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77th Tata Steel Masters 2015 (11)

Carlsen leads, Wesley So half a point behind after Tata Steel Round 11

Mark Crowther - Friday 23rd January 2015

Wesley So moves within half a point of Carlsen after 11 rounds. Photo ©

Wesley So moves within half a point of Carlsen after 11 rounds. Photo © | http://www.tatasteelchess.com

Magnus Carlsen expressed disappointment that he couldn't make more of his extra pawn in a typical Gruenfeld endgame against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. It isn't clear how real Carlsen's chances were in this endgame but 33.g4?! seemed to be the end of any chances he might have had.

Wesley So again demonstrated his relentless tactical style in beating Ivan Saric. So set problem after problem but was objective enough to say that he didn't know how he would have progressed against 23...Kh7. Instead Saric's 23...Bd5 just lost material. This win moved So into clear second place on 7.5/11 half a point behind Carlsen.

Anish Giri beat Loek van Wely but only after a long struggle, all be it from a position where he was pushing for most of the game. Liren Ding joined Vachier-Lagrave and Giri on 7 points after a long win against Radoslaw Wojtaszek. Wojtaszek seemed to be pressing on the run up to move 60 but then he had to be careful. There was a fine breakthrough available for black which suddenly just won for him.

Fabiano Caruana played a creative Queen exchange which seemed to wreck his pawn structure against Teimour Radjabov. It left him a tiny bit better but not enough to win. Hou Yifan was the latest beneficiary of Baadur Jobava's self-destructive streak. Hou was pressing but there was no reason at all to give up a piece for no compensation. Levon Aronian got quite a significant advantage against Vassily Ivanchuk but suddenly an inaccurate move led to a draw being agreed.

Round 11 Standings: 1 Carlsen 8pts, 2 So 7.5pts, 3-5 Vachier-Lagrave, Giri, Ding Liren 7pts, 6-7 Ivanchuk, Caruana 6.5pts, 8 Radjabov 5.5pts, 9-10 Wojtaszek, Aronian 5pts, 11 Hou Yifan 4pts, 12 Van Wely 3.5pts, 13 Saric 3pts, 14 Jobava 1.5pts.

Round 12 pairings - Sat 24th Jan 2015: 12:30pm Van Wely-Jobava, Radjabov-Hou Yifan, Ivanchuk-Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave-Aronian, Ding, Liren-Carlsen, Saric-Wojtaszek, Giri-So

77th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee (NED), 9-25 i 2015 cat. XX (2746)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2862 * ½ ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 . 1 8 2918
2. So, Wesley g USA 2762 ½ * ½ . ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ . 1 1 7½ 2880
3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2757 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 . ½ ½ . 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 2835
4. Giri, Anish g NED 2784 ½ . 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 2842
5. Ding, Liren g CHN 2732 . ½ 0 0 * ½ 0 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 7 2833
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2715 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * . ½ ½ ½ . 1 ½ 1 6½ 2813
7. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2820 0 ½ . ½ 1 . * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2805
8. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2734 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ . ½ 1 . 5½ 2755
9. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2744 1 ½ ½ . 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ . 0 5 2713
10. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2797 0 0 . ½ . ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2705
11. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2673 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 . ½ . ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 4 2654
12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2667 0 . ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ . 3½ 2620
13. Saric, Ivan g CRO 2666 . 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 . ½ ½ ½ * 1 3 2567
14. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2727 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 . 1 0 0 . 0 * 1½ 2446
Round 11 (January 23, 2015)
Carlsen, Magnus - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 47 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
So, Wesley - Saric, Ivan 1-0 28 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Giri, Anish - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 52 B09 Pirc Defence
Caruana, Fabiano - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 42 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Ding, Liren 0-1 65 E91 King's Indian Classical
Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 38 D11 Slav Defence
Hou, Yifan - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 45 B15 Caro Kann
77th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee (NED), 10-25 i 2015 cat. XIII (2561)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Wei, Yi g CHN 2675 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 . 1 1 1 1 . ½ 1 9 2828
2. Navara, David g CZE 2729 ½ * ½ ½ 1 . 1 ½ ½ . 1 1 1 1 8½ 2765
3. Shankland, Samuel L g USA 2652 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 . ½ ½ 7 2669
4. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2608 0 ½ ½ * . 0 ½ ½ 1 1 . 1 ½ 1 6½ 2617
5. Van Kampen, Robin g NED 2615 ½ 0 0 . * 1 0 ½ . ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 2619
6. Sevian, Samuel g USA 2511 0 . ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ . 6 2583
7. Salem, A.R. Saleh g UAE 2603 . 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 0 1 . ½ 1 1 6 2583
8. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2613 0 ½ . ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 ½ . ½ 5½ 2573
9. Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2538 0 ½ ½ 0 . 0 1 1 * 0 ½ 0 ½ . 4 2453
10. Klein, David g NED 2517 0 . 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ . ½ 4 2472
11. Michiels, Bart g BEL 2563 0 0 0 . 0 1 . 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 4 2451
12. Haast, Anne wm NED 2352 . 0 . 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 1 4 2459
13. Dale, Ari m AUS 2291 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 . ½ . 0 ½ * 0 3 2410
14. Timman, Jan H g NED 2593 0 0 ½ 0 0 . 0 ½ . ½ ½ 0 1 * 3 2390
Round 11 (January 23, 2015)
Potkin, Vladimir - Timman, Jan H 1-0 76 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Sevian, Samuel - Dale, Ari ½-½ 24 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Salem, A.R. Saleh - Van Kampen, Robin 1-0 37 B40 Sicilian Classical
L'Ami, Erwin - Haast, Anne ½-½ 46 D20 QGA
Gunina, Valentina - Navara, David ½-½ 30 E15 Queens Indian
Klein, David - Shankland, Samuel L 0-1 18 A01 Larsen Opening
Michiels, Bart - Wei, Yi 0-1 37 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

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