2017 Tata R4 Express: Carlsen, So, and Eljanov win
1/17/2017 – The leaders are certainly making themselves felt and noticed, and it was never clearer than in round four. Magnus Carlsen faced Chinese prodigy Wei Yi, and it was a fascinating game to watch as he eventually broke his resistance and scored a win. Not to be outdone, leader Pavel Eljanov overcame B. Adhiban in an excellent endgame, while Wesley So kept pace with a fine win of his own over Loek Van Wely. The Challengers was all-out war with not one draw in seven games. 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
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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. |
Game of the day by Daniel King
After a good portion of moves had been played with not much for him to hope for, Magnus Carlsen saw reason to become optimistic, took control, and won the game to move into second place. Only second, because...
... tournament leader Pavel Eljanov also emerged victorious after outplaying his opponent Baskaran Adhiban and converting beautifully his advantage in a bishop endgame.
Wesley So has every reason to smile: not only did he beat Loek Van Wely in a great showing, but he is now tied with Magnus for second-third, and is world no.3 in the Live Ratings with 2815.
It was a fascinating openings battle in which both players gave the impression of being prepared and unprepared. Levon Aronian emered with an advantage, but it soon dissipated and he drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi.
These are the statistics for the Masters section, with 64.3% draws and about a third of the games ending in decisive results
Current Masters standings
Challengers tournament
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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 |
The Challengers stats are impressive to say the least. With 7 wins in 7 games in round four, the total number of decisive games so far has been 71.4%
Current Challengers standings
Schedule, pairings, and results
Tata Steel Masters 2017
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