Zanimljivo da je u sedmom kolu na Masters turniru bilo duplo više odlučenih partija nego na turniru Challengers.
88th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee (NED) -Abdusattorov pobjedio Keymera i ubjedljivo vodi
| Rezultati 7.kola (24.01.2026.) | ||||||
| Sindarov, Javokhir | – Niemann, Hans Moke | ½-½ | 84 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
| Van Foreest, Jorden | – Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 1-0 | 50 | E94 | King’s Indian Classical | |
| Keymer, Vincent | – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 0-1 | 41 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Gukesh, D | – Giri, Anish | 0-1 | 37 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
| Erigaisi, Arjun | – Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | 0-1 | 52 | A20 | English Opening | |
| Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | – Fedoseev, Vladimir | ½-½ | 64 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Praggnanandhaa, R | – Bluebaum, Matthias | ½-½ | 33 | D30 | Queen’s Gambit (without Nc3 | |
Stanje posle 7.kola
| 1. | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | g | UZB | 2751 | 5½ |
| 2. | Sindarov, Javokhir | g | UZB | 2726 | 4½ |
| 3. | Niemann, Hans Moke | g | USA | 2725 | 4 |
| 4. | Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | g | TUR | 2658 | 4 |
| 5. | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | SLO | 2705 | 4 |
| 6. | Van Foreest, Jorden | g | NED | 2703 | 4 |
| 7. | Bluebaum, Matthias | g | GER | 2679 | 3½ |
| 8. | Keymer, Vincent | g | GER | 2776 | 3½ |
| 9. | Gukesh, D | g | IND | 2754 | 3 |
| 10. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2760 | 3 |
| 11. | Erigaisi, Arjun | g | IND | 2775 | 3 |
| 12. | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | g | CZE | 2656 | 2½ |
| 13. | Praggnanandhaa, R | g | IND | 2758 | 2½ |
| 14. | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | g | IND | 2700 | 2 |
Još jedna sjajna partija Abdusattorova:
Keymer,Vincent (2776) – Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2751) [D45]
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1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 Qf6 9.Rxg4 Qxf3 10.Rxg7 Nf6 11.Rg5 Qh1 12.f4 Bd7 13.Qf2 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Qxe4 15.Bd2 Be7 16.Rh5 Qg6 17.Qf3 Qc2 18.Qd1 Qg6 19.Ba5 e5 20.Bd3 Qg1+ 21.Kd2 Qxd1+ 22.Rxd1
22…Bg4 23.Rxe5 f6 24.Rxe7+ Kxe7 25.Rg1 Rag8 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.e4 Bd7 28.Bb4+ Kf7 29.Rg3 Rxg3 30.hxg3 dxe4 31.Bxe4 f5 32.Bd5+ Be6 33.Bf3 Rd8 34.Kc3 Bd5 35.Bxd5+ Rxd5 36.a4 Ke6 37.Kd3 Rd8 38.b3 Kd5 39.Be1 Rd6 40.a5 Rh6 41.Bf2 Rh1 0–1
Drugi uzastopni poraz svjetskog šampiona. Gukeš je u ovoj partiji dozvolio Giriju da mu oslabi kraljevo krilo i na kraju je Giri žrtvovao kvalitet i zabilježio pobjedu.
Gukesh,D (2754) – Giri,A (2760) [A29]
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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.d3 0–0 8.Qb3 Nde7 9.0–0 h6 10.a3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Ne4 Bb6 13.Qc2 a5 14.Bd2 a4 15.Bb4 Re8 16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 Nf5 18.Be4 Ra6 19.e3 dxe3 20.fxe3 Qg5 21.Rf4 b6 22.Qc4 Ra7 23.Bb4 c5 24.Qb5 Rae7 25.Bd2 Nd6 26.Qxb6 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Qc6 Qg4 30.Qxc5 Rc4 31.Qd6 Qe4 32.Kf2 Bb7 33.Rf1 Rc6 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Bc3
35…Rxc3 36.bxc3 Qg2+ 37.Ke1 Ba6 0–1
Još jedan poraz Aravindha koji se izdvojio na poslednjem mjestu.
