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Magnus Carlsen beats Anish Giri for the first time in 11 years at Tata Steel Chess

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/01/2022

Over the years, Magnus Carlsen has etched his name in a lot of statistical records, however one thing he has not done in eleven years, is beat Anish Giri in a Classical game at Tata Steel Chess. That fact changed as the world champion humbled the Dutch no.1 in the second round of Tata Steel Chess 2022. The only time Carlsen had beaten him earlier was in Playoffs back in 2018. Vidit and Praggnanandhaa drew their respective games against Caruana and Duda. Arjun Erigaisi won against Max Warmerdam and Surya Sekhar Ganguly drew with Lucas van Foreest in the Challengers section. Round 3 starts today at 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Duda, Magnus and Vidit at 1.5/2

Magnus Carlsen finally managed to beat Anish Giri at Tata Steel Chess, something he has not been able to do since 2011. This certainly makes him a favorite to win the tournament and decreases Giri's chances by that much. Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Vidit Gujrathi are the other two players who are also at 1.5/2. Jorden van Foreest lost to Richard Rapport in a game which was heading towards a draw. Sam Shankland missed a good opportunity against Nils Grandelius.

17 days after beating Magnus Carlsen at World Blitz 2021, Anish Giri lost his 11-year-long undefeated streak in Classical chess at the Wijk aan Zee against him | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Carlsen - Giri: 1-0

Magnus sacrificed an exchange against Anish to maximize his minor pieces - a bishop pair and a knight.

Position after 15...Qd5

White opted for 16.Rxc6 Qxc6 17.Rc1 Qb5 18.Qc2 and now Nd5 made things difficult for Black.

Position after 18...Nd5

Find out why 18...Nd5 is a mistake. Black had to play 18...Nb6 and get the a4-knight out of peril.

Magnus Carlsen's first ever win over Anish Giri in Wijk aan Zee | Video: Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Magnus Carlsen's Catalan too hot for Anish Giri to handle | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus ends Anish's 11-year-streak of not losing a Classical game against him | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Vidit drew with Caruana comfortably | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Praggnanandhaa had a solid draw against Duda | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Rapport - Jorden: 1-0

The game between Richard Rapport and defending champion Jorden van Foreest seemed to have heading towards a draw until the Netherlands no.2 decided to get creative in the knight ending.

Position after 35.e4

35...fxe4 36.Nxe4+ Ke7 leads to a draw. However, Black being low on time wanted to try something 35...Nd7 36.Nxh7 e5+ 37.fxe5 Nxe5 38.exf5 Nc6+ 39.Kc4 Ke5 40.f6 and White is completely winning.

Richard Rapport happy with the present received from Jorden van Foreest | Video: Tata Steel Chess Tournament

Rapport bounced back well after suffering a loss in Round 1 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Mamedyarov - Esipenko: 0.5-0.5

The most talked about game from Round 2 is between Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Andrey Esipenko. Why? Because of 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g4 and it was obviously not a mouse slip!

Position after 3.g4

3.g4 did lead to some interesting positions.

Position after 14.g6

14.g6 is not as venomous as it may want to be. Besides, Esipenko is a very strong player, one who does not get easily rattled by 3.g4. The game eventually ended in a draw.

Esipenko-Mamedyarov had an interesting draw | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Karjakin-Dubov was a damp squib | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Shankland - Grandelius: 0.5-0.5

Arguably the most intriguing game of Round 2 was between Sam Shankland and Nils Grandelius, primarily because the former decided to sacrifice his queen.

Position after 32...Rb3

White played the exciting 33.Rxd4 Rxd3 34.R4xd3 and Bh6 created an opportunity, one he might not have been expecting.

Position after 34...Bh6

Find out the best continuation for White which was missed probably due to being low on time.

Shankland almost defeated Grandelius | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Magnus checks Vidit's game | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Masters in action | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Warmerdam - Arjun Erigaisi: 0-1

Netherlands no.6, GM Max Warmerdam had a huge tactical oversight against GM Arjun Erigaisi.

Position after 15...Rc8

White blundered here 16.Rxa6 as there is not enough compensation for the queen after 16...Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Rxc2 and the a7-pawn will not promote without paying a heavy price.

Duda started the tournament with a win and he is now World no.10 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022

Max Warmerdam tweeted on his game

The Challengers section is currently led by IM Volodar Murzin 2.0/2 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022
Tata Steel Chess 2022 Round 2 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 2 Masters games

Replay Round 2 Challengers games

Round 2 results

Only two decisive games in the Masters section | Photo: Tata Steel Chess

Four decisive games in the Challengers | Photo: Official site

Round 3 pairings

Masters Round 3 pairings | Photo: Official site

Challengers Round 3 pairings | Photo: Official site

Standings after Round 2

Duda, Magnus and Vidit are at 1.5/2 each | Photo: Official site

IM Volodar Murzin is the only player with a 100% score 2.0/2| Photo: Official site

Schedule

Starting from Saturday 15th January, all round starts at 6:30 p.m. IST, only Sunday 30th January, the final round will start at 4:30 p.m. IST. Rest days are - 19th, 24th and 27th January.

Time Control

100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.

Links

Official site

Tournament regulations

Tie-break rules


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