Tata Steel 07: Adhiban 'polishes' off Wojtaszek
The Tata Steel Masters is turning out to be a riveting book of mystery. Every passing page (round) makes the plot all the more interesting. India's B. Adhiban proved that his win over Sergey Karjakin was no fluke as he defeated Radoslaw Wojtaszek. There were many misses, but none so drastic as Magnus missing a mate in three against Giri. We have pictures by Alina L'Ami, analysis and videos.
Pictures by Alina L'Ami (after she broke her camera!)
Masters tournament
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Round 7 - Saturday, January 21
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| Karjakin, S. |
1-0
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Aronian, L. |
| So, W. |
½-½
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Eljanov, P. |
| Wojtaszek, R. | 0-1 | Adhiban, B. |
| Andreikin, D. |
½-½
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Harikrishna, P. |
| Wei, Y. |
1-0
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Van Wely, L. |
| Nepomniachtchi, I. |
½-½
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Rapport, R. |
| Carlsen, M. |
½-½
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Giri, A. |
At the Tata Steel 2017 guessing what Adhiban would play in the opening has become one of the main attractions. The Indian grandmaster employed the French for the first time in his life against Karjakin and followed it up with King's Gambit against Wesley So. On Saturday, he played the English Defence (d4 e6 c4 b6!?) against Radoslaw Wojtaszek. Adhiban wanted a complicated non theoretical game of chess and he got that.
In the middlegame he slowly but steadily outplayed the Polish grandmaster. However, when the players came near the time control Adhiban was unable to maintain his accuracy and slowly slipped into a lost position. The 40 moves had also been made. Things looked bleak because not only did Wojtaszek have a winning position, he also had a lot of time. However, like always, Adhiban didn't give up. He fought on and miraculously reached a drawn endgame.
But there were more miracles to follow as Radoslaw blundered on quite a few occasions to give the win on a platter. A heart-breaking loss for Wojtaszek, but a typical win for Adhiban who never gives up right until the very end.
Two of the best players in the world that Adhiban has defeated, captured in one frame
"Never say die," has been, was and will be Adhiban's war cry
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]
1. d4 {0} e6 {30} 2. c4 {0} b6 {4 The English Defence. Once again Adhiban
chooses a system which is not theoretically popular.} 3. Nc3 {159} Bb4 {
5 Now this has a flavour of the Nimzo Indian + the Queen's Indian.} 4. Qc2 {119
} Bb7 {30} 5. a3 {7} Bxc3+ {20} 6. Qxc3 {6} f5 {127 And now we have some sort
of a Dutch!} 7. Nh3 {184 Wojtaszek develops his knight on h3 so that he can
keep the e4 square under control with the move f3.} Nf6 {40} 8. f3 {13} O-O {75
} 9. e3 {14} Nh5 {59} 10. Be2 {285} Qh4+ {16} 11. Nf2 {30 Overall White has a
very harmonious position with the centre, and the bishop pair. But Black's
play is easy. He just develops d6-Nbd7 and breaks in the centre with e5.} d6 {
14} 12. b3 {261} Nd7 {109} 13. Bb2 {358} e5 {20} 14. d5 {87} f4 {1192 Adhiban
decides that it is best to close down the position against White's bishops.}
15. e4 {80} a5 {688} 16. g3 {1246} Qe7 {8} (16... fxg3 17. hxg3 Qg5 18. f4 Qxg3
19. Rxh5 Qg1+ 20. Kd2 (20. Bf1 Rxf4 $19) 20... Qxf2 21. Rf1 $13) 17. g4 {5}
Nhf6 {2} 18. Qc2 {77} c6 $1 {95 The white king doesn't really have a safe spot
to go to and hence Adhiban opens up the position in the center.} 19. dxc6 {284}
Bxc6 {62} 20. b4 {11} axb4 {126} 21. axb4 {154} Rxa1+ {21} 22. Bxa1 {5} Ra8 {
109 Black pieces are activated without any issues.} 23. Bb2 {8} Nf8 $1 {
87 The knight is making its way from e6 to d4.} 24. Qd2 {671} Ne6 {81} 25. O-O
{159} h5 {80} 26. Rd1 {13} Ra2 {1003} 27. b5 $6 {924} (27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6
Rxb2 29. Rxe6 Bd7 $1 30. Rd6 Rxe2 31. g5 Nh7 32. Rxd7 Nxg5 $11 {When the
position is around even.}) 27... Bd7 {704} 28. c5 {704 This was Wojtaszek's
plan. To get the bishop to c4.} Nd4 $1 {175} 29. c6 {93} (29. Bc4+ d5 $1 30.
