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postHeaderIconRd 13 GM Aronian, Levon (2805) – GM Radjabov, Teimour (2773) {TATA STEEL A}

Published January 29, 2012 | By Bart7

GM Levon Arnonian WINS TATA STEELE in 12 moves.. Mixed reactions have been posted on other sites by this dubious “Win”, not so much as in who won the tournament but how it was accomplished. Last years winner {Nakamura} ended this year’s tournament with a 11 move draw as well. rnbq1rk1/pp1n1pbp/4p1p1/3p4/3P4/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 b KQkq – 0 101. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nf6 190noe5f3

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postHeaderIconRd5 GM “MAD” Maxim Turov(2645) – Lars Ootes(2326) {TATA STEEL C}

Published January 19, 2012 | By Bart7

 

The Russian GM has the “pedal to the metal ” out manuvering and driving over his opponents at this year’s event. 5bk1/1Q3p2/3p2p1/1pqN3p/8/2P3PP/1P3PK1/8 b KQkq – 0 341. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 c6 7. a5 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. e4 e5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. d5 Bb7 14. Ne1 Ra8 15. Nd3 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Ra8 17. Qc1 cxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bg2 Bxd5 22. Qd1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. Re1 Re8 25. Bc1 Rxe1 26. Nxe1 Qc6 27. Qf3 Nb4 28. c3 b5 29. Bf4 Nd5 30. Nd3 Nxf4+ 31. Nxf4 Qc5 32. Qa8+ Bf8 33. Qb7 h5 34. Nd5 h4 35. g4 Bg7 36. Nc7 Qe5 37. Nxb5 d5 38. Nd4 Qe4+ 39. Nf3 Bf6 40. Qb6 Bg5 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qe5 Bc1 43. b4 Qxe5 44. Nxe5 Bb2 45. b5 Bxc3 46. Nc6 670nof4d5With 5 rounds now completed , Max has a very Impressive 5-0 record …

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postHeaderIconRd3 GM Carlsen, Magnus (2835)-GM Aronian, Levon (2805){Tata Steel A}

Published January 16, 2012 | By Bart7

Carlsen takes the lead with 2.5..

 Nakamura playing the white side of the Grunfeld draws with GM Caruana..2rr2k1/q4pbn/2p3p1/N2nP2p/1p1P1N2/1P4PP/P2B2Q1/3R1RK1 w KQkq – 0 301. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qd2 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Nge2 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. f3 b5 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Be3 b4 19. Nb1 Nh7 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Rad1 Bh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Nc4 Bg7 24. b3 Qe7 25. Qg2 Nc7 26. Nxa5 Rfe8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bd2 Red8 29. Nf4 Qa7 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxd5 Rc2 32. Kh1 Bf8 33. e6 Qa8 34. exf7+ Kh8 35. Nf4 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rxd4 37. Rf2 Rd6 38. Bc1 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rxd1 40. Bb2+ Nf6 41. Bxf6+ Kh7 42. Ne6 Bd6 43. Be5 Be7 44. f8=Q Bxf8 45. Nxf8+ Kh6 46. Ne6 g5 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Kg6 49. Nd4 Rd3 50. Nc6 Rd2+ 51. Ke3 Rxa2 52. Bd6 Ra1 53. Kd4 Rg1 54. Kc5 Kf5 55. Nxb4 Rc1+ 56. Kd4 Re1 57. Nc6 Re4+ 58. Kd5 Rxh4 59. b4 Rh1 60. b5 Rb1 61. Nd4+ Kg4 62. Kc6 Rc1+ 63. Kd7 Rb1 64. Kc7 h4 65. b6 Kh3 66. b7 Kg2 67. Nf5 h3 68. Nh4+ 1-0580noe7a7 Carlsen a bit dissatisfied  with his play commented …”In the end I won mostly by luck. But a win is a win.

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postHeaderIconRd2 GM Aronian, Levon (2805)- GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2759){TATA STEEL A}

Published January 15, 2012 | By Bart7

Tough game for Nakamura ..Nice start for Aronian with back to back wins.. [2-0]r1bq1r1k/pp2p1bp/n1pp1np1/5p2/2PP4/1QN2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BR2K1 w KQkq – 0 101. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3 Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 Nc7 11. d5 c5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Qxb4 Na6 14. Qb1 Bd7 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. e3 Nc5 18. a4 Qa5 19. Ba3 a6 20. Bb4 Qd8 21. Nd4 Nxa4 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qe8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6 Nc3 26. Bxc3 Rxb1 27. Rdxb1 g5 28. Rb7 Ng8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rb5 Qg6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Rxc5 Qxe6 33. Nf3 Qd6 34. Nd4 Kh8 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Rac1 f4 37. Bc8 Qa7 38. Ne6 Rf6 39. exf4 gxf4 40. Rc7 Qa4 41. Nxf4 Rd6 42. Be6 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kg2 Nf6 45. Rxe7 Qe1 46. Rf7 Qe4+ 47. f3 Qd4 48. Kh3 Qe5 49. Kh4 Qd4 50. Bg4 Qe5 51. Ne6 h6 52. Rf8+ Ng8 53. f4 Qb2 54. Kh3 Qa1 55. Bh5 Kh7 56. Rf7+ Kh8 57. Bg6 Nf6 58. Rf8+ Ng8 59. Bf7 180nob8a6Opening:Semi-Leningrad Variation, Dutch

