
The 76th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament takes place from 10 to 26 January 2014. The top players will compete in two groups (previously there were three), with twelve players in each, instead of fourteen. The structure of the amateur tournaments remains unchanged. Both groups start on January 11th 2014, with all rounds starting at 13:30h (1:30 p.m.) local time, except for the last round on January 26th, which begins at 12:00h. Two rounds will be played in Amsterdam and Eindhoven and will start at 14:00. The time controls are 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.
Round Five - Challengers
Group B: Round 5 - Thursday Jan. 16 |
Merijn van Delft - Zhao Xue |
½-½
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Radek Wojtaszek - Baadur Jobava |
0-1
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Anna Muzychuk - Etienne Goudriaan |
1-0
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Ivan Saric - Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
1-0
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Yu Yangyi - Kayden Troff |
½-½
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Sabino Brunello - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0
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Benjamin Bok - Jan Timman |
½-½
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More birthday celebrations! This time it was arbiter Aart Strik
Yu Yangyi ½-½ Troff, Kayden
Beating a young player in a sharp Najdorf isn't easy. Troff showed excellent preparation by playing an ultra-sharp game in which he only used a couple of minutes (thanks to the increment). Every move was a Houdini favorite and a crazy forced perpetual was the way this game finished.

Troff's clock marked 1:34:53 at the end of the game. He started with 1:40:00
Van Deflt, Merijn ½-½ Zhao Xue
A game that was solid all through-out and that maybe the players played on for too long. A hard-fought draw in which neither side had a real advantage at any point of the game.

Van Delft didn't have any real chances of winning today, but neither did his opponent
Brunello, Sabino 1-0 Reinderman, Dmitri
What a beautiful game! Brunello played sacrifice after sacrifice against Reinderman who defended the entire game. It is possible that White's sacrifices were not entirely sound and that there was a way to defend, but in the heat of the battle and with the clock running low it is very difficult to thwart the threats that Brunello was creating. Eventually White's attack crashed through, even though he played most of the game, and actually even ended the game, down a rook.

Lennart Ootes (left, chess photographer) and Reinderman:
the question is which color their hair will be in the next tournament

Saric continues showing good form, and today he wiped his opponent from the board
Saric, Ivan 1-0 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
The Croatiana grandmaster gave his young opponent a severe lesson on positional chess in the Najdorf. White was dominant on the light-squares and Black never had any sort of counterplay. Saric continues to put pressure on Jobava, but is still half a point behind.

Bok can thank his lucky star for saving today's game
Bok, Benjamin ½-½ Timman, Jan
Timman got the better part of a strange Spanish game. His extra pawn was compensated by his opponent's activity, but Bok let go of the gas and Black's passed c-pawn became a monster. After missing direct wins, Timman tried to win a rook endgame in which he still had some practical chances. Bok defended well, and then accurately realized that an ensuing endgame with a rook against a queen with both sides having passed pawns was a draw.

Muzychuk is not letting Jobava run away with the tournament just yet.
She and Saric still only trail by half a point.
Muzychuk, Anna 1-0 Godriaan, Etienne
Muzychuk started out playing a fantastic game. She outplayed her opponent completely, weaving together threats in the kingside, pressure against an isolated black pawn and keeping the queenside locked down with a powerful knight on b5. However she let ther opponent back in the in time trouble after missing a couple of killing blows. Fortunately for her Godriaan's shape is obviously quite bad in this tournament and he blundered the game back to the Slovenian player.

Four in a row: Jobava sitting pretty with 4.5/5
Wojtaszek, Radek 0-1 Jobava, Baadur
The battle of the titans was a completely one sided affair. Jobava played a beautiful Budapest gambit in which he powerfully placed his pieces while not allowing any real threats from his opponent. White did not know exactly how to react, and instead of punishing Black's advanced pawn structure he ended up opening lines against his own king and Jobava finished him off in style.


