Maanantaiblixtit – Helsingin Shakkiklubi

Magnus Carlsen beat joint Tata Steel Masters leader Alireza Firouzja in round 9 with black in a Berlin Defence to move within striking distance of the lead. Fabiano Caruana leads the event alone after a drew with the black against Nikita Vitiugov in one of three quick draws in the Masters, the others being Anand-Dubov […]

Caruana joins Firouzja in the lead of the Tata Steel Masters on 5.5/8 - 8 19.01.2020

Fabiano Caruana one a game of fluctuating fortunes against Viswanathan Anand to join Alireza Firouzja in the lead of the Tata Steel Masters going into the second rest day. Magnus Carlsen and Jan-Krzysztof both won their first games of the event after 7 draws. Caruana was pressing for a long time against Anand in a […]

Alireza Firouzja leads the Tata Steel Masters on 5/7 after beating Jeffery Xiong - 7 18.01.2020

16 year old Alireza Firouzja leads the Tata Steel Masters alone on 5 points after 7 of the 13 rounds. Can it really be that this young player will be able to win his first super-tournament? He has certainly already shown himself to be a very, very special talent. Firouzja outplayed Jeffery Xiong on the […]

So and Firouzja continue to lead the Tata Steel Masters after 6 Rounds - 6 17.01.2020

Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja lead the Tata Steel Masters on 4/6 after the event returned to Wijk aan Zee after the only away day of this year's event in Eindhoven. Wesley So played the rare 8.a4 in a main line Catalan System which was followed by 8...Bd6 which was a novelty from his opponent […]

Firouzja joins So in the lead on 3.5/5 in the Tata Steel Masters - 5 16.01.2020

The fifth round of the Tata Steel Masters took place in the Philips Stadion of PSV in Eindhoven. By the finish of the round Alireza Firouzja had joined Wesley So in the lead on 3.5/5. Firouzja beat Anish Giri in the longest game of the day. An interesting Queen's Gambit with 3...Be7 looked to be […]