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A valiant Vishy in Eindhoven

by Satanick Mukhuty - 17/01/2020

The fifth round of the ongoing Tata Steel Chess Tournament was played in a new venue in Eindhoven yesterday and became witness to a sparkling performance by the five-time World Champion Vishy Anand. Vishy's mammoth experience proved too much for his young and talented opponent Jeffery Xiong of the United States who ventured to surprise him with an unusual move in the French Winawer. Elsewhere, Alireza Firouzja too got back in his form and shocked Anish Giri in a tricky rook-pawn ending. In the Challengers group, as many as six games ended decisively. Nihal Sarin suffered his first defeat in the hands of Lucas Van Foreest, while Surya Shekhar Ganguly was held to a draw by David Anton Guijarro. 

For round five of the ongoing Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020 the players travelled to Eindhoven, the "Chess on Tour" destination this year, and played their games in the Philips Stadium, the home ground of the PSV Football club. The 15th of January was scheduled as a rest day so the players found the time to spend some time away from chess and rejuvenate themselves. 

Anish Giri posing before the camera in the massive Philips Stadium in Eindhoven | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit

The Masters of Tata Steel Chess 2020 enjoying some light time in the PSV football ground | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit

The rest day also saw some of the Masters indulge in a friendly game of soccer at the Telstar Stadium where the World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Loek van Wely became the team captains | Photo: Tata Steel Chess

The final score: 8-5 went in favour of team Magnus! | Photo: Tata Steel Chess

Chess wise the fifth round witnessed quite a few interesting encounters in both the Masters and Challengers groups. Five-time World Champion Vishy Anand, who was having a lacklustre event back in Wijk Aan Zee, returned very strongly in Eindhoven after the day of rest on 15th and defeated the talented American prodigy Jeffery Xiong in a crushing manner. Elsewhere, Alireza Firouzja got back his form and outplayed Anish Giri in a rook pawn ending to join Wesley So in the lead. And in the Challengers, as many as six out of seven games ended decisively. Nihal Sarin suffered his first defeat of the tournament in the hands of Dutch champion Lucas Van Foreest, while Surya Shekhar Ganguly was held to a draw by David Anton Guijarro with black pieces.

With his emphatic win against Jeffery Xiong, Vishy has revived his chances in the event and now has a score of 2.5/5 points. In the game yesterday, he evinced his intentions right off the bat when he unhesitatingly went into the mainline Winawer against Jeffery's French. With 7.Qg4 it was clear that the Madras Tiger was out for some blood.

 

Vishy Anand - Jeffery Xiong, Round 5

There are calmer ways to opt for in the above position but 7.Qd1-g4 hitting the g7 pawn is by far the most testing continuation that leads to some very complex and double-edged play. Vishy's choice certainly reflected the confidence that he has in his preparations.

Jeffery however was quick to surprise with 8...h5

The move 8...h7-h5 indeed looks quite reckless for it makes the g5 square an obvious target to hit at. The online database shows only four games played in this line and none of them are from Grandmaster play! It has to be said that the American came up with a pretty rare choice here if not a dubious one.

Vishy played on in his characteristic principled style and took control of the weak g5 square without any delay.

Next came a nice little rook lift with 11.Rh3. Note that the rook not only defends the third rank but also opens up the possibility of launching an attack along the f and g files.

Even though it appears as if Black has made some concessions, the position was probably still roughly equal at this point. The usual plan here for Black would have been to go 11...Nf5 putting more pressure on the d4 square or perhaps 11...Ba6 just getting the light-squared bishops exchanged, but in the game Jeffery played 11...cxd4. The objective evaluation actually started to shift in White's favour only after this, the simplification in the center made it easy for White to commit himself on the kingside. 

Consequently, the g2-g4 break came not long after. With the c3 square well defended by the rook on h3, White didn't have to worry about any serious queenside invasion.

20.h5 followed next intensifying the attack! Note that c3 is now defended by the rook on c1 so that Rh3 can now participate fully in the kingside onslaught.

23.Rf3! with the idea of going Ng3 and hitting f7 next looks like the the kind of move that takes the last hope away from Black! But Jeffery here proved his resourcefulness and held the position together with 23...Rc6!

