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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Tata Steel Challengers Tournament
Gawain Jones9/13(+7 -2 =4)[games]
Markus Ragger9/13(+6 -1 =6)[games]
Jeffery Xiong8.5/13(+7 -3 =3)[games]
Eric Hansen8/13(+5 -2 =6)[games]
Shanglei Lu8/13(+5 -2 =6)[games]
Ilia Smirin8/13(+6 -3 =4)[games]
Aryan Tari7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Erwin L'Ami7/13(+2 -1 =10)[games]
Nils Grandelius7/13(+3 -2 =8)[games]
Benjamin Bok5.5/13(+2 -4 =7)[games]
Vladimir Dobrov4.5/13(+3 -7 =3)[games]
Jorden van Foreest4/13(+2 -7 =4)[games]
Tingjie Lei3.5/13(+2 -8 =3)[games]
Sopiko Guramishvili1.5/13(+0 -10 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Tata Steel Challengers (2017)

The 2017 Tata Steel Challengers took place from 14-29 January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. The 14-player single round-robin offered the winner an automatic place in the 2018 Tata Steel Masters. Austria's Markus Ragger was top seed, while 16-year-old World Junior Champion Jeffery Xiong from the USA was one of the players to watch. 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 two or more players tied for first place then a rapid or blitz playoff would be held. (1) Gawain Jones took first, winning the tiebreak against Markus Ragger, and qualified for Tata Steel Masters (2018).

Official site: https://history.tatasteelchess.com/.... Schedule and results: https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...

                 Elo   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
 1 Jones         2665  * 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1  9
 2 Ragger        2697  0 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1  9
 3 Xiong         2667  1 0 * 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1  8½
 4 Hansen        2603  0 0 1 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½  8
 5 Lu Shanglei   2612  ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½  8
 6 Smirin        2667  1 ½ 0 0 1 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1  8
 7 Tari          2584  0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1  7½
 8 l'Ami         2605  ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1  7
 9 Grandelius    2642  ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1  7
10 Bok           2608  0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1  5½
11 Dobrov        2499  0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 1 1  4½
12 van Foreest   2612  0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½  4
13 Tingjie Lei   2467  ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1  3½
14 Guramishvili  2370  0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 *  1½
(1) Chess24: Tata Steel Challengers https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...

Previous: Tata Steel Challengers (2016). Next: Tata Steel Challengers (2018). See also Tata Steel Masters (2017)

