[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.28"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2856"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 7. a4 {7.Be3 is a critical line.} d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb8 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 Nbd7 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. a5 Rac8 16. Qc4 Kh7 17. Rad1 exd4 18. exd4 {1-0 (45) Aronian,L (2772)-Giri,A (2772) Warsaw 2021}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd6 15. Nd2 f5 {Inhibits Ne4.} 16. Bxe6+ Qxe6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 e4 19. d4 f4 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. exf4 Nxd4 22. Nxe4 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN } Ne2+ 23. Kf2 Nxf4 24. Rb1 b6 25. c5 Rf8 26. cxb6 {Threatens to win with b7.} cxb6 27. c4 Nd5+ 28. Ke2 Re8 29. cxd5 $16 Rxe4+ {KR-KR} 30. Kd3 Rxa4 (30... Rf4 $16 {is a better chance.}) 31. d6 $1 $18 Kf7 32. Re1 Ra5 33. Kd4 {To avoid Rd5+. Hoping for d7.} Ra2 {[#]} 34. Kd5 $1 {And now d7 would win.} ({Stronger than} 34. Re7+ Kf6 $11) 34... Rd2+ (34... Rxg2 $2 35. d7 $18 (35. Re7+ Kf6 $16) ) 35. Kc6 b5 {[#]} 36. d7 $2 (36. Re7+ $1 $18 Kf6 37. Re4) 36... Rc2+ $1 $11 { The position is equal.} 37. Kb6 Rd2 38. Kc7 {White threatens Re8 and mate.} Rc2+ 39. Kd8 b4 $1 (39... Rxg2 $2 40. Rf1+ Kg8 41. Rd1 $18) 40. Re7+ Kf8 41. Re3 Kf7 (41... Rxg2 $2 42. Rf3+ Kg8 43. Rd3 $18) 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Re5 {Black must now prevent Rf5+.} g6 {Inhibits Rf5+.} (43... Rxg2 $2 44. Rf5+ Kg8 45. Kc7 $18) 44. Re6 {Strongly threatening Rf6+.} b3 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Ke7 {Intending Rf7+ and mate.} Re2+ 47. Re6 Rxe6+ 48. Kxe6 b2 49. d8=Q {Qe7+ would kill now.} b1=Q {( -> ...Qe1+)} 50. Qc7+ Kg8 {...Qf5+ is the strong threat.} 51. Qd8+ Kg7 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.21 (precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.28"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [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. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines.} 7. e4 Na5 8. Bd3 Ba6 {The position is equal.} 9. Qe2 d6 ({Better is} 9... c5 $15) 10. f4 $11 Qd7 11. Nf3 $1 Qa4 12. Nd2 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rb1 Nb8 15. Rb5 c5 16. Rb1 Rd7 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Nbc6 {0-1 (56) Deze,V (2220)-Aleksic,N (2420) Barcelona 1991}) 13. O-O (13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rb1 (14. fxe5 Nd7 $17) 14... Nc6 $15) 13... O-O 14. fxe5 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rb1 ( 15. fxe5 Nd7 $17) 15... Qc6 $17) 14... dxe5 15. Rb1 (15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Rae8 $17) 15... c5 {[#]} (15... Nd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Rxf6 $1 $16 gxf6 {[#]} 17. Qf3 (17. Nb3 $1 $14 {feels stronger.}) 17... Qc6 $11 ({Don't do} 17... cxd4 18. Nb3 $1 Qc6 19. Nxa5 (19. Bh6 f5 $11) 19... bxa5 20. Bh6 $14) (17... exd4 18. e5 Rfe8 19. exf6 $18) (17... Bxc4 $2 18. Nxc4 h6 19. Bxh6 $1 $18) 18. d5 Qd6 19. Nf1 Kh8 (19... Bxc4 $2 20. Ne3 (20. Bh6 f5 $14) 20... Kh8 21. Bxc4 $18) (19... Nxc4 $2 20. Bxc4 (20. Bh6 f5 $16) 20... Bxc4 21. Ne3 $18) 20. Ne3 { White has compensation.} Bc8 21. Bd2 Rg8 22. Be1 Rg6 {[#]} (22... f5 $1 $14) 23. Bh4 $1 $16 Rh6 {[#]} 24. Qf2 {White is more active.} Bd7 25. Rf1 Kg7 $2 { Black cannot hold the game after this.} (25... Nb7 $16) 26. Be2 $18 Rg6 { Inhibits Bg4.} 27. h3 Bxh3 $2 (27... Rg8 28. Bh5 Rh6) 28. Bh5 Bd7 (28... Rf8 $142 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. gxh3 h5) 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Bxf6+ ({Not} 30. Qxf6+ Qxf6 31. Bxf6+ Kg8 $16) 30... Kg8 31. Qh4 {Threatens to win with Be7.} Rf8 32. Rf3 { Black must now prevent Be7.} Rf7 {Inhibits Be7.} 33. Qg5 Qf8 34. Qxe5 { Strongly threatening Qg5.} Nb7 (34... h6 $142 35. Rf2 Nb7) 35. Qf4 {White is clearly winning.} Nd6 36. e5 Ne8 37. d6 Nxf6 38. exf6 Qe8 39. Nd5 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qd1 41. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#]} 42. Rh3 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.37} 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.28"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. O-O f5 {[#] With the idea ...f4.