[Event "Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2024.01.28"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Ju, Wenjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 11,60,23,26,26,33,34,34,31,32,21,42,25,25,26,30,16,15,16,17,10,31,3,2,1, 4,0,1,0,7,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 {White is slightly better.} Nb4 10. d4 Re8 $146 ({RR} 10... e4 11. Nd2 Re8 12. c3 Nbxd5 13. Nxe4 c6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Qf3 d5 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qd7 20. f3 a5 21. Bf5 Qd8 22. Re5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Kf2 { Nilsen,T (2219)-Harshavardhan,G (2413) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (66)}) ({RR} 10... Nbxd5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. c3 Qc7 14. Nf3 h6 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Nf5 Qe5 17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 (18) Siddharth,J (2447)-Stojanovic,D (2464) Arandjelovac SRB 2023}) ({RR} 10... e4 11. Nd2 Nbxd5 12. Nxe4 $1 Nb6 { 1/2-1/2 (12) Tomeo,I (2250)-Perdomo,L (2432) Mar de Ajo ARG 2022}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 {aiming for d6.} Bd6 13. Nf3 Nbxd5 14. g3 c6 15. Kg2 Qc7 16. Bg5 (16. c3 {seems wilder.} h6 17. Qc2 a6 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Rfe1) 16... h6 {The position is equal.} 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. c3 a5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Rae1 Kf8 21. h4 g6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Qe7 25. Qe2 Qxe2 (25... Bc5 {keeps more tension.} 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Bb3 Bd6) 26. Bxe2 Ne4 27. Nd3 Nc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Bc4 h5 30. Kf3 Ke7 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 86%, Pretas 91%. Precisão Lichess: Brancas 99%, Pretas 99%. Precisão Chess.Com: Brancas 98.9%, Pretas 99.3%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2024.01.28"] [Round "13.2"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 11,82,22,21,9,17,15,19,25,23,22,23,20,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-154,-142,-130, -109,-98,-105,-122,-128,-128,-144,-162,-168,-167,-156,-154,-116,-312,-299,-297, -274,-390,-241,-246,-239,-255,-246,-300,-26,-169,-154,-143,-158,-154,-143,-321, -311,-318,-144,-521,-526,-527,-517,-625,-612,-854,-605,-603,-600,-29991,-29992, -29992,-29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} b6 8. Bd2 Re8 9. a3 {The position is equal.} Bf8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 ({RR} 11. Bb5 Bd7 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Ne2 Re6 13. Ng5 Rd6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Ng3 Qd7) 12. Nxd5 ({RR} 12. Nxd5 Nxd4 $1 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O-O Qd5 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bc3 Qc6 18. h4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bc4 Bf5 21. Qc3+ Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rd4 Rad8 24. Rhd1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 c5 26. Rf4 Re4) 12... Nxd4 $1 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O-O Qd5 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bc3 Qc6 18. h4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bc4 Bf5 21. Qc3+ Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rd4 Rad8 