Monday, January 25, 2016

De Leon , Areque tops Sta. Maria,Bulacan town fiesta 2016 Chess Tournament

STA. MARIA, BULACAN TOWN FIESTA 2016
Organizer(s) : STA.MARIA CHESS CLUB
Tournament Director : ENGR, NORBEN DE JESUS
Town : WALTERMART STA.MARIA BULACAN
Date : 2016/01/24
Final ranking
Rank Name Wins Draws Loses forfeit Pts
1 AREQUE JERRY 6 1 0 0
2 PRESENTE JUAN CARLOS 5 1 1 0
3 LISING JESUS BENJAMIN 4 3 0 0
4 DELA CRUZ RICHARD 5 1 1 0
5 DE JESUS NORMEL BENIGNO 4 2 1 0 5
6 SANCHEZ JANDRY 3 2 1 1 5
7 QUINTERO JHONATAN 4 2 1 0 5
8 BARSAGA GEORGE MICHAEL 4 2 1 0 5
9 ECHALA RICKY 5 0 2 0 5
10 DALINA ANDREW 4 2 1 0 5
11 CENTINA JOEY 5 0 2 0 5
12 AMIT MARCELO 4 1 2 0
13 CAMANO JOHN  3 3 1 0
14 ZAMORA MARIKO 4 1 2 0
15 MARTINEZ DAN GIO 3 1 2 1
16 MACAPUNO JUSTNIN 3 1 2 1
17 PAULITE CHRISTIAN 4 0 3 0 4
18 HERNANDEZ LYNXTON 4 0 3 0 4
19 DELA CRUZ SONNY 4 0 3 0 4
20 JEREMIAS KIRK 3 2 1 1 4
21 AGUILAR EDWIN 4 0 3 0 4
22 INONCILLO JOHN  3 2 2 0 4
23 ENRILE LORENZO 3 2 2 0 4
24 MACEDA ANTONIO 4 0 3 0 4
25 DOROLA KIM 4 0 3 0 4
26 PRINCIPE NELSON 4 0 3 0 4
27 AVILES ANTHONY 2 1 2 2
28 FLORES MARZENN 3 1 3 0
29 CARAIG LEO ALDRIN 3 1 3 0
30 BERAGO JOSEPHINE 3 1 3 0
31 SANTOS ANGEL JR 2 2 3 0 3
32 ORENSE JAMES DENIEL 3 0 4 0 3
33 FARRALES BONG 3 0 4 0 3
34 DELOS SANTOS JOSHUA 1 0 4 1 3
35 JUAN ART GIAN 3 0 4 0 3
36 SUMEGUIN JAYRHALD  3 0 4 0 3
37 PANGANIBAN AUBREY JOY 3 0 4 0 3
38 ROBLES PRINCE PAOLO 2 0 4 0 3
39 SO BIENVENIDO JR 2 0 4 0 3
40 FLORES KISHA MARIE 3 0 4 0 3
41 HERNANDEZ RENATO 3 0 4 0 3
42 ORENSE DAVID JOSHUA 3 0 4 0 3
43 PAMPLONA JUDD 1 0 4 2 3
44 TUAZON DELFIN 2 1 4 0
45 VITO CRUZ JOHN EDWARD 2 0 4 1 2
46 MACAPUNO JUSTMIN 2 0 5 0 2
47 BUENVIAJE NORLAND 2 0 4 1 2
48 ASUNCION JOMARIE 2 0 5 0 2
49 ABIOG FLORANTE JR 2 0 5 0 2
50 MIRANDA JARKIE 1 0 5 0 2
51 SALVADOR JOHN PAULO 0 0 5 2 2
52 ABIOG FLORENCE 2 0 5 0 2
53 DEL ROSARIO JASPER 0 0 5 1 1
54 MANAPAT MANILYN 0 0 1 4 1
55 GENER CHARMAINE 1 0 6 0 1

