[Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Suleymanli, Aydin"] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 60,142,-63,-64,-65,-72,-58,-110,-96,-105,-62,-83,-108,-136,-137,-137,-126,-135,-143,-138,-134,-131,-135,-138,-133,-149,-119,-189,-31,-195,-197,-167,0,-34,-54,-35,-59,-59,-65,-62,-39,-41,-37,-51,-55,-50,-39,-87,-19,-8,-13,-133,-161,-154,-135,-183,-208,-251,-251,-294,-295,-353,-310,-347,-289,-782,-768,-911,-397,-1035,-685,-767,-767,-872,-839,-1758,-1012,-1133,-858,-837,-782,-4386,-3060,-2724,-2838]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bg3 e5 14. Qe3 O-O $146 (14... Rd8 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Bh4 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nc4 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bc5 21. Qe4 Bd4 22. Ne3 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bd4 24. c4 Bc5 25. h4 g6 26. a5 f5 27. Qc2 bxa5 28. h5 Bxe3 29. fxe3 {Salinas Herrera,P (2468)-Tabatabaei,M (2689) Baku AZE 2023 ½-½ (54)}) 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Bc4 Nc5 17. Qe2 Ne6 18. Rac1 Rec8 19. f3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Ba2 Nd4 22. Qf1 b5 23. h4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best.} (23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nf4 25. Bxd4 Nxd5 26. exd5 exd4 27. f4 Be7 28. axb5 axb5) 23... Bf4 24. Ne2 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 bxa4 26. c4 Bg3 27. Bxg3 Nxg3 28. Qe3 Qc5 29. Kf2 Nh5 30. b4 axb3 (30... Qxb4 $2 $18) 31. Nxb3 Qa3 32. Rc2 Nf6 33. Qc1 (33. Nc1 $15 Qxe3+ 34. Kxe3) 33... Qb4 $17 34. Qd2 a5 35. Qxb4 axb4 36. Rb2 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nc1 was best.} (36. Nc1) 36... Bxe4 37. fxe4 Nxe4+ (37... Rxc4 38. Nd2 Rd4 39. Bb1 $14) 38. Kg1 Nc3 $1 (38... Rxc4 39. Nc1 Rcc8 40. Rxb4) 39. Rdd2 Rxc4 40. Nc1 Re4 $1 41. Nd3 b3 42. Bxb3 Ra1+ (42... Rxh4 43. Rbc2 Ra1+ 44. Nc1) 43. Kh2 (43. Kf2 $17 Rxh4 44. Ke3) 43... Rxh4+ $19 44. Kg3 Rd4 45. Kh2 Rh4+ (45... g5 $19 {...Rh4+ would now be deadly.} 46. Nf2 Rh4+ 47. Nh3 (47. Kg3 $2 Re1 $19) 47... Ne4) 46. Kg3 $15 g5 $2 {Mistake. Rd4 was best.} (46... Rd4) 47. Rdc2 $1 (47. Nf2 $2 Re1 48. Rd3 Ne2+ 49. Rxe2 Rxe2 $19) 47... Ne4+ 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Ke3 $1 Ng3 50. Rf2 $1 Nf5+ 51. Ke2 Rxf2+ (51... Ng3+ 52. Kf3 Rxf2+ 53. Nxf2) 52. Nxf2 Kg7 53. Ba2 (53. g4 $15 Nd4+ 54. Kf1) 53... Rf4 (53... Ra4 $1 $17 54. g4 Ng3+ 55. Kf3 Nf1) 54. Rb7 Ng3+ 55. Ke1 $2 {Mistake. Ke3 was best. [#]} (55. Ke3) 55... h5 $1 $17 56. Bd5 g4 57. Rb3 {[#]} (57. Ra7 $17 {might work better.}) 57... h4 $1 $19 58. Rb7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nd1 was best.} (58. Nd1 Rd4 59. Ne3 f5 60. Bc6 Kg6 61. Rb8 Rd3 62. Nd5 Ra3 63. Re8 Ra1+) 58... e4 59. Rb4 f5 60. Rb7+ Kf6 61. Rf7+ Ke5 62. Bb3 $2 {Mistake. Bc4 was best.