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Tata Steel Group B (2011) Played in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands 15-30 January 2011. Crosstable (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...) : Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 McShane 2664 * ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8½ 2 Navara 2708 ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 3 Efimenko 2701 1 1 * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 4 Le Quang Liem 2664 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 7½ 5 So 2673 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ 6 Sargissian 2667 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 7 Tkachiev 2636 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 8 Wojtaszek 2726 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 9 Li Chao 2649 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 6 10 Fressinet 2707 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 1 0 1 ½ 6 11 Ganguly 2651 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 5½ 12 Spoelman 2547 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 * 0 1 5 13 Hammer 2647 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 * ½ 4 14 Nijboer 2584 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 3½ Luke McShane edged out David Navara on tiebreak. Both were invited to Tata Steel Group A (2012), but McShane did not play because of work commitments. Previous: Corus Group B (2010). Next: Tata Steel Group B (2012). See also Tata Steel Group A (2011) and Tata Steel Group C (2011)  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J L Hammer vs Efimenko 0-1 78 2011 Tata Steel Group B D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 2. G Sargissian vs Ganguly 1-0 38 2011 Tata Steel Group B D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 3. Le Quang Liem vs So ½-½ 36 2011 Tata Steel Group B E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 4. Wojtaszek vs Navara 0-1 58 2011 Tata Steel Group B D90 Grunfeld 5. McShane vs W Spoelman 1-0 69 2011 Tata Steel Group B B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 6. Nijboer vs C Li   ½-½ 33 2011 Tata Steel Group B C42 Petrov Defense 7. Tkachiev vs Fressinet   ½-½ 33 2011 Tata Steel Group B A09 Reti Opening 8. Tkachiev vs Nijboer   ½-½ 35 2011 Tata Steel Group B E60 King's Indian Defense 9. W Spoelman vs Wojtaszek   ½-½ 34 2011 Tata Steel Group B E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. C Li vs McShane 0-1 55 2011 Tata Steel Group B E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 11. So vs G Sargissian ½-½ 26 2011 Tata Steel Group B C45 Scotch Game 12. Navara vs Le Quang Liem   ½-½ 58 2011 Tata Steel Group B D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. Fressinet vs Efimenko   ½-½ 30 2011 Tata Steel Group B C51 Evans Gambit 14. Ganguly vs J L Hammer 1-0 67 2011 Tata Steel Group B C67 Ruy Lopez 15. Wojtaszek vs C Li   1-0 33 2011 Tata Steel Group B D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line 16. J L Hammer vs So ½-½ 63 2011 Tata Steel Group B D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. Efimenko vs Ganguly ½-½ 99 2011 Tata Steel Group B B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. McShane vs Tkachiev 1-0 56 2011 Tata Steel Group B C78 Ruy Lopez 19. G Sargissian vs Navara   ½-½ 27 2011 Tata Steel Group B D85 Grunfeld 20. Nijboer vs Fressinet   ½-½ 32 2011 Tata Steel Group B C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Le Quang Liem vs W Spoelman 0-1 73 2011 Tata Steel Group B D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. C Li vs Le Quang Liem 1-0 78 2011 Tata Steel Group B E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. W Spoelman vs G Sargissian   ½-½ 66 2011 Tata Steel Group B D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. So vs Efimenko ½-½ 46 2011 Tata Steel Group B E00 Queen's Pawn Game 25. Fressinet vs Ganguly 1-0 36 2011 Tata Steel Group B E97 King's Indian  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-30-11    Eyal: <kellmano> If I'm not mistaken, the first tiebreak is head-to-head result and the second is Sonneborn-Berger Points. The only way it can matter is, of course, if Navara-McShane is drawn. In that case, if Efimenko wins he should be 1st because he won against the other two. If he doesn't win this should depend on Navara's and McShane's SB points, which you can't know in advance because it's calculated according to the overall results of their opponents (but right now McShane's is better). Even though Navara is playing White I would pick McShane as favorite, because somehow he seems more mentally tough. I actually like Navara, though, so hopefully he will prove me wrong... Jan-30-11    ketchuplover: Navara appears winning...so far. Jan-30-11    Peligroso Patzer: <47. ... Kf7> by McShane (instead of 47. ... Kf6) is surprising. Seemingly, it gives up the g- and h-pawns for the sake of eliminating White's advanced passer on the b-file, but it does not look like his best chance to hold. Jan-30-11    fixingguru: <Peligroso Patzer: <47. ... Kf7> by McShane (instead of 47. ... Kf6) is surprising. Seemingly, it gives up the g- and h-pawns for the sake of eliminating White's advanced passer on the b-file, but it does not look like his best chance to hold.