2017 Tata R2 Express: Eljanov and Ragger are the early leaders

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1/15/2017 – The pace picked up in the second round, with Magnus Carlsen notching his first win after a fine victory over Radoslaw Wojtaszek. This was not enough to share the lead as Eljanov won his second straight, defeating Van Wely. In the battle of the Indians, Harikirshna beat Adhiban and is tied for second now. In the challengers, Ragger also scored his second win, while a much awaited duel between juniors Jeffery Xiong and Jorden Van Foreest saw the American take the point. Express report.
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The elite Tata Steel tournaments in Wijk aan Zee are underway and take place from January 13-29, with two main tournaments, the Masters with both Magnus Carlsen and Serget Karjakin as headliners, as well as Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Baskaran Adhiban, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, Dmitri Andreikin, Wei Yi, Pavel Eljanov, and Loek van Wely. All rounds in Wijk aan Zee begin at 1.30pm, except for the last round on 29 January 2017, which begins at 12.00pm. Both rounds on the Chess On Tour days start at 2.00pm.

Full report with grandmaster annotations to follow...

Quick Recap of Round 2 by Daniel King

Game of the day of Round 2 by Daniel King: Carlsen v Wojtasek

Masters tournament

Round 2 - Sunday, January 15
Aronian, L.
½-½
 Wei, Y.
Nepomniachtchi, I.
½-½
 Andreikin, D.
Carlsen, M.
1-0
 Wojtaszek, R.
Giri, A.
½-½
 So, W.
Rapport, R.
½-½
 Karjakin, S.
Van Wely, L.
0-1
 Eljanov, P.
Harikrishna, P.
1-0
 Adhiban, B.

Magnus Carlsen scored his first win, defeating Radoslaw Wojtaszek in a Najdorf

Although both were team mates on the strong Indian team at the Olympiad in Baku, there was no holding back punhces here as Pentala Harikrishna, world no. 12, overcame his compatriot Adhiban.

Pavel Eljanov brought back memories of his incredible start at the Baku World Cup a couple of years ago, when he started with 6 wins against 2700 average rated players. He notched his second win in round two, outclassing Loek Van Wely.

A small phrase of the day from Fernando Arribal, "All chess players are artists"

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P Harikrishna : Got my first win in #tatachessmasters. Beat Adhiban in a tight game. 11 more to go in this elite championship.... :) 1.e4 0 e5 5 2.Nf3 0 Nc6 4 3.Bb5 6 a6 5 4.Ba4 6 Nf6 4 5.0-0 29 b5 8 6.Bb3 9 Bc5 1 7.c3 5:26 d6 5 8.d4 0 Bb6 6 9.Be3 3:56 0-0 9 10.h3 1:26 exd4 11:06 11.cxd4 23 Nxe4 0 chessbase: 'IM V. Saravanan: On #mattupongal (festival when farmers pamper Bulls n Cows), fitting that Adhiban waves red flag with 11..Ne4' 12.Bd5 10:18 Qe8 5 13.Qc2 28 Nb4 19 14.Qxe4 12 Qxe4 3 15.Bxe4 10 d5 2 16.Bxh7+ 2:02 Kxh7 0 17.Nc3 2:55 c6 23:46 18.Rad1 22:09 a5 21:13 19.a3 9:36 Nc2 5:45 20.Rd2 6:26 Nxe3 5:53 21.fxe3 10 f6 0 22.Rc1 26 Bd7 53 23.Kf2 1:57 Rae8 24 24.Ne2 3:50 Re7 1:56 25.Nf4 45 Rfe8 4:51 26.Re2 2:39 g5 0 27.Nd3 25 chessbase: 'IM V. Saravanan: Harikirshna has the unpleasant task of defending a position which he'd love to grind down from his opponent's shoes.' Kg7 2:14 28.Nc5 10:01 Bf5 0 29.Ree1 7:39 Kg6 5:35 30.Nd2 2:08 Kg7 1:15 31.Nf3 1:38 Kg6 2:45 32.g4 3:00 Bc8 32 33.Nd3 6 Bd7 0 34.h4 1:24 gxh4 4:39 35.Nxh4+ 4:09 Kg5 3:24 36.Nf3+ 1:41 Kxg4 2:37 37.Rh1 3:50 Kf5 3:45 38.Rh5+ 46 Ke6 0 39.Rh6 4:59 Kf5 4:10 40.Nh4+ 0 Kg5 2:18 chessbase: 'Judit Polgar: Black walked into the forced mate. How do you give mate in 4 moves with White?' 41.Rg6+ 1:24 Kxh4 29 42.Rh1+ 9 Bh3 4 43.Rg3 10 chessbase: 'Mark Crowther: Van Wely and Adhiban both blundered to lose from equality on the run up to first time control vs Elijanov and Harikrishna.' 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Harikrishna,P2766Adhiban,B26531–02017C7879th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters2
Aronian,L2780Wei,Y2706½–½2017E1179th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters2
Carlsen,M2840Wojtaszek,R27501–02017B9079th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters2
Giri,A2773So,W2808½–½2017D7879th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters2
Nepomniachtchi,I2767Andreikin,D2736½–½2017C4579th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters2
Rapport,R2702Karjakin,S2785½–½2017A0179th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters2
Van Wely,L2695Eljanov,P27550–12017E1679th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters2

