[Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "9.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2139223437889578"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12. d4 Bf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Na3 b4 15. Nc4 bxc3 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. f4 cxb2 18. Bxb2 a5 19. a4 Re7 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Rc5 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. g3 Rd2 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Rd7 28. Be2 Rd2 29. Rxc7 Rxe2 30. Rxb7 Kf8 31. Bxb4+ axb4 32. Rxb4 Ra2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Warmerdam, Max"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "9.2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2646"] [PlyCount "59"] [GameId "2139223480213588"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,33,19,-45,2,18,17,-12,13,27,25,16,35,29,33,4,22,0,-8,1,12,30,27,69,56,42,64,52,56,77,71,78,-21,63,-7,69]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Rd1 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Bb3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Be3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qh4 b5 20. f4 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Bb7 22. Bd4 Nxe4 23. Be5 Nxc3 24. bxc3 $2 (24. Rd7 $18 Bxg2+ (24... Ne4 $4 25. Bxb8 $18) (24... Qxe5 25. fxe5 $18) 25. Kxg2 Qb6 26. Qg5 Qf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ne4+ 28. Ke3 Nxg5 29. fxg5) 24... Qe8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "9.3"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2139223709429958"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,26,18,-14,6,17,10,12,17,4,12,24,19,15,44,16,56,12,6,-4,2,-16,0,-18,0,-11,10,-99,58]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. c3 Bb6 13. Na3 Ne7 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Kg7 17. Bc2 c5 (17... bxa4) 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Qe7 21. Ra5 Bd7 22. d4 Bc6 23. Qa1 {Gukesh felt that it was a cool idea to target e5} Rfe8 (23... Bxe4 $4 24. dxe5 $18 dxe5 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxe5) (23... Nxe4 $4 24. Bxe4 $18 (24. dxe5 Nxg3 (24... dxe5 $4 25. Nxe5) 25. exd6+) 24... Bxe4 25. dxe5) 24. Bb3 Ra8 25. Nd2 Rf8 ({Gukesh felt that Black should have taken} 25... exd4 {White wanted to take} 26. Qxd4 Ne5 {maybe it's not that bad for Black.}) 26. Bc2 Nh5 27. Be1 Nf6 {White was very happy with} 28. Rf5 {threatening Bg3} Rxa5 (28... Bd7 $4 29. Rxa8 $18) 29. bxa5 Re8 (29... Bd7 30. Rf2) 30. d5 Bd7 31. Rf2 Bc8 32. Nf1 Qa7 33. Qa3 Rd8 34. Bb4 Ne8 35. Ng3 Ne7 36. Bd1 Ng8 37. Be2 Qb7 38. Bd3 Ngf6 39. Rc2 Bd7 $4 40. Bxd6 Nxd6 41. Qxd6 Qa7 42. Qxe5 Qxe3+ 43. Rf2 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "9.4"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "125"] [GameId "2139223520702570"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,47,22,5,-5,19,12,11,15,11,12,7,28,4,15,11,-25,23,14,13,-29,9,-41,9,9,28,8,29,-32,14,25,-23,31,34,36,56,53,34,60,46,81,-1,68,75,67,55,78,58,57,71]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc1 Be7 8. O-O c6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 a4 11. Qc2 h6 12. a3 Qa5 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Rac1 b5 16. c5 Bb8 17. Ne1 e5 18. Nd3 Nhf6 19. Nb4 Bb7 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nf3 Rfe8 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bd4 