | 69 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Grandelius, Nils | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | 35 | B97 | Sicilian Najdorf | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 27 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Tari, Aryan | ½-½ | 60 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 6 (January 22, 2021) | ||||||
| Van Foreest, Jorden | - Anton Guijarro, David | 1-0 | 37 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | |
| Esipenko, Andrey | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 42 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 43 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Grandelius, Nils | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 62 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 51 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Tari, Aryan | ½-½ | 26 | D78 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 | |
| Donchenko, Alexander | - Firouzja, Alireza | 0-1 | 43 | D31 | Semi-Slav Defence | |
| Round 7 (January 23, 2021) | ||||||
| Giri, Anish | - Grandelius, Nils | 1-0 | 39 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | 37 | B97 | Sicilian Najdorf | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 1-0 | 56 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Harikrishna, Pentala | ½-½ | 30 | B47 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
| Tari, Aryan | - Van Foreest, Jorden | 0-1 | 32 | C70 | Ruy Lopez | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Esipenko, Andrey | 0-1 | 42 | E20 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Donchenko, Alexander | ½-½ | 35 | B23 | Sicilian Closed | |
| Round 8 (January 24, 2021) | ||||||
| Esipenko, Andrey | - Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | 38 | B84 | Sicilian Scheveningen | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 48 | A45 | Trompowsky | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Firouzja, Alireza | 0-1 | 56 | D10 | Slav Defence | |
| Grandelius, Nils | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 55 | B18 | Caro Kann | |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Anton Guijarro, David | ½-½ | 50 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Van Foreest, Jorden | ½-½ | 32 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | |
| Donchenko, Alexander | - Tari, Aryan | ½-½ | 36 | E04 | Catalan | |
| Round 9 (January 26, 2021) | ||||||
| Van Foreest, Jorden | - Donchenko, Alexander | ½-½ | 32 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | |
| Giri, Anish | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | 70 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | - Esipenko, Andrey | ½-½ | 41 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Grandelius, Nils | 1-0 | 65 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Tari, Aryan | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 32 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | 39 | E94 | King's Indian Classical | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Harikrishna, Pentala | ½-½ | 45 | B56 | Sicilian Defence | |
| Round 10 (January 27, 2021) | ||||||
| Giri, Anish | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 1-0 | 49 | A45 | Trompowsky | |
| Esipenko, Andrey | - Anton Guijarro, David | 1-0 | 56 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 42 | E00 | Catalan | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Tari, Aryan | ½-½ | 52 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | |
| Grandelius, Nils | - Firouzja, Alireza | ½-½ | 45 | B67 | Sicilian Rauzer | |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Van Foreest, Jorden | ½-½ | 26 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Donchenko, Alexander | 1-0 | 65 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Round 11 (January 29, 2021) | ||||||
| Van Foreest, Jorden | - Harikrishna, Pentala | 1-0 | 60 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 61 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 42 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Tari, Aryan | - Esipenko, Andrey | 1-0 | 33 | C79 | Ruy Lopez Russian Defence | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 45 | D82 | Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Grandelius, Nils | ½-½ | 30 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence | |
| Donchenko, Alexander | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 34 | D35 | QGD Exchange | |
| Round 12 (January 30, 2021) | ||||||
| Giri, Anish | - Firouzja, Alireza | ½-½ | 67 | C11 | French Defence | |
| Esipenko, Andrey | - Van Foreest, Jorden | ½-½ | 41 | D00 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Anton Guijarro, David | ½-½ | 50 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Donchenko, Alexander | 1-0 | 50 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 | |
| Grandelius, Nils | - Tari, Aryan | ½-½ | 30 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 35 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 76 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Round 13 (January 31, 2021) | ||||||
| Van Foreest, Jorden | - Grandelius, Nils | 1-0 | 47 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 63 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | 40 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence | |
| Tari, Aryan | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 42 | C01 | French Exchange | |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Harikrishna, Pentala | ½-½ | 58 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 54 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Donchenko, Alexander | - Esipenko, Andrey | 0-1 | 42 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
83rd Tata Steel Masters (2 players 3 Rds Match Indiv TC: 5m+3spm) - Games in PGN: Games Masters TB
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| 83rd Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 15th Jan 2021 - Sun 31st Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 3 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pts |
| 1 | van Foreest, Jorden | GM | NED | 2671 | = | = | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2764 | = | = | 0 | 1 |
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