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Tata Steel Masters (2014) Played at the De Moriaan Centre in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands 11-26 January 2014, with Round 4 in Amsterdam (15 January) and Round 9 in Eindhoven (23 January). Rest days: 14, 16, 20, 22 and 24 January. Due to economical problems there were only 12 players, and no Group C. The rounds began at 1:30 pm, except in Amsterdam and Eindhoven (2 pm). Round 11 started at 12:00. Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Tournament category: XX (2743). Chief arbiter: Pavel Votruba. Levon Aronian won with 8/11. Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Aronian 2812 * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 8 2 Giri 2734 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 3 Karjakin 2759 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 4 Caruana 2782 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 6 5 Dominguez 2754 0 ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 6 So 2719 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 7 Harikrishna 2706 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 0 1 5½ 8 Van Wely 2672 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 5 9 Nakamura 2789 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 1 5 10 Gelfand 2777 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ * 0 ½ 4½ 11 Rapport 2691 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 * 0 3½ 12 Naiditsch 2718 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 3½ Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2014013... Crosstable: https://history.tatasteelchess.com/... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/blog/Pancevsk... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/tata-... chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Tata Steel Group A (2013). Next: Tata Steel Masters (2015). See also Tata Steel Challengers (2014)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Rapport vs So 0-1 56 2014 Tata Steel Masters A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 2. Nakamura vs Naiditsch 1-0 65 2014 Tata Steel Masters E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. Caruana vs Gelfand 1-0 30 2014 Tata Steel Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Harikrishna vs Aronian ½-½ 30 2014 Tata Steel Masters C54 Giuoco Piano 5. Van Wely vs Karjakin 0-1 60 2014 Tata Steel Masters E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 6. Dominguez Perez vs Giri ½-½ 31 2014 Tata Steel Masters C67 Ruy Lopez 7. Dominguez Perez vs Van Wely ½-½ 26 2014 Tata Steel Masters B06 Robatsch 8. Karjakin vs Harikrishna ½-½ 40 2014 Tata Steel Masters D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. Giri vs Naiditsch 1-0 33 2014 Tata Steel Masters E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 10. So vs Nakamura ½-½ 27 2014 Tata Steel Masters D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Aronian vs Caruana 1-0 58 2014 Tata Steel Masters A34 English, Symmetrical 12. Gelfand vs Rapport 0-1 60 2014 Tata Steel Masters A52 Budapest Gambit 13. Naiditsch vs So ½-½ 35 2014 Tata Steel Masters C67 Ruy Lopez 14. Rapport vs Aronian ½-½ 41 2014 Tata Steel Masters A45 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Van Wely vs Giri ½-½ 30 2014 Tata Steel Masters A45 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Nakamura vs Gelfand ½-½ 59 2014 Tata Steel Masters A33 English, Symmetrical 17. Caruana vs Karjakin 1-0 71 2014 Tata Steel Masters E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 18. Harikrishna vs Dominguez Perez 1-0 75 2014 Tata Steel Masters B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 19. Gelfand vs Naiditsch ½-½ 30 2014 Tata Steel Masters E73 King's Indian 20. Dominguez Perez vs Caruana 1-0 108 2014 Tata Steel Masters C78 Ruy Lopez 21. Giri vs So ½-½ 57 2014 Tata Steel Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Van Wely vs Harikrishna ½-½ 29 2014 Tata Steel Masters E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 23. Aronian vs Nakamura 1-0 44 2014 Tata Steel Masters E92 King's Indian 24. Karjakin vs Rapport 1-0 44 2014 Tata Steel Masters C18 French, Winawer 25. So vs Gelfand 1-0 29 2014 Tata Steel Masters B30 Sicilian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 63 OF 63 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-28-14    Pedro Fernandez: Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 (Jan.29-Feb.4), Cat.XXIII, Avg. ELO: 2801. 