Tata Steel R1: Carlsen gambles, beats Firouzja

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
1/17/2021 – Three players are sharing the lead after round 1 in Wijk aan Zee, as Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri and Nils Grandelius all obtained victories with the white pieces. It was a topsy-turvy win for the world champion, who bravely gave up two pawns to get the better of 17-year-old Alireza Firouzja. Endgame specialist Karsten Müller analysed the rook ending that gave Grandelius the full point against Alexander Donchenko. | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021

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“A typical first-round game”

Despite his magnificent historical record in elite tournaments, Magnus Carlsen tends to need some time to gain momentum at each event — he usually stumbles through the first rounds before turning up the heat. 

This time around, he kicked off the 2021 Tata Steel Chess tournament with a win over wunderkind Alireza Firouzja, but he did so despite, as he put it, “thinking too much and miscalculating” which made for “a typical first-round game”. The Norwegian sacrificed two pawns to get the win, and later commented:

I knew in my heart that once I’d [sacrificed a pawn on d5] I wasn’t going to back down later on and look for equality, so I knew at that point that at least mentally I’d already burned some bridges.

As it usually happens in games of this nature, the computers evaluated the position as advantageous for the side with the material. But for a human to deal with the pressure of finding precise manoeuvres at every turn is a whole different ball game. Carlsen explained:

If there’s something forced for him then it’s impossible to calculate with so little time.

In the end, it was a blunder by Firouzja that gave the world champion the full point and the shared lead going into round 2, as Carlsen was not the only player to kick off the tournament with a victory — Anish Giri and Nils Grandelius also won with the white pieces.

Jorden van Foreest

Jorden van Foreest held a draw against defending champion Fabiano Caruana on opening day | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit

Firouzja cracks under pressure

A position was reached after 22 moves in which Carlsen could have chosen to go for a repetition and call it a day — in fact, that might have been a reasonable decision given the length of the tournament.

 
Carlsen vs. Firouzja
Position after 22...Nf6

23.d5 White goes for it.

[23.Re5 Nd7 24.Ra5 Nf6 25.Re5 Most likely, Firouzja would have agreed to repeat the position, getting a draw with black against the world champion in round 1 of a tough event.]

23...exd5 24.e5 Ne4 25.Qd4 Rdc8 26.Raa1 a5 27.Rab1 Bc6 

 

In order to make the most of the initiative, Carlsen frees a square for his knight by giving up another pawn — 28.e6 fxe6 29.Ne5 Qf6 

 

Around this point, commentator Peter Leko stated, “I would say [White] is completely winning...if he wasn’t two pawns down”. The game continued 30.f3 Ng5 31.Rb6 Be8 32.Qe3 a4 33.Ng4 Qd8 34.Rxe6 Nxe6 35.Qxe6+ 

 

White’s position looks menacing, but if Black survives he has an extra pawn — and a very dangerous one at that. But now came the losing blunder: 35...Bf7 and White will break through decisively.

[Black needed to go for 35...Kh8 36.Qf5 Qb6+ including a key intermediate check. 37.Kh1 Bg6 giving up the piece, as after 38.Qxg6 Qxg6 39.Bxg6 a3 the a-pawn is a beast.]

There followed 36.Nxh6+ gxh6 37.Qxh6 Qc7 

 

Black is busted — 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Qh8+ Bg8 40.Qh6+ 1-0

