Wins for Rapport and Mamedyarov take them into a joint lead with Vidit after Tata Steel Round 5

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Wins for Rapport and Mamedyarov take them into a joint lead with Vidit after Tata Steel Round 5

Mark Crowther - Thursday 20th January 2022

Richard Rapport joins the leaders after round 5. Photo ©

Richard Rapport joins the leaders after round 5. Photo © | https://tatasteelchess.com

The fifth round of the Tata Steel Masters saw just two decisive games but those took the winners into a share of the lead after five rounds. Round 4 leader Vidit Gujrathi held Anish Giri to a draw in a Petroff Defence. Richard Rapport managed to outplay R Praggnanandhaa after losing the opening battle. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Jorden van Foreest in an Open Spanish. Vidit, Rapport and Mamedyarov now lead the tournament. Magnus Carlsen had chances to beat Nils Grandelius but only drew. Esipenko-Caruana was drawn with definite chances missed for the American. Jan-Krzysztof Duda agreed a draw in time trouble against Sergey Karjakin where he had a rather unobvious win on the board. Dubov and Shankland also drew.

Round 5 Masters Standings: 1st-3rd Mamedyarov, Vidit, Rapport 3½pts; 4th-5th Esipenko, Carlsen 3pts; 6th-8th Duda, Caruana, Van Foreest 2½pts; 9th-13th Giri, Dubov, Karjakin, Shankland, Praggnanandhaa 2pts; 14th Grandelius, Nils 1pt;

Round 6 Friday 21 January 1pm GMT Shankland-Praggnanandhaa, Carlsen-Rapport, Mamedyarov-Grandelius, Karjakin-Van Foreest, Vidit-Duda, Caruana-Giri, Dubov-Esipenko.

Round 5 Challengers Standings: 1st Erigaisi, Arjun 4½pts; 2nd-4th Nguyen, Jumabayev, Ganguly 3½pts; 5th-7th L'Ami, Murzin, Bjerre, 3pts; 8th Shuvalova 2½pts; 9th-10th Van Foreest, Warmerdam 2pts; 11th-12th Vogel, Zhu Jiner 1½ 13th Dardha, Daniel 1pt; 14th Maurizzi, Marc'Andria ½pt.

Round 5 Summary

Leader Vidit Gujrathi drew with black in a Petroff Defence against Anish Giri. The game was interesting in all its phases and Vidit was critical of his play in the endgame. World Champion Magnus Carlsen would have been looking for the full point against Nils Grandelius and took a lot of risks - the computer evaluations maybe a bit misleading but the engines at least superficially liked white after 18...d5. Carlsen did end up being better and probably winning after 30...Ba6! and the computer also likes 43...Bb5 for him later on - in the end he had to settle for a draw.

Richard Rapport admitted he was out prepared in his battle against R Praggnanandhaa but he eventually prevailed in a wild struggle. Praggnanandhaa with the black pieces played 17...d3? (17...Ne5) which threw away black's advantage and 19...Ne5 put him in trouble. Rapport was better if not winning after this but it was all extremely complicated.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won an Open Spanish as black against Jorden van Foreest - Mamedyarov was better after the plan 20.Ng5 f5 21.Nf7 proved to be misguided but later he fought his way back and if he'd played 35.Qb7+ he'd have likely drawn, as it was after 35.Rc1 he was just lost.

Fabiano Caruana seems to be getting good positions but just can't buy a win. Caruana was black in a Semi-Slav as black against Andrey Esipenko and was happy with his play against a new interesting idea from white. Following 18.Ne2? (18.Nxe5=) Caruana was much better but eventually allowed a lot of counter play. One chance for Caruana was 33...Rh4 34.Ne6 Bxe4 instead of 33...Rh2. The game was drawn in 63 moves.

Jan-Krzysztof Duda drew with Sergey Karjakin in a game where he was in trouble for much of the game but agreed a draw - in time trouble - where both players didn't realise that Duda was actually winning with the only move 37.Rf1. Daniil Dubov maybe had a little something against Sam Shankland in a Bogo-Catalan but the game was drawn without many adventures in 37 moves.

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.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2767	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	1	½	½	.	.	.	.	3½	2882
2.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2727	.	*	.	½	.	.	½	.	½	1	.	1	.	.	3½	2890
3.	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2763	.	.	*	.	.	0	.	1	.	.	.	½	1	1	3½	2839
4.	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2714	½	½	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	3	2850
5.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2865	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	½	1	.	.	.	.	½	3	2796
6.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2760	0	.	1	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	.	2½	2750
7.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2792	.	½	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	½	½	.	.	2½	2722
8.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2702	0	.	0	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	1	2½	2735
9.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2772	½	½	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	½	.	2	2670
10.	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2720	½	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	2	2675
11.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2743	.	.	.	0	.	½	½	.	½	½	*	.	.	.	2	2679
12.	Shankland, Sam	g	USA	2708	.	0	½	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	2	2662
13.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2612	.	.	0	.	.	½	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	1	2	2661
14.	Grandelius, Nils	g	SWE	2672	.	.	0	.	½	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	0	*	1	2490

Round 5 (January 20, 2022)
Rapport, Richard	- Praggnanandhaa, R	1-0	56	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Esipenko, Andrey	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	63	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	36	D20	QGA
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	0-1	44	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Giri, Anish	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	33	C42	Petroff's Defence
Dubov, Daniil	- Shankland, Sam	½-½	37	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Grandelius, Nils	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	54	B48	Sicilian Paulsen

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	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	½	1	1	.	1	.	4½	2895
2.	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	g	CZE	2613	.	*	½	.	½	.	1	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	3½	2715
3.	Jumabayev, Rinat	g	KAZ	2631	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	1	½	3½	2707
4.	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2627	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	½	1	.	½	1	3½	2675
5.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2622	.	½	.	.	*	½	0	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	3	2614
6.	Murzin, Volodar	m	RUS	2519	0	.	.	.	½	*	.	1	.	.	½	.	1	.	3	2622
7.	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	g	DEN	2586	.	0	.	.	1	.	*	.	½	½	.	.	.	1	3	2648
8.	Shuvalova, Polina	m	RUS	2516	.	½	.	.	0	0	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	1	2½	2546
9.	Van Foreest, Lucas	g	NED	2539	½	.	0	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	2	2518
10.	Warmerdam, Max	g	NED	2607	0	.	½	½	.	.	½	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	2	2513
11.	Vogel, Roven	m	GER	2452	0	.	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	1½	2434
12.	Zhu, Jiner	wg	CHN	2478	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	0	½	.	.	*	.	1	1½	2409
13.	Dardha, Daniel	g	BEL	2532	0	.	0	½	.	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	1	2332
14.	Maurizzi, Marc'Andria	g	FRA	2502	.	.	½	0	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	0	.	*	½	2201

Round 5 (January 20, 2022)
Erigaisi, Arjun	- Murzin, Volodar	1-0	71	D10	Slav Defence
Jumabayev, Rinat	- Dardha, Daniel	1-0	103	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	- Vogel, Roven	1-0	63	C50	Giuoco Piano
L'Ami, Erwin	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	½-½	34	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	- Warmerdam, Max	½-½	59	A13	Reti Opening
Shuvalova, Polina	- Maurizzi, Marc'Andria	1-0	53	B75	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Zhu, Jiner	- Van Foreest, Lucas	½-½	51	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin