.Tata Steel Chess Preview Round 5 .Tata Steel Chess Preview Round 5. Key clash of this round is between Carlsen and Aronian. Despite any of them being in contention yet, a win for Carlsen would be a springboard to get him in amongst the chasing pack and cause his usual mayhem. Losing today for Carlsen would be effectively tournament over. Aronian has recently had trouble playing against Carlsen and their recent results have been very flattering to the world champion. However I think that all results are possible today. Levon Aronian tends to like to do well at Tata and with his hopes of winning the event getting ever slimmer by the day, beating Magnus Carlsen would provide some small consolation. I expect a very combative game. Expect Magnus to open with 1.c4 expect him to steer it to a QGD with chances and nurse the edge to a winning advantage like in his 2012 win against Lev in this very same tournament. A smoulderingly in form, Ivanchuk has every chance to extend his lead against Ding. Caruana could surprise a very solid Wojtaszek still fresh from his impressive win against Magnus. The grudge match of the round is definitely Giri vs Jobava, the two argued in a Press Conference last year after a draw when Jobava claimed he had an edge and despite Jobava being Georgian and Giris girlfriend, Sopiko being Georgian, Giri vs Jobava might not be very friendly. Giri to win though. I expect Van Wely to lose as usual against MVL, Saric to hold Radjabov, So vs Hou, expect So to win well. Full Rd 5 Schedule today: Vachier-Lagrave, M. - Van Wely, L. Ding, L. - Ivanchuk, V. Saric, I. - Radjabov, T. Giri, A. - Jobava, B. So, W. - Hou, Y. Wojtaszek, R. - Caruana, F. Carlsen, M. - Aronian, L.
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