TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
84th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022 (9)
Carlsen beats Mamedyarov to regain the sole lead of the Tata Steel Masters after 9 Rounds
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 25th January 2022
Carlsen discussing his game with Mamedyarov after they finished. Photo © | https://tatasteelchess.com
Magnus Carlsen beat joint leader Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to take the sole lead in the Tata Steel Masters. The game was a sharp open Catalan. Carlsen wasn't surprised that Mamedyarov gave up the exchange and he had decent compensation for it but after 18...h6? (18...Be6 and the game continues) things fell apart for black at rapid speed.
Anish Giri stayed in contention by beating Sam Shankland in a drawish theoretical endgame. After 24...b6? (24...e4 or Nf7 were necessary) 25.g4! Shankland's position just collapsed. Vidit Gujrathi stayed in contention after holding a tricky endgame against Richard Rapport. Sergey Karjakin won a wild game where he really took some risks against Praggnanandhaa to move to +1. Fabiano Caruana too took on a wild double edged game against Nils Grandelius and was rewarded in the run up to the first time control 32.Rad1 (32.Nd6 was strictly necessary) Bxa3 gave him the win. Jan-Krzysztof Duda must have been winning against Andrey Esipenko in a sharp position but he had to settle for a draw in the end. Jorden van Foreest too will have been disappointed only to be able to draw against Daniil Dubov who even before his default was clearly a little short of his best.
Arjun Erigaisi leads the Challengers by a full two points with four rounds to go and barring a huge shock will qualify for the Masters next year. Four draws ought to do it but three out of his four remaining opponents are in the bottom half of the table. One of his chasers Nguyen Thai Dai Van does play him in Round 12 on Saturday but with the black pieces.
Round 9 Standings: 1st Carlsen 6½pts; 2nd Giri 6pts; 3rd-4th Mamedyarov, Vidit 5½pts; 5th-7th Karjakin, Caruana, Rapport 5pts; 8th-9th Esipenko, Van Foreest 4½pts; 10th Duda 4pts; 11th-12th Dubov, Shankland 3½pts; 13th Praggnanandhaa 2½pts; 14th Grandelius 2pts.
Round 10 Wednesday 26 January 2022 Shankland-Mamedyarov, Karjakin-Carlsen, Vidit-Praggnanandhaa, Caruana-Rapport Dubov-Grandelius Esipenko-Van Foreest, Giri-Duda
Round 9 Standings Challengers: 1 Erigaisi 8pts; 2nd-3rd Jumabayev, Nguyen 6pts; 4th Bjerre 5½ 55th-6th Warmerdam, Murzin 5 7th-8th Van Foreest, L'Ami 4½ 9th Ganguly, Dardha 4 11th Shuvalova 3 12th-14th Maurizzi, Vogel, Zhu Jiner 2½
| 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee (NED), 14-30 i 2022 | cat. XX (2737) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2865 | * | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 2884 | |||||||
| 2. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2772 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | ½ | . | 6 | 2863 | |||||||
| 3. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2767 | 0 | ½ | * | . | . | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2811 | |||||||
| 4. | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2727 | . | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 5½ | 2813 | |||||||
| 5. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2743 | . | ½ | . | . | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2766 | |||||||
| 6. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2792 | . | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 5 | 2767 | |||||||
| 7. | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2763 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | * | . | 1 | 0 | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2771 | |||||||
| 8. | Esipenko, Andrey | g | RUS | 2714 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | . | 4½ | 2761 | |||||||
| 9. | Van Foreest, Jorden | g | NED | 2702 | ½ | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | * | . | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2740 | |||||||
| 10. | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2760 | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | 4 | 2701 | |||||||
| 11. | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2720 | . | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | 3½ | 2662 | |||||||
| 12. | Shankland, Sam | g | USA | 2708 | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2657 | |||||||
| 13. | Praggnanandhaa, R | g | IND | 2612 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | * | 1 | 2½ | 2584 | |||||||
| 14. | Grandelius, Nils | g | SWE | 2672 | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | ½ | 0 | * | 2 | 2522 | |||||||
| Round 9 (January 25, 2022) | ||||||
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| Carlsen, Magnus | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 | 27 | E04 | Catalan | |
| Giri, Anish | - Shankland, Sam | 1-0 | 34 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Rapport, Richard | - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | ½-½ | 59 | A45 | Trompowsky | |
| Van Foreest, Jorden | - Dubov, Daniil | ½-½ | 34 | C90 | Ruy Lopez | |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Esipenko, Andrey | ½-½ | 43 | E00 | Catalan | |
| Praggnanandhaa, R | - Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 | 53 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Grandelius, Nils | - Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | 44 | C02 | French Advance | |
| Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan Zee (NED), 14-30 i 2022 | cat. XIII (2561) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Erigaisi, Arjun | g | IND | 2632 | * | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2903 | |||||||
| 2. | Jumabayev, Rinat | g | KAZ | 2631 | ½ | * | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | ½ | ½ | . | 6 | 2683 | |||||||
| 3. | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | g | CZE | 2613 | . | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | . | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | 2680 | |||||||
| 4. | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | g | DEN | 2586 | 0 | . | 0 | * | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | . | 5½ | 2649 | |||||||
| 5. | Warmerdam, Max | g | NED | 2607 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2616 | |||||||
| 6. | Murzin, Volodar | m | RUS | 2519 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | . | * | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | 5 | 2612 | |||||||
| 7. | Van Foreest, Lucas | g | NED | 2539 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | . | * | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | 0 | . | ½ | 4½ | 2578 | |||||||
| 8. | L'Ami, Erwin | g | NED | 2622 | . | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | 4½ | 2543 | |||||||
| 9. | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2627 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | . | 4 | 2512 | |||||||
| 10. | Dardha, Daniel | g | BEL | 2532 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | . | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2519 | |||||||
| 11. | Shuvalova, Polina | m | RUS | 2516 | . | . | ½ | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3 | 2415 | |||||||
| 12. | Maurizzi, Marc'Andria | g | FRA | 2502 | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | * | . | 0 | 2½ | 2404 | |||||||
| 13. | Vogel, Roven | m | GER | 2452 | 0 | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | * | 0 | 2½ | 2403 | |||||||
| 14. | Zhu, Jiner | wg | CHN | 2478 | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 2½ | 2391 | |||||||
| Round 9 (January 25, 2022) | ||||||
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| Jumabayev, Rinat | - Murzin, Volodar | ½-½ | 40 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
| Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | - Warmerdam, Max | ½-½ | 28 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 1-0 | 61 | D40 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
| L'Ami, Erwin | - Dardha, Daniel | ½-½ | 94 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Shuvalova, Polina | - Vogel, Roven | ½-½ | 27 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Maurizzi, Marc'Andria | - Van Foreest, Lucas | 1-0 | 27 | D27 | QGA | |
| Zhu, Jiner | - Erigaisi, Arjun | 0-1 | 52 | C70 | Ruy Lopez | |
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