exd5 Nxf3+ $19) 29... Be6 {7 True the pawn on c6 is strong. It is even
protected. But the knight on f6 is going to come around to c7 and blockade the
pawn. The other knight will also jump in and the b5 pawn would become quite
weak. Although at first look this seems like better for White, it is in fact
the other way around.} 30. g5 {89} Ne8 {78} 31. h4 {125} Nc7 {16} 32. Kg2 {135}
Bb3 {517} (32... d5 $5) (32... Ncxb5 $2 33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Qb4 Nd4 35. Bxd4 $16)
(32... Qe8 $1 33. Bd3 Ncxb5 34. Bxb5 Nxb5 $17) 33. Rc1 {139} Nxe2 {20} 34. Qxe2
{7} Ba4 {362 Black goes after the b5 pawn, but now the d6 is also equally weak
and Black loses control.} 35. Qc4+ {130} Qf7 {19} 36. Qb4 {20 White is already
pretty fine, because the d6 pawn is falling.} Bxb5 {303} 37. Nd1 $1 {62 The
bishop on b2 is defended and the d6 pawn is attacked.} Kh7 {754} (37... Qe6 38.
Nc3 $16) 38. Qxd6 $18 {43 In a matter of few moves the position has turned
into a clearly better one for White.} Be2 {54} 39. Qxe5 $1 {128} Ra5 {32} 40.
Qd6 {0} (40. Qd4 $1 Ne6 41. Qxb6 $18 Rb5 42. Qf2 Bxd1 43. Rxd1 $18) 40... Ra2 {
48 Forty moves have been made. Now White is clearly winning and also has a lot
of time in hand.} 41. Qb4 {683} (41. Qd7 $1 {Not an easy combination to see.}
Qxd7 42. cxd7 Ne6 43. g6+ $3 {The only move to win.} Kh6 (43... Kxg6 44. Rc6
$18) (43... Kg8 44. Rc8+ $18) 44. Rc2 $1 Bxd1 45. Bxg7+ $18) (41. Rc2 {is the
simpler way to win.} Bxd1 42. Qxd1 Qb3 43. Qc1 Ne6 44. Rd2 $18) 41... b5 {788}
42. Nf2 {372} Ne6 {350} 43. Ra1 {1101} Rxa1 {108} 44. Bxa1 {34 White is still
better, but nowhere close to what he was four moves ago.} Qa7 {235} 45. Qd2 {
228} Qe3 {217} 46. Qxe3 {5} fxe3 {2} 47. Be5 $6 {196} (47. Nh3 b4 {Maybe
Wojtaszek was afraid of this position, but it should be a draw.}) 47... b4 {269
} 48. c7 {95} exf2 {80} 49. Kxf2 {5} Ba6 {9 Black has won a piece but White
has two pawns in return and very strong structure. The game should be
objectively drawn.} 50. Ke3 {69} g6 {574} 51. Kd2 {75} (51. f4 b3 52. Kd2 Bc8
53. Kc3 Nc5 54. Bd4 Nxe4+ 55. Kxb3 $19 {This is als losing as the knight will
pick up the h4 pawn and the pawn will queen.}) 51... Kg8 {83} 52. Kc2 {17} Bc8
{403} 53. Kb3 {129} Nc5+ {0} 54. Kc4 {5} (54. Kxb4 Nd3+ $19) 54... Na6 {9} 55.
Bd6 {291} Be6+ {71} 56. Kd4 {4} (56. Kb5 b3 $19) 56... Kf7 {41} 57. f4 {39} b3
{53} 58. Kc3 {37} Ke8 {5} 59. c8=Q+ {196} (59. f5 gxf5 60. exf5 Bxf5 61. Kxb3 {
would have given better drawing chances.} Kd7 62. c8=Q+ Kxc8 63. Kc4 Kd7 64.