} 14. exf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bg5 Qd5 16. Ba4 Kh8 17. Bb3 Qa5 18. d5 exf3 19. dxc6 Qxe5 20. Qxf3 fxg4 21. Qxg4 {0-1 (60) Reshef,O (2429)-Mindlin, A (2412) Kiryat Ono 2016}) 14... Qxf6 {[#] ...Nxc3 is the strong threat.} 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Qh4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Kh2 c5 (18... Qe7 $5 19. f4 (19. f3 c5 $15) 19... c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 19. dxc5 {[#] Strongly threatening Qd4. The position is equal.} Qe7 $1 20. Nc6 Qd7 $132 {Black is fighting back} 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Ne5 Qe7 $1 {An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.28"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 $1 {is currently scoring better than 9.Re1.} Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. Be3 Bd7 {[#]} 15. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nfd2 g6 16. c4 b4 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Nbd2 a5 19. Kh2 a4 20. Rc1 axb3 21. axb3 {0-1 (48) Ivic,V (2620)-Berkes,F (2676) Terme Catez 2021}) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 {Inhibits g4.} 17. c4 fxe4 18. Nfd2 bxc4 19. bxc4 Na4 20. Nxe4 Rab8 (20... Nb6 $11 {might be stronger.}) 21. Nbd2 $14 Bf5 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Qd7 24. Raf1 Rbe8 25. Qf3 Bg6 (25... g6 $2 26. g4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 $18) 26. Qg3 Nb2 27. Ng5 Rxf4 28. Bxf4 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Nd3 30. Rf3 Ne5 31. Ra3 Qb7 32. Rb3 Qc7 33. Bf4 Qa5 34. Qc3 Qd8 35. Qg3 Qa5 36. Qc3 Qd8 ({Don't do} 36... Qxa2 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rb6 $14) 37. Qg3 Qa5 {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 "2022.01.28"] [Round "11.5"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. Bd3 {[#] D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} Bb4 $1 $146 {A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Rac8 13. e4 e5 14. Rfe1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 g6 16. Rad1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. h3 Rfd8 {1-0 (40) Ding,L (2791)-Yu,Y (2709) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Rac1 h6 14. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Rad8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Bb1 Bd6 17. Re1 Bb4 18. Red1 Rc8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Qc2 {White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Nf8 {Prevents Qh7+.} 22. Ne2 b5 23. Nd4 (23. cxb5 $15 cxb5 24. Qd3) 23... dxc4 ({Black should try} 23... bxa4 $17 24. bxa4 Ba6 25. cxd5 cxd5) 24. bxc4 $15 bxa4 25. Qxa4 c5 26. Ne2 {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} Red8 {To avoid Rd6} 27. Qc2 {To avoid Bd2} Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 {[#]} Rd8 $1 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Nc3 {To avoid Be4} (30. Ng3 $17) 30... Bxc3 $19 31. Bxc3 {[#]} Be4 $40 {Black goes for the king.} 32. Qc1 Bxb1 33. Qxb1 a4 34. h3 (34. h4 $142) 34... a3 35. Kh2 Qa8 {aiming for ...a2.} 36. Qb3 (36. Qb6 {was necessary.}) 36... a2 37. Ba1 Qa5 38. Kg3 g5 39. h4 gxh4+ 40. Kxh4 Ng6+ ( 40... Qe1 $142 41. Qxa2 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 h5) 41. Kg3 h5 {...Qe1 is the strong threat.} 42. Qb2 $2 (42. Kh2 {was the only chance.}) 42... Qd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. f4 (43. Kh2 $142 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qxc4 45. Kh2) 43... Qh4+ 44. Kf3 Qe1 {( -> ...Nh4+)} 45. Qxa2 Nh4+ 46. Ke4 Qf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.65/Black=0.10 (very precise)} 0-1 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.28"] [Round "11.6"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 6. Rb1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bd6 $1 {outshines the older 6...Nc6.} 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 8. dxc5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. f3 f6 14. Nd3 {1-0 (60) So, W (2770)-Vidit,S (2726) chess24.com INT 2021}) 8... Qxc5 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2