Today's round didn't have the Master group or the amateurs playing, so it was rather lonely
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Bok,B | 2560 | Timman,J | 2607 | ½–½ | 2014 | C70 | Tata Steel Challengers | 5.1 |
Brunello,S | 2602 | Reinderman,D | 2593 | 1–0 | 2014 | A81 | Tata Steel Challengers | 5.2 |
Yu,Y | 2677 | Troff,K | 2457 | ½–½ | 2014 | B90 | Tata Steel Challengers | 5.3 |
Van Delft,M | 2430 | Zhao,X | 2567 | ½–½ | 2014 | B17 | Tata Steel Challengers | 5.4 |
Muzychuk,A | 2566 | Goudriaan,E | 2431 | 1–0 | 2014 | B90 | Tata Steel Challengers | 5.5 |
Wojtaszek,R | 2711 | Jobava,B | 2710 | 0–1 | 2014 | A52 | Tata Steel Challengers | 5.6 |
Saric,I | 2637 | Duda,J | 2553 | 1–0 | 2014 | B90 | Tata Steel Challengers | 5.7 |
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Schedule and results
Group A: Round 1 - Saturday Jan. 11 |
Leinier Dominguez - Anish Giri |
½-½
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Loek van Wely - Sergey Karjakin |
0-1
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Pentala Harikrishna - Levon Aronian |
½-½
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Fabiano Caruana - Boris Gelfand |
1-0
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Richard Rapport - Wesley So |
0-1
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Hikaru Nakamura - Arkadij Naiditsch |
1-0
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Group A: Round 2 - Sunday Jan. 12 |
Anish Giri - Arkadij Naiditsch |
1-0
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Wesley So - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½
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Boris Gelfand - Richard Rapport |
0-1
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Levon Aronian - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0
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Sergey Karjakin - Pentala Harikrishna |
½-½
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Leinier Dominguez - Loek van Wely |
½-½
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Group A: Round 3 - Monday Jan. 13 |
Loek van Wely - Anish Giri |
½-½
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Pentala Harikrishna - Leinier Dominguez |
1-0
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Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Karjakin |
1-0
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Richard Rapport - Levon Aronian |
½-½
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Hikaru Nakamura - Boris Gelfand |
½-½
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Wesley So |
½-½
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Group A: Round 4 - Wednesday Jan. 15 |
Anish Giri - Wesley So |
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Boris Gelfand - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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Levon Aronian - Hikaru Nakamura |
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Sergey Karjakin - Richard Rapport |
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Leinier Dominguez - Fabiano Caruana |
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Loek van Wely - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Group A: Round 5 - Friday Jan. 17 |
Pentala Harikrishna - Anish Giri |
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Fabiano Caruana - Loek van Wely |
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Richard Rapport - Leinier Dominguez |
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Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Karjakin |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Levon Aronian |
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Wesley So - Boris Gelfand |
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Group A: Round 6 - Saturday Jan. 18 |
Anish Giri - Boris Gelfand |
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Levon Aronian - Wesley So |
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Sergey Karjakin - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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Leinier Dominguez - Hikaru Nakamura |
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Loek van Wely - Richard Rapport |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Fabiano Caruana |
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Group A: Round 7 - Sunday Jan. 19 |
Fabiano Caruana - Anish Giri |
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Richard Rapport - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Hikaru Nakamura - Loek van Wely |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Leinier Dominguez |
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Wesley So - Sergey Karjakin |
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Boris Gelfand - Levon Aronian |
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Group A: Round 8 - Tuesday Jan. 21 |
Anish Giri - Levon Aronian |
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Sergey Karjakin - Boris Gelfand |
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Leinier Dominguez - Wesley So |
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Loek van Wely - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Hikaru Nakamura |
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Fabiano Caruana - Richard Rapport |
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Group A: Round 9 - Thursday Jan. 23 |
Richard Rapport - Anish Giri |
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Hikaru Nakamura - Fabiano Caruana |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Boris Gelfand - Leinier Dominguez |
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Wesley So - Loek van Wely |
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Levon Aronian - Sergey Karjakin |
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Group A: Round 10 - Saturday Jan. 25 |
Anish Giri - Sergey Karjakin |
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Leinier Dominguez - Levon Aronian |
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Loek van Wely - Boris Gelfand |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Wesley So |
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Fabiano Caruana - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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Richard Rapport - Hikaru Nakamura |
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Group A: Round 11 - Sunday Jan. 26 |
Hikaru Nakamura - Anish Giri |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Richard Rapport |
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Wesley So - Fabiano Caruana |
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Boris Gelfand - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Levon Aronian - Loek van Wely |
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Sergey Karjakin - Leinier Dominguez |
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Grandmaster Group B
Group B: Round 1 - Saturday Jan. 11 |
Etienne Goudriaan - Zhao Xue |
0-1
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Baadur Jobava - Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
½-½
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Merijn van Delft - Kayden Troff |
0-1
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Radek Wojtaszek - Dimitri Reinderman |
0-1
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Anna Muzychuk - Jan Timman |
½-½
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Ivan Saric - Benjamin Bok |
½-½
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Yu Yangyi - Sabino Brunello |
0-1
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Group B: Round 2 - Sunday Jan. 12 |
Zhao Xue - Sabino Brunello |
½-½
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Benjamin Bok - Yu Yangyi |
1-0
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Jan Timman - Ivan Saric |
½-½
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Dimitri Reinderman - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½
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Kayden Troff - Radek Wojtaszek |
½-½
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Jan-Krzysztof Duda - Merijn van Delft |
1-0
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Etienne Goudriaan - Baadur Jobava |
