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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V S Gujrathi vs Ding Liren |
 | ½-½ | 38 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
| 2. M Warmerdam vs Nepomniachtchi |
 | 0-1 | 29 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation |
| 3. D Gukesh vs Abdusattorov |
| ½-½ | 37 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | C55 Two Knights Defense |
| 4. R Praggnanandhaa vs P Maghsoodloo |
| ½-½ | 44 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 5. J van Foreest vs Firouzja |
| 0-1 | 37 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | C11 French |
| 6. A Donchenko vs Wei Yi |
| 0-1 | 38 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 7. W Ju vs Giri |
| 0-1 | 80 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 8. Firouzja vs P Maghsoodloo |
| 1-0 | 43 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 9. Ding Liren vs A Donchenko |
| ½-½ | 37 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 10. Giri vs V S Gujrathi |
| ½-½ | 35 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 11. Wei Yi vs D Gukesh |
| 0-1 | 33 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 12. Abdusattorov vs R Praggnanandhaa |
| ½-½ | 47 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 |
| 13. J van Foreest vs M Warmerdam |
| 0-1 | 40 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 14. Nepomniachtchi vs W Ju |
| ½-½ | 80 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 15. M Warmerdam vs Firouzja |
| ½-½ | 30 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 16. D Gukesh vs Ding Liren |
| 0-1 | 37 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 17. P Maghsoodloo vs Abdusattorov |
| 0-1 | 34 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | A22 English |
| 18. A Donchenko vs Giri |
| 0-1 | 41 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 19. W Ju vs J van Foreest |
| 0-1 | 37 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 20. R Praggnanandhaa vs Wei Yi |
| ½-½ | 44 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 21. V S Gujrathi vs Nepomniachtchi |
| ½-½ | 55 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | C42 Petrov Defense |
| 22. Giri vs D Gukesh |
| 1-0 | 72 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | A28 English |
| 23. Firouzja vs Abdusattorov |
| ½-½ | 33 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | C82 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 24. M Warmerdam vs W Ju |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 25. J van Foreest vs V S Gujrathi |
| ½-½ | 35 | 2024 | Tata Steel Masters | C48 Four Knights |
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| Jan-22-24 | | Refused: I don't play the French myself (with neither side, altho I can get into exchange French via transposition with the black pieces). But two of my teammates (2.100 elo range) play it, and they get almost as annoyed as I do, when my opponent decides to play the London. One of them faced the exchange French during our last match, and he just decided to roll the dice and go with Nc6 and 0-0-0 to at least have some fun. (he won that one somewhat fortunately in the end). I mean, ofc White is perfectly free to pick his/her opening, but it's so boring. If you don't want to play, why not just quit? |
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Jan-22-24
 | | perfidious: Playing the Exchange seems an odd choice for a player with an active style such as Kasparov, but the line underwent a revival in the 1990s, albeit with different ideas in mind than swapping everything in the e-file and heading for a drawing haven. |
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| Jan-22-24 | | stone free or die: <<Stonehenge> Secondly the FIDE player cards always put the surnames first and then a comma.> This is slightly misleading. There are many instances where FIDE omits a comma in the name. This could be a preference on the part of the player, though I'm not 100% sure. In such cases we generally take the surname as the first word in the name. But one should be aware that this may not be culturally correct. Moreover - Vishy is an counter-example of the normal <surname, prenom> with a comma. I'm afraid there's no absolutes here. Of course, I heartily recommend following FIDE's lead unless there is some other overriding and compelling reasons not to. |
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| Jan-22-24 | | stone free or die: <MissScarlett: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.> I would say <Missy> is our resident pun hobgoblin, indeed. |
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Jan-22-24
 | | Sally Simpson: Hi K.P.
When ever the Exchange French is mentioned I think of the Short game and S Tatai vs Korchnoi, 1978 which made a huge impression on me and had me playing the French for a while. I always fancied giving it a go but was not keen on going into the Exchange Variation. So I started playing it as Black. Good fun, won more than I lost and playing it I picked up a few tricks on what to do against it as White. I always suggest if someone says a particular opening is giving them trouble. 'start playing it' soon you will find out what it tender spots are as you will be defending them and know what to do against it. |
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| Jan-22-24 | | stone free or die: Good advice on playing openings. |
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Jan-23-24
 | | keypusher: <stone free or die: Good advice on playing openings.> Going by today some of these contestants could use advice on playing openings. You don't expect a GM to go to pieces against 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3. |
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| Jan-23-24 | | goodevans: Maghsoodloo's lucky day.
