[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.02.01"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2733"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,64,-1,5,6,27,22,24,16,28,6,11,21,40,35,29,0,26,13,30,14,33,25,25,22,22,20,24,25,41,36,35,37,36,33,35,36,48,5,23,19,33,2,26,0,0,0,30,14,31,18,26,0,5,0,0,0,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 a5 {[%CAl Ya7a5,Ya5a4][%mdl 32]} 6. Ngf3 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+).} d6 {6...d5 gains popularity.} (6... b6 7. a3 Be7 8. e4 d6 9. O-O c5 10. e5 Ne8 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Ne1 Ba6 16. Nd3 Ra7 17. Re1 c4 18. Nf4 d4 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qb6 21. e6 {Md Imran (2170)-Ilincic,Z (2274) Pozarevac SRB 2024 0-1 (38)}) 7. O-O a4 $146 (7... Bxd2 8. Bxd2 Nbd7 (8... Qe7 9. Bc3 (9. Qc2 e5 10. Rfd1 e4 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. f3 exf3 13. Qxf5 fxg2 14. Bc3 Qe3+ 15. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 16. Kh1 h6 17. Nf3 Qxc4 18. d5 Qe4 19. Qf4 Nbd7 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Bxf6 Qxf4 22. gxf4 {Aradhya,G (2198)-Terry,R (2504) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (43)}) 9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Rac1 e5 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nd2 d5 16. e3 Nf6 17. Qc7 Bd7 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Qc3 b6 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 {Giri,A (2764)-Terry,R (2504) Lichess.org INT 2020 ½-½ (61)}) 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bc3 d5 11. Nd2 c6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Qd2 b6 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qf3 b5 22. d5 {Goltseva,E (2280)-Borges Feria,Y (2439) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (42)}) 8. Qc2 {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Ne4 $146 (9. a3 Bxd2 10. Bxd2 Bd7 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Bc3 Na5 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. f4 d5 15. Bb4 {½-½ Stefansson,V (2484)-Subelj,J (2492) Wch U20 60th 2023 (11)}) 9... Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qe7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 {[%CAl Yf3g5] [#] aiming for Ng5!.} Ne5 15. Bd2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Ra6 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Rb6 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. e4 Ke7 24. Bd1 Ra6 25. h3 f6 26. Rd4 Rb6 27. Rd2 Kd8 28. Kg2 Ra8 29. Be2 Ra5 30. f4 Bb5 {The position is equal.} 31. Bg4 Be8 32. Be2 Bb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.09 (flawless) Inaccurate: White=4 Black=2 OK: White=8 Black=11 Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 96% Pretas 97% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 97.1% Pretas 97.2%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.02.01"] [Round "12.2"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 15,75,13,33,9,0,0,9,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,3,-5,-4,-3,-12,-8,-4,-8,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {[%CAl Yg8f6,Yf6e4,Ye4c3][%mdl 32]} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. Nc3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} (9. Nbd2 Re8 10. g3 h6 11. Nh4 Bh7 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Ng4 Nd5 20. Bxh6 f5 21. Bxf8 fxg4 22. Bh6 Re6 23. Be3 b5 {Caruana,F (2776)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (61)}) 9... Nxc3 $1 {The position is equal.