The fourth round of the Master’s Section was played in the famous Rijksmusem in Amsterdam.
The museum went through a renovation period of 10 years and was opened for public on the 13th of April last year. Here is a fun video which shows a real-life enactment of the museum’s most famous work, Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’.
True to the spirit of the venue, Dominguez played a brilliant artistic endgame to overcome Caruana’s stiff resistance. Nakamura crumbled rather quickly in a passive endgame against Aronian while Karjakin crushed an out-of-sorts Rapport.
The fourth round in the Challenger’s section was played a day earlier which was a rest day for the players in the Master’s section. It seemed like the players had forgotten the result called ‘draw’ as they went for each other’s throats to produce a decisive round with four white wins and three black wins.
You can replay the games here.
Standings:
# | Players | Score | Rating | TPR |
1 | Aronian, L. | 3.0 / 4 | 2812 | 2935 |
2 | Harikrishna, P. | 2.5 / 4 | 2706 | 2844 |
3 | Karjakin, S. | 2.5 / 4 | 2759 | 2808 |
4 | So, W. | 2.5 / 4 | 2719 | 2828 |
5 | Giri, A. | 2.5 / 4 | 2734 | 2811 |
6 | Dominguez, L. | 2.0 / 4 | 2754 | 2724 |
7 | Caruana, F. | 2.0 / 4 | 2782 | 2776 |
8 | Nakamura, H. | 2.0 / 4 | 2789 | 2757 |
9 | Van Wely, L. | 1.5 / 4 | 2672 | 2651 |
10 | Rapport, R. | 1.5 / 4 | 2691 | 2680 |
11 | Naiditsch, A. | 1.0 / 4 | 2718 | 2562 |
12 | Gelfand, B. | 1.0 / 4 | 2777 | 2552 |
Results:
| Masters | ||||
| White | Black | Result | |
1 | Van Wely, L. (1) 2672 | Harikrishna (2) 2706 | ½-½ | |
2 | Karjakin, S. (1½) 2759 | Rapport, R. (1½) 2691 | 1-0 | |
3 | Dominguez . (1) 2754 | Caruana, F. (2) 2782 | 1-0 | |
4 | Aronian, L. (2) 2812 | Nakamura, H. (2) 2789 | 1-0 | |
5 | Gelfand, B. (0½) 2777 | Naiditsch (0½) 2718 | ½-½ | |
6 | Giri, Anish (2) 2734 | So, Wesley (2) 2719 | ½-½ | |
| Challengers | ||||
| White | Black | Result | |
1 | Timman, Jan (1) 2607 | Brunello, S. (1½) 2602 | 1-0 | |
2 | Troff, K. (1½) 2457 | Saric, Ivan (2) 2637 | 0-1 | |
3 | Zhao, Xue (1½) 2567 | Bok, B. (2½) 2560 | 1-0 | |
4 | Duda, J. (2) 2553 | Muzychuk, A. (2) 2566 | 0-1 | |
5 | Jobava, B. (2½) 2710 | Van Delft (1) 2430 | 1-0 | |
6 | Reinderman (1½) 2593 | Yu, Yangyi (1) 2677 | 1-0 | |
7 | Goudriaan (0) 2431 | Wojtaszek (1) 2711 | 0-1 | |
