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Wijk aan Zee/Tata round thirteen preview

1/27/2013 – Who will win the 75th Tata Steel Tournament? Okay, we know Magnus Carlsen has already clinched the A Section, but the B and C sections are still hotly contested. The final round starts on Sunday, January 27, at 12:00 noon (i.e. an hour and a half earlier than usual). To make things especially interesting we recommend you update your Playchess client and try out our latest Guess-a-Move feature.

Tata R13: Karjakin, Wang score, Carlsen wins Wijk by 1½ points

1/27/2013 – In the final round the Chinese GM Wang Hao ruined all Vishy Anand's chances of gaining Silver by beating the World Champion. Levon Aronian drew, to take sole second place, while Sergey Karjakin defeated Loek van Wely to join Anand in 3/4 places. Magnus Carlsen drew his game with black against Anish Giri and ended a full 1½ points ahead of the field. Full round 13 report.

Tata R12: Carlsen, Anand, Hou win, Carlsen clinches Wijk

1/26/2013 – Today Magnus Carlsen outplayed the US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura to score his seventh win in the Tata Steel tournament, having reached a total of 9.5/12 points with one round to go. His closest rivals, Anand and Aronian, have 8.0/12. Anand caught up with Aronian after a fine win over Erwin L'Ami, while the Chinese GM Hou Yifan beat Ivan Sokolov with black. Postgame and GM analysis.

Wijk on the free day: Group C tournament

1/25/2013 – In our reports on Tata Steel we sadly neglected the groups B and C, usually only giving the results, games and standings. We caught up yesterday by presenting you with portraits of the B Section players, and today, with the help of photographer Frans Peeters, we introduce you the to C-Group players and young talents. And show you a few interesting tactical moments from their games.

Tata R11: Leko, Karjakin, Aronian, Giri win

1/25/2013 – Four decisive games, just three draws – quite typical of this hard-fought event. Levon Aronian's win over Hikaru Nakamura pushed the Armenian into second place. The Chinese GM Wang Hao held Magnus Carlsen to a 31-move draw, while the 18-year-old Chinese GM Hou Yifan survived all winning attempts by World Champion Vishy Anand in a knight and pawn ending. Round eleven report.

Wijk on the free day: visit to Tata, B Group players

1/24/2013 – In our reports on the Tata Steel Tournament we have sadly neglected the groups B and C, usually giving only the results, games and standings. You have seen dozens of pictures of Magnus, Vishy, Levon and Yifan, but practically none of the 28 stars and talents in the lower sections. With the help of the photographer Frans Peeters we make it up to you – and to them – with a portrait of each.

Tata R10: Five decisive game, Carlsen leads by 1½ points

1/23/2013 – This round saw a wide variety of interesting games, with sharp unsound sacrifices and deep positional play. Hou Yifan beat Harikrishna, 100 points her senior, with black, Levon Aronian outplayed Wang Hao. Magnus Carlsen stretched his lead even further over his rivals by beating Erwin L'Ami. It won’t be long before the media start screaming the number ‘2900’! Full report with postgame analysis.

Tata R09: Carlsen beats Hou, takes full point lead

1/22/2013 – The top seed Magnus Carlsen booked yet another win – his fifth in this tournament – this time with black against the bottom seed, Chinese GM Hou Yifan, who now has five losses and one win. Magnus is a full point ahead of the World Champion Vishy Anand, who drew his game against Peter Leko. Loek van Wely beat Ivan Sokolov with black. Full report with video interviews and GM analysis.

Tata R08: Carlsen beats Karjakin, forges ahead

1/20/2013 – In a marathon 92-move game against Sergey Karjakin, Magnus Carlsen (as so often) managed to "squeeze blood out of a stone", as a GM colleague put it, and win an essentially drawn position. This put the Norwegian number one in the world back in the sole lead in Tata Steel. Caruana and Aronian also scored, against L'Ami and Hou Yifan respectively. Full report with videos and GM commentary.