Thus, White soon had to switch strategies. He was already a pawn up and just wanted to liquidate into a winning ending, hence came 29.Qe2 - the offer of a queen trade.

Jeffery of course wanted to fight on and keep the queens on board but 30...Qb1 was a serious mistake. Can you guess the fine blow that Vishy executed here?

Well, 31.c4! was the decisive final nail in Black's coffin! Now White was about to force his way into Black's camp!

Black didn't have much choice here other than accepting a liquidation. For instance, 31...dxc4 simply runs into the devastating 32.Qxc4 Kf8 33.Qd6 Kg7 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.Rc7+ etc where Black ultimately gets mated. Therefore in the game Black went 31...Rg4 and the position simplified into an ending with 32.cxd5 Rxd4+ 33.Bxd4 Qxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Nxd4+

The above was the final position on board when Black resigned. With the rook controlling the seventh rank, there's no way the white pawns can be stopped from queening. It was a near perfect game by the former World Champion!  

Alireza Firouzja and Anish Giri in action | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit

Alireza proved once again with his fifth round victory against Anish Giri that he his truly capable of taming elite level opposition. Starting off with a Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav it was a rook-pawn ending that proved critical in this encounter. Let's now have a look at what happened here.

 

Alireza Firouzja - Anish Giri, Round 5

The above is a tricky situation for Black. His h4 pawn is a soft spot that White wants to hit at and Kf5 isn't really possible as after Rxh4 Kxe5 Rxh7 all of black pawns become vulnerable. Anish played the move 39...Re7?! here, can you do better?

Well, 39...Re7 was probably an inaccuracy because in the game after 40.Kf3 Kf5 41.Rxh4 Kxe5 42.Re4+ Kf6 43.Rxe7 Kxe7 the position clearly went into a winning pawn ending for White. The correct continuation would have been 39...h5! after which White really runs out of options to make progress. For example, 39...h5 40.Kf3 Kg5 or 39...h5 40.Rxh4 Rxe5 etc gives very equal position.

Standings of all Masters after five rounds.

Among the Challengers too the fight for the top place is getting tougher with each passing round. After five rounds three players - Pavel Eljanov, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, and Erwin L'Ami - lead the field with 3.5/5 points each. Yesterday, six out of seven games ended decisively, and Ganguly versus Guijarro was the only encounter to finish in a draw.

After making a solid start in the event, Nihal Sarin suffered his first defeat in the hands of Dutchman Lucas Van Foreest in round five yesterday. Nihal made an inaccuracy on move 21 which allowed his opponent to grab much space on the queenside and take charge of the game | Photo: Alina l'Ami

Nihal Sarin - Lucas Van Foreest, Round 5

Instead of capturing the e5 pawn which should have given him a comfortable edge, Nihal captured on b5 and this allowed Lucas to slowly start dominating the queenside starting with 21...Nb3

A few moves later, Black had this simple but effective plan of rolling the c-pawn down the board.

Fast forward a few more moves, Nihal made the decisive blunder with 38.Bb4 ... Can you see what he missed? Check out the full game below to know the answer.

Standings of all challengers after five rounds.

The sixth round will be played in the main venue of Wijk Aan Zee today and following are the pairings:

Round 6 pairings - Masters

Dubov, Daniil - Artemiev, Vladislav  

So, Wesley - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof  

Giri, Anish - Kovalev, Vladislav  

Yu, Yangyi - Firouzja, Alireza  

Xiong, Jeffery - Vitiugov, Nikita  

Van Foreest, Jorden - Anand, Viswanathan  

Carlsen, Magnus - Caruana, Fabiano

 

Round 6 pairings - Challengers

Mamedov, Rauf - Smirnov, Anton  

Warmerdam, Max - Eljanov, Pavel  

Van Foreest, Lucas - Grandelius, Nils  

Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Nihal Sarin  

Saduakassova, Dinara - Keymer, Vincent  

Anton Guijarro, David - L'Ami, Erwin  

Smeets, Jan - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar


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@ 21/01/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
टाटा स्टील R5 : भारत के अर्जुन की लगातार चौंथी जीत

@ 21/01/2022 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Tata Steel 2022 R4: Vidit and Arjun Erigaisi in sole lead

@ 19/01/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
टाटा स्टील चैलेंजर्स : R4: भारत के अर्जुन सबसे आगे