STA. MARIA, BULACAN TOWN FIESTA 2016
CHESS CHALLENGE (KIDS)
Final ranking
Rank Name Pts
1 DE LEON PHILIP JOBERT
2 BALABBO NATASJA JASMINE
3 ESCOTE LEONEL
4 DEL ROSARIO NINA ANNE
5 VITO CRUZ MICHAEL EDWARD 4
6 GUTIERREZ JED CARSTEN 4
7 ESCABARTE MIKE JULIUS
8 HERMAGUEZ MERWIN
9 TOBIAS ALVI
10 MACARAIG KRISTINA
11 SADEY RINOA MARIEL
12 ALONZO ROILANNE MARIE
13 CAPITO HAS ANDREW 3
14 CALDERON CARL CYRUS CRAIG 3
15 SADEY CHESSICA FIONA 3
16 SIM ALEXIS VIEN 3
17 FLORES DWAYNE MAVERICK
18 BALMACEDA ASHER
19 DOJILLO IVAN RUSSEL
20 DACLES CLYDE AMYR
21 DEL ROSARIO CLEIAN KEITH 2
22 CATACUTAN LEMUEL JOHN 2
23 FLORES MERVIN 2
24 FLORES KAIDE LHONSOL 1
25 MATEO FRANCES ALLYSA 1

AIM Ernie Baltazar rules Malabon Senior Chess Tournament (January 24,2016) for his 5th straight tournament victory for year 2016

FIDE Arena International Master Ernie Baltazar won his fifth straight tournament for the year 2016 in the Philippine Blitz Chess Association Rated Tournament  held in Plaza Hulong Duhat,Malabon City. 

The event was a 8-player double  round robin tournament with an average Elo rating of 1960. AIM Ernie Baltazar from Malabon City emerged a solo winner with 12.5/14 points, leaving the runner-up Marvin Serna of Barangay Bayan Bayanan  one and a half a point behind. 


Philippine Blitz Chess Association Rated Tournament
Malabon Chess Association  Senior Chess Tournament
January 24,2016
Final Ranking
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts Wins Dawns Loses SB. Rtg+/- NRtg
1 7 Baltazar Ernie 2160 PHI 12½ 12 1 1 72.25 17.8 2178
2 3 Serna Marvin 1935 PHI 11 11 0 3 62.00 85.4 2020
3 5 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 PHI 8 8 0 6 45.00 19.2 1959
4 6 Yap Renato 1930 PHI 7 1 6 40.25 12.5 1943
5 8 Alamo Adam 1915 PHI 7 7 0 7 31.50 8.4 1923
6 2 Galuran Deo 1845 PHI 4 4 0 10 24.00 -27.1 1818
7 4 Espiritu Danilo 1895 PHI 4 4 0 10 18.50 -48.9 1846
8 1 Tan Charlie 1875 PHI 2 2 0 12 8.00 -86.5 1789