Current Masters standings

Challengers tournament

Round 2 - Sunday, January 15
Grandelius, N.
½-½
 l'Ami, E.
Xiong, J.
1-0
 van Foreest, J.
Tingjie, L.
0-1
 Ragger, M.
Hansen, E.
½-½
 Bok, B.
Dobrov, V.
½-½
 Tari, A.
Lu, S.
½-½
 Smirin, I
Jones, G.
1-0
 Guramishvili, S.

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Dobrov,V2499Tari,A2584½–½2017D9679th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers2
Grandelius,N2642L'Ami,E2605½–½2017C0779th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers2
Hansen,E2603Bok,B2608½–½2017B9479th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers2
Jones,G2665Guramishvili,S23701–02017B5179th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers2
Lu,S2612Smirin,I26670–12017B8079th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers2
Lei,T2467Ragger,M26972017A5879th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers2
Xiong,J2667Van Foreest,J26121–02017E6279th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers2

Current Challengers standings

Schedule, pairings, and results

Tata Steel Masters 2017

Round 1 - Saturday, January 14
Harikrishna, P.
½-½
  Aronian, L.
Adhiban, B.
½-½
  Van Wely, L.
Eljanov, P.
1-0
  Rapport, R.
Karjakin, S.
½-½
  Giri, A.
So, W.
½-½
  Carlsen, M.
Wojtaszek, R.
½-½
  Nepomniachtchi, I.
Andreikin, D.
½-½
  Wei, Y.
Round 2 - Sunday, January 15
Aronian, L.
½-½
 Wei, Y.
Nepomniachtchi, I.
½-½
 Andreikin, D.
Carlsen, M.
1-0
 Wojtaszek, R.
Giri, A.
½-½
 So, W.
Rapport, R.
½-½
 Karjakin, S.
Van Wely, L.
0-1
 Eljanov, P.
Harikrishna, P.
1-0
 Adhiban, B.
Round 3 - Monday, January 16
Adhiban, B.
 
 Aronian, L.
Eljanov, P.
 
 Harikrishna, P.
Karjakin, S.
 
 Van Wely, L.
So, W.
 
 Rapport, R.
Wojtaszek, R.
 
 Giri, A..
Andreikin, D.
 
 Carlsen, M.
Wei, Y.
 
 Nepomniachtchi, I.
Round 4 - Tuesday, January 17
Aronian, L.
 
 Nepomniachtchi, I.
Carlsen, M.
 
 Wei, Y.
Giri, A.
 
 Andreikin, D.
Rapport, R.
 
 Wojtaszek, R.
Van Wely, L.
 
 So, W.
Harikrishna, P.
 
 Karjakin, S.
Adhiban, B.
 
 Eljanov, P.
Round 5 - Thursday, January 19
Eljanov, P.
 
 Aronian, L.
Karjakin, S.
 
 Adhiban, B.
So, W.
 
 Harikrishna, P.
Wojtaszek, R.
 
 Van Wely, L.
Andreikin, D.
 