> you are a patzer indeed. the idea behind Kf7 is to "trap" the rook with Nf6 after Rg5. Jan-30-11    Peligroso Patzer: After <50. Bb5>, the minor piece ending in Navara-McShane now looks drawn. The only winning idea I see for White is to trade off the minors and then bring his King to the 6th rank (a6, b6, or c6), but Black should be able to prevent this. Jan-30-11    crazybird: And Luke, welcome to group A Jan-30-11    Peligroso Patzer: Re: Navara-McShane: < *** the idea behind [47. ...] Kf7 is to "trap" the rook with [48. ...] Nf6 after [48.] Rg5.> But would that really have worked since (after 48. Rxg5 Nf6) White could have played 49. Rf5 followed by 50. g5, opening a line (through the g4-square) for the LSB to use eventually? Jan-30-11    Peligroso Patzer: The following line seems to confirm that if Navara-McShane had continued <48.Rxg5 Nf6>, the result would still have been a draw: 49.Rf5 Kg6 50.Kf2 [but not 50.g5? Nxd5! 51.Rf8 Ne3! (only move) 52.Kf2 Rxb7 53.Rf6+ Kxg5 54.Rxd6 Rb1 55.Be2 Rh1 ] 50...Rxb7 51.Bh3 Rb2+ 52.Kg1=. Jan-30-11    Eyal: <And Luke, welcome to group A> Yes, McShane wins on Sonneborn-Berger points - his win over So in the penultimate round turned out to be decisive in this regard (Navara didn't score a win against any of the other top 6 - those that finished with 7.5 points and more). Jan-30-11    Peligroso Patzer: Here are the actual final standings for the "B" Group: 1-2. L. McShane 8-1/2 1-2 D. Navara 8-1/2 3. Z. Efimenko 8 4-6. L. Liem 7-1/2 4-6 G. Sargissian 7-1/2 4-6 W. So 7-1/2 7. V. Tkachiev 7 8. R. Wojtaszek 6-1/2 9-10. L. Fressinet 6 9-10. Li Chao 6 11. S. Ganguly 5-1/2 12. W. Spoelman 5 13. J. Hammer 4 14. F. Nijboer 3-1/2 Jan-30-11    AdrianP: Well done to Luke. He deserves a good tournament win after missing out a little after a very good start at the London Chess Classic. Jan-30-11    me to play: It's a bit of a shame that both McShane and Navara can't get the invite to the "A" group. You could reasonably, I think, reduce the "local" players down to two and make room for Navara. Jan-30-11    siamesedream: Congratulations to Luke McShane! Jan-30-11    Eyal: In fact, both McShane and Navara will be invited to Group A next year: <McShane was declared Group-B winner on Sonneborn-Berger but the tournament organizers decided both players would receive an invitation to compete in Group A next year.> (http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tourn...) Btw, the same thing happened when Motylev & Carlsen finished at the top of Group B with the same number of points in 2006. Jan-30-11    Eyal: ...So congrats to Navara as well! Jan-30-11    virginmind: congratulations to both winners. Jan-30-11    Everett: Will McShane and Navara replace the Dutch or Grishuk and Shirov? Is there anyone besides Giri coming up in the Dutch ranks? I know he's older, but isn't Ivan Sokolov tough? Jan-30-11    Eyal: Grischuk and Shirov don't have any "spots" of their own, the organizers can invite them or not each year as they please... The only "officially" certain invitees to next year are Nakamura (as the winner of Group A), McShane & Navara. Among the Dutch Giri is practically certain as well, I suppose. In recent years they consistently had 3 Dutch players, though this year Giri actually earned his place as the winner of Group B, rather than playing on a "Dutch ticket". Jan-30-11    Everett: Thanks <Eyal> Who are the other top Dutch players besides the recent one's we've seen? I'll assume the organizers will insist on at least two. Jan-30-11    waustad: <Everett>See: http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtm... Jan-30-11    HeMateMe: Why not put Smeets or Van Wely in the B group and let both Navara and McShane play group A? Jan-30-11    me to play: <Eyal: In fact, both McShane and Navara will be invited to Group A next year: <McShane was declared Group-B winner on Sonneborn-Berger but the tournament organizers decided both players would receive an invitation to compete in Group A next year.>> That seems fair. Thanks for the info ! Jan-30-11    pulsar: Skywalker marches to Group A, a well deserved opportunity. Same goes for David who managed to crawl back to the top after a shaky start. Jan-30-11    Don Cossacks: Nice comeback by McShane and Navara.Congratulations to both!! Feb-01-11    Troller: <Who are the other top Dutch players besides the recent one's we've seen? I'll assume the organizers will insist on at least two.> If Daniel Stellwagen would do a "McShane" and turn to chess full-time, he would be a natural choice. He seemed stronger than l'Ami and Smeets some years back and has played the A group before. Of course VW & Sokolov are known names as well; among the up-and-coming one should mention Benjamin Bok (apart from obviously Giri). Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 5) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. 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