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 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/
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