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.Bd3 c5 12.0-0 cxd4 13.cxd4 b6 14.a4 Bb7 15.a5 bxa5 16.Rxa5 Nf6 17.Re1 Rfd8 18.Qa1 Qc7 19.h3 a6 20.Rc5 Qf4 21.Re5 Nd7 22.Ra5 Nf6
23.d5 White goes for it. 23.Re5 Nd7 24.Ra5 Nf6 25.Re5 Most likely, Firouzja would have agreed to repeat the position, getting a draw with black against the world champion in round 1 of a tough event. 23...exd5 24.e5 Ne4 25.Qd4 Rdc8 26.Raa1 a5 27.Rab1 Bc6
In order to make the most of the initiative, Carlsen frees a square for his knight by giving up another pawn. 28.e6 fxe6 29.Ne5 Qf6 Around this point, commentator Peter Leko stated: "I would say [White] is completely winning...if he wasn't two pawns down". 30.f3 Ng5 31.Rb6 Be8 32.Qe3 a4 33.Ng4 Qd8 34.Rxe6 Nxe6 35.Qxe6+ White's position looks menacing, but if Black survives he has an extra pawn - and a very dangerous one at that. Bf7 This was the losing blunder. Black now breaks through decisively. 35...Kh8 36.Qf5 Qb6+ A key intermediate check. 37.Kh1 Bg6 giving up the piece, as after 38.Qxg6 Qxg6 39.Bxg6 a3 the a-pawn is a beast. 36.Nxh6+ gxh6 37.Qxh6 Qc7 Black is busted. 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Qh8+ Bg8 40.Qh6+
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Carlsen,M2862Firouzja,A27491–02021D5383rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.1
Carlsen,M2862Firouzja,A27491–0202183rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.1

Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja

17-year-old Alireza Firouzja will have plenty of chances to challenge the world champion’s supremacy | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit

A sweet point for Grandelius

Sweden grandmaster Nils Grandelius was paired up against Daniil Dubov’s late replacement Alexander Donchenko in the first round. Grandelius felt he was better in the middlegame, but then found himself struggling for more in a rather balanced position. In the endgame, however, Donchenko blundered into a lost pawn endgame. Grandelius confessed:

The point is very sweet, but it’s so early that I’m mainly looking [at] the quality [of the game].

Endgame specialist Karsten Müller took a closer look at the ending:

 
Grandelius vs. Donchenko
Position after 36.Ra1

All rook endgames are drawn. But over the board it can be very difficult to defend them of course. 36...Rd2? Usually going for activity is a good idea, but this is the wrong way to start.

[After 36...f4! 37.Re1+ Kf5= White’s king is not playing, so it is a clear draw.]

37.Re1+ Kd3 38.Re3+ Kc4 39.f4! h5

 

[The alternatives 39...Rf2 and 39...Rd3 do not save black] 

[But 39...Rc2!? was worth trying: 40.Rxe6 Kxc3 41.Rxh6 Kxb4 42.Rf6 Kxc5 43.Rxf5+ Kd4 44.h4 Ke4 45.Rf8 b5 46.Kg3 Rc5 47.Re8+ Kd4 48.Rb8 Kc4 49.Kf3 b4 50.g4 Rb5 51.Rxb5 cxb5 52.Ke2! The only winning move. 52...Kc3 53.h5 b3 54.h6 b2 55.h7 b1Q 56.h8Q++-.]

40.Kg3

 

40...Rd3?! The pawn endgame is lost.

41.Rxd3 Kxd3 42.Kh4 Ke3 43.g3 Kf2?! 44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 fxg4 46.Kxg4 Ke3 47.Kg5 

 

47...Ke4 48.Kf6 Kxf4 49.Kxe6 Ke4 50.Kd6 Kd3 51.Kc7 Kxc3 52.Kxb7 Kxb4 53.Kxc6+- 1-0