Kd5 $11) 59... Bxc8 {3} 60. Kxb3 {0} Kd7 {99} 61. Ba3 {10} Bb7 {15} 62. f5 {6}
(62. e5 Nc7 $19) 62... Bxe4 {6} 63. f6 {73} Bd5+ {130} 64. Kc3 {67} Nc7 {97}
65. Kd3 {107} Ke6 {51} 66. Bc1 {29} Nb5 {48 Black has complete control on the
light squares and Wojtaszek saw no reason to continue the fight.} 0-1
chooses a system which is not theoretically popular.} 3. Nc3 {159} Bb4 {
5 Now this has a flavour of the Nimzo Indian + the Queen's Indian.} 4. Qc2 {119
} Bb7 {30} 5. a3 {7} Bxc3+ {20} 6. Qxc3 {6} f5 {127 And now we have some sort
of a Dutch!} 7. Nh3 {184 Wojtaszek develops his knight on h3 so that he can
keep the e4 square under control with the move f3.} Nf6 {40} 8. f3 {13} O-O {75
} 9. e3 {14} Nh5 {59} 10. Be2 {285} Qh4+ {16} 11. Nf2 {30 Overall White has a
very harmonious position with the centre, and the bishop pair. But Black's
play is easy. He just develops d6-Nbd7 and breaks in the centre with e5.} d6 {
14} 12. b3 {261} Nd7 {109} 13. Bb2 {358} e5 {20} 14. d5 {87} f4 {1192 Adhiban
decides that it is best to close down the position against White's bishops.}
15. e4 {80} a5 {688} 16. g3 {1246} Qe7 {8} (16... fxg3 17. hxg3 Qg5 18. f4 Qxg3
19. Rxh5 Qg1+ 20. Kd2 (20. Bf1 Rxf4 $19) 20... Qxf2 21. Rf1 $13) 17. g4 {5}
Nhf6 {2} 18. Qc2 {77} c6 $1 {95 The white king doesn't really have a safe spot
to go to and hence Adhiban opens up the position in the center.} 19. dxc6 {284}
Bxc6 {62} 20. b4 {11} axb4 {126} 21. axb4 {154} Rxa1+ {21} 22. Bxa1 {5} Ra8 {
109 Black pieces are activated without any issues.} 23. Bb2 {8} Nf8 $1 {
87 The knight is making its way from e6 to d4.} 24. Qd2 {671} Ne6 {81} 25. O-O
{159} h5 {80} 26. Rd1 {13} Ra2 {1003} 27. b5 $6 {924} (27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6
Rxb2 29. Rxe6 Bd7 $1 30. Rd6 Rxe2 31. g5 Nh7 32. Rxd7 Nxg5 $11 {When the
position is around even.}) 27... Bd7 {704} 28. c5 {704 This was Wojtaszek's
plan. To get the bishop to c4.} Nd4 $1 {175} 29. c6 {93} (29. Bc4+ d5 $1 30.
exd5 Nxf3+ $19) 29... Be6 {7 True the pawn on c6 is strong. It is even
protected. But the knight on f6 is going to come around to c7 and blockade the
pawn. The other knight will also jump in and the b5 pawn would become quite
weak. Although at first look this seems like better for White, it is in fact
the other way around.} 30. g5 {89} Ne8 {78} 31. h4 {125} Nc7 {16} 32. Kg2 {135}
Bb3 {517} (32... d5 $5) (32... Ncxb5 $2 33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Qb4 Nd4 35. Bxd4 $16)
(32... Qe8 $1 33. Bd3 Ncxb5 34. Bxb5 Nxb5 $17) 33. Rc1 {139} Nxe2 {20} 34. Qxe2
{7} Ba4 {362 Black goes after the b5 pawn, but now the d6 is also equally weak
and Black loses control.} 35. Qc4+ {130} Qf7 {19} 36. Qb4 {20 White is already
pretty fine, because the d6 pawn is falling.} Bxb5 {303} 37. Nd1 $1 {62 The
bishop on b2 is defended and the d6 pawn is attacked.} Kh7 {754} (37... Qe6 38.
Nc3 $16) 38. Qxd6 $18 {43 In a matter of few moves the position has turned
into a clearly better one for White.} Be2 {54} 39. Qxe5 $1 {128} Ra5 {32} 40.