Philippine Blitz Chess Association Rated Tournament
Round 1 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
1 Tan Charlie 1875 0  -  1 Alamo Adam 1915 8
2 Galuran Deo 1845 0  -  1 Baltazar Ernie 2160 7
3 Serna Marvin 1935 1  -  0 Yap Renato 1930 6
4 Espiritu Danilo 1895 0  -  1 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 5
Round 2 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 Alamo Adam 1915 1  -  0 Tan Charlie 1875 1
7 Baltazar Ernie 2160 1  -  0 Galuran Deo 1845 2
6 Yap Renato 1930 1  -  0 Serna Marvin 1935 3
5 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 1  -  0 Espiritu Danilo 1895 4
Round 3 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 Alamo Adam 1915 1  -  0 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 5
6 Yap Renato 1930 1  -  0 Espiritu Danilo 1895 4
7 Baltazar Ernie 2160 1  -  0 Serna Marvin 1935 3
1 Tan Charlie 1875 1  -  0 Galuran Deo 1845 2
Round 4 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
5 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 1  -  0 Alamo Adam 1915 8
4 Espiritu Danilo 1895 1  -  0 Yap Renato 1930 6
3 Serna Marvin 1935 1  -  0 Baltazar Ernie 2160 7
2 Galuran Deo 1845 0  -  1 Tan Charlie 1875 1
Round 5 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
2 Galuran Deo 1845 0  -  1 Alamo Adam 1915 8
3 Serna Marvin 1935 1  -  0 Tan Charlie 1875 1
4 Espiritu Danilo 1895 0  -  1 Baltazar Ernie 2160 7
5 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 1  -  0 Yap Renato 1930 6
Round 6 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 Alamo Adam 1915 1  -  0 Galuran Deo 1845 2
1 Tan Charlie 1875 0  -  1 Serna Marvin 1935 3
7 Baltazar Ernie 2160 1  -  0 Espiritu Danilo 1895 4
6 Yap Renato 1930 0  -  1 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 5
Round 7 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 Alamo Adam 1915 1  -  0 Yap Renato 1930 6
7 Baltazar Ernie 2160 1  -  0 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 5
1 Tan Charlie 1875 0  -  1 Espiritu Danilo 1895 4
2 Galuran Deo 1845 0  -  1 Serna Marvin 1935 3
Round 8 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
6 Yap Renato 1930 1  -  0 Alamo Adam 1915 8
5 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 0  -  1 Baltazar Ernie 2160 7
4 Espiritu Danilo 1895 1  -  0 Tan Charlie 1875 1
3 Serna Marvin 1935 1  -  0 Galuran Deo 1845 2
Round 9 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
3 Serna Marvin 1935 1  -  0 Alamo Adam 1915 8
4 Espiritu Danilo 1895 0  -  1 Galuran Deo 1845 2
5 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 1  -  0 Tan Charlie 1875 1
6 Yap Renato 1930 ½  -  ½ Baltazar Ernie 2160 7
Round 10 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 Alamo Adam 1915 0  -  1 Serna Marvin 1935 3
2 Galuran Deo 1845 1  -  0 Espiritu Danilo 1895 4
1 Tan Charlie 1875 0  -  1 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 5
7 Baltazar Ernie 2160 1  -  0 Yap Renato 1930 6
Round 11 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 Alamo Adam 1915 0  -  1 Baltazar Ernie 2160 7
1 Tan Charlie 1875 0  -  1 Yap Renato 1930 6
2 Galuran Deo 1845 1  -  0 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 5
3 Serna Marvin 1935 1  -  0 Espiritu Danilo 1895 4
Round 12 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
7 Baltazar Ernie 2160 1  -  0 Alamo Adam 1915 8
6 Yap Renato 1930 1  -  0 Tan Charlie 1875 1
5 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 0  -  1 Galuran Deo 1845 2
4 Espiritu Danilo 1895 0  -  1 Serna Marvin 1935 3
Round 13 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
4 Espiritu Danilo 1895 1  -  0 Alamo Adam 1915 8
5 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 1  -  0 Serna Marvin 1935 3
6 Yap Renato 1930 1  -  0 Galuran Deo 1845 2
7 Baltazar Ernie 2160 1  -  0 Tan Charlie 1875 1
Round 14 
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 Alamo Adam 1915 1  -  0 Espiritu Danilo 1895 4
3 Serna Marvin 1935 1  -  0 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 5
2 Galuran Deo 1845 0  -  1 Yap Renato 1930 6
1 Tan Charlie 1875 0  -  1 Baltazar Ernie 2160 7
Philippine Blitz Chess Assocition Rating Tournment (January 7,2016)
Final Ranking
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts Wins Dawns Loses SB. Nrat-Ø Rtg+/-
1 7 Baltazar Ernesto 2160 PHI 6 6 0 1 18.00 2162 2.2
2 6 Alamo Adam 1915 PHI 5 4 2 1 14.00 1946 30.7
3 8 Jumola Jonjon 1800 PHI 4 3 2 2 14.50 1841 40.7
4 2 Figuracin Rogelio 1825 PHI 4 3 2 2 10.50 1859 33.5
5 5 Del Rosario Arturo 1940 PHI 3 1 3 7.50 1932 -7.7
6 1 Lopez Jay 1800 PHI 2 2 0 5 6.00 1790 -10.5
7 4 Espiritu Danilo 1895 PHI 2 1 2 4 6.00 1864 -31.5
8 3 Serna Marvin 1935 PHI 1 1 5 4.00 1885 -49.6

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Games from the 78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.2016 Round 6


Carlsen - Tomashevsky
Giri,Anish (2798) - Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2747) [A05]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.2016

