[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,41,15,12,15,21,33,11,28,13,16,27,9,0,0,0,0,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Bd6
9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 c5 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13.
Rac1 a6 14. Bf5 Rc8 15. dxc5 bxc5 {[%CAl Od5d4]} 16. Na4 {[#] Black must now
prevent Bxf6.} Rc7 $146 {[%CAl Od5d4]} ({Predecessor:} 16... d4 17. Qd3 Bxf3
18. gxf3 Rc7 19. Qf1 g6 20. Bh3 Nd5 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qe5 {
0-1 (23) Weiss,L (2123)-Neborak,Y (2326) ICCF email 2015}) 17. Bc3 {Prevents
d4.} (17. Qd3 $11) 17... Qe7 (17... d4 $1 $15 18. Ba5 (18. exd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Nd5 $15) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5) 18. Ba5 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc6 19.
Bc3 Rc7 20. Ba5 Rc6 21. Bc3 {An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value:
White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,100,16,10,19,12,14,20,14,14,42,25,29,32,37,25,27,16,25,15,26,28,55,
43,61,62,85,56,87,99,197,37,37,18,37,0,46,46,64,46,29,52,132,70,109,111,206,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-9,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,
-61,-61,-61,-37,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-37,-37,-37]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 {6...Bf5 gains popularity.}
7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 O-O {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 9.
Qc2 b6 10. Rc1 {[#]} g6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7
11. h3 {1-0 (11) Szabo,V (2426)-D'Oliveira,M (2116) LSS email 2015}) 11. Bd3
Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Rfd1 Nc7
15. a3 Ne6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. b4 a6 20. h4 {White is much
more active. Black has bad knights.} h5 21. e4 Kg7 {[#]} (21... Kh7 $16 {
is a better defense.}) 22. Nf3 $2 ({Only move:} 22. f4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rf4f5]})
22... Nf6 $14 23. e5 Ng4 24. Qd2 a5 (24... c5 $11) 25. Ng5 axb4 26. axb4 Qd7
27. Ne2 Ra3 (27... Nh6 $14) 28. Rc2 (28. Nxe6+ $16 Qxe6 29. Qg5) 28... Qe7 {[#]
} 29. Rdc1 $1 c5 (29... Rb3 $16) 30. dxc5 $2 (30. bxc5 $18 bxc5 31. Nxe6+ fxe6
32. f3) 30... bxc5 $11 31. bxc5 ({Not} 31. Qxd5 $2 Nxg5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 $19)
31... Nxg5 32. hxg5 Qxe5 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 33. Qd4 Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...
Qh2+.} 34. g3 Qxd4 35. Nxd4 Ne5 36. Kg2 Nc4 37. Nb5 (37. c6 $1 $11) 37... Ra6 {
Black is slightly better.} 38. Nc3 Rxc5 39. Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}
Rxd5 40. Rxc4 Rxg5 41. Rc5 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kg7
43. Rb5 Ra2 44. Rc5 Kh6 45. Rc6 Re2 46. Ra6 Re6 47. Ra8 Rb6 48. Rc8 Rb4 49. Ra8
f5 50. f4 Rb2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.15
(very precise)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,87,0,7,0,0,0,7,0,13,6,7,0,0,0,31,25,26,26,22,27,35,35,26,30,29,34,28,
46,41,32,31,48,30,22,29,4,9,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,-6,-6,0,0,0,-6,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4
d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 {[%CAl Bd4c2,Bc2e1,Be1f3][%mdl 32] A20: English Opening:
1...e5.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 $1 {7...Qe5 is better than 7...Qh5.} 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O
Be7 {[#]} 10. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d4 exd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qh5 13.
Qe3 Re8 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Nc7 16. Bf4 {½-½ (34) So,W (2772)-Shankland,S
(2709) Saint Louis 2021}) 10... Nb4 11. f3 {[%CAl Rf3e4]} exf3 12. Nxf3 Qh5 13.
d4 Nbd5 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Re1 f5 (16... Nxc3 $2 {[#]} 17. Rxe7+ $1
{[%mdl 512]} Kxe7 18. Qe1+ Ne2+ 19. Qxe2+ Kd8 20. Bf4 $18) 17. Qb3 {[#] Ne5 is
the strong threat.} Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne5+ Kg8 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 {
[%CAl Oe5c6] With the idea Nxc6!} Bf5 22. Re1 {[%CAl Oe5c6]} Bf6 $1 {The
position is equal.} 23. Nc4 b6 24. Bf4 h5 25. Nd6 Bg6 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Kf7
28. Rae1 Rad8 29. Be5 Rhe8 30. Bxf6 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KR-KR} 32. Kf2 Rd5 33. Re2 c5 34. Ke3 cxd4+ 35. cxd4 Ke6 36. Kd3+ Kd6
37. Rf2 f5 38. a4 Ra5 39. Kc3 a6 40. Kb4 Ke6 41. Re2+ Kd7 42. Rf2 Ke6 43. Re2+
Kd7 44. Rf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)
} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,59,0,-2,2,0,0,0,5,8,12,0,-3,-11,-2,-52,-66,-87,-102,-101,-85,-88,-50,
-48,-48,-87,-86,-164,-174,-161,-170,-160,-177,-193,-205,-206,-208,-205,-197,
-188,-152,-146,-20,-17,-18,-14,-7,-31,-30,-35]} 1. d4 {Mokal,P} d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 {[%CAl Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 7. Ne5 {
[%CAl Oc3b5]} a6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 8. O-O Bb7 {[%CAl Bc8b7,Bb7a6,
Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 9. b3 b4 {The position is equal.} 10. Na4 {10.Ne4 is more
fashionable.} c3 11. Nc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} a5 $1 12. a3 Ba6
{[#]} 13. Bf4 $146 (13. axb4 $11 axb4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5) ({Predecessor:}
13. axb4 axb4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 O-O 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5
19. Nb6 {0-1 (41) Gupta,A (2613)-Shirov,A (2676) Al Ain 2015 CBM 170 [Mokal,P]}
) 13... Bb5 $1 $15 14. e4 {[%CAl Od4d5] Inhibits Nd5.} Be7 15. Nab6 Ra6 {
[%CAl Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 16. a4 Rxb6 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Ra2 O-O 19.
Qa1 (19. Be3 $17) 19... Qxd4 $19 20. Rd1 Qa7 {Hoping for ...Nbd7.} 21. Nxa5 {
[#]} Bc5 $1 (21... c2 22. Rc1 $16) 22. Nxc6 {[#]} Bxf2+ {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kh1
Qb6 ({Stronger than} 23... Nxc6 24. Rxa7 Bxa7 25. Qa4 $11) 24. Bxb8 {And now
e5 would win.} Qxc6 25. e5 Ne4 26. Bd6 {[#]} Rd8 (26... Be3 $1 $17 {Strongly
threatening ...c2.} 27. Bxf8 c2) 27. Re2 $11 f5 (27... Rxd6 $2 28. Rxd6 Qc7 29.
Bxe4 $18) 28. exf6 $1 {[#]} c2 $1 29. f7+ (29. Rf1 c1=Q) 29... Kxf7 {( -> ...
Nxg3+)} 30. Rf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.09
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,81,15,33,31,21,0,13,18,15,0,12,17,10,8,28,23,37,0,-4,-13,-16,-20,-19,
-13,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,13,0,0,0,64,61,64,58,184,
176,188,174,160,177,171,95,167,160,173,159,198,58,363,361,326,310]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qb3 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines,
including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bd6 7. Bg3 {[#]} dxc4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7... Bxg3 8. hxg3 Rb8 9. Nc3 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qc2 h6 {½-½ (31) Dong,Y (1364)-Leblanc,A (1415) Quebec 2018})
8. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Rb8 9. Nc3 b5 10. Be2 (10. Nxb5 $2 Bxg3 11.
hxg3 a6 $19) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 (11. Bxb5 $2 Bxg3 12. hxg3 c6 $19) 11... Qe7 12.
Ne5 {Hoping for Nc6.} b4 13. Na4 (13. Nb5 $14 {was preferrable.} Bxe5 14. dxe5)
13... Bxe5 $11 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Kf2 (18.
e4 Bg6 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. Rd7 a5 20. Rhd1 h5 21. e4 Bg6 22. R1d2 h4 23. gxh4 {
Active counter play!} Qh2 24. Bf1 Qxh4+ 25. g3 Qh5 26. Qe3 c5 27. Kg2 a4 28.
Bc4 a3 29. b3 Qe5 30. Qf4 Qxf4 (30... Qf6 $11) 31. gxf4 $14 Bh5 32. Kg3 {
[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} g6 (32... Rbc8 $14) 33. R2d3 $1 $18 Rbe8 {
[#]} 34. Kh4 $1 Kg7 35. Kg5 Rh8 36. Rc7 (36. Ra7 $18) 36... Rc8 (36... Rh7 $16
37. e5 Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Rh2) 37. Re7 Rce8 38. Red7 Rhf8 {[#]} 39. Rc7 (39. e5 $1
$18) 39... Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 39... Rc8 $14 40. Re7 Rce8) 40.
Rdd7 Rhf8 41. f5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.31}
({Not} 41. Rxc5 Bxf3 42. f5 exf5 $11) 1-0
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,145,18,18,11,17,18,32,8,37,25,31,37,34,31,49,33,31,18,31,27,25,24,27,
14,16,16,25,14,33,33,44,34,50,30,35,20,22,14,23,-1,38,0,0,0,0,0,25,6,8,6,28,54,
53,47,100,96,117,116,116,115,218,219,251,256,249,106,140,148,152,159,155,148,
133,150,158,156,222,169,164,0,158,154,314,287,285,311,304,306,276,258,352,347,
426,410,398,0,210,209,202,190,137,58,61,11,12842,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,
12843,12843,12842,12842,12842,12843,12843,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,
12844,12845,12845,12847,12845,12850,12847,12848,12848,12849,12848]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 {D35:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Ne8 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qf3 {[#]
White is slightly better.} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. Nge2 Bxf4 12.
Qxf4 Qe7 13. O-O Nd6 14. Ng3 f5 15. Nh5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {½-½ (34) Tudor,V
(2011)-Spagnoli,L ICCF email 2013}) 11. Nge2 (11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg5 Bxf4 13. Qxf6
Nxf6 $11) 11... Bxf4 12. Nxf4 ({But not} 12. exf4 Bf5 $11) 12... Nd6 13. h4 Re8
14. O-O-O (14. Nfxd5 $5 Qxf3 15. gxf3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 $11) 14... Bf5 15. Bxf5
Qxf5 16. g4 Qf6 17. g5 (17. Rhg1 {feels hotter.} Na6 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. g5 Qf5
20. Nd3) 17... Qf5 18. Qh3 Qxh3 19. Rxh3 Nd7 20. b3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Kd2
Rae8 23. Ne2 R4e6 24. Ng3 g6 25. h5 c5 26. Rdh1 R8e7 27. Rc1 cxd4 28. exd4 Nf8
29. Rc5 Rd6 30. Rc8 {To avoid Re8} Red7 31. Ne2 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 33. Nf4 f6 ({Better is} 33... gxh5 $14 34. Nxh5 (34.
Rxh5 Ng6 $14) 34... Ne6) 34. gxf6 $16 Kf7 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Nd3 $1 Kxf6 (36...
Nd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 37. Rf3+ $18 Ke7 38. Ne5 Ke6 39. a4 (39. Rf7 $1 $18)
39... a5 40. Kd3 Rb8 41. Rf7 g5 {[%CAl Of8g6]} 42. Rg7 {To avoid Ng6. White is
much more active.} Kf5 43. Ke3 b6 44. Kf3 g4+ (44... Rd8 $16 45. Ng4 Nd7) 45.
Nxg4 {Hoping for Re7.} ({Less strong is} 45. Rxg4 Ne6 $14) 45... Ne6 46. Ne3+
Kf6 47. Rg4 b5 $2 (47... Nc7 $16 48. Rg1 Kf7) 48. Nxd5+ Kf7 49. Ke4 bxa4 50.
bxa4 Rb2 51. f3 Rb3 52. f4 Ra3 53. Nb6 Rb3 54. Nd5 (54. Nc4 $142) 54... Ra3 $1
55. Ke5 {f5 is the strong threat.} Rxa4 56. f5 Nf8 {[#]} 57. Kd6 {To avoid Nd7}
({White should play} 57. Re4 $1 $16 {And now Kd6 would win.} Nh7 58. Re2) 57...
Nh7 $1 $14 58. f6 (58. Re4 $14 Ng5 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Ke5 (60. Kc5 Ra2 $16))
58... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White stays focused until the end.} (58... Nxf6 $11
59. Rf4 Ra1 60. Nxf6 a4 61. Nd7+ Kg6) 59. Ke5 {White is clearly winning.} Ra1
60. Nf4 Re1+ 61. Kf5 Ke8 62. Rg8+ Nf8 63. d5 {[%CAl Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Rf1
64. d6 Rd1 65. Ng6 Rf1+ {[#]} 66. Ke5 $1 Re1+ 67. Kd5 Rd1+ 68. Kc6 {[%csl Gg6]
[%CAl Rg8f8]} Rc1+ 69. Kb5 {White wants to mate with Ne5.} Kd7 70. Rxf8 Kxd6
71. f7 Rc5+ 72. Ka4 Ke6 73. Nh8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /
Black=0.17 (very precise)} 1-0
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 16,88,27,18,22,15,19,17,16,11,0,6,4,0,28,0,50,36,50,43,92,95,103,85,90,
87,90,47,73,52,31,32,34,27,77,81,72,75,63,15,25,27,19,21,18,16,18,12,13,21,137,
150,147,152,138,153,146,125,121,121,350,337,395,392,345,345,474,465,558,554,
650,650,29985,29986,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6
6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6,
unusual lines.} 10. Nf1 b5 {10...h6 is the fancy move.} 11. Bc2 a5 {[%CAl
Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] [#] The position is equal.} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:}
12. Ne3 a4 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. d4 e4 17. Ng5 f5 18. f3 {
0-1 (92) Chen,R (2085)-Repka,C (2488) Chesterfield 2020}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 a4
14. Ne3 Bb7 15. c4 Nb4 (15... bxc4 $11 16. Bxf6 Qxf6) 16. cxb5 $14 Qd7 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 (17... Nxc2 $14 18. Nxc2 (18. Qxc2 Bxf6 19. b3 Qxb5 $11) 18... Bxf6) 18.
