Monday, January 21, 2013

The 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 11 - 27 January 2013 in Wijk aan Zee.






The 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 11 - 27 January 2013 in Wijk aan Zee.
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2861
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2802
GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2781
GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2780
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2772
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2769
GM Wang, Hao CHN 2752
GM Leko, Peter HUN 2735
GM Giri, Anish NED 2726
GM Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2698
GM van Wely, Loek NED 2679
GM Sokolov, Ivan NED 2667
GM L'Ami, Erwin NED 2627
GM Hou, Yifan CHN 2603
Average rating : 2732
Category : 20



Round 8 Standings
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2861 6
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2772 5.5
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2802 5
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2769 5
GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2780 4.5
GM Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2698 4.5
GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2781 4
GM Leko, Peter HUN 2735 4
GM Wang, Hao CHN 2752 3.5
GM van Wely, Loek NED 2679 3.5
GM Giri, Anish NED 2726 3
GM Sokolov, Ivan NED 2667 2.5
GM L'Ami, Erwin NED 2627 2.5
GM Hou, Yifan CHN 2603 2.5


[Event "Tata Steel Chess 2013"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. g3 Qe7 15.
Rac1 h5 16. Rc2 dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18. c5 exd4 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bg2 Re7 23. Bc1 Nf6 24. Rb2 Rce8 25. Be3 Rd7 26. Rdb1 Ree7 27.
Bg5 Rxd4 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Rc4 30. Bxf6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Bxf6 32. Bxc6 Rc2 33.
Bd5 Rxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bd4 35. c6 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37. Kh1 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rf2+ 39.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Round "8.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O d5 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 9. d4 e4 10. Nh4 f5 11. g3 Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bxd4+
15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qd2 Nxb5 17. Qxd5+ Rf7 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxb5
exf3 21. Rxf3 a6 22. Qb3 Qc5+ 23. Be3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Round "8.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. Be4 Nd7 10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bd5 c6 12. Be4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. Kd1 Kd7 18. Kc2 f5 19. d3 Rhf8 20. Rg1 g6
21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Rad1 Ke6 23. Bc1 Rb6 24. f4 Ra6 25. fxe5 Rxa2+ 26. Kb1 Rxf2 27.
exd6 Rb7+ 28. Ka1 Kxd6 29. Rd2 Rf3 30. Re1 Rd7 31. Kb1 g5 32. Kc2 f4 33. Ba3+
Kc7 34. d4 g4 35. d5 cxd5 36. cxd5 h5 37. Be7 g3 38. Re5 Re3 39. d6+ Kc6 40.
Rxh5 1-0

[Round "8.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3
Nd5 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Rfc1 Rfe8 17. Qc4 Nc7 18. h4 a4 19. Bb4 Nb5 20. Kg2 h6 21.
Bc5 g6 22. Qb4 Bf6 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Rc4 Ra6 25. Qd1 b6 26. Bb4 c5 27. Bd2 Nc7
28. Rcc1 Nd5 29. Qh1 Be7 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. Rc2 Qe6 32. Qg2 Ra7 33. Re1 Rad7 34.
Kh2 Rc8 35. Qh3 Qxh3+ 36. Kxh3 h5 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Kg2 Ra6 39. b3 axb3 40. Rxb3
Bf6 41. Rc4 Rd6 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. a4 Nc3 44. Bf4 Re6 45. e3 Nxa4 46. Bd5 Re7 47.
Bd6 b5 48. Bxe7+ Bxe7 49. Rxb5 Nb6 50. e4 Nxc4 51. Rb8+ Kg7 52. Bxc4 Ra7 53. f4
Bd6 54. Re8 Rb7 55. Ra8 Be7 56. Kg2 Rb1 57. e5 Re1 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. Re8 Bf8 60.
Rc8 Be7 61. Ra8 Rb2+ 62. Kf3 Rb1 63. Bd5 Re1 64. Kf2 Rd1 65. Re8 Bf8 66. Bc4
Rb1 67. g4 hxg4 68. h5 Rh1 69. hxg6 fxg6 70. Re6 Kh6 71. Bd5 Rh2+ 72. Kg3 Rh3+
73. Kxg4 Rxd3 74. f5 Re3 75. Rxg6+ Kh7 76. Bg8+ Kh8 77. Kf4 Rc3 78. f6 d3 79.
Ke3 c4 80. Be6 Kh7 81. Bf5 Rc2 82. Rg2+ Kh6 83. Rxc2 dxc2 84. Bxc2 Kg5 85. Kd4
Ba3 86. Kxc4 Bb2 87. Kd5 Kf4 88. f7 Ba3 89. e6 Kg5 90. Kc6 Kf6 91. Kd7 Kg7 92.
e7 1-0