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Jones vs N Grandelius  ½-½202017Tata Steel ChallengersC45 Scotch Game
2. S Guramishvili vs S Lu ½-½412017Tata Steel ChallengersB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
3. Smirin vs V Dobrov  ½-½342017Tata Steel ChallengersB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
4. B Bok vs T Lei 1-0402017Tata Steel ChallengersD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. M Ragger vs Xiong 1-0412017Tata Steel ChallengersB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. J van Foreest vs L'Ami 1-0402017Tata Steel ChallengersB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
7. A Tari vs E Hansen  ½-½492017Tata Steel ChallengersC96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
8. S Lu vs Smirin  0-1372017Tata Steel ChallengersA07 King's Indian Attack
9. T Lei vs M Ragger 0-1842017Tata Steel ChallengersE60 King's Indian Defense
10. Xiong vs J van Foreest 1-0642017Tata Steel ChallengersE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
11. V Dobrov vs A Tari  ½-½402017Tata Steel ChallengersD96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
12. N Grandelius vs L'Ami  ½-½372017Tata Steel ChallengersC07 French, Tarrasch
13. G Jones vs S Guramishvili 1-0352017Tata Steel ChallengersB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
14. E Hansen vs B Bok  ½-½262017Tata Steel ChallengersB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
15. L'Ami vs Xiong  ½-½292017Tata Steel ChallengersD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
16. B Bok vs V Dobrov  0-1392017Tata Steel ChallengersB30 Sicilian
17. J van Foreest vs T Lei 0-1652017Tata Steel ChallengersB10 Caro-Kann
18. Smirin vs G Jones 1-0362017Tata Steel ChallengersC77 Ruy Lopez
19. M Ragger vs E Hansen 1-0242017Tata Steel ChallengersC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
20. S Guramishvili vs N Grandelius  0-1342017Tata Steel ChallengersB42 Sicilian, Kan
21. A Tari vs S Lu  0-1412017Tata Steel ChallengersB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
22. E Hansen vs J van Foreest 1-0332017Tata Steel ChallengersB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
23. S Lu vs B Bok  1-0522017Tata Steel ChallengersB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
24. V Dobrov vs M Ragger 0-1452017Tata Steel ChallengersA34 English, Symmetrical
25. G Jones vs A Tari  1-0572017Tata Steel ChallengersA48 King's Indian
 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Jan-10-17  tim butler: Good luck Jeffery Xiong. Have fun in the tournament.
Jan-11-17  Imran Iskandar: Will definitely be rooting for Jeffery Xiong! He was impressive in last year's US Champs and could well be a future elite player.
Jan-11-17
Premium Chessgames Member		  ketchuplover: May Xiong be never wrong
Jan-11-17  Octavia: good luck to Gawain & Erwin!
Jan-12-17  Paint My Dragon: Gawain scored 3/4 at last night's opening of the Pro Chess League. Only lost to MVL, so should be feeling reasonably content on his journey to Wijk.
Jan-12-17
Premium Chessgames Member		  hansj: Good Luck to GM Eric Hansen!
Jan-12-17  dumbgai: I put a few chessbucks on Hansen. It's a wide open field this year, I think someone like Hansen has a realistic chance of scoring well and winning the tournament.
Jan-13-17  Mr. V: Anybody except Sopiko, likely.
Jan-13-17
Premium Chessgames Member		  keypusher: Her son is just over three months old, so she (and her husband) may not be getting a lot of sleep these days.
Jan-14-17  dm1991: Interesting there's no Jeffrey Xiong hype going on. I am jumping into the hype train and i hope he'll end up in the A section next year. The only concern i have is he might be a bit too pragmatic. If there was only Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa i would then root for him.
Jan-14-17  nok: Smirin and Xiong must be the favorites.
Jan-14-17  Gryz: I suspect nobody will stand a chance against Jorden van Foreest.
Jan-14-17  N0B0DY: <Gryz: I suspect <nobody> will stand a chance against Jorden van Foreest.>

Your reasoning is most probably correct.

Jan-14-17  Phi: Great start for Ragger, beating the second highest rated player and reaching 2700 again.
Jan-14-17  WorstPlayerEver: Watch out for Bobby Cheng!
Jan-15-17  Imran Iskandar: Xiong bounces back, now all my favorites Xiong, van Foreest and Hansen are on 50%.
Jan-16-17  LuckyChucky: GJones and GawainJones in the table above must be a tag team. The partners are off to a good start. I keep watching out for Bobby Cheng but haven't caught him loitering around yet.
Jan-16-17  GlennOliver: I'm thinking of placing a bet on the outcome of the game -

G. Jones vs. Gawain Jones

One way or another, I expect Gawain to gain the full point.

Jan-16-17  waustad: That they haven't done anything about that Jones snafu doesn't surprise me. Have they lost interest?
Jan-17-17  schweigzwang: I don't understand why all the tournaments & sites can't key everything off of the FIDE ID numbers. If it's done correctly at the start, everybody downstream will be able to report accurate information too.
Jan-17-17  belgradegambit: Ragger doing his Bobby Fischer impression, 4 games, 4 wins.
Jan-17-17  ndg2: Markus on fire! I want to see this guy firmly established as a genuine 2700+.

For years now he was always close or oscillating around it. Maybe he can stabilize.

Jan-17-17  Mr. V: It's about time Ragger got an invitation to the Elite
Jan-17-17  fisayo123: To be fair, he's had a relatively easy start. Facing a WGM and the weakest grandmaster in the field is a very nice advantage to have in the first 4 games.
Jan-17-17  sonia91: The WGM is actually a GM-elect: http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli...
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