@ 19/01/2022 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R4 : विदित की बढ़त बरकरार , प्रग्गानंधा को मिली पहली जीत

@ 19/01/2022 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Tata Steel 2022 R3: Defiant Vidit defeats Dubov, takes sole lead, now World no.19

@ 18/01/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
टाटा स्टील 2022 : R3 : विदित और अर्जुन नें जमाया रंग

@ 18/01/2022 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Magnus Carlsen beats Anish Giri for the first time in 11 years at Tata Steel Chess

@ 17/01/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R2 : कार्लसन नें अनीश को हराया

@ 17/01/2022 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Tata Steel 2022 R1: Vidit beats Shankland after a six-hour grind, now World no.20

@ 16/01/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
टाटा स्टील शतरंज R1: विदित की विराट जीत से शुरुआत

@ 16/01/2022 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील R1: विदित -शंकलंद और प्रग्गा - अनीश में होगी टक्कर

@ 14/01/2022 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स : विदित और प्रग्गानंधा पर होंगी नजरे

@ 12/01/2022 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Aronyak Ghosh dominates Tata Steel Chess Festival 2021 All India Rapid Rating Open

@ 25/11/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Arjun Erigaisi and Levon Aronian are the winners of Tata Steel Chess India 2021 Rapid and Blitz

@ 22/11/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Express Report: Levon Aronian wins Tata Steel Chess Blitz in Armageddon Playoffs

@ 21/11/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
अर्जुन बने टाटा स्टील इंडिया रैपिड विजेता " इस अर्जुन का निशाना सटीक है !

@ 20/11/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Tata Steel Chess Blitz: Arjun grabs sole lead, now World no.14 in Blitz

@ 20/11/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Mitrabha Guha clinches Tata Steel Chess Festival 2021 All India Open Blitz

@ 20/11/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
The 'Age of Arjun Erigaisi' begins with a monumental triumph at Tata Steel Chess India 2021 Rapid

@ 19/11/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
टाटा स्टील रैपिड D2:छा गए भारत के अर्जुन,बनाई बढ़त

@ 18/11/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Tata Steel Chess Rapid R4-6: The Arjun Erigaisi day

@ 18/11/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Deep Dive into Day 1 of Tata Steel Chess India 2021

@ 18/11/2021 by Sagar Shah (en)
Tata Steel Chess Rapid R1-3: Arjun bests Karthikeyan in 17 moves

@ 17/11/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
टाटा स्टील रैपिड D1: अरोनियन नें बनाई एकल बढ़त

@ 17/11/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz 2021 preview

@ 17/11/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
टाटा स्टील इंडिया शतरंज - इंतजार की घड़ियाँ अब खत्म

@ 13/11/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz 2021 is here!

@ 03/11/2021 by Sagar Shah (en)
Praggnanandhaa will fight against Carlsen, Caruana & Co. at the Tata Steel Masters 2022

@ 27/10/2021 by Sagar Shah (en)
जॉर्डन वान फॉरेस्ट नें जीता टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स शतरंज

@ 01/02/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R12 - आखिरकार जीते हरिकृष्णा

@ 31/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R11 : अनीश गिरि खिताब की ओर

@ 30/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R10 : अनीश नें बनाई एकल बढ़त

@ 28/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील R9 : अनीश,करूआना,अलीरेजा सबसे आगे

@ 27/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R8 : एसीपेंकों से हारे कार्लसन

@ 25/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R7 : हरिकृष्णा -कार्लसन से बांटा अंक

@ 24/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R 5 & 6 - हरिकृष्णा नें फिर बांटा अंक

@ 22/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R4 : हरिकृष्णा विश्व टॉप 20 में पहुंचे

@ 20/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स 3 : हरिकृष्णा नें दी निल्स को मात

@ 19/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स R 2 - निल्स की लगातार दूसरी जीत

@ 18/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील R1 : कार्लसन ,अनीश नें किया जीत से आरंभ

@ 17/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील : सबसे पहले एमवीएल से खेलेंगे हरिकृष्णा

@ 15/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
शतरंज का विम्बलडन :टाटा स्टील 2021: 3 दिन बाकी

