The 75th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament took off to a slow start with the vast majority of grandmaster games ending in a draw. First exception was Sergey Karjakin of Russia who celebrated his 23rd birthday with a clean victory over 19-year-old Hou Yifan, the Chinese former Women's World Champion who makes her debut at the highest level in Wijk aan Zee. With 11.c4! Karjakin put his finger on the sore spot of Hou Yifan's off-beat French.
Match
[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Chesscat "CHESSCAT 1.0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Eventdate "2013.01.12"]
[Plycount "97"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be3 b6 8.Be2 Ba6 9.O-O Bxe2 10.Nxe2 Nc6 11.c4 dxc4 12.d5 exd5 13.Qxd5 Nb4 14.Qxc4 b5 15.Qe4 Qc8 16.Nc3 Qc6 17.Qxc6 Nxc6 18.Nxb5 Rb8 19.Nc7+ Kd8 20.Nd5 Rxb2 21.Rfd1 Re8 22.Rac1 Rxa2 23.Nd2 g5 24.Ne4 gxf4 25.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26.Nxc5 Rg8 27.g3 fxg3 28.h3 Ndxe5 29.Nb4+ Ke8 30.Nxa2 Nf3+ 31.Kg2 Nh4+ 32.Kf1 Nf3 33.Ne4 g2+ 34.Kf2 g1=Q+ 35.Rxg1 Rxg1 36.Rxc6 Ra1 37.Nf6+ Ke7 38.Nc3 Ne5 39.Ncd5+ Kd8 40.Rc3 Ra2+ 41.Kg3 Rd2 42.Kf4 Ng6+ 43.Kg5 Ne7 44.Nxe7 Kxe7 45.Re3+ Kd8 46.Ra3 Rg2+ 47.Ng4 h6+ 48.Kh4 f5 49.Nxh6
1-0
The only other player making his debut in the A Group fared much better. Last year's winner of Group B, Pentala Harikrishna of India, punished Holland's number one Anish Giri for sloppy play in a rook endgame that still contained “a few tricks”, to quote Harikrishna.
[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Chesscat "CHESSCAT 1.0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Eventdate "2013.01.12"]
[Plycount "117"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 h6 12.c4 Qe7 13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Bxe5 15.Qxe5 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Rd7 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qf3 Ne8 19.b3 Nd6 20.d5 Nf5 21.Re1 Qf6 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.Bf4 Nh4+ 24.gxh4 Rf8 25.Rad1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Qxf4 27.Qxf4 Rxf4 28.Kg3 Rf5 29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Rd7 Rc5 31.Re7 Kg6 32.Rxe6+ Kf7 33.Re4 a5 34.Kg4 Kf6 35.f4 c6 36.h5 b5 37.a4 bxa4 38.bxa4 Rf5 39.Rd4 Rc5 40.h3 Ke6 41.Re4+ Kf6 42.h4 Rf5 43.Re8 Rc5 44.Ra8 Ke6 45.Ra6 Kf6 46.Ra7 g6 47.hxg6 Kxg6 48.Ra8 Kf6 49.Rf8+ Ke6 50.Re8+ Kf6 51.Re5 Rxc4 52.Rf5+ Ke6 53.Rxa5 Kf6 54.Ra8 c5 55.a5 Ra4 56.a6 c4 57.a7 Kg7 58.Kf3 c3 59.Ke3
1-0
All the remaining games in Group A ended in a draw, although Peter Leko of Hungary came very close to victory when Dutch Erwin l'Ami inexplicably sacrificed a pawn with 15...Bf6. Leko missed several promising ways to consolidate his material advantage, but eventually allowed l'Ami to escape into a drawn rook-and-knight endgame.
Match
[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Chesscat "CHESSCAT 1.0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Eventdate "2013.01.12"]
[Plycount "108"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qe2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.a5 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Na4 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Rxd6 Qe5 18.Qd2 Nf6 19.Nc3 g5 20.Qd4 Ng4 21.Rd1 Rac8 22.h3 Qxd4 23.R6xd4 Ne5 24.f4 gxf4 25.gxf4 Ng6 26.e5 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Rc5 28.Ra4 Kg7 29.Kf3 Re7 30.Rdd4 Rec7 31.Ke4 Ne7 32.Kd3 Nc6 33.Rdc4 Rd7+ 34.Ke3 Rxc4 35.Rxc4 Nxa5 36.Rc5 Nc6 37.Ne4 Kg6 38.Nd6 Ne7 39.Ke4 Nf5 40.Nxf5 exf5+ 41.Kf3 f6 42.b4 fxe5 43.fxe5 Rd4 44.b5 axb5 45.Rxb5 Re4 46.Rb6+ Kg5 47.Rxb7 Rxe5 48.Rxh7 Rc5 49.Rg7+ Kf6 50.Rg2 Rc3+ 51.Kf4 Rxh3 52.Rg8 Rc3 53.Rf8+ Ke7 54.Rxf5 Rxc2
1/2-1/2
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