} (62. Bc4 d5 63. Ba6 Kd4 64. Nd1 e3 65. Ra7 Re4 66. Bb7 Re7 67. Ra4+ Ke5) 62... d5 $19 63. Ra7 d4 (63... h3 64. gxh3 Rf3) 64. Ra6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ra5+ was best.} (64. Ra5+ Kf6 65. Ra6+ Ke7 (65... Kg5 $2 66. Bf7 $19) 66. Bc4 (66. Ra7+ Kd6 67. Ra6+ Kc5 68. Ra8 d3 69. Rd8 Kb6)) 64... d3 65. Re6+ Kd4 66. Rd6+ Kc3 67. Bf7 h3 68. gxh3 gxh3 69. Rc6+ Kd4 70. Rc4+ $2 {Mistake. Rd6+ was best.} (70. Rd6+ Ke3 71. Nd1+ Kf3 72. Rh6 d2+ 73. Kxd2 h2 74. Kc3 h1=R 75. Rxh1 Nxh1) 70... Ke3 71. Nd1+ Kf3 {0-1 Black wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 92% Pretas 96% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 85.9% Pretas 91.0%} 0-1 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Black "Svane, Frederik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2476"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 12,90,18,12,18,20,25,34,35,36,35,31,29,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-21,-22,-16,-16,-14,-17,-17,-14,-14,-14,-17,-14,-23,-25,-28,-26,-46,-15,-15,-14,-14,-14,-17,0,-18,-15,-10,-8,-15,-8,-15,0,-37,0,-15,-8,-8,-8,-15,0,0,0,-4,-5,-67,-5,-4,-3,-92,-92,-92,-85,-85,-85,-147,-147,-147,-147]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. O-O c6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 $1 15. Rad1 $146 {And now dxc5 would win.} (15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. f4 a4 20. Kh1 Ra5 21. Ng4 Be7 22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Nc2 Bd7 24. b4 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 28. Qg2 Rb2 29. b4 Qxg2+ {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 0-1 (84)}) 15... Qc7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Ne5 $1 cxd4 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd4 Rfd8 {[%CAl Bd6g3] Hoping for ...Bxg3!.} 21. Red1 Bc5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQB} 24. Be4 b6 25. Qd3 Bd4 26. Kg2 Qd6 27. b3 f5 28. Bf3 Qc5 29. Qe2 Kf7 30. h4 Kf6 31. h5 Qd6 32. Qd3 Qe5 33. Qe2 Qd6 34. Qd3 Ke7 35. Qe2 Bc5 36. g4 Kf6 37. gxf5 exf5 (37... Qe5 38. fxe6 Qxe2 39. Bxe2 Kxe6 40. f4 Ba3) 38. Bd5 Kg5 (38... Qe5 {simplifies} 39. Qd2 Qd4 40. Qxd4+ Bxd4 41. f4 Ke7) 39. Qe6 (39. Bf3) 39... Qf4 (39... Kxh5 40. Qxf5+ Kh4 41. Bf3) (39... Qxe6 $15 40. Bxe6 Kxh5 41. Bxf5 Kg5) 40. Bf3 Kh4 41. Qg6 (41. Qe2 {remains equal.}) 41... Qg5+ $17 42. Qxg5+ hxg5 43. Be2 g4 {[%CAl Bf5f4]} 44. f3 (44. Bd3) 44... g3 {[%CAl Bf5f4]} 45. Bd3 f4 {1/2-1/2 wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 98% Pretas 99% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 97.8% Pretas 98.8%} (45... Kxh5 46. Kxg3 Kg5 47. f4+ Kf6 48. Bf1 $15) 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Oro, Faustino"] [Black "Pijpers, Arthur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2447"] [BlackElo "2474"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 19,61,11,23,8,1,0,0,0,0,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,15,9,6,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,37,4,4,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 {[%CAl Bc2c3]} Bg4 13. Ne5 Qxd4 14. Bb2 {[%CAl Bc1b2,Bb2e5,Be5d4,Bd4e3][%mdl 32]} Qb6 15. Rab1 Bxe5 $1 16. Bxe5 Qa5 (16... Qa6 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Qc5 Rfe8 19. a3 f6 20. Bd4 Kf7 21. f4 Red8 22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Ba2 24. Re1 Rd7 25. Rb2 Qd3 26. Bxf6 exf6 27. Rxa2 Qd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Rec1 Ra4 31. Rc3 {Bluebaum,M (2669)-Duda,J (2724) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (43)}) 17. Bd4 $146 (17. Bf4 Be6 18. a4 Rac8 19. Rb7 Rfe8 20. Be3 Ra8 21. Bc5 Qa6 22. Rfb1 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Bxa7 Bd3 25. R1b4 Ba6 26. Rd7 Rad8 27. Rbd4 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Ra8 29. Rxe7 Bd3 30. f3 c5 31. Kf2 c4 {Nyshanbayev,B (2091)-Tulegenov,A (1858) Almaty KAZ 2024 ½-½ (106)}) (17. Bc3 Qc5 18. Qb2 Rfd8 (18... a5 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Qc3 Rfe8 21. a4 c5 22. Bxc5 Qc6 23. Qa3 Bd7 24. Ra1 Qxe4 25. Rfe1 Qf5 26. Bxe7 Ra6 27. h3 Re6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Bg5 f6 30. Bd2 Qd5 {½-½ (30) Can,E (2570)-Quesada Perez,L (2553) Baku AZE 2023}) 19. Bb4 Qd4 20. Bxe7 Qxb2 21. Rxb2 Re8 22. Bf6 Rab8 23. Rfb1 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 c5 25. Rb7 a6 26. Ra7 Bc8 27. f3 h6 28. h4 c4 29. Kf2 h5 30. Ke3 Kf8 31. a4 Re6 {Smirnov,P (2538)-Triapishko,A (2506) Yevpatoria UKR 2023 ½-½ (57)}) 17... Rfd8 18. Be3 Be6 19. a4 Qa6 20. Rfc1 Rac8 {[%CAl Bc6c5]} 21. Bc5 Rd7 22. h3 Rcd8 23. Be3 c5 24. Qxc5 Qxa4 25. Qe5 {Repels Qxe4} Qa6 {[#] Black is weak on the dark squares} (25... Rd1+ {keeps the balance.} 26. Kh2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 a6) 26. Ra1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rb6 was best. White is more active.} (26. Rb6 Qxb6 (26... axb6 27. Bh6 $15) 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Kh2) 26... Qd6 (26... Qd3 {keeps more tension.} 27. Bh6 Qd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxa7 Rxe4 30. Rxe7 Re5) 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxa7 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kh2 {[%CAl Be3h6]} Rd7 31. Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 98% Pretas 98% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 99.2% Pretas 99.7%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Lu, Miaoyi"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2429"] [BlackElo "2583"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 16,67,46,19,26,20,37,25,36,20,21,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,8,0,32,41,58,50,46,53,60,51,34,49,63,-26,-38,-36,0,0,0,-333,-333,-339,-330,-322,-339,-332,-320,-328,-329,-750,-748,-1742,-1687,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. f3 Qc7 