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		<title>Hou shares lead with Adams after defeating Le - 8</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/hou-shares-lead-with-adams-after-defeating-le</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein reports on Round 8 of the Tradewise Gibraltar Festival. Hou Yifan won yet again this time against Le Quang Liem. She is level with Michael Adams.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri Feb  3 20:07:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Tricky Mickey in Gibraltar - 7</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/tricky-mickey-in-gibraltar</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein reports on Hou Yifan's win over Judit Polgar. Also sees how Michael Adams managed to beat David Howell late in the ending.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu Feb  2 20:00:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 - Games and Results</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/tradewise-gibraltar-chess-festival-2012</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival took place Tuesday 24th Jan -  Thursday 2nd Feb 2012. Peter Svidler, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Zoltan Almasi, Le Quang Liem, Alexei Shirov and Judit Polgar were amongst the stars. In the final round Hou Yifan drew against Shakhriyar Mamedyarow which allowed Nigel Short to catch her with a fine win against Krishnan Sasikiran. Short went on to beat Hou in a  2 game 10 mins + 5 seconds per move playoff match 1.5-0.5 but could have won the second game had he needed to do so. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu Feb  2 18:06:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Crowther </dc:creator>

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		<title>Aronian triumph at Wijk aan Zee - 13</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/aronian-triumph-at-wijk-aan-zee</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein reports: Levon Aronian duly triumphed at the Tata Steel tournament after a
  disappointing, one might say perfunctory last round. Perhaps this was
  to be expected after the heroics of the previous few days. Aronian
  needed a draw to secure first prize and played white against Teimour
  Radjabov, for whom a win would bring a share of first.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed Feb  1 19:52:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Drama in penultimate round of the Tata Steel tournament - 12</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/drama-in-penultimate-round-of-the-tata-steel-tournament</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein reports: There was more drama at the Tata Steel tournament as Levon Aronian
  exploited a blunder in the fifth hour from world title contender
  Boris Gelfand and re-established his one point lead over Teimour
  Radjabov and Magnus Carlsen going into the last round. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue Jan 31 12:37:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Carlsen back in hunt after 11 rounds of Tata Steel - 11</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/carlsen-back-in-hunt-after-11-rounds-of-tata-steel</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein reports that Magnus Carlsen is back in the hunt for first place as the Tata Steel tournament came alive in the 11th round. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon Jan 30 12:34:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Levon Aronian secures 74th Tata Steel victory - 13</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/74th-tata-steel-chess-tournament-2012/levon-aronian-secures-74th-tata-steel-victory</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Levon Aronian decided that discretion was the better part of valour and took a very quick draw with white against Teimour Radjabov which secured victory in the 74th Tata Steel tournament for the "best result so far" in his career. Magnus Carlsen finished level with Radjabov after drawing an interesting game with Loek van Wely. They were joined by Fabiano Caruana who beat Boris Gelfand in a very drawish queen ending. Gata Kamsky was the only other winner piling further misery on Veselin Topalov who again misplayed a decent position. Tournament director Jeroen van den Berg confirmed that the 75th event will go ahead at the same time of year in 2013. The field of experience and ambitious youngsters produced exciting chess but Aronian with 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses was the dominant figure and clearly a deserved winner. Top seed Magnus Carlsen admitted that his play after round 7 "was a total mess". This will be the only elite chess tournament in the first half of the year unless there are surprise new events. It will be interesting to see what the players do with the time. A-Group Leading Final standings: 1st Aronian 9pts, 2nd-4th Carlsen, Radjabov, Caruana 8pts 5th-6th Ivanchuk, Nakamura 7.5pts. Pentala Harikrishna won the B-Group and Maxim Turov the C-Group both qualify for a group higher next year.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun Jan 29 19:09:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Crowther </dc:creator>

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		<title>Aronian beats Gelfand in wild game to secure at least share of Tata Steel title - 12</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/74th-tata-steel-chess-tournament-2012/aronian-beats-gelfand-in-wild-game-to-secure-at-least-share-of-tata-steel-title</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Levon Aronian takes a one point lead into the final round of the 74th Tata Steel tournament. This event allows for shared first so even if he loses with white to rival Radjabov he will still be one of the winners. In today's round 12 both he and opponent Boris Gelfand played for a win and Aronian emerged as winner only after a late blunder. Magnus Carlsen got into trouble against Gata Kamsky but just about scrambled to a draw. Vassily Ivanchuk was not in good shape today and blitzed moves out against Teimour Radjabov, he got way ahead on the clock however and when he offered a draw Radjabov accepted. Notes to these three games from the venue by Michiel Abeln in notes and PGN file. Almost every game today had drama. Read the details below. Kramnik also announced that he will play Aronian in a 6 game match 21st-28th April 2012. The lack of events in the first half of the year means they need practice for the candidates. 1st Aronian 8.5pts. 
2nd-3rd Carlsen, Radjabov 7.5pts.
4th-6th Ivanchuk, Caruana, Nakamura 7pts.