24. Rhd1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 c5 { Aronian,L (2781)-Caruana,F (2820) Paris FRA 2021 1/2-1/2 (43)}) ({RR} 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne5 Qd8 15. Rac1 c5 16. Rfd1 g6 17. Be1 Nf5 18. Ne2 (18. Nf3 $11) 18... c4 (18... Rc8 $15) 19. g4 $2 ({White should play} 19. a4 $11) 19... Nh4 (19... Rxe5 $1 $17 20. dxe5 Nxg4) 20. h3 Ne4 21. Ng3 $2 ( 21. f4 $11) 21... Nd6 (21... Ng5 $19 22. f4 f6 23. fxg5 fxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5) 22. Qe2 b5 23. f4 f6 24. e4 (24. Nh5 $17 fxe5 25. dxe5 gxh5 26. Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin }) 24... dxe4 (24... g5 $19 25. Bf2 Rc8) 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 {Xiu,D (2510) -Kosakowski,J (2479) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (38)}) 11... Ne7 12. Ne5 a6 $146 ({ RR} 12... c5 13. Bb5 $1 Nd7 14. Qa4 $1 cxd4 15. Nxd7 dxc3 16. Bxc3 a6 17. Ne5 ( {White should try} 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. O-O) 17... axb5 18. Qxa8 Qc7 $2 (18... f6 $14 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7) 19. O-O f6 20. Nf3 $1 Kf7 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. Nxb5 {1-0 (22) Kantor,G (2553)-Saksham,R (2393) Chesterfield MO USA 2022}) 13. g4 { Strongly threatening g5.} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. O-O-O c5 15. Rhg1 c4 16. Be2 b5 17. h4 Rb8 18. Bf3 Be6 19. g5 hxg5 {1/2-1/2 (45) Mirra,T (2292)-Burmeister,F (2315) ICCF email 2022}) 14. f3 c5 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Nxf7 $4 {Blunder. h4 was best.} (16. h4 Nxe5) (16. h4 $11) 16... Kxf7 $17 17. h4 b5 18. h5 {And now hxg6+ would win.} c4 19. Bf1 Bg7 20. e4 Nf8 21. hxg6+ hxg6 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Qh2 Rb7 24. Be2 $6 {Inaccuracy. Bh6 was best.} (24. Bh6 Bxh6+ $1 25. Qxh6 Rb6 26. Qh2 a5 27. Kb1 Bb7 28. a4 bxa4 ({Better is} 28... b4 $1 $17 29. Nb5 Nc8) 29. Nxa4 Rc6 30. Nc3 $2 (30. Nc5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rb6 31. Qh8)) (24. Bh6 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 24... b4 $19 25. axb4 Rxb4 26. Bh6 ( 26. Kb1 $142) 26... Bxh6+ $6 {Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best.} (26... Qa5 27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Kb1 Ne6 29. Qe3 Qb6 30. Qc1 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Nxd4 32. Bd1 dxe4 33. fxe4) 27. Qxh6 Qa5 28. Kc2 {Black should prevent Qf4+.} Qb6 29. Qf4+ Ke6 $6 { Inaccuracy. Kg7 was best.} (29... Kg7) (29... Bf5 $19 30. Rb1 g5 31. Qxg5 Ne6 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Nxd5 Nxd4+ 33. Kd1 Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 34. gxf5 Rg8 35. Qh5+ Kf8 36. exd5 Nxe2 37. Qh6+ Qxh6 38. Rxh6 Nc3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. bxc3 Rxb1+ 40. Kd2 Rb5 41. Rxa6 Rxd5+ 42. Ke3 Rd3+ 43. Ke4 Rg3 44. Ra8+ Ke7) 30. Rb1 (30. b3 $11 {and White is okay.} cxb3+ 31. Kb2) 30... Kd7 31. exd5 Bb7 32. Qf7 {[#]} Rb8 $1 {White must now prevent ...Rxb2+!} 33. d6 $2 {Mistake. b3 was best.} (33. b3 cxb3+) (33. b3 $17 cxb3+ 34. Kb2) 33... Qxd6 {Threatens to win with ...Ne6.} 34. d5 {[#]} Ba8 $2 {Mistake. g5 was best.} (34... g5 $1 35. Qg7 Qg6+ 36. Qxg6 Nfxg6 37. Rbd1 Ba8 38. Kc1 Rxb2 39. d6 Nd5 $1 40. Rh7+ Kxd6 41. Bxc4) ({Not} 34... Bxd5 35. Nxd5 Qe5 (35... Qxd5 $2 36. Rhd1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 36. Nc3 $11) (34... g5 $19 {...a5 is the strong threat.