| Tata Steel Masters (2020) |
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The 2020 Tata Steel Masters was a 14-player single round-robin taking place from 11-26 January in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. World Champion Magnus Carlsen again headed the field, which included Top 10 stars Caruana, Giri and So as well as 5-time World Champion Anand. A lot of the focus was on the young stars - Duda, Artemiev, Xiong, and above all the 16-year-old Firouzja, who made his super-tournament debut. As well as the traditional venue in Wijk aan Zee, one round was played in the PSV football stadium in Eindhoven (Round 5, 16 January). The time control was 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move from move 1. If there was a tie for first place, the top two after tiebreaks would play a 2-game blitz (5+3) playoff and, if still tied, an Armageddon game, while the monetary prizes would be shared evenly. Chief organizer: Jeroen van den Berg. Chief arbiter: Pavel Votruba. No playoff was necessary: Fabiano Caruana won the event for the first time with 10/13. Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1 Caruana 2822 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10
2 Carlsen 2872 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8
3 So 2765 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½
4 Van Foreest 2644 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 7
5 Dubov 2683 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7
6 Giri 2768 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½
7 Anand 2758 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½
8 Duda 2758 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½
9 Firouzja 2723 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6½
10 Xiong 2712 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 0 6
11 Artemiev 2731 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 6
12 Vitiugov 2747 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 5
13 Yu Yangyi 2726 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4½
14 Kovalev 2660 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ * 4
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_...Previous: Tata Steel Masters (2019). Next: Tata Steel Masters (2021). See also Tata Steel Challengers (2020) and Tata Steel Qualifiers (2020)
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Carlsen vs Giri |
 | ½-½ | 25 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | A22 English |
| 2. Xiong vs Dubov |
 | ½-½ | 52 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
| 3. J van Foreest vs Y Yu |
| 1-0 | 75 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B40 Sicilian |
| 4. Caruana vs So |
| ½-½ | 33 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | D94 Grunfeld |
| 5. Anand vs V Artemiev |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 6. Vitiugov vs Duda |
| ½-½ | 58 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 |
| 7. Firouzja vs V Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 36 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 8. Duda vs Firouzja |
| ½-½ | 39 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 9. Y Yu vs Carlsen |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 10. V Artemiev vs Vitiugov |
| 1-0 | 50 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | A06 Reti Opening |
| 11. Dubov vs V Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 39 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation |
| 12. Xiong vs J van Foreest |
| 1-0 | 36 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 13. Giri vs Caruana |
| ½-½ | 63 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 14. So vs Anand |
| 1-0 | 26 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 15. Carlsen vs Xiong |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 16. V Kovalev vs Duda |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 17. Anand vs Giri |
| ½-½ | 21 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 18. Vitiugov vs So |
| ½-½ | 39 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | C83 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 19. Firouzja vs V Artemiev |
| 1-0 | 57 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 20. J van Foreest vs Dubov |
| 1-0 | 47 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 21. Caruana vs Y Yu |
| 1-0 | 48 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | C43 Petrov, Modern Attack |
| 22. So vs Firouzja |
| 1-0 | 47 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 23. J van Foreest vs Carlsen |
| ½-½ | 45 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | C58 Two Knights |
| 24. Y Yu vs Anand |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 25. Dubov vs Duda |
| ½-½ | 23 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 |
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Feb-05-20
 | | alexmagnus: <No, you are wrong. Look down this page, and you find "ye" under "e".> I'm a native Russian speaker who studied Russian phonology as a part of his school curriculum. <Russian: Екатеринбу́рг, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk]), > Note that the initial E is, just as I said, not a diphtong but full two sounds: [jɪ]. As for the second E, it is not t+ʲɪ but tʲ+ ɪ - that is, palatalized t followed by ɪ. No diphthongs either. |
