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85th Tata Steel 2023 (8)

Abdusattorov leads the Tata Steel Masters with 6/8 going into the second rest day

Magnus Carlsen took advantage of a serious error from Fabiano Caruana to score another win. Photo ©

Magnus Carlsen took advantage of a serious error from Fabiano Caruana to score another win. Photo © | https://theweekinchess.com

Nodirbek Abdusattorov kept a one point lead after drawing his eighth round game against Levon Aronian. There was some tired looking play today and Fabiano Caruana and Parham Maghsoodloo seemed to pay the price for their marathon effort in round 7. Both lost, Caruana blundering against Magnus Carlsen and Maghsoodloo lost to tail ender D Gukesh. This was Gukesh's first win, and surprisingly two other players, Richard Rapport and Jorden Van Foreest also scored their first victories. Carlsen said that his win certainly improved his chances of a decent result, perhaps it's a bit late for first. Abdusattorov, Giri and So have yet to face each other so the tournament is far from decided.

Masters Round 8 Standings: 1st Abdusattorov 6pts, 2nd= Giri, So 5pts, 4th= Aronian, Praggnanandhaa, Caruana, Carlsen 4.5pts, 8th Ding Liren 4pts, 9th Rapport, Maghsoodloo 3.5pts, 11th Erigaisi, Van Foreest 3pts, 13th= Keymer, Gukesh 2.5pts.

Rest Day Monday 23rd Jan.

Masters Round 9 Tuesday 24th January 1pm GMT: Maghsoodloo-So, Carlsen-Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa-Caruana, Erigaisi-Rapport, Aronian-Van Foreest, Keymer-Abdusattorov, Ding-Giri.

Michiel Abeln reports from Wijk aan Zee on Tata Steel Round 8 22nd Jan

Today we had a lot of decisive games: Carlsen won and three people won their first games in the tournament: Rapport, Van Foreest and Gukesh.

Caruana and Carlsen opened with an anti-Marshall and they followed a game by Wojtaszek for awhile but deviated on move 14. Caruana played the risky 19.e5 but was still ok if he had not played the bad move 22.Bc2 after which he was lost. Another easy win for Carlsen.

Richard Rapport against Praggnanandhaa Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Richard Rapport against Praggnanandhaa Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Richard Rapport won his first game. On move 8 Rapport was already out of book and he played 8.Nf1 followed by 9.Bg5 and after Ng6 he came with the creative h2-h4. Later in the game White sacrificed a pawn for activity and the position was much easier to play for White. In time trouble Rapport managed to convert to a full point.

Jorden Van Foreest vs Arjun Erigaisi Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Jorden Van Foreest vs Arjun Erigaisi Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Van Foreest and Arjun faced each other after both having lost yesterday. They played the Kings Indian opening where Black decided to go for 7…h6, a rare move compared to the main lines. It seemed as a main line where the moves Rb1 and h6 were included, which might benefit White. The game was around equal for a long time but exploded on move 33 where Arjun had safe options but allowed a piece sacrifice from White. Objectively this was still equal but it was in practice dangerous for Black and he soon lost.

Gukesh against Parham Maghsoodloo Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Gukesh against Parham Maghsoodloo Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Gukesh won his first game today. Maghsoodloo choose with Black against him the rare move 3…,h6 and soon the players were in a kind of Nimzo Indian where it’s not clear whether this pawn is better on h6 or h7, but White did seem to have a nice advantage. Black tried to complicate things with 21…,g5 but White remained on top until he played 29.Nb2 and it was equal again before time trouble hit. There were crazy complications and Black could have gained some advantage with 41…,Nxg3. In the game he missed White’s g4 trick (he thought Ng3+ was possible but this fails to Qxg3!) and then White was winning.

Levon Aronian against Nodirbek Abdusattorov Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Levon Aronian against Nodirbek AbdusattorovTata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Abdusattorov played against Aronian a topical line in the Spanish that tries to avoid a quick draw via the Berlin. The move 8.Nb3 was already rare and one move later the players were on new territory. On move 23 Black seemed to offer a draw by move repetition but White decided to play on. However, the game was soon drawn anyway.

Anish Giri against Vincent Keymer Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Anish Giri against Vincent Keymer Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

Giri started with the Italian opening against Keymer and played the rare 11.b4. Keymer had looked at this line awhile ago but behind the board he mixed up. He should have played 20…,Bg6 and then after 21.Bb5 c6 22.Bc4 Nf4 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qf1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 g4 26.Ng1 Nxc4 27.Nxc4 Qf6 Black is ok. In the game Black should have taken back with his g-pawn (which in above line bad for Black, so that’s why Keymer did not consider this during the game) 21…,gxf4 because in the game after 21.exf4 Giri could have played 22.Qf1 and after 22…,Rxe1 23.Rxe1 g4 24.Ng1 Qf6 25.d4 White has a clear advantage. Giri did not calculate this far, he didn’t like the look of all his pieces on the back rank and in general he was looking for a draw because he felt he was out-prepared during the game. So Giri went for a queen exchange resulting in an endgame where Black based on his pair of bishops and space advantage had sufficient compensation for the pawn deficit but no more and Giri’s draw offer was accepted.