} 35. Rhd1 Qg6+ 36. Qxg6 Nfxg6) 35. Rh8 $4 {Blunder. Rhd1 was best.} (35. Rhd1) (35. Rhd1 $17) 35... Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Qxd5 37. Rxf8 Qe5 {[%CAl Rb4b2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kd1 Rxf8 39. Qxf8 c3 {( -> ...c2+!)} 40. Ke1 $4 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qh6 was best.} (40. Qh6 Rd4+ 41. Ke1 Rd2 42. Qxd2+ cxd2+ 43. Kxd2 a5 44. f4 Qxf4+ 45. Kc2 Nc6 46. Rd1+ Ke7) 40... Rxb2 {[%csl Gb2][%CAl Re5e2]} 41. Rd1+ Ke6 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 47%, Pretas 75%. Precisão Lichess: Brancas 87%, Pretas 94%. Precisão Chess.Com: Brancas 78.8%, Pretas 90.2%.} 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2024.01.28"] [Round "13.3"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 20,75,53,48,75,65,107,119,119,106,121,114,119,106,115,108,307,314,313, 318,309,309,293,302,289,302,305,287,300,298,321,311,301,271,329,324,395,396, 388,367,518,482,509,506,518,512,577,579,575,567,832,806,1049,884,29988,29989, 29990,29991]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 b6 {D05: Colle System with ...e6.} 12. Bg5 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 (13. Bxe4 Bb7 $11) 13... Bb7 {White is better.} 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Rh4 f5 16. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qe8 $146 ({RR} 16... Re8 {16...Qe8 1.07} 17. Qd3 Be4 18. Rxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 a6 $2 (19... Nf8 {keeps fighting.} 20. Bb5 Rc8) 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Qf5 Rf8 22. Qh3 Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bf5 {[%csl Gf5][%CAl Rh3h7]} Ra7 25. Nh4 Kg8 (25... Rc7 $142 26. Rd1 Rg8) 26. Bd7 Qd8 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Rc8 Rc7 29. Ng6+ { 1/2-1/2 (29) Knezevic,M (2500)-Dizdar,G (2450) Trencianske Teplice 1985}) ({ Predecessor:} 16... Re8 17. Qd3 Be4 18. Rxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 a6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Qf5 Rf8 22. Qh3 Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2 (29) Knezevic,M (2500)-Dizdar,G (2450) Trencianske Teplice 1985}) 17. Qb3 {aiming for Re1.} Kh8 $2 {[#] Mistake. Bxf3 was best.} (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3) (17... Bxf3 $16 18. Qxf3 (18. Bxe6+ Kh8 $11) 18... Kh8) 18. Re1 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re1e6]} ({Weaker is} 18. Bxe6 Bxf3 19. Bxd7 (19. gxf3 Qg6 $11) 19... Qg6 $11) 18... Be4 19. Bxe6 Qg6 { intending ...Bxf3.} 20. Bd2 ({Don't play} 20. Bxd7 $6 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxg5 $18) 20... Nf6 21. Ng5 f4 {[#]} 22. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Nxh7 23. Nxe4 f3 {[%csl Gf3][%CAl Rg6g2]} 24. g3 Be7 25. d5 Rad8 26. Qa4 a5 27. Qc6 Bb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. h4 Ra8 (29... Rde8 $142 30. Nd6 b3) 30. Nd6 Ra7 31. Qxb6 Rxa2 32. Qc7 {Threatens to win with Nf7+.} Nf6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Ne5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack } Qh6 35. Qc2+ g6 {[#]} 36. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rfa8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qxg6 was best.