[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.22"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2856"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 {7.Re1 is the recent fashion.} b6 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} 8. Ba3 Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 {White has an edge.} 10. Bxd5 Rb8 11. Bb2 Be7 $1 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qc2 {[#]} b5 $5 $146 {Strongly threatening ...b4. New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Rad1 b5 15. Be4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rbe8 {1-0 (47) Romig,J (2141)-Domingo Gadea,J (1892) FICGS email 2018}) 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. a4 (15. Ng5 $14 {might be stronger.}) 15... h6 (15... b4 $5 16. Ne4 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Bb7 $11) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. e4 Re8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Qf4 b4 21. Na4 {[#]} Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qe6 { Threatens to win with ...Bb7.} 23. Rad1 (23. Nxc5 $15 Bxc5 24. Rxc5) 23... Ra8 24. Qc1 Qxe4 25. h3 ({Don't play} 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Rxd7 Rad8) 25... Ra7 26. Qd2 (26. R5d4 {might work better.} cxd4 27. Re1 Qxe1+ 28. Nxe1) 26... Qg6 27. Nh4 Qe6 28. Nf5 {[#]} c4 $2 (28... Bb7 $1 $19 29. Nxh6+ Qxh6 30. Rxd7 (30. Qxh6 $2 Bxd5 31. Qg5 Bxb3 $19) 30... Qg6) 29. Qd4 (29. Bxg7 $17 Bxg7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Rd6) 29... Nf6 $19 30. Nb6 (30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Qxf6) 30... c3 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Nxc8 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Nxa7 cxb2 34. Rb1 Re2 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.09 (flawless)} 0-1 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.22"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d5 7. exd5 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nxc6 {[#]} Qxc6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... bxc6 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 a5 15. b3 Bc6 {0-1 (36) Rak,J (1428) -Janeczko,J (1532) Warsaw 2018}) 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc5 12. O-O-O {[#] Hoping for Bxc5.} Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Rc8 14. c3 { Active counter play!} Qc5 $1 15. Qg3 ({Don't play} 15. Qd2 Ba4 16. Re1 O-O $15) 15... g6 16. Bd3 Ba4 17. Rd2 b5 18. Qf4 a5 {The position is equal.} 19. Qf6 O-O {White must now prevent ...b4.} 20. h4 $1 {And now h5! would win.} b4 21. h5 $1 h6 $1 (21... bxc3 $2 {[#]} 22. h6 $1 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qc3+ 24. Qxc3 $18) 22. axb4 {Really sharp!} axb4 23. c4 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. hxg6 Bb3 26. Rh5 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 28. Kd1 fxg6 29. Rxg5 {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.22"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} Bb7 10. Ne5 $5 { An interesting side line.} Qd6 11. e3 {[#] The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11... Bd5 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. f3 h6 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd4 Rfe8 18. e4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qxf4 20. Qxd5 Qxf3 {0-1 (20) Radovic,G (1837) -Milovanovic,S (2069) Nis 2019}) 12. Bf4 {Strongly threatening Ng6!} Qe7 13. dxc5 Rc8 {To avoid c6} 14. Be2 Rxc5 15. Qd4 Nd5 16. Bg3 f6 (16... Nc6 $11 17. Nxc6 Rxc6) 17. Nc4 (17. Nd3 $14) 17... Ba6 {aiming for ...Nc6.} 18. b3 $1 Nc6 19. Qb2 {Bd6 is the strong threat.} e5 20. Rd1 Na5 21. O-O Nxc4 22. bxc4 Nc7 23. Qb3 Qe6 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Re8 {[#]} (25... Rc8 $11) 26. Bf2 (26. Rfd4 $1 $16) 26... Qf7 27. Rfd4 Bc8 ({Better is} 27... Ne6 $1 $15 28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7) 28. Bg3 Ne6 29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Nc5 31. Qc3 Ne4 32. Qd4 Bd7 33. Bf4 g5 34. Bc7 Kg7 35. Rf1 Qe7 36. Bh5 Rc8 {This move loses the game for Black.} (36... Rf8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 37. d6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qe6 38. Bf3 Nc5 (38... Nxd6 $142 39. Bxd6 Rc4) 39. Bd5 Qe5 40. Qxe5 fxe5 41. Rf7+ Kg6 {[#]} 42. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 43. Be6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.28 (precise)} 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.22"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Ne2 Qxe4 11. Rg1 Qc4 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Nh5 {White has compensation.} Nd5 15. Bd4 Rg8 (15... Qxh2 $2 16. Rg3 Bb7 17. Bg2 $18 (17. Nxg7+ Bxg7 18. Bxg7 Rg8 $14)) 16. Qd3 {[#]} g6 $146 {[#]} (16... Qxh2 $2 17. Qxh7 $1 Qxg1 18. Qxg8 $18) ({Predecessor:} 16... b3 17. Qxb3 Rb8 18. Qc4 Qa5 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qe2+ Kd8 22. Bd4 Bc5 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Nxg7 { 0-1 (28) Raja,H (2484)-Gledura,B (2652) Dulles 2022}) 17. Bg2 $1 gxh5 (17... Bb7 18. Bxd5) 18. Bxd5 Bb7 (18... exd5 $2 19. Rde1+ Be7 20. Qxh7 Qf4+ 21. Be3 Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 $18) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. gxh5 Rxg1 21. Rxg1 Qd5 22. b3 f5 23. Qe3 Qe4 24. Qd2 Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Bh6!} 25. Kb1 $1 f4 26. Qd1 d6 27. f3 Qd5 28. Qd3 Rc7 29. Re1 Re7 (29... Be7 $11) 30. Re4 $1 $14 e5 {[#]} (30... a5 $14 {is more appropriate.