} 10. bxc3 {[%CAl Yb2c3,Yc3c4,Yc4d5][%mdl 32] A sharp opening} Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nc6 $146 (11... Nd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 c6 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Re8 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Rab1 Qxb3 18. axb3 Kf7 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. Ra1 a6 21. Re2 Nc8 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. c4 Nd6 25. Nd2 Nf5 26. Nf3 {Toncheva,N (2197)-Siddharth,J (2340) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (58)}) (11... c6 12. Qb3 (12. c4 Bc7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Ba3 dxc4 15. dxc4 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Re7 Qd8 19. Qe3 Na6 20. Ng5 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qe4 g6 23. Nxf7 Qf6 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ {De la Fuente Gonzalez,C-Vazquez Gomez,L Oropesa del Mar 2001 0-1 (48)}) 12... b6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Re2 Nd7 15. Rae1 f6 16. Bh4 b5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rf7 19. a4 a6 20. Qa3 g6 21. Re6 Rc8 22. g4 Nf8 23. Re7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Qf4 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Ra7 {Yu Yangyi (2720)-Deac,B (2690) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (34)}) (11... Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qb3 Qc6 14. c4 Nd7 15. a4 Qb6 16. Qa2 Qc6 17. a5 h6 18. h3 Re8 19. Be3 Nf6 20. c5 Be7 21. a6 b6 22. Rc1 Qa8 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Qa4 c6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Ne5 {Adams,M (2706)-Smeets,J (2585) Karlsruhe 2020 1-0}) 12. c4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Qf6 15. cxd5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Re7 Qxd5 19. Rcxc7 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} h6 21. h3 Rd8 22. Qe3 Qxd3 23. Rxb7 Qxe3 24. fxe3 {KR-KR} Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Rd3 26. Rxa7 Rxe3 27. Ra8+ Kh7 28. Ra7 f5 29. Ra6 f4 30. Ra4 g5 31. Ra7+ Kg6 32. Ra6+ Kh5 33. a4 Re2 34. Rf6 Ra2 35. a5 Rxa5 36. g4+ fxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Ra3+ 38. Kg2 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless) OK: White=10 Black=17 Best: White=3 Black=2 Strong: --- Black=1 Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 99% Pretas 99% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.9% Pretas 99.3%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.02.01"] [Round "12.3"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2677"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 11,57,13,19,21,16,14,12,17,21,19,39,11,21,18,10,27,72,64,71,67,89,82,72,56,114,53,66,52,62,53,58,53,407,412,412,416,810,822,818,814,1177,1104,29979,29977,29977,29978,29997,-354]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be6 {6...h6 is the modern continuation.} 7. e3 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Nbd7 8. Be2 $146 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} (8. Bd3 Bd6 (8... Be7 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5 14. Nd4 O-O-O 15. O-O Kb8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Be2 g4 18. b4 Qxe5 19. Na4 Bd6 20. g3 Rc8 21. Nc5 Nf6 22. Qa4 Bxc5 {Bianchi,G (2430)-Stokstad,P (2205) Parthenay 1992 1-0 (37)}) (8... h6 9. Bh4 Be7 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nf3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg7 13. O-O g4 14. Nh4 Bf6 15. Bf5 Qe7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nf5 Nb6 18. a4 Kf8 19. a5 Nc4 20. a6 b5 21. Ne2 Bg5 22. b3 Nb6 {Giri,A (2733)-Makarian,R (2547) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (62)}) (9... Bd6 10. f4 Nb6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. b3 Bc8 13. O-O Nfd7 14. Bf2 Qc7 15. a4 Nf6 16. Rab1 Bb4 17. Na2 Bd6 18. b4 Be6 19. Ne5 Ng4 20. a5 Nc8 21. Nc3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nxf2 {Schratzenstaller,A-Welzel,H Augsburg 1994 1-0 (34)}) 10. Nge2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. a4 a5 16. Na2 g6 17. Qc3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxa5 Rd5 20. Qb6 Rg5 21. Nb4 Rc8 22. Ng3 Nf6 {Naroditsky,D (2621)-Fedoseev,V (2687) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (42)}) 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a6 13. Na4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Rbc1 Ne5 19. Rfd1 g5 20. Ne2 f5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. f4 Ng4 {Gundavaa,B (2500)-Nguyen,N (2629) Jakarta 2013 0-1 (64)}) 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 {The position is equal.