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85th Tata Steel 2023 (11)

Abdusattorov and Giri draw in the battle of the leaders in Round 11 of the Tata Steel Masters

Nodirbek Abdusattorov drew with black against Anish Giri to retain his lead. Photo ©

Nodirbek Abdusattorov drew with black against Anish Giri to retain his lead. Photo © | https://theweekinchess.com

Today was a quiet day even after a day of rest. A win for second placed Anish Giri against Nodirbek Abdusattorov would have allowed him to replace the leader at the top of the standings but after mixing up his lines he didn't get anything and the game was drawn in 29 moves. Magnus Carlsen tried for 58 moves against Wesley So but never seemed to generate realistic winning chances. R Praggnanandhaa's tournament continues to go bad after losing a third game, this time to Parham Maghsoodloo. Praggnanandhaa had a promising position but after choosing the wrong plan he was instead lost. This was the only decisive game of the day. FM Michiel Abeln's report is below.

Alexander Donchenko is the sole leader after defeating Amin Tabatabaei while the previous joint leader Mustafa Yilmaz drew against Jergus Pechac.

Masters Round 11 Standings: 1st Abdusattorov 7.5 2nd Giri, Anish 7 3rd= Carlsen, So 6.5 5th= Aronian, Caruana 6pts, 7th Rapport 5.5pts, 8th= Praggnanandhaa, Ding Liren, Maghsoodloo 5pts, 11th= Gukesh, Van Foreest 4.5pts, 13th= Erigaisi, Keymer 4pts.

Masters Round 12 Saturday 28th January 1pm GMT: So-Abdusattorov, Van Foreest-Giri, Rapport-Ding Liren, Caruana-Keymer, Gukesh-Aronian, Maghsoodloo-Erigaisi, Carlsen-Praggnanandhaa.

Michiel Abeln reports from Wijk aan Zee on Tata Steel Round 11 27th Jan

Today the round was maybe slightly disappointing with solid chess, six draws and only one win, for Maghsoodloo.

The game between the current numbers one and two in the standings was not the big fight that was hoped for. Anish Giri was surprised when Abdusattorov opened with the Queens Gambit Accepted. On move 7 Giri took back on d4 with his knight, which is less popular than Qxd4. There was opposite castling and the players were still following a game between Banikas and Balogh from 2016. Giri admitted afterwards he had mixed up the lines and had no opening advantage. He had some slight hopes in the endgame but Black played precisely and soon the game was drawn.

Magnus Carlsen against Wesley So Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Magnus Carlsen against Wesley So Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Carlsen played against So a not very inspiring line of the Nimzo Indian. It was a bit of a surprise to Magnus that So played this line but he immediately understood that this was well-checked by So before the game. A lot of pieces were quickly exchanged (a deliberate choice by Carlsen) after which White had a tiny advantage. This advantage would have become bigger, maybe even winning, if White would have managed to get his pawn to b5, but So defended well. Carlsen referred to a game that Ivanchuk once had won where Black’s pawn was on b7, but in today’s game Black played more precisely. Carlsen tried for a long time but So managed to hold the draw.

R Praggnanandhaa against Parham Maghsoodloo in Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Praggnanandhaa against Parham Maghsoodloo Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Praggnanandhaa was maybe a little surprised when in the Najdorf Maghsoodloo played 7…,Qc7 but White’s response, 8.Nh2 was a real shocker! White had some advantage out of the opening but spoiled it with 17.Nf5 (17.b4 followed by 18.a4 was the way to go). Over the next few moves White did not play precisely and Black got the advantage, especially after the dubious 24.f4. Black lost a bit of his advantage when he missed 27…,Na4 but then White made a big mistake with 29.Bxc4. Black was completely winning and on move 38 he should have played c1Q for quick resignation. But in the game he also still had a winning advantage, it just took a bit longer to score the full point.

Vincent Keymer against Richard Rapport Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Vincent Keymer against Richard Rapport Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Keymer and Rapport managed to leave established theory soon and reach a position that has only been played in a few games before. Slowly the position transposed to a kind of Maroczy position and White could have gotten some advantage with 23.e4 and 27.Nxb6 followed by2 28.Bxa6 was an interesting option. In the game Black freed himself with 19…,d5. White got some advantage when Rapport took drastic measures with 26…,Nbd5. White should maybe have maintained the tension with 28.Qa3, in the game he had two pieces for a rook and a pawn but the position remained within the drawing margin.

Arjun Erigaisi against D Gukesh Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Arjun Erigaisi against D Gukesh Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Arjun and Gukesh followed a topical line in the Spanish (anti-Berlin) where White played the new 12.Nbd2 but the position remained equal. The players exchanged some pieces to reach an endgame on move 22. The game was always in balance and they agreed a draw on move 45.

