Round 1 Games and Results
A bloody start to the Challengers section.. 7 decisive games
| Anne Haast | 2391 | – | Jorden van Foreest | 2541 | : | 0-1 | (37) | Sicilian 5…Bd7 |
| Mikhail Antipov | 2567 | – | Ju Wenjun | 2548 | : | 0-1 | (37) | Sicilian 3.b3 |
| Alexey Dreev | 2644 | – | Benjamin Bok | 2607 | : | 1-0 | (45) | Grünfeld |
| Erwin l’Ami | 2627 | – | Miguoël Admiraal | 2441 | : | 1-0 | (34) | QGD |
| Adhiban Baskaran | 2653 | – | Nijat Abasov | 2556 | : | 1-0 | (35) | Nimzo-Indian |
| Eltaj Safarli | 2653 | – | Samuel Sevian | 2578 | : | 1-0 | (55) | English |
| Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 2679 | – | Nino Batsiashvili | 2485 | : | 1-0 | (49) | QGD (Slav) |
78th Tata Steel Chess Challengers
[Event “78th Tata Steel Chess Challengers”] [Site “Wijk aan Zee”] [Date “2016.01.16”] [Round “1”] [White “L’Ami, Erwin”] [Black “Admiraal, Miguoel”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “D15”] [WhiteElo “2627”] [BlackElo “2441”] [PlyCount “67”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [EventCountry “NED”]
Rd1 L’Ami,-Admiraal 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Be2 Be7 14. Ba5 Rc8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. Kd2 Qc5 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Qb3 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Kxd8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Qb4 Kd7 22. a4 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Kxc8 24. Qf8+ Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxd8 26. axb5 a5 27. b6 f6 28. f4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Kc8 30. Ba6+ Kd7 31. Kc3 Kc6 32. b7 Kc7 33. Kb3 Be4 34. g3 1-0
[Event “78th Tata Steel Chess Challengers”] [Site “Wijk aan Zee”] [Date “2016.01.16”] [Round “1”] [White “Haast, Anne”] [Black “Van Foreest, Jorden”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “B56”] [WhiteElo “2391”] [BlackElo “2541”] [PlyCount “74”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [EventCountry “NED”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nxe4 10. Qf4 Nf6 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Qxf7+ Kxf7 13. Bxd8 Nf6 14. Nxf6 gxf6 15. Be2 h5 16. Kb1 Nc6 17. Bb6 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. Rhg1 h4 20. f4 Be7 21. g4 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rh2 23. Rde1 Be4 24. Kc1 Rc8 25. c3 d5 26. Kd2 Rg8 27. Ref1 b5 28. Rf2 Rh3 29. g4 b4 30. Bf1 Rh4 31. g5 bxc3+ 32. bxc3 Rb8 33. Ke3 Ba3 34. Bg2 Rg4 35. Bxf6 Rg3+ 36. Kd4 Rd3+ 37. Ke5 Rb6 0-1
[Event “78th Tata Steel Chess Challengers”] [Site “Wijk aan Zee”] [Date “2016.01.16”] [Round “1”] [White “Baskaran, Adhiban”] [Black “Abasov, Nijat”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “E34”] [WhiteElo “2653”] [BlackElo “2556”] [PlyCount “69”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [EventCountry “NED”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. c4 Qd6 10. Nf3 b6 11. e4 Nfd7 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Bb2 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Re8+ 16. Be2 Qg6 17. Qd2 Qg2 18. O-O-O Qxf2 19. Rhg1 Rxe2 20. Rge1 Qh4 21. Qxe2 Nd7 22. Rg1 g6 23. Qe8+ Nf8 24. Qe5 f6 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Ba6 27. Rde1 Nd7 28. Bb2 Rf8 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Rg4 b5 32. Rh4 h5 33. Rf4+ Ke7 34. Re4+ Kf7 35. d6 1-0
[Event “78th Tata Steel Chess Challengers”] [Site “Wijk aan Zee”] [Date “2016.01.16”] [Round “1”] [White “Antipov, Mikhail Al”] [Black “Ju, Wenjun”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “B40”] [WhiteElo “2567”] [BlackElo “2548”] [PlyCount “74”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [EventCountry “NED”]
Rd1 Antipov-Ju 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qe2 a6 7. O-O-O b5 8. Qe3 Rc8 9. g4 Qc7 10. Kb1 Nf6 11. Rg1 b4 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5+ Ne7 15. Bc4 Nf4 16. Rde1 Nfg6 17. h4 Qf4 18. Qd3 Qd6 19. Rg4 h5 20. Rge4 f6 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Ng5 fxg5 23. Bxh8 Nxh8 24. hxg5 Kd8 25. f4 Kc7 26. Re6 dxe6 27. Rxe6 Qd8 28. d6+ Kb8 29. dxe7 Bxe7 30. Qh7 Bd6 31. f5 Bc7 32. g6 Qxd2 33. Re7 Qd1+ 34. Kb2 Qd4+ 35. Kb1 Be4 36. Qxh5 Qg1+ 37. Kb2 Bf4 0-1
