Tata Steel 2013 / Round 9
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen increased his lead at the expense of Yifan Hou in the ninth round of the Tata Steel Tournament of 2013. It went into a Queen ending, but I believe the result was never in doubt. Of interest is that earlier in the tournament, Carlsen played the White side of a Ponziani Opening. Here, he was on the Black side and seemed very comfortable throughout. As a matter of fact, Magnus appears comfortable in just about any style of game. Despite various wins by the other competitors, I see no one else who is ‘sailing along’ the way he is.
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[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. h3 a5 9. g4 c6 10. Bg2 Na6 11. b3 Nc7 12. Ra2 Nfe8 13. O-O f5 14. Ng3 Nd6 15. f3 Bh4 16. Nh5 Ne6 17. Ne2 Qe8 18. a4 g6 19. Ba3 Qe7 20. Nhg3 Ng5 21. Qc1 Bd7 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Nh5 Kh8 24. Nef4 Be8 25. Kh2 Rg8 26. e4 Bxh5 27. Nxh5 Ne6 28. exd5 cxd5 29. Re2 Qd7 30. Qe3 Ng7 31. Nf4 Nf7 32. Qc3 Rgc8 33. Qd2 Bg5 34. h4 Bxh4 35. Bh3 Bg5 36. Rg1 Qc7 37. Rxg5 Nxg5 38. Kg2 Qc6 39. Nd3 Qh6 0-1