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.b3 dxc4 9.bxc4 c5 10.e3 Qc7 11.Qc2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 a6 13.Rc1 Rd8 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.c5 Be5 16.Nd4 b6 17.c6 Nf8 18.Nc3 Ng6 19.Rab1 Qe7 20.c7 Qxc7 21.Nc6 Bb7 22.Nxd8 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Rxd8 24.Na4 Qb7+ 25.f3 b5 26.Nc5 Qa8 27.Nd3 h5 28.Ba5 Nd5 29.Qe2 Re8 30.e4 Nde7 31.Bc3 Bb8 32.Qb2 f5 33.Qb3 fxe4 34.Qxe6+ Kh7 35.Qxe4 Qd5 36.Rb2 Qf7 37.Re2 h4 38.Qe6 Qxe6 39.Rxe6 Rd8 40.Nf2 Nf5 41.Ne4 Rd5 42.Rxa6 hxg3 43.hxg3 Bxg3 44.Rh1+ Bh4 45.Bd2 Rd4 46.Bg5 Rb4 47.Rxg6 Rb2+ 48.Kh3 Kxg6 49.Bxh4 Rxa2 50.Rg1+ Kf7 51.Bf2 Rb2 52.Kg4 g6 53.Bc5 b4 54.Nd6+ Nxd6 55.Bxd6 Ke6 56.Bf8 Kf7 57.Bd6 Ke6 58.Bb8 b3 59.Kf4 Kf7 60.Ke3 Rc2 61.Be5 Rc5 62.f4 Rb5 63.Bb2 Rh5 64.Rg2 Rh1 65.Kf3 Rf1+ 66.Ke4 1-0

So,Wesley (2773) - Caruana,Fabiano (2787) [C50]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.Re1 Ba7 8.a4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Qb3 Qc8 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Rxe3 0-0 13.Nbd2 Na5 14.Qa2 c5 15.d4 c4 16.b4 cxb3 17.Nxb3 Nc4 18.Ree1 Qc6 19.Nc5 dxc5 20.Qxc4 exd4 21.cxd4 Nd7 22.a5 Rac8 23.d5 exd5 24.exd5 Qd6 25.Re6 Qf4 26.Re4 Qd6 27.Rb1 Rb8 28.Re6 Qf4 29.Qe2 c4 30.Re4 Qf5 31.Qxc4 b5 32.axb6 Nxb6 33.Qe2 Nxd5 34.Rxb8 Rxb8 35.Re8+ Rxe8 36.Qxe8+ Qf8 37.Qe6+ Qf7 38.Qxa6 h6 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.h4 Qg6 41.Qb8 Qe4 42.Qb7 Qf5 43.Qb5 Qe4 44.Nd2 Qe1+ 45.Nf1 Nf6 46.Qd3+ Kg8 47.g3 Kf7 48.Kg2 Qe4+ 49.Qxe4 Nxe4 50.Ne3 h5 51.Kf3 Nc5 52.Nd5 g6 53.Nf4 Kf6 54.Ke3 Kf5 55.f3 Nd7 56.Nd3 Nf8 57.Nc5 Ke5 58.g4 hxg4 59.fxg4 Nh7 60.Nd3+ Ke6 61.Kf4 Nf6 62.Kg5 Kf7 63.Nf4 Kg7 64.Ne6+ Kf7 65.Nc5 Kg7 66.Kf4 Nd5+ 67.Ke5 Ne3 68.Kf4 Nd5+ 69.Ke4 Nf6+ 70.Kf3 Nd5 71.Nd3 Kf6 72.Nf2 Ke6 73.Ke4 Nf6+ 74.Kf4 Kf7 75.Ke5 Ke7 76.g5 Nd7+ 77.Kf4 Ke6 78.Ng4 Nb6 79.Nf6 Nc4 80.Ke4 Ke5+ ½-½

Ding,Liren (2766) - Navara,David (2730) [D71]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Ne5 e6 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.0-0 Qxb2 11.Qd3 Qb6 12.Rab1 Qa5 13.Qd2 Kh8 14.Nb5 Qxd2 15.Bxd2 Na6 16.Nd6 Kg8 17.Rfc1 b6 18.e3 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nc6 Bd7 21.Nxe4 Bxc6 22.Rxc6 Rfc8 23.Rbc1 Rxc6 24.Rxc6 e5 25.d5 Rd8 26.Nc3 f5 27.e4 fxe4 28.d6 Kf7 29.Nxe4 Ke6 30.Rc4 Rd7 31.Rc8 Nc5 32.Nxc5+ bxc5 33.Be3 Rxd6 34.Bxc5 Rd1+ 35.Kg2 Rc1 36.Re8+ Kf6 37.Bxa7 Ra1 38.Rb8 Rxa2 39.Be3 h5 40.Rb7 Bf8 41.Rb6+ ½-½