Final Round 13 Sun 29th Jan 2012 EARLY 11:00am GMT
Kamsky-Topalov, Van Wely-Carlsen, Gashimov-Nakamura, Ivanchuk-Karjakin, Aronian-Radjabov, Caruana-Gelfand, Giri-Navara.
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		<pubDate>Sat Jan 28 20:19:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Crowther </dc:creator>

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		<title>Short and Adams start with 3/3 in Gibraltar - 3</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/short-and-adams-start-with-33-in-gibraltar</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein takes a look at Nigel Short's crushing win against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and talks about the early rounds of the event where the English stars Nigel Short and Michael Adams started with 3/3.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat Jan 28 12:32:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Aronian defeated by Navara in Tata Steel Rd11 Carlsen and Radjabov close gap - 11</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/74th-tata-steel-chess-tournament-2012/aronian-defeated-by-navara-in-tata-steel-rd11-carlsen-and-radjabov-close-gap</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The 74th Tata Steel tournament saw many surprise results in the 11th of 13 rounds. Levon Aronian who had looked well in control in the event went down to David Navara when he mishandled the opening badly. Game annotations from the Navara press conference recorded by Michiel Abeln in PGN file. Magnus Carlsen also miscalculated and was lost against Veselin Topalov but the position was very difficult. Topalov had a lot of material some of which he returned to break Carlsen's attack but an initiative still remained and further errors meant that Carlsen even ended up winning. Vassily Ivanchuk subsided to a loss against Boris Gelfand in a way that it quite hard to understand. Teimour Radjabov is also half a point off the lead after beating Vugar Gashimov who again played terribly. Karjakin got back to 50% inflicting Van Wely's first defeat. Giri suffered his 4th consecutive defeat, this time to Caruana. Giri completely missed a key idea and he was immediately lost. Kamsky draw Nakamura. 1st Aronian 7.5pts: 2nd-3rd Carlsen, Radjabov 7pts: 4th-5th Caruana, Ivanchuk 6,5pts: 6th Nakamura 6pts.
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/tatasteelchess">Tata Steel Facebook Page </a> has photos and interviews and they also have a <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/tatasteelchess">Twitter Account</a>.
Round 12 Sat 28th Jan 12:30 GMT Topalov-Giri, Navara-Caruana, Gelfand-Aronian, Radjabov-Ivanchuk, Karjakin-Gashimov, Nakamura-Van Wely, Carlsen-Kamsky.
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		<pubDate>Fri Jan 27 21:15:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Crowther </dc:creator>

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		<title>Aronian moves ahead of Tata Steel after wins in Rounds 9 and 10 - 10</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/aronian-moves-ahead-of-tata-steel-after-wins-in-rounds-9-and-10</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein looks at Levon Aronian's win against Anish Giri that leaves him a point clear of the field with 3 rounds to go of the 74th Tata Steel tournament.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri Jan 27 18:00:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Gibraltar Chess Festival Round 1 - 1</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/gibraltar-chess-festival-round-1</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein reports on the opening of the Gibraltar Chess Festival. Michael Adams was held to a draw by Natalia Zhukova in 2010 but he did not let the advantage slip this time.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu Jan 26 17:57:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Aronian maintains 1 point Tata Steel lead over Ivanchuk after crushing Giri in Round 10 - 10</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/74th-tata-steel-chess-tournament-2012/aronian-maintains-1-point-tata-steel-lead-over-ivanchuk-after-crushing-giri-in-round-10</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Levon Aronian won yet again in the 10th round of the 74th Tata Steel Chess tournament to move closer to a 3rd win in the event. Anish Giri chose a variation first brought to prominence by Aronian and found yet again (following his defeat to Gashimov) that a morning's preparation doesn't help against an opponent who has deeply studied a position. Aronian impressively outplayed his young opponent. Michiel Abeln annotates the game with the help of Aronian's press room demonstration of the game (also in PGN). Vassily Ivanchuk kept pace a point behind beating David Navara on the black side of the risky Benoni no doubt encouraged by his opponents poor form. He was rewarded with an error going up to first time control. Hikaru Nakamura as white against Magnus Carlsen was surprised in the opening and feeling slightly under the weather steered the game quickly to a draw. There were four wins in total for black with Topalov being crushed by Caruana and Karjakin losing again this time to Kamsky being the others. Remaining games drawn although Van Wely agreed a draw in a time scramble in a winning position. Rest day Thursday.

1st Aronian 7.5pts
2nd Ivanchuk 6.5pts
3rd-4th Carlsen, Radjabov 6pts
5th-6th Caruana, Nakamura 5.5pts.


 <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tatasteelchess">Tata Steel Facebook Page </a> has photos and interviews and they also have a <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/tatasteelchess">Twitter Account</a>.