@ 12/01/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
टाटा स्टील मास्टर्स - भारत से हरिकृष्णा करेंगे शिरकत

@ 23/12/2020 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz 2020 cancelled owing to Covid-19 pandemic

@ 19/11/2020 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Fabiano's fabulous finale

@ 27/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Caruana conquers the Wimbledon of Chess

@ 26/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Alireza yet to scale the ultimate height

@ 23/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Tata Steel R10: A pretty easy day for Magnus

@ 22/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Tata Steel R08: Fabi joins Alireza in the lead

@ 20/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Tata Steel R07: The grind of a future World Champion

@ 19/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Tata Steel R06: A dastardly Dubov onslaught

@ 18/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Ganguly's Catalan masterclass, Nihal's robust endgame play

@ 15/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Alireza Firouzja leads Tata Steel Masters

@ 14/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Vishy's vexation in the Italian

@ 13/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
How a 2700+ prodigy punishes an opening mess-up

@ 12/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is all set to begin in Wijk Aan Zee

@ 11/01/2020 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
A thrilling experience at the Tata Steel Chess India 2019

@ 09/12/2019 by Lokesh Natoo (en)
Final words of the two chess greats before they bade adieu to the city of joy

@ 02/12/2019 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Wesley So on becoming the first Fischer Random World Champion

@ 01/12/2019 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
10 things that made the Tata Steel Chess India 2019 special

@ 30/11/2019 by Sagar Shah (en)
Vishy on Vishy gems!

@ 29/11/2019 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Aronyak Ghosh wins Tata Steel Chess Festival 2019 Open Rapid

@ 27/11/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Magnus Carlsen is the winner of Tata Steel Chess India 2019

@ 26/11/2019 by Satanick Mukhuty (en)
Scandinavian, cheap tricks, brilliant tactics at Tata Steel Chess India blitz

@ 25/11/2019 by Sagar Shah (en)
Carlsen performs at an astronomical 3027 at the Tata Steel India Rapid

@ 25/11/2019 by Sagar Shah (en)
Praloy Sahoo wins a 'Dream Moment'

@ 25/11/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Somak Palit wins Tata Steel Chess Festival 2019 Open Blitz

@ 23/11/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Magnus Carlsen takes on the Vishy Anand best games quiz

@ 22/11/2019 by Sagar Shah (en)
So, Ding, Nakamura, Giri and Hari take Kolkata by storm

@ 21/11/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Tata Steel Chess Rapid and Blitz 2019 Press Conference

@ 07/11/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Anish Giri - The Indian connection

@ 05/02/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Anand on Wijk: "It's a bit like coming home"

@ 04/02/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess 2019: Carlsen wins his seventh title

@ 28/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess: Giri's win stands out among the rest

@ 26/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess: Vidit crushes Vladimir Kramnik in merely 29 moves!

@ 24/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess: Nepo joins Anand and Carlsen at the top

@ 23/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
टाटा स्टील 2019 - भारत के लिए आनंद ही आनंद !

@ 22/01/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Tata Steel Chess: Carlsen and Anand lead after round 8

@ 21/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess: Anand beats Kramnik and joins the lead!

@ 20/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Vidit Gujrathi: "I, like everyone else, want to perform well"

@ 18/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess: Ding joins Nepo as tournament leader

@ 17/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess: Vidit Gujrathi, Anish Giri join Anand and Ding in second place

@ 16/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess: Vidit stands strong against Carlsen's trademark grind

@ 15/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess: Anand, Nepo retain lead after short but sharp draws

@ 14/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Tata Steel Chess 2019 Round 1: Anand and Nepomniachtchi open with wins

@ 13/01/2019 by Aditya Pai (en)
Vintage Vishy wins blitz and hearts in Kolkata

@ 16/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
What lies under the surface!

@ 13/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
6 major things that happened on the final day of Tata Steel Chess India Rapid 2018

@ 12/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
Tata Steel India Rapid Day 2: Nakamura sets the stage on fire!

@ 11/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
Tata Steel India Round 1-3: Harikrishna, Mamedyarov and Aronian lead with 2.0/3

@ 10/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
The opening ceremony of the first super tournament on Indian soil

@ 09/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
Historical moment: Super tournament to be held in India for the first time ever!

@ 15/09/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)

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