2017 Tata R12 Express: Playing for all the marbles

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1/28/2017 – In yet another dramatic round, the only thing that can be said now about the leaders is that while So is favorite as the sole leader in the Masters, if he is caught by any of his rivals, such as Carlsen who defeated Eljanov (and faces Karjakin in the last round), or Aronian, or Wei Yi, all half a point behind, there will be a playoff. Xiong lost to Tari, and is in a tougher position as the Challengers will be decided by TB scores. Ragger, Smirin, and Jones lead. 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 Sergey 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...

Masters tournament

Round 12 - Saturday, January 28
Aronian, L.	1-0	Van Wely, L.
Harikrishna, P.	½-½	Rapport, R.
Adhiban, B.	½-½	Giri, A.
Eljanov, P.	0-1	Carlsen, M.
Karjakin, S.	½-½	Nepomniachtchi, I.
So, W.	½-½	Wei, Y.
Wojtaszek, R.	½-½	Andreikin, D.

Current Masters standings

Challengers tournament

Round 12 - Saturday, January 28
Grandelius, N.	0-1	Lu, S.
Jones, G.	1-0	Dobrov, V.
Guramishvili, S.	½-½	Hansen, E.
Smirin, I	1-0	Tingjie, L.
Tari, A.	1-0	Xiong, J.
Bok, B.	½-½	l'Ami, E.
Ragger, M.	1-0	van Foreest, J.

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

Round 4 - Tuesday, January 17
Aronian, L.	½-½	Nepomniachtchi, I.
Carlsen, M.	1-0	Wei, Y.
Giri, A.	½-½	Andreikin, D.
Rapport, R.	½-½	Wojtaszek, R.
Van Wely, L.	0-1	So, W.
Harikrishna, P.	½-½	Karjakin, S.
Adhiban, B.	0-1	Eljanov, P.

Round 5 - Thursday, January 19
Eljanov, P.	0-1	Aronian, L.
Karjakin, S.	0-1	Adhiban, B.
So, W.	1-0	Harikrishna, P.
Wojtaszek, R.	1-0	Van Wely, L.
Andreikin, D.	½-½	Rapport, R.
Wei, Y.	½-½	Giri, A.
Nepomniachtchi, I.	½-½	Carlsen, M.

Round 6 - Friday, January 20
Aronian, L.	½-½	Carlsen, M.
Giri, A.	1-0	Nepomniachtchi, I.
Rapport, R.	0-1	Wei, Y.
Van Wely, L.	½-½	Andreikin, D.
Harikrishna, P.	½-½	Wojtaszek, R.
Adhiban, B.	½-½	So, W.
Eljanov, P.	½-½	Karjakin, S.

Round 7 - Saturday, January 21
Karjakin, S.	1-0	Aronian, L.
So, W.	½-½	Eljanov, P.
Wojtaszek, R.	0-1	Adhiban, B.
Andreikin, D.	½-½	Harikrishna, P.
Wei, Y.	1-0	Van Wely, L.
Nepomniachtchi, I.	½-½	Rapport, R.
Carlsen, M.	1-0	Giri, A.

Round 8 - Sunday, January 22
Aronian, L.	1-0	Giri, A.
Rapport, R.	1-0	Carlsen, M.
Van Wely, L.	½-½	Nepomniachtchi, I.
Harikrishna, P.	½-½	Wei, Y.
Adhiban, B.	1-0	Andreikin, D.
Eljanov, P.	½-½	Wojtaszek, R.
Karjakin, S.	½-½	So, W.

Round 9 - Tuesday, January 24
So, W.	½-½	Aronian, L.
Wojtaszek, R.	½-½	Karjakin, S.
Andreikin, D.	½-½	Eljanov, P.
Wei, Y.	½-½	Adhiban, B.
Nepomniachtchi, I.	½-½	Harikrishna, P.
Carlsen, M.	1-0	Van Wely, L.
Giri, A.	½-½	Rapport, R.

Round 10 - Wednesday, January 25
Aronian, L.	1-0	Rapport, R.
Van Wely, L.	½-½	Giri, A.
Harikrishna, P.	½-½	Carlsen, M.
Adhiban, B.	½-½	Nepomniachtchi, I.
Eljanov, P.	½-½	Wei, Y.
Karjakin, S.	1-0	Andreikin, D.
So, W.	1-0	Wojtaszek, R.

