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Tata Steel Tournament 2012 / Round 9
Published January 24, 2012 | 
Going INTO the 9th round Carlsen and Aronian were tied at 5.5 each followed by Radjabov at 5, Ivanchuk and Caruana at 4.5, Giri at 4 and Karjakin down at 3.5. Well – beware those with lower scores; they often half something to prove/show. Karjakin took down number one rated Carlsen. Aronian beat Caruana and Ivanchuk beat Giri. This puts Aronian in the lead with hungry wolves at his heels.
Levon Aronian
Sergey Karjakin
Two important wins today by Aronian and Karjakin.
For games – see Comments.
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[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. b4 Be7 14. f4 Qe6 15. Be3 Bxb4 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. Nxa8 b6 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb8 Bb7 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qb3 g6 23. Rb1 Bxa8 24. Qb8+ Kg7 25. Qxa7 e3 26. Bf3 d5 27. Re1 Qd6 28. Qxa8 d4 29. Qa3 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qd3 Qe8 32. g3 h5 33. Bg2 Qa4 34. a3 Qa5 35. Bf3 Qa6 36. Be2 Qa5 37. Qb1 Qd2 38. Qe1 Qa2 39. g4 hxg4 40. Qg3 Qxe2 41. Qe5 d3 42. Rxf6 Kh6 43. Rxf7 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kxg4 Qg1+
47. Kh3 1-0
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Na6 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Re1 Re8 17. f4 d4 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d3 20. Rc4 Rc8 21. Bf5 Qd5 22. Rc3 Rcd8 23. Qd2 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 a5 25. Rb1 a4 26. Rd1 Rd5 27. h4 g6 28. Bxd3 Red8 29. Qe1 Qxf4 30. e6 Nxe6 31. Bc2 b5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Re3 Nd4 34. Bd3 Kg7 35. Kg1 Qf6 36. Kh2 Rh5 37. Rh3 Ne6 38. Rf3 Rxh4+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Qf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 b4 42. Re3 Rd4 43. Bb5 Kf6 44. Rf3+ Ke7 45. Rd3 bxa3 46. bxa3 Rf4+ 47. Ke3 f5 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rd6 Re4+ 50. Kf2 Kg5 51. Be8 Nf4 52. Bb5 Re5 53. Bc4 Nh5 54. Ra6 Nf6 55. Rxa4 Ng4+ 56. Kf1 Kh4 57. Be2 Kg3 58. Bxg4 fxg4 59. Rb4 h5 60. a4 Kh2 0-1
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nf3 Rd8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. a3 h6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Nd2 Qxc5 13. Nxc4 Qf5 14. Bf3 Nd4 15. Qxf5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 exf5 17. Rg1 Kf8 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Ke2 g5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bc3 Bd7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Ke7 25. Rgd1 f4 26. b3 fxe3 27. fxe3 Be6 28. Ra1 a6 29. Ra5 Bxc4+ 30. bxc4 Nd6 31. c5 Nc4 32. Ra2 Kf7 33. c6 Rc7 34. Ne6 Rxd1 35. Nxc7 Rb1 36. b5 Nd6 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. e4 f5 39. e5 Nb5 40. Nxb5 Rxb5 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Rc2 Rb8 43. Kd4 h5 44. c7 Rc8 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. Rh6 Rxc7 47. Rxh5 Rb7 48. Rh7+ Kc8 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Rxb7 Kxb7 52. f4 gxf4 53. h4 a5 54. e6 Kc7 55. h5 a4 56. e7 Kd7 57. h6 1-0