Vidit Gujrathi still leads the 2022 edition of Wijk aan Zee (the Tata Steel Masters) with three points after four rounds, but his tenure at the top was threatened today. With White against Andrey Esipenko he was in good shape through most of the short (32 move) game...
Ten rounds remain, so the fact that Vidit Gujrathi leads with 2.5 points after three rounds doesn't justify any chicken-counting; many eggs remain to be hatched. Still, so far, so good. His win today came at Daniil Dubov's expense.
I'm back!
More importantly, for all of you as chess fans, at least, so is big-time chess. The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022 (Netherlands version), aka "Wijk aan Zee" for its long-time home, started this weekend, and I've commented on all the games from the first two rounds, here.
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