[Event "88th Tata Steel Challengers 2026"] [White "Ivic,Velimir"] [Black "Yip,Carissa"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Round "5.2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2026.01.21"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2466"] [PlyCount "108"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 15,107,22,45,43,58,57,60,46,60,57,61,57,107,97,106,113,115,106,106,100,118,122,141,141,136,130,137,118,116,116,116,116,135,123,121,114,150,131,150,132,154,149,127,102,100,102,104,68,126,113,120,116,131,92,74,58,61,-72,-72,-86,-93,-210,-208,-212,-227,-306,-297,-358,-308,-320,-318,-364,-270,-368,-340,-371,-392,-395,-383,-508,-231,-258,0,-479,-447,-649,-639,-1195,-1139,-2268,-2275,-2081,-1727,-2948]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 5. bxc3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:0]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:0:0] E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} Rb8 $146 {[%emt 0:0:0]} ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. e4 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 c6 14. a4 Nc5 15. Ba3 Nfd7 16. Qe2 Rfe8 {1-0 Flom,G (2467)-Mindlin,A (2462) ISR-chT Israel 2019 (6.3)} )10. e4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:0:53] White is slightly better.} b6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:1:58]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 13. f3 {[%emt 0:4:29]} c5 {[%emt 0:8:12]} (13... Rfe8 $14 )14. Ne3 $16 {[%emt 0:1:51]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:6:16]} 15. Nf5 {[%emt 0:3:1]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:14:19]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:6:21]} 17. d5 {[%emt 0:3:32]} a5 {[%emt 0:4:49]} 18. Rb1 {[%emt 0:2:22]} Red8 {[%emt 0:9:30]} 19. Bg5 {[%emt 0:5:27]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:6:30]} 20. Rb2 {[%emt 0:3:1]} h6 {[%emt 0:2:15]} 21. Be3 {[%emt 0:7:12]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:3:24][%cal Yf6g8,Yg8e7,Ye7g6,Yg6f4][%mdl 32]} 22. h4 {[%emt 0:5:7][%cal Yh2h4,Yh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:20:45] White has space advantage and is better} 23. Ng3 {[%emt 0:1:48]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 24. Qc1 {[%emt 0:10:35]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:10:6] [#]} 25. h5 $1 {[%emt 0:7:35]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:4:11]} 26. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:2:7]} exf4 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 27. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:0:40]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:33]} 28. Reb1 {[%emt 0:6:25]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:3:53]} 29. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:3:13]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:1:10]} 30. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:0:32]} 31. Rb8 {[%emt 0:2:31]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:2:8]} ({Black should try} 31... Ne5 $14 )32. Bf1 {[%emt 0:5:38]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 33. Be2 {[%emt 0:2:48]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:1:18]} 34. Rb1 {[%emt 0:2:1]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:4:17]} 35. Qe3 {[%emt 0:3:25]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:1:2]} 36. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:2:8]} (36. Qxe2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} c4+ 37. Kg2 )Rb8 $17 {[%emt 0:1:1]} 37. Rf1 {[%emt 0:10:53]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:0:59]} 38. Ng3 {[%emt 0:1:6]} (38. Rf2 $17 )Rxa2 $19 {[%emt 0:4:52]} 39. Nf5 {[%emt 0:2:28][%cal Yg4g5]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:1:57]} 40. f4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 41. Qg3 {[%emt 0:23:23]} c4+ {[%emt 0:27:34]} 42. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:2:19]} 43. Qh3 {[%emt 0:2:15]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:1:2]} 44. Qf3 {[%emt 0:11:3]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:9:7]} 45. Qh3 {[%emt 0:0:11] Prevents Qh2+} Qb8 {[%emt 0:7:2]} 46. Qf5 {[%emt 0:4:24]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:2:4]} 47. Nc6 {[%emt 0:4:11]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:3:33]} (47... Rd2 $142 48. Nd4 a4 )48. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:57]} Qb7 $2 {[%emt 0:0:23]} (48... Qc7 49. Rb1 a4 )49. Nc6 $1 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:6:4] Black is clearly winning.} 50. Kh1 {[%emt 0:8:47]} (50. Rf2 $142 Rxf2 51. Kxf2 )a4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 51. Nb4 {[%emt 0:0:29]} a3 {[%emt 0:1:50]} 52. e5 {[%emt 0:0:33]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 53. Qe4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:0:9] [#] ( -> ...Qh4+)} 54. f5 {[%emt 0:0:26]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:0:46] Weighted Error Value: White=0.64/Black=0.25 (precise) Mistake: White=3 Black=4 Inaccurate: White=5 Black=1 OK: White=8 Black=5 Strong: White=2 ---} 0-1