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 a6 7.Re1 Ba7 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.Nf1 Na5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 c6 12.Ng3 h6 13.h3 Be6 14.d4 Re8 15.Be3 d5 16.exd5 exd4 17.Bxd4 Qxd5 18.Bxf6 Qxd1 19.Raxd1 gxf6 20.b4 Red8 21.Ne4 Kg7 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.bxc5 f5 24.Nd4 Kf6 25.Ra1 a5 26.Ra4 Rd5 27.b4 Ra6 28.Nxe6 fxe6 29.Rea1 Ke5 30.Re1+ Kf6 31.Rea1 Ke5 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.Rxa5 Ke4 34.Ra7 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Rd7 36.Ra1 All rook endgames are drawn. But over the board it can be very difficult to defend them of course: Rd2? Usually going for activity is a good idea. But this is the wrong way to start. After 36...f4! 37.Re1+ Kf5= White's king is not playing - it is a clear draw. 37.Re1+ Kd3 38.Re3+ Kc4 39.f4! h5 The alternatives do not save black: 39...Rf2 40.Rxe6 Rxf4 40...Kxc3 41.Kg3 Rb2 42.Re5+- 41.Rxh6 Kxc3 42.Rf6 Kxb4 43.g4 Kxc5 44.g5 Rh4 45.Rxf5+ Kd6 46.Kg3 Rh8 47.h4+- But 39...Rc2!? was worth trying: 40.Rxe6 Kxc3 41.Rxh6 Kxb4 42.Rf6 Kxc5 43.Rxf5+ Kd4 44.h4 Ke4 45.Rf8 b5 46.Kg3 Rc5 47.Re8+ Kd4 48.Rb8 Kc4 49.Kf3 b4 50.g4 Rb5 51.Rxb5 cxb5 52.Ke2! The only winning move. Kc3 53.h5 b3 54.h6 b2 55.h7 b1Q 56.h8Q++- 39...Rd3 40.Rxe6 Rxc3 41.g4 fxg4 42.hxg4 Rf3 43.Rf6 Kxb4 44.Kg2 Ra3 45.Rxh6+- 40.Kg3
40...Rd3?! The pawn endgame is lost. 40...h4+ 41.Kxh4 Rxg2 was more tenacious, but also insufficient: 42.Rg3 Re2 43.Kg5 Kd5 44.Rd3+ Kc4 45.Rd7 Kxc3 46.Rxb7+- 41.Rxd3 Kxd3 42.Kh4 Ke3 43.g3 Kf2?! 43...Kf3!? was more tenacious: 44.c4 Even 44.Kxh5?! wins Kxg3 45.Kg5 Kxh3 46.Kf6 Kg3 47.Ke5 Kg4 48.c4 Kf3 49.b5 Ke3 50.bxc6 bxc6 51.Kxe6 Kxf4 52.Kd6 and White mates in 77 moves. 44...Kg2 45.g4 e5 46.fxe5 f4 47.e6 f3 48.e7 f2 49.e8Q f1Q 50.Qe4+ Kh2 51.gxh5+- 44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 fxg4 46.Kxg4 Ke3 47.Kg5
47.Kg5 Ke4 48.Kf6 Kxf4 49.Kxe6 Ke4 50.Kd6 Kd3 51.Kc7 Kxc3 52.Kxb7 Kxb4 53.Kxc6+-
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Grandelius,N2663Donchenko,A26681–02021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.5

Nils Grandelius

Nils Grandelius | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit

Giri beats Tari

Local hero Anish Giri also started with a win. The game followed a line recently played in a confrontation between Hikaru Nakamura and Carlsen. As the world champion had done last year, Aryan Tari gave up a piece on g4:

 
Giri vs. Tari
Position after 8.g4

8...Nxg4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.Be3 Be7 At this point, however, Giri improved on Nakamura’s play, placing his king on g2 instead of h1 — 11.Kg2

 

The Dutchman later confessed that he was very well prepared in this line, although he did not expect to face it against Tari. His good preparation gave him a comfortable position in which it was only a matter of finding a way to break through, as he explained later.

