Today in the Netherlands Wake Ansente, the Parties of the 7th round of the traditional Chess Supernis Tata Steel Masters, which takes part and the Azerbaijan grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov.
Today, Shakhriyar played black figures with Hungarian Richard Rapporta. The party ended in a draw. In the asset of Shakhriyar, there are 4.5 points and at the moment it takes the 1st place, but not all part of the 7th round ended.
In Wake-An-See 14 chess players playing a circular system at 13 rounds. Time control is 100 minutes by 40 moves, then 50 minutes by 20 moves, after which 15 minutes for the remaining part of the game with a 30-second addition after each turn. Competition will be completed on January 30.
For the second year in a row, Tata Steel Chess, which is also called “Chess Wimbledon”, is carried out without viewers due to pandemic restrictions. There will be no traditional amateur competition. But the Challengers tournament with 14 chess players is lower.
The representative of Azerbaijan won in Wike-an-xe once. In 2007, Teymur Rajabov shared the 1st place with Bulgarian Veselin Topalova and Armenian Levon Aronian. The record holder in the number of victories is Magnus Karlsen. He won seven times here.