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Round 2 Details

Vladimir Fedoseev recovered from his 16 move disaster in round 1 to beat Vincent Keymer in a Nimzo-Indian. The key moment came with Keymer's 16...b6? which allowed Fedoseev and handy tactic which gave him a nice advantage in the middlegame, 27...g5?! was a further error and Fedoseev won a pawn and the game.

Christof Sielecki taught me the position after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 is called "the position". Black has a huge number of sound moves here, Praggnanandhaa's 4...h6 which he played against Nodirbek Abdusattorov did not surprise even though it is the 10th most popular and definitely risks being a bit slow. Praggnanandhaa was equal after the inaccurate 21.b3?! and after a few adventures a draw seemed likely until 42...Rg2? which must have been a complete miscalculation because he was suddenly dead lost and the rook and pawn endgame moved decisively in favour of Abdusattorov.

Anish Giri was very fortunate to get away with a draw today against Javokhir Sindarov. First Giri dropped a pawn with 22.b4? but Sindarov's 23...Ne2+ rather than 23...Qc6 returned the game to equality. Then late in the day in a tricky king and pawn endgame 39.c5? was just losing but after first time control and after only a few seconds of thought Sindarov played 41...a5? with equality, 41...f6 was winning, at the very least he should have thought longer but he got overexcited.

The other games were drawn, Bluebaum-Niemann was a semi-Tarrasch played by Black with the idea of a draw I guess, and they repeated after 28 moves. Thai Dai Van Nguyen drew a long and complicated Queen's Gambit against Arjun Erigaisi, Nguyen was for the most part the one pressing, at least he never seemed worse. Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus drew in a 46 move Sicilian against Chithambaram Aravindh but missed at least one win.

Gukesh's opening choices never lack ambition and his 3.h4 against the King's Indian/Gruenfeld of Jorden Van Foreest showed intent. 14.Bg5?! was inaccurate and allowed equality, 18...cxd5 gave black a small advantage but it never amounted to anything and the game was drawn by repetition on move 33.

88th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee (NED), 16 i-1 ii 2026																cat. XIX (2723)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Niemann, Hans Moke	g	USA	2725	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1½	2885
2.	Erigaisi, Arjun	g	IND	2775	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2900
3.	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2751	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2901
4.	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	g	TUR	2658	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2725
5.	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	g	CZE	2656	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2739
6.	Bluebaum, Matthias	g	GER	2679	½	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2712
7.	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	g	IND	2700	.	.	.	½	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2668
8.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2703	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	2705
9.	Gukesh, D	g	IND	2754	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	2714
10.	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	SLO	2705	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	.	1	2750
11.	Sindarov, Javokhir	g	UZB	2726	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	1	2757
12.	Keymer, Vincent	g	GER	2776	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	*	1	.	1	2732
13.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2760	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	½	2558
14.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2758	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 2 (January 18, 2026)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Praggnanandhaa, R	1-0	60	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	½-½	46	B56	Sicilian Defence
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Erigaisi, Arjun	½-½	56	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Bluebaum, Matthias	- Niemann, Hans Moke	½-½	28	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Gukesh, D	- Van Foreest, Jorden	½-½	33	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Keymer, Vincent	1-0	44	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Giri, Anish	- Sindarov, Javokhir	½-½	44	A13	Reti Opening

Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan Zee (NED), 16 i-1 ii 2026																cat. XII (2544)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Lu, Miaoyi	m	CHN	2431	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	2
2.	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	g	KAZ	2497	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2811
3.	Suleymanli, Aydin	g	AZE	2628	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2758
4.	Oro, Faustino	m	ARG	2516	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2829
5.	Yip, Carissa	m	USA	2466	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2783
6.	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	g	UKR	2605	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2538
7.	Ivic, Velimir	g	SRB	2638	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	2560
8.	Maurizzi, MarcAndria	g	FRA	2611	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	2604
9.	Yuffa, Daniil	g	ESP	2604	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	2624
10.	Panesar, Vedant	f	IND	2406	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	1	2414
11.	Woodward, Andy	g	USA	2608	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	1	2447
12.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2634	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
13.	Roebers, Eline	m	NED	2398	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	0	.	*	.	0
14.	Warmerdam, Max	g	NED	2576	0	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 2 (January 18, 2026)
Suleymanli, Aydin	- Assaubayeva, Bibisara	½-½	81	A11	Reti Opening
Oro, Faustino	- L'Ami, Erwin	1-0	36	A21	English Opening
Yip, Carissa	- Warmerdam, Max	1-0	39	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Ivanchuk, Vasyl	- Maurizzi, MarcAndria	½-½	62	D55	Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Yuffa, Daniil	- Ivic, Velimir	½-½	58	D17	Slav Defence
Panesar, Vedant	- Lu, Miaoyi	0-1	40	A45	Trompowsky
Woodward, Andy	- Roebers, Eline	1-0	27	E04	Catalan

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