Tata Steel 2020

[ernest]

Did Firouzja lost on time to Carlsen ?

Chessbase article says Firouzja resigned.

Position is lost, indeed !

[Look]

Round 11. Firouzja lost to Anand. Playing against elites for first times is not easy.

[d]r3k2r/ppb2ppp/2b1p3/2P1n3/1PP1N3/P4B2/1B4PP/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 17
Castle queenside was played. But Rd1 might have been an alternative. White king may go to e2 or f2 if required.

[d]r3k2r/pp4pp/2b1pp2/2P5/1PP1Nb2/P4P2/1B5P/1K1R3R w kq - 0 20
White's bishop on b2 is not commanding the long diagonal. But B@f4 is a blocker(f3) and attacker(h2). Bc1 my be better.

[d]r6r/pp3kpp/2b1pp2/2P5/1PP1Nb2/P4P2/1B5P/1K1R2R1 w - - 0 21
Nd6+ was played. Unfortunately wrong placement of white's king shows it here. If Ka2 Ba4 might be played. White can not play Kb3-a4(Queen side majority pushing) anymore.

[pgn]
[Event "82nd Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. dxc5 Nxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 14. Ne4
Bc7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. O-O-O Nxf3 18. gxf3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 f6 20. Rhg1 Kf7
21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 g5 23. Rf1 a6 24. Kc2 Rhd8 25. Kd2 e5 26. Ke3 Rxd6 27.
cxd6 Ke6 28. c5 b6 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. cxb6 Rb8 32. Rd1 Rxb6 33. Kf2
Ba4 34. Rd2 Rb8 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Kg3 Rc8 38. Kf2 Rh8 39. Kg3 Rh1 40.
Kg2 Rb1 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Kg3 Rf1 44. Rd3 Ke6 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Rd2
Rg1+ 47. Kh3 Rf1 0-1
[/pgn]

[Look]

The tournament is finished. Caruana won the event scoring 10/13. Firouzja is placed 9th scoring 6.5/13 . Full table is here .

[Henk]

Now we get the Caruana virus.