1/13/2013 – Ivan Sokolov, playing black, had Hikaru Nakamura on the verge of defeat. Magnus Carlsen admitted that Levon Aronian "outplayed me, so I was lucky to survive." Vishy Anand remained calm in face of a "scary attack" by Anish Giri. Hou Yifan fought back from a bad position to miss a clear win against Loek van Wely – as she learnt in front of a rolling camera after the game. Round two report.
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75. Tata Steel Chess Tournament
This event is taking place from January 12-27. The venue is as usual the traditional
De Moriaan Center in the Dutch sea resort of Wijk aan Zee,. The tournament has
taken place since 1938 and was known as the Corus Chess Tournament. The Indian
company Tata Steel bought Corus (for US $7.6 billion) in 2006 and the chess
event way renamed accordingly. The tournament has three Grandmaster Groups,
which have 14 players and are held as full round robins (each competitor plays
against every other). The rate of play for all three groups is 100 minutes for
40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and finally 15 minutes for the rest of
the game, with a 30 seconds/move increment starting with the first move of the
game.
Round two report
Group A: Round 2 - Sunday January 13
Loek van Wely - Hou Yifan
½-½
Erwin L'Ami - Sergey Karjakin
½-½
Wang Hao - Peter Leko
½-½
Hikaru Nakamura - Ivan Sokolov
½-½
Anish Giri - Vishy Anand
½-½
Fabiano Caruana - Pentala Harikrishna
½-½
Levon Aronian - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
The Dutch organisers of the Tata Steel event have done something extraordinary.
They wait in the gangway outside the playing venue and get the players to give
short statements on the game they have just played. These are fresh and spontaneous
opinions and very interesting to hear. Links to the videos, which usually last
less than two minutes, are given at the bottom of the page. One you shouldn't
miss is the poignant five-second statement by Ivan Sokolov.
Loek van Wely: "I was very happy with my game, I got
a very nice and solid edge, but somehow I lost control over the game. Things
were getting pretty bad and in the end it seems that I bluffed her and managed
to get a draw."
Hou Yifan: "It was a tough game, I had a slightly worse
position with no play, but somehow my opponent did not find a clear plan to
break through my position and gave me some chances. But in time trouble I did
not find any winning move. His position looked very strange, so I am sure I
missed something."
At some point the computer saw a win for you...
Yes, Yifan, on the server the engines were showing 7.4 to 10.6 for Black!
These things happen, dear friend. You are very strong, but not a machine...
Magnus Carlsen: "I thought I got an interesting position,
but he outplayed me and I was pretty lucky to survive. I had a nice trick in
the ending, which might have been winning for him, but it looked very dodgy."
Levon Aronian: "The position was really good, I felt
I played well up to a point, and then, like yesterday, my intuition failed me.
After 41...c6 it is like a miracle for Black to survive. Of course I am disappointed."
Hikaru Nakamura: "Frankly from the beginning of the game
I played like an idiot and tried to be creative at the wrong time. Ivan made
a bunch of logical and correct moves and then just after time control he went
for this crazy idea of 42...Kf5 and 43...Kg4. There are plenty of plans which
win, and he went for the one plan where I had some hopes for a draw."
Ivan Sokolov: "I was completely winning. If I don't kill
myself tonight I'm going to live thousand years"
Anish Giri: "I played in the style like when I was ten
years old – I think I had big experience of winning this kind of games.
But now it was a different opponent. When he played 17.Nd7 and then back to
f6 I thought if he loses so much time I should punish him [and played 20.Ng4].
I calculated a lot on what if he takes, and not what if he doesn't. I kept on
thinking of bad move for him."
Vishy Anand: "I knew the attack is nothing, and so when
he got excited I started to feel that maybe I will get winning chances. My knight
on d6 defends everything and I didn't see any real attacking chances for him.
This was exactly my idea and I was very happy with it." [More in the replay
board and video link below].
GM Danny King Play of the Day – Aronian vs Carlsen
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.0-0Be76.Re1b57.Bb30-08.d3d69.a3Nb810.Nbd2Nbd711.Nf1Nc512.Ba2Be613.Bxe6Nxe614.Ng3g615.c3c516.Bh6Re817.h3Nd718.a4Qb619.Nh2Nf620.Ng4Giri: I thought
if he loses so much time I should punish him, and and I calculated a lot on
what if he takes, and not what if he doesn't.Reb821.Re3Qd822.Nf5b423.Rg3bxc324.bxc3Rb725.Rb1Rxb126.Qxb1Nxg427.Rxg4Bf828.Qb7Rb829.Qd5Nc7Anand: My original idea was29...Nf4and after30.Bxf4At the
last minute I saw30.Rxf4exf431.Bxf8Qxf832.Nxd6and with enough pawns
he is fine.30...exf4the knight on f5 is basically doomed.30.Qc6Ne831.Qxa6Nf6?Anand: after31...Qb6I get the game but with two extra
tempi and probably I'm just winning, or at least a better endgame.32.Rg5!Anand: This looks stupid, because he blocks the bishop -- blocks everything
-- but I cannot do anything with it.Qb633.Qc4Ne834.Rg3Qb335.Qxb3Rxb336.Bd2Ra337.d4Rxa438.dxe5dxe539.Nh6+Kg740.Rd3Nf641.Ng4Nxg442.hxg4Rxe443.g5Ra444.Kf1Ra645.c4Rd646.Ke2Rxd3½–½
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