Wesley So took the lead in the tournament by beating Alireza Firouzja in a quiet Queen’s Gambit Accepted where he steadily outplayed the youngster as white.
[Event "82nd Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. N4f3 b5 14. a3 Qb6 15.
Rc2 e5 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. Rfc1 Na7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. h3
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qd8 23. Qe2 Qd5 24. Bc2 Nd6 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd7 27. g4 g6
28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Nc5 30. Bc2 e4 31. b4 Nd3 32. Bc3 Kf8 33. Kf1 f5 34. Ke2
Bd8 35. Bxd3 exd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kf7 37. e4 fxg4 38. hxg4 g5 39. Kd4 Bb6+ 40. Kd5
Bxf2 41. Kc6 Ke6 42. Kb7 Kd7 43. Kxa6 Kc6 44. e5 Be3 45. e6 Bc1 46. a4 bxa4 47.
Be5 1-0
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Tata Steel Masters 2020 Round 4 Results
White Black Results
Artemiev, Vladislav Kovalev, Vladislav 1-0
Dubov, Daniil Duda, Jan-Krzysztof ½-½
Giri, Anish Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½
So, Wesley Firouzja, Alireza 1-0
Van Foreest, Jorden Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
Xiong, Jeffery Caruana, Fabiano ½-½
Yu, Yangyi Anand, Viswanathan ½-½
Tata Steel Masters 2020 Rankings after Round 4
# Name Pts SB
1 So, Wesley 3.0 6.00
2 Xiong, Jeffery 2.5 5.75
Caruana, Fabiano 2.5 4.75
Firouzja, Alireza 2.5 4.00
Van Foreest, Jorden 2.5 4.00
Artemiev, Vladislav 2.5 2.75
7 Carlsen, Magnus 2.0 4.00
Giri, Anish 2.0 3.75
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2.0 3.25
Dubov, Daniil 2.0 2.75
11 Vitiugov, Nikita 1.5 3.50
Anand, Viswanathan 1.5 2.75
13 Yu, Yangyi 1.0 1.75
14 Kovalev, Vladislav 0.5 1.00
