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85th Tata Steel 2023 (7)

Abdusattorov leads by a point after 7 rounds of the Tata Steel Masters

Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat Arjun Erigaisi in Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat Arjun Erigaisi in Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln | https://theweekinchess.com

Nodirbek Abdusattorov won another impressive game today beating Arjun Erigaisi. This means the 18 year old Uzbek extended his lead to a full point on 5.5/7 after his closest rivals Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana both drew. Caruana was on the defensive for the early part of the game before Parham Maghsoodloo overpressed and was lost. Caruana could not find a way to convert in a long and tiring game of 106 moves. R Praggnanandhaa moved into joint second with a very good win against Jorden Van Foreest, he has been very solid so far. Wesley So also moved into joint second with a win against D Gukesh who is having a very tough time. The other winner was Magnus Carlsen who returned to a 50% score after beating Richard Rapport. The event is living up to my very high expectations so far. Read FM Michiel Abeln's on the spot report below. In the Challengers group there was a battle of the leaders where Alexander Donchenko beat Mustafa Yilmaz, Javokhir Sindarov is now in clear second place.

Masters Round 7 Standings: 1st Abdusattorov 5.5/7, 2nd= Praggnanandhaa, Giri, Caruana, So 4.5pts, 6th Aronian 4pts, 7th= Maghsoodloo, Ding Liren, Carlsen 3.5pts, 10th Erigaisi, Arjun 3pts, 11th Rapport 2.5pts, 12th= Keymer, Van Foreest 2pts, 14th Gukesh 1.5pts.

Masters Round 8 Sunday 22nd January 1pm GMT: So-Ding, Giri-Keymer, Abdusattorov-Aronian, Van Foreest-Erigaisi, Rapport-Praggnanandhaa, Caruana-Carlsen, Gukesh-Maghsoodloo.

Michiel Abeln reports from Wijk aan Zee on Tata Steel Round 7 21st Jan

There was massive interest today from spectators on this Saturday, at the start of the round about 200 people were waiting outside in the freezing weather because the maximum capacity in the playing hall had been reached. But at the end of the day we had another win for the star of the tournament so far: Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

Abdusattorov defended with the Petroff against Erigaisi. White emerged from the opening with a nice advantage, but 18.h4 was not precise because Black has the nice move 18…,Qa6 preparing to push his d-pawn. White neglected this d-pawn a bit, for example he played 21.h5 where 21.Re3 was required. On move 26 White really had to play Rd3 to avoid the dangers from the game. Black had no problem in converting to a full point.

Magnus Carlsen against Richard Rapport Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Magnus Carlsen against Richard Rapport Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Magnus Carlsen won his game without too much effort: Carlsen left main line theory soon in a Petroff opening against Rapport. Black decided not to exchange queens and went for the sharp 11….,Nb4. Instead of taking on d3 on move 14, Black decided on an incorrect piece sacrifice with 15…,Ne4+. Magnus had an easy afternoon after this, scoring a full point.

D Gukesh against Wesley So Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

D Gukesh against Wesley So Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Wesley So is slowly but steadily moving up; today winning with black against out of form Gukesh. Gukesh played 4.d3 against So in a Spanish opening. Black equalized out of the opening and could have gone for interesting complications with 17…,Bxh3 followed by Qxh3, Ng4 and Kh8 to prepare f7-f5. Instead he played a bit passively and White got a nice advantage.So mentioned afterwards he had missed White’s Nh4 idea. On move 22 White should have defended his knight with g3 followed by Bxe6 and d3-d4 with a clear advantage. On move 24 White should first have taken on d6 before playing Nf5. The problem was that the position was complicated but Gukesh had little time left on his clock and with 28.Rd2 he blundered a pawn and the game.

Praggnanadhaa against Jorden Van Foreest Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Praggnanadhaa against Jorden Van Foreest Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Praggnanandhaa played in the Slav against van Foreest the rare 6.Bd2 7.Qb3 combination which he had done before against Firouzja. Van Foreest deviated with 7…,b5 and a few moves later he sacrificed a pawn. When Black closed the center with 15…,e4 White’s advantage increased. Praggnanandhaa had the feeling he could have won easier, but it wasn’t obvious how and in the game there was never any doubt about the result.

Parham Maghsoodloo against Fabiano Caruana Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Parham Maghsoodloo against Fabiano Caruana Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Maghsoodloo and Caruana played a Ragozin, an opening with which Caruana won on the white side earlier in this tournament. Main line theory was left when Black went for 9..,Qe7 where normally dxc4 is played. White had a small edge after the opening but the concept of Ne1-Nd3 followed by f3 wasn’t great. Black started to push a bit, but the game remained balance until Black gambled a bit on move 37: he sacrificed a pawn with 37…,Qf6 where 37..,Qd6 would have won back the pawn with a small edge for Black. Now after the time control on move 40 White had some advantage. On move 44 White had a nice opportunity with 44.Ra1 but instead without too much thinking White took on e5 and the game was level again. Although objectively ok, White took some risk by bringing his king to g4 and he had to sacrifice his bishop. The position was still equal, but at least now Caruana could suddenly hope for more. White should have kept his king close to his g-pawn but instead he went up the board and then was surprised by the nasty 66…,Ba2+! Now there was a queen endgame with an extra pawn for black and the white king was in the wrong location. Caruana was close to a win if for example he would have played 83…,h3 or 87…,h3 but with little time on the clock for both players the game transposed to a known drawn endgame that ended with stalemate.

