Tata Steel Rd4: "It ain't over til it's over"

The 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament takes place from January 15 to 31, 2016, in the coastal village of Wijk aan Zee, North Holland. It is one of the most prestigious events in the international chess calendar. The "Wimbledon of Chess" attracts the very best chess grandmasters in the world, along with thousands of amateur players, live event visitors and online visitors from around the world. The tournament has two main player groups, each with 14 players. They are known as the Tata Steel Masters and the Tata Steel Challengers. You will find the schedule, starting times, pairings and results at the bottom of the page.

Round four

Photos by Alina L'Ami from the official Facebook page

Ye Olde Playing Hall

Missed chances are a part of the game, and all sports really, but it isn’t so often that one sees quite so many dramatic changes of direction after holding steady for so many moves. This was the case in the previous round, and it once again reared up its ugly head in the game Anish Giri versus Fabiano Caruana.

Things have gone particularly bad for White, and Black could now neutralize
White's counter play with 55...Ra3. Instead Black chose the especially unhappy
55...Rxh3, leading to a dead drawn endgame.

Giri - Caruana

Carlsen scored his fourth draw in a row, which was not to his liking.

Sneaking in a look

It wasn't all missed chances of course, as Pavel Eljanov who saw a miracle save the day
before, drew strength from his escape and beat Loek van Wely

Sergey Karjakin also scored, after playing a Giuoco Piano against Evgeny Tomashevsky, in
which Black played a little too reserved

The game of the day was without a doubt Hou Yifan's spectacular win over David Navara,
bringing her one step closer to the near mythical 2700, and tied for second.

Hou Yifan weighs in on her fourth round win

Sharing some good cheer with Yasser Seirawan

Daniel King analyzes

Daniel King presents the highlights of round four with analysis of the game of the day, Hou Yifan's
victory over David Navara, and a look at the endgame of Giri - Caruana

Replay round four Masters games (with times per move)

Standings Masters

Dutch talent Jorden van Foreest (left) has had an up and down event, alternating wins with
losses. Unofrtunately for Samuel Sevian (right) today was one of Jorden's winning efforts, and
the young Dutch player completely steamrolled the American.

Magnus Carlsen looks at the position of Alexey Dreev, who has dominated
the Challengers with a perfect 4.0/4

Replay round four Challengers games (with times per moves)

Standings Challengers

Playing schedule + Playchess commentary

The two main tournaments are round robins. Both groups start on the 16th of January 2016 in Wijk aan Zee. The Masters move to Amsterdam on January 21, and to Utrecht on January 27. All rounds in Wijk aan Zee begin at 1.30 p.m., except for the last round on 31 January 2016, which begins at 12.00 p.m. Round five will take place in the Science Center NEMO in Amsterdam, and round ten in the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht. Both these external rounds start at 2.00 p.m.

Schedule and results of Tata Steel Masters 2016

Schedule and results of Tata Steel Challengers 2016

Links Official tournament site Download all games in PGN: Masters – Challengers The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.