Re7 24. e3 Qc7 25. Qc3 Ne5 26. f4 Ned7 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. c6 f6 $2 (29... Rae8 30. cxb7 Qxb7) (29... Nb6 30. Be5 Qxc6) 30. cxb7 Qxb7 31. Qc7 Nf8 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. Bc3 Rd8 $2 (33... Re8) 34. Ba5 $18 Re8 35. Kf2 Rd7 36. Rc5 Rde7 37. Rc3 Rd7 38. Rcd3 Ra8 39. Bb4 Rad8 40. Ba5 Ra8 41. Bb4 Rad8 42. Rc1 d4 43. e4 g5 44. Kf3 Re8 (44... Ne6 45. h4 h5) 45. h4 Ne6 46. f5 Nd8 47. Rc8 g4+ 48. Kf4 h5 49. Bc5 Rb7 50. Rxd4 Ne6+ 51. fxe6 Rxc8 52. Rd5 Rbc7 53. e7 Re8 54. Rxh5 Kf7 55. Kxg4 Ke6 56. Rd5 Rcc8 57. Kf4 Rh8 58. h5 Rhg8 59. g4 Rce8 60. Rf5 Rc8 61. Bd4 Kxe7 62. Bxf6+ Ke6 63. h6 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "9.5"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2139223570317434"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,39,22,0,15,3,-40,13,2,-8,-4,5,9,1,0,0,11,11,0,21,4,24,11,9,1,-9,35,26,23,25,26,16,41,33,37,56,69,82,-13,73,61,56]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. h3 Bf5 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. g4 Bg6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qe2 b5 13. g5 Ng8 14. h4 Ne7 15. Qf3 Rh5 16. Be2 Nb6 17. e4 Nc4 18. a4 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 b4 20. e5 Qb8 21. cxb4 Qxb4+ 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Kc2 Nf5 25. Rhd1 Nxh4 26. Ra3 Nf5 27. Qxc6+ Kd8 28. Rc3 Qxb2+ 29. Kd3 Ne7 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Rdc1 Rd8 32. Ke3 g6 33. a5 Rd7 34. Qc5 Rb7 35. a6 Rd7 $4 (35... Rb3) 36. Qa3 $18 Qb6 37. Qa4 Nf5+ 38. Kd3 Kf8 39. Rb3 (39. Qxd7 Qxd4+ 40. Ke2) 39... Qd8 40. Rb7 Re7 41. Qb4 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "9.6"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2139223595790474"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,51,19,-10,8,13,62,4,8,-18,12,10,6,18,8,29,16,11,11,6,11,15,6,12,12,7,19,37,19,0,37,105,27,21,-5,22,22,0,76,13,27,40,44,-35,34,30,40,27,15,18,30,19,12,22]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 a5 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Nbd2 h6 6. e3 e6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nf6 16. Rab1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Qe7 20. Qb3 Ne8 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Nd6 23. Qd3 Rfa8 24. Bd1 Ra5 25. Rcb1 g6 26. Bc2 Rd8 27. Qc3 Rd7 28. e4 Ra8 29. Qc5 Rad8 30. Bd3 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. f3 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Sarana, Alexey"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "9.7"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2139223658950810"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,60,19,10,10,14,20,10,12,17,-1,6,1,0,0,-3,0,-13,14,7,17,10,28,28,17,25,35,0,21,26,19,-8,11,-3,14,-38,38,7,38,24,1,2,24,20,22,38,53,36,0,-169,-11,-11,-11,-11,-23,-18,37,-24,-22,-9,-12,4,15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 b6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. e4 Kh8 15. Nb3 Qa3 16. f4 Rac8 17. Rf3 Qe7 18. Qe3 Rg8 19. Rd1 Nd8 20. c5 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 bxc5 22. Na5 Nc6 23. Nc4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Nd6 Rc6 27. Re3 Rxd6 28. Rxe7 Kg7 29. Rxa7 Rb8 30. Ra5 Rb2 31. Rd3 c4 32. Rg3+ Kf8 33. f5 Rd8 34. h3 Rd2 35. Re3 Rc8 36. Kh2 h5 37. a4 h4 38. Rb5 Kg7 39. Rb7 Rg8 40. Rbe7 Rc2 41. Re2 Rxc3 42. Rd2 Rd8 43. Rd4 Rc2 44. Rg4+ Kf8 45. Rc7 d4 1/2-1/2