} (36... Qxg6 37. Bf5 Qxf5 38. Qxf5+ Kh8 39. Re7 b3 40. Qg6 {[%csl Ge7] [%CAl Rg6g7]} Rf7 41. d6 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Ra7 43. g4 (43. Rxf7 $142 Ng4+ 44. Qxg4 Rxf7 45. d7 Rf8 46. h5 Rg8 47. Qf5 Rd8 48. h6 Rg8 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. d8=Q { [%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxd8 51. Qg7#)) 37. Ne5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg7 $6 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best.} (37... Kh8 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Nxh6 Ra1 40. Qc7+ Kh8 41. Nf7+ Kg7 42. Ne5+ Kh6 43. Rc1 Rb1 44. Rxb1) 38. Qc7+ {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 96%, Pretas 44%. Precisão Lichess: Brancas 99%, Pretas 94%. Precisão Chess.Com: Brancas 99.0%, Pretas 85,4%.} 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2024.01.28"] [Round "13.4"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 9,131,40,37,0,2,10,18,20,22,20,66,58,46,18,32,7,16,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,41,1,2, 1,2,1,98,33,32,28,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,-50,-110,-111,-108,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,43,46, 82,61,8,6,10,16,7,166,159,156,157,391,373,391,26,170,166,443,510,505,510,505, 492,327,328,485,486,487,484,481,482,1250,1028,1028,1014,990,977,831,731,675, 633,1318,1338,20000,20000,20000,20000,20000,20000,20000,20000,20000,20000, 29979,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992, 29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Bg7 9. f4 Nc5 $146 ({RR} 9... b5 10. Nc6 Qc7 $1 11. Nxe7 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Qxa8+ Ke7 17. Qxa6 Bxa1 18. O-O Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rb8 (19... Rc8 $14) 20. Bxb5 Qxc2 21. e5 $1 dxe5 $2 (21... Rb6 {is a better defense.} 22. exd6+ Rxd6) 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bd3 $2 (23. Qa3+ $18 Ke6 24. Ba4) 23... Qc8 24. Qa3+ {Firouzja,A (2763)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2731) Toronto CAN 2023 1/2-1/2 (56)}) ({Predecessor: } 9... b5 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. Nxe7 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Qxa8+ {1/2-1/2 (56) Firouzja,A (2763)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2731) Toronto 2023}) 10. Qe3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Qf3 Bg4 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bh4 {With the idea Bxg4.} (17. Bxf6 $5 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Bxf6 19. c3 $11) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qh5 19. Qe1 $1 {next e5 is good for White.} Ng4 $6 {Inaccuracy. O-O was best.} (19... O-O) (19... O-O $11 { remains equal.}) 20. Rd5 $6 {Inaccuracy. e5 was best.} (20. e5 dxe5) (20. e5 $16 {Hoping for h3.} dxe5 21. Nd5 Rxc2 22. h3) 20... g5 21. Bg3 e6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxc3.} 22. Rxd6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rd3 was best. aiming for Rb6.} ( 22. Rd3 O-O) 22... gxf4 $1 23. Rxf4 {Black must now prevent Qd1.} ({Not} 23. Bxf4 $2 Nxh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Rd5 (24. Bxh2 $2 Be5 $19) 24... exd5 $19) 23... Be5 24. Rxg4 Bxd6 25. h3 (25. Qd1 $11 Bxg3 26. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Rxg8 27. Qxh5) 25... Be5 $15 26. Qf2 (26. Qe3 $15) 26... Rf8 $17 (26... Bxc3 $6 27. bxc3 Qc5 28. Qf6 $11) 27. Bf4 Bxc3 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rc4 was best.