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Qb7 $146 {Wards off Bb5} (16... O-O 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. a4 Rfd8 21. Qc2 Qe5 22. Qb3 Rac8 23. Rd2 h5 24. Rhd1 Qxh2 25. g4 Qf4 26. gxh5 d5 27. exd5 exd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxa4 30. Rd2 Re8 31. Na3 {Goganov,A (2531)-Stribuk,A (2408) Astana KAZ 2023 0-1 (53)}) 17. a4 O-O 18. Nb5 d5 19. Rc1 Qb8 {[#]} (19... dxe4 $2 20. Bxf6 e3 (20... Bxf6 $2 21. Bxe4 Qb6 22. Qxd7 $18) 21. Bxh7+ (21. Qxe3 Bxf6 22. Rc7 Qd5 $18) (21. Rc7 exd2 22. Rxb7 Bxb5 $17) 21... Kh8 22. Qxe3 Bxf6 23. Be4 $18) 20. e5 $1 Bxb5 21. axb5 Bb4 $1 (21... Qxe5 $2 22. Bf4 Qh5 23. h4 $18) 22. Qe3 $1 Nd7 23. f4 Qa7 24. Qh3 $2 {Mistake. Qxa7 was best.} (24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. Rhd1) 24... g6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 25. Rc6 {[%CAl Bb5b6]} a4 26. b6 Qa5 {[%CAl Ba4a3]} 27. b7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. Bxg6 was best. [#]} (27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. f5 exf5 29. Qh6) 27... a3 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...axb2.} (27... Ra7 $2 28. Qh6 f5 (28... Rxb7 29. Bf6 Nxf6 30. exf6 Kh8 31. Qg7#) 29. exf6 (29. Rxe6 Rxb7) 29... Nxf6 30. Qxf8+ (30. Rxe6 Rxb7 31. Bxf6 Bc3 $18) 30... Bxf8 31. b8=Q $18 (31. b8=R $2 {is the wrong capture.} Nd7 $19)) 28. bxa8=Q (28. bxa8=N Rxa8 29. bxa3 Bxa3 $19) 28... Rxa8 29. Ra6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 {[%CAl Bh3b3]} axb2 (30... Qxa6 31. bxa3 Bxa3 32. Qc3) 31. Kxb2 (31. Qb3 $2 Qa1+ (31... Qxa6 $2 32. Qxb2 Qd3+ 33. Qc2 $19) 32. Kc2 Qxh1 33. Qxb2 Bf8 $19 (33... Qxg2+ $2 34. Kb1 $19)) 31... Qxa6 32. Qb3 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best.} (32. Rc1 Nc5 33. Rxc5 Bxc5 34. Qc3 Qb5+ 35. Kc2 h5 36. Bf6 Kh7 37. g3 Qe2+) 32... Nc5 (32... Qe2+ 33. Qc2 Qb5 (33... Ba3+ 34. Kb1) 34. Rd1 $19) 33. Qc2 d4 {( ? ...Bc3+)} 34. Rb1 $4 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf6 was best.} (34. Bf6 Bc3+ 35. Qxc3 Qb5+ 36. Kc2 Qa4+ 37. Kd2 dxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Ne4+ 39. Kd3 Nxf6) 34... Qa3# {0-1 Black wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 88% Pretas 99% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 80.6% Pretas 95.6%} 0-1 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.5"] [White "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Black "Divya Deshmukh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2490"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 23,105,-2,25,16,41,38,25,51,28,25,36,32,37,25,39,36,68,70,100,103,102,74,145,92,124,129,155,107,274,203,213,227,191,216,219,197,211,156,164,160,162,114,145,139,496,490,833,448,764,442,439,430,875,266,218,212,266,270,297,255,301,301,311,311,321,313,372,399,406,403,398,376,372,367,577,569,561,545,864,813,805,804,916,859]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qd3 