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Tata Steel Tournament 2012 / Round 10
Published January 25, 2012 | 
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| Aronian, on the black side of a Queen’s Gambit Declined, increased his lead by taking out Giri. Aronian appears comfortable in a wide array of openings and styles of play – a very tough player and deservedly in possession of first place in this tournament after the 10th round.
Ivanchuk was on the black side of a Benoni against Navara and built up a tremendous amount of pressure by move 29. Navara (White) attempted to exchange of some pieces to relieve the pressure; in theory a good idea, but there was a tactical flaw. Ivanchuk scored a nice win.
The current US Champion Gata Kamsky, is a tough competitor. He defends well and is a tenacious fighter. Unfortunately he has not scored many wins here, but today he did against Karjakin.
Topalov is having a tough tournament and has yet to score a game. He lost today against Caruana.
Gelfand and Gashimov agreed to a draw in 25 moves.
The top rated player in the US Nakamura played a very even game against Carlsen today. The game never looked like anything more than a draw and was over in a mere 21 moves, the shortest game of the day.
The ‘sadly amusing’ game of the round was the ‘Draw’ between Teimour Radjabov and Loek Van Wely. If I’m not mistaken, they agreed to a draw where Black had a forced win. I’ve given my ‘what-if’ scenario of the final five moves – which were not played. If my perception is correct, then I find it amusing that Grand Masters have these ‘little’ slips as well.
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[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O Nb6 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Ng5 fxg5 12. Bxh5 Bd7 13. Bf3 Rxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 15. Qe4 Bc6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 h6 19. Qg3 d5 20. Nc3 Rf8 21. Ne2 Rf5 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Rh1 Nf8 24. h4 Ng6 25. f4 Nxh4+ 26. Kf1 Qb4 27. Rb1 Be8 28. Nc3 Qe7 29. b4 Rf8 30. Rb2 Bg6 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. fxg5 Nf3+ 33. Kd1 hxg5 34. Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc1 Bg6 36. a4 Rd8 37. Ne2 e5 38. Qg4 exd4 39. exd4 Re8 40. Qd7 c3 41. Ra2 Ne1 42. Rxe1 Qf4+ 43. Kd1 Qe4 0-1
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. a5 Rb8 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ng7 18. Bf4 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Bd4 21. Ne2 Be5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf4 Bd7 24. Rfa1 Bb5 25. Be2 Qf6 26. Bxb5 Qxf4 27. Bd3 f5 28. g3 Qf3 29. exf5 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 Re2 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Qxe2 Qxe2 33. b4 Qe4 34. Rxa6 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 c4 36. Rc6 c3 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. f4 g5 41. fxg5+ Ke5 0-1
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nh4 b4 13. Ng6 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Ba2 Nh7 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qf3 c5 18. d4 Qc7 19. Qg3 Bd8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nh4 c4 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qc6 24. Ba3 Bc7 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Ne4 Bb6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qe4 Rd2 29. Rf1 Red8 30. Kh1 Nb3 31. Bxb3 cxb3 32. f4 Qh4 33. Rab1 R8d3 34. Bc1 Rd1 35. Ba3 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Re3 37. g3 Qh5 38. Qg2 exf4 39. gxf4 Re2 40. Qg3 Qxf5 0-1
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ng4 O-O 15. Ngf6+ Kg7 16. c3 Be6 17. f4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Qf1 Ne5 21. Rd1 Rae8 22. Bc2 h5 23. Bb3 Ng4 24. g3 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf2+ 26. Qxf2 Bxf2 27. Kg2 Bc5 28. h4 Qf5 29. Re2 Qg4 30. Rde1 g5 31. Re4 Qf5 32. R1e2 gxh4 33. Nf4 Qg5 34. Kh1 d5 35. Bxd5 hxg3 36. c4 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Kxg3 h4+ 0-1
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Qe8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rb8 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. b3 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qe6 18. Rd1 b5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. O-O Qxe2 21. Rd2 Qe6 22. Qxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Ra5 24. Rd2 c4 25. bxc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb1 Bf6 14. Re1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Bxa2 Ba6 18. Bb1 g6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc8 21. g3 1/2-1/2
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Ndf3 Qb4+ 12. Ke2 Ndf6 13. c5 Bd7 14. Rhb1 Be8 15. Kf1 h6 16. Kg1 Qa5 17. b4 Qc7 18. a4 a6 19. Ra3 Bh5 20. Rab3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ng5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Ng6 Rfb8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nd7 26. f3 Nh8 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Ng6 29. Kh1 Qd8 30. Qg2 Nf8 31. Rg1 Qe7 32. Qb2 Rc8 33. Qd2 Ra4 34. e4 dxe4 35. fxe4 Rd8 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. exf5 exf5 38. Qxh6 Rdxd4 39. Qxc6 Qxe5 40. Qf3 {End of actual game – Draw Agreed.} Ra2 41. Rg2 Rxg2 42. Qxg2 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Qe1+ 44. Qg1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2