[Round "8.5"]
[White "van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
exd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. h3 Ne5 15.
Bxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 dxc5 17. Bg2 Qe5 18. e4 g5 19. Qd2 g4 20. h4 Nd7 21. Na4
Nf8 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Ne6 24. e5 Kg7 25. Re1 Ra6 26. Re4 h5 27. f3 gxf3 28.
Bxf3 Rh8 29. Be2 b6 30. Kf2 Nd4 31. Bd1 Ne6 32. Be2 Nd4 33. Bd1 Ne6 34. Nc3 Ra7
35. Ne2 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Bf5 39. Re3 Rd8 40. Bxh5 Rd2+
41. Re2 Rd4 42. Kg3 Rxc4 43. Bg4 Bd3 44. Re3 Rd4 45. h5 c4 46. f5 Rd8 47. f6+
Kh6 48. e6 fxe6 49. Rxe6 Kg5 50. f7 Rf8 51. Rxc6 Rxf7 52. Rxb6 Rf1 53. Rb5+ Kh6
54. Rxa5 Rb1 55. Kf4 Rxb2 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Ke3 Rg2 58. Bf3 Rg3 59. a4 Kh7 60.
Rc6 Bc2 61. Rxc4 Bd1 62. Rf4 Rxf3+ 63. Rxf3 Bxa4 64. Rf6 Be8 65. h6 Bg6 66.
Rxg6 Kxg6 67. h7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Round "8.6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bc8 14. Bd3 a5 15.
Nd2 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe3 Qf6 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21.
Ne4 Ra6 22. Rhg1 Nd7 23. Qe2 Rb6 24. Rg3 g6 25. Qe3 Qf4 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27. Rg4
Rf5 28. Kd2 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Ke2 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Round "8.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 e6 7. f4 c5 8. c3 Qb6 9.
Nf3 Bb5 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Na3 Qb6 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Nc2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qa5+ 15.
Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Ke2 Ne7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Kd3 Nac6 19. Bd2 Rc7 20. Nh4 Nc8 21. f5 a5
22. Raf1 Rg8 23. Rh2 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Ne3 e5 26. Nxd5 Rf7 27. Ng6 Nxd4 28.
Be3 Nc6 29. Ke2 Bg7 30. Kf3 Rd7 31. Rd2 Kf7 32. Rfd1 Rgd8 33. Kf2 Ke8 34. Ke1
Nd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd5 36. Bc3 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 b6 38. Rc1 Kd7 39. Be3 Re8 40. Ke2 Kd6
41. Kd3 Kd7 42. Rc3 Bf8 43. Ke4 Bb4 44. Rc2 Nd6+ 45. Kd5 Nb5 46. Bxh6 Nc3+ 47.
Rxc3 Bxc3 48. Be3 Bd4 49. Bxd4 exd4 50. Kxd4 Kc6 51. h6 Rd8+ 52. Ke4 Rd7 53. g5
1-0

