[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters 2023"] [White "Giri,Anish"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Round "2.6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2023.01.15"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "53"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 18,53,21,12,14,12,14,10,17,0,0,-10,22,10,6,13,61,52,222,222,221,242,242,233,237,238,209,138,150,149,595,599,547,571,571,519,464,520]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:52]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:37]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:42]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:0:44]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:1:18]} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:0:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:1:26]} 8. Rc1 {[%emt 0:0:35]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:2:1]} 9. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:0:12] Strongly threatening Ne4.} cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:12] D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 11. Ne4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:1:19]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:0:39] The position is equal.} 13. exd4 $5 {[%emt 0:0:13][%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Rd8 {[%emt 0:2:55] [#]} 14. Rc2 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:0:45][%cal Yc1c2,Yc2e2,Ye2e6][%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Ba2 Bd7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Re1 Bc6 17. Qc2 Na6 18. h4 Nc7 19. Bb1 Nb5 20. Nc3 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2759)-Erigaisi,A (2689) FTX Road to Miami Prelim 2022 (10)} )Bd7 {[%emt 0:26:12]} 15. Re2 {[%emt 0:0:52]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:9:46]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:47]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:15:13]} (16... Rc8 $11 17. Ne5 Bd5 )17. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:25:39][%cal Ye4g5] Neg5! would be deadly.} (17. h4 {simplifies} Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nd7 19. Rfe1 )Kh8 $2 {[%emt 0:11:58] [#]} ({Much worse is} 17... Bxd4 18. Ned2 $17 )({Black should play} 17... Bd5 $14 )18. Neg5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:14:22][%mdl 512]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:6] [#]} 19. Rxe6 $1 {[%emt 0:0:6][%mdl 512]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 20. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:2:48]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 21. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:0:21]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} (21... Bxd4 {gets mated.} 22. Nxg5 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 )22. Qf5 {[%emt 0:27:55] Prevents Bd5. Threatening mate with Qh3+.} Be4 {[%emt 0:1:47]} (22... Bh5 $2 23. Qxg5 $18 )23. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:12:2] White threatens Qg6 and mate.} Rxd4 $2 {[%emt 0:0:8][%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (23... Re8 $16 )24. Qf3 {[%emt 0:2:33][%cal Rf3h5] White is clearly winning.} (24. Qxb7 $2 Rd1# )g4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 25. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:0:53]} ({And not} 25. Bxg4 Nc6 $11 )Kh7 {[%emt 0:0:1][%cal Rd4d1]} 26. Bf5+ {[%emt 0:9:3]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:5:59][%cal Rd4d1]} 27. Bc2 {[%emt 0:0:22] Wards off Rd1+. Beautiful play by Giri! Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.50} 1-0