Tata Steel Masters: India’s chess player Vidit Gujrathi held world number one, Magnus Carlsen, to a draw in the 11th round of the ongoing Tata Steel Masters.
Tata Steel Masters: World No.1 Magnus Carlsen held to draw by Vidit Gujrathi in 11th round
However, Carlsen preserved his leading position despite missing a clear win against Vidit Gujrathi. Anish Giri suffered a painful defeat at the hands of his compatriot Jorden Van Foreest and slid to the third position. “Richard Rapport moved to second place in the current standings after getting a win by forfeit over Daniil Dubov. The Russian Grand Master had to drop out of the event due to testing positive for Covid-19,” stated an official FIDE report.
As a result of GM Daniil Dubov’s withdrawal from the event, @rjrapport, @rpragchess and @MagnusCarlsen will get forfeit wins.
Carlsen was supposed to play Dubov in the last round. #TataSteelChess pic.twitter.com/PDRZFikiO3
— ChesscomLive (@ChesscomLive) January 28, 2022
Tata Steel Masters: Magnus Carlsen tried the Italian Game with Nc3 against Vidit Gujrathi, but the Indian GM passed the test and reached equality.
Tata Steel Masters: World No.1 Magnus Carlsen held to draw by Vidit Gujrathi in 11th round
In the end, Gujarathi walked away with a draw in the 11th round.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Fabiano Caruana manoeuvred for a while in a roughly equal position that emerged from Semi-Slav Defense but with 22.Ne2 the Indian allowed a breakthrough b6-b5. Black was slightly better, but White’s next move was 23. Nd4 turned out to be a grave mistake.
Tata Steel Masters: Fabiano got a remote a-passer which he aptly used as a decoy for White’s pieces to launch a deadly attack.
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