What a super
tense finale the Tata Steel Masters is shaping into. In years past 9 points has
always been enough to win at Wijk Aan Zee. While a score of 8.5 has only been
enough for a share of first place. With just 2 rounds remaining we have a total
of 7 of the 14 players that are still in with a shot of at least a share of
first place.
Round 11 was
key to how the top of the leader board got so crowded. First Mamedyarov and
Carlsen drew their game. This was followed shortly by Giri getting a draw
against Caruana.
This opened
the door for Kramnik to catch the lead by forcing something against Karjakin
with Black. However, Karjakin turned it around to take the full point and pull
level with Kramnik, a full point off the lead.
Anand beat
Yifan to leapfrog both Kramnik and Karjakin to take up a position just a half a
point behind the three leaders.
Tomorrow in
round 12 all three of the leaders face off against players from the bottom half
of the leader board. This makes each of those games “must win” for a player
aiming at the magic final score of 9 that has been sufficient. Both Giri and
Carlsen have the White pieces in their game.
The pairings
for round 11 were as follows, with tournament points in brackets:
Viswanathan
Anand 2767 (6) vs Yifan Hou 2680 (2)
Wesley So
2792 (5.5) vs Gawain Jones 2640 (4)
Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov 2804 (7) vs Magnus Carlsen 2834 (7)
Maxim
Matlakov (4) vs Peter Svidler 2768 (4.5)
Sergey
Karjakin 2753 (5) vs Vladamir Kramnik 2787 (6.5)
Fabiano
Caruana 2811 (4) vs Anish Giri 2752 (7)
Baskaran
Adhiban 2655 (3) vs Yi Wei 2743 (4)
The
standings at the end of Round 11:
Anish Giri
2752 (7.5)
Magnus Carlsen
2834 (7.5)
Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov 2804 (7.5)
Viswanathan
Anand 2767 (7)
Vladamir
Kramnik 2787 (6.5)
Sergey
Karjakin 2753 (6.5)
Wesley So
2792 (6.5)
Peter
Svidler 2768 (5)
Yi Wei 2743
(4.5)
Fabiano
Caruana 2811 (4.5)
Maxim
Matlakov (4.5)
Gawain Jones
2640 (4)
Baskaran
Adhiban 2655 (3.5)
Yifan Hou
2680 (2)
Here are the
decisive games from round 11:
Karjakin,Sergey (2753) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2787)
80th Tata Steel Masters
2018 Wijk aan Zee (11), 26.01.2018
1.c4 e6
2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0–0 0–0 6.b3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Nxc3 [9...Bf6]
10.dxc3 [10.Bxc3 1–0 (36) Kasparov,G-Govashelishvili,G Baku (Azerbaijan)
1978]
10...Qc7 [10...Bd7 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Rad1 Rad8 1/2–1/2 (41) Beshukov,S
(2424) -Schaefer,M (2183) Porto Mannu 2014]
11.Qc2 b6 12.Bc1 [12.Ne5 Bb7
13.Nxc6 Bxc6]
12...Bb7 [12...f6 13.Rd1 Bb7]
13.Bf4 Qc8 [13...Bd6
14.Bxd6 (14.Ng5 g6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Rfd1 Qe7) 14...Qxd6 15.Rfd1 Qe7]
14.Rad1
Rd8 [14...f6]
15.h4 h6 16.Rxd8+ Nxd8 17.Rd1 f5 [17...Bf6; 17...Nc6]
18.Qd2
Nf7 19.Qd7 Bf6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxb7 Qxd7 23.Rxd7 Re8 [23...Rf8
24.Re7 Rf6 25.Bd5 exd5 26.Rxe5 d4 27.cxd4 cxd4 28.Rd5 Rc6 29.Rxd4 Rc2 30.Ra4 a5
31.e3²]
24.Bc6 a5 [24...Rf8 25.Rxa7 Bxc3 26.Rb7 Ba5]
25.Bb5 Kf8 26.f4
Bf6 [26...Bxc3 27.Rd3+-]
27.Rd6 Re7 28.h5 Bxc3 29.Rxb6 c4 [29...Bb4
30.Kg2 Bc3 31.Kf3 Bb4 32.Ra6 Be1 33.Rc6 Bb4 34.g4]
30.Rb8+ Kf7 31.Bxc4 Rd7
32.Kg2 Ke7 33.Kf3 Rd1 34.Rb7+ Rd7 35.Rb5 Rd1 36.a3 Rf1+ 37.Kg2 Rd1 38.e3 Rd6
39.Kf3 Rc6 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.Kxg4 a4 42.Rb7+ Kd8 43.e4 Bb2 44.Bb5 Rc7 45.Rxc7 Kxc7
46.bxa4 Bc3 47.e5 Kd8 48.Kf3 Bd2 49.Ke4 Ke7 50.f5 exf5+ 51.Kxf5 Bc1 52.a5 Bxa3
53.a6 Bc5 54.Ke4 Ke6 55.Bc4+ Kd7 56.Kd5 Bf2 57.e6+ Kc7 58.Bb5 Bh4 59.a7 Kb7
60.Kd6 Kxa7 61.e7 Bxe7+ 62.Kxe7 1–0
Anand,Viswanathan (2767) - Hou,Yifan (2680)
80th Tata Steel Masters
2018 Wijk aan Zee (11), 26.01.2018
1.c4 e6
2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 D35:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation
8.Nf3 0–0 9.Bc4 Nc6 [9...Qc7
10.Qe2 a6 11.0–0 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.a4 bxa4 14.Bf4 Qc8 15.d5 exd5 16.exd5 1–0
(29) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017]
10.0–0 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.d5 Ne5N 16.Bb5
exd5 17.exd5 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Bc5 19.Rbc1 Qe7 20.Bf4 Hoping for d6.