Hou,Yifan (2673) - Wei,Yi (2706) [A05]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.2016

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 Be6 8.Qa3 0-0 9.e3 N8d7 10.Rd1 c6 11.Ne4 Bd5 12.Bd3 f5 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.Qxc5 Bxa2 15.h4 Bb3 16.Ra1 Nd5 17.Be5 a5 18.h5 Nb4 19.Bb1 Bd5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Ne5 Qd6 22.Qc3 Be4 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Rh4 Nd5 25.Qd2 Qb4 26.Qxb4 axb4 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.Rxe4 Nf6 30.Rh4 Ra1+ 31.Ke2 Rc1 32.Kd2 Rg1 33.g3 g5 34.Rh2 c5 35.Nf3 Ra1 36.dxc5 Ne4+ 37.Kc2 Ra5 38.Nd4 Nxc5 39.g4 Ne4 40.Nf5+ Kf6 41.f3 Nc5 42.Rh6+ Ke5 43.Nxe7 Ra1 44.Ng6+ Kd5 45.Rh5 b3+ 46.Kc3 Kc6 47.Rxg5 Kb5 48.Rxc5+ Kxc5 49.Ne5 Rc1+ 50.Kxb3 Kd5 51.Nd3 Rf1 52.Nb4+ Ke5 53.f4+ Ke4 54.Nc2 Rg1 55.g5 Kd3 56.Nd4 Kxe3 57.Ne6 Ke4 58.Kc4 Rg2 59.b4 Kf5 60.Kd5 Rd2+ 61.Nd4+ Kxf4 62.Kc4 Rg2 63.Ne6+ Ke5 64.Nc5 Rxg5 65.Nxb7 Rg4+ 66.Kb3 Rxb4+ ½-½

Adams,Michael (2744) - Van Wely,Loek (2640) [B91]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.2016

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 b5 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.Nec3 Bb7 12.Be3 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Nf6 14.Bb6 Qd7 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Re1 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 f5 18.Re3 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qb7+ 20.Rf3 g5 21.Kg1 Qxb6 22.Qd5+ Kg7 23.Rd1 Rad8 24.Qe6 h6 25.Rfd3 Rfe8 26.Qb3 f4 27.Rd5 fxg3 28.hxg3 Rf8 29.R1d2 Rf6 30.Qb4 Qc7 31.a4 bxa4 32.Qxa4 Qb6 33.c4 Rdf8 34.Qc2 R8f7 35.b3 Rb7 36.R2d3 Rbf7 37.Rd2 Rb7 38.R2d3 Rbf7 ½-½

Carlsen,Magnus (2844) - Tomashevsky,Evgeny (2728) [A46]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.h3 Be7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Nbd2 d5 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Rfe1 Ne7 12.Rad1 Ng6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Ne5 g5 16.f4 gxf4 17.Rf1 Nd7 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qh4 Qd8 20.Rxf4 Ne4 21.Nxe4 Qxh4 22.Rxh4 dxe4 23.dxc5 bxc5 24.Rd7 Rab8 25.b3 a5 26.Rc7 a4 27.bxa4 Ba8 28.a5 Rb7 29.Rxc5 Ra7 30.Nc4 1-0

Karjakin,Sergey (2769) - Eljanov,Pavel (2760) [A40]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 d5 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Ngf3 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.b3 c5 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Ne1 Qe7 13.Ndf3 Rfe8 14.Nd3 Ba3 15.Bxa3 Qxa3 16.Re1 Rac8 17.Qc1 Qd6 18.Qb2 d4 19.Nd2 Nd5 20.Ne4 Qe7 21.Rac1 Ncb4 22.Nxb4 Nxb4 23.Nd6 Qxd6 24.Bxb7 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 d3 26.exd3 Nxd3 27.Qd2 Qb8 28.Qxd3 ½-½

Games from the 78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (7), 23.01.2016 Round 7