Bc4 15. Rxc4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nbd7 18. b4 Qb8 $146 (18... c6 19. Na4 Qb8 20. Nc5 Qb5 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. e3 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Bd8 24. Nb3 Ne4 25. Be1 Nd6 26. Rc2 a5 27. Ne5 a4 28. Nc5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Nb5 30. Kf1 Be7 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. f4 h5 33. Nd3 {Sakaev,K (2649)-Karjakin,S (2732) Dagomys 2008 ½-½ (41)}) 19. a3 a5 20. b5 Bd6 21. e4 e5 22. h3 Rb7 (22... Nb6 23. Qa2 Nfd7) 23. Be3 (23. a4) 23... Re8 24. a4 exd4 25. Bxd4 (25. Nxd4 {And now f4 would win.} Qc8 26. Nb3 (26. Nc6 Ne5 $16)) 25... Nxe4 $6 {Inaccuracy. h6 was best.} (25... h6) 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Qd5 Re7 28. Nh4 $1 Rb6 29. Nf5 Re6 30. Nxg7 Re5 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 {[#]} 32. Qxd7 (32. Nf5 $1 $18 Bxa1 33. Qxd7) 32... Bxa1 33. Nf5 Bf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. Rf6 was best.} (33... Rf6 34. Bd5 (34. g4) 34... Kh8 35. Bxf7 Qf8) 34. Bd5 Qd8 (34... Qf8 35. Nh6+ (35. Qxc7 Bd8 $18) 35... Kg7 (35... Qxh6 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Qg8#)) 35. Qxf7+ $18 Kh8 36. Be4 Rb8 37. Kg2 Rb6 {[#]} (37... Qf8 38. Qxc7 Re8) 38. Nd4 $6 {Inaccuracy. h4 was best.} (38. Bc6 $1 {Intending Be8 and mate.} Bc3 (38... Rxc6 39. bxc6) 39. Ne7 Rxc6 40. Nxc6) (38. h4 Rb8 39. Kh3 Qf8 40. Qxc7 Qc8 41. Qxa5 Qc4 42. Qa7 Rf8 43. Nd6 Qe6+) 38... Qg8 {[#]} 39. Qxg8+ $1 (39. Qxc7 $2 {too greedy.} Bxd4 40. Qd7 Be5 $19) (39. Qd7 $2 Rd6 40. Qxc7 Rxd4 $19) 39... Kxg8 40. Nc6 Bc3 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Ke2 h6 43. f4 Kf7 44. Bd5+ Kg6 45. g4 Bf6 46. Kf3 (46. Nxa5 Rd6 $18) 46... Bh4 47. Nxa5 Rd6 48. Ke4 Rd8 (48... Rb6 49. Nc6 Kf6) 49. Nc6 $18 Re8+ 50. Ne5+ Kf6 51. a5 Bf2 52. a6 Ke7 53. h4 {1-0 White wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 97% Pretas 94% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 93.4% Pretas 88.4%} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Gurel, Ediz"] [Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2668"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "237"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 154,236,210,210,344,256,236,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,0,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,204,1120,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,210,428,251,210,210,210,81,81,81,81,81,81,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,29980,29981,29981,72,72,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 a6 8. Ba4 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. a4 $6 {Inaccuracy. d4 was best.} (13. d4 Bxb3) 13... b4 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. d4 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best.