} h6 10. Bh4 g5 $146 (10... Rc8 11. Nge2 O-O 12. h3 b5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. Nxg3 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. O-O c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 {1-0 Van Foreest,J (2695)-L'Ami,E (2645) NED-ch KO Utrecht 2023 (3.5)}) 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Qe7 13. Nf3 g4 $6 {Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best.} (13... O-O-O 14. b4 Kb8 15. a4 Rc8 16. Rb1 Ne8 17. O-O Nd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4) 14. Nh4 Nb6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. a4 {[%CAl Ya2a4,Ya4a5][%mdl 32]} Kb8 17. a5 Nc4 (17... Nc8 $14) 18. Na4 (18. a6 $16) 18... Nd6 $14 19. Nc5 (19. Qb3 {with more complications.} Nfe4 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Rc2) 19... a6 20. Rfc1 {[%csl Yc5][%CAl Yd3a6] Bxa6! is the strong threat. Strong Square White (c5) White is much more active.} Bc8 21. Qb3 Nb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. Ka8 was best. [#] This costs Black the game.} (21... Ka8) 22. Nxa6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} bxa6 23. Rxc6 Rd7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ka8 was best.} (23... Ne8 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qxb5+ Ka8) (23... Ka8 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Nf5 Qe8 26. Rxf6 Be6 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Rc5 Rc8 29. Qc2) 24. Nf5 Qd8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. a6 (26. Qxb5+ Rb7 27. Rb6 Qc7 $17 (27... Rxb6 $2 28. axb6 Qd7 29. Qa5 $18)) 26... Ra7 27. Qxb5+ {White mates.} Ka8 28. Nd6 Bd7 $4 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. [#]} (28... h5 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. e4 Rac7 32. e5 Nd7 33. Qxd5+ Ka7 34. Kh2) 29. Qb7+ $3 {[%mdl 33280] Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=1.09 Loss on time!? Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: White=1 Black=2 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=8 Black=9 Brilliant: White=1 --- Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 97% Pretas 83% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.1% Pretas 82.0%} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.02.01"] [Round "12.4"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 13,101,12,14,0,7,0,0,16,10,-5,20,0,82,19,14,0,55,0,46,48,28,6,0,-31,-35,-79,-78,-72,-78,-88,-89,-81,-81,-84,-59,-77,-23,-46,-28,-25,-20,-30,-33,-42,-31,-35,-20,-28,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,9,6,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-202,-198,-204,-204,-201,-180,-173,8,18,14,22,24,25,40,41,165,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7.g4.} Nd7 8. Rc1 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Ngf6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. Be2 Qb6 $146 (11... Nf8 12. Bg5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 N8d7 17. Kd2 Ke7 18. a4 Ne8 19. a5 Nd6 20. Na4 b5 21. Nb2 Nc4+ 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. e4 Nf6 24. f3 Rab8 25. Rb1 dxe4 26. fxe4 {Brynell,S (2434)-Keinanen,T (2287) Vaxjo 2017 ½-½ (42)}) 12. Qd2 Ng4 $6 $146 {Inaccuracy. O-O was best.} (12... Qd8) (12... Kf8 13. a3 Ne8 14. e4 dxe4 15. d5 Rd8 16. b4 Ndf6 17. Na4 Rxd5 18. Nxb6 Rxd2 19. Bxd2 axb6 {1-0 Volkov,S (2613)-Burmakin,V (2575) Ortisei Server24 op 2nd 2013 (7)}) (12... O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Bf3 Rfe8 15. Qe2 Qa6 16. Qd1 Bd3 17. Re1 g6 18. Qd2) 13. Bg5 (13. e4 $16) 13... Bd6 14. Bf4 Be7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Bxf4 was best.