} (27... Rc4 28. a3 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Qc5 30. Qxh6 Qf2 31. Qc1 Kd7 32. Rf4 Qd4) (27... Rc4 $17) 28. bxc3 $11 Qc5 29. Be3 Qxc3 30. Bxh6 Qxc2 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qa1+ was best.} (30... Qa1+ 31. Kh2 $1 Qe5+ 32. Bf4 Qc5 33. Qg3 Qc3 34. Qf2) 31. Qf6 Qd1+ $1 32. Kh2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qd8 33. Qb2 (33. Qg7 $5 {[%CAl Rg7f8]} Qd6+ 34. e5 $14) 33... Qc7+ 34. Bf4 Qe7 35. Rg3 f6 $6 {[#] Inaccuracy. Rc6 was best.} (35... Rc6) (35... Rc6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 36. Bh6 $1 $18 Rc5 (36... Rh8 $6 37. Bg7 $16) 37. Qd4 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} e5 $2 {Mistake. Rh5 was best.} (37... Rh5) ( 37... Rh5 $16 38. Rg7 Rxh6 39. Qa4+ (39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Qb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 $18) 39... b5 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Qxa6 Rh5 42. Qb7+ Kd6 43. Qb6+ Kd7 ) 38. Qa4+ Kd8 39. Qb3 $4 {Blunder. Bxf8 was best.} (39. Bxf8 Qxf8 40. Qa3 Qe7 41. h4 f5 42. Rg8+ Kc7 43. Rg7 Qxg7 44. Qxc5+ Kd7 45. Qd5+ Ke8) (39. Qb4 $18 Rb5 40. Qd2+ Kc7 41. a4 (41. Bxf8 Qxf8 42. h4 Rb4 $16)) 39... Rf7 $6 {[#] Inaccuracy. Re8 was best.} (39... Re8 $1 40. Qb6+) (39... Re8 $1 $11) 40. Bd2 $1 {[%CAl Rd2b4]} ({Don't play} 40. Rg8+ $6 Kc7 $14) 40... Rg7 $4 {Blunder. a5 was best.} (40... a5 41. Rg8+ Rf8 42. Bxa5+ Rxa5 43. Rxf8+ Qxf8 44. Qb6+ Ke8 $2 (44... Kc8 $16 {was called for.} 45. Qxa5 Qh6) 45. Qxa5 Qe7 46. Qd5 Kf8 47. Kg3 (47. Qb3 $142)) (40... a5 $142) 41. Qb6+ Rc7 42. Bb4 Qf7 43. Rxg7 Qxg7 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 44. Bd6 {[%mdl 64] And now h4 would win. Pin} Kc8 (44... Qh7 $142 45. Bxc7+ Qxc7 46. Qxf6+ Qe7) 45. Bxc7 Qxc7 46. Qxf6 {KQ-KQ} a5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qc2 was best.} (46... Qc2 47. Qf5+ Kb8 48. Qxe5+ Ka8 49. Qh8+ Ka7 50. Qd4+ Ka8 51. Qd8+ Ka7 52. Qd5 b5 53. h4) 47. Qf8+ Kd7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best.} (47... Qd8) (47... Qd8 $142 48. Qf5+ Kc7 49. Qxe5+ Kb6 50. Qb2+ Ka6 51. Qe2+ Kb6 52. Qe3+ Kc6 53. Qc3+ Kb5) 48. Qf7+ Kc6 49. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {KP-KP} 50. h4 Kd6 51. h5 {Threatens to win with h6.} Ke7 52. a4 Kf6 53. g4 b5 $6 { Inaccuracy. Kg5 was best.} (53... Kg5 54. Kh3 b5 55. axb5 a4 56. b6 a3 57. b7 a2 58. b8=Q a1=Q 59. Qd8+ Kf4 {[%CAl Ra1h1]} 60. Qf6+) 54. axb5 a4 55. b6 a3 56. b7 a2 57. b8=Q a1=Q {KQ-KQ} 58. Qd8+ Kg7 $2 {Mistake. Ke6 was best.} (58... Ke6 59. g5 Qe1 60. Qd5+ Ke7 61. Qxe5+ Kd8 62. Kh3 Qh1+ 63. Kg4 Qd1+ 64. Kf5 Qxh5 65. Qd5+ (65. Qb8+ $142 Kd7 66. Qb7+ Kd6 67. Qd5+ Kc7 68. e5)) 59. Qe7+ { White mates.} Kh6 60. Qf6+ Kh7 61. g5 Qb2+ $6 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qa7 was best.} (61... Qa7 62. h6 Qd7 63. Kg3 Qd3+ 64. Qf3 Qd7 65. Kh4 Qe7 66. Kg4 Qe6+ 67. Qf5+ Qg6 68. Qxe5) 62. Kg3 Qb4 63. g6+ Kh6 64. Qh8+ Kg5 65. Qxe5+ Kh6 66. Kg4 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 78%, Pretas 58%. Precisão Lichess: Brancas 95%, Pretas 91%. Precisão Chess.Com: Brancas 94.1%, Pretas 85.3%.} 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2024.01.28"] [Round "13.