Magnus Carlsen Juara Tata Steel Chess 2016

Just like last year, Magnus Carlsen won Tata Steel Chess 2016 tournament with last round draw. Carlsen played China's Ding Liren in the final round, the catch is Ding Liren will win the tournament if he happened to beat Carlsen. The two fight in very long theoretical Ruy Lopez Open-Bernstein variation, where draw is inevitable for whole game. Carlsen drew this game and thus become champion of the tournament. The closest competitor to Magnus Carlsen is Fabiano Caruana, who found himself trouble since the opening, making many mistakes and lost eventually to Tomashevksy. 

While this year the Master group in Tata Steel Chess looks bit of predictable, the Challenger section is far more exciting. Three players emerged as co-champion : Adhiban Baskaran, Eltaj Safarli and Alexey Dreev. Dreev himself started the with 4/4 and having excellent one of his great tournament of his life in here. Many would love to see how he going to do if he happened to win Challenger and promoted to Master group next year. Instead, Adhiban is the one who won the tie break and will head the elite next year.

Magnus Carlsen won Tata Steel Chess 2016 - for fifth time

Magnus Carlsen menang Tata Steel Chess 2016, untuk kelima kalinya

Turnament catur super elit di Tata Steel Chess 2016 akhirnya kembali dimenangkan oleh Magnus Carlsen. Ini mengulangi prestasinya tahun lalu di mana dia juga yang jadi jawara di negeri Belanda ini. Di babak terakhir group Master ini, Carlsen bertarung dengan pecatur China Ding Liren. Ding Liren punya kesempatan menyalib Carlsen jika sampai dia menang dalam partai tersebut. Alhasil, partai kedua pecatur ini berlangsung terlalu teoritis dan Magnus Carlsen tidak ada kesulitan mengekualisasi posisi di mana tercapai endgame Benteng-Gajah vs Benteng-2 bidak.

Partai Catur Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 1/2-1/2 Wijk aan Zee 2016

Saingan terdekatnya Fabiano Caruana malah kalah melawan pecatur Rusia Evgeny Tomashevsky. Di partai yang kelihatan berat sebelah ini, Tomashevsky memenang buah putih dan memainkan opening yang cukup berhasil buat dia. Fabiano Caruana segera masuk ke situasi yang kurang bagus dan membuat terlalu banyak kesalahan sehingga kalah.

Partai Catur Evgeny Tomashevsky vs Fabiano Caruana 1-0, Wijk aan Zee 2016

Di group Challenger, pecatur India Adhiban Baskaran memenangkan section ini dengan nilai 9/13, sama dengan Alexey Dreev dan Eltaj Safarli. Pertarungan di group ini juga seru dan menarik, terutama karena banyak yang mensoraki si Alexey Dreev yang cukup sangar di group ini.

Hasil akhir Tata Steel Chess 2016
Tata Steel Chess 2016 final standings:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 9
2. F. Caruana - 8
3. Ding Liren - 8
4. Wesley So - 7
5. Anish Giri - 7
6. Eljanov, Pavel - 7
7. Wei Yi - 6.5
8. Mamedyarov, S - 6.5
9. Karjakin, S - 6
10. David Navara - 5.5
11. Tomashevsky, E - 5.5
12. Hou Yifan - 5
13. Michael Adams - 5
14. Van Wely, Loek - 5

Challenger 2016:
1. Adhiban, B - 9
2. Safarli, E - 9
3. Dreev, A - 9
4. Bok, B - 7
5. Antipov, M - 7
6. Nisipeanu, LD - 6.5
7. van Foreest, J -6.5
8. Abasov, N - 6.5
9. L'Ami, E - 6.5
10. Samuel Sevian - 6.5
11. Ju Wenjun - 6
12. Batsiashvili, N - 5
13. Admiraal, M - 4.5
14. Haast, Anna - 2

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