Ding Liren against Jorden Van Foreest Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

In a main line of the Slav defense Van Foreest managed to bring a novelty with 10..,dxc4 against Ding Liren. Faced with this unknown position to him, the Chinese player did not manage to find the most critical line. He exchanged to an endgame that was about equal. Van Foreest felt White had some pressure but it was not serious and the game was drawn.

Levon Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Tata Steel Round 11 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Aronian didn’t know all the specifics of the Tarrasch opening that Caruana played. Maybe white should have chosen another line, for example 7.a3 Aronian mentioned afterwards, because in the game Black played 12…,h6 which kind of kills this line. Within two hours the players agreed to a draw.

Tata Steel Chess Commentary

85th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee (NED), 13-29 i 2023 cat. XX (2741)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek g UZB 2713 * ½ 1 . ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ . 1 ½ 2880
2. Giri, Anish g NED 2764 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ . ½ 1 ½ 1 . ½ ½ 7 2846
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2859 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 . ½ 1 ½ ½ . 1 2802
4. So, Wesley g USA 2760 . ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 2812
5. Aronian, Levon g USA 2735 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ . . ½ ½ 1 6 2781
6. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2766 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 ½ . 6 2772
7. Rapport, Richard g ROU 2740 0 . 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 . ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 2732
8. Praggnanandhaa, R g IND 2684 ½ ½ . . ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 5 2697
9. Ding, Liren g CHN 2811 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ . . 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2696
10. Maghsoodloo, Parham g IRI 2719 0 ½ 0 ½ . ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 1 . ½ 5 2709
11. Gukesh, D g IND 2725 ½ 0 ½ 0 . 0 ½ 1 0 1 * ½ ½ . 2682
12. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2681 . . ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 2682
13. Erigaisi, Arjun g IND 2722 0 ½ . ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ . ½ 0 * ½ 4 2632
14. Keymer, Vincent g GER 2696 ½ ½ 0 0 0 . ½ ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ * 4 2642
Round 11 (January 27, 2023)
Giri, Anish - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek ½-½ 29 D20 QGA
Carlsen, Magnus - So, Wesley ½-½ 58 E42 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Aronian, Levon - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 39 D33 Tarrasch Defence
Praggnanandhaa, R - Maghsoodloo, Parham 0-1 52 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ding, Liren - Van Foreest, Jorden ½-½ 33 D12 Slav Defence
Erigaisi, Arjun - Gukesh, D ½-½ 45 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Keymer, Vincent - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 41 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan Zee (NED), 13-29 i 2023 cat. XIV (2580)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Donchenko, Alexander g GER 2627 * 1 ½ ½ . 1 . 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 2756
2. Yilmaz, Mustafa g TUR 2609 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 . 1 1 ½ ½ . 2727
3. Sindarov, Javokhir g UZB 2654 ½ 0 * ½ ½ . . ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2671
4. Adhiban, Baskaran g IND 2610 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ . 1 . ½ ½ 0 1 6 2605
5. Ivic, Velimir g SRB 2585 . ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 . 6 2631
6. Tabatabaei, M. Amin g IRI 2686 0 0 . ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ . ½ 1 ½ 6 2613
7. Beerdsen, Thomas m NED 2515 . ½ . ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2610
8. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2627 1 0 ½ . ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 . 0 2567
9. Supi, Luis Paulo g BRA 2608 ½ . ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 . ½ 1 2576
10. Warmerdam, Max g NED 2616 0 0 ½ . ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * . ½ 1 ½ 5 2552
11. Vaishali, Rameshbabu m IND 2425 0 0 0 ½ 0 . ½ ½ 1 . * ½ 1 ½ 2516
12. Mishra, Abhimanyu g USA 2559 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 . ½ ½ * . 1 4 2472
13. Pechac, Jergus g SVK 2637 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ . ½ 0 0 . * ½ 3 2397
14. Roebers, Eline m NED 2361 0 . 0 0 . ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 3 2421
Round 11 (January 27, 2023)
Donchenko, Alexander - Tabatabaei, M. Amin 1-0 40 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Sindarov, Javokhir - Warmerdam, Max ½-½ 40 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Adhiban, Baskaran - Mishra, Abhimanyu ½-½ 73 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
Beerdsen, Thomas - Ivic, Velimir 1-0 55 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Supi, Luis Paulo - Roebers, Eline 1-0 28 A20 English Opening
Vaishali, Rameshbabu - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 62 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Pechac, Jergus - Yilmaz, Mustafa ½-½ 31 B22 Sicilian Alapin

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