Van Foreest,Jorden (2703) – Aravindh,Chithambaram VR (2700) [E94]
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Na6 8.Be3 Bg4 9.d5 c5 10.a3 Bd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 Ne8 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Kh7 15.Bd3 Bg4 16.Kg2 Qd7 17.Qc2 Bxf3+ 18.Kxf3 Qh3 19.Bf1 Qd7 20.Kg2 h5 21.Qc1 Nf6 22.Bd3 Ng8 23.Rf1 Rae8 24.Bc2 Re7 25.Qd1 Qd8 26.Rb1 Nc7 27.b4 Ne8 28.Bg5 f6 29.Be3 Bh6 30.f4 b6 31.Qf3 Ng7 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.f5 Qe8 34.Bg1 Bd2 35.fxg6+ Qxg6 36.Nb5 Ne8 37.Qe2 Bg5 38.Kh1 h4 39.gxh4 Bf4 40.Bf2 Nh6 41.Rg1 Qf7 42.Qf3 Rg8 43.Nc3 Rb7 44.Ne2 Rxb1 45.Rxb1 Bd2 46.Rd1 Ba5 47.Ng3 f5 48.exf5 Nf6 49.Be3 Rg4
50.Ne4 1–0
Neočekivan poraz Erigaisija
Erigaisi,Arjun (2775) – Erdogmus,Yagiz Kaan (2658) [A20]
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1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.d3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ng4 8.0–0 e3 9.f3 Nf2 10.Qc2 Nh3+ 11.Bxh3 Bxh3 12.Rd1 d4 13.c5 Qd8 14.Qc4 Na6 15.Qxd4 Qxd4 16.Nxd4 Bxc5 17.Bxe3 0–0–0 18.Nc2 Rhe8 19.Kf2 Nb4 20.Nba3 Rxe3 21.Nxe3 Be6 22.d4 Rxd4 23.Ke1 Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Nxa2 25.Kd2 b5 26.Nc2 a5 27.Nc3 Nxc3 28.bxc3 a4 29.e4 Kc7 30.f4 g6 31.Nd4 Bc4 32.e5 Be7 33.g4 c5 34.Nc2 Kc6 35.Ne3 Bb3 36.f5 Bg5 37.Kd3 Bf4 38.Ke4 g5 39.h4 Bxe3 40.Kxe3 gxh4 41.Kd2 Bd5 42.Re1 Kd7 43.Re3 a3 44.Kc1 Bg2 45.e6+ Ke8 46.exf7+ Kxf7 47.Re6
47…b4 48.g5 b3 49.Rf6+ Kg8 50.Re6 b2+ 51.Kc2 h3 52.Kd3 0–1
Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan Zee (NED)
| Rezultati 7.kola (24.01.2026.) | ||||||
| Woodward, Andy | – Suleymanli, Aydin | ½-½ | 33 | E01 | Catalan | |
| Assaubayeva, Bibisara | – Ivic, Velimir | ½-½ | 29 | E12 | Queens Indian Petrosian | |
| Warmerdam, Max | – Yuffa, Daniil | ½-½ | 67 | E43 | Nimzo Indian Rubinstein | |
| L’Ami, Erwin | – Yip, Carissa | ½-½ | 40 | E11 | Bogo Indian Defence | |
| Panesar, Vedant | – Oro, Faustino | ½-½ | 40 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Lu, Miaoyi | – Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 0-1 | 58 | B23 | Sicilian Closed | |
| Roebers, Eline | – Maurizzi, MarcAndria | 0-1 | 46 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
Stanje posle 7.kola
| 1. | Maurizzi, MarcAndria | g | FRA | 2611 | 5½ |
| 2. | Woodward, Andy | g | USA | 2608 | 5½ |
| 3. | Suleymanli, Aydin | g | AZE | 2628 | 5 |