Rank after round 10
Rank Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts
1 Carlsen Magnus NOR * ½ ½   1 1 ½ 1 ½   1   1 1 8
2 Anand Viswanathan IND ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1   ½ ½     6.5
3 Aronian Levon ARM ½ 0 *   ½ ½ 1 ½   1 1   ½ 1 6.5
4 Nakamura Hikaru USA   ½   *   ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6.5
5 Harikrishna Pentala IND 0 ½ ½   * ½ ½ 1 ½   ½ 1   0 5
6 Karjakin Sergey RUS 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ *     ½ 1   ½ ½ 1 5.5
7 Leko Peter HUN ½ ½ 0 ½ ½   *   1 ½ 1 ½ ½   5.5
8 Van Wely Loek NED 0 0 ½ ½ 0     *   1 1 ½ 1 ½ 5
9 Caruana Fabiano ITA ½ 0   0 ½ ½ 0   * ½ 1   1 ½ 4.5
10 Wang Hou CHN     0 0   0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 4
11 Sokolov Ivan NED 0 ½ 0 ½ ½   0 0 0 ½ * ½     2.5
12 Giri Anish NED   ½   ½ 0 ½ ½ ½   ½ ½ * ½ 0 4
13 L'Ami Erwin NED 0   ½ ½   ½ ½ 0 0 0   ½ * ½ 3
14 Hou Yifan CHN 0   0 0 1 0   ½ ½ 0   1 ½ * 3.5
2013 Tata Steel Chess
Round 1 
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Aronian Levon 2802 ½  -  ½ Van Wely Loek 2679 14
Carlsen Magnus 2861 ½  -  ½ Caruana Fabiano 2781 13
Harikrishna Pentala 2698 1  -  0 Giri Anish 2726 12
Anand Viswanathan 2772 ½  -  ½ Nakamura Hikaru 2769 11
Sokolov Ivan 2667 ½  -  ½ Wang Hou 2752 10
Leko Peter 2738 ½  -  ½ L'Ami Erwin 2627 9
Karjakin Sergey 2780 1  -  0 Hou Yifan 2603 8
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Van Wely Loek 2679 ½  -  ½ Hou Yifan 2603 8
L'Ami Erwin 2627 ½  -  ½ Karjakin Sergey 2780 7
Wang Hou 2752 ½  -  ½ Leko Peter 2738 6
Nakamura Hikaru 2769 ½  -  ½ Sokolov Ivan 2667 5
Giri Anish 2726 ½  -  ½ Anand Viswanathan 2772 4
Caruana Fabiano 2781 ½  -  ½ Harikrishna Pentala 2698 3
Aronian Levon 2802 ½  -  ½ Carlsen Magnus 2861 2
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Carlsen Magnus 2861 1  -  0 Van Wely Loek 2679 14
Harikrishna Pentala 2698 ½  -  ½ Aronian Levon 2802 1
Anand Viswanathan 2772 1  -  0 Caruana Fabiano 2781 13
Sokolov Ivan 2667 ½  -  ½ Giri Anish 2726 12
Leko Peter 2738 ½  -  ½ Nakamura Hikaru 2769 11
Karjakin Sergey 2780 1  -  0 Wang Hou 2752 10
Hou Yifan 2603 ½  -  ½ L'Ami Erwin 2627 9
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Van Wely Loek 2679 1  -  0 L'Ami Erwin 2627 9
Wang Hou 2752 1  -  0 Hou Yifan 2603 8
Nakamura Hikaru 2769 ½  -  ½ Karjakin Sergey 2780 7
Giri Anish 2726 ½  -  ½ Leko Peter 2738 6
Caruana Fabiano 2781 ½  -  ½ Sokolov Ivan 2667 5
Aronian Levon 2802 0  -  1 Anand Viswanathan 2772 4
Carlsen Magnus 2861 1  -  0 Harikrishna Pentala 2698 3
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Harikrishna Pentala 2698 1  -  0 Van Wely Loek 2679 14
Anand Viswanathan 2772 ½  -  ½ Carlsen Magnus 2861 2
Sokolov Ivan 2667 0  -  1 Aronian Levon 2802 1
Leko Peter 2738 1  -  0 Caruana Fabiano 2781 13
Karjakin Sergey 2780 ½  -  ½ Giri Anish 2726 12
Hou Yifan 2603 0  -  1 Nakamura Hikaru 2769 11
L'Ami Erwin 2627 0  -  1 Wang Hou 2752 10