} (14... Bxf4 15. exf4) 15. Bg5 (15. e4 $14) 15... Qd8 (15... Bd6) 16. f3 $14 Ngf6 17. O-O $6 {Inaccuracy. e4 was best.} (17. e4 dxe4) 17... Nh7 18. Bxe7 $6 {Inaccuracy. f4 was best.} (18. f4 Nxg5) 18... Qxe7 19. f4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best.} (19. Kf2 Qxh4 20. Rh1 Qf6 21. Nxh5 Bxh5 22. Rxh5 g6 23. Rhh1 Ng5 24. f4 Ne6) 19... Qxh4 20. Qe1 f5 $1 21. Nxh5 Qe7 22. Bf3 (22. Qg3 $2 Nhf8 23. Nxg7+ (23. Qh3 $2 Bxh5 24. Bd3 g6 $19) 23... Qxg7 $19) 22... Bxh5 23. Bxh5+ Kf8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Kd8 was best.} (23... Kd8 24. Bg6 Qf6 25. Bxh7 Rxh7 26. Rf3 Qe6 27. Rh3 Rxh3 28. gxh3 Kc7 29. Qg3) 24. Nd1 {[%CAl Yc3d1,Yd1f2,Yf2d3,Yd3e5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 (24... Kg8 $17) 25. Bg6 Qe6 26. Qb4+ Kg8 27. Bxh7+ Rxh7 28. Rf3 Re8 29. Nf2 Nc4 30. Nd3 (30. Qxb7 g5 31. Qa6 gxf4 $17 (31... g4 32. Rg3 $17)) 30... Rh4 (30... Nxe3 $2 31. Re1 $18 (31. Qxb7 Nxg2 32. Rxc6 Qe4 $15)) 31. Ne5 b5 (31... Nd6 {simplifies} 32. Rh3 Rxh3 33. gxh3 Qf6) 32. Qc5 {[%csl Ya7,Yc6]} Qh6 33. Kf2 Re6 34. Rxc4 dxc4 35. Qxa7 Qf6 $1 36. Rg3 Rh1 37. Nd7 Qd8 38. Ne5 {[%csl Gg3][%CAl Ra7g7]} Re7 39. Qa6 $4 {Blunder. Qa3 was best. [#]} (39. Qa3 Re6 40. Qa7 Qf8 41. Qc7 Qe7 42. Qb8+ Qe8 43. Qa7 Qf8) 39... Rxe5 $1 $19 40. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQR-KQR. White is a pawn up.} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Rh3 (41. exf4 Qxd4+ 42. Re3 Qxf4+ (42... Qxb2+ 43. Kf3 $15) 43. Ke2 Qf1+ 44. Kd2 Qc1+ (44... Qxg2+ $2 45. Kc3 $19) 45. Ke2 Re1+ (45... Qxb2+ $2 46. Kf3 $19) 46. Kf3 Rxe3+ (46... Qxe3+ 47. Kg4 Qe4+ 48. Kg5 Qxg2+ 49. Kf5 Qh3+ 50. Kf4 Rf1+ 51. Kg5 Qg3+ 52. Kh5 Rh1#) 47. Kg4 Qd1+ (47... Qxb2 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kf8 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. Qc7+ Ke8 53. Qxc6+ Kd8 54. Qd6+ Kc8 55. Qc6+ Kb8 56. Qb6+ Ka8 57. Qxe3) 48. Kf5 Qd7+ 49. e6 Qxe6+ 50. Kg5 Qe5+ 51. Kh4 Qg3+ 52. Kh5 Re5#) (41. Rg4 fxe3+ 42. Kxe3 Qf8) 41... fxe3+ 42. Ke2 Rb1 $4 {Blunder. Rxh3 was best.} (42... Rxh3 43. gxh3 Qxd4 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qf5+ Ke7 46. Qg5+ Kf8 (46... Ke6 47. Qg6+ Kxe5 48. Qxg7+ Kd5 49. Qg5+ Kd6 50. Qd8+ Ke5 51. Qxd4+ Kxd4 52. a3) 47. Qf5+ Ke7) 43. Qxc6 Rxb2+ 44. Kf3 $1 {Threatening mate with Qe6+. Really sharp!} Qf8+ (44... Qxd4 45. Qe8#) 45. Ke4 Rf2 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Qf4+.} 46. Qe6+ Rf7 $2 {Mistake. Qf7 was best. [#]} (46... Qf7 47. Qc8+ Qf8 48. Qxf8+ Kxf8 49. Rh8+ Kf7 50. Kxe3 Rxg2) 47. Rxe3 $4 {Blunder. Qg6 was best.} (47. Kxe3 Qe7 48. Qxe7 Rxe7 $16) (47. Qg6 Qa8+ 48. d5 e2 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Re3 g5 51. Qh6+ Kg8 52. e6 Rg7) 47... Qa8+ {The position is equal.} 48. d5 {aiming for Rf3.} Qxa2 49. Qc8+ Rf8 50. Qe6+ Rf7 51. Qc8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.17 (very precise) Loses game: White=1 --- Missed win: White=1 Black=1 Mistake: White=2 Black=4 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=1 OK: White=20 Black=13 Best: White=3 Black=9 Strong: White=1 Black=3 Brilliant: --- Black=2 Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 92% Pretas 92% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 90.8% Pretas 90.9%} (51. Rf3 $5 Qb1+ 52. Kd4 Qg1+ 53. Kc3 Qe1+ 54. Kb2 Qd2+ 55. Ka3 Qa5+ 56. Kb2 Qd2+) 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.02.01"] [Round "12.5"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2768"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 16,91,8,9,38,37,37,33,35,37,39,36,63,55,64,47,58,55,52,51,54,45,59,53,47,53,55,50,50,53,57,53,55,52,316,336,353,357,363,373,347,363,380,371,371,372,427,418,417,99,92,97,104,103,102,101,106,120,401,389,404,406,381,396,363,379,443,443,29944,12847,7237,7067,7540,7540,6647,7540,1378,1358]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nf3 (7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 e5 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. b3 Rd8 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Bb2 Rd3 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Nd3 {Bok,B (2593)-Carlsen,M (2831) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (49)}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 $146 {E38: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5.