Wijk aan Zee Rd9: Aronian beats Caruana; Karjakin beats Carlsen

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1/24/2012 – Once again the balance of power's pendulum swung, and Aronian took a full one-point lead after beating Caruana in a strong game in which he always seemed a step ahead. For Carlsen, it was a double nightmare as a mistake put him in hot water against Karjakin from which he never recovered. Ivanchuk also beat Giri after a tense game. Report with video analysis by Sergey Karjakin.

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The 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place from January 13 to 29, 2012 in the sports hall Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee. There are three grandmaster tournaments with fourteen players each playing thirteen rounds at 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. Rest days are on January 18, 23, and 26.


Tata Steel Tournament 2012

Round nine


The entrance to the playing area

Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 24th
Hikaru Nakamura - Veselin Topalov
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Sergey Karjakin
0-1
Gata Kamsky - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
Loek van Wely - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Vugar Gashimov - David Navara
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Anish Giri
1-0
Levon Aronian - Fabiano Caruana
1-0

It was an altogether remarkable round in which several players made their move to establish their gold medal intentions.

The first to achieve a winning score was Levon Aronian, who was tied with Magnus Carlsen for first, against Fabiano Caruana. The opening went quickly very wrong, and while the game took a further 25 moves to end, the Armenian did not let his prey escape.

This win became all the more decisive due to hair-raising result on board one. After a mistake on move 18, Carlsen got into a difficult position from which he never managed to extricate himself, making the round a double nightmare, since aside from his loss, he saw his rival win and take a one point lead with three rounds to go.

 
Sergey Karjakin analyzes his win over Magnus Carlsen


Ivanchuk is now tied 2nd-4th after his win over Giri

Giri and Ivanchuk also played a tense game with mistakes, but a final one by the young Dutchman allowing the Ukrainian to enter a won pawn endgame ended it.

 
The round nine video report (courtesy of the Tata Steel Facebook page)

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Aronian,L2805Caruana,F27361–02012A0474th Tata Steel GMA9
Ivanchuk,V2766Giri,A27141–02012D3174th Tata Steel GMA9
Nakamura,H2759Topalov,V2770½–½2012A23Wijk aan Zee NED9
Kamsky,G2732Radjabov,T2773½–½2012C77Wijk aan Zee NED9
Gashimov,V2761Navara,D2712½–½2012C65Wijk aan Zee NED9
Carlsen,M2835Karjakin,S27690–12012A1574th Tata Steel GMA9
Van Wely,L2692Gelfand,B2739½–½2012E2174th Tata Steel GMA9

Group A standings after nine rounds


Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 24th
Viktorija Cmilyte - Alexander Motylev
½-½
Erwin L'Ami - Harika Dronavalli
1-0
Jan Timman - Kateryna Lahno
½-½
Vladimir Potkin - Lazaro Bruzon
0-1
Sergey Tiviakov - Dimitri Reinderman
1-0
Ilya Nyzhnik - Pentala Harikrishna
0-1
Daniele Vocatura - Sipke Ernst
0-1

The B group was also extremely lively, with five of the seven games ending in wins, however a key one was leader Harikrishna’s victory over Nyzhnyk, allowing him to maintain his one point lead, with 7.0/9. While Motylev dropped a half point against Cmilyte, L’Ami and Bruzon both won to make it a threesome at 6.0/9.

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Tiviakov,S2677Reinderman,D25811–02012C0674th Tata Steel GMB9
Timman,J2571Lahno,K2557½–½2012D8274th Tata Steel GMB9
Vocaturo,D2545Ernst,S26061–02012C5074th Tata Steel GMB9
Cmilyte,V2503Motylev,A2677½–½2012D4374th Tata Steel GMB9
Potkin,V2684Bruzon Batista,L26910–12012E1174th Tata Steel GMB9
L'Ami,E2596Harika,D25161–02012D8774th Tata Steel GMB9
Nyzhnyk,I2568Harikrishna,P26650–12012D3774th Tata Steel GMB9

Group B standings after nine rounds


Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 24th
Baskaran Adhiban - Pieter Hopman
1-0
Etienne Goudriaan - Daan Brandenburg
½-½
Elina Danielian - Elizabeth Paehtz
½-½
Maxim Turov - Tania Sachdev
1-0
Lisa Schut - Matthew Sadler
½-½
Anne Haast - Sahaj Grover
1-0
Lars Ootes - Hans Tikkanen
0-1

In the C group, Turov and Tikkanen lead with 7.5/9, followed by Adhiban with 6.5/9. The good news for Dutch chess was Lisa Schut’s draw against Sadler, securing a WGM norm.

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Ootes,L2326Tikkanen,H25490–12012C1174th Tata Steel GMC9
Goudriaan,E2279Brandenburg,D2527½–½2012C7874th Tata Steel GMC9
Turov,M2645Sachdev,T24111–02012A0574th Tata Steel GMC9
Danielian,E2490Paehtz,E2454½–½2012A4074th Tata Steel GMC9
Schut,L2290Sadler,M2660½–½2012B2774th Tata Steel GMC9
Haast,A2290Grover,S25321–02012C1974th Tata Steel GMC9
Adhiban,B2561Hopman,P23421–02012C4174th Tata Steel GMC9

Group C standings after nine rounds



Photos © Frits Agterdenbos of ChessVista


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