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Warmerdam, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 9,63,12,14,0,6,0,-6,-7,3,0,67,65,158,148,176,87,87,90,92,83,85,81,73,25, 32,-53,-42,-55,27,0,0,0,0,0,11,12,11,11,16,17,17,21,112,100,317,312,300,308, 485,481,441,441,435,434,434,423]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} c5 ({RR} 6... b6 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. d3 Rc8 14. b4 Ne6 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. a3 c5 (16... Ng4 $1 $17 17. h3 Nf6) 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 20. Rb1 (20. d4 $11) 20... Bc6 21. d4 {So,W (2812)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017 0-1 (59)}) 7. g4 ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. O-O Be5 13. Qd1 d4 14. Na4 Bf5 15. exd4 Bd6 16. Bf3 Ne4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Nd2 (18... Nxc5 $14 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Rac8) 19. Bxb7 Rb8 (19... Nxf1 {was worth a try.} 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxf1 Qd5) 20. c6 $2 ( 20. Re1 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re1e8]} Rxb7 21. Qxd2) 20... Nxf1 21. Qxf1 (21. Qxd8 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rbxd8 22. Rxf1) 21... Bc8 $1 {Nakamura,H (2780)-Bluebaum, M (2670) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (61)}) 7... Nc6 $146 ({RR} 7... Be7 {7...Nc6 -0.15} 8. g5 $1 {[%CAl Rg5f6]} Ne4 9. h4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 (10. dxc3 $14 a5 11. a4) 10... Nc6 11. Qb1 (11. d4 $11) 11... d4 12. Bb2 f5 13. gxf6 $1 gxf6 (13... Bxf6 $15 14. Ng5 g6) 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Rg1+ Kh8 16. Qe4 f5 $2 (16... e5 $1 $15 { keeps the upper hand.}) 17. Qf4 Bf6 18. O-O-O e5 19. Qh6 Qe7 20. Re1 (20. Rg6 $1 $16) 20... Be6 21. Ng5 Bg8 22. Bd3 {Speckner,R (2306)-Liepold,S (2219) Bayern 2012 1-0 (42)} (22. Nf3 $1 $11)) 8. g5 {The position is equal.} Ne4 9. h4 Re8 $146 {Inaccuracy. f5 was best.} (9... f5 10. cxd5) (9... f5 $11) ({ Predecessor:} 9... Nxc3 10. dxc3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. cxd5 Qxa2 15. d6 Rd8 {0-1 (29) Keymer,V (2738)-Iljiushenok,I (2547) Samarkand 2023}) 10. Qc2 $14 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. Nxd5 Bg3 $17) 11... Bc7 $17) 10... Nxc3 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nb4 was best.} (10... Nb4 11. Qb1 b6 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 d4 $1 14. exd4 Nd5 15. Bd3 ({Better is} 15. Bb2 $14) 15... e5 $1 16. Bxh7+ Kf8 (16... Kh8 $15 17. dxc5 Nxc3 18. dxc3 e4) 17. dxc5 $1) (10... Nb4 $14 11. Qb1 b6) 11. dxc3 $16 (11. Bxc3 d4 $11) 11... g6 12. h5 $6 {Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best.} (12. O-O-O $1 a5) (12. O-O-O $1 $18) 12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O-O Bg7 15. f4 e5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bd3 $2 {Mistake. cxd5 was best.} (17. cxd5 exf4 $1 18. exf4 (18. Qh2 $5 {[%CAl Rc3c4]} Qxg5 19. exf4 $14) 18... Bg4 19. Bb5 $1 {[%CAl Rb5e8]} Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qd6 ({Black should play} 20... Re7 $11) 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Qf2 b5 23. Kb1 c4) ({White should try} 17. cxd5 $14 exf4 18. Qh2 (18. exf4 Bg4 $14) 18... Qxg5 19. exf4) 17... exf4 $1 $15 18. exf4 Qc7 $2 { Mistake. Bg4 was best.} (18... Bg4) (18... Bg4 $15) 19. Rh4 $6 {Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best.} (19. cxd5 Qxf4+) 19... dxc4 $1 {[#]} 20. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 21. Qxg6 Kf8 {White must now prevent ...Qf7.} (21... Qc6 $5 22. Qh7+ $8 ( 22. Rd6 $2 Re1+ 23. Kd2 Qe8 $19) 22... Kf7 $11) 22. f5 {Threatens to win with f6.