} (16... Nxe5) 17. c4 Nxe5 18. cxd5 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qf6 $146 (21... Qxd5 22. Qe4 Qd1+ 23. Qe1 Qd5 24. Qe4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 {½-½ (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Naiditsch,A (2721) Douglas 2018}) 22. Qe4 Nxh2+ 23. Kg1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Bd6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rd8 was best.} (24... Rd8 25. Kg2 Rd7 26. Rb1 Qd8 27. Be3 Rxd5 28. Kf2 Qd7 29. Rc1 Bd6 30. Qg4) 25. Nf5 Rd8 26. Nxd6 $2 {Mistake. Kf1 was best.} (26. Kf1 Bc5 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Re8 30. Qxb4+ Kg8 31. Kf2 a5) 26... Rxd6 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. Kf2 c6 30. dxc6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qxb4 was best.} (30. Qxb4 Rxd5 31. Ra3 Rd4 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Be3 Rg4 34. Qb3 Kg8 35. Bd2 Rg6) 30... Rxc6 31. Bd2 Qd6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Re6 was best.} (31... Re6 32. Qf4 Qxb2 33. Rc1 b3 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Rg6 36. Ke2 Qa2 37. Qxf7) 32. Bf4 Qc5+ 33. Kf1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Be3 was best.} (33. Be3) 33... Re6 34. Qd3 Rg6 35. Re1 Qg1+ 36. Ke2 Qg2+ 37. Kd1 Qxb2 38. Qc2 Qd4+ 39. Bd2 Qa1+ 40. Ke2 Qd4 41. Kd1 Qa1+ 42. Ke2 Qf6 43. Qd3 b3 44. Bc3 Qh4 45. Kd1 Qxa4 46. Bb2 Qh4 47. Re8+ Kh7 48. Re4 Qh2 49. Re2 Qd6 50. Kd2 Qb4+ 51. Kd1 Qd6 52. Kd2 Qb4+ $6 {Inaccuracy. Qxd3+ was best.} (52... Qxd3+ 53. Kxd3) 53. Kd1 a5 54. Re4 Qd6 55. Rd4 Qh2 56. Kc1 Qc7+ 57. Bc3 Qh2 58. Bxa5 f5 59. Bd2 Qe5 60. Bc3 Qe6 61. Rd5 Rg2 62. Bd2 Qf6 63. Qxb3 Rg1+ 64. Kc2 Qc6+ 65. Kd3 Qa6+ 66. Ke3 Qa7+ $6 {Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best.} (66... Ra1) 67. Rd4 Qe7+ 68. Kd3 Qe5 69. Rd5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qd5 was best.} (69. Qd5 Qxd5 70. Rxd5 Kg6 71. Ke3 Ra1 72. Kf4 Ra4+ 73. Kg3 Ra3 74. Rb5 Rd3) 69... Qe6 70. Qb5 Rb1 71. Qc5 Rb3+ 72. Bc3 Qe1 73. Qd4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rd6 was best.} (73. Rd6) 73... Qf1+ 74. Kc2 Rb7 75. Qd3 Qxd3+ 76. Kxd3 Rf7 77. Ke3 Kg6 $4 {Blunder. g5 was best.} (77... g5) 78. Kf4 Rc7 (78... Kh5 79. Rxf5+ g5+ 80. Ke4 Re7+ 81. Re5 Rc7) 79. Bd4 $18 Rf7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rc4 was best.} (79... Rc4 80. Rd6+) 80. Bf2 $6 {Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best.} (80. Bc5) 80... Rb7 81. Rd6+ (81. Rxf5 $2 Rb4+ 82. Ke5 Rb5+ 83. Kf4 Rxf5+ $19) 81... Kh5 82. Kxf5 Rf7+ 83. Ke4 Re7+ 84. Kf4 g5+ 85. Kf5 Rb7 86. Bd4 Rb3 87. Ke4 Rb4 88. Rc6 Ra4 89. Ke3 Ra3+ 90. Kf2 Ra2+ 91. Kg3 Ra3 92. Re6 Rb3 93. Bc5 Rb8 94. Rf6 Rg8 95. Re6 $2 (95. Rd6 $18) 95... Rg6 $2 (95... Rb8 $1 96. Bd4 Rb7) 96. Re5 $18 Rf6 97. Be3 Kg6 98. Rd5 Re6 99. Bd4 Kh5 $4 {Blunder. Ra6 was best.} (99... Ra6 100. Bg1 (100. Kf2) 100... h5) 100. Kf2 $4 {Blunder. f4 was best.