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Van Wely Loek 2679 1  -  0 Wang Hou 2752 10
Nakamura Hikaru 2769 ½  -  ½ L'Ami Erwin 2627 9
Giri Anish 2726 0  -  1 Hou Yifan 2603 8
Caruana Fabiano 2781 ½  -  ½ Karjakin Sergey 2780 7
Aronian Levon 2802 1  -  0 Leko Peter 2738 6
Carlsen Magnus 2861 1  -  0 Sokolov Ivan 2667 5
Harikrishna Pentala 2698 ½  -  ½ Anand Viswanathan 2772 4
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Anand Viswanathan 2772 1  -  0 Van Wely Loek 2679 14
Sokolov Ivan 2667 ½  -  ½ Harikrishna Pentala 2698 3
Leko Peter 2738 ½  -  ½ Carlsen Magnus 2861 2
Karjakin Sergey 2780 ½  -  ½ Aronian Levon 2802 1
Hou Yifan 2603 ½  -  ½ Caruana Fabiano 2781 13
L'Ami Erwin 2627 ½  -  ½ Giri Anish 2726 12
Wang Hou 2752 0  -  1 Nakamura Hikaru 2769 11
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Van Wely Loek 2679 ½  -  ½ Nakamura Hikaru 2769 11
Giri Anish 2726 ½  -  ½ Wang Hou 2752 10
Caruana Fabiano 2781 1  -  0 L'Ami Erwin 2627 9
Aronian Levon 2802 1  -  0 Hou Yifan 2603 8
Carlsen Magnus 2861 1  -  0 Karjakin Sergey 2780 7
Harikrishna Pentala 2698 ½  -  ½ Leko Peter 2738 6
Anand Viswanathan 2772 ½  -  ½ Sokolov Ivan 2667 5
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Sokolov Ivan 2667 - Van Wely Loek 2679 14
Leko Peter 2738 - Anand Viswanathan 2772 4
Karjakin Sergey 2780 - Harikrishna Pentala 2698 3
Hou Yifan 2603 - Carlsen Magnus 2861 2
L'Ami Erwin 2627 - Aronian Levon 2802 1
Wang Hou 2752 - Caruana Fabiano 2781 13
Nakamura Hikaru 2769 - Giri Anish 2726 12
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Van Wely Loek 2679 - Giri Anish 2726 12
Caruana Fabiano 2781 - Nakamura Hikaru 2769 11
Aronian Levon 2802 - Wang Hou 2752 10
Carlsen Magnus 2861 - L'Ami Erwin 2627 9
Harikrishna Pentala 2698 - Hou Yifan 2603 8
Anand Viswanathan 2772 - Karjakin Sergey 2780 7
Sokolov Ivan 2667 - Leko Peter 2738 6
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Leko Peter 2738 - Van Wely Loek 2679 14
Karjakin Sergey 2780 - Sokolov Ivan 2667 5
Hou Yifan 2603 - Anand Viswanathan 2772 4
L'Ami Erwin 2627 - Harikrishna Pentala 2698 3
Wang Hou 2752 - Carlsen Magnus 2861 2
Nakamura Hikaru 2769 - Aronian Levon 2802 1
Giri Anish 2726 - Caruana Fabiano 2781 13
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Van Wely Loek 2679 - Caruana Fabiano 2781 13
Aronian Levon 2802 - Giri Anish 2726 12
Carlsen Magnus 2861 - Nakamura Hikaru 2769 11
Harikrishna Pentala 2698 - Wang Hou 2752 10
Anand Viswanathan 2772 - L'Ami Erwin 2627 9
Sokolov Ivan 2667 - Hou Yifan 2603 8
Leko Peter 2738 - Karjakin Sergey 2780 7
Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
Karjakin Sergey 2780 - Van Wely Loek 2679 14
Hou Yifan 2603 - Leko Peter 2738 6
L'Ami Erwin 2627 - Sokolov Ivan 2667 5
Wang Hou 2752 - Anand Viswanathan 2772 4
Nakamura Hikaru 2769 - Harikrishna Pentala 2698 3
Giri Anish 2726 - Carlsen Magnus 2861 2
Caruana Fabiano 2781 - Aronian Levon 2802 1


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