Round 11 - Friday, January 27
Wojtaszek, R.	½-½	Aronian, L.
Andreikin, D.	½-½	So, W.
Wei, Y.	1-0	Karjakin, S.
Nepomniachtchi, I.	½-½	Eljanov, P.
Carlsen, M.	½-½	Adhiban, B.
Giri, A.	½-½	Harikrishna, P.
Rapport, R.	½-½	Van Wely, L.

Round 12 - Saturday, January 28
Aronian, L.	1-0	Van Wely, L.
Harikrishna, P.	½-½	Rapport, R.
Adhiban, B.	½-½	Giri, A.
Eljanov, P.	0-1	Carlsen, M.
Karjakin, S.	½-½	Nepomniachtchi, I.
So, W.	½-½	Wei, Y.
Wojtaszek, R.	½-½	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.	0-1	Grandelius, N.
Smirin, I	1-0	Jones, G.
Tari, A.	0-1	Lu, S.
Bok, B.	0-1	Dobrov, V.
Ragger, M.	1-0	Hansen, E..
van Foreest, J.	0-1	Tingjie, L.
l'Ami, E.	½-½	Xiong, J.

Round 4 - Tuesday, January 17
Grandelius, N.	0-1	Xiong, J.
Tingjie, L.	0-1	l'Ami, E.
Hansen, E.	1-0	van Foreest, J.
Dobrov, V.	0-1	Ragger, M.
Lu, S.	1-0	Bok, B.
Jones, G.	1-0	Tari, A.
Guramishvili, S.	0-1	Smirin, I

Round 5 - Thursday, January 19
Smirin, I	½-½	Grandelius, N.
Tari, A.	1-0	Guramishvili, S.
Bok, B.	0-1	Jones, G.
Ragger, M.	½-½	Lu, S.
van Foreest, J.	1-0	Dobrov, V.
l'Ami, E.	½-½	Hansen, E.
Xiong, J.	1-0	Tingjie, L.

Round 6 - Friday, January 20
Grandelius, N.	1-0	Tingjie, L.
Hansen, E.	1-0	Xiong, J.
Dobrov, V.	½-½	l'Ami, E.
Lu, S.	1-0	van Foreest, J.
Jones, G.	1-0	Ragger, M.
Guramishvili, S.	0-1	Bok, B.
Smirin, I	0-1	Tari, A.

Round 7 - Saturday, January 21
Tari, A.	½-½	Grandelius, N.
Bok, B.	0-1	Smirin, I
Ragger, M.	1-0	Guramishvili, S.
van Foreest, J.	0-1	Jones, G.
l'Ami, E.	½-½	Lu, S.
Xiong, J.	1-0	Dobrov, V.
Tingjie, L.	½-½	Hansen, E.

Round 8 - Sunday, January 22
Grandelius, N.	½-½	Hansen, E.
Dobrov, V.	1-0	Tingjie, L.
Lu, S.	½-½	Xiong, J.
Jones, G.	½-½	l'Ami, E.
Guramishvili, S.	½-½	van Foreest, J.
Smirin, I	½-½	Ragger, M.
Tari, A.	½-½	Bok, B.

Round 9 - Tuesday, January 24
Bok, B.	½-½	Grandelius, N.
Ragger, M.	½-½	Tari, A.
van Foreest, J.	0-1	Smirin, I
l'Ami, E.	1-0	Guramishvili, S.
Xiong, J.	1-0	Jones, G.
Tingjie, L.	½-½	Lu, S.
Hansen, E.	1-0	Dobrov, V.

Round 10 - Wednesday, January 25
Grandelius, N.	1-0	Dobrov, V.
Lu, S.	0-1	Hansen, E.
Jones, G.	½-½	Tingjie, L.
Guramishvili, S.	0-1	Xiong, J.
Smirin, I	½-½	l'Ami, E.
Tari, A.	½-½	van Foreest, J.
Bok, B.	½-½	Ragger, M.

Round 11 - Friday, January 27
Ragger, M.	½-½	Grandelius, N.
van Foreest, J.	½-½	Bok, B.
l'Ami, E.	½-½	Tari, A.
Xiong, J.	1-0	Smirin, I
Tingjie, L.	1-0	Guramishvili, S.
Hansen, E.	0-1	Jones, G.
Dobrov, V.	0-1	Lu, S.

Round 12 - Saturday, January 28
Grandelius, N.	0-1	Lu, S.
Jones, G.	1-0	Dobrov, V.
Guramishvili, S.	½-½	Hansen, E.
Smirin, I	1-0	Tingjie, L.
Tari, A.	1-0	Xiong, J.
Bok, B.	½-½	l'Ami, E.
Ragger, M.	1-0	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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