Qd6 {0} (40. Qd4 $1 Ne6 41. Qxb6 $18 Rb5 42. Qf2 Bxd1 43. Rxd1 $18) 40... Ra2 {
48 Forty moves have been made. Now White is clearly winning and also has a lot
of time in hand.} 41. Qb4 {683} (41. Qd7 $1 {Not an easy combination to see.}
Qxd7 42. cxd7 Ne6 43. g6+ $3 {The only move to win.} Kh6 (43... Kxg6 44. Rc6
$18) (43... Kg8 44. Rc8+ $18) 44. Rc2 $1 Bxd1 45. Bxg7+ $18) (41. Rc2 {is the
simpler way to win.} Bxd1 42. Qxd1 Qb3 43. Qc1 Ne6 44. Rd2 $18) 41... b5 {788}
42. Nf2 {372} Ne6 {350} 43. Ra1 {1101} Rxa1 {108} 44. Bxa1 {34 White is still
better, but nowhere close to what he was four moves ago.} Qa7 {235} 45. Qd2 {
228} Qe3 {217} 46. Qxe3 {5} fxe3 {2} 47. Be5 $6 {196} (47. Nh3 b4 {Maybe
Wojtaszek was afraid of this position, but it should be a draw.}) 47... b4 {269
} 48. c7 {95} exf2 {80} 49. Kxf2 {5} Ba6 {9 Black has won a piece but White
has two pawns in return and very strong structure. The game should be
objectively drawn.} 50. Ke3 {69} g6 {574} 51. Kd2 {75} (51. f4 b3 52. Kd2 Bc8
53. Kc3 Nc5 54. Bd4 Nxe4+ 55. Kxb3 $19 {This is als losing as the knight will
pick up the h4 pawn and the pawn will queen.}) 51... Kg8 {83} 52. Kc2 {17} Bc8
{403} 53. Kb3 {129} Nc5+ {0} 54. Kc4 {5} (54. Kxb4 Nd3+ $19) 54... Na6 {9} 55.
Bd6 {291} Be6+ {71} 56. Kd4 {4} (56. Kb5 b3 $19) 56... Kf7 {41} 57. f4 {39} b3
{53} 58. Kc3 {37} Ke8 {5} 59. c8=Q+ {196} (59. f5 gxf5 60. exf5 Bxf5 61. Kxb3 {
would have given better drawing chances.} Kd7 62. c8=Q+ Kxc8 63. Kc4 Kd7 64.
Kd5 $11) 59... Bxc8 {3} 60. Kxb3 {0} Kd7 {99} 61. Ba3 {10} Bb7 {15} 62. f5 {6}
(62. e5 Nc7 $19) 62... Bxe4 {6} 63. f6 {73} Bd5+ {130} 64. Kc3 {67} Nc7 {97}
65. Kd3 {107} Ke6 {51} 66. Bc1 {29} Nb5 {48 Black has complete control on the
light squares and Wojtaszek saw no reason to continue the fight.} 0-1
Harikrishna drew his game against Dmitry Andreikin
Post game analysis is always useful to learn what your opponent was thinking!
The Magnus Carlsen - Anish Giri story in pictures
Magnus Carlsen took on Anish Giri with the white pieces and played the Colle Zukertort system. After the opening the World Champion was clearly better and Anish was struggling to hold on. Finally Magnus broke through and reached a position where he had a mate in three!
Magnus (White) to play and mate in three! (Solution below)
I am sure you were able to find the mate. But Magnus and Anish did not and after 122 long moves the game ended in a draw! Here's what happened:
The game between Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri kicks off
After employing the Colle-Zukertort System Magnus gets a very comfortable position
So comfortable that he is seen roaming around in the tournament hall watching the games of other players
The game reaches the critical moment where Magnus is able to outplay Anish
It's mate in three and everyone can see it!
Yes, just about everyone!
But Magnus and Anish both missed it and discuss the endgame after the game
Magnus argues that he was clearly better in the rook + bishop + 2 pawns vs queen. Anish doesn't seem to agree!
The wife always opens your eyes to the truth!
Anish cannot believe he had missed a mate in three!
How do you do it, Anish?!!