Round 11 Fri 27th Jan 2012 12:30 GMT Carlsen - Topalov, Kamsky - Nakamura, Van Wely - Karjakin, Gashimov - Radjabov, Ivanchuk - Gelfand, Aronian - Navara, Caruana - Giri.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed Jan 25 20:45:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Crowther </dc:creator>

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		<title>Carlsen and Aronian share Tata Steel lead after 8 rounds - 8</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/carlsen-and-aronian-share-tata-steel-lead-after-8-rounds</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian continue to share the lead after 8 rounds of the Tata Steel tournament. Malcolm Pein looks at Veselin Topalov's draw against Levon Aronian.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed Jan 25 17:50:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 - Games and Results</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/74th-tata-steel-chess-tournament-2012</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament takes place Saturday 14th January - Sunday 29th January 2012. Magnus Carlsen is the top seed ahead of Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov and Veselin Topalov. Defending champion Hikaru Nakamua returns. 

Anish Giri is back in action straight after his win in Reggio Emilia. 

This page holds stories games and results and other information about the tournament.

Play starts 12:30 GMT (13:30 local time) Saturday 14th January 2012.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed Jan 25 16:01:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Crowther </dc:creator>

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		<title>Aronian a point clear of Tata Steel after Carlsen defeat in Rd9 - 9</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/74th-tata-steel-chess-tournament-2012/aronian-a-point-clear-of-tata-steel-after-carlsen-defeat-in-rd9</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Levon Aronian took a 1 point lead after defeating Fabiano Caruana in the 9th round of the 74th Tata Steel tournament.
Aronian's preparation won him a rook but he allowed his opponent counterplay via his central pawns. He did find
the winning method coming up to move 40. Magnus Carlsen got no advantage from the opening against Sergey Karjakin
and then played a poor idea with 17.f4? and 18.Ne4? and was slowly ground down. Anish Giri was doing well as black
against Vassily Ivanchuk but was bamboozled with the shock move 34.Ne6 but even then he should have held the ending
but allowed a lost King and Pawn ending instead. Remaining games drawn. 


Round 9 Leaders: 1st Aronian 6.5pts 2nd-4th Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Radjabov 5.5pts. 5th Nakamura 5.
Round 10 Wed 25th Jan 2012 12:30 GMT Topalov-Caruana, Giri-Aronian, Navara-Ivanchuk, Gelfand-Gashimov, Radjabov-Van Wely, Karjakin-Kamsky, Nakamura-Carlsen.
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		<pubDate>Tue Jan 24 22:44:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<title>Carlsen catch Aronian after beating Gelfand at Tata Steel - 7</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/carlsen-catch-aronian-after-beating-gelfand-at-tata-steel</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein reports on round 7 of the 74th Tata Steel tournament. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue Jan 24 21:30:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Queenstown Chess Classic 2012 - Games and Results</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/queenstown-chess-classic-2012</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Queenstown Chess Classic took place 15th-23rd January 2012. Darryl K Johansen took first place on tie-break after defeating Gawain Jones in the final round. He along with Li Chao B and Zhao Jun finished on 7.5/9.
]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon Jan 23 19:25:00 2012</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/queenstown-chess-classic-2012</guid>
		<dc:creator>Mark Crowther </dc:creator>

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		<title>Levon Aronian grabs 6th round lead of Tata Steel - 6</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/malcolmpein/levon-aronian-grabs-6th-round-lead-of-tata-steel</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IM Malcolm Pein reports that Levon Aronian took the lead of the Tata Steel tournament in the sixth round after outplaying Vugar Gashimov. He looks at the game.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon Jan 23 14:27:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator> IM Malcolm Pein  </dc:creator>

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		<title>Carlsen and Aronian continue to lead Tata Steel after draws in Round 8 - 8</title>
		<link>http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/74th-tata-steel-chess-tournament-2012/carlsen-and-aronian-continue-to-lead-tata-steel-after-draws-in-round-8</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian continue to lead the A-Group of the 74th Tata Steel tournament
in Wijk aan Zee after both drew with black in Round 8. 
Carlsen was more or less level against Teimour Radjabov but tried to press anyway before drawing
by repetition. Aronian pointed to one moment where Veselin Topalov could have complicated 
although not necessarily in his favour after which the game drifted to a draw. 

Anish Giri tried to target struggling Vugar Gashimov for a win but instead played something
not very good that his opponent understood better than he did and went down to a crushing defeat. 
Gata Kamsky allowed Boris Gelfand to escape a lost position with a draw.
The remaining games were drawn. 

1st-2nd Carlsen, Aronian 5.5pts. 3rd Radjabov 5 pts.
4th-6th Ivanchuk, Caruana, Nakamura 4.5pts.


Rest day Monday.


 <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tatasteelchess">Tata Steel Facebook Page </a> has photos and interviews and they also have a <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/tatasteelchess">Twitter Account</a>.
Round 9 Tue 24th Jan 2012 12:30 GMT Nakamura-Topalov, Carlsen-Karjakin, Kamsky-Radjabov, Van Wely-Gelfand, Gashimov-Navara, Ivanchuk-Giri, Aronian-Caruana.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun Jan 22 20:15:00 2012</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Crowther </dc:creator>

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