Bxa4 $16 {aiming for b3.} Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxa4 20. Nd1 Rb4 21. a4 (21. Nc3 $1 $16
) 21... d5 $1 $14 22. Qd2 {[%csl Bb4,Bh6]} Qd6 23. exd5 e4 24. Qxh6 Qf8 (24...
Qxd5 $11 25. Ne3 Qd8) 25. Qxf8+ $16 Kxf8 26. Nd2 Bxd5 27. Re3 (27. Nc3 $14 {
might be stronger.} Bb7 28. Ra2) 27... Bd4 {This bishop pair is nice.} 28. Rea3
f5 29. g3 g5 30. Ne3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 {And now Rf1 would win.} Rxb2 32. Nf1 Bc4 (
32... Ra8 $11) 33. Rc3 Be2 {...Bf3 is the strong threat.} 34. Rac1 $1 ({
Don't blunder} 34. Rxc7 $2 Bf3 35. Nd2 Rxd2 $19) 34... Ra8 35. R3c2 ({Much
weaker is} 35. Rxc7 $6 Rxa4 36. Rc8+ Ke7 $11) 35... Rxc2 36. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf3 37. Rc4 {Strongly threatening Nd2.} ({But not} 37. Rxc7 $6
Rxa4 38. Rd7 Rb4 $11) 37... Ke7 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (
37... Ra7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Rxc7+ $18 Ke6 {[#]} 39. Rc4 Be2 40. Rb4
Rc8 41. Nd2 Bd3 42. b6 {[%CAl Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rc1+ 43. Kf2 {Intending
b7 and mate.} Rc2 {[#]} 44. b7 $1 Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04
(flawless) /Black=0.46} (44... Rxd2+ 45. Ke1) 1-0
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2856"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,71,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-26,-24,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,99,110,104,50,
127,150,409,414,401,399,467,376,357,348,358,220,356,367,350,348,356,344,354,
368,368,365,363,345,366,361,346,356,358,337,322,275]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Bd7 9. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4]
Leaves trodden paths. E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Qc2 {
[#] The position is equal.} Nbd7 $146 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} ({
Predecessor:} 11... Bd5 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. e4 Bc6 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nxc4 Nb6 16.
Nxb6 cxb6 17. Bb2 Qd7 {1-0 (48) Cordova,E (2571)-Slade,T (2124) Saint Louis
2019}) 12. Rac1 a6 13. Qxc4 Nb6 $1 {[%csl Ba4,Bc4]} 14. Qc3 Nxa4 15. Qb3 {
[%CAl Oc1c6] Black must now prevent Rxc6!} Qd5 (15... Nb6 $15) 16. Rxc6 Qxc6
17. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Bb7,Bc6]} Qb5 18. Qc2 {aiming for Rb1.} Nd5 (18... Nb6 $1 $11
{keeps the balance.}) 19. Rb1 $16 Qa5 {[#] ...Nac3 is the strong threat.} 20.
Bxd5 (20. Nc4 $2 Qc3 21. Qxa4 b5 $19) (20. Be4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Re4h7]} g6 21.
Bxd5 (21. Nc4 $2 Qc3 $17) 21... exd5 22. Bb4) 20... exd5 (20... Qxd5 $14 21.
Qxa4 f6) 21. Rxb7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening Bb4. Black is in
trouble. White is more active.} (21. Bb4 $6 Qb6 22. Bc5 (22. Qxa4 a5 $17) 22...
Qa5 $11) 21... c5 {To avoid Bb4. Loses the game.} (21... Nc3 $16 22. Bb4 Qxa2
23. Qxc3 Qb1+ 24. Kg2 Qe4+ 25. Nf3 Rac8) 22. Qf5 $18 Rf8 23. Nxf7 Qd8 24. dxc5
Qf6 25. Qxf6 {The board is on fire.} gxf6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. c6 {[%CAl Bc5c6,
Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 28. c7 Nc3 29. Bb2 d4 {[#]} 30. Nf7+ $1 ({Less strong is
} 30. e3 Nd5 $14) 30... Kg7 31. Nd6 Kg6 32. Kf1 ({Don't take} 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33.
e3 Nd5 34. Bxd4 Rxc7 $18) 32... Nb5 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. a4 Nxc7 35. Bxd4 Ne6 36.
Be3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.25 (precise)} 1-0
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 23,53,15,17,28,32,2,10,9,7,10,6,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 $1 13. Be3 {D46:
Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} exd4 14. Bxd4 Nf6 {
The position is equal.} 15. Bf5 Qa5 16. Bxc8 Rfxc8 17. Qb3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5
19. Rfd1 {[%CAl Od4g7]} Rd8 20. Kf1 {[%CAl Od4g7]} Nb4 21. Bc3 {[%CAl Od1d6]}
Nc6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 (22... Bxh2 $2 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. g3 $18) 23. Rxd4 Bc5 {[#]} ({
Don't do} 23... Bxh2 24. g3 $16) 24. Rg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Re1 Kf8 26. Re5 Bd4 27. Bb4+ Kg8 28. Re2 Bf6 29. Rc2 h5 30. b3 Rd7 31. Ke2
Kh7 32. Bd2 Bd4 33. Bb4 Bb6 34. Rc4 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. Bd2 Kg6 37. f3 {
½-½ (37) Epishin,V (2599)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2521) Seville 2002}) 24... Bf8
25. Rd4 Bc5 26. Rg4 Bf8 27. Rd4 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted
Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 26,80,17,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,2,16,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-10,-12,-7,-6,0,0,0,
-4,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,12,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 12. O-O b6
13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 {The position is equal.} Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Re3 Nf6 17. Qe1 Ng4 18.
Re2 Ba6 19. Red2 {[#] Threatening d5.} Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Bb7 20.
h3 Nf6 21. Re2 Qc7 22. Re3 Red8 23. d5 e5 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Ree1 Nd7 {1-0 (59)
Batsiashvili,N (2491)-Ovod,E (2366) Warsaw 2021}) 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qe2 Rc7 22.
Qd3 Nf6 23. d5 exd5 24. e5 Nd7 (24... Ne4 $2 {[#]} 25. Qxe4 $3 {[%mdl 512]}
dxe4 26. Rxd8 $18) 25. Qxd5 {[#] Qb5 is the strong threat.} Qe7 26. Qb5 {
[%CAl Rd2d7]} Nf8 (26... Nxe5 $2 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 $18) 27. h3 h6 28. Rd6
Rec8 29. Qd3 Rc3 30. Qf5 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc5 {[%CAl Oe7d6] White
must now prevent ...Qxd6!} 33. Qd3 Qb7 34. h4 Qe7 35. Rd8 {[%CAl Bd6d8,Bd8b8,
Bb8b7,Bb7a7][%mdl 32]} g6 36. Rb8 Kg7 37. Qe4 Nd7 38. Rb7 {Hoping for Qd4.} Qe6
39. Rxa7 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Qxe5+ {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error
Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,93,0,0,0,34,26,30,26,35,7,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-29,15,18,30,14,
21,18,25,20,25,25,18,7,11,14,12,12,12,19,19,14,12,18,37,22,32,13,16,15,12,0,6,
2,8,0,8,8,8,9,252,233,750,741,1235,1120,860,385,1269,1149,1158,1151,979,981,
12789,6953,9030,6920,1598,1070,29964,29966,29972,29963]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be6 6. e3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3.
..Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} g6 (6... g5 $5 {[%CAl Rg5h4]} 7. Nhf3 g4 $11) 7. b3 Bg7 {
[%CAl Oc6c5]} 8. Bb2 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Rc1 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising
side line.} Ne4 {[#]} 10. Nhf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nd7
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Ba3 Bf6 15. h3 Rfc8 16. g4 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 {
½-½ (87) Mamedyarov,S (2756)-Gelfand,B (2747) Jurmala 2015}) 10... Qa5 11. a3
c5 {Inhibits b4.} 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nd7 15. Rc2 Rad8 16. h3
Rfe8 (16... dxc4 $142 17. bxc4 cxd4 18. exd4 Nb6) 17. Ke2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 dxc4
19. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 20. Rxc4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Nb6 22. Rc5 Rc8 23. Rhc1 Rxc5 24. Rxc5
Rc8 {To avoid Rc7} 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 26. Kd3 Nd6
27. f4 f5 28. Nf3 Kf7 29. a4 Ne4 30. Kd4 Ke6 31. g4 Kd6 32. b4 Nf6 33. gxf5
gxf5 34. Ng5 {With the idea Nf7+.} e6 35. e4 {[%CAl Be3e4,Be4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]
} Nd7 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.} (35... fxe4 $11 {and Black has
nothing to worry.} 36. Nxe4+ Ke7) 36. Nxh7 $18 e5+ $2 (36... fxe4 37. Ng5 (37.
Kxe4 Nb6 $16) 37... e3) 37. fxe5+ Nxe5 38. exf5 Nc6+ 39. Kc4 (39. Ke4 $142 Ke7
40. h4) 39... Ke5 $2 (39... Ne5+ 40. Kd4 Nc6+ 41. Ke4 Nxb4) 40. f6 {[#] f7
would kill now.} Ke6 41. b5 {[%CAl Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Ne5+ 42. Kd4 a6 43.
Ng5+ Kxf6 44. Ne4+ Kf5 45. Nd6+ Kf4 46. b6 a5 47. Kc5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.42} ({Inferior is} 47. Nxb7 Nd7 $11) 1-0
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,52,-42,0,-14,14,3,9,8,7,-45,27,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-77,-79,-66,-83,0,
0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-10,-2,-10,0,-7,6,8,16,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4
d5 4. g5 Ne4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2
c4 b6).} Be7 7. h4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... f6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3
c6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nh3 Nb6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 Bd7 14. exd5 exd5 {1-0 (24)
Napoli,N (2353)-Pienabarca,N (2092) Rome 2009}) 8. Nh3 c6 9. Qc2 (9. Bxe4 $11
dxe4 10. Bf4) 9... e5 ({Better is} 9... Nd6 $1 $15) 10. Nd2 Nxd2+ 11. Bxd2 exd4
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf4 Be6 14. g6 (14. Qb3 $11) 14... Nc6 $17 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16.
Qb3 {[%csl Bb7,Bd5][%CAl Rg2d5]} Qd7 ({Black should play} 16... Bxh4 $17 17.
Bxd5 (17. Qxb7 Ne5 $15) 17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Nxd5 Rc8 $11) 18... Qxd5 19.
Nxd5 Rfd8) 17. Bxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} ({Not} 17. Nxd5 $2 Rad8 18.
Bg5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Bxd5 $19) 17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rc1 Kxh7
21. Nd3 Rd5 22. Bf4 Re8 23. Bg3 Bd6 24. Rg1 Re4 25. f3 Re7 26. Bf2 f6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)}
1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 16,46,40,42,38,29,21,24,13,43,48,60,50,49,54,56,51,53,43,43,43,43,46,46,
30,39,46,10,10,10,21,21,21]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5
exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 {[%csl Bc5,Bd5]} Bb6 {D33:
Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 sidelines.} 10. O-O ({Reject} 10. Bxd5 Nb4 11. Bf3 Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 O-O $11) 10... d4 11. Na4 O-O {White has an edge.} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Nxb6
axb6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd4 Rd8 {[#]} 17. Qxf6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17. Qxb6 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Qxb2 19. Qxc6 Rdc8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. e3 Bd3
22. Qd1 Bc2 23. Re2 Bxd1 24. Rxb2 {1-0 (41) Tsvetkov,A (2394)-Mischuk,D (2364)
Cheliabinsk 2021}) 17... gxf6 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {Hoping for Rd8+.} Be6
20. Nc1 Bxa2 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 {The position is equal.} 22. Rd6 {[%csl Bc6,Bf6]}
Kg7 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 {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 "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,90,8,13,19,27,3,0,0,10,7,12,7,11,3,25,8,10,-5,-8,-9,-11,-12,-16,-20,
0,0,0,0,-25,-39,0,-52,-28,-52,-54,-79,0,0,47,39,75,54,67,52,94,91,92,95,83,85,
77,70,162,58,64,6,0,13,139,123,139,54,27,0,0,0,0,-41,-41,-97,-97,-101,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 {Marin,M} c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 {[%CAl
Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} e5 6. a3 Nge7 $1 {The main line 6...Nge7
scores better than 6...a5.} 7. d3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg7
5 Nf3.} O-O 8. Nd2 d6 9. Rb1 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. O-O a5
11. Nd5 Be6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Ne4 Kh8 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. Bd2 Rab8 16. Qc1 h5 17.
Bh6 Bh3 18. Re1 {½-½ (18) Gelfand,B (2733)-Grischuk,A (2747) Kazan 2011 CBM
143 [Marin,M]}) 10. b4 b6 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. bxc5 dxc5
15. O-O {[%CAl Be1g1,Bg1h1,Bh1h2,Bh2g2][%mdl 32]} f5 16. Ned5 {To avoid f4}
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 f4 18. f3 {[%CAl Rg3f4]} Rbf7 19. Kh1 fxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. Be3 (
21. Kg2 $11) 21... Nf5 $15 22. Rg1 Qd7 23. Kh2 Qd6 ({Black should play} 23...
Nxe3 $17 24. Nxe3 g5) 24. Bg5 $11 Nd4 (24... Bh6 $11 {is more appropriate.} 25.
Bxh6 Nxh6) 25. Kg2 $1 $14 b5 26. Nc3 $1 bxc4 27. dxc4 Qe6 (27... Qc6 $14) 28.
Qd3 $1 $16 Rd7 {[%CAl Od4f3] [#]} 29. Rgd1 $1 Rff7 {[%CAl Od4f3]} 30. Rb8+ Kh7
{aiming for ...Nc6.} 31. Rd8 Rb7 (31... Rxd8 $14 32. Bxd8 Rb7) 32. Ne4 {
Really sharp!} (32. Rh1 $18 {White threatens Rxh5+ and mate.} Rf5 33. Bd2 (33.
Ne4 Rb3 $14)) 32... Rb3 $14 {[#]} 33. Rxd4 Rxd3 $11 34. R4xd3 Bh6 (34... Qxc4
$2 35. Nd6 Qa2 36. R1d2 $18) (34... Bf8 $1 $11) 35. Rd5 Qa6 36. R1d2 {White is
much more active.} ({Resist} 36. Rxc5 $6 Bf8 37. Rxe5 Qxc4 $16) ({Much less
strong is} 36. Rxe5 Bg7 37. Rxc5 Bf8 $16) (36. Rd7 $16 Qxc4 37. R1d2) 36... Kg7
$14 37. Rxc5 {Threatens to win with Rd6.} Qxa3 38. Rxe5 Bxg5 39. Rxg5 (39. Nxg5
$11 Re7 40. Red5) 39... Rf5 $1 $15 40. Rd5 (40. Rd7+ $15 Kh6 41. Rxf5 gxf5 42.
