Round 7 of
the Tata Steel Masters was the most decisive of the tournament so far with 4 of
the 7 games yielding results.
We had three
players just a half a point behind Mamedyarov going into round 7. Of those,
Anand lost to Kramnik, while So and Giri drew their game against each other. This
allowed Mamedyarov to extend his lead to a full point by beating Wei. Besides
Kramnik, Carlsen also won his game against Yifan allowing both players to catch
Giri and So and form a group of four players in second place.
Tomorrow the
top 4 in the tournament face each other with Giri vs Mamadyarov and Kramnik vs
So.
The pairings
for round 7 were as follows, with tournament points in brackets:
Magnus
Carlsen 2834 (3.5) vs Yifan Hou 2680 (1)
Gawain Jones
2640 (3) vs Peter Svidler 2768 (3)
Viswanathan
Anand 2767 (4) vs Vladamir Kramnik 2787 (3.5)
Wesley So
2792 (4) vs Anish Giri 2752 (4)
Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov 2804 (4.5) Yi Wei 2743 (2.5)
Maxim
Matlakov (3) vs Baskaran Adhiban 2655 (1)
Sergey
Karjakin 2753 (3) Fabiano Caruana 2811 (2)
The
standings at the end of Round 7:
Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov 2804 (5.5)
Anish Giri
2752 (4.5)
Vladamir
Kramnik 2787 (4.5)
Wesley So
2792 (4.5)
Magnus
Carlsen 2834 (4.5)
Sergey
Karjakin 2753 (4)
Viswanathan
Anand 2767 (4)
Gawain Jones
2640 (3.5)
Maxim
Matlakov (3.5)
Peter
Svidler 2768 (3.5)
Yi Wei 2743
(2.5)
Fabiano
Caruana 2811 (2)
Baskaran
Adhiban 2655 (1.5)
Yifan Hou
2680 (1)
Here are the
decisive games from round 7:
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2804) - Wei,Yi (2743)
80th Tata Steel Masters
2018 Wijk aan Zee (7), 20.01.2018
1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6
10.Bg5 h6 E05:
Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7
11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qxd4 14.Qxc7N [14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.Bxb7
Ra7 16.Bg2 Nd7 17.Rfd1 c5 18.e3 ½–½ (51) Aronian,L (2805)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)
Riadh 2017]
14...Nc6 15.Qxb7 Na5 16.Qc7 Qd8 17.Qf4 aiming for Rfd1.
17...Rb8
18.Rfd1ƒ White is more active.
18...Qe7 19.Rab1 Rfc8 [19...g5=
20.Qg4 Rb4]
20.Ne4!± Bg5 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Be7 23.Rxa6 Nc4 24.Rc1 [24.b3±]
24...Nxb2 [24...Rxb2² 25.Ra7 Ba3]
25.Rxc8++- Rxc8 26.a5 Nc4 [¹26...Bf8
27.Nd2 Na4]
27.Ra7 Bb4 28.a6! f5? [28...Bf8 might work
better. 29.Rb7 Na5]
29.Rb7 fxe4 30.Bg4 1–0
Carlsen,Magnus (2834) - Hou,Yifan (2680)
80th Tata Steel Masters
2018 Wijk aan Zee (7), 20.01.2018
1.c4 e6
2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 [5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7
8.Nf3 0–0 9.Bc4 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]
5...c5
6.Bd3 D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation
6...cxd4 7.exd4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Qg4N [ 10.Nf3 b6 11.0–0 Bb7 12.Re1 Bd6 13.c4
0–0 14.Bc3 Rfe8 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nf3 Rad8 17.Rb1 Be7 18.Qe2 Bf6 19.Rbc1 Rc8 20.Bb2
Red8 0–1 (60) Rantanen,Y (2308)-Barbosa,O (2501) Pattaya 2015]
10...Nf6
11.Qg3 Qxg3 12.hxg3 Bd6 13.Nf3 b6 14.a4 Bb7 15.a5 Ke7 16.Ke2 Ne4 17.Be1 h6
18.c4 Nf6 19.Bc3 Be4 20.Rhb1 Bxd3+ 21.Kxd3 Nd7 22.Nd2 Rhd8 23.Ne4 Bc7 24.Bb4+
Ke8 25.f4 Rac8 26.axb6 axb6 27.Ra7 Nb8! Hoping for ...Nc6.
28.Rxc7 Rxc7
29.Nd6+ Kd7 30.Nxf7 Rdc8 31.Ne5+ Ke8 32.Bd6 Rb7! 33.c5 Nc6! 34.Rxb6 Rxb6
35.cxb6= Endgame Black must now prevent Nxc6. KRN-KBN
35...Nd8
36.Bc7 Ra8 37.Kc4 aiming for Bxd8.