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postHeaderIconRd13 Wang Hao-Nakamura{TATA STEEL A}

Published January 30, 2011 | By Bart7

Nakamura is the winner of the Tata Steel tournament for 2011

r1bqr1k1/1p1n1pbp/p2p2p1/2pP4/P7/R1P2NP1/4PPBP/2BQR1K1 w KQkq – 0 141. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O e6xd5 9. c4xd5 Re8 10. a4 a6 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Ra3 Nxc3 13. b2xc3 Nd7 14. c4 Rb8 15. a5 b5 16. a5xb6 Rxb6 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. e4 Rb4 19. Bf1 a5 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc3 Bd7 1/2-1/2260nob8d7

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O e6xd5 9. c4xd5 Re8 10. a4 a6 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Ra3 Nxc3 13. b2xc3 Nd7 14. c4 Rb8 15. a5 b5 16. a5xb6 Rxb6 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. e4 Rb4 19. Bf1 a5 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

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postHeaderIconRd12 Nyzhnyk-Van Kampen {TATA STEEL C}

Published January 29, 2011 | By Bart7

Nyzhnyk (8) plays Vocaturo(8.5) in final rd ..(C) McShane(8) plays Navara (8) in final rd ..(B) Nakamura (8.5) going into the final round..(A)

8/5p1p/b3p1pP/2k1P3/4PP2/2K3P1/8/3B4 w KQkq – 0 48[Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.29"] [Round "Round 12"] [White "Nyzhnyk"] [Black "Van Kampen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteClock "1:11"] [BlackClock "0:15"]1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 a6 8. a4 Bb7 9. O-O Nd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Qg4 g6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bh6 Bb7 17. Ra1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. Ra7 Qd1+ 22. Bf1 Rb8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qe7 b4 25. Qxb4 c5 26. Qb6 Qd7 27. Qxc5 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. f3 Rb3 30. Rc7 Bb5 31. Rb7 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke8 33. Ke2 Ba4 34. Rxb3 cxb3 35. Kd2 b2 36. Bd3 Bb3 37. Bb1 Kd7 38. c4 Bxc4 39. Kc3 Be2 40. f4 Kc6 41. Kxb2 Kc5 42. Kc3 Bb5 43. h4 Ba6 44. Bc2 Bb5 45. Bd1 Ba6 46. h5 Bb5 47. h6 Ba6 48. Ba4 Bb5 49. Bxb5 Kxb5 50. Kd4 Kb4 51. Kd3 Kb3 52. Ke3 Kc4 53. Kf3 Kd3 54. Kg4 Kxe4 55. Kg5 Kf3 56. Kf6 Kxg3 57. Kg7 Kxf4 58. Kxh7 1-0940nob5a6

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.29"] [Round "Round 12"] [White "Nyzhnyk"] [Black "Van Kampen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteClock "1:11"] [BlackClock "0:15"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 a6 8. a4 Bb7 9. O-O Nd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Qg4 g6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bh6 Bb7 17. Ra1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. Ra7 Qd1+ 22. Bf1 Rb8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qe7 b4 25. Qxb4 c5 26. Qb6 Qd7 27. Qxc5 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. f3 Rb3 30. Rc7 Bb5 31. Rb7 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke8 33. Ke2 Ba4 34. Rxb3 cxb3 35. Kd2 b2 36. Bd3 Bb3 37. Bb1 Kd7 38. c4 Bxc4 39. Kc3 Be2 40. f4 Kc6 41. Kxb2 Kc5 42. Kc3 Bb5 43. h4 Ba6 44. Bc2 Bb5 45. Bd1 Ba6 46. h5 Bb5 47. h6 Ba6 48. Ba4 Bb5 49. Bxb5 Kxb5 50. Kd4 Kb4 51. Kd3 Kb3 52. Ke3 Kc4 53. Kf3 Kd3 54. Kg4 Kxe4 55. Kg5 Kf3 56. Kf6 Kxg3 57. Kg7 Kxf4 58. Kxh7 1-0

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postHeaderIconRd11 Nepomniachtchi-Nakamura {TATA STEEL A}