 
Position after 46...Bf8

Giri noted that he had a dream setup, as it is better to have a rook — instead of a queen — stuck on h3. In the diagrammed position, Black is busted due to 47.Nxf4+. Tari resigned.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.0-0 C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5. Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 White has an edge. Nxg4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.Be3 Be7
next ...f5 is good for Black. 11.Kg2N Predecessor: 11.Kh1 f5 12.Rg1 h5 13.Nc3 f4 14.Bd2 g5 15.Nb1 Bc5 16.Bc3 Bxf2 17.Nbd2 1-0 (33) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020 11...f5 12.Qe1 Bxf3+ 13.Kxf3 f4 14.Bd2 g5 15.Bc3 Bf6 16.Nd2 Qe7 17.Rh1 h5! 18.Ke2 g4 19.f3 g3 20.Kf1 h4 And now ...h3 would win. 21.Rh3 a5 22.a4! b6 23.Kg2 c5 24.Qb1 Kf7 25.b3 Rad8 26.Nc4 Kg6 27.Qb2 Rh5 28.Rah1 Rdh8 29.Qa1 Kg7 Better is 29...Qg7 30.Bb2± Kg6 31.Qb1 Rd8 31...Qd8 32.Qe1 Kg7 32...Bg7± was called for. 33.Qa1 White should try 33.Qc1+- 33...Rdh8       34.Na3 Kg6 35.Nb5 Bg7 36.Nc3 Qd8
36...Qd6 37.Ne2! Hoping for Nxf4+! R8h7 38.Qe1 Qd6 39.Qc3 c6 39...Bf6± is a better defense. 40.Qc4+- Rh8 41.Ba3 Qf6 41...Qd7 42.Bc1 R5h6 42.Qa6 Rb8 42...Qd8 43.Qb7 R5h6 43.Bc1 Bh6? 43...Bf8 keeps fighting. 44.Qa7 Bd6 44.Qa7 Qd8 44...Rg8 45.Qxb6 Bf8 46.Qxa5 Be7 45.Bb2 Qc8 Double Attack 46.Qe7 Double Attack Bf8 Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.43 47.Nxf4+! Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.43
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Giri,A2764Tari,A26251–0202183rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.7

Anish Giri, Aryan Tari

Anish Giri and Aryan Tari in good spirits before the game | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit

Round 1 results

NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
GM
GM
2862

1
GM
2749
1

Ø 2749
1/1
2862
0
1-0
0
GM

1
GM
2862
0

Ø 2862
0/1
2749
GM
GM
2823

1
GM
2671
½

Ø 2671
0.5/1
2823
0
½-½
0
GM

1
GM
2823
½

Ø 2823
0.5/1
2671
GM
2732
0
½-½
0
GM
2784
GM
GM
2764

1
GM
2625
1

Ø 2625
1/1
2764
0
1-0
0
GM
GM
2625

1
GM
2764
0

Ø 2764
0/1
2625
GM

1
GM
2743
½

Ø 2743
0.5/1
2677
0
½-½
0
GM
GM
2743

1
GM
2677
½

Ø 2677
0.5/1
2743
GM


Ø 2679
0.5/1
2705
0
½-½
0
GM
2679
GM

1
GM
2668
1

Ø 2668
1/1
2663
0
1-0
0
GM

1
GM
2663
0

Ø 2663
0/1
2668

Standings after Round 1

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
TBPerf.
1
GM
GM
2862

1
GM
2749
1

Ø 2749
1/1
2862
1.0
1
0.00
3549
2
GM
GM
2764

1
GM
2625
1

Ø 2625
1/1
2764
1.0
1
0.00
3425
3
GM

1
GM
2668
1

Ø 2668
1/1
2663
1.0
1
0.00
3468
4
GM
GM
2823

1
GM
2671
½

Ø 2671
0.5/1
2823
0.5
1
0.50
2671
5
GM
2784
0.5
1
0.50
2732
6
GM
GM
2743

1
GM
2677
½

Ø 2677
0.5/1
2743
0.5
1
0.50
2677
7
GM
2732
0.5
1
0.50
2784
8
GM


Ø 2679
0.5/1
2705
0.5
1
0.50
2679
9
GM
2679
0.5
1
0.50
2705
10
GM

1
GM
2743
½

Ø 2743
0.5/1
2677
0.5
1
0.50
2743
11
GM

1
GM
2823
½

Ø 2823
0.5/1
2671
0.5
1
0.50
2823
12
GM

1
GM
2862
0

Ø 2862
0/1
2749
0.0
1
0.00
2062
13
GM

1
GM
2663
0

Ø 2663
0/1
2668
0.0
1
0.00
1863
14
GM
GM
2625

1
GM
2764
0

Ø 2764
0/1
2625
0.0
1
0.00
1964
TBs: Koya, Wins

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.cxd5 D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations. Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.e4 The position is equal. Nxc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.Bd3 c5 12.0-0 cxd4 13.cxd4 b6
14.a4N Predecessor: 14.Rc1 Nf6 15.Qe2 Bb7 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.h3 Rfd8 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.e5 1-0 (35) Obolentseva,A (2324)-Girya,O (2456) Moscow 2019 14...Bb7 15.a5 bxa5 16.Rxa5 Nf6 17.Re1 Rfd8 18.Qa1 Qc7 19.h3 a6 20.Rc5 Qf4 21.Re5 Nd7 22.Ra5 Nf6 23.d5 exd5 24.e5 Ne4 25.Qd4 Rdc8 26.Raa1 a5 27.Rab1 Bc6 28.e6 fxe6 Threatens to win with ...a4. 29.Ne5 Black must now prevent f3. Qf6 30.f3 30.Bxe4= remains equal. dxe4 31.Nxc6 Rxc6 32.Qxe4 30...Ng5! 31.Rb6 Be8 32.Qe3 a4 32...h5 33.f4 Ne4 34.Bxe4 dxe4 35.Qxe4 a4 33.Ng4! Qd8 Strongly threatening ...d4. 34.Rxe6 White should play 34.f4 d4 35.Qe2 Qxb6 36.fxg5 34...Nxe6 Better is 34...a3! ...a2 is the strong threat. 35.Re7 Bf7 35.Qxe6+ Bf7?       This costs Black the game. 35...Kh8 36.Qf5 Qb6+ 37.Kf1 Bg6! 38.Qxg6 Qxg6 39.Bxg6 a3 36.Nxh6+!+- gxh6 37.Qxh6 Bh7+ would kill now. Qc7 38.Qh7+ White mates. Kf8
39.Qh8+! Bg8 40.Qh6+ Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.31
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Carlsen,M2862Firouzja,A27491–02021D5383rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.1
Wojtaszek,R2705Anton Guijarro,D2679½–½2021E1583rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.2
Harikrishna,P2732Vachier-Lagrave,M2784½–½2021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.3
Esipenko,A2677Duda,J2743½–½2021C4283rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.4
Grandelius,N2663Donchenko,A26681–02021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.5
Caruana,F2823Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021D4083rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.6
Giri,A2764Tari,A26251–02021C6583rd Tata Steel Masters 20211.7
Anton Guijarro,D2679Carlsen,M2862½–½2021B3483rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Firouzja,A2749½–½2021B1283rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.2
Donchenko,A2668Caruana,F28230–12021D1283rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.3
Duda,J2743Grandelius,N26630–12021A3083rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.4
Van Foreest,J2671Giri,A2764½–½2021C4283rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.5
Harikrishna,P2732Esipenko,A2677½–½2021B1283rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.6
Tari,A2625Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021B5183rd Tata Steel Masters 20212.7
Carlsen,M2862Tari,A2625½–½2021D4183rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.1
Giri,A2764Donchenko,A2668½–½2021E2183rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.2
Wojtaszek,R2705Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021D5083rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.3
Caruana,F2823Duda,J2743½–½2021C4283rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.4
Grandelius,N2663Harikrishna,P27320–12021C0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.5
Esipenko,A2677Vachier-Lagrave,M2784½–½2021B5383rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.6
Firouzja,A2749Anton Guijarro,D26791–02021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20213.7
Van Foreest,J2671Carlsen,M2862½–½2021C8483rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Anton Guijarro,D2679½–½2021C8983rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.2
Duda,J2743Giri,A2764½–½2021D8783rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.3
Esipenko,A2677Grandelius,N2663½–½2021B9283rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.4
Harikrishna,P2732Caruana,F2823½–½2021C7883rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.5
Donchenko,A2668Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.6
Tari,A2625Firouzja,A2749½–½2021B1283rd Tata Steel Masters 20214.7
Carlsen,M2862Donchenko,A2668½–½2021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.1
Firouzja,A2749Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.2
Anton Guijarro,D2679Tari,A2625½–½2021C6783rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.3
Giri,A2764Harikrishna,P2732½–½2021D2083rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.4