 Rapport, R.
Wei, Y.
 
 Giri, A.
Nepomniachtchi, I.
 
 Carlsen, M.
Round 6 - Friday, January 20
Aronian, L.
 
 Carlsen, M.
Giri, A.
 
 Nepomniachtchi, I.
Rapport, R.
 
 Wei, Y.
Van Wely, L.
 
 Andreikin, D.
Harikrishna, P.
 
 Wojtaszek, R.
Adhiban, B.
 
 So, W.
Eljanov, P.
 
 Karjakin, S.
Round 7 - Saturday, January 21
Karjakin, S.
 
 Aronian, L.
So, W.
 
 Eljanov, P.
Wojtaszek, R.
 
 Adhiban, B.
Andreikin, D.
 
 Harikrishna, P.
Wei, Y.
 
 Van Wely, L.
Nepomniachtchi, I.
 
 Rapport, R.
Carlsen, M.
 
 Giri, A.
Round 8 - Sunday, January 22
Aronian, L.
 
 Giri, A.
Rapport, R.
 
 Carlsen, M.
Van Wely, L.
 
 Nepomniachtchi, I.
Harikrishna, P.
 
 Wei, Y.
Adhiban, B.
 
 Andreikin, D.
Eljanov, P.
 
 Wojtaszek, R.
Karjakin, S.
 
 So, W.
Round 9 - Tuesday, January 24
So, W.
 
 Aronian, L.
Wojtaszek, R.
 
 Karjakin, S.
Andreikin, D.
 
 Eljanov, P.
Wei, Y.
 
 Adhiban, B.
Nepomniachtchi, I.
 
 Harikrishna, P.
Carlsen, M.
 
 Van Wely, L.
Giri, A.
 
 Rapport, R.
Round 10 - Wednesday, January 25
Aronian, L.
 
 Rapport, R.
Van Wely, L.
 
 Giri, A.
Harikrishna, P.
 
 Carlsen, M.
Adhiban, B.
 
 Nepomniachtchi, I.
Eljanov, P.
 
 Wei, Y.
Karjakin, S.
 
 Andreikin, D.
So, W.
 
 Wojtaszek, R.
Round 11 - Friday, January 27
Wojtaszek, R.
 
 Aronian, L.
Andreikin, D.
 
 So, W.
Wei, Y.
 
 Karjakin, S.
Nepomniachtchi, I.
 
 Eljanov, P.
Carlsen, M.
 
 Adhiban, B.
Giri, A.
 
 Harikrishna, P.
Rapport, R.
 
 Van Wely, L.
Round 12 - Saturday, January 28
Aronian, L.
 
 Van Wely, L.
Harikrishna, P.
 
 Rapport, R.
Adhiban, B.
 
 Giri, A.
Eljanov, P.
 
 Carlsen, M.
Karjakin, S.
 
 Nepomniachtchi, I.
So, W.
 
 Wei, Y.
Wojtaszek, R.
 
 Andreikin, D.
Round 13 - Sunday, January 29
Andreikin, D.
 
 Aronian, L.
Wei, Y.
 
 Wojtaszek, R.
Nepomniachtchi, I.
 
 So, W.
Carlsen, M.
 
 Karjakin, S.
Giri, A.
 
 Eljanov, P.
Rapport, R.
 
 Adhiban, B.
Van Wely, L.
 
 Harikrishna, P.
  

Tata Steel Challengers 2017

Round 1 - Saturday, January 14
Jones, G.
½-½
 Grandelius, N.
Guramishvili, S.
½-½
 Lu, S.
Smirin, I
½-½
 Dobrov, V.
Tari, A.
½-½
 Hansen, E.
Bok, B.
1-0
 Tingjie, L.
Ragger, M.
1-0
 Xiong, J.
van Foreest, J.
1-0
 l'Ami, E.
Round 2 - Sunday, January 15
Grandelius, N.
½-½
 l'Ami, E.
Xiong, J.
1-0
 van Foreest, J.
Tingjie, L.
0-1
 Ragger, M.
Hansen, E.
½-½
 Bok, B.
Dobrov, V.
½-½
 Tari, A.
Lu, S.
½-½
 Smirin, I
Jones, G.
1-0
 Guramishvili, S.
Round 3 - Monday, January 16
Guramishvili, S. -
 
 Grandelius, N.
Smirin, I -
 
 Jones, G.
Tari, A. -
 
 Lu, S.
Bok, B. -
 
 Dobrov, V.
Ragger, M. -
 
 Hansen, E..
van Foreest, J. -
 
 Tingjie, L.
l'Ami, E. -
 
 Xiong, J.
Round 4 - Tuesday, January 17
Grandelius, N.
 