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "244"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "244"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]
1. d4 {29} Nf6 {5} 2. Nf3 {7} d5 {5} 3. e3 {10} e6 {12} 4. Bd3 {55} c5 {5} 5.
c3 {11} b6 {206} 6. O-O {161} Bb7 {269} 7. Nbd2 {99} Be7 {80} 8. b3 {293} O-O {
83} 9. Bb2 {34} Nbd7 {126} 10. Qe2 {333} Bd6 {545} 11. c4 {156} cxd4 {61} 12.
exd4 {7} Qe7 {42} 13. Ne5 {691} Ba3 {64} 14. Bxa3 {122} Qxa3 {6} 15. f4 {6} Qb2
{1264} 16. Nef3 {99} dxc4 {119} 17. bxc4 {2} Bxf3 {162} 18. Nxf3 {2} Qxe2 {5}
19. Bxe2 {11} Rac8 {100} 20. a4 {20} Rc7 {28} 21. a5 {88} Rd8 {166} 22. axb6 {
135} Nxb6 {134} 23. Rfc1 {110} Nc8 {126} 24. g3 {334} Ne7 {27} 25. Ra4 {75} Nc6
{653} 26. c5 {280} Nd5 {43} 27. Ne5 {125} Nde7 {73} 28. Rcc4 {10} Nxe5 {283}
29. fxe5 {151} f6 {100} 30. exf6 {39} gxf6 {4} 31. Bf3 {31} e5 {779} 32. dxe5 {
328} fxe5 {85} 33. c6 {115} Nf5 {19} 34. Ra5 {419} Re8 {114} 35. Rcc5 {58} Nd4
{53} 36. Be4 {209} Kf7 {126} 37. Kg2 {244} Kf6 {31} 38. Ra2 {83} Ke6 {361} 39.
Rca5 {137} Ree7 {412} 40. Rf2 {0} Rg7 {199} 41. h4 {137} h5 {543} 42. Kh2 {112}
a6 {546} 43. Bd5+ {42} Ke7 {222} 44. Rxa6 {19} Kd6 {97} 45. Bg2 {350} Rge7 {116
} 46. Ra5 {645} Nxc6 {317} 47. Rf6+ {436} Re6 {13} 48. Rd5+ {21} Ke7 {5} 49.
Rf5 {20} e4 {569} 50. Rxh5 {11} e3 {15} 51. Rh7+ {58} Ke8 {6} 52. Rxc7 {212} e2
{3} 53. Bf3 {263 Giri missed this move and wanted to resign the game, but the
funny thing is that he didn't see the upcoming mate in three!} e1=Q {109} 54.
Bh5+ {26} Kf8 {3} 55. Rf5+ {10} Kg8 {4} 56. Bf7+ $2 {13} (56. Rc8+ Kg7 57. Rf7+
Kh6 58. Rh8# {is just a mate! And both the players missed it!}) 56... Kh8 {112}
57. Rh5+ {6} Kg7 {5} 58. Bxe6+ {321} Kf6 {17} 59. Rh6+ {361} Ke5 {5} 60. Bh3 {0
} Qd2+ {24} 61. Bg2 {909} Qxh6 {4} 62. Rxc6 {10} Qh7 {44} 63. Rc4 {414} Kf6 {85
} 64. Rg4 {97} Qd7 {52} 65. Rg5 {89} Qc7 {32} 66. Rb5 {158} Qc2 {227} 67. Rb6+
{30} Kg7 {11} 68. Re6 {190} Qa2 {96} 69. Re7+ {19} Kf6 {23} 70. Re4 {15} Kg7 {
13} 71. Kh3 {9} Qf7 {96} 72. Re2 {36} Qf5+ {12} 73. Kh2 {2} Qf6 {36} 74. Be4 {
24} Qf1 {18} 75. Rc2 {16} Qe1 {26} 76. Bf3 {50} Qf1 {30} 77. Bg2 {14} Qe1 {12}
78. Rc7+ {9} Kh8 {8} 79. Rc4 {54} Qe2 {14} 80. Re4 {9} Qd2 {69} 81. Re6 {58}
Qa2 {43} 82. Re8+ {82} Kg7 {5} 83. Re7+ {13} Kh8 {25} 84. Re3 {12} Qd2 {57} 85.
