[Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "5.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2137054725742760"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,60,17,34,9,17,20,20,36,29,61,30,147,39,27,7,-3,24,51,40,36,47,39,67,55,66,68,50,64,64,41,53,67,53,52,52,86,59,67,58,70,29,42,190,70,58,58,57,138,58,72,46,70,44,30,25,53,39,37,44,16,39,31]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qc2 g5 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. e3 O-O 12. a3 d6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. O-O Rab8 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. e4 a6 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne2 Kh8 20. Nc4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Na5 Rb6 23. Nc4 Rbb8 24. Na5 Rb6 25. b3 Qf6 26. Kh1 Rfb8 27. Nc4 R6b7 28. Na5 Rb6 29. Nc4 R6b7 30. Na5 Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "5.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "44"] [GameId "2137055405330771"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,44,25,-5,32,58,20,18,24,10,-19,0,-28,14,34,-22,3,8,3,12,0,-6,-34,-15,-35,-35,-33,-51,-55,-42,-62,-74,-66,-34,18,-13,1,-1,1,-1,-1,-1,1,1,-1,1,1]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. h4 Bb7 10. Bd3 b4 11. Na4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. b3 Bxa4 15. bxa4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxb4 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Rb8 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. Qb4 Rb8 21. Qc5 Rc8 22. Qb4 Rb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "5.3"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2137055852859826"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,46,19,19,19,14,22,70,17,23,23,-6,13,18,23,27,24,19,22,9,27,-133,11,-135,22,13,9,9,1,22,18,0,2,-17,23,-39,-177,-60,-35,-49,-31,0,-29,-23,-6,-20,-19,-44,62]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Qb4 Qd6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Nd2 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rdc1 Kf8 21. f3 Ke7 22. e4 g5 23. Kf2 e5 24. Nf1 exd4 25. cxd4 Rxc2+ 26. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 27. Bxc2 Bc8 28. Bd3 Nc6 29. Ke3 a6 30. Nd2 b5 31. Nb3 d5 32. Nc5 Kd6 33. Bc2 Ne5 34. Bb3 Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nb6 36. Kc3 a5 37. a3 f6 38. Ba2 Kc6 39. g3 Bh3 40. Nb3 Na4+ 41. Kc2 Bg2 $2 (41... g4 42. fxg4 dxe4 $11) 42. e5 $1 $18 fxe5 43. dxe5 b4 (43... Nb6 44. Nxa5+ Kc5 45. f4 (45. Nb7+ Kd4) 45... Be4+) 44. Nd4+ Kc5 45. e6 Kd6 46. axb4 axb4 47. Bxd5 Bf1 48. Bb3 Nc5 49. Nf5+ Ke5 50. e7 Bd3+ 51. Kd2 Bb5 52. Bc4 Ba4 53. Ng7 g4 54. f4+ Kd4 55. Bf7 Ne4+ 56. Ke1 Kc3 57. e8=Q Bxe8 58. Nxe8 b3 59. Bxb3 Kxb3 60. Ke2 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "5.4"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2137055874531771"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,57,12,-6,25,-16,15,14,11,18,33,9,22,21,21,10,33,21,-60,-6,26,29,29,8,39,38,-27,22,14,9,31,32,30,88,41,75,47,32,24,28,15,9,14,-81,-2,34,12,18,9,25,-3,13,1,7,-33,-35,-61,-15,6,-43]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Re1 f6 12. Nxc6 Qd7 13. Nb4 a5 14. Nd3 Nxc3 15. Qf3 Ne4 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Nc5 Qf5 18. c4 Be6 19. Nxe4 Qxf3 20. gxf3 dxe4 21. fxe4 Bxc4 22. Rac1 Bxa2 23. Rxc7 f5 24. f3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Ra6 26. Re2 Bf7 27. Kf2 Rf6+ 28. Ke1 Rfe6 29. e5 Rg6 30. Rf2 Bb3 31. Kd2 h6 32. Rf3 a4 33. Rg3 Rxg3 34. hxg3 Re6 35. Ke3 Rg6 36. Kf2 Rg4 37. Rd7 Re4 38. Bb4 Bd1 39. Bc5 Re2+ 40. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "5.5"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2137055905694148"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,32,18,-13,35,-15,24,26,21,15,17,24,6,16,0,8,20,22,19,19,59,65,52,55,44,36,61,50,68,68,60,157,78,69,69]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4 Bc7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Qg4 Rg8 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. O-O Nf5 16. Be3 Qe7 17. b5 c5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qf3 O-O-O 20. Nd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Kb8 (21... Bh7 $4 22. Bxb7+ $18 Kb8 23. Ba8) (21... Be6 $4 22. Bxb7+ $18) 22. Qxf5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd5 24. f4 Rgd8 25. Qe4 f6 26. a4 fxe5 27. a5 Qe8 28. b6 axb6 29. axb6 Bxb6 30. fxe5 Bc7 31. Bf4 Rd4 32. Qe2 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Qxe5 34. Qa2 Qe3+ 35. Rf2 Bg3 36. Qa8+ Kc7 37. Qa5+ b6 38. Qa7+ Kc6 39. Qa4+ b5 40. Qa6+ Kd5 41. Qb7+ Kc4 42. Qf7+ Rd5 43. Raa2 Bxf2+ 44. Rxf2 Qd4 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. Kg1 Kb4 47. Rf1 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "5.6"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "143"] [GameId "2137055918842317"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,143,16,24,14,12,22,6,4,13,13,14,21,-8,22,7,28,20,18,17,25,29,-193,24,38,29,-58,9,-56,-12,12,2,-13,-125,-29,4,7,16,28,36,32,107,38,80,85,73,97,118,63,49,113,82,-54,82,85,38,87,65,143,124,131,146,151,143,142,28,148,154,133,155,156,168,149,111,155,161,154,161,164,147,156,148,153,150,217,167,154,200,291,108,136,191,13,207,205,203,203,204,219,177,83,187,59,207,200,188,162,176,159,159,171,159,77,148,147,145,30,122,1,154,25,95,144,100,164,155,272,93,187,150,42,174,146,134,144,57,42,130,186,93,175,219,268,273,371,356]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be1 Ba6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 c5 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe8 20. Bg3 e5 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. Rfd1 f4 23. exf4 exf4 24. Bf2 Rf7 25. R1d4 Bb7 26. Qd1 Bc6 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Qd3 Nf6 30. Rxf4 Be4 ({Peter Leko told Gukesh and Keymer that} 30... Ne8 {was just holding for Black.}) 31. Qd4 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Qe2 $2 (32... Qe4 33. Re3 Qxd4 34. Rxd4) 33. Rd8+ $18 Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Rf8 35. Qd3 Qxd3 (35... Qe7 36. Qb3 (36. Bxb6 $2 Qxb4)) 36. Rxd3 Rc8 37. Rd4 Kf7 38. Kf1 Ra8 39. Ke2 Ra4 40. Be1 Ke6 41. Bd2 h5 42. Kd3 Ng4 43. Kc3 Nf6 (43... Nxh2 44. Kb3 Ra1 45. Rh4 Ng4 46. Rxh5) 44. Kb3 Ra1 45. Bc3 Rb1+ 46. Kc2 Rf1 47. Rd2 Ne8 48. Kb3 g6 49. Bd4 Rb1+ 50. Ka4 ({Gukesh decided against} 50. Rb2 {as he did not want to go into a bishop vs knight endgame.}) {Gukesh missed} 50... Rc1 (50... Nd6 51. Rc2) 51. Bxb6 Rxc4 52. Kb5 Rc1 53. Bc5 Nf6 54. Rd6+ Kf5 55. Kc6 Ng4 56. Rd2 Ke6 57. Rd6+ Kf5 58. b5 Ne5+ 59. Kd5 {During the game Gukesh thought that he was messing up completely} Nd3 60. Rc6 Nf4+ 61. Kd6 Rd1+ 62. Kc7 Nd5+ 63. Kc8 Rc1 64. Kd7 Rc2 (64... Rb1 65. Rd6) 65. Bd6 Rxg2 66. Rc5 Ke4 67. Ke6 Rd2 68. h4 {was a clever move according to the world champion.} Nb6 69. Rc6 Nd5 70. b6 Nxb6 71. Rxb6 Kf3 72. Be7 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "5.7"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2137065932261449"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,74,15,22,-5,17,17,3,6,7,21,24,21,20,10,22,29,29,28,30,18,22,15,24,19,32,24,21,16,26,18,22,34,17,24,12,20,27,39,-89,42,25,10,35,41,26,26,26,42,42,48,76,25,37,27,24,46,48,20,53,-54,7,56,53,1,35,33,161,16,29,26,111,159,107,56,167,21]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 c6 10. Ba2 Ne6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 a5 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. Rab1 Nd7 16. h4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Bxh4 19. Nxd4 Bf6 20. Nf5 g6 21. Qg3 Be5 22. f4 Bg7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. d4 Nf6 25. c3 h5 26. Re2 Ng4 27. Rbe1 Rfe8 28. f5 Qe7 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. f6+ Kh6 31. Bxf7 Rf8 32. Be6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Nxf6 34. Qxg5+ Kxg5 35. e5 Nd5 36. g3 dxe5 37. Rxe5+ Kf6 38. Bh3 Kf7 39. Bg2 b6 40. Bf3 Kf6 41. Kf2 Ne7 42. g4 hxg4 43. Bxg4 1/2-1/2