} Qf7 23. Qd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 24. f6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qg6 (24... cxb3 $2 25. fxg7 Qxg7 26. g6 $18) 25. Qf4 { Hoping for Rf1.} Qf5 (25... cxb3 $2 26. axb3 Qf5 27. Qg3 $18 (27. fxg7 Qxf4+ 28. Rxf4 Kxg7 $18)) (25... Bf5 $1 $11 26. Qxc4+ (26. fxg7 Re4 $11) 26... Re6 27. fxg7 Rae8) 26. Qg3 $1 $16 {aiming for Rf4.} (26. fxg7 Qxf4+ 27. Rxf4 Be6 $11) 26... Be6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Re5 was best.} (26... Re5) (26... Re2 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Qc7+ Qd7 29. Rxd7+ Bxd7 30. Qxd7+ Kg6 31. Qxg7+ Kf5 32. Qh7+ Ke6 33. Qe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd5 34. Qxe2) (26... Re5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 27. fxg7 $18 Bf7 28. Rf4 Qe6 $4 {Blunder. Qg6 was best.} (28... Qg6 {[#]} 29. Qh4 $1) (28... Qg6 $142 29. Qh4 (29. bxc4 Re2 $15) 29... Qh5) 29. Qh2 {[%csl Gg7][%CAl Rh2h8] White is clearly winning.} Kxg7 {[#]} 30. Rxf7+ $1 { [%mdl 512]} Qxf7 {[#]} 31. g6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Qe6 {[#] Black wants to play ...Rh8.} (31... Qxg6 32. Rg1) 32. Rd7+ $1 { [%mdl 576] Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 76%, Pretas 60%. Precisão Lichess: Brancas 93%, Pretas 88%. Precisão Chess.Com: Brancas 93.1%, Pretas 86.1%.} 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2024.01.28"] [Round "13.6"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 19,133,20,28,22,26,21,22,13,11,23,15,19,19,10,13,14,17,23,38,28,41,25, 68,43,42,38,40,37,48,46,48,39,49,20,23,25,22,23,19,21,22,25,64,70,75,72,84,47, 53,27,36,29,26,26,26,26,26,26,30,26,28,26,26,26,29,27,29,31,29,29,29,30,31,35, 28,31,33,36,46,11,23,5,5,5,5,2,2,1,2,2,12,5,4,5,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 e6 11. dxc5 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Qa5 12. f4 Rd8 13. Qe1 Qa4 14. Bb3 Qxe4 15. Ng3 Qd3 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Qf2 Be8 $146 ({RR} 17... Na5 18. Bc2 Qa6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Bb5 21. Rfd1 f5 22. h4 Rd7 23. Re1 (23. h5 $14) 23... Rad8 24. c6 $2 (24. h5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 24... Nxc6 25. Rxe6 Qxa2 26. Qe3 {[#]} Nxd4 $2 (26... Bc4 $1 $19 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8) 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rxd8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Re1 $1 $11 Be2 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 31. Qxe2) 28... Rxd8 29. Bb1 Qd5 30. Qa3 (30. Qf2 $142 Qd6 31. Re1) 30... Qd6 31. Ba2+ Kg7 32. Qe3 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2624)-Duda,J (2750) Oslo NOR 2022 0-1 (37)}) ({Predecessor:} 17... Na5 18. Bc2 Qa6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Bb5 21. Rfd1 f5 22. h4 Rd7 23. Re1 Rad8 {0-1 (37) Praggnanandhaa,R (2624)-Duda,J (2750) Oslo 2022}) 18. Rfd1 Qa6 19. Ne4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Qd2 Qa5 $1 23. Bd4 Nc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Nd6 b6 27. cxb6 Qxb6 28. Qxb6 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 29. Nc4 b5 30. Nd6 b4 31. cxb4 Nxb4 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. a3 Ke7 34. Ne4 (34. Nc4 {is interesting.} Nc6 35. Ne5 Nd4 36. Nxd7 Kxd7 37. Bc4) 34... Nd5 35. Bxd5 exd5 $14 {KB-KN} 36. Nc5 Bc6 $1 37. Nb3 Kd6 $6 { Inaccuracy. Kf6 was best.