Bonus pod- Tata Steel in the Home Stretch- FM Michiel Abeln assesses the Tournament so Far

We are back with another Tata Steel focused bonus pod. As we recorded the venerable tournament has 3 rounds left and has been filled with beautiful games and fascinating storylines. We are re-joined by renowned author/ Chessable author, FM Michiel Abeln to assess what we have seen so far. Timestamps of topics and players discussed are below. 

0:00- What has struck Michiel about the first 10 rounds of the Masters tournament? 

06:00- We briefly discuss the Challengers section. 

09:00- We discuss the performance of the players one by one, beginning with GM Vincent Keymer

14:30- GM Arjun Erigaisi 

16:00- GM Jorden van Foreest

18:45- GM Parham Maghsoodloo 

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25:00- GM Gukesh 

Mentioned: Vanessa West’s Recap of Round 10 for Chess.com

32:00- GM Ding Liren 

35:00- GM Praggnanandhaa

38:00- Rapport, Caruana and Aronian 

Mentioned: Erigaisi-Rapport 2023, Caruana-Carlsen 2023

46:00- GM Wesley So 

47:00- GM Magnus Carlsen 

51:00- GM Anish Giri 

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55:00- Anish Giri continued…

59:00- Finally… GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov

1:05:00- Michiel’s closing thoughts

Thanks again to Michiel for joining us from the Netherlands. Here is how to keep up with his work:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/MichielAbeln

His Book- The Anand Files

His Chessable Courses-

Trompowsky Simplified- https://www.chessable.com/the-trompowsky-simplified/course/134623/

The Leningrad Dutch- 

https://www.chessable.com/leningrad-dutch-an-uncompromising-attacking-opening/course/72081/

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