SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES: MONSTROUSLY GOOD CHESS @ TATA STEEL MASTERS 2024!

Showdown in the Netherlands at Tata Steel Masters! Our congratulations to GM Wei for his outstanding Tata Steel Masters 2024 performance!

Four way tie after round 13, with playoffs that were/are being conducted to determine final standings. Hard fought event… giving truth to the statement of “First among equals” as has been said of the Chess World before.

Who are our 4 players that finished at 8.5 points out of 13? The winner of today’s game GM Wei, Yi who triumphed over impressive World Championship candidate GM Vidit, Indian superstar! Tough final round game for our round twelve hero but Marathons can tire one out and I feel that this may have indeed played a role in the amount of energy he had for today’s game. That and the preparation of his Chinese opponent - who also played some outstanding chess in this year’s edition of Tata Steel Masters. The other three top place finishers were Grandmasters Giri, Abdusattorov and Gukesh. I will do a post about the tie breaks later on as that deserves its own coverage space!

LINKS:

TATA STEEL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024 WEBPAGE:
Webpage at: https://tatasteelchess.com
Final Standings Masters: https://tatasteelchess.com/masters/masters-standings/
Great interviews, great photos, and just the best in chess tournament organizer coverage thus far in 2024!

Mark Brothers TWIC (The Week In Chess)
https://theweekinchess.com

CHESS24:
https://chess24.com/en

PGN GAME SCORE for GM Wei vs GM Vidit:

[Event: "Tata Steel Chess 2024"][Site: "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"]
[Date: "2024.01.28"][Round: "13"]
[White: "Wei, Yi"][Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[WhiteElo: "2740"][BlackElo: "2742"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"][Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 b6 12. Bg5 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Rh4 f5 16. Bc4 Qe8 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Re1 Be4 19. Bxe6 Qg6 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Ng5 f4 22. Rxh7+ Nxh7 23. Nxe4 f3 24. g3 Be7 25. d5 Rad8 26. Qa4 a5 27. Qc6 Bb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. h4 Ra8 30. Nd6 Ra7 31. Qxb6 Rxa2 32. Qc7 Nf6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Ne5 Qh6 35. Qc2+ g6 36. Nxg6 Rfa8 37. Ne5+ Kg7 38. Qc7+ 1-0

Thanks for joining in on the chessboard hostilities between Grandmasters Wei and Vidit - both honorable players who are phenomenally talented - I look forward to their future chess games against each other!

Stay healthy and be well ~ S.