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77th Tata Steel Masters 2015 (3)

Caruana and Ivanchuk lead as Carlsen loses in Tata Steel Round 3

Radoslaw Wojtaszek on the way to his win against Magnus Carlsen. Photo ©

Radoslaw Wojtaszek on the way to his win against Magnus Carlsen. Photo © | http://www.tatasteelchess.com

Fabiano Caruana held on to draw his game with Anish Giri in the final game to finish. It wasn't really clear that Giri had real chances to win but the game was a marathon 96 moves.

Vassily Ivanchuk was the first player to reach 2.5/3 after beating Loek van Wely in a great attacking game in a Sicilian.

Radoslaw Wojtaszek earned his place in the event through qualifying from ACP events. He is clearly enjoying the challenge even after two long games to start. He had his greatest win when he defeated Magnus Carlsen who chose the Leningrad Dutch as a surprise weapon. Wojtaszek is an opening theoretician and he considered the possibility of this precise move order and his 4.b4 may have surprised Carlsen. Carlsen said that that was nothing wrong with his opening choice, just his play. Carlsen gave up a pawn and then was forced to part with a piece on move 29. Carlsen kept some activity but once Wojtaszek forced queens off on move 40 he knew he would win.

Wesley So defeated Levon Aronian in a strange Scotch Game where it seemed at first he had been outplayed. Most likely his pawn grab with 12.Qxa7 wasn't the best, the players both thought 12.g3 was better after the game but the position remained extremely complicated and Aronian just blundered his position away with 20...Ng8 losing a piece. Aronian maintained some activity but Wesley So's attitude seemed to be best shown by his reluctance to discuss the rest of the game, it being a piece up after all. It's quite likely there were easier ways to finish things but So never let Aronian back into the game really.

Liren Ding said that he had suffered a little from jet lag in the early rounds and was now caught up. He destroyed Baadur Jobava in a Modern Defence in only 22 moves. Ding wasn't impressed with 7...c5 by his opponent and even less by 14...0-0-0 and he just broke the position open and won.

Hou Yifan missed a major chance to get her tournament going when she got a decisive advantage against Ivan Saric whose 15.h4 followed by 16.a4? were really rather more than his position can take. 18...Rxa4 was the computer recommendation with a decisive advantage. Hou eventually chose to repeat after much of her advantage went away.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Teimour Radjabov drew a theoretical Bf4 Queen's Gambit.

Round 3 Standings: 1-2 Caruana, Ivanchuk 2.5/3 3-6 So, Wojtaszek, Vachier-Lagrave, Ding Liren 2pts 7-8 Radjabov, Giri 1.5pts 9-12 Carlsen, Van Wely, Aronian, Saric 1pt 13-14 Jobava, Hou Yifan 0.5pts

Round 4 Pairings: Tuesday 13th January 2015: Van Wely-Carlsen, Aronian-Wojtaszek, Caruana-So, Hou Yifan-Giri, Jobava-Saric, Radjabov-Ding, Ivanchuk-Vachier-Lagrave

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. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2820 * . . . . 1 . ½ . . . 1 . . 3000
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2715 . * . . . . ½ . . 1 . . 1 . 2982
3. So, Wesley g USA 2762 . . * ½ . . . . ½ . 1 . . . 2 2926
4. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2744 . . ½ * . . . . 1 ½ . . . . 2 2888
5. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2757 . . . . * . ½ . . . . . ½ 1 2 2836
6. Ding, Liren g CHN 2732 0 . . . . * . . . . . . 1 1 2 2865
7. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2734 . ½ . . ½ . * . . ½ . . . . 2713
8. Giri, Anish g NED 2784 ½ . . . . . . * ½ . ½ . . . 2826
9. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2862 . . ½ 0 . . . ½ * . . . . . 1 2638
10. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2667 . 0 . ½ . . ½ . . * . . . . 1 2606
11. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2797 . . 0 . . . . ½ . . * ½ . . 1 2612
12. Saric, Ivan g CRO 2666 0 . . . . . . . . . ½ * . ½ 1 2638
13. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2727 . 0 . . ½ 0 . . . . . . * . ½ 2461
14. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2673 . . . . 0 0 . . . . . ½ . * ½ 2445
Round 3 (January 12, 2015)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 38 B45 Sicilian Classical
So, Wesley - Aronian, Levon 1-0 54 C45 Scotch Game
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 52 A41 Modern Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 41 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Ding, Liren - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 22 A41 Modern Defence
Giri, Anish - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 97 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Saric, Ivan - Hou, Yifan ½-½ 30 B27 Sicilian Early Fianchetto
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. Navara, David g CZE 2729 * . . . ½ ½ . . . 1 . . . . 2 2664
2. Wei, Yi g CHN 2675 . * . . ½ . ½ 1 . . . . . . 2 2642
3. Klein, David g NED 2517 . . * ½ . . . . . . 1 ½ . . 2 2715
4. Van Kampen, Robin g NED 2615 . . ½ * . ½ . . . . . . . 1 2 2672
5. Shankland, Samuel L g USA 2652 ½ ½ . . * . ½ . . . . . . . 2565
6. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2613 ½ . . ½ . * . . . . . ½ . . 2645
7. Dale, Ari m AUS 2291 . ½ . . ½ . * . . ½ . . . . 2559
8. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2608 . 0 . . . . . * 1 . . . ½ . 2605
9. Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2538 . . . . . . . 0 * . ½ . 1 . 2591
10. Haast, Anne wm NED 2352 0 . . . . . ½ . . * . 1 . . 2537
11. Michiels, Bart g BEL 2563 . . 0 . . . . . ½ . * . . 1 2522
12. Timman, Jan H g NED 2593 . . ½ . . ½ . . . 0 . * . . 1 2369
13. Salem, A.R. Saleh g UAE 2603 . . . . . . . ½ 0 . . . * ½ 1 2427
14. Sevian, Samuel g USA 2511 . . . 0 . . . . . . 0 . ½ * ½ 2320
Round 3 (January 12, 2015)
Navara, David - Shankland, Samuel L ½-½ 32 C11 French Defence
Van Kampen, Robin - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 67 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical
Dale, Ari - Wei, Yi ½-½ 30 E52 Nimzo Indian
Potkin, Vladimir - Gunina, Valentina 1-0 27 A27 English Dutch System
Michiels, Bart - Klein, David 0-1 51 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timman, Jan H - Haast, Anne 0-1 30 D20 QGA
Salem, A.R. Saleh - Sevian, Samuel ½-½ 45 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit

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