Over the course of three moves (51...Ra3? to 53...Qh8??) Warmerdam went from winning to drawing to totally lost. Maghsoodloo has been propping up the table for most of the tournament but now leapfrogs van Foreest to leave the Dutchman there. |
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| Jan-23-24 | | Refused: Yeah, poor Warmedan. He missed that 54.Rc8!! Qxc8 55.Nb6+ works |
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| Jan-23-24 | | ex0duz: Ding still has yet to play Ju, Warderman and Van Foreest so let's hope he can finish strong, which he has shown to do often. Like the last candidates, and the candidates in 2020 and 2021, the WC match, defeating Carlsen in final blitz playoffs in 2019 Sinquefield with super awesome clutch games, and also winning chessable masters, beating Carlsen in semi finals and beating Prag in the finals(knockout match format after a normal tourney prelim stage where he finished 3rd. But yeah, this is like his first tournament in 8 months and first real one after becoming WC(I don't count that tournament he and nepo played like a few days after the match finished). And people are already comparing his results before it's even finished like it even means anything lol. even if he wins no tournaments ever again, he's still WC and immortalized forever in chess history and certainly not the worst or weakest WC. Also many non WC are probably much stronger objectively than majority of the past WC so who really cares. It's just a title for match play, and shouldn't be compared with tournament play to begin with imo. Ding has also been number 1 rated in rapid and blitz, and number 2 at classical, second only to Magnus. Highest rating was 2816, which put him as equal 10th highest rated player of all time, shared with 3 other players. 5th highest was 2822, so not much difference. For comparison Fischer only made it to 2785 and never defended his title. |
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| Jan-23-24 | | stone free or die: The only two undefeated masters are paired up tomorrow. Might be a good game to watch. |
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Jan-23-24
 | | MissScarlett: Today's round in the Masters took place at the <AFAS Circustheater, The Hague NED>. PGNs need updating. |
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| Jan-24-24 | | stone free or die: <<Missy> PGNs need updating.> If you had used the right <Site> tag, it wouldn't. |
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| Jan-24-24 | | keithbc: it mystifies me when western world states Ding Liren as the tradition here is to use the first name first and the family name last. We should write Liren Ding. People still are confused which name is which. I saw Ding being interviewed and erroneously the commentator said, 'well Ding....' Like saying to Gary K ' That was a good game Kasparov'. |
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Jan-24-24
 | | offramp: Today for the Live Game we might get <Firouja v Giri>. That's fine. Down the list is <Nepo v Ding Liren>, World Champion versus quondam challenger. Both those game could be really good. I'll watch those on YouTube. |
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Jan-24-24
 | | Atterdag: <keithbc> In an interview with Ding Liren some time ago this was elaborated. DL said that he had a slight preference for the full Ding Liren, but he wouldn't be bothered, less offended by "Ding" or "Liren". Perhaps we should stop being offended on a player's behalf when it is rather insignificant or indifferent to that player which of his or her names, we choose. I can only think of one poster here on Chessgames who deliberately calls the players ridiculing and offensive names - all the others just want to use a name, by which the player can be identified. Some use first names (like "Fabi") - I wouldn't do that, but I am quite certain Fabiano Caruano wouldn't care. |
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| Jan-24-24 | | stone free or die: Perhaps the preferred form of addressing him in an interview should be: <Grandmaster Ding> ... or <World Champion Ding> https://www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/... (See: How to address Chinese People> |
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| Jan-24-24 | | Refused: < I saw Ding being interviewed and erroneously the commentator said, 'well Ding....' Like saying to Gary K ' That was a good game Kasparov'.> I am not that well versed in Chinese naming. But wouldn't interviewers callin him Liren would be considered uncommon/weird/rude. Close friends would have a nickname they call him, and others calling him Ding is thus accidently more appropriate. Again, I don't know that much about Chinese culture, so somebody with a more informed opinion chiming in would be appreciated. |
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Jan-24-24
 | | fredthebear: Nepo just beat Ding by threatening a beautiful combination involving queens, rooks, knights, and a sting-in-the-tail royal knight fork that would have removed the heavy pieces with White up a knight. Ding resigned peacefully before it played out. |
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Jan-24-24
 | | stevemcd87: My top picks for round 11 <live game>: Abdusattorov vs Ju
Gukesh vs Firouzja |
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Jan-24-24
| | Atterdag: Barely escaping the bottom of the standings. Losing to the player he beat in the world championship match by a hair's breadth. This is hardly the return to the chess stage Ding Liren had imagined and expected after many months of absense. Btw: what is the fact behind the rumours that he had been ill? Are they true or are they but a fiction to explain away the long pause? Ding Liren is not just any elite GM anymore. He is THE world champion, the center of interest, and that calls for answers. |
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| Jan-24-24 | | ex0duz: <it mystifies me when western world states Ding Liren as the tradition here is to use the first name first and the family name last. We should write Liren Ding. People still are confused which name is which.
I saw Ding being interviewed and erroneously the commentator said, 'well Ding....' Like saying to Gary K ' That was a good game Kasparov> That can go both ways since it is Chinese practice to always put the family name first. Even when you say the full name in real life you will say the surname first. So if you want to be technically correct, you will say/write Ding Li Ren and when ding verbally introduces himself in Chinese he will say Ding Li Ren. Well they call vishy as anand more than they call him vishy, so who cares. Also in Chinese culture, calling someone by Liren or their first name signifies closeness, and that can also be considered impolite if you aren't close with them. It also exists in English, like you call someone Mr (last name) instead of just calling them by their first name. We call or refer to famous people by their last names all the time. Like Ronaldo, Messi, Kasparov, Maradona, Jordan etc.. but we also use first names if we feel like it, like Kobe, Tiger, etc. it is interchangable and whatever sounds or feels good or whatever is more known and easier to recognize, like if they have a common first name like Michael Jordan. No one will use Michael unless directly talking to them. As for official FIDE list or chess games profiles, yeah. It is one inconsistent cluster F so whi cares. By now everyone should know that Ding is his surname/family name. |
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Jan-24-24
| | Sally Simpson: Hi Atterdag,
< what is the fact behind the rumours that he had been ill? Are they true or are they but a fiction to explain away the long pause?> He is certainly doing worse that I expected. Hopefully it is cobwebs. Regarding his health;
"In an email to Chess.com, Ding reveals that he has been struggling with illness for some time. The world champion did not go into details, but said that has been the cause of his absence from tournament play." https://www.chess.com/news/view/din... That is all we know, and that is all we are entitled to know. |
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Jan-24-24
| | keypusher: I have no idea what the real story is, but I have assumed that Ding was unwell because he kept dropping out of events. I'm really glad he was able to come to the table this time! I didn't expect that he would play at top strength in this event, but I hope he will gradually build back to what he was. |
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Jan-24-24
| | perfidious: Ding's malady may well have been an underlying cause when he finished minus in this event last year, though if so, he gave a creditable performance when he battled for the title. |
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