}) 31. Qxa6 $1 $16 Kf7 {[#]} 32. Bb2 (32. Qc8 $142 $1) 32... Qd1+ 33. Bc1 d5 {[#]} 34. Re2 ({Stronger than} 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 e4 $17) 34... Rc7 {[#]} 35. Rf2 (35. h6 $142 $1) 35... d4 $2 (35... Qd4 $16 { keeps fighting.} 36. Rf1 Qc5) 36. Qb6 $2 ({White should play} 36. Qb5 $18 Ke6 37. Qe8+ (37. Re2 Bc5 $16) 37... Be7 38. Qg8+ Kd6 39. Qxh7) 36... Rc3 $14 37. Qb7+ Be7 38. Qe4 Ke6 39. Qxh7 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Qg1 40. Qg6+ $1 Qxg6 41. hxg6 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf6 42. Bd2 Rc8 43. Rg2 {g7 is the strong threat. The position is equal.} Kg7 $1 44. Re2 Bd6 45. h4 Rh8 46. Be1 {Hoping for Rg2.} Kxg6 47. Kc1 Ra8 48. Kd2 Rxa2 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. h5 {And now Bh4 would win.} Bf8 51. h6 Bxh6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.22"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 { [%emt 0:00:18]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:32]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:18:13]} 9. h4 {[%emt 0:11:46]} Nxe5 { [%emt 0:04:50]} 10. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:09:55]} 11. Bxg7 { [%emt 0:04:48]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. h5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 13. Qa4 {[%emt 0:16:57]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 14. exd4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:02:23]} g5 {[%emt 0:07:46]} 16. Ne3 { [%emt 0:02:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. h6+ {[%emt 0:05:03]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 18. Qb3 {[%emt 0:05:07]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 20. Qc2 {[%emt 0:13:54]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:12:49]} 22. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 23. b3 {[%emt 0:14:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bc6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 25. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 26. Rd2 {[%emt 0:05:03]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 27. Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 28. gxf4 { [%emt 0:03:06]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 30. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 31. Ne1 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 32. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 33. bxc4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. c5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:09] } 35. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 36. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a5 { [%emt 0:02:08]} 37. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 38. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 39. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 40. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 41. Ne5 {[%emt 0:12:10]} Nb5 { [%emt 0:11:26]} 42. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:17:56]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 43. Rxd4 { [%emt 0:00:25]} Rcxc5 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 44. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rxc2+ { [%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Kxc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Rxd5 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 47. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qf5+ {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 48. Kb3 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:01:44]} 49. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:01:45]} 50. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 51. Nc4 { [%emt 0:10:20]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:03:08]} 52. Ka4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Qxa2+ {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 53. Kb5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 0-1 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.22"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 $1 { 7.Be3 is better than 7.Bf4.} Nd7 8. Qd3 {[#] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. h3 c5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Qxb5 Bd7 13. Qa6 Rb8 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Ne4 {½-½ (84) Zhao,J (2638)-Xu,Y (2527) Xinghua 2021}) 9. Bxc5 (9. Qe2 {with more complications.} O-O 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Qc4) 9... dxc5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 {Prevents Ne5.} 13. Rhe1 Rxe1 14. Rxe1 Bd7 {To avoid Re8+} 15. h4 Kf8 16. Ng5 b5 17. Nxh7+ Kg8 18. Bd3 Bxh4 19. g3 Bd8 {...Bc6 is the strong threat.} 20. f4 $1 f6 21. Bg6 c6 22. c4 {[#]} (22. g4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... bxc4 ({Black should play} 22... Bc7 $1 $17 23. Re4 (23. Re7 Rd8 $17) 23... Bh3) 23. c3 {[#]} ({Better is} 23. f5 $1 $15) 23... Bc7 $1 $17 24. Re3 Rd8 (24... Bh3 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rd8.} 25. Re7 Bd6) 25. f5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Bc8 26. Kc2 Be5 27. g4 $1 Rd3 28. Re4 ( 28. Rxd3 cxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Ba6+ 30. Ke4 Bc4 $19) 28... Rd5 29. a4 a5 30. Re2 Bd7 31. Re4 Bd6 32. Re3 Re5 33. Rxe5 Bxe5 ({But not} 33... fxe5 34. Ng5 $16) 34. Kb1 Bf4 35. Kc2 Bc8 36. Kb1 Ba6 37. Ka2 Be3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2