Rd6+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. Nf2) 40... Rxg5 $17 41. Nxg5 Qe3 ({Better is} 41...
Qb2 $17 42. Kf1 Kf8) 42. Rd7+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44.
Rd7+ Kg8 45. Rd8+ Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /
Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 20,75,27,24,43,31,35,42,39,22,24,29,22,32,28,29,30,25,18,29,37,21,29,28,
23,40,74,66,52,20,26,19,92,38,43,43,41,25,42,20,39,41,41,41,30,36,30,49,37,26,
34,18,41,0,24,14,22,11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 b4 {C88: Closed Ruy
Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 12. d3 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 $1 {[%mdl 4] [#] White
is slightly better. 13...h6 is the recent fashion.} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 14. Nbd2 Nh7 15. Bc4 Ng5 16. Bd5 Bd7 17. Ra6 Qe8 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf3 Bxc1
20. Qxc1 {0-1 (64) Ter Sahakyan,S (2637)-Duda,J (2760) Warsaw 2021}) 14... Re8
15. Nbd2 Bf8 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. d4 {[#] Threatens to win with d5.}
exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qe8 21. d5 Re7 22. Ra4 Rb2 23. Qxb2 Qxa4 24. Bd4
Nh5 (24... Nxd5 $2 25. Ra1 Qc6 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Be3 $18) 25. Ra1 Qd7 {[#]} (
25... Qe8 $11) 26. Qc3 {White is much more active.} (26. Qc2 $1 $16) 26... Nf4
$14 {White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 27. Qf3 {Inhibits Ne2+.} Ng6 28. Rc1 Qa4
29. Qd3 f5 30. g3 {Inhibits Nf4.} ({Much worse is} 30. exf5 Nf4 31. Qc4 Qxc4
32. Rxc4 Nxd5 $15) 30... fxe4 31. Nxe4 {[%CAl Oe4f6] And now Nf6+! would win.}
Qe8 32. Nc3 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe8 35. Qb5 Qc8 36. Qd3 (36. Qc4 $14 {
feels stronger.}) 36... Ne7 37. Qe4 c6 38. dxc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
09 (flawless) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,74,14,12,23,10,13,13,22,21,37,42,33,0,0,0,0,0,38,35,52,71,44,36,52,
54,58,50,43,39,51,47,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-276,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1186,-1164,
-1171,-1155,-1110,-958,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29990,-1990]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 {[#] C54: Giuoco
Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Na3 $146 (8. O-O {is
interesting.} O-O 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Rb8 11. a4) ({Predecessor:} 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9.
O-O g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. a3 Nh7 12. Kh1 Kh8 13. b4 h5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Bxe5+ dxe5
16. Nxe5 {0-1 (34) Adhiban,B (2672)-Vidit,S (2727) Kolkata 2021}) 8... Bxa3 9.
bxa3 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Nb8 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Rb1 g5 13. Bg3
Nxe4 14. Qc2 f5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rfe1 $1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e4 18. g4 Nc5 19. Nd4
$1 Rf8 20. gxf5 Bxf5 {[#]} 21. Rxb7 $1 Rf6 $1 22. Qb1 (22. Rb5 $1 $14 c6 23.
Rb6) 22... Nxb7 $11 23. Qxb7 Rd8 {Hoping for ...Qc5.} 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxe4
Rd1+ 26. Kh2 {[#] Threatening mate with Qc8+.} Re5 27. Qc6+ Kd8 28. Qa8+ Kd7
29. Bb5+ $1 Ke6 $1 (29... Rxb5 $2 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qc6 $18) 30. Qc8+ ({
Avoid the trap} 30. Qc6+ $2 Kf7 31. Rxe5 (31. Rd4 $2 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Rf5 $19)
31... Qxe5+ 32. g3 Kg7 $19) 30... Kf6 (30... Kf7 $5 31. Bc4+ Kg6 32. Qg8+ Kf6
$11) 31. Qh8+ Kf5 {The board is on fire.} 32. f3 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qc8+ $11
Kg6 33. Qg8+ Kf6 34. Qh8+ Kf5 35. Qc8+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37. Qh8+) 32... Rxe4
$19 33. fxe4+ Kxe4 34. Qa8+ Ke3 {( -> ...Qe5+)} 35. Bc6 Qe5+ {Black mates.} 36.
g3 g4 37. Qa7+ Kd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.02 (flawless)} (
37... Ke2 $142 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Qf2+ Kd3 40. Kg1 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Qf5+ 42. Kg2 Ke3
43. Be8 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Kf3 45. Bc6+ Kxg3 46. Be8 Qh2#) 0-1
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,139,0,20,31,9,7,10,15,0,7,0,20,15,27,17,36,37,27,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,20,20,
40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,10,0,0,0,8,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 {9...Bd7
deserves study.} 10. Nc3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11.
Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. b3 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ {[#]} Bxd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14...
Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Kc8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 c5 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Bc1 h4 20. Bb2 c4 {
0-1 (36) Crapulli,G (2155)-Herzog,A (2116) LSS email 2016}) 15. Rd1 Be7 16. g3
Rg8 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Nce4 c5 19. c3 b6 20. Re1 {[%CAl Oe4f6]} Bd8 {Inhibits
Nf6+.} 21. f3 Rf8 22. Kf2 Ne7 23. g4 {[%CAl Oe4f6]} (23. Nf6+ $5 gxf6 24. exf6
$11) 23... hxg4 {The position is equal.} 24. hxg4 Ng6 25. Bg3 Rh8 26. c4 Nf8
27. Kg2 a5 28. Bf4 Bd7 29. Bd2 a4 30. Nc3 axb3 31. axb3 Bxg5 32. Bxg5 Ne6 33.
Be3 Bc6 34. Nd5 g5 {Prevents f4.} 35. Rd1 Kf8 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Ne7 Bb7 38. Nf5+
Kg6 39. Ne7+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kg6 41. Re1 f6 42. exf6 Kxf6 43. Bc1 {[#] aiming for
Bb2+.} Rd8 44. Bb2+ Kf7 45. Re3 Bc8 46. Be5 Rd2 47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Bxf4 {[%CAl
Oe3e6] [#] Rxe6! is the strong threat.} Rd1 49. Be5 Kf8 50. Kf2 Rh1 {Prevents
Rh3.} 51. Rd3 {[%CAl Oe5c7]} Rh7 52. Kg3 Rd7 53. Re3 Rd1 54. Kf2 Rh1 {Inhibits
Rh3.} 55. Rd3 {[%CAl Oe5c7] Threatening Bxc7!} Rh7 56. Rd1 Bb7 57. Bg3 Be4 58.
Re1 Bxf5 59. gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd4 {[%csl Bb3,Bf5]} 60. f6
Rh6 61. Bxc7 Rxf6+ 62. Kg2 Rc6 63. Bf4 Nxb3 64. Re4 Rf6 65. Kg3 Kf7 66. Kg4
Rg6+ 67. Bg5 $1 Na5 68. Re7+ Kf8 {[%CAl Og6g5] White must now prevent ...Rxg5+!