1. M. Carlsen 2. L. Aronian 3. H. Nakamura 4. F. Caruana 5. B. Gelfand 6. V. Anand Round Robin @ 5 rounds (Jan.30-Feb.3), Classical Chess (40/120, 20/60, 15+30/rest) plus 3 Rapid games (Feb.4), where those GMs who played 3 games with black pieces will play with white pieces. Total games: 15+3 = 18. Jan-28-14    Pulo y Gata: <Let it sleep and lie (down) then. I assume this agression is a dog, otherwise I don't agree.> Petrang Kabayo Know your local movies, Sugar. Haha. Jan-28-14    manorchy: <SugarDom: <I do mind, the Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man.> The Great Lebowski. Know your movies, dudes.> Are you referring to the 'highly-acclaimed mash-up' of The Big Lebowski and The Great Gatsby? Try harder, dude. Jan-28-14    Pulo y Gata: So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." Jan-29-14    chessguru1: with the last round loss, aronian once again showed that he has not yet eliminated his main weakness: control of his NERVES when it matters most(in this case, a record breaking performance with no loss) ....to be the WC challenger or World Champion he needs to overcome this weakness...or he will be known to be the likes of keres, bogolyubov, polugaevsky, etc..very strong contenders who never became world champions.. Jan-29-14    devere: < chessguru1: with the last round loss, aronian once again showed that he has not yet eliminated his main weakness: control of his NERVES when it matters most(in this case, a record breaking performance with no loss) ....to be the WC challenger or World Champion he needs to overcome this weakness...or he will be known to be the likes of keres, bogolyubov, polugaevsky, etc..very strong contenders who never became world champions..> Carlsen lost 2 out of his last 3 at the Candidates tournament. Why didn't this "nerves" nonsense apply to him? Aronian had a great tournament, won by 1 1/2 points and is the clear #2 in the world. Jan-29-14    chessguru1: <Why didn't this "nerves" nonsense apply to him>...carlsen was lucky, kramnik also lost his last round game during the candidates.. Jan-29-14    Kinghunt: <Carlsen lost 2 out of his last 3 at the Candidates tournament. Why didn't this "nerves" nonsense apply to him?> Because we aren't looking at these events in complete isolation. Carlsen did not have a habit of weak finishes or of nerves. Aronian does. The Candidates was an aberration for Carlsen, whereas this is more of the norm for Aronian: very strong play, but somewhat inconsistent. Jan-29-14    perfidious: What <Kinghunt> states is correct, but in no wise did this fact stop numerous posters from putting Carlsen's finish on the rack, citing it as 'choking', etc. Jan-29-14    nimh: Every lost/won position results in a checkmate. And mostly there will be large material advantages for one side on the path to a decisive result. This means that an absolutely important characteristic of such positions is a steadily rising evaluation, no matter how the engine sees the position at lower plies. Let's say we have two positions with depth and evaluation data: A 5 3.03 10 3.05 15 3.06 20 3.04 B: 5 -0.23 10 0.15 15 0.56 20 0.97 Which of them is more likely to be a decisive position? Jan-29-14    solskytz: Position B!! Now what did I win for answering right? Jan-29-14    nimh: Free 25 elo points. You have a choice; add these points to your chess playing skill or convert to euros at 64€ per elo point. Jan-29-14    devere: <chessguru1: <Why didn't this "nerves" nonsense apply to him>...carlsen was lucky, kramnik also lost his last round game during the candidates..> It's good to be lucky. If Aronian is lucky maybe he'll become the next world champion. Otherwise he'll have to settle for being #2. Jan-29-14    devere: <Kinghunt: <Carlsen lost 2 out of his last 3 at the Candidates tournament. Why didn't this "nerves" nonsense apply to him?