Tata Steel Masters (Wijk aan Zee) 2021

[MichaelBaron]

Nice easy to follow annotation to Carlsen and Giri games from rd 1.
https://chessbase.in/news/Tata-Steel...oyap8SpQnIvgr0

[MichaelBaron]

against Anton, Carlsen was close to another victory. Unfortunately he did not spot 57...Ra1.

[Desmond]

Nils takes an early lead with 2/2.

[MichaelBaron]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...nus-Tari_Aryan

Magnus may have failed to win...but at very least managed to stalemate his opponent.

[MichaelBaron]

Nils takes an early lead with 2/2.

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...rishna_Pentala
His sole lead has not lasted for long though .

[Desmond]

Very nice game from Fabi, though Duda was able to salvage the draw in an exchange down endgame.

[MichaelBaron]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...Carlsen_Magnus

Carlsen was pressing once again but Van Foreest managed to salvage the desired draw.

[Desmond]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...Carlsen_Magnus

Carlsen was pressing once again but Van Foreest managed to salvage the desired draw.

Yes I imagine Magnus won't be too thrilled with 3 draws from those 3 games where he had some chances, especially with the rating differences. +1 still good enough for =1st at the moment, won't stay that way though obvsly. Caruana will be ruing his missed opportunities as well I'm sure.

[Metro]

Grandelius has outright lead on 3.5/5.So far so good but he still has Fabi and Magnus to come.

[MichaelBaron]

Magnus once again not able to convert some advantage:
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...enko_Alexander

[MichaelBaron]

Grandelius has outright lead on 3.5/5.So far so good but he still has Fabi and Magnus to come.

Rd 5 he caught his biggest fish so far - MVL. So far, the non-elite players are holding their own against the elite ones!

[Desmond]

Very instructive mutual blunder in Anton - Tari. The ending was equal until:

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[MichaelBaron]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...Carlsen_Magnus
Magnus' killer instinct appears to be still on quarantine. Another great position where opponent escaped.

[Metro]

Leaders after 7 rounds:

1 Van Foreest, Jorden 4½ 2671
2 Giri, Anish 4½ 2764
3 Caruana, Fabiano 4½ 2823
4 Firouzja, Alireza 4½ 2749

If I had to pick one now it would be Fabiano to win.


Esipenko is +1 and is playing Carlsen (his favourite player) in round 8..Esipenko was in the Rest of the world team v USA in 2017 in St.Louis,along with Anton Smirnov.

[ER]

With another six rounds to go, Magnus will recover from his blank round slump and win this event with some additional hard work.

well! Still 5 rounds to go though!

I wouldn't write off Firouzja although his scheduled remaining games aren't exactly a piece of cake.

some hope there!