} (37... Kf6) 38. Nd4 Ba4 39. Ke3 f6 40. Kd3 g5 41. g3 gxf4 42. gxf4 Kc5 43. Kc3 Be8 44. Nb3+ Kd6 45. Nd4 Kc5 46. Nb3+ Kd6 47. Kb4 d4 $1 48. Nxd4 Kd5 49. Nb5 Bg6 50. Nc3+ Kd4 51. a4 {Black should prevent a5.} Bd3 52. a5 f5 53. Na4 Be2 54. Nc5 Kd5 55. Na4 {[#] Nc3+ is the strong threat.} Bf1 56. Nc5 Be2 57. a6 Bxa6 $1 {The position is equal.} 58. Nxa6 $11 {KN-KPP} Ke4 59. Kc3 {Threatens to win with Kd2.} Kxf4 60. Kd2 Kf3 61. Ke1 {And now Kf1 would win.} Kg2 $1 62. Nc7 Kxh2 63. Kf2 Kh3 64. Kf3 Kh4 65. Kf4 Kh5 66. Kxf5 Kh4 67. Kf4 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 88%, Pretas 87%. Precisão Lichess: Brancas 97%, Pretas 97%. Precisão Chess.Com: Brancas 97.9%, Pretas 97.9%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2024.01.28"] [Round "13.7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 13,61,20,24,24,29,22,20,17,18,0,7,10,26,26,28,22,28,6,6,-13,-20,-26,-12, -12,-3,-17,0,0,0,-9,-10,-12,-14,-11,-12,-13,-5,-13,-11,-21,-21,-16,-12,-19,-10, -14,-15,-17,-12,-32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} c5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 11... Ne7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Nd2 h5 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Rf1 Re8 20. h3 Kg7 21. b4 cxb4 22. cxb4 d5 23. Ne3 Bg5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rfd1 Qd7 26. b5 {Anand,V (2788)-Naiditsch,A (2697) Mainz 2009 1/2-1/2}) 12. Nd5 g6 13. c3 Kg7 $146 ({RR} 13... Bg7 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nf1 f5 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. f3 Rab8 21. a5 g5 22. h3 h5 23. Kf2 g4 (23... Bf6 $142) 24. hxg4 Qh4+ {[#]} 25. Ke2 $1 Qg3 {[%CAl Rg3g2]} 26. Rg1 hxg4 27. Qe1 Qxe1+ 28. Raxe1 {Rasulov,V (2560)-Aashman,G (2235) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 13... Bg7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nd2 Kf8 18. Nf1 h5 19. Nfe3 Bh6 20. h4 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Bxa2 22. Rxa2 Ne7 23. Kf1 f6 24. Raa1 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Re3 Rcd8 28. Ke2 {Ding Liren (2811)-Nihal,S (2670) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 13... Bg7 14. Qb1 Kh8 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Bg4 17. b5 Bxf3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne3 $1 Bh5 $1 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rec1 c5 (21... Rac8 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 22. Bd5 Rab8 23. Rab1 Bh6 24. Qc4 Kg7 25. h3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 f5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. exf5 {Kiolbasa,O (2223)-Yildiz,B (2315) Chakvi 2015 0-1 (56)}) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nd2 Kf8 18. Nf1 h5 19. Nfe3 Bh6 {0-1 (31) Ding,L (2811) -Nihal,S (2670) Chess.com INT 2022}) 14. Qd2 h6 15. b4 (15. Bc4 {keeps more tension.} Bg5 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. h3 a6 18. Ba2) 15... cxb4 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. cxb4 Bg4 18. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Bg5 19. Bd5 Qf6 20. b5 Rab8 21. Ra2 Rfc8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Rc5 25. Rb1 Bd8 26. Rd1 Ba5 27. d4 Rc3 28. Kg2 h5 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Rdd2 Rc7 31. Rd3 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 81%, Pretas 86%. Precisão Lichess: Brancas 98%, Pretas 99%. Precisão Chess.Com: Brancas 97.9%, Pretas 98.8%.} 1/2-1/2