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Feb-05-20
| | alexmagnus: tʲ is also not two sounds or a diphthong but one sound. |
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Feb-05-20
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| Feb-05-20 | | Sokrates: This is especially for <moronovich> and my Norwegian friends. A short while ago we talked about Nimzowitsch and where he was laid to rest. I have just returned from Bispebjerg Cemetary - had a nice walk in the cold clear sunshine. Evidently, I intented to find the burial plot, and I happily succeeded. Well, with the aid of a very kind service-employee, who drove me to the plot in his small vehicle. There it was! I am sorry I can't post pictures here, so a description will have to do. You said, <moro> that the Danish Int. Master Jens Enevoldsen was buried next to Nimzowitsch. I thought, it meant in a burial plot next to Nimzo's. But they are actually buried on the same plot. In the back, a vertical black granite stone for Nimzowitsch. The cut inscription says SKAKSTORMESTEREN
ARON NIMZOWITSCH
FØDT DEN 7. NOVEMBER 1886
DØD DEN 16. MARTS 1935
I think it's obvious to all what that means. The stone is slightly rounded and ornamented on the top. In front of that stone there is a smaller, "natural" stone, nearly horizontically placed only a meter away. It says JENS ENEVOLDSEN
INTERNATIONAL SKAKMESTER
' 23.9.1907 + 23.5.1980
It is a medium/small sized plot meant for urn graves. There were some red flowers and a small wreath in front of Nimzowitsch's grave, but the place was in need of some care, undoubtedly. It looked a bit neglected, frankly. My guess is that Dansk Skak Union keeps an eye on the place, perhaps only once a year, though. Otherwise, very nice surroundings - the cemetary is generally a quite beautiful place with lots of vegetation and an atmosphere of tranquility. Well, that's it. Not easy to find, but I clearly sensed the presence of history looking at name of the great thinker in chess, Aron Nimzowitsch. |
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| Feb-05-20 | | Sokrates: <alexmagnus> <I'm a native Russian speaker who studied Russian phonology as a part of his school curriculum.> I'll bow to that, of course! :-) And let's end it here. |
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| Feb-05-20 | | Sokrates: <Clemens Scheitz: * * Yellow Alert * > LOL - but rest assured. My looong posts of late end now. They are <AylerKupp's> privilege. :-) |
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| Feb-05-20 | | theagenbiteofinwit: <beatgiant><Petrosianac> I ordered a used copy of The Petroff Defence, which is a paper brick worth of analysis. The copy is signed "To Mike, the best Artur Yusupov." Alas my name isn't Mike, but Yusupov's name is signed in his own hand. |
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| Feb-05-20 | | Absentee: <theagenbiteofinwit: Alas my name isn't Mike> You can always rectify that. |
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Feb-05-20
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Hi Sokrates.
Picture of Nimzowitsch's grave here from the Edward WInter site: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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Feb-05-20
 | | beatgiant: <theagenbiteofwit>
But when was it signed, before or after Yusupov/Jussupow moved to Germany? How did FIDE decide to spell his name Jussupow? My best guess would be, based on the spelling in copies of his German identification documents he must have provided at registration time. Was the spelling chosen by Yusupov/Jussupow himself, or through a system of rules applied by German officials, or what? I can only guess. |
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| Feb-05-20 | | theagenbiteofinwit: <beatgiant> The edition was published in 2002. He may very well spell his name different ways depending on whether or not his intended readers are Russian, English, or German. |
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| Feb-05-20 | | nok: <Soon we may be having a 4 page long outburst on pronunciation, diphthongs, spelling, alphabets, sounds and languages, etc, etc by our dear <AylerKupp>, his silence so far is very suspicious...brace yourselves.> Hear, hear |
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Feb-05-20
 | | AylerKupp: <<Sokrates> The frustration of waiting!> I think that <chessgames.com> should create a page for Godot in order to handle situations like this one. And any off-topic posts after a tournament ends should be automatically moved to it. |
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Feb-05-20
