Karjakin vs Naiditsch in Tata Steel Masters 2014

19 January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 6 game in the Tata Steel Masters 2014 in which Karjakin won against Naiditsch of Germany. Karjakin is lying in third place behind Aronian and Giri. Aronian is leading with 5.0 points, Giri and Karjakin with 4.0 points each.

The official website reported that joining Giri in second place was Sergey Karjakin, who defeated Arkadij Naiditsch after a long battle. From a Catalan Karjakin got a minute advantage in a queen-and-rook-ending, having the safer king. The resulting queen-ending proved favourable for the Russian grandmaster: “it should be a draw but it wasn’t so easy.” Naiditsch failed to find the right plan and after 64. …Qa1(see diagram)

Karjakin struck with 65.Qb6+ Kh5 66.Qe3! threatening Qe8. Naiditsch had to pull back but then Karjakin’s passed a-pawn became the German’s downfall.

 

 

Standings after round 6 are shown below:-

Standings of Tata Steel Masters

		Score	Rating	TPR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Aronian, L.	5.0 / 6	2812	3007					1	1	½	1		½		1
2	Giri, A.	4.0 / 6	2734	2849				½		½	1		½		½	1
3	Karjakin, S.	4.0 / 6	2759	2851					0		½	½	1	1		1
4	Dominguez, L.	3.5 / 6	2754	2786		½			1		0	½	½	1
5	Caruana, F.	3.5 / 6	2782	2804	0		1	0			½		1		1
6	So, W.	3.5 / 6	2719	2811	0	½						½		1	1	½
7	Harikrishna, P.	3.0 / 6	2706	2752	½	0	½	1	½				½
8	Nakamura, H.	3.0 / 6	2789	2757	0		½	½		½					½	1
9	Van Wely, L.	2.0 / 6	2672	2613		½	0	½	0		½			½
10	Rapport, R.	2.0 / 6	2691	2624	½		0	0		0			½		1
11	Gelfand, B.	1.5 / 6	2777	2546		½			0	0		½		0		½
12	Naiditsch, A.	1.0 / 6	2718	2492	0	0	0			½		0			½

 

Tata Steel 2014 website: http://www.tatasteelchess.com/