Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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Line-up:

Magnus Carlsen Norway Rank 1
Ding Liren China Rank 2
Fabiano Caruana United States Rank6
Anish Giri Netherlands Rank 7
Wesley So United States Rank8
Richard Rapport Romania Rank15
Levon Aronian United States Rank17
Jan-Krzysztof Duda Poland Rank 18
Dommaraju Gukesh India Rank 23
Arjun Erigaisi India Rank 28
Nodirbek Abdusattorov Uzbekistan Rank32
Vincent Keymer Germany Rank 42
Jorden van Foreest Netherlands Rank 47
R Praggnanandhaa India Rank 62
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Re: Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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13 to 29January
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All the Indians are lower seeds...Do not keep very high expectations!!!!!
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Re: Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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Adhiban finished 3rd as the bottom "seed" a few years back.

I would not look at the "seeding" as much in chess. Magnus and Ding/Nepo are a level above but the likes of Gukesh and Arjun can and should be able to compete with the rest of this field.

This is chess and ELO tells you a lot on average. Let's look at Wesley So (2760) and Gukesh (2725).

In an one-off game, Wesley will win 27% of the time, Gukesh 18% and 55% odds of a draw. There isn't that much in it and Wesley will be the 5th seed at Wijk. Gukesh beat Fabi in their last and only encounter at the Olympiad.
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Re: Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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Let's hope for best
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So, why are the players so separated by ranking? That is, a lot of top players are missing. What is the invitation criterion? Does not seem to be straight ranking.
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I m not sure, but it seems like Russian players are deliberately not invited....Other players may have prior commitments
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Disaster tournament of indians....Arjun finished last and gukesh 3rd last
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Only positive is Praggnanandhaa who finished 8th.....He was last seed in the tournament
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We had #9, #10, and #14 seeds and we got #8, #13, and #14. That is under-performance.
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Re: Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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Certainly, it's under performance!!! However, we have to note that all 3 indian players are below 19 year of age...
There were 5 players who were under 20, Out of which 4 finished badly....Only Nodirbek of Uzbekistan who is 18 year old finised good as a runner up!!! ( In fact Nodirbek was leading throughout the tournament, he lose his nerves in last round and thus finished second, which in opinion is due to lack of experience)....
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Re: Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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After 5 rounds, Pragg is at 3/5 (+1) and Vidit and Gukesh are at 2.5/5. Anish is leading at 4/5

Gukesh beat Nepo (WC runner up twice today), he also beat Wei Yi earlier but has also lost to Ding and Anish - par for the course when you are an aggressive player like Gukesh is. Vidit with 5 draws so far. Pragg with 4 draws and a repeat win against Ding with black.
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Re: Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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Good day for us with both Gukesh and Vidit winning in the Masters section and Pragg drawing. Gukesh is now in a tie for 1st with Nodirbek and Anish at +2 and Vidit and Pragg are in the chasing pact at +1.

We also managed the same results in the Challengers section with Leon and Divya winning and Harika drawing.


I see prasen responded to the other thread - can a kind mod merge the threads.
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Re: Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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Sorry, I read things here and then could not find it. Now, I know because I saw this thread but it was 2023 and so overlooked it. And, the other thread had no year. So, I posted there. It is a bit of a mess.
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Re: Tata steel masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands

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https://tatasteelchess.com/masters/masters-standings/

Gukesh still in the lead after round 8 of 13. Overall, the Indians are doing well relative to their rankings going in.
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