0-1
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Group B: Round 3 - Monday Jan. 13 |
Baadur Jobava - Zhao Xue |
1-0
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Merijn van Delft - Etienne Goudriaan |
1-0
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Radek Wojtaszek - Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
½-½
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Anna Muzychuk - Kayden Troff |
1-0
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Ivan Saric - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0
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Yu Yangyi - Jan Timman |
1-0
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Sabino Brunello - Benjamin Bok |
0-1
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Group B: Round 4 - Tuesday Jan. 14 |
Zhao Xue - Benjamin Bok |
1-0
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Jan Timman - Sabino Brunello |
1-0
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Dimitri Reinderman - Yu Yangyi |
1-0
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Kayden Troff - Ivan Saric |
0-1
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Jan-Krzysztof Duda - Anna Muzychuk |
0-1
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Etienne Goudriaan - Radek Wojtaszek |
0-1
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Baadur Jobava - Merijn van Delft |
1-0
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 – Free day
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Group B: Round 5 - Thursday Jan. 16 |
Merijn van Delft - Zhao Xue |
½-½
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Radek Wojtaszek - Baadur Jobava |
0-1
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Anna Muzychuk - Etienne Goudriaan |
1-0
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Ivan Saric - Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
1-0
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Yu Yangyi - Kayden Troff |
½-½
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Sabino Brunello - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0
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Benjamin Bok - Jan Timman |
½-½
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Group B: Round 6 - Friday Jan. 17 |
Zhao Xue - Jan Timman |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Benjamin Bok |
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Kayden Troff - Sabino Brunello |
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Jan-Krzysztof Duda - Yu Yangyi |
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Etienne Goudriaan - Ivan Saric |
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Baadur Jobava - Anna Muzychuk |
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Merijn van Delft - Radek Wojtaszek |
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Group B: Round 7 - Saturday Jan. 18 |
Radek Wojtaszek - Zhao Xue |
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Anna Muzychuk - Merijn van Delft |
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Ivan Saric - Baadur Jobava |
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Yu Yangyi - Etienne Goudriaan |
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Sabino Brunello - Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
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Benjamin Bok - Kayden Troff |
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Jan Timman - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Group B: Round 8 - Sunday Jan. 19 |
Zhao Xue - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Kayden Troff - Jan Timman |
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Jan-Krzysztof Duda - Benjamin Bok |
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Etienne Goudriaan - Sabino Brunello |
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Baadur Jobava - Yu Yangyi |
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Merijn van Delft - Ivan Saric |
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Radek Wojtaszek - Anna Muzychuk |
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Monday, Jan. 20 – Free day
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Group B: Round 9 - Tuesday Jan. 21 |
Anna Muzychuk - Zhao Xue |
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Ivan Saric - Radek Wojtaszek |
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Yu Yangyi - Merijn van Delft |
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Sabino Brunello - Baadur Jobava |
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Benjamin Bok - Etienne Goudriaan |
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Jan Timman - Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Kayden Troff |
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Group B: Round 10 - Wednesday Jan. 22 |
Zhao Xue - Kayden Troff |
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Jan-Krzysztof Duda - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Etienne Goudriaan - Jan Timman |
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Baadur Jobava - Benjamin Bok |
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Merijn van Delft - Sabino Brunello |
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Radek Wojtaszek - Yu Yangyi |
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Anna Muzychuk - Ivan Saric |
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Thursday, Jan. 23 – Free day
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Group B: Round 11 - Friday Jan. 24 |
Ivan Saric - Zhao Xue |
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Yu Yangyi - Anna Muzychuk |
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Sabino Brunello - Radek Wojtaszek |
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Benjamin Bok - Merijn van Delft |
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Jan Timman - Baadur Jobava |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Etienne Goudriaan |
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Kayden Troff - Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
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Group B: Round 12 - Saturday Jan. 25 |
Zhao Xue - Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
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Etienne Goudriaan - Kayden Troff |
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Baadur Jobava - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Merijn van Delft - Jan Timman |
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Radek Wojtaszek - Benjamin Bok |
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Anna Muzychuk - Sabino Brunello |
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Ivan Saric - Yu Yangyi |
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Group B: Round 13 - Sunday Jan. 26 |
Yu Yangyi - Zhao Xue |
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Sabino Brunello - Ivan Saric |
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Benjamin Bok - Anna Muzychuk |
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Jan Timman - Radek Wojtaszek |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Merijn van Delft |
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Kayden Troff - Baadur Jobava |
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Jan-Krzysztof Duda - Etienne Goudriaan |
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Commentary schedule on Playchess
Day |
Date |
Round |
English |
German |
Wednesday |
January 15 |
Round 4 |
Daniel King |
Klaus Bischoff |
Thursday |
January 16 |
Free |
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Friday |
January 17 |
Round 5 |
Simon Williams |
Oliver Reeh |
Saturday |
January 18 |
Round 6 |
Yasser Seirawan |
Klaus Bischoff |
Sunday |
January 19 |
Round 7 |
Daniel King |
Klaus Bischoff |
Monday |
January 20 |
Free |
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Tuesday |
January 21 |
Round 8 |
Lawrence Trent |
Klaus Bischoff |
Wednesday |
January 22 |
Free |
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Thursday |
January 23 |
Round 9 |
Daniel King |
Klaus Bischoff |
Friday |
January 24 |
Free |
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Saturday |
January 25 |
Round 10 |
Simon Williams |
Klaus Bischoff |
Sunday |
January 26 |
Round 11 |
Daniel King |
Klaus Bischoff |