Rf3 {10} Qd7 {30} 86. Rb3 {71} Qe6 {17} 87. Rb2 {58} Qe5 {23} 88. Rf2 {29} Qe6
{59} 89. Bf3 {38} Qe5 {62} 90. Kg2 {6} Qf6 {44} 91. Re2 {20} Qd8 {24} 92. Ra2 {
189} Qf6 {36} 93. Rc2 {59} Qe7 {43} 94. Rc6 {34} Qd8 {35} 95. Rc2 {264} Qe7 {24
} 96. Rc8+ {133} Kg7 {5} 97. Rc6 {47} Kh8 {67} 98. Rh6+ {44} Kg7 {14} 99. Rh5 {
6} Qe1 {136} 100. Rd5 {106} Qe7 {134} 101. Rb5 {180} Qe1 {104} 102. Rb7+ {40}
Kh8 {5} 103. Rd7 {19} Qe8 {29} 104. Rd1 {17} Qc8 {104} 105. Re1 {40} Qc3 {317}
106. Rf1 {283} Qd2+ {37} 107. Kh3 {10} Qd7+ {67} 108. g4 {88} Qd3 {29} 109. Kg2
{13} Qd2+ {20} 110. Rf2 {9} Qe1 {106} 111. h5 {117} Kg7 {141} 112. Re2 {9} Qa5
{16} 113. Re4 {156} Kf6 {26} 114. Rf4+ {6} Kg5 {4} 115. Rf5+ {27} Qxf5 {4} 116.
gxf5 {6} Kxf5 {1} 117. Kg3 {19} Kg5 {9} 118. Bg4 {3} Kh6 {3} 119. Kh4 {7} Kg7 {
3} 120. Kg5 {3} Kh8 {3} 121. h6 {11} Kh7 {3} 122. Be6 {4} Kh8 {2} 1/2-1/2
c3 {11} b6 {206} 6. O-O {161} Bb7 {269} 7. Nbd2 {99} Be7 {80} 8. b3 {293} O-O {
83} 9. Bb2 {34} Nbd7 {126} 10. Qe2 {333} Bd6 {545} 11. c4 {156} cxd4 {61} 12.
exd4 {7} Qe7 {42} 13. Ne5 {691} Ba3 {64} 14. Bxa3 {122} Qxa3 {6} 15. f4 {6} Qb2
{1264} 16. Nef3 {99} dxc4 {119} 17. bxc4 {2} Bxf3 {162} 18. Nxf3 {2} Qxe2 {5}
19. Bxe2 {11} Rac8 {100} 20. a4 {20} Rc7 {28} 21. a5 {88} Rd8 {166} 22. axb6 {
135} Nxb6 {134} 23. Rfc1 {110} Nc8 {126} 24. g3 {334} Ne7 {27} 25. Ra4 {75} Nc6
{653} 26. c5 {280} Nd5 {43} 27. Ne5 {125} Nde7 {73} 28. Rcc4 {10} Nxe5 {283}
29. fxe5 {151} f6 {100} 30. exf6 {39} gxf6 {4} 31. Bf3 {31} e5 {779} 32. dxe5 {
328} fxe5 {85} 33. c6 {115} Nf5 {19} 34. Ra5 {419} Re8 {114} 35. Rcc5 {58} Nd4
{53} 36. Be4 {209} Kf7 {126} 37. Kg2 {244} Kf6 {31} 38. Ra2 {83} Ke6 {361} 39.
Rca5 {137} Ree7 {412} 40. Rf2 {0} Rg7 {199} 41. h4 {137} h5 {543} 42. Kh2 {112}
a6 {546} 43. Bd5+ {42} Ke7 {222} 44. Rxa6 {19} Kd6 {97} 45. Bg2 {350} Rge7 {116
} 46. Ra5 {645} Nxc6 {317} 47. Rf6+ {436} Re6 {13} 48. Rd5+ {21} Ke7 {5} 49.
Rf5 {20} e4 {569} 50. Rxh5 {11} e3 {15} 51. Rh7+ {58} Ke8 {6} 52. Rxc7 {212} e2
{3} 53. Bf3 {263 Giri missed this move and wanted to resign the game, but the
funny thing is that he didn't see the upcoming mate in three!} e1=Q {109} 54.