20...Bd6
21.Bc6 Bxd6 is the strong threat.
21...Bxf4 [Better is 21...Ba8² ]
22.Qxf4±
Bxc6 23.dxc6 Qc7 24.Rd6! Rcd8 25.Rcd1! h6 [25...Rxd6±
26.Rxd6 Re8]
26.g3+- Strongly threatening Rxd8.
26...Rxd6 [26...Rc8
was worth a try. 27.Rc1 Rfe8]
27.Rxd6 Endgame KQR-KQR
27...Rc8 [¹27...Rd8
28.Rxd8+ Qxd8]
28.Qe5 b5? [28...Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8]
29.Qd5 White
is clearly winning.
29...Kh7 30.Qe4+ Kg8 31.Rd7 Qa5 32.c7! Rf8 [32...Rxc7
33.Rd8#]
33.Qe7 1–0
So,Wesley (2792) - Jones,Gawain C B (2640)
80th Tata Steel Masters
2018 Wijk aan Zee (11), 26.01.2018
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0–0 5.Nc3 c5 [5...d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.0–0 Bf5 8.Ne1
Be6 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bd7 11.Be3 a5 12.Bd4 Na6 13.Nd3 b5 14.a3 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4
16.Qd2 Rb8 17.Nxb4 Rxb4 0–1 (57) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis
2017]
6.dxc5 E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including
Smyslov System
6...Qa5 7.Qa4 Qxc5 8.Be3 Qc7 9.c5N [9.Nf3 d6 10.Rc1 Bd7
11.Qb3 Rc8 1/2–1/2 (71) Cheparinov,I (2684)-Gabuzyan,H (2565) Doha 2014]
9...Nc6
[9...Na6!=]
10.Rd1 b6 11.cxb6 Qb8 12.bxa7 Qxb2 13.Nb5 Hoping for
Bxc6.
13...Bb7 14.Qb3 [14.Bc1± Qb1 15.Be3]
14...Qxb3² 15.axb3 Nxa7 [15...Rfc8²]
16.Bxb7± Rab8 17.Nxa7 Rxb7 18.f3! Rxb3 19.Bf2 Ra8 20.Nh3 Rb7
21.0–0 Rbxa7 22.Bxa7 Rxa7 23.Ra1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Endgame KRN-KBN
24...d5
25.Ra7 Bf8 26.Kg2 Ne8 27.Ra8 Nd6 28.Ng5 h6 29.Nh7 Kxh7 30.Rxf8 KR-KN
30...Kg7
31.Rd8 Nc4 32.g4 e6 33.h4 Kf6 34.Rh8 Kg7 35.Rc8 Nd6 36.Rc6 Nb5 37.e3 g5 38.h5
Na3 [38...Kf6 was called for. 39.e4 Nd4]
39.Kg3 Nc4 [¹39...Nb5
40.Kf2 Kf6]
40.e4+- Ne5? [40...Ne3 41.Kf2 d4]
41.exd5! exd5
42.Rd6 Nd3 43.Rxd5 Nf4 44.Rf5 Ne6 45.Kf2 Nd4 46.Rd5 Ne6 47.Ke3 Nf4 48.Ra5 Ng2+
49.Ke4 Kf6 50.Rb5 Kg7 51.Ke5 Ne1 52.Rb3 Ng2 53.Kd6? [53.Rb2 Nf4 54.Rc2]
53...Nf4?
[53...Nh4+- 54.Ke7 f5]
54.Rb5 Kf8 55.Rf5 [¹55.Rb8+ Kg7 56.Rb6 f6
57.Kc6 Kf7 58.Kc5 Kg7 59.Kd4 Ng2 60.Kd5]
55...Ng2 56.Kd7 Ne3 57.Rc5 White
mates.
57...f5 58.Ke6 fxg4 59.Kf6 Kg8 60.Kg6 Kf8 61.Re5 Nc4 62.Rf5+ 1–0
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