Tata R07: Anand wins again, leads with Carlsen

1/19/2013 – Recently Vishy Anand announced that 2013 would be a come-back year, and in his first tournament of the year he is fulfilling his promise. With a third victory in this tournament the reigning World Champion climbed to the top of the score table, after Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin drew their games. Nakamura beat Wang Hao with black and is now in third place. Full round seven report.

Tata Steel Tournament: Impressions from Wijk aan Zee

1/18/2013 – Our Spanish language news editor Nadja Wittmann, who lives in Den Haag, Holland, took the train to Wijk aan Zee – in spite of ten inches of snow. Alina L'Ami is in Wijk for the entire event, assisting her husband Erwin. Both have sent us pictorial impressions. In addition we bring you some tactical highlights from the B and C section, while Andrew Martin attempts to explain why Carlsen wins.

Tata R06: Carlsen in the lead with 2923 performance

1/18/2013 – A lot of terrific games today: Magnus Carlsen crushed Ivan Sokolov to put half a point between himself and his pursuers – and five more points on his Elo rating; Levon Aronian wrung a point out of Peter Leko in 59 moves; Loek van Wely did likewise against Wang Hao in 41; the Chinese GM Hou Yifan used a Dragon to defeat Anish Giri in 85 moves. Full report with pictures and videos.

Tata R05: five decisive games, trio still lead

1/17/2013 – The trio – Carlsen, Anand and Karjakin, all drew their games and stayed on top of the cross table. The decisive games came from Harikrishna, Aronian, Leko, Nakamura and Wang Hao, who defeated van Wely, Sokolov, Caruana (!), Hou Yifan and L'Ami respectively. Especially impressive was Harikrishna-Van Wely. Here are games, statements by the players and analysis in our round five report.

Tata R04: Carlsen, Anand and Caruana score

1/15/2013 – On Sunday all games were (mostly exciting) draws, today by contrast there were five decisive games. At the top Magnus Carlsen took Pentala Harikrishna to the cleaners in typical style; world number five Fabiano Caruana defeated Ivan Sokolov, and World Champion Vishy Anand, facing Levon Aronian with black, played what might surely go down as the game of the year. Full report with GM analysis.

Tata R03: Carlsen, Anand, Karjakin score

1/14/2013 – Magnus Carlsen scored his first full point in Wijk with a convincing win over the Dutch number two Loek van Wely; the World Champion Vishy Anand defeated the world number five Fabiano Caruana; and Sergey Karjakin took a second full point in his game against the Chinese GM Wang Hao. Karjakin leads with 2.5/3, ahead of Carlsen, Anand and Harikrishna. Postgame interviews and analysis.

Tata R02: All games drawn, but many very tense

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.

Tata R01: Harikrishna and Karjakin score

1/12/2013 – Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna defeated the Dutch Champion Anish Giri. Sergey Karjakin celebrated his 23rd birthday by outplaying the former Women's World Champion Hou Yifan, 18, in a Classical French. GM Daniel King looks at this exciting game in his video report. All other games were drawn, and most notably Carlsen-Caruana, Anand-Nakamura and Aronian-van Wely. Round one report.

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 begins on Saturday

1/11/2013 – It is, as you know, being held in the Dutch sea resort of Wijk aan Zee. Recently we named the participants and strengths of all three groups. On Friday the opening ceremony took place, and with it the drawing of lots. This means we can give you the full schedule and pairings, as well as the world-class commentators we have lined up for you at Playchess. It's going to be an exciting two weeks.

Wijk aan Zee 2013: Tata Steel Chess Super-GM lineup

1/4/2013 – This event, which has been played in the wind-swept Dutch sea resort since 1938 and was formerly known as the Corus Chess Tournament, is now named after the Indian steel company that bought Corus. The GM Group A features the world's number 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 players and is a Category 20 tournament. The first round is on January 12. Pre-tournament information with history and statistics.
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