Anand beat Wang in Round 4 of Wijk aan Zee

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73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 (4)

Anand beat Wang in Round 4 of Wijk aan Zee

IM Malcolm Pein - Friday 21st January 2011

Malcolm Pein looks at Aronian's win against Neponiachtchi and Anand's win against Wang Hao from Wijk aan Zee Round 4.

Anand against Wang Hao in Round 4.

Anand against Wang Hao in Round 4. | http://www.tatasteelchess.com

The world champion Vishy Anand produced a strong novelty in the opening and crushed the Chinese GM Wang Hao to reach 3/4 and join the US number one Hikaru Nakamura in the lead of theTata Steel tournament at Wijk aan Zee.

Nakamura had to struggle for 69 moves to hold the draw against the prodigy Anish Giri. Giri was a pawn up for most of the game but Nakamura managed to reach rook and three pawns against rook and four pawns all on the kingside which is a theoretical draw with best play.

World number three Levon Aronian had drawn all his games but then defeated the Russian champion Ian Nepomniachtchi easily. Black's eighth move is fatal.

L Aronian - I Nepomniachtchi

73rd Tata Steel Group A

Gruenfeld Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Rc1 Be6 7.Qb3 c5 8.Qxb7 cxd4?

(8...Qb6 9.Qxb6 axb6 gives Black reasonable play for the pawn and 8...Qb6 9.Qxa8 Nc6 is good for him but by inserting cxd4 exd4 he allows the rook on c1 to be protected by the bishop on f4 and all the tactics work for White)

9.exd4 Qb6 10.Qxa8 Nh5

(10...Nc6 11.c5! wins)

11.c5 Qxb2 12.Bd2 Bxd4 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Qxf8+

(14.Qc6 Bxc3 15.Rxc3 Qb1+ 16.Rc1 Qe4+ 17.Be2 also wins)

14...Kxf8 15.Nxd4 Nxc5 16.Rb1 Qa3 17.Be2 Nf4 18.0-0 Nxe2+ 19.Ncxe2

(White has too much material for the queen)

19...Nd7 20.Rb7 Qa6 21.Nxe6+ Qxe6 22.Nd4 Qg4 23.Rc1 f6 24.Be3 Nb6 25.h3 Qe4 26.Rcc7 1-0

Ian Nepomniachtchi