Bh5+ {26} Kf8 {3} 55. Rf5+ {10} Kg8 {4} 56. Bf7+ $2 {13} (56. Rc8+ Kg7 57. Rf7+
Kh6 58. Rh8# {is just a mate! And both the players missed it!}) 56... Kh8 {112}
57. Rh5+ {6} Kg7 {5} 58. Bxe6+ {321} Kf6 {17} 59. Rh6+ {361} Ke5 {5} 60. Bh3 {0
} Qd2+ {24} 61. Bg2 {909} Qxh6 {4} 62. Rxc6 {10} Qh7 {44} 63. Rc4 {414} Kf6 {85
} 64. Rg4 {97} Qd7 {52} 65. Rg5 {89} Qc7 {32} 66. Rb5 {158} Qc2 {227} 67. Rb6+
{30} Kg7 {11} 68. Re6 {190} Qa2 {96} 69. Re7+ {19} Kf6 {23} 70. Re4 {15} Kg7 {
13} 71. Kh3 {9} Qf7 {96} 72. Re2 {36} Qf5+ {12} 73. Kh2 {2} Qf6 {36} 74. Be4 {
24} Qf1 {18} 75. Rc2 {16} Qe1 {26} 76. Bf3 {50} Qf1 {30} 77. Bg2 {14} Qe1 {12}
78. Rc7+ {9} Kh8 {8} 79. Rc4 {54} Qe2 {14} 80. Re4 {9} Qd2 {69} 81. Re6 {58}
Qa2 {43} 82. Re8+ {82} Kg7 {5} 83. Re7+ {13} Kh8 {25} 84. Re3 {12} Qd2 {57} 85.
Rf3 {10} Qd7 {30} 86. Rb3 {71} Qe6 {17} 87. Rb2 {58} Qe5 {23} 88. Rf2 {29} Qe6
{59} 89. Bf3 {38} Qe5 {62} 90. Kg2 {6} Qf6 {44} 91. Re2 {20} Qd8 {24} 92. Ra2 {
189} Qf6 {36} 93. Rc2 {59} Qe7 {43} 94. Rc6 {34} Qd8 {35} 95. Rc2 {264} Qe7 {24
} 96. Rc8+ {133} Kg7 {5} 97. Rc6 {47} Kh8 {67} 98. Rh6+ {44} Kg7 {14} 99. Rh5 {
6} Qe1 {136} 100. Rd5 {106} Qe7 {134} 101. Rb5 {180} Qe1 {104} 102. Rb7+ {40}
Kh8 {5} 103. Rd7 {19} Qe8 {29} 104. Rd1 {17} Qc8 {104} 105. Re1 {40} Qc3 {317}
106. Rf1 {283} Qd2+ {37} 107. Kh3 {10} Qd7+ {67} 108. g4 {88} Qd3 {29} 109. Kg2
{13} Qd2+ {20} 110. Rf2 {9} Qe1 {106} 111. h5 {117} Kg7 {141} 112. Re2 {9} Qa5
{16} 113. Re4 {156} Kf6 {26} 114. Rf4+ {6} Kg5 {4} 115. Rf5+ {27} Qxf5 {4} 116.
gxf5 {6} Kxf5 {1} 117. Kg3 {19} Kg5 {9} 118. Bg4 {3} Kh6 {3} 119. Kh4 {7} Kg7 {
3} 120. Kg5 {3} Kh8 {3} 121. h6 {11} Kh7 {3} 122. Be6 {4} Kh8 {2} 1/2-1/2
Wei Yi played like Mikhail Tal and beat Loek van Wely
Sergey Karjakin played a fine game to beat Levon Aronian
Nepo and Rapport split the point
Pavel Eljanov had his chances but in the end the game was a draw
Round seven video impressions
Challengers tournament
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Round 7 - Saturday, January 21
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| Tari, A. |
½-½
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Grandelius, N. |
| Bok, B. |
0-1
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Smirin, I |
| Ragger, M. |
1-0
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Guramishvili, S. |
| van Foreest, J. |
0-1
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Jones, G. |
| l'Ami, E. |
½-½
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Lu, S. |
| Xiong, J. |
1-0
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Dobrov, V. |
| Tingjie, L. |
½-½
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Hansen, E. |
Markus Ragger was back to his winning ways this time at the expense of Sopiko Guramishvili
Ilya Smirin beat the young Dutch grandmaster Benjamin Bok
Erwin L'Ami drew his game against Chinese GM Lu Shanglei
Jeffery Xiong is in with a chance to win the Challengers section as he beat Vladimir Dobrov in round seven
They just keep making them younger and younger!