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Vidit leads the Tata Steel Masters on three points after four rounds

Mark Crowther - Tuesday 18th January 2022

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov emerged the winner against Duda in Round 4. Photo ©

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov emerged the winner against Duda in Round 4. Photo © | https://tatasteelchess.com

Vidit Gujrathi leads the Tata Steel Masters going into the first rest day with a scored of three points from four rounds. Today Vidit drew against Andrey Esipenko but this wasn't his best day and he was no doubt happy to draw on move 32. There were two decisive games; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov turned round a lost position to beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda when the latter needed more time than he had to play a tricky endgame on the run up to move 40. R Praggnanandhaa had a fairly smooth positional win against Nils Grandelius in an Exchange Gruenfeld. Magnus Carlsen drew a messy game against Jorden Van Foreest where the latter's decision to go for complications paid off even if the computers said he was lost at various points. Shankland-Rapport, Karjakin-Giri and Caruana-Dubov were all drawn with only the latter being of much interest.

Round 4 Standings: Masters: 1st Vidit 3pts; 2nd-6th Esipenko, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Rapport, Van Foreest 2½pts; 7th-9th Duda, Caruana, Praggnanandhaa 2pts; 10th-13th Giri, Dubov, Karjakin, Shankland 1½pts; 14th Grandelius ½pt;

Rest Day Wednesday 19th Jan 2022

Round 5 Thursday 20 January 1pm GMT Dubov-Shankland, Esipenko-Caruana, Giri-Vidit, Duda-Karjakin, Sergey Van Foreest-Mamedyarov, Grandelius-Carlsen, Rapport-Praggnanandhaa

Round 4 Standings: Challengers: 1st Erigaisi 3½pts; 2nd-3rd Nguyen, Murzin 3pts; 4th-7th Jumabayev, L'Ami, Bjerre, Ganguly, 2½pts; 8th-11th Van Foreest, Warmerdam, Vogel, Shuvalova 1½pts; 12th-13th Dardha, Zhu Jiner 1pt; 14th Maurizzi ½pt;

Round 4 Summary

Lucas van Foreest held a draw against Magnus Carlsen boldly going for complications rather than allowing Carlsen a positional grind. Van Foreest pushed his kingside pawns in front of his castled king and even gave them up. In such a non-standard position computers are always going to do better than humans but for what it's worth engines think Carlsen is winning after 33...Rf5? (33...Rf3=) that 36.Rb2? is equal after 36...Rxg5 (either) and that after 36...Bxg5 Carlsen missed 38.Ke2 winning. After that Van Foreest had a Queen for Rook, Bishop and 2 Pawns but the position was dead equal.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won a very sharp Semi-Tarrasch against Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a game where he was losing according to the engines but that had very little to do with anything as both sides played without compromise and which was settled in Duda's time trouble on the run up to move 40. Some moments: 25.Re8? (25.Rh1!=) black is better and after 27.Bc2 winning, 28....Bg6 seems better than 28...e4 but black is still better as he has more material although his king is in a scary position. After 31..Bc5? (31...Rh7) 32.g4+ the position is equal but black has to find 35...h3 (although I'm not sure this isn't the most obvious move) after 35...Kf3?! things are hard and 36...h3? now loses (36...Ng2).

R Praggnanandhaa bounced back from his loss yesterday to beat Nils Grandelius on the white side of an Exchange Gruenfeld. Praggnanandhaa built up a very good position out of the opening and by move 30 was winning. He felt he let some of the advantage go with 40.Kf2?! in time trouble but in truth the conversion wasn't complicated that much by this inaccuracy. Praggnanandhaa's trainer tested positive for Covid and is isolating - hence Praggnanandhaa's mask during play but being on his own doesn't seem to have affected him that much (his trainer is working with him via the Internet) and is on a solid 50%. Grandelius is struggling and like today he will be clearly targeted for a win by his opponents unless he can turn his form around, next up Magnus.

Leader Vidit Gujrathi drew against Andrey Esipenko in a Giuoco Piano where he was pushing a bit until around move 25 and after that was in danger of being worse (31...Qc8!) before a draw was agreed on move 32.

Sam Shankland and Richard Rapport drew a Petroff in 24 moves where black was in no danger at all. Sergey Karjakin isn't known as a d4 player and Anish Giri surmised he wasn't ready for a Gruenfeld as he headed quickly for a known drawing line. Fabiano Caruana and Daniil Dubov drew a Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall. 12....Qd7 is new and the game seemed quite equal throughout.

84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee (NED), 14-30 i 2022																cat. XX (2737)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2727	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	.	1	.	3	2926
2.	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2714	½	*	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	2½	2870
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2865	.	½	*	.	.	½	½	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	2½	2832
4.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2767	.	½	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	2½	2836
5.	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2763	.	.	.	.	*	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	1	2½	2805
6.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2702	.	.	½	.	0	*	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	2½	2823
7.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2760	.	.	½	0	1	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	2	2751
8.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2792	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	½	½	.	2	2724
9.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2612	.	.	.	.	.	0	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	1	2	2726
10.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2772	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	1½	2659
11.	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2720	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	½	.	.	1½	2670
12.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2743	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	½	*	.	.	1½	2662
13.	Shankland, Sam	g	USA	2708	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	½	1½	2651
14.	Grandelius, Nils	g	SWE	2672	.	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	*	½	2374

Round 4 (January 18, 2022)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Esipenko, Andrey	½-½	32	C50	Giuoco Piano
Carlsen, Magnus	- Van Foreest, Jorden	½-½	52	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	1-0	41	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Caruana, Fabiano	- Dubov, Daniil	½-½	38	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Grandelius, Nils	1-0	64	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Giri, Anish	½-½	14	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Shankland, Sam	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	24	C43	Petroff's Defence

Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan Zee (NED), 14-30 i 2022																cat. XIII (2561)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Erigaisi, Arjun	g	IND	2632	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1	1	.	1	.	.	3½	2868
2.	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	g	CZE	2613	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	3	2745
3.	Murzin, Volodar	m	RUS	2519	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	1	1	.	.	3	2723
4.	Jumabayev, Rinat	g	KAZ	2631	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	.	.	½	2½	2660
5.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2622	.	.	½	.	*	0	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	2½	2619
6.	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	g	DEN	2586	.	0	.	.	1	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	2½	2664
7.	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2627	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	½	.	1	2½	2640
8.	Van Foreest, Lucas	g	NED	2539	½	.	.	0	.	½	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2532
9.	Warmerdam, Max	g	NED	2607	0	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	1½	2498
10.	Vogel, Roven	m	GER	2452	0	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	1½	2485
11.	Shuvalova, Polina	m	RUS	2516	.	½	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	1½	2471
12.	Dardha, Daniel	g	BEL	2532	0	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	1	2364
13.	Zhu, Jiner	wg	CHN	2478	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	*	1	1	2370
14.	Maurizzi, Marc'Andria	g	FRA	2502	.	.	.	½	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	*	½	2258

Round 4 (January 18, 2022)
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Shuvalova, Polina	½-½	16	A07	Barcza System
Murzin, Volodar	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	44	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Van Foreest, Lucas	- Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	½-½	27	E04	Catalan
Warmerdam, Max	- Jumabayev, Rinat	½-½	42	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Vogel, Roven	- Erigaisi, Arjun	0-1	30	E94	King's Indian Classical
Dardha, Daniel	- Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	½-½	57	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Maurizzi, Marc'Andria	- Zhu, Jiner	0-1	55	D35	QGD Exchange

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