[Event “78th Tata Steel Chess Challengers”] [Site “Wijk aan Zee”] [Date “2016.01.16”] [Round “1”] [White “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”] [Black “Batsiashvili, Nino”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “D35”] [WhiteElo “2679”] [BlackElo “2485”] [PlyCount “97”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [EventCountry “NED”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. g4 dxc4 8. Qf3 Nd5 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Ba2 Bd6 13. Rc1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Rc8 15. Bb1 Ne7 16. h4 c5 17. h5 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. h6 g6 20. b4 c4 21. Kd2 Nc8 22. Nc3 Nd6 23. f3 Re7 24. Rce1 Rfe8 25. g5 Re6 26. Rh3 f6 27. gxf6 Kf7 28. f4 Kxf6 29. Rg1 Nf7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 Rd6 32. Bxh7 Ke7 33. Rg7 Rh8 34. Bg8 Rf6 35. h7 Kf8 36. Rg2 Rf5 37. Rhg3 Ke7 38. Rg7 Bc6 39. Ke1 Be8 40. Rf2 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Kf6 42. Rg4 Ng5 43. Nxd5+ Kf5 44. Rh4 b5 45. Nc3 Kg6 46. e4 a6 47. Ke3 Bf7 48. Nd5 Bxd5 49. exd5 1-0
[Event “78th Tata Steel Chess Challengers”] [Site “Wijk aan Zee”] [Date “2016.01.16”] [Round “1”] [White “Safarli, Eltaj”] [Black “Sevian, Samuel”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “E61”] [WhiteElo “2653”] [BlackElo “2578”] [PlyCount “109”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [EventCountry “NED”]
Rd1 Safarli-Sevian 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4 Bd7 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. exd4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Kh1 b4 17. Nce2 Qa6 18. Rad1 Bb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Nd4 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc6 e6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Ra1 h5 25. Rfe1 Qd6 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. Kg1 Nc3 28. Bxc3 bxc3 29. Rac1 f5 30. Qe3 e4 31. Red1 Ra8 32. Rc2 Ra5 33. Rd4 Rd5 34. Rc4 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5 36. R4xc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Qe5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Qa7+ Kh6 40. Qe3+ g5 41. h4 f4 42. hxg5+ Qxg5 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Qxe4+ Qf5 45. Qxf5+ exf5 46. gxf4 Rb1 47. Rg8+ Kf6 48. Rb8 Ke6 49. Rb5 h4 50. a4 Kd6 51. a5 Kc6 52. Rb4 Kc5 53. Ra4 h3+ 54. Kh2 Rxb3 55. a6 1-0
[Event “78th Tata Steel Chess Challengers”] [Site “Wijk aan Zee”] [Date “2016.01.16”] [Round “1”] [White “Dreev, Alexey”] [Black “Bok, Benjamin”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “D83”] [WhiteElo “2644”] [BlackElo “2607”] [PlyCount “89”] [EventDate “2016.??.??”] [EventCountry “NED”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. b3 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 c6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Be5 Bd5 15. Ke2 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 a5 17. Bc4 a4 18. b4 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne5 e6 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Bb1 Bxg2 23. f3 Bh3 24. Rg1 f6 25. Nd3 e5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Nxe5 Be6 28. h4 Kf6 29. Nd3 Nc4 30. Rc3 b5 31. a3 Rd7 32. e4 h6 33. e5+ Kf7 34. Nc5 Rd2+ 35. Ke1 Rh2 36. Bxg6+ Ke7 37. Be4 Rd8 38. Rg7+ Bf7 39. f4 Kf8 40. Rh7 Rdd2 41. e6 Bg6 42. Nd7+ Ke8 43. Nf6+ Kd8 44. Rd3+ Rxd3 45. e7+ 1-0
Rd1 Standings :Tata Steel Challengers 2016
| Score | Rating | TPR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 1 | van Foreest, J. | 1.0 / 1 | 2541 | 3191 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Ju, W. | 1.0 / 1 | 2548 | 3367 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Nisipeanu, L. | 1.0 / 1 | 2679 | 3285 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Safarli, E. | 1.0 / 1 | 2653 | 3378 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Baskaran, A. | 1.0 / 1 | 2653 | 3356 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | l’Ami, E. | 1.0 / 1 | 2627 | 3241 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Dreev, A. | 1.0 / 1 | 2644 | 3407 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Bok, B. | 0.0 / 1 | 2607 | 1844 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Admiraal, M. | 0.0 / 1 | 2441 | 1827 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Abasov, N. | 0.0 / 1 | 2556 | 1853 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Sevian, S. | 0.0 / 1 | 2578 | 1853 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Batsiashvili, N. | 0.0 / 1 | 2485 | 1879 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Antipov, M. | 0.0 / 1 | 2567 | 1748 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Haast, A. | 0.0 / 1 | 2391 | 1741 | 0 |
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