Caruana,F2823Esipenko,A2677½–½2021A2983rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.5
Grandelius,N2663Vachier-Lagrave,M27841–02021B9783rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.6
Wojtaszek,R2705Duda,J2743½–½2021D4183rd Tata Steel Masters 20215.7
Duda,J2743Carlsen,M2862½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Tari,A2625½–½2021D7883rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.2
Van Foreest,J2671Anton Guijarro,D26791–02021C8483rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.3
Grandelius,N2663Caruana,F2823½–½2021B3083rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.4
Harikrishna,P2732Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021D3883rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.5
Esipenko,A2677Giri,A2764½–½2021D4583rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.6
Donchenko,A2668Firouzja,A27490–12021D3183rd Tata Steel Masters 20216.7
Carlsen,M2862Harikrishna,P2732½–½2021B4683rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.1
Anton Guijarro,D2679Donchenko,A2668½–½2021B7083rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.2
Tari,A2625Van Foreest,J26710–12021C6483rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.3
Caruana,F2823Vachier-Lagrave,M27841–02021B9783rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.4
Giri,A2764Grandelius,N26631–02021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.5
Firouzja,A2749Duda,J27431–02021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.6
Wojtaszek,R2705Esipenko,A26770–12021E2083rd Tata Steel Masters 20217.7
Esipenko,A2677Carlsen,M28621–02021B8483rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.1
Duda,J2743Anton Guijarro,D2679½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.2
Harikrishna,P2732Firouzja,A27490–12021D1083rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021C7883rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.4
Caruana,F2823Giri,A2764½–½2021D0083rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.5
Grandelius,N2663Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021B1883rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.6
Donchenko,A2668Tari,A2625½–½2021E0483rd Tata Steel Masters 20218.7
Carlsen,M2862Grandelius,N26631–02021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.1
Tari,A2625Duda,J2743½–½2021B5183rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.2
Van Foreest,J2671Donchenko,A2668½–½2021C8483rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.3
Wojtaszek,R2705Caruana,F28230–12021E9483rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.4
Firouzja,A2749Esipenko,A2677½–½2021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.5
Giri,A2764Vachier-Lagrave,M27841–02021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.6
Anton Guijarro,D2679Harikrishna,P2732½–½2021B5683rd Tata Steel Masters 20219.7
Caruana,F2823Carlsen,M2862½–½2021E0183rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Donchenko,A26681–02021B1283rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.2
Esipenko,A2677Anton Guijarro,D26791–02021C8483rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.3
Grandelius,N2663Firouzja,A2749½–½2021B6783rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.4
Giri,A2764Wojtaszek,R27051–02021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.5
Duda,J2743Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021E6183rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.6
Harikrishna,P2732Tari,A2625½–½2021C7883rd Tata Steel Masters 202110.7
Carlsen,M2862Giri,A2764½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.1
Donchenko,A2668Duda,J2743½–½2021D3583rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.2
Tari,A2625Esipenko,A26771–02021C7983rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.3
Van Foreest,J2671Harikrishna,P27321–02021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.4
Firouzja,A2749Caruana,F2823½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.5
Anton Guijarro,D2679Grandelius,N2663½–½2021D8583rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.6
Wojtaszek,R2705Vachier-Lagrave,M2784½–½2021D8283rd Tata Steel Masters 202111.7
Wojtaszek,R2705Carlsen,M2862½–½2021D4683rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.1
Grandelius,N2663Tari,A2625½–½2021C5483rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.2
Caruana,F2823Anton Guijarro,D2679½–½2021D3983rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.3
Giri,A2764Firouzja,A2749½–½2021C1183rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.4
Esipenko,A2677Van Foreest,J2671½–½2021B1383rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2784Duda,J2743½–½2021C4283rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.6
Harikrishna,P2732Donchenko,A26681–02021E2083rd Tata Steel Masters 202112.7
Anton Guijarro,D2679Giri,A2764½–½2021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.1
Donchenko,A2668Esipenko,A26770–12021A1383rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.2
Carlsen,M2862Vachier-Lagrave,M27841–02021D8583rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.3
Van Foreest,J2671Grandelius,N26631–02021B9083rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.4
Tari,A2625Caruana,F2823½–½2021C0183rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.5
Firouzja,A2749Wojtaszek,R2705½–½2021D0283rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.6
Duda,J2743Harikrishna,P2732½–½2021D4683rd Tata Steel Masters 202113.7

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Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.

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