} (9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 b5 12. b3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Qb1 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rab8 18. f4 Ba6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. e4 Nb6 23. Ba3 Rbc8 24. Rc1 {Barrish,D (2347)-Berczes,D (2439) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (34)}) 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qxe5 Rd8 13. Bc2 Ng4 $146 (13... b6 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bb2 Qd6 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qh4 e5 18. Rad1 Qe6 19. f3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 {1-0 Elmali,T (2102)-Hochhuth,A (1793) Bremen-ch 2019 (3.3)}) 14. Qg3 e5 15. f3 Nf6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Bb2 Bc6 19. Rad1 h6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qg3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. a4 Nh5 24. Qf2 Qg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. e4 was best.} (24... e4 25. f4) 25. g4 $1 $18 f5 26. h4 {[%CAl Yh3h4,Yh4g5][%mdl 32]} (26. Bxf5 Rf8 27. Be6+ Kh7 $18) 26... Qg6 27. Bxf5 Qf7 28. Rd6 Nf6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Nh5 31. Bg4 Qe7 32. Rxc6 $2 {Mistake. Rg6 was best.} (32. Rg6 Rd8 33. f4 Be4 34. Re6 Qd7 35. Bxe5 Ng3 36. Qxg3 Qd2 37. Rd6 Rxd6) 32... bxc6 $16 33. Bxh5 Qxg5+ 34. Bg4 e4 {[%CAl Ye5e4,Ye4f3][%mdl 32] ...exf3 would now be deadly.} 35. Kf1 $1 {And now Qg2 would win.} Qg6 36. Qc2 Rf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. Qh7 was best. [#]} (36... Re7 $16 37. Ba3 Qh6 38. Bxc5 (38. fxe4 $2 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Kd1 Qxg4+ 41. Kc1 Qg1+ 42. Qd1 Qxe3+ 43. Kb2 Rxe4 $19) 38... exf3 (38... Qh1+ 39. Ke2 $18) 39. Bxf3 (39. Bxe7 $2 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qg2+ 41. Ke1 Qxc2 $19) 39... Rf7) (36... Qh7 37. Kg1) 37. Qg2 $1 $18 (37. Ke1 Qh6 38. Qxe4 (38. fxe4 $2 Qh4+ 39. Kd2 Qxg4 $19) 38... Qh1+ 39. Ke2 (39. Kd2 Rd8+ 40. Bd4 cxd4) 39... Qg2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Ke2 (41. Kd2 Rd8+) 41... Qg2+ 42. Ke1 Qg1+ 43. Ke2 Qg2+) 37... exf3 {[#]} 38. Be6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 39. Qh3+ Qh6 40. Kf2 Rb8 41. Bf5+ {A strong pair of Bishops.} (41. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 42. Bxh3 Rxb3 $16) 41... g6 $2 {Mistake. Kg8 was best. [#]} (41... Kg8 42. Qxh6 (42. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 43. Bxh3 Rxb3 $18) (42. Qxf3 Rxb3 43. Bc1 Qh4+ 44. Ke2 Qxc4+ 45. Kf2 Rb4) (42. Be6+ Kh7 43. Qxh6+ Kxh6 44. Ba3 Rxb3 45. Bxc5 a5 46. Kxf3 g5 47. Bd4) 42... gxh6) 42. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg6 {White is clearly winning.} 43. Qe6+ (43. Qxf3 $2 Rf8 $19 (43... Rxb3 44. Qxc6+ Kh7 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. Qe6+ Kg5 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. Qe4+ Kf7 49. Qf5+ Ke8 50. Qe4+ Kf7 51. Qf5+ Ke8 52. Qe4+ Kd7 53. Be5) (43... Qh2+ 44. Ke1)) 43... Kh5 {[#]} 44. Bf6 $1 Qh7 {Against Qf5+} 45. Qe5+ (45. Qxc6 Qc2+ (45... Rxb3 46. Qxc5+ Kg6 47. Qd6 $14) 46. Kxf3 Qf5+ (46... Qxb3 $2 {too greedy.