| 4. | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | g | UKR | 2605 | 4½ |
| 5. | Oro, Faustino | m | ARG | 2516 | 4½ |
| 6. | Yuffa, Daniil | g | ESP | 2604 | 4 |
| 7. | Yip, Carissa | m | USA | 2466 | 4 |
| 8. | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | g | KAZ | 2497 | 3½ |
| 9. | Warmerdam, Max | g | NED | 2576 | 3 |
| 10. | Ivic, Velimir | g | SRB | 2638 | 2½ |
| 11. | L’Ami, Erwin | g | NED | 2634 | 2 |
| 12. | Panesar, Vedant | f | IND | 2406 | 2 |
| 13. | Lu, Miaoyi | m | CHN | 2431 | 2 |
| 14. | Roebers, Eline | m | NED | 2398 | 1 |
Još jedna lijepa pobjeda Ivančuka:
Lu,Miaoyi (2431) – Ivanchuk,V (2605) [B23]
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1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.0–0 a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nd5 Nge7 8.Re1 d6 9.Ne3 Ng6 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Nge5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.a4 Rb8 14.g3 b5 15.Qe2 0–0 16.h4 f5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qh5 f4 19.Nd5 Bd6 20.d4 fxg3 21.fxg3 cxd4 22.Bg5 Qe8 23.Qxe8 Rxe8 24.Bb3 Kh8 25.Nb4 Nxb4 26.cxb4 Bxb4 27.Rf1 Bb7 28.Bc2 h6 29.Bc1 Ra8 30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Bd3 Kg8 32.h5 Be7 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke2+ Bf6 35.Bd2 Ra2 36.Rb1 Ke7 37.Bb4+ Kd8 38.Bd2 Kc7 39.Bb4 Bc6 40.Bd2 Be7 41.g4 Kb6 42.Kf3 Be8 43.Ke2 b4 44.Be1 b3 45.Bg3 Bd6 46.Bc4 Bb5 47.Kd3 Ra7 48.Bh4 Rf7 49.Bd8+ Kc5 50.Bxb5 Kxb5 51.g5
51…Rf8 52.gxh6 gxh6 53.Bh4 Rf3+ 54.Ke2 Re3+ 55.Kf2 Rxe4 56.Bg3 Rg4 57.Ra1 Rg5 58.Ra8 Bc5 0–1
Eline Roebers je odlično odigrala partiju i postigla dobijenu poziciju. Ipak, u 41.potezu je napravila veliku grešku i prešla u izgubljenu poziciju.
Roebers,Eline (2398) – Maurizzi,MarcAndria (2611) [B12]
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 a6 5.Ne2 e6 6.Ng3 Ne7 7.Nd2 c5 8.Nb3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nbc6 10.Ngxf5 Nxf5 11.Nxf5 exf5 12.Bd3 Qd7 13.0–0 Be7 14.Re1 g6 15.g3 h5 16.a3 0–0 17.b3 Qe6 18.Bb2 Rfd8 19.Qf3 Rac8 20.Re2 Rc7 21.Qf4 b5 22.Rae1 Nb8 23.f3 Nd7 24.b4 Rdc8 25.Rg2 Nf8 26.Kh2 Rc4 27.Bd4 Qd7 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Qd2 Ne6 30.c3 f4 31.gxf4 Bxh4 32.Reg1 Nxd4 33.cxd4 Qf5 34.Qe3 Be7 35.Re2 Kf8 36.Kg2 Qe6 37.Qd3 Bd8 38.f5 gxf5 39.Kh2 Bb6 40.Rg5 Bxd4 41.Rxf5? (Trebalo je 41.Qxf5) Qg6 42.Rg2 Bxe5+ 43.f4 Bxf4+ 44.Kh3 Qe6 45.Re2
45…Re4 46.Rxe4 Qxf5+ 0–1