} (100. f4 Re4 101. Be5 (101. f5 Rg4+ (101... Rf4 102. Be3 Rf1 103. Bf2 g4 104. Kg2 Ra1 105. Be3 Ra3) 102. Kf3 Rf4+ 103. Ke3 Rf1 $18)) 100... Kg6 $18 101. Be5 Kf5 102. Bb2+ Kg6 103. Bd4 Ra6 104. Ke3 Re6+ 105. Kd3 Re7 106. Be5 Rb7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ra7 was best.} (106... Re8 {might work better.} 107. Ke4 Ra8) (106... Ra7 107. Ke4 Ra2 108. Rd6+ Kh5 109. Rc6 Re2+ 110. Kf5 Rf2 111. Rc3 Kh4 112. Ke4) 107. Ke4 $18 Kh5 108. Rd6 Rb4+ 109. Kf5 (109. Ke3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 109... Rb3 $16 110. f4 $2 {Mistake. Ke4 was best.} (110. Ke4 Rb7 111. Kf5 Rb3 $18) 110... gxf4 111. Bxf4 Rb5+ 112. Be5 Rb1 113. Rd3 Rb4 114. Ra3 Rc4 115. Bd6 Rd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. Ra4 was best. [#]} (115... Ra4) 116. Bf4 $1 Kh4 {[#]} 117. Ra6 $4 {Blunder. Be5 was best.} (117. Bxh6 Rg4 118. Bf4 Kh5 $18) (117. Be5 Rd5 118. Ra4+ Kh5 (118... Kh3 119. Ra2 Rxe5+ 120. Kxe5 Kg3 121. Ke4 h5 122. Kf5 h4) 119. Ra1 (119. Ra2 Rxe5+ 120. Kxe5 Kg4 121. Rg2+ Kf3 122. Rh2 Ke3 123. Rxh6 Kd3) 119... Rxe5+ 120. Kxe5 Kg4 121. Rg1+ Kf3 122. Rh1) 117... h5 $16 118. Ra3 (118. Bg5+ Kg3 119. Re6 Ra4 120. Re3+ Kg2 $16) 118... Rxf4+ $1 119. Kxf4 {1/2-1/2 wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 90% Pretas 90% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 88.4% Pretas 88.5%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"] [Black "Bulmaga, Irina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2514"] [BlackElo "2386"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 21,101,29,29,39,37,12,20,24,45,52,54,39,39,20,21,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,25,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,20,6,23,19,19,0,0,-27,-27,-27,-27,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60,0,347,334,822,819,691,77,75,0,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 f5 13. Ra3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf4 15. Bf1 {[%CAl Be2f1,Bf1g2,Bg2e4][%mdl 32]} b6 16. Nfd2 $146 {[%CAl Bf3d2,Bd2b1,Bb1c3,Bc3b5][%mdl 32]} (16. Bd2 Ra8 (16... Ra7 17. h3 Bd7 18. a5 Qa8 19. Qa1 Kh8 20. Kh2 h6 21. Bb4 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Bxa5 Qa7 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Nfd2 g5 29. g3 Nfg6 30. Bd3 Ra3 {Goganov,A (2561)-Porozhniak,M (1901) Gelendzhik 2022 1-0 (45)}) 17. Qb3 Bg4 18. Nfg5 Qd7 19. f3 Bf5 20. c5 bxc5 21. Nxc5 Qc8 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nce6 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 Rf7 25. Bb5 Be5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Ng5 Qf8 28. Nxf7 Nf5 29. Nxe5 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Qc1+ {De Francesco,K (2290)-Hauschild,H (2210) Bad Wiessee 1998 ½-½ (40)}) 16... Bd7 17. g3 Nh5 $1 18. Nb1 Nf6 19. Bg2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf5 21. Nc3 Qf6 22. Nb5 Nd4 23. f3 $6 {Inaccuracy. Be3 was best.