| | AylerKupp: <<Clemens Scheitz> * * Yellow Alert *> Well, I have no knowledge of German, Russian, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, or the Cyrillic alphabet so I didn't think that I had anything worthwhile to contribute to the discussion. Not that ignorance ever stopped me from posting before. I did enjoy <soldal>'s comment that "btw, in Norwegian it's Nepomnjasjtsjij, easily readable)." And, being one of the many, I'm sure, that have been challenged by the spelling of Nepomniachtchi I suggest that from now on we refer to him as "Nepo*" where "*" is the traditional symbol used in pattern matching which causes a search to succeed for any word that starts with "Nepo". Think of the argument-saving possibilities. We can start discussing Karpo*, Korch*, Grisc*, Alek* (although Al* might resolve some remaining issues), Bogo*, etc. and no one would be wrong, although we would still be at a loss when referencing Chigorin/Tchigorin, and others. Oh well, no suggestions are perfect, not even mine. |
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Feb-05-20
| | AylerKupp: <<Sokrates> My looong posts of late end now. They are <AylerKupp's> privilege.> I will gladly share my dubious "privilege" with you and anyone else who would like to share. |
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Feb-05-20
 | | perfidious: Unlike others, I do not regard this uncharacteristic quiet from <AK> with suspicion: rather, I welcome it! |
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| Feb-05-20 | | Sokrates: Many thanks, <Geoff>, for the photo link. Apparently that photo was taken during the summer half of the year. The green branches at the side of N's stone weren't there this afternoon. |
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| Feb-05-20 | | Sokrates: <AylerKupp: <<Sokrates> The frustration of waiting!> I think that <chessgames.com> should create a page for Godot in order to handle situations like this one. And any off-topic posts after a tournament ends should be automatically moved to it.> Great idea. You have my vote, <AK>. |
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Feb-05-20
 | | moronovich: Thanks a lot for your story my dear
<Sokrates> !
I am glad you found it.
I find it actually quite moving they are buried the same place. |
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Feb-05-20
| | AylerKupp: <<perfidious> Unlike others, I do not regard this uncharacteristic quiet from <AK> with suspicion: rather, I welcome it!> So did I. But then <Clemens Scheitz> had to wake me up from my slumber. Dang! |
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Feb-05-20
| | AylerKupp: <<Sokrates> Great idea. You have my vote, <AK>.> Well, that's one vote in its favor. |
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| Feb-05-20 | | Sokrates: <moronovich:...
I find it actually quite moving they are buried the same place.> So do I. The more so because I can't imagine two more opposite personalities. It must have been JE's explicit wish to rest there. In JE's book on chess history he mentions Nimzo's relations to money and his efforts to save money. When he died he allegedly left DKK 70,000 to his old mother in Riga. In 1935 that was a gigantic sum of money, as an annual average income would have been around 4,000 DKK or less. Let me finish this tale with the famous game between them, one that shows Enevoldsen at his very best and one highly entertaining chess game. J Enevoldsen vs Nimzowitsch, 1933 |
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Feb-05-20
| | moronovich: <Let me finish this tale with the famous game between them, one that shows Enevoldsen at his very best and one highly entertaining chess game. J Enevoldsen vs Nimzowitsch, 1933> Thanks for the game.Filled with all these sweet memories.One of the most famous games in DK and another one being Høi-Gulko which took first price at the olympiad and also a Colle.An opening that also served me well.A system that black often tend(ed?)to underestimate.
Interesting how different personalities these two guys were.but that is likely why they were attracted to each other.Like when I meat my wife we were the Lady and the Vagabond. And on another note:I heard the other day that Russia comes from rus,meaning to row in viking language…
so roughly translated it should be something like "the land we row to".But you probably know this already !? All the best. |
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| Feb-06-20 | | Sokrates: <moronovich> I knew the word "Rus" was connected to the Swedish vikings, who, contrary to the Danish and Norwegian vikings, went east, down the Russian rivers, right down to Konstantinopel, where they became a sort of life guard for the East Roman emperor. But, admittedly, I haven't studied it closely. I am sure our Russian expert <alexmagnus> has a say in this. As for Nimzo and Enevoldsen, they did have a few things in common, upon further reflection: They were both difficult persons to approach, they weren't particularly likable and forthcoming, they were both great authors, and, to my knowledge, none of them married, at least not Nimzo. |
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Feb-06-20
| | alexmagnus: The origin of "Rus" is actually a matter of an unsolved (and probably never solvable) dispute. But yes, one of the theories is that it came from Sweden (compare the Finnish name of Sweden, Ruotsi). As the mainstream theory on the origin of the first dynasty of Rus and later Muscovy and Russia, the Rurikids, is that they came from Scandinavia, it is also very plausible. |
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