Tata Steel 2013 / Round 5
Pentala Harikrishna
The fifth round of the Tata Steel 2013 tournament featured a nice finish to a game between Haridrishna and Van Wely.
It was a very risky game; many Sicilian games are.
This one gave the impression that White was stretching the rubber band beyond the breaking/snapping point.
I wonder if Van Wely saw the final mate in two moves. Can you?
The position is below and after the first move (one move) Black resigned.
It shows that all of these players are human and chess is a vast/vast game.
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For the remaining decisive games – See Comments.
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[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a6 9. f3 d6 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 e5 13. Nde2 b5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Na4 Nxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. O-O-O Ra6 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 Qe7 20. g4 Nd7 21. f4 Bxg4 22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Rd2 Nf6 26. Ng3 e4 27. Qe3 Qe5 28. Rf1 Bf3 29. Ne2 Ng4 30. Qd4 Rfc8 31. c4 Bxe2 32. Qxe5+ Nxe5 33. Rxe2 d5 34. Kb1 dxc4 35. Rxe4 f6 36. bxc4 Rxc4 37. Re2 Rh4 38. Nb6 Rd8 39. Rc2 b3 40. Rc3 Rb4 41. Rc8 Rxc8 42. Nxc8 Kg7 43. Rg1+ Rg4 44. Re1 Rg2 45. Nd6 Kh6 46. Rd1 a4 47. Kc1 Rc2+ 48. Kb1 Nc4 0-1
[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. a3 Na6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Ne1 e5 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nc4 Qa7 21. dxe5 Ne8 22. Qe3 b5 23. Nd2 c4 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. Rfd1 Be6 26. Nf1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Ne3 b4 30. Bf1 b3 31. Rd8 g6 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Bd3 Rd7 34. Bb1 Rd1+ 35. Nxd1 c2 0-1
[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nd7 9. e4 c5 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qb3 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 b6 14. d5 e6 15. h3 a5 16. Bg5 f6 17. dxe6 Ba6 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 fxg5 20. Rfd1 Bxc3 21. Rac1 Be2 22. Nxg5 Bxd1 23. Rxc3 Rf5 24. Ne4 Kg7 0-1
[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
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. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. d4 Bf8 14. h3 h6 15. Bd3 bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. d5 Qc7 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Reb8 20. Nd2 Be8 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. a5 Nf6 23. Nc4 Bb5 24. Nb6 Ra7 25. Qe2 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nd7 27. Nc4 Rab7 28. Bd2 Rb5 29. Rf1 Be7 30. f4 Bf6 31. g3 R8b7 32. Kg2 Nf8 33. Rf2 Ng6 34. Raf1 Qe7 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. Rg2 Qc7 37. Rfg1 Rb3 38. f5 Nf8 39. h4 Qd7 40. g4 g5 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. g5 hxg5 43. Bxg5 Bg7 44. h5 R8b4 45. hxg6 1-0