Wesley So against Ding Liren Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Wesley So against Ding Liren Tata Stee Round 8 in Wijk aan Zee Photo © Michiel Abeln

So and Ding Liren went for he advanced variation in the Caro Kann where Black plays 3..,c5 (which is less popular than 3…,Bf5). On move 8 Black went for nd7 where normally first a7-a5 is played and only after b4-b5 the knight comes to d7. So said after the game he thought both he and Ding struggled a bit to remember their preparation. In the game White achieved a small advantage, but it never became serious and the game ended peacefully.

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 ½ ½ 1 . 1 1 1 . . ½ 6 2936
2. Giri, Anish g NED 2764 . * . ½ ½ ½ 1 . . ½ ½ . ½ 1 5 2833
3. So, Wesley g USA 2760 . . * ½ . ½ . ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 1 5 2829
4. Aronian, Levon g USA 2735 ½ ½ ½ * ½ . ½ ½ . . ½ . 1 . 2794
5. Praggnanandhaa, R g IND 2684 ½ ½ . ½ * . . 1 0 . ½ 1 ½ . 2775
6. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2766 ½ ½ ½ . . * 0 . ½ ½ . 1 . 1 2788
7. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2859 0 0 . ½ . 1 * ½ 1 . . ½ 1 . 2781
8. Ding, Liren g CHN 2811 . . ½ ½ 0 . ½ * . ½ ½ . ½ 1 4 2737
9. Rapport, Richard g ROU 2740 0 . ½ . 1 ½ 0 . * ½ . ½ . ½ 2695
10. Maghsoodloo, Parham g IRI 2719 0 ½ . . . ½ . ½ ½ * . 1 ½ 0 2694
11. Erigaisi, Arjun g IND 2722 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ . . ½ . . * 0 ½ . 3 2643
12. Van Foreest, Jorden g NED 2681 . . ½ . 0 0 ½ . ½ 0 1 * . ½ 3 2659
13. Keymer, Vincent g GER 2696 . ½ 0 0 ½ . 0 ½ . ½ ½ . * . 2615
14. Gukesh, D g IND 2725 ½ 0 0 . . 0 . 0 ½ 1 . ½ . * 2603
Round 8 (January 22, 2023)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 31 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Giri, Anish - Keymer, Vincent ½-½ 28 C50 Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley - Ding, Liren ½-½ 42 C02 French Advance
Caruana, Fabiano - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 33 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Rapport, Richard - Praggnanandhaa, R 1-0 40 C53 Giuoco Piano
Van Foreest, Jorden - Erigaisi, Arjun 1-0 54 E94 King's Indian Classical
Gukesh, D - Maghsoodloo, Parham 1-0 49 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
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 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2750
2. Yilmaz, Mustafa g TUR 2609 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 . 1 1 . . ½ . . 2749
3. Ivic, Velimir g SRB 2585 . ½ * ½ . . ½ ½ ½ 1 . 1 . 1 2733
4. Sindarov, Javokhir g UZB 2654 ½ 0 ½ * . . ½ . . 1 ½ . 1 1 5 2652
5. Beerdsen, Thomas m NED 2515 . ½ . . * . ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2649
6. Tabatabaei, M. Amin g IRI 2686 . 0 . . . * ½ 1 ½ . ½ ½ ½ 1 2621
7. Adhiban, Baskaran g IND 2610 ½ . ½ ½ ½ ½ * . . ½ 1 . . 0 4 2592
8. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2627 . 0 ½ . ½ 0 . * 1 . ½ 1 0 . 2524
9. Warmerdam, Max g NED 2616 . 0 ½ . . ½ . 0 * . ½ ½ ½ 1 2541
10. Vaishali, Rameshbabu m IND 2425 0 . 0 0 ½ . ½ . . * 1 . ½ 1 2531
11. Supi, Luis Paulo g BRA 2608 ½ . . ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * . . . 3 2508
12. Mishra, Abhimanyu g USA 2559 ½ ½ 0 . 0 ½ . 0 ½ . . * 1 . 3 2491
13. Roebers, Eline m NED 2361 0 . . 0 0 ½ . 1 ½ ½ . 0 * . 2447
14. Pechac, Jergus g SVK 2637 0 . 0 0 ½ 0 1 . 0 0 . . . * 2338
Round 8 (January 22, 2023)
Yilmaz, Mustafa - Sindarov, Javokhir 1-0 38 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Ivic, Velimir - Pechac, Jergus 1-0 42 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
L'Ami, Erwin - Beerdsen, Thomas ½-½ 47 D10 Slav Defence
Warmerdam, Max - Tabatabaei, M. Amin ½-½ 17 D73 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Supi, Luis Paulo - Adhiban, Baskaran 0-1 49 C02 French Advance
Mishra, Abhimanyu - Donchenko, Alexander ½-½ 29 D12 Slav Defence
Roebers, Eline - Vaishali, Rameshbabu ½-½ 40 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov

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