37...Nb7 38.Kb5 Ra2 39.g4 Ke7 40.g3
Nd6+ The position is equal.
41.Bxd6+ Kxd6 42.Nc4+ Kd7 43.Kc5 Rc2 44.f5
exf5 45.gxf5 Rf2 46.Nd6 Rg2
47.Ne4 Rb2 48.g4 Rb1 49.Nd2 Rh1 50.d5 h5 51.d6 Kc8 52.gxh5 Rxh5 53.Kc6 Kb8
54.Ne4 Rxf5 55.Nc5 1–0
Anand,Viswanathan (2767) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2787)
80th Tata Steel Masters
2018 Wijk aan Zee (7), 20.01.2018
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.a4 d6 6.c3 a6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.h3 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Qe2 [12.Bh2 Nf4; 12.Nxe5?! Nxg3 13.Nxc6
Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Nxh1+]
12...Qf6 [12...Nf4 13.Bxf4 gxf4 14.g3]
13.Bh2
Nf4 14.Bxf4 gxf4 [14...Qxf4 15.Nh2]
15.g4 [15.0–0=]
15...Ne7 [15...fxg3!?
16.fxg3 h5=]
16.b4 [16.Kd1]
16...Ng6 17.Kd1 h5 18.g5 [18.Rg1 hxg4
19.hxg4 Bd7; 18.gxh5 Rxh5]
18...Qe7 19.b5 Kf8 [19...a5 20.Bd5]
20.bxa6
[20.Bd5 Rb8 21.Kc2]
20...bxa6 21.d4 Kg7 22.d5 Bd7 [22...Qe8]
23.Kc2
Rhb8 24.Bxa6 Bxf2 25.Bb5 Be3 26.h4 [26.Nc4µ was worth a try.]
26...Ra5
[26...Bxb5!–+ 27.axb5 Qd7; 26...Bg4; 26...Qe8]
27.c4 Rba8 28.Kb3 [28.Nb3µ
war die einzige Chance. 28...R5a7 29.a5]
28...Nf8 [28...c6 29.dxc6 (29.Bxc6
Bxc6 30.dxc6 Qc7) 29...Bg4]
29.Rhc1 [29.Ra3 was called for.]
29...Bg4
30.Kc2 Bxd2! 31.Kxd2 Nd7 32.Ra3 Nc5 33.Bc6 Rb8 34.Ke1 Qd8
35.Qc2? [35.Bb5]
35...Bxf3 36.Rxf3 Qc8–+ 0–1
Karjakin,Sergey (2753) - Caruana,Fabiano (2811)
80th Tata Steel Masters
2018 Wijk aan Zee (7), 20.01.2018
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 D37: Queen's Gambit
Declined: 5 Bf4
6...Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6 [8...Bd6 9.Bf4 Qe7 10.0–0 0–0
11.h3 Rfe8 12.Qc2 ½–½ (12) Aronian,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017]
9.Bh4
g5 10.Bg3 Nh5! 11.Be5N [11.Qc2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bg7 13.Bf5 Qf6 1–0 (31) Dreev,A
(2653)-Ponomariov,R (2694) Riadh 2017]
11...Nhf6 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Nd2 Nxg3
14.hxg3 Nb6 [14...c5]
15.Qc2 Bd6 16.e4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Qe7 [17...c6=
keeps the balance.]
18.Bxb7 Rb8 [Don't blunder 18...Bd5+? 19.Kf1+- Bxb7
20.Re1 Qxe1+ 21.Kxe1 0–0–0; 18...Bb3+ 19.Qe4; 18...Bf5+ 19.Be4]
19.Bc6+ Kf8 [19...Bd7+
20.Ne2 (20.Kf1) ]
20.0–0 Qf6 21.Nf3 Kg7 22.Rfe1 Rhd8 23.Ne4 Qg6 24.d5
[24.Qc3]
24...Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Qc3+ f6 27.Nxd6 cxd6 28.Nd4 Rd7
29.Qa5 Bf7 30.b3 Ra8 31.Rac1 d5 32.Rc7 Rxc7 33.Qxc7 Qd3 34.Ne6+! Kg6
35.Nd8! Rxd8 36.Qxd8 Qd2 37.Qe7 Qxa2 38.Re3 [38.b4]
38...Qb1+
39.Kh2! Qf5 40.Qc7 d4 41.Re7 Qd5 42.b4 Be6 43.Qb6 Bf7 44.Qxa6 d3+-
45.Re3 Qc4 46.Qa3+- 1–0
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