Vincent Keymer against Ding Liren Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Vincent Keymer against Ding Liren Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Keymer opened with 1.Nf3 and 2.e3, something he has done many times before. Ding deviated from a previous Keymer game with 9…,Ba6, but White got a nice opening advantage that increased further when queens were exchanged on move 18. Throughout the endgame White kept some advantage but it was not enough to avoid the draw.

Levon Aronian against Anish Giri Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Levon Aronian against Anish Giri Tata Steel Round 7 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

The final game in this report was the first game to finish: Aronian and Giri made a quick draw without any adventures.

Tata Steel Chess Commentary Round 7

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 . ½ . . 1 . 1 1 1 . . ½ 2975
2. Praggnanandhaa, R g IND 2684 ½ * ½ . . ½ . 1 . ½ . ½ 1 . 2833
3. Giri, Anish g NED 2764 . ½ * ½ . ½ ½ . 1 ½ . . . 1 2846
4. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2766 ½ . ½ * ½ . ½ . . . ½ . 1 1 2830
5. So, Wesley g USA 2760 . . . ½ * ½ . . . ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 2825
6. Aronian, Levon g USA 2735 . ½ ½ . ½ * . ½ ½ ½ . 1 . . 4 2806
7. Maghsoodloo, Parham g IRI 2719 0 . ½ ½ . . * ½ . . ½ ½ 1 . 2738
8. Ding, Liren g CHN 2811 . 0 . . . ½ ½ * ½ ½ . ½ . 1 2734
9. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2859 0 . 0 . . ½ . ½ * . 1 1 ½ . 2734
10. Erigaisi, Arjun g IND 2722 0 ½ ½ . ½ ½ . ½ . * . ½ . . 3 2687
11. Rapport, Richard g ROU 2740 0 . . ½ ½ . ½ . 0 . * . ½ ½ 2644
12. Keymer, Vincent g GER 2696 . ½ . . 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ . * . . 2 2597
13. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2681 . 0 . 0 ½ . 0 . ½ . ½ . * ½ 2 2592
14. Gukesh, D g IND 2725 ½ . 0 0 0 . . 0 . . ½ . ½ * 2517
Round 7 (January 21, 2023)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Van Foreest, Jorden 1-0 64 D12 Slav Defence
Aronian, Levon - Giri, Anish ½-½ 21 C50 Giuoco Piano
Maghsoodloo, Parham - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 106 D38 QGD Ragozin
Carlsen, Magnus - Rapport, Richard 1-0 36 C42 Petroff's Defence
Erigaisi, Arjun - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 43 C43 Petroff's Defence
Keymer, Vincent - Ding, Liren ½-½ 58 A06 Zukertort Opening
Gukesh, D - So, Wesley 0-1 34 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
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 * ½ 1 . . . ½ ½ . 1 . . 1 1 2787
2. Sindarov, Javokhir g UZB 2654 ½ * . ½ . . ½ ½ . 1 . . 1 1 5 2708
3. Yilmaz, Mustafa g TUR 2609 0 . * ½ ½ 1 . . 1 . 1 ½ . . 2704
4. Ivic, Velimir g SRB 2585 . ½ ½ * . . ½ . ½ 1 ½ 1 . . 2687
5. Beerdsen, Thomas m NED 2515 . . ½ . * . ½ ½ . ½ . 1 1 ½ 2646
6. Tabatabaei, M. Amin g IRI 2686 . . 0 . . * ½ ½ 1 . . ½ ½ 1 4 2623
7. Adhiban, Baskaran g IND 2610 ½ ½ . ½ ½ ½ * . . ½ . . . 0 3 2539
8. Supi, Luis Paulo g BRA 2608 ½ ½ . . ½ ½ . * ½ 0 ½ . . . 3 2542
9. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2627 . . 0 ½ . 0 . ½ * . 1 1 0 . 3 2524
10. Vaishali, Rameshbabu m IND 2425 0 0 . 0 ½ . ½ 1 . * . . . 1 3 2555
11. Warmerdam, Max g NED 2616 . . 0 ½ . . . ½ 0 . * ½ ½ 1 3 2519
12. Mishra, Abhimanyu g USA 2559 . . ½ 0 0 ½ . . 0 . ½ * 1 . 2469
13. Roebers, Eline m NED 2361 0 0 . . 0 ½ . . 1 . ½ 0 * . 2 2454
14. Pechac, Jergus g SVK 2637 0 0 . . ½ 0 1 . . 0 0 . . * 2360
Round 7 (January 21, 2023)
Donchenko, Alexander - Yilmaz, Mustafa 1-0 47 D38 QGD Ragozin
Sindarov, Javokhir - Roebers, Eline 1-0 42 C07 French Tarrasch
Beerdsen, Thomas - Mishra, Abhimanyu 1-0 58 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
Tabatabaei, M. Amin - L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 61 E04 Catalan
Adhiban, Baskaran - Pechac, Jergus 0-1 36 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vaishali, Rameshbabu - Supi, Luis Paulo 1-0 36 B94 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Warmerdam, Max - Ivic, Velimir ½-½ 73 B15 Caro Kann

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