Wei,Yi (2706) - So,Wesley (2773) [C83]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (7), 23.01.2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Re1 0-0 16.Be3 Qd5 17.Bd4 Rfd8 18.Re3 Nxd4 19.cxd4 c5 20.Bxd3 cxd4 21.Re2 Qe6 22.Rd2 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Bc5 24.Qd2 Rd5 25.h3 h6 26.Qf4 Re8 27.Qd2 Ba7 28.Rd1 Bb8 29.Re1 Bxe5 30.Nxe5 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Qxe5 32.Rxd4 Qe1+ 33.Kh2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2 Kf8 35.Kg3 Re6 36.Kf3 Ke7 37.b4 Rc6 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.b3 Ke5 40.f4+ Ke6 41.Rd3 Rc2 42.Rd2 Rc3+ 43.Rd3 Rc1 44.Kf3 Rf1+ 45.Ke3 g5 46.fxg5 hxg5 47.Kd4 f5 48.Re3+ Kf6 49.Re2 f4 50.Kc5 Ra1 51.Rd2 Ra3 52.Rd6+ Kf5 53.Rd5+ Kg6 54.Rd3 Ra1 55.g4 Kf6 56.Kd4 Rc1 57.Ke4 Re1+ 58.Kd4 Rc1 59.Ke4 Ke6 60.Kd4 Rc2 61.Ke4 Re2+ 62.Kd4 Kd6 63.Rf3 Re7 64.Rd3 Re8 65.Rf3 Re5 66.Rc3 Re6 67.Rf3 Re8 68.Rd3 Kc6 69.Rf3 Kd6 70.Rd3 Re5 ½-½

Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2747) - Hou,Yifan (2673) [D38]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (7), 23.01.2016

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 0-0 7.Qc2 Bd6 8.h3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.0-0 a6 11.a3 Bd7 12.Rd1 h6 13.b4 Qe7 14.d5 Na7 15.e4 Nc8 16.Be3 a5 17.b5 Re8 18.a4 Bb4 19.Bd3 Nb6 20.Nd2 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Nb3 Qd6 23.Be2 Rec8 24.Rab1 Qe7 25.Qc1 Ne8 26.Qe3 Nd6 27.Rbc1 Qg5 28.Qxg5 hxg5 29.Nc5 Kf8 30.Nb1 Ke7 31.Nd2 g6 32.Rc3 Be8 33.Rb1 Rab8 34.Ndb3 c6 35.bxc6 bxc6 36.dxc6 Bxc6 37.Nxa5 Nxa4 38.Rxb8 Nxc3 39.Bg4 f5 40.exf5 gxf5 41.Rxc8 Nxc8 42.Nxc6+ Kd6 43.Bxf5 Kxc6 44.Ne6 Nd6 45.Bg4 Nde4 46.f3 Ne2+ 47.Kf1 N2g3+ 48.Ke1 Nc5 49.Nxg5 Nd3+ 50.Kd2 Nf4 51.Ke3 Nh1 52.Ke4 Kd6 53.Nf7+ Ke7 54.Nxe5 Nxg2 55.Kf5 1-0

Caruana,Fabiano (2787) - Ding,Liren (2766) [C84]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (7), 23.01.2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 Na5 9.Ba2 c5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Nh4 c4 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 0-0 14.dxc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4 16.Bg5 Rb8 17.Rb1 Nd7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Qg4 Rb5 21.Qxc4 Nb6 22.Nxb6 Qxb6 23.b4 d5 24.Qb3 Qc6 25.Rfe1 d4 26.a4 Rd5 27.h4 Rb8 28.Qf3 f6 29.Red1 Qc4 30.Qd3 Rc8 31.Rb2 Rd6 32.b5 Rb6 33.Ra1 h5 34.Ra3 Qd5 35.Rab3 e4 36.Qd1 Rd8 37.bxa6 Rxa6 38.Rb5 Qd6 39.a5 d3 40.cxd3 exd3 41.Rd2 Rc6 42.Rb3 Qc7 43.Rb1 Qxa5 44.Rxd3 Rdc8 45.Qxh5 Qe5 46.Rbd1 Rc1 47.Qf3 Rxd1+ 48.Rxd1 Qe8 49.g3 Rc5 50.Ra1 Qd7 51.Ra8+ Rc8 52.Ra5 Kh7 53.Rd5 Qe8 54.Kg2 Rc7 55.Ra5 Qf7 56.Qd5 Qxd5+ 57.Rxd5 Rc4 58.Rd2 Kg8 59.f3 Kf8 60.g4 Rc1 61.Kg3 Rg1+ 62.Rg2 Ra1 63.g5 Kf7 64.Kg4 Ra4+ 65.f4 fxg5 66.hxg5 Ra1 67.Rb2 Rg1+ 68.Kh3 Rf1 69.Rb7+ Kf8 70.Kg4 Rh1 71.f6 gxf6 72.g6 Ra1 73.Kf5 Ra6 74.Rf7+ Kg8 75.Re7 Ra4 76.Re4 Ra6 77.Re6 Ra4 78.Rxf6 Ra5+ 79.Kg4 Kg7 80.Rd6 Ra1 81.Kg5 Rg1+ 82.Kf5 Kh6 83.Rd8 1-0

