Dutch player Jorden van Foreest won the prestigious 2021 Tata Steel Masters Tournament last Saturday, at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. His countryman, Anish Giri came in second, while Russia’s Andrey Esipenko took the third spot.
With America’s Fabiano Caruana coming in fourth and Iran’s Alireza Firouzja, fifth, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was relegated to sixth place. Nevertheless, Carlsen still holds the record of seven wins at Wijk aan Zee.
The 21-year-old Van Foreest, whose FIDE rating is 2671, was an unlikely winner. In today’s feature game, van Foreest beats David Anton Guijarro.
Meanwhile, on the local scene, Guyana’s top players will continue the battle for honours when the delayed 2020 National Chess Championship resumes today at the National Stadium, Providence.
According to today’s round-robin schedule, Taffin Khan will face Wendell Meusa and Glenford Corlette; Meusa will also play against Loris Nathoo and Corlette will face Anthony Drayton. Nathoo is also set to face Rai Sharma. Davion Mars will play against Drayton and Errol Tiwari, whose second game will be against Sharma.
White: Jorden van Foreest
Black: David Anton Guijarro
Type of Game: Ruy Lopez,
Spanish Game Closed
Place and Date: Tata Steel Tournament,
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands January 2021
1. e4e5 2. Nf3Nc6 3. Bb5a6 4. Ba4Nf6 5. O-OBe7 6. d3b5 7. Bb3d6 8. c3O-O 9. h3h6 10. a4Bd7 11. Bc2b4 12. Nbd2Re8 13. a5Bf8 14. Re1Rb8 15. d4bxc3 16. bxc3exd4 17. cxd4Nb4 18. Bb1g6 19. Ra3Bg7 20. Nf1Rb5 21. Ng3Nh5 22. Nxh5Rxh5 23. d5c5 24. Bf4Bb2 25. Rae3Qf6 26. Bg3c4 27. Qe2Bb5 28. e5Bxe5 29. Nxe5dxe5 30. Bxe5Rexe5 31. Rxe5c3 32. Qe3c2 33. Rxh5gxh5 34. Bxc2Nxc2 35. Qe5Kg7 36. Re4Bd3 37. Qg3+. 1-0.