} 69. Rd7 Nxc4 {And now ...Ne5+ would win.} 70. Kf5 {Prevents Ne5. Weighted
Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,111,0,-28,-20,0,14,7,20,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,31,36,11,41,0,6,24,45,
36,30,33,44,22,29,22,37,30,43,6,2,10,63,55,129,145,156,119,214,206,203,210,206,
161,257,247,249,250,252,257,258,264,259,257,260,217,214,206,198,201,189,175,
172,175,166,160,171,159,209,197,191,202,376,362,534,515,1012,989,1807,1608,
5285,6073,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29978,29978,29979,29986,29986,29986,
29983,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Ne5
{B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Qc7 {[#]} 7. Nxc6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qg5 f6 9. Qg3 Qxe5 10. Qxe5 fxe5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12.
Nxe4 Nb4 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {0-1 (27) Davis,M (1600)-Godat,T (2137) FICGS email
2008}) 7... bxc6 8. Bc4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Kh1 Nf6 (9... Bxh2 10.
g3 Bxg3 11. fxg3 $14) 10. Nc3 e5 (10... Bxh2 11. g3 $14) 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3
O-O 13. d3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Bg5 Qd7 (15... Rab8 $5 {[%CAl Rb8b2]}) 16.
Bxf6 (16. Qe2 $14) 16... gxf6 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rae1 {And now Qg3+
would win.} f4 {Prevents Qg3+.} 20. Re4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.}
Rab8 $1 21. b3 Rb4 $1 22. Rfe1 {[%CAl Bf1e1,Be1e4,Be4g4][%mdl 32]} Rf5 23. Qe2
{[%CAl Re4e5]} Rxe4 24. Qg4+ Kh8 (24... Kf7 $11 25. Rxe4 Qd8) 25. Rxe4 $14 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} f3 {White stays focused until the end.} ({Better
is} 25... Qf8 $14) 26. gxf3 $16 Qf8 27. Qg3 {White is more active.} h6 {[#]} (
27... Rf4 $16) 28. Kg2 $1 $18 ({Not} 28. Rxe5 Rxf3 29. Qg4 (29. Qg1 $2 Rf1 $19)
29... Rf4 $15) 28... Qf6 29. Rg4 Kh7 30. Qh4 {Strongly threatening Qxf6.} Qxh4
(30... Rxf3 $142 31. Qxf6 Rxf6) 31. Rxh4 {KR-KR} Rf4 32. Rg4 h5 33. Rg5 Rf5 34.
Rg3 Rf4 35. Kf2 Rf7 36. Rg5 {[%csl Be5,Bh5]} Rf5 37. Rg1 c4 38. dxc4 e4 39. Rg3
h4 40. Rh3 Kg6 41. Ke3 {To avoid Rf4. Hoping for f4.} ({Much less strong is}
41. Rxh4 $6 Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Kf5 $14) 41... exf3 42. Rxf3 Ra5 (42... Re5+ $16 43.
Kf2 Re4) 43. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Re5+ 44. Kd3 {
Threatens to win with Re3.} Rg5 $2 (44... Re1 45. Rf4 Kg5) 45. b4 {[%CAl Bb3b4,
Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rg1 (45... a6 $142 46. Rf8 Kg7) 46. b5 c5 (46... Ra1 $142 47.
Kd4 cxb5) 47. a5 Rd1+ 48. Ke4 Rd4+ 49. Ke5 Rxc4 50. b6 {White mates.} axb6 51.
axb6 Rxc2 {[#]} 52. Rb3 $1 ({Weaker is} 52. Rf6+ Kg7 53. Rxe6 Rxh2 $11) 52...
c4 53. Rb1 c3 54. b7 Re2+ 55. Kd4 c2 56. Rg1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
06 (flawless) /Black=0.35} 1-0
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 20,41,23,24,33,14,60,65,69,72,71,66,63,47,60,26,26,26,31,24,14,35,25,56]
} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Na4 Bb7 11. e4 Rc8 {D47: Semi-Slav: Meran System.} 12. a3
{[%CAl Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32] [#]} c5 $146 (12... bxa3 $11 13. b4 (13. bxa3 c5
$11) 13... Bxb4) ({Predecessor:} 12... bxa3 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Bxa3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3
c5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qb1 Bc8 19. Rxa7 {½-½ (33) Rets,Y (2213)
-Tkachenko,I (2338) ICCF email 2018}) 13. Nxc5 $14 Nxc5 {White is slightly
better.} 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. axb4 Bb6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Be3 {
[#] Strongly threatening Bxb6.} Bxe4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Ne5 {Black must now
prevent Ra7.} g5 $1 {And now ...Rd5 would win.} 21. Ra7 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,83,18,8,16,2,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,18,41,25,0,35,0,48,0,39,32,43,30,47,50,
45,36,36,41,26,24,30,30,41,19,64,32,76,50,77,80,68,64,62,44,39,54,238,253,247,
254,252,246,248,239,256,272,247,255,262,262,258,241,427,427,420,408,383,392]}
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 {[%CAl Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} d6
6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5
d4 and 5 d3.} 9. a4 {9.Nbd2 is setting a new trend.} a5 10. d4 Bb6 {[%CAl
Of6e4] [#] The position is equal.} 11. Bb3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({
Predecessor:} 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Bf4 Nfxd5
16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2758)-Vitiugov,N (2747) Wijk
aan Zee 2020}) 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Na3 Qc8 14. Nb5 Na7 15. Na3 Nc6 $1 {
[%CAl Od7h3]} 16. Nb5 Na7 17. c4 (17. Qd3 $14) 17... Nxb5 18. axb5 exd4 19.
Nxd4 c6 20. bxc6 $1 bxc6 21. Bf4 Qa6 22. Bxd6 {[#] Hoping for e5.} Qa7 $1 23.
c5 $1 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd3 g6 (25... a4 $11) 26. Rad1 a4 (26... Rab8 $14
{feels stronger.}) 27. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qg5
28. f4 Qh4 {[%CAl Of6d5]} 29. Nf3 Qg3 30. Ne5 Qxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Reb8 $2 {A
mistake that costs the game.} 32. Nxd7 $18 Nxd7 33. Rxd7 Rxb2 34. Re2 a3 {
[#] aiming for ...a2.} 35. Rd1 a2 36. Ra1 c5 37. Kf2 Ra3 38. Ke1 c4 39. Kd2 Rg3
$2 (39... Rb7 {was necessary.} 40. e5 Kf8) 40. Kc1 c3 41. Kd1 h5 42. e5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.24 (precise)} 1-0
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,62,13,30,4,8,0,0,20,10,0,6,-74,15,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-29,-31,
-29,-20,-55,-27,-65,-65,-69,-74,-77,-75,-62,-33,-102,-97,-117,-106,-150,-116,
-144,-33,-474,-454,-1085,-1358,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6
f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3 {
The position is equal.} a6 9. Qd2 Ne5 {[#]} 10. f4 $146 {[#]} (10. h4 $11 {
remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 b5 13. Qe1
Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Bf4 d6 {½-½ (42) Manik,M (2495)-Laznicka,
V (2480) Brno 2005}) 10... Nc4 (10... Bb4 $1 $17 {[%CAl Of6e4] And now ...