Van Wely,Loek (2640) - Giri,Anish (2798) [D11]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (7), 23.01.2016

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.h4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 h5 11.g5 Nd5 12.Bg2 N5b6 13.b3 Bb4 14.Bd2 e5 15.a3 Nxc4 16.bxc4 Ba5 17.0-0 0-0 18.c5 Re8 19.Ra2 Qc7 20.Rb2 b6 21.cxb6 axb6 22.d5 e4 23.dxc6 Qxc6 24.Nb5 Ne5 25.Bxa5 Rxa5 26.Nd4 Qd6 27.Ne2 Nd3 28.Nf4 Rxa3 29.Rb5 Qc6 30.Qb1 Nxf4 31.exf4 Qd7 32.Rxb6 Qg4 33.Rb8 Rxb8 34.Qxb8+ Kh7 35.Qe5 Rf3 36.f5 Bxf5 37.Re1 Rf4 38.Re3 Bg6 39.Qd6 Qxh4 40.Rg3 Rg4 41.Qe5 Rxg3 42.fxg3 Qg4 43.Kf2 Bf5 44.Qe7 Kg6 45.Qe5 Qxg5 0-1

Eljanov,Pavel (2760) - Carlsen,Magnus (2844) [E08]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (7), 23.01.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Ne4 9.Bf4 c6 10.Nc3 g5 11.Be3 Nd6 12.b3 Nf5 13.g4 Nxe3 14.fxe3 b5 15.e4 b4 16.exd5 bxc3 17.dxc6 Nb8 18.Qe4 f5 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Qd5+ Qxd5 21.cxd5 Na6 22.Rac1 Nc7 23.Ne5 f4 24.Nc4 Rd8 25.Rxc3 Nxd5 26.c7 Nxc7 27.Bxa8 Nxa8 28.e3 Bb4 29.Rc2 Bb7 30.h4 Be4 31.Rh2 Nb6 32.Ne5 fxe3 33.hxg5 Rxd4 34.Ng4 Nd5 0-1

Navara,David (2730) - Karjakin,Sergey (2769) [D46]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (7), 23.01.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.Rd1 Ne5 14.Nxd4 Bg4 15.Be2 Rc8 16.Qb3 Re8 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.Bg3 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 h5 20.Nd4 h4 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.h3 Re4 23.Qxb7 Rb8 24.Qxa7 Rxb2 25.Nf3 Ree2 26.Rf1 Bg3 27.Rad1 Rxa2 28.Qc5 Bxf2+ 29.Rxf2 Rxf2 30.Qxf2 Rxf2 31.Kxf2 Kf8 32.d6 Ke8 33.Rd4 g5 34.Re4+ Kd8 35.Re5 Qxd6 ½-½

Tomashevsky,Evgeny (2728) - Adams,Michael (2744) [D36]
78th Tata Steel Chess Masters Wijk aan Zee (7), 23.01.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.0-0-0 Nb6 12.h3 Be6 13.Nf3 Nf6 14.Kb1 0-0-0 15.Nd2 Kb8 16.Nb3 Rhe8 17.f3 Nfd7 18.Rhe1 Rc8 19.Rc1 Rc7 20.Nb5 Rcc8 21.Nc3 a6 22.Ne2 Nc4 23.Nf4 Nd6 24.Nc5 g5 25.Nfxe6 fxe6 26.e4 dxe4 27.Bxe4 Nxc5 28.dxc5 Nxe4 29.Qxe4 Rcd8 30.Qe5+ Qc7 31.Qxc7+ Kxc7 32.Re4 Rd2 33.Rc2 Rd1+ 34.Rc1 Rd2 ½-½

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