} 47. Qd5+ Kg6 48. Be5 $16) 47. Ke2 Rf8 (47... Rxb3 48. Qe8+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Qg7+ Kh5 51. Qh8+ Kg6 52. Qg7+ Kh5 53. Qh8+ Kg6 54. Qg7+) 48. Qh1+ Kg6 $15) 45... Kg6 46. Qxb8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.42 Loses game: --- Black=2 Missed win: White=1 --- Mistake: --- Black=1 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=14 Black=13 Best: White=3 Black=6 Strong: White=3 --- Brilliant: White=2 --- Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 97% Pretas 91% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 95.9% Pretas 89.7%} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.02.01"] [Round "12.6"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2717"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,66,0,0,5,12,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-5,9,11,21,0,0,0,0,2,-8,-4,0,-8,-11,-15,-16,-12,-7,-10,-9,-6,0,-7,-4,-9,-12,-20,-18,-17,-10,-23,-17,-24,-26,-28,-6,-242,-229,-456,-446,-1552,-1545,-29990,-29991]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 {[%CAl Yg1f3,Yf3d2,Yd2c4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Be7 7. Nc3 Qd6 8. Bg5 $146 {The position is equal.} (8. O-O h6 (8... O-O 9. a3 (9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Rc1 c6 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. e3 Ne6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qe2 Be7 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. d4 Nc7 20. Nd3 Be6 21. Nc5 Rab8 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 {Klekowski,M (2477)-Yakubboev,N (2617) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (77)}) 9... Nd4 10. Bg5 c6 11. Rc1 Bg4 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bh3 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Red1 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qe6 18. Qxe6 Bxe6 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Ne4 f5 22. Nc3 Rd7 {Sargsyan,S (2639)-Yakubboev,N (2630) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (80)}) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 Qe6 15. Re1 f5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 f4 18. Be4 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qf6 20. f4 h6 21. Qb3+ Rf7 22. Bf3 Be6 {Fuhlrott,T (1958)-Topolewski,D (2192) Dortmund 2018 ½-½ (60)}) 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Rd8 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd6 16. Qd2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 c6 18. Rac1 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20. Rc5 Bg4 21. Rfc1 g6 22. b5 cxb5 {Nicot,V (2068)-Torres Rebolledo,A (2193) Prague CZE 2024 ½-½ (33)}) 8... Nd4 9. Nd2 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 $146 (11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qc7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e3 Nb5 16. Qe2 Be6 17. a3 {1-0 Faust,D (1760)-Berry,E (2000) FICGS rapid B 000293 email 2018 (1)}) 11... Qc7 12. e3 Nb5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 {a4 is the strong threat.} Be7 15. a4 Nd6 16. Nexd6 Bxd6 17. a5 {[%CAl Ya5a6]} Rd8 18. Qc2 a6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Ra4 Be7 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Qb3 Rcd8 24. h4 g6 25. Bf3 {Opposite bishops and equal position} h5 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Qc3 Bf6 {[%CAl Ye5e4]} 28. Qc2 Qd7 {[%CAl Rd6d3]} 29. Rb4 Be7 {[%CAl Yd6d5]} 30. Qb3 $4 {Blunder. d4 was best. [#] This costs White the game.} (30. d4 exd4) 30... Rf6 $1 $19 {and ...Qf5 should not be overlooked} 31. Rxb7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Be4 was best.} (31. Be4 Bxb4 32. Qxb4 Re6 33. Qc3 Qe7 34. Bf3 Kh7 35. Be4 Red6 36. Kh2 f5) 31... Qf5 $1 32. Be4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Kg1 was best.} (32. Kg1 Qxf3 33. Rf1 Bc5 34. Qd1 Qf5 35. b4 Rxd3 36. Qc1 Bf8 37. Rb6 Rb3) 32... Qxf2+ 33. Kh3 {[#]} g5 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.69/Black=0.02 (flawless) Loses game: White=1 --- Mistake: White=2 --- Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: White=10 Black=12 Best: --- Black=2 Strong: --- Black=2 Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 84% Pretas 99% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 87.9% Pretas 98.4%} 0-1 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.02.01"] [Round "12.7"] [White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,113,12,8,8,10,21,21,14,14,11,26,28,52,52,40,43,44,46,56,59,68,37,67,34,53,20,32,13,16,16,23,37,21,22,53,41,43,51,45,44,39,43,45,37,45,54,41,32,37,54,37,41,43,48,43,18,44,16,24,16,58,60,89,102,74,72,63,55,55,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,30,30,30,30,30,21,21,0,21,5,21,21,21,21,22,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a4 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} Bb4 $146 (6... d6 7. O-O (7. h3 Be6 8. Nd5 (8. O-O Bxc4 (8... h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bd2 Bf8 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. b4 c6 13. Bxe6 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Rxe6 15. b5 Nd7 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Rb3 Be7 18. Reb1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qf5 {Saltaev,M (2483)-Walter,S (2321) Germany 2010 1-0 (61)}) 9. dxc4 a6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Rxa8 14. cxb5 Nd8 15. Bg5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Ra5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd3 c6 19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. Rd1 Nd4 21. Nxd4 {Bhagyashree,P (1435)-Putter,N Durban 2014 1-0 (31)}) 8... Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 a5 12. Qb3 c6 13. Bd2 cxd5 14. cxd5 f5 15. Bxb4 Qb6 16. Nd2 Qxb4 17. Ke2 Qf4 18. Rac1 Bg5 19. Rc2 e4 20. g3 exd3+ 21. Qxd3 {Roesch,M (2117)-Schlindwein,R (2410) Baden 2014 ½-½ (52)}) 7... Bg4 (7... a6 8. Re1 Kh8 9. h3 Ng8 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 f5 13. Nd5 fxe4 14. Nxe7 Nxe7 15. Qxe4 Ng6 16. Be3 c6 17. Qd4 d5 18. Bf1 Nh4 19. Qb6 Qf6 20. Bc5 Rg8 21. Qc7 {Garcia Martin,M (2342)-Osmak,Y (2450) Monaco MNC 2024 0-1 (47)}) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. c3 Ne6 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qh5 Nef4 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bxf4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Carlsen,M (2835) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (89)}) 7. O-O $146 (7. Bd2 d6 8. h3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c4 a5 12. O-O b6 13. Ng5 {0-1 Durarbayli,V (2606)-Golubka,P (2452) Titled Arena Mar 6th blitz 2021}) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 {[%CAl Yc6e7,Ye7g6,Yg6f4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. d4 Ng6 13. Re1 {[%CAl Yf1e1,Ye1e3,Ye3g3][%mdl 32]} c6 14. Bf1 Qa5 15. Re3 Kh8 16. Nd2 Rg8 17. Rg3 Nf4 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 {[#]} 21. c4 exd4 (21... Qc6 22. dxe5) 22. Qxd4 Qe5 23. Rd1 {[%CAl Ya1d1,Yd1d4,Yd4c4][%mdl 32]} dxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Ng6 27. Nd6 b6 28. Bc4 Kg7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Rc4 f5 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Nc8 (32. Rxh7 Ne5 33. f4 Ng4 34. Rf7+ Kg6 $16) 32... Ne5 33. f3 h5 34. Nxa7 Rd8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ng6 was best.} (34... Ng6) 35. Nc8 Rd7 36. Rc3 (36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. f4 Kf7 38. Nd6+ Ke7 $18) 36... Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nd7 38. Rc6 Rd4 39. Nxb6 Nxb6 40. Rxb6 {And now a5 would win.} Rxa4 {KR-KR. White is a pawn up.} 41. Rc6 Ra1 42. c4 {[%CAl Yc2c4,Yc4c5,Yc5c6,Yc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rc1 43. c5 Kf7 44. f4 Kf6 45. Rc8 Kg7 46. c6 Kf7 47. c7 (47. Rh8 Rxc6 48. Rxh5 Rc3 49. Rh7+) 47... Kg7 {[#] Inhibits Rh8.} 48. g4 $1 hxg4 {The position is equal.} 49. Kg3 Rc2 50. Kh4 Rc3 51. Kg5 Rc1 52. g3 (52. Re8 {simplifies} Rxc7 53. Rxe6 Rc2 54. g3) 52... Rc2 53. Re8 Rxc7 54. Rxe6 Rc3 $1 55. Kxf5 Rxg3 56. Rg6+ Kf7 57. Rxg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless) Inaccurate: White=5 Black=4 OK: White=27 Black=25 Best: --- Black=3 Strong: --- Black=1 Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 97% Pretas 97% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 97.3% Pretas 97.2%} 1/2-1/2