 Xiong, J.
Tingjie, L.
 
 l'Ami, E.
Hansen, E.
 
 van Foreest, J.
Dobrov, V.
 
 Ragger, M.
Lu, S.
 
 Bok, B.
Jones, G.
 
 Tari, A.
Guramishvili, S.
 
 Smirin, I
Round 5 - Thursday, January 19
Smirin, I
 
 Grandelius, N.
Tari, A.
 
 Guramishvili, S.
Bok, B.
 
 Jones, G.
Ragger, M.
 
 Lu, S.
van Foreest, J.
 
 Dobrov, V.
l'Ami, E.
 
 Hansen, E.
Xiong, J.
 
 Tingjie, L.
Round 6 - Friday, January 20
Grandelius, N.
 
 Tingjie, L.
Hansen, E.
 
 Xiong, J.
Dobrov, V.
 
 l'Ami, E.
Lu, S.
 
 van Foreest, J.
Jones, G.
 
 Ragger, M.
Guramishvili, S.
 
 Bok, B.
Smirin, I
 
 Tari, A.
Round 7 - Saturday, January 21
Tari, A.
 
 Grandelius, N.
Bok, B.
 
 Smirin, I
Ragger, M.
 
 Guramishvili, S.
van Foreest, J.
 
 Jones, G.
l'Ami, E.
 
 Lu, S.
Xiong, J.
 
 Dobrov, V.
Tingjie, L.
 
 Hansen, E.
Round 8 - Sunday, January 22
Grandelius, N.
 
 Hansen, E.
Dobrov, V.
 
 Tingjie, L.
Lu, S.
 
 Xiong, J.
Jones, G.
 
 l'Ami, E.
Guramishvili, S.
 
 van Foreest, J.
Smirin, I
 
 Ragger, M.
Tari, A.
 
 Bok, B.
Round 9 - Tuesday, January 24
Bok, B.
 
 Grandelius, N.
Ragger, M.
 
 Tari, A.
van Foreest, J.
 
 Smirin, I
l'Ami, E.
 
 Guramishvili, S.
Xiong, J.
 
 Jones, G.
Tingjie, L.
 
 Lu, S.
Hansen, E.
 
 Dobrov, V.
Round 10 - Wednesday, January 25
Grandelius, N.
 
 Dobrov, V.
Lu, S.
 
 Hansen, E.
Jones, G.
 
 Tingjie, L.
Guramishvili, S.
 
 Xiong, J.
Smirin, I
 
 l'Ami, E.
Tari, A.
 
 van Foreest, J.
Bok, B.
 
 Ragger, M.
Round 11 - Friday, January 27
Ragger, M.
 
 Grandelius, N.
van Foreest, J.
 
 Bok, B.
l'Ami, E.
 
 Tari, A.
Xiong, J.
 
 Smirin, I
Tingjie, L.
 
 Guramishvili, S.
Hansen, E.
 
 Jones, G.
Dobrov, V.
 
 Lu, S.
Round 12 - Saturday, January 28
Grandelius, N.
 
 Lu, S.
Jones, G.
 
 Dobrov, V.
Guramishvili, S.
 
 Hansen, E.
Smirin, I
 
 Tingjie, L.
Tari, A.
 
 Xiong, J.
Bok, B.
 
 l'Ami, E.
Ragger, M.
 
 van Foreest, J.
Round 13 - Sunday, January 29
van Foreest, J.
 
 Grandelius, N.
l'Ami, E.
 
 Ragger, M.
Xiong, J.
 
 Bok, B.
Tingjie, L.
 
 Tari, A.
Hansen, E.
 
 Smirin, I
Dobrov, V.
 
 Guramishvili, S.
Lu, S.
 
 Jones, G.
  

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