} (23. Nxc7 $2 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Bxa4 $19) (23. Be3) 23... Bf5 (23... Bxb5 $15 24. cxb5 Rfa8) 24. Kg2 Qf7 25. Bb2 {[%CAl Bc1b2,Bb2c3,Bc3e1,Be1f2][%mdl 32]} Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nf5 27. Bc3 Ra6 28. Be1 h5 29. Bf2 Ra5 30. h3 Raa8 31. g4 Nh6 $1 32. Qd3 Kh8 33. Re2 Ng8 $1 34. g5 Kh7 35. Rea2 Qe7 36. h4 Rf7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rf4 was best.} (36... Rf4) 37. a5 bxa5 38. Rxa5 Raf8 39. Ra7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rxf3 40. Qxf3 Rxf3 41. Kxf3 Qd7 {and ...Qg4+ would now be decisive} 42. Rxc7 {Active counter play!} Qg4+ $1 43. Ke3 {Chess con chili.} Qf4+ $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. e4 was best.} (43... Ne7 $1 44. Rxe7 Qf4+ 45. Kd3 e4+ 46. Rxe4 Qf3+ 47. Re3 Qf5+ 48. Ke2 Qg4+ 49. Ke1 Qxc4) (43... e4 44. Nd4 Qd1 45. Kxe4 Qb1+ 46. Rc2 Kh8 47. Be3 Qh1+ 48. Kd3 Qd1+ 49. Rd2) 44. Ke2 $18 Ne7 $2 (44... Qe4+ 45. Kd2 Qf3) 45. Nxd6 $1 (45. Rxe7 $2 Qxc4+ 46. Kf3 Qxd5+ (46... Qxa2 $2 47. Nc7 $19) (46... Qxb5 47. Raa7 $16) 47. Kg3 Qxa2 $19) 45... Nf5 $6 {Inaccuracy. e4 was best.} (45... e4 46. Rxe7) 46. Nxf5 $2 (46. Raa7 $18 {is the precise move to win. Threatening mate with Nxf5.} Qg4+ 47. Ke1 Nxd6 48. Rxg7+ Kh8 49. Rgc7 (49. Rxg6 $2 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qxg6 $19) 49... Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qf4+ 51. Kc3) 46... Qxf5 $6 $16 {Inaccuracy. Qg4+ was best.} (46... Qg4+ 47. Kd2) 47. Raa7 (47. Ra3 $16 {And now Kf1 would win.} Qe4+ 48. Be3) 47... Qe4+ $4 {[%mdl 8192] Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc2+ was best.} (47... Qc2+ 48. Kf3 Kh8 49. Rxg7 Qe4+ 50. Kg3 Qg4+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. Bg3 Qd2+ 53. Kh3 Qd1 54. Rh7+ (54. Rxg6 Qh1+ 55. Bh2 Qf3+ 56. Bg3 Qh1+ 57. Bh2 Qf3+ 58. Bg3 Qh1+) (54. Bxe5 Qf3+ 55. Kh2 Qf2+ 56. Kh3 Qh2+ 57. Kxh2) 54... Kg8 55. Rag7+ (55. Bxe5 Qf3+ 56. Bg3 Qh1+ 57. Bh2 Qf3+ 58. Bg3 Qh1+ 59. Bh2 Qf3+ 60. Bg3) 55... Kf8 56. Rf7+ (56. Rxg6 Qh1+ 57. Bh2 Qf1+ 58. Kg3 Qf4+ 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60. Kg1 Qb1+ 61. Kg2 Qxg6 $17) (56. Bxe5 Qf3+ 57. Bg3 Qh1+ 58. Bh2 Qf3+ 59. Bg3 Qh1+ 60. Bh2 Qf3+ 61. Bg3) 56... Kg8) 48. Kd2 Kh8 49. Rxg7 Qxc4 50. Rgc7 {[%CAl Ra7a8] Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 97% Pretas 90% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 85.9% Pretas 81.0%} (50. Rxg6 Qxd5+ 51. Kc1 Qc4+ 52. Kd2 Qb4+ 53. Ke2 (53. Kc1 Qc3+ 54. Kd1 Qd3+ 55. Ke1 Qb1+ 56. Ke2 Qxg6) 53... Qe4+ 54. Kf1 Qxg6) 50... Qxd5+ $2 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qb4+ was best.} (50... Qb4+ 51. Rc3 Qb2+ 52. Rc2 Qb8 53. Kc1 Kg8 54. d6 Qd8 55. d7 Kf7 56. Rc8) 51. Kc1 {1-0 White wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 97% Pretas 90% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 95.1% Pretas 87.3%} 1-0