Published January 28, 2011 | By Bart7

Nakamura Leads with 8 points   Kramnik v Carlsen 0-1
r3k3/pp2b2r/1np1p3/4B3/4b1PP/P6R/1P2N3/2R1KB2 b KQkq – 0 261. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. a3 f6 13. Be3 Qb3 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Ne2 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qg5 Bf5 21. g4 hxg4 22. fxg4 Be4 23. Rh3 Be7 24. Qxg7 Rh7 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxh4+ 27. Ng3 Nd7 28. Bd4 Bf3 29. g5 Bg4 30. g6 Rh6 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Rc3 Bf3 33. Rxf3 Rxd4 34. Bh3 Ne5 35. Rf6 Nd3+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 e5 38. Rf7 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rxg3 40. Bd7+ Kd8 41. Bf5 Nxg6 42. Rg7 Rb8 43. b4 b5 44. Bxg6 Rg5 0-1510nod4e5

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. a3 f6 13. Be3 Qb3 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Ne2 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qg5 Bf5 21. g4 hxg4 22. fxg4 Be4 23. Rh3 Be7 24. Qxg7 Rh7 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxh4+ 27. Ng3 Nd7 28. Bd4 Bf3 29. g5 Bg4 30. g6 Rh6 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Rc3 Bf3 33. Rxf3 Rxd4 34. Bh3 Ne5 35. Rf6 Nd3+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 e5 38. Rf7 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rxg3 40. Bd7+ Kd8 41. Bf5 Nxg6 42. Rg7 Rb8 43. b4 b5 44. Bxg6 Rg5 0-1

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postHeaderIconBetting on Chess

Published January 27, 2011 | By Bart7

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postHeaderIconRd10 Anand-Shirov {TATA STEEL A}

Published January 26, 2011 | By Bart7

Anand and Nakamura leaders with 7 points. Carlsen suffered his second loss..
r4rk1/1b3pp1/p3p2p/q1n5/1bpR3B/4PN2/P1Q1BPPP/1R4K1 b KQkq – 0 20[Event "Tata Steel Chess 2011"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.26"] [Round "Round 10"] [White "Anand"] [Black "Shirov"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteClock "0:35"] [BlackClock "0:17"]1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. c4 Bb4 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 bxc4 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd4 Rab8 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Rbd8 24. Bh5 Rxd6 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bxe8 1-0390nod1d4

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. c4 Bb4 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 bxc4 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd4 Rab8 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Rbd8 24. Bh5 Rxd6 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bxe8 1-0

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postHeaderIconRd9 Aronian – Shirov {TATA STEEL A}

Published January 25, 2011 | By Bart7

Battling for the number one spot.. Aronian,Kramnik win .. Nakamura v Anand..draw

2rr2k1/6p1/5p1p/p2q4/1p1Bp3/4P2P/P2R1PP1/3QN1K1 b KQkq – 0 361. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O N5b6 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qh5 17. Bg3 e5 18. Qb4 e4 19. Ne1 a5 20. Qd4 Nc5 21. Rb1 Nxb3 22. Qxb6 Nc5 23. c4 Be6 24. Rd5 Bxd5 25. Qxc5 Red8 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Qc2 b5 28. Qb2 b4 29. Be5 Qd2 30. Qa1 Qe2 31. Bd4 Rab8 32. h3 f6 33. Rb2 Qb5 34. Qb1 Qd5 35. Qd1 Rbc8 36. Rd2 Qe6 37. Kh2 Rd7 38. g3 Rdc7 39. Bb2 Qxa2 40. Be5 Qxd2 41. Qxd2 fxe5 42. Qd5+ Rf7 43. Kg2 Rcf8 44. h4 Kh8 45. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 46. Kh3 b3 47. Nd3 b2 48. Qb7 R8f7 49. Qb5 a4 50. Nxb2 a3 51. Nd3 Rf1 52. Qa4 Rh1+ 53. Kg4 1-0710nob2d2

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.Bc4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 0-0 14.0-0 N5b6 15.Bb3 Re8 16.Rfd1 Qh5 17.Bg3 e5 18.Qb4 e4 19.Ne1 a5 20.Qd4 Nc5 21.Rb1 Nxb3 22.Qxb6 Nc5 23.c4 Be6 24.Rd5 Bxd5 25.Qxc5 Red8 26.cxd5 Qxd5 27.Qc2 b5 28.Qb2 b4 29.Be5 Qd2 30.Qa1 Qe2 31.Bd4 Rab8 32.h3 f6 33.Rb2 Qb5 34.Qb1 Qd5 35.Qd1 Rbc8 36.Rd2 Qe6 37.Kh2 Rd7 38.g3 Rdc7 39.Bb2 Qxa2 40.Be5 Qxd2 41.Qxd2 fxe5 42.Qd5+ Rf7 43.Kg2 Rcf8 44.h4 Kh8 45.Qxe4 Rxf2+ 46.Kh3 b3 47.Nd3 b2 48.Qb7 R8f7 49.Qb5 a4 50.Nxb2 a3 51.Nd3 Rf1 52.Qa4 Rh1+ 53.Kg4 1-0

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