> Because we aren't looking at these events in complete isolation. Carlsen did not have a habit of weak finishes or of nerves. Aronian does. The Candidates was an aberration for Carlsen, whereas this is more of the norm for Aronian: very strong play, but somewhat inconsistent.> It is normal to be inconsistent. Carlsen is abnormally consistent. It's good he has occasional exceptions like at the Candidates tournament, or he'd be suspected of being an android. Is Aronian more inconsistent than Gelfand? Just asking the question provokes laughter. As for the potential record finish at Tata, it was terribly important to a few posters on this board, but perhaps Aronian didn't care about it at all. With first place in the bag, he likely was thinking about other things such as his girl friend or dinner or the next tournament. Jan-29-14    perfidious: <devere....Carlsen is abnormally consistent. It's good he has occasional exceptions like at the Candidates tournament, or he'd be suspected of being an android.> Y'all mean he no-one has verified that he <isn't> an android? Jan-30-14    Kinghunt: I can't believe I just realized this, but King Wesley the Fourth can add another one to his list of accomplishments! SPICE 2009: 4th Corus B 2010: 4th Spice 2010: 4th Tata Steel B 2011: 4th Airports Authority of India 2011: 4th Spice 2012: 4th <Tata 2014: 4th> Jan-30-14    manorchy: I have to admire the dedication (or disdain, or whatever it is). Keep us posted, Kingshunt. Jan-30-14    manorchy: damn typos Jan-30-14    HeMateMe: <King Wesley the Fourth> uhm...he finished in the middle. Jan-30-14    choumicha: Some more about the reinderman - bok endgame. This R-R endgame ended in a draw via a R-pawn endgame. Computerkibitz: (+1.63) Houdini 2.0c x64 Depth: 33 with 301.181 kN in 345s click for larger view White to play after 48... Kg7 --- click for larger view White just played 58.Rxb8. A few moves later he had to sacrifice his plus R to prevent the Black pawn promotion === So it is clear a draw? Let us put Black's Rook from b4 to b1. No big deal, no? click for larger view White to move. Same kind of draw? Now I say that if White and Black play right moves (according to FinalGen. after 5...Kxg4 you can use also a normal 6 piece endgame database like the one on the shredder site) we will get: click for larger view What do you think White should play? (sometimes chess is like life: difficult and not fair, only funny if you don't take yourself serious) Feb-02-14    Refused: <Kinghunt: I can't believe I just realized this, but King Wesley the Fourth can add another one to his list of accomplishments! SPICE 2009: 4th Corus B 2010: 4th Spice 2010: 4th Tata Steel B 2011: 4th Airports Authority of India 2011: 4th Spice 2012: 4th <Tata 2014: 4th>> You mean, King Wesley the fourth of his name, king of the baracuda, the salems and trolls, Lord of the four places. May-10-14    perfidious: <plang: I suspect any controversy about Nakamura is due to his personality more than his chess. I certainly respect his talent and fighting spirit but he is not the easiest guy to like.> So it often is with performers of transcendent talent in anything. Naka is a cuddly teddy bear compared to the likes of Barry Bonds or Bobby Knight. May-10-14    Howard: Nakamura seems a bit on the cold side---I've said hello to him at 2-3 tournaments over the last few years and tried to start a brief conversation, but he seems a bit aloof. To be fair, being a celebrity and also having a well-recognized face (at chess tournaments at least---if Nakamura walked into, say, a McDonald's or a WalMart hardly a soul would recognize him) can be a bit annoying sometimes. Lack of anonymity, in other words, can be a bit of a burden. Jul-09-14    bobthebob: <Nakamura seems a bit on the cold side---I've said hello to him at 2-3 tournaments over the last few years and tried to start a brief conversation, but he seems a bit aloof.> Maybe it is you? I have never had that problem in striking up a conversation. Try talking about Vancouver or hockey. If he is at a chess tournament maybe he doesn't want to talk about chess. Jul-14-14    perfidious: Remember meeting Nigel Short during the semifinal of the Grand Prix in New York 1994 and, with a friend, having a pleasant conversation--do not believe we talked about chess at all. 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