Nxe4! would win.} 11. fxe5 Nxe4 $1) 11. Bxc4 $11 Qxc4 12. e5 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3
14. Qxe3 b5 (14... Bc5 15. O-O-O $16) 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Ne4 {
[%CAl Og1g7]} Kb8 18. Rd3 Rc8 19. Rgd1 Be7 (19... Bd5 20. Nc3 $11) 20. Rc3 Qa4
21. Rcd3 Bxe4 {This bishop pair is nice.} 22. b3 Qa5 23. Qxe4 Rc7 (23... f5 $5
{[%CAl Rf5e4]} 24. Qf3 g5 $15) 24. f5 (24. Ne2 $15) 24... Rhc8 $17 25. Rg3 Ba3
26. h4 (26. Qe1 $142 Bb4 27. Qe3) 26... Qb4 {[%CAl Oc7c2]} 27. h5 {[#]} Rc3 $40
{[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack. Really sharp!} ({Stronger than} 27... exf5
28. Qxf5 Qc5 29. Re3 $15) (27... Rxc2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rc1+)} 28.
Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Qf4 30. Rxg7 Qxf5) 28. Rxg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move
loses the game for White.} (28. fxe6 $1 $15 dxe6 29. Rxg7) 28... Rh3 $1 $19 ({
Not} 28... exf5 29. Qd5 (29. Qxf5 Rxb3+ 30. cxb3 Qxd4) 29... Rh3 30. Qd6+ Qxd6
31. exd6 $17) 29. Qe1 {[#]} (29. Nc6+ $142 Rxc6 30. Rg8+ Kc7 31. Qxb4 Bxb4 32.
Rg7) 29... Rh1 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rg1 (30. Nc6+ Rxc6) 30... Rxg1 31. Qxg1 Qc3
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.74/Black=0.14 (very precise)} 0-1
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2856"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,103,14,27,4,29,14,27,21,21,15,15,7,18,15,21,16,23,29,31,22,26,12,48,
55,62,55,84,93,81,69,68,20,33,24,75,60,60,46,50,60,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54,0,
170,159,162,128,221,0,348,352,533,0,0,0,0,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-19,-67,
-21,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,0,-15,-15,-15,0,-15,0,-15,0,-15]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3.
Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 {[%CAl Bc1b2,Bb2c3,
Bc3e1][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 9. e3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 9.
Nbd2. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 {White
has an edge.} Be4 12. Qe2 e6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc5 16. Be1 Ne4
{[#]} 17. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a4 f5 18. Qe2 Rf7 19. Bg2 Bf8 20. f3 Nf6
21. Bc3 Bb4 22. Bb2 Qe7 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 {
½-½ (38) Ganguly,S (2644)-Bu,X (2711) Liaocheng 2017}) 17... f5 18. Rac1 g5
19. Qe2 g4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qxg4 Qe8 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rc5 (23. b4 $14) 23...
h5 24. Qh3 Qf7 (24... b5 $11) 25. Qg2 (25. Rb1 {keeps more tension.} Qf3 26.
Rc2 Rf6 27. b4 axb4 28. Bxb4 Qg4 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30. Be7) 25... a4 26. b4 Qd7 27.
b5 h4 28. Rdc1 (28. gxh4 Rf6 $15) ({Better is} 28. g4 $14) 28... Rf6 $1 $11 29.
bxc6 bxc6 30. g4 (30. gxh4 Kh8 31. Qg5 Rg8 $19) 30... h3 31. Qxh3 {And now Qh5
would win.} Raf8 32. Qg2 {g5 is the strong threat.} Rg6 (32... Rh6 $11) 33. g5
(33. h3 $1 $14) 33... Rf5 $2 (33... Rf3 $11) 34. h4 $18 {Hoping for Ra5.} Bf8
35. R5c2 Be7 36. Rb2 $2 (36. Kf1 $1 $18) 36... Bxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} 37.
Kf1 $1 (37. hxg5 $2 Rfxg5 38. Rb8+ Kh7 $19) 37... Qa7 {[#]} (37... Qd6 $142)
38. Qg4 $2 (38. hxg5 $2 Rfxg5 39. Qh1 (39. Qh2 $2 Qa6+ 40. Re2 Rg1+ 41. Qxg1
Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qxe2 $19) 39... Rg1+ 40. Qxg1 Qa6+ 41. Re2 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qxe2
$19) (38. Ke2 $1 $18) 38... Qa6+ $11 39. Kg1 Rg7 40. Rb8+ {[#]} ({Wrong is} 40.
hxg5 $2 Rgxg5 41. f3 (41. Rb8+ {is a self mate.} Kf7) 41... exf3 $19) (40. Rxc6
$5 Qxc6 41. Qxf5 Bxh4+ 42. Kf1 $11) 40... Bd8 $1 41. Rxd8+ Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8
43. Bb4+ Kg8 {[%CAl Bf8g8,Bg8g7,Bg7g6,Bg6h5][%mdl 32]} 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 45. a3 (45. Bd6 $1 $11) 45... Kg6 46. Kg2 Kh5 47. Rh1 c5
(47... Qc8 $15) 48. Bxc5 {The position is equal.} Qg6+ 49. Kf1 Qa6+ {[%mdl
1024] Black has compensation.} 50. Kg2 Qg6+ 51. Kf1 Qa6+ 52. Kg2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.37} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,63,33,9,14,11,7,5,10,6,22,0,10,14,22,19,13,14,14,12,13,25,10,20,20,
14,19,7,12,16,50,27,52,13,11,2,4,2,8,0,0,0,0,-22,-29,-40,-38,-40,-32,-67,-33,
-99]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
h3 Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. a4 a5
10. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {The position is equal.} 11.
Bb3 {is the new trend.} c6 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16.
Nxd4 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 {[#]} 19. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. b3
Bd7 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Qd2 Bc7 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Nde2 Nh4 24. Kh2 Nf5 25. Bf4 {
½-½ (25) Willmann,B (2345)-Susla,V (2307) LSS email 2020}) 19... Bc7 20. Qd2
Bd7 {Prevents Nb5.} 21. b3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Qe5 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Rf1 f6 25. Re1 Qd6
({Much less strong is} 25... Rxc3 26. Bf4 (26. Bd2 Qxg3 27. Bxc3 Qxc3 $11)
26... Qh5 27. Qd2 $18) 26. Nf5 Bxf5 (26... Qe5 $2 {[#]} 27. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]
} Kxg7 28. Bxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qd2+ Kg7 31. Qxd5 $18)
27. Qxf5 Ne7 28. Qg4 Rxc3 29. Bf4 Qc5+ {Black is slightly better.} 30. Kh2 $1 {
Hoping for Bxh6.} Kh7 31. h4 {Strongly threatening Qd7.} d4 {White must now
prevent ...Qf5.} (31... Rxb3 $2 32. Qd7 Ng6 33. h5 $18) (31... Qc8 $5 {[%CAl
Rc8g4]} 32. Qd1 Qd7 $17) 32. Qe6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very
precise) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} (32. Bd2 $15 Rxb3 33. Qd7) 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,81,31,27,35,30,-10,28,38,31,43,33,22,32,37,41,33,41,32,33,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,33,0,0,-23,-25,-24,29,0,0,-103,-102,-81,-94,-112,-99,-144,-83,-76,
-90,-83,-83,-88,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,19,242,227,236,232,210,205,340,350,331,
316]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {
D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 {now scores
much better than the old 7...Nc6.} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {[%csl Be4,Bf7] White
has an edge.} Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 h6 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 $1 13. Bxf6+ gxf6
14. Nxe4 f5 {[#]} 15. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc5 Kf6 16. Rd8 Bg7 17. Rxh8
Bxh8 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Ne5 20. Bd5 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 {½-½ (56) Radjabov,T
