Anand and Nakamura lead together again in Wijk aan Zee
![Tata Tata R10: wins for Anand and Nakamura](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/290/http/382ff9146d.jpg)
General info
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is held from Friday, January 14th till Sunday, January 30th, 2011 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. Besides many amateur events there are three Grandmaster Groups (A, B and C), all 14-player round-robins. All rounds begin at 13.30 CET, except for the last which begins at 12.00 hours. There are three rest days: on January 19th, 24th, and 27th. The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds increment for each move starting from the first move. More info here.January 26th, 2011: Round 10
This round started with a quick and boring draw, but luckily it was not an omen for the remaining games. Just like (almost) four years ago, Jan Smeets decided that a draw was an excellent result against Vladimir Kramnik. Because the ex-World Champion opted for the Berlin, the task wasn't too difficult for the Dutchman. Here's Smeets's comment about this game and his win against Nepomniachtchi yesterday:[audio:http://www.chessvibes.com/audio/tata11/r10_smeets.mp3] Not long after this game had finished, another Dutch grandmaster handling the white pieces came into the press room after scoring half a point. Anish Giri was joined by Levon Aronian, and the two analyzed their game, and especially the final position, for a while. It turned out that Giri was better, but he had less time. Here's his reaction:[audio:http://www.chessvibes.com/audio/tata11/r10_giri.mp3]![Giri-Aronian](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/giri-aronian/http/fbec50604a.jpg)
![Nakamura vs Vachier-Lagrave](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/naka-vachier2/http/e50a8cdbd8.jpg)
![Anand-Shirov](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/dia1/http/27e2d556e5.jpg)
22.Be7! Rfe8? With the amazing 22...Be4! Black might hold: 23. Rxe4 (23.Qd1 Bc3! is a nice pointe) 23...Nxe4 24.Bxf8 Bxf8 25.Rxb8 Qe1+ 26.Bf1 Nd2) 23.Bd6 Rbd8
![Anand-Shirov](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/dia2/http/8e4067ed2d.jpg)
24.Bh5! Killing. 24...Rxd6 25.Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bxe8 and Shirov resigned because Qg6+ and Nxc4 will follow.
Anand after the game:[audio:http://www.chessvibes.com/audio/tata11/r10_anand.mp3]
![Anand-Shirov](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/anand-shirov/http/34cb145fc1.jpg)
![Ponomariov-Grischuk](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/ponomariov-grischuk2/http/f53a7dee98.jpg)
![Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/carlsen-nepo2/http/8ea35639af.jpg)
![Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/dia3/http/c8fc5ea368.jpg)
25...Qd7! 26.Bf4 (26.fxe4 Ra4 27.Qd2 Bxe4+ 28.Kg1 Qg4+ 29.Kf2 Qg2#) 26...Ra4 27.Qb6 Nf6 28.Qxd6 Qg4 29.Nd4 Rxd4 30.Qxd4 Bxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32.Kg1 Qg4+ 33.Kh1 Qc8 and Black kept an advantage due to white's bad king.
In the fight for first place in the B group, and important game was McShane-Efimenko. The Ukrainian had prepared a set-up with ...e5 and ...g6 against the Englishman's 1.g3 opening and after a series of tactical strokes in the middlegame it was Black who got out of the mess with an extra piece. A great game, worth the 250 euros day prize and a shared first place for Efimenko. That's because leader Wesley So drew with Tkachiev.
![McShane-Efimenko](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/tata2011/r10/mcshane-efimenko/http/80da06cec9.jpg)
The 100-euro daily prize in the C group went to Sebastian Siebrecht, who beat top seeded player Murtas Kazhgaleyev in a nice King’s Indian. Despite a loss against Ivanisevic, Daniele Vocaturo still leads by a full point. Kateryna Lahno, who saw her husband GM Robert Fontaine of Europe-Echecs arrive today, is still second and will face Vocaturo with Black on Friday.
Games Group A
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Games Group B
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Games Group C
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