[Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "7.1"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.25"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2138141273018769"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,31,13,32,32,63,19,0,5,0,15,9,12,15,13,13,44,23,41,43,48,58,44,-118,61,24,93,106,154,53,120,64,113,101]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Bd7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Bc2 Rc8 7. O-O g5 8. d4 g4 9. d5 gxf3 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxf3 Rg8 12. Rd1 e6 13. Nd2 b5 14. a4 a6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nf1 Nd7 17. Ng3 Ne5 18. Qh5 Rg7 19. Kh2 Qf6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qe2 Qd8 22. e5 Qh4 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 d5 25. Qxb5 c4 26. Ra7 Rd8 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Qxd5 Qe7 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Qxa8+ Qd8 31. Qb7 Bc5 32. f5 Bb6 33. Bh6 Rg8 34. Kh1 Qc7 35. Qd5 Rg3 36. e6 fxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kd8 38. Bf4 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "7.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.25"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2138140135579848"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,80,17,22,-12,16,18,11,4,4,4,6,7,17,21,4,16,17,19,4,0,22,24,33,26,14,-53,12,-19,12,-32,-32,81,12,-18,139,4,19,21,-14,-20,0,9,218,2,6,1,22,24,7,-7,9,8,22,35,6,58,66,83,77,77,45,81,42,87,64,-1,45,45,1,15,15,-1,-1,1,1,20,-1,26,12,21,21,14]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bd8 13. c4 Na5 14. Ba2 bxc4 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. dxc4 c5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nc6 19. Rb1 Rfc8 20. Qa4 Qb7 21. Rfd1 Be7 22. h3 Rcb8 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Be3 Rcb8 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Qc2 Qc7 27. Rdc1 a5 28. b5 Nb4 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Qc5 31. Ra4 Bd8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Bb3 Bb6 34. Rb1 Rc8 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. Ne1 Ra3 37. Rb1 Qd4 38. Nf3 Qc5 39. Ne1 Qd4 40. Nf3 Qc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "7.3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.25"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2138140462428433"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,71,15,25,20,26,30,52,28,23,35,42,44,47,41,9,20,43,11,18,24,49,41,65,188,228,148,428,212,222,31,67,66,9,-91,39,18,1,18,18,18,5,12,4,-39,0,6,-10,1,-6,40,50,51,39,77,57,54,49,67,20,98,61,114,44,98,54,88,95,117,78,130,112,127,127]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. e5 Nh5 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 Nd4 8. d3 O-O 9. g4 d5 10. h3 a6 11. Ba4 Ne6 12. gxh5 b5 13. Bb3 c4 14. h6 Bh8 15. dxc4 dxc4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Ng5 Bxe5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bg5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Kf7 23. Rab1 Bd5 24. Rb6 Rdb8 25. Reb1 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 Ke8 27. Kf1 Kd7 28. Ke2 Kc7 29. Rb2 Kc8 30. Ke3 Rb8 31. Rxb8+ Kxb8 32. Kd4 Kc7 33. Bxe7 Kc6 34. h4 Bg2 35. a3 Bf1 36. Bb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "7.4"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.25"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2138140756570431"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,92,22,-4,34,27,39,24,28,21,21,20,19,6,6,25,19,42,6,17,26,22,9,6,46,28,48,17,17,10,2,31,62,137,52,48,30,33,30,51,75,-50,49,58,63,47,49,36,35,43,39,39,67,35,6,37,9,-22,79,1,389,430,366,417,401,267,194,297,98,257,1,261,261,158,42,211,12,235,295,224,202,224,259,228,151,279,221,304,311,343,339,404,556,497,332]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. Rb1 Qb6 12. g4 Nfe7 (12... Ncxd4 13. gxf5 Nxf3 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxf3 (16. e6 {is also possible}) 16... Bf5 17. Be3 $13 {Gukesh thought it should be at least unclear}) 13. Be3 h5 14. g5 Nf5 15. g6 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bd3 Nce7 18. Rg1 Bg7 19. Na4 Qd6 (19... Qb4 20. Nc5 Rxc5 {was probably strong for him according to Gukesh}) 20. b4 b6 21. b5 {Here White started to get hopes} axb5 {simplification was probably not a good idea} (21... a5 22. Bc1 {[%CAl Yb1b3,Yc1a3]}) 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rc6 25. Qb3 O-O 26. Nxb6 Bh6 27. Na4 Nf5 28. Rc5 Rxc5 (28... Bxe3 $4 29. Qb7 $18) 29. Nxc5 Nxe3 $4 (29... Bxe3 30. Qb7 Qe7) (29... Rb8 30. Qa4 ({Gukesh wanted} 30. Qa3 Qe7 31. Re1) 30... Qe7) 30. Qb7 $18 Bg7 31. Re1 Nf5 ({Gukesh felt that his opponent probably missed} 31... Qf4 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxe6+) 32. Nxe6 Rb8 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Nxg7 Nxg7 35. Re7 Rg8 36. Rd7 Qb6 37. Rxd5 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 f5 39. Rc5 Qb2+ 40. Kf1 Qa1+ 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kf4 Qb8+ 44. Re5 Qd6 45. Kg5 Qb8 46. Kf4 Qd6 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "7.5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.25"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2138140734173489"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,49,18,-19,0,5,-2,0,16,11,-47,14,24,16,15,25,25,0,1,13,48,-17,68,20,25,25,2,0,21,45,57,12,73,241,51,50,56,106,29,37,23,76,46,59,56,59,-45,69,61,61,75,73]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 f6 10. d3 Be6 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rab8 17. Nd5 Kf7 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bf5 21. Rb5 a6 22. Rb6 Na5 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Bf2 Re8 25. Bf3 Rbc8 26. c5 Kg8 27. Kg2 Be4 28. h4 h5 29. Kg3 f5 30. Nb4 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "7.6"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.25"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2138141246058888"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,51,17,35,17,22,20,26,11,20,21,12,6,1,4,16,16,11,19,-15,-14,-29,-20,-41,-13,-28,-15,-7,-27,-20,-22,-49,4,-35,5,-1,1,23,-66,-23,-105,42,77,40,-5,-54,-13,-178,-159,-56,-162,-45,57,77]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2 Qe7 9. c5 g5 10. b4 Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. b5 g4 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. O-O Qxc5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ncb5 Qb6 19. Nd6 Bd7 20. N4f5 h5 21. f3 Rfb8 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. f4 Ng6 24. e4 Qb4 25. e5 Qa3 26. Ng3 Bxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Nxh5 Rb4 29. Bxg4 f5 30. Bf3 Rf8 31. a3 Rb7 32. Re1 Rf7 33. Qd4 Nf8 34. Re3 Nh7 35. Be2 Nf6 36. Rg3+ Kh7 37. Rg5 c5 38. Nxf6+ Rxf6 39. Qe3 Rb8 40. Bd3 c4 41. Qh3+ Rh6 42. Bxf5+ Bxf5 43. Qxf5+ Kh8 44. h3 Rd8 45. Rd1 d4 46. Qf7 Rh7 47. Qxc4 Qxf4 48. Qc5 Qe4 49. Rd3 a6 50. Rdg3 Qf4 51. Rf3 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "7.7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.25"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "121"] [GameId "2138140439269640"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,46,21,26,13,8,14,-65,15,12,25,15,24,23,18,25,19,-69,27,23,10,10,13,18,-13,17,18,-4,-87,0,-4,-22,-26,1,-7,1,27,19,43,65,46,91,41,73,47,45,47,0,5]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qd3 Bxf4 14. gxf4 a5 15. Kh1 Ra6 16. Rg1 Rb6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Bxc6 Nxf2+ 21. Kg2 bxc6 22. Qxf2 Qxe5 23. e4 Rfb8 24. Rab1 Rb3 25. Qc2 c5 26. Kh1 R3b4 27. Rg3 c6 28. Qg2 Kh8 29. Rf3 Kg8 30. Rf2 R8b7 31. Rg1 Kh7 32. Re1 Qg5 33. Ree2 Qe5 34. Re3 Qg5 35. Rg3 Qe5 36. Rgf3 Kg8 37. Rd2 Rd4 38. Re2 Rbd7 39. Ref2 Rd3 40. Rxd3 Rxd3 41. Qf1 Rd7 42. Qe2 Rd4 43. Qf3 Rd7 44. Kg2 f6 45. Qg3 Qxg3+ 46. hxg3 e5 47. Rc2 Rd4 48. Kf3 Kf7 49. Rc1 h5 50. Nd1 Rxa4 51. Ne3 Rb4 52. Rxc5 Rxb2 53. Rxa5 Rb7 54. Ra8 Rc7 55. Rh8 Kg6 56. Nc4 c5 57. Rd8 Kg5 58. Rd1 Rb7 59. Rc1 g6 60. Ne3 Rb5 61. Nc4 1/2-1/2