2017 Tata R3 Express: Bloody round with tough games

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1/16/2017 – The third round was a very exciting round to follow, with decisive results all over, and some epic games. By far the most exciting was the battle between Wesley So and Richard Rapport. The Hungarian brought in all his imagination and verve and reached a dead won game only to blunder it away in a couple of moves. Tragic. Nepomniachtchi also tried his hardest to save a hard endgame, but slipped at the end and lost to Wei Yi. The Challengers saw all games but one end in wins. 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...

Masters tournament

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.

In spite of all the big names, Pavel Eljanov has risen to the top of the interest list with his super start. In round three he was finally held to a draw by Pentala Harikrishna.

There were no pretenses by Dmitri Andreikin at anything other than to keep the wolves at bay, and an uneventful draw was the result against Magnus Carlsen.

A classy performance by Sergey Karjakin saw him beat Loek Van Wely, and join the pack at 2.0/3

By far the most exciting game of the day, Richard Rapport played beautifully to reach a totally winning position, until a couple of blunders inverted this to a dead lost situation. Tragic, and Wesley So will heave a big sigh of relief.

It was the longest game of the day in the Masters. Wei Yi nursed a nasty advantage against Ian Nepomniachtchi. They finally reached a theoretical draw, though the burden was on Black to defend. It never really came to that as the Russian blundered and lost shortly after.

Some of the following games contain tweets posted by interested parties watching the event on the Internet:

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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.c4 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Rc1 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 11.d5 e5 12.e4 Nd7 13.h4 a5 14.Bh3 Nc5 15.Kg2 Bc8 16.Rh1 Bxh3+ 17.Rxh3 Qd7 18.Nh2 h5 19.f3 g6 20.g4 Kh7 21.Rh1 Rg8 22.Qd1 Bg7 23.Nf1 Bh6 24.Kf2 Bc1 Mig Greengard: what a fun move! 25.Ng3 Bxb2 Nigel Short: amazing how Richard Rapport manages to produce a tactical trick with his only two (mildly) active pieces! 26.Nb5 Bc1 27.gxh5 Bf4 28.Nc3 f5 29.hxg6+ Rxg6 30.Nxf5 Rag8 31.Kf1 b5 32.cxb5 Rg2 33.Qb1 Qf7 Susan Polgar: you can't play inaccurate chess against Wesley and hope to win. He will capitalize and take advantage of these mistakes. 34.Ne2 Qg6 35.Ne7 Rf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qg2+ 37.Ke1 Rg3 38.Rxg3 Qxh1+ 39.Rg1 Qxf3 40.Nxf4 Qe3+ 41.Ne2 Nd3+ 42.Qxd3 Qxd3 43.Ng8 Qf3 44.h5 Kh8 45.Rg6 Qh1+ 46.Kd2 Qxe4 47.Nf6 Qb4+ 48.Ke3 Lars Bo Hansen: tragic loss for Rapport who plays brilliant game vs. So before blundering winning position to a loss. Eljanov leads. 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
So,W2808Rapport,R27021–02017E1879th Tata Steel GpA3
Karjakin,S2785Van Wely,L26951–02017B0979th Tata Steel GpA3
Eljanov,P2755Harikrishna,P2766½–½2017A1779th Tata Steel GpA3
Andreikin,D2736Carlsen,M2840½–½201779th Tata Steel GpA3
Wojtaszek,R2750Giri,A2773½–½201779th Tata Steel GpA3
Adhiban,B2653Aronian,L2780½–½201779th Tata Steel GpA3
Wei Yi2706Nepomniachtchi,I27671–02017B9679th Tata Steel GpA3

Current Masters standings

Challengers tournament

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.

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Tari,A2584Lu,S26120–12017B8179th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers3
Bok,B2608Dobrov,V24990–12017B3079th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers3
Smirin,I2667Jones,G26651–02017C7879th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers3
Van Foreest,J2612Lei,T24670–12017B1079th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers3
Ragger,M2697Hansen,E26031–02017C8479th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers3
Guramishvili,S2370Grandelius,N26420–12017B4279th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers3
L'Ami,E2605Xiong,J2667½–½2017D2079th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Challengers3

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.
 
 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. -
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.
 
 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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