(2765)-Carlsen,M (2847) chess24.com INT 2021}) 15... h5 16. Bc4 Nd7 $1 17. Kb1
Ne5 18. Bb3 Kf6 $1 19. Rhe1 Re8 20. Ba4 Re7 21. h4 Ng6 22. Rd4 Rc7 $1 23. Bb3
e5 ({Better is} 23... Rc6 $1) 24. Rd8 (24. Rd5 $5 {[%CAl Rf2f4]}) 24... Nxh4
25. Re8 (25. Rh1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg5 26. Bc2) 25... Ng6 $1 $17 26.
Re6+ Kg5 27. Bc2 h4 $1 28. Re3 (28. Nxf5 $2 Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Nxh4 Rxh4
$1 $19) (28. Ne2 $142) 28... e4 ({Resist} 28... hxg3 29. Rxg3+ Kf4 30. Rf3+ Kg5
31. Rxf5+ Kh6 32. Rfxe5 $16 (32. Rff6 Kg7 $16)) (28... Bg7 $142 {And now ...
Nf4 would win.} 29. Rd6 (29. Nxf5 $2 Rxc2 30. Nxh4 Nxh4 $19) 29... Bf6) 29.
Nxf5 Kxf5 30. R3xe4 {[#] Threatening mate with R4e5+.} Rxc2 $1 31. Kxc2 Bc5 (
31... Bg7 $17 {...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 32. Re8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8 Bd4) 32. g4+
$1 $11 Kg5 33. f4+ Nxf4 34. R6e5+ Kxg4 35. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN}
Kf3 36. Rb4 {Threatens to win with Rf5.} h3 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (36... Ng2
$1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 37. Rc3+ $1 $18 Kg4 {White must now prevent ...
h2.} 38. Rcc4 Rf8 {Hoping for ...h2.} 39. Rxb7 h2 (39... Rf5 $142 40. Rg7+ (40.
Rxa7 h2 $14) 40... Kf3) 40. Rh7 Kg3 41. Kb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09
(flawless) /Black=0.19 (very precise)} 1-0
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 16,47,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,28,24,25,31,13,-19,-23,-20,-28,-23,-18,
-26,-37,-68,0,-78,0,-70,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5
Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7...Nxe5.} 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 c5 {[%CAl Bc7c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32] C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} 10. Qf3
c4 $1 11. Bf5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 {[#]} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 14. Rd1 f6 15. Rxd5 Qb6 16. Be3 fxe5 17. Rxc5 Rxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe2 Rd8
20. g3 {1-0 (65) Van Foreest,J (2621)-Fridman,D (2637) Batumi 2019}) 14... Bxe3
15. Qxe3 b6 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 $11 {KRR-KRR} Rc5
20. f3 Ra5 21. Re7 Rf7 (21... Rxa2 22. Rxd5 Ra1+ 23. Kf2 $11) 22. Re8+ Rf8 23.
Re7 Rf7 ({Of course not} 23... Rxa2 24. Rxd5 Rxc2 25. h3 $11 (25. Rdd7 Rc1+ 26.
Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Kg3 Kh8 $11)) ({Black should try} 23... g6 $15) 24. Re8+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,76,38,10,7,4,12,6,11,4,37,18,11,0,-2,-9,0,-2,25,24,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3
d6 10. c3 Na5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 11. Ba2 {[%CAl
Bb3a2,Ba2b1,Bb1c2][%mdl 32]} c5 $1 12. Bg5 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12...
h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 b4 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4
Rac8 19. b3 a5 20. Bb1 Rfd8 21. Qd3 Qg4 22. Rcd1 Rd7 23. Nd2 Bd8 24. Nf1 {
½-½ (24) Marek,S (2381)-Filipek,J (2370) Slovakia 2003}) 13. Nbd2 bxa4 14.
Bb1 Bc6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc2 {The
position is equal.} Nb3 20. Nxb3 axb3 21. Bxb3 {[%CAl Of3e5]} Nf6 22. Bc2 Rfb8
23. b3 Bb5 24. Qd2 Nh7 25. Rad1 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. Re3 Rc8 28. dxe5 dxe5 29.
Bd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Qxd2 31. R1xd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc1+ 32. Rd1
Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 {KR-KR} Rb8 34. Rd3 Rb4 35. f3 a5 36. h4 h5 37. Rd5 {[%csl Ba5,
Be5]} f6 $1 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error
Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,27,16,25,6,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 {[%CAl Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2b3][%mdl 32]} c5
8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines
with 7 Nf3.} O-O {The position is equal.} ({Don't take} 9... Qxc3 10. Rc1 Qb4
11. Rc4 $14 (11. Rxc5 O-O $14)) 10. Nb3 {[#]} Qxc3+ $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
relevant novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Nxc5 Nd7 12. Na4 a6 13. Rc1 b5
14. Nb2 Bb7 15. f3 Qa5 16. Qb3 e5 {0-1 (64) Grischuk,A (2776)-Nepomniachtchi,I
(2792) chess24.com INT 2021}) 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qb2 14. Bc1 {
An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.
03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]
1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:42]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:
35]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:42]} 9. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} c5 {
[%emt 0:04:53]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} b6 {[%emt 0:14:25]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:
01:20]} e5 {[%emt 0:09:56]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 13.
Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:11:34]} 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:12:05]} Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:02:08]} 15. h5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:
03:26]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:08:43]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 18.
Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:08:20]} 19. Qe3 {[%emt 0:05:29]} f5 {[%emt 0:
09:08]} 20. hxg6 {[%emt 0:08:36]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. a4 {[%emt 0:11:17]}
Bf6 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 22. a5 {[%emt 0:12:06]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 23. Qh3 {
[%emt 0:04:15]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:
27]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0:17:15]} Bf6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 28. axb6 {
[%emt 0:01:29]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} 30. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 31. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bd8
{[%emt 0:02:11]} 32. Nh2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Rfa1 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 34. Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:01:
18]} 35. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 36. f3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Rh8
{[%emt 0:01:06]} 37. Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 38. Rb7 {
[%emt 0:02:35]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 39. Raa7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:
13]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 41. Ra1 {[%emt 0:16:06]} Rh4
{[%emt 0:17:07]} 42. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:11:56]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 43. Qxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 44. Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:02:
24]} 45. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 46. Qe6 {[%emt 0:07:26]}
Qh4+ {[%emt 0:04:31]} 47. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 48. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:57]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 49. Kg1 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:
19]} 50. Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:48]}
Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 52. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 53. Rd1+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 54. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 55. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 56. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:26]}
Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 57. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 58. Kb3 {
[%emt 0:02:49]} g4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 59. d6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 60. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 61. d7 {[%emt 0:15:56]}
Rxd7 {[%emt 0:15:18]} 62. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 63. Ka4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 64. e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 1-0