[Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.16"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,112,28,22,26,19,22,30,20,16,17,21,20,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,-3,-3,-7,14, 0,-11,-12,-8,0,-3,-18,-17,-22,5,4,5,0,0,0,50,41,46,42,60,8,10,13,10,4,5,5,5,5, 30,18,18,0,18,18,18,18,18,18,3,2,3,0,72,77,511,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3.} c4 8. Bg2 Bb4 {[#]} 9. Bd2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. b3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Qe1 b5 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {1-0 (38) Zhukova,N (2338)-Barrionuevo,P (2259) Chess.com INT 2020}) 9... O-O 10. b3 Bf5 11. O-O Bd3 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. Bb4 Re8 17. f3 {[#]} a5 $1 18. Ba3 (18. fxe4 axb4) 18... Nc3 19. Qd2 Nb5 20. Bb2 a4 21. f4 a3 22. Bc3 Qb6 23. Bb4 Red8 24. Rac1 Be4 25. Be7 Re8 {And now ...c3 would win.} 26. Bxe4 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} dxe4 27. bxc4 Rxe7 28. Qb4 ({White should play} 28. cxb5 $14 Qxb5 29. Qd4) 28... Rc7 $11 29. Qxb5 Qxb5 30. cxb5 Rac8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 32. Rd1 { [%CAl Rd1d8]} g5 (32... Kf8 {with more complications.} 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rb8 Ke6 35. b6 Rc1+) 33. b6 Rc6 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Ra8 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ $1 37. Kh3 gxf4 $1 ({Much worse is} 37... Rxa2 $6 38. fxg5 h6 39. gxh6+ Kxh6 40. Kg4 $18) 38. gxf4 Rxa2 39. Kg4 Rxh2 (39... Rg2+ $11 40. Kf5 a2) 40. Rxa3 $16 {aiming for Ra7.} Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Rg2+ $16 {is more resistant.} 41. Kf5 Rb2 ) 41. f5 $2 (41. Ra8 $1 $18) 41... Rg2+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 42. Kf4 h5 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%CAl Rg2g4]} 43. Kxe4 {Strongly threatening Ra8.} h4 $1 44. Ra1 {Rh1 is the strong threat.} h3 $1 45. Kf3 Rb2 46. Rh1 h2 47. Kg3 Rb5 $1 48. Kf4 Rb2 49. Kf3 Kh6 50. Kf4 Rf2+ 51. Kg4 Re2 52. Kf3 Rb2 53. Kg3 Kg5 54. e6 ({ Avoid the trap} 54. Rxh2 $2 Rxh2 55. Kxh2 Kxf5 $19) 54... fxe6 55. fxe6 { Black must now prevent e7.} Rxb6 56. Rxh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. e7 $11 Re6 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kf3) 56... Rxe6 {[%mdl 32768] Black used his chance. Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.23. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.17"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,86,11,16,0,21,0,9,0,8,18,21,10,13,10,14,4,6,6,12,0,0,-12,-18,93,-21, -22,0,0,0,-28,0,-6,-6,-6,-13,-8,-11,-11,-4,-16,-17,-18,-6,-8,-3,-51,-43,-33,-9, -9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-14,12,12,12, 12,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nc6 8. Bc4 Bf5 9. Qd2 Qd7 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 {[#]} Qxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... fxe6 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. h4 a5 14. h5 h6 15. Bg3 a4 16. a3 Ra5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Rxh5 20. Re4 b5 21. Rde1 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (21) Blecha,M (2387)-Bucek, J (2379) ICCF email 2009}) 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 (13. Rhe1 {is interesting.} Qd7 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Qd5 Rhe8 16. h3) 13... Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qe3 Bf6 16. Qxa7 Qxg2 17. Qa8+ Kd7 18. Qa4+ Kc8 19. Qa8+ Kd7 20. Qa4+ Kc8 (20... Qc6 { with more complications.} 21. Qb3 Rhf8 22. Rhe1 Kc8 23. Bc1 b6) 21. Rhe1 Qc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. c4 Kb7 24. c3 c5 25. Kc2 Ra8 26. Ra1 g5 27. Bd2 Rhg8 28. Re3 g4 $1 29. h3 h5 30. hxg4 {The position is equal.} hxg4 31. Rg3 Be5 32. f4 gxf3 33. Rxf3 f6 34. a3 Rg4 35. Kd3 c6 36. Raf1 d5 37. Bf4 dxc4+ 38. Kc2 Rd8 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. Rf7+ Kb6 41. Re7 Rf4 42. Rxf4 exf4 43. Rf7 Rh8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,79,18,20,15,13,18,14,8,9,5,2,4,14,19,26,14,8,21,18,34,34,34,34,34,34, 35,27,33,39,61,60,119,42,66,45,47,48,41,42,45,41,49,14,43,41,45,31,36,36,28,34, 31,30,31,8,12,-18,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit.} 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Rd2 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rac8 14. O-O Na5 15. Ne5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Bb1 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 g5 {1-0 (36) Avetisyan,M (2079) -Golub,N (1870) Prague 2016}) 14. O-O Rac8 15. h3 a6 16. Rc1 Kf8 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 ({Reject} 19. exd4 g5 $15) 19... Nc4 20. Rdc2 b5 21. Nce2 Bd7 22. b3 Ne5 (22... Na3 $14) 23. Rxc8 ({White should try} 23. Rc7 $16) 23... Rxc8 $14 24. Rxc8+ (24. Rd1 {seems wilder.} Rc5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nf4 Be7 27. b4) 24... Bxc8 25. Bg3 Ng6 26. f3 Bc5 27. Kf2 Ne7 28. Nc1 Ba3 29. Nd3 Nf5 30. Nc2 Nxg3 31. Nxa3 Nh1+ 32. Ke1 Ng3 33. Nc2 Ke7 34. Nd4 Nf5 {The position is equal.} 35. Nf4 Nxd4 36. exd4 b4 37. g4 a5 38. Bd3 Kd6 39. h4 Bd7 40. Kd2 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.19"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2862"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,116,18,32,17,21,3,11,2,10,-7,-13,-12,-13,-8,-10,-13,-6,-2,-10,-18,0, -29,-29,-35,-12,-12,-12,-11,-11,-8,-8,-12,-8,-9,-16,-13,-9,-21,-5,-14,-7,-90, -87,-92,-102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-99,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109, -109,-109,-83,-109,-96,-109,-96,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109, -102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-116,-116,-116,-14,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 $1 {The main line 7...Be7 scores better than 7...Bc5.} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 { C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 c5 { [#]} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ng3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Re8 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Bd2 c4 17. Ba2 Bf8 18. Rae1 {0-1 (56) Tabatabaei,M (2635)-Puranik,A (2580) Sitges 2019}) 12... d5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Ng3 c4 17. Re1 Rae8 18. a4 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 cxd3 20. cxd3 bxa4 21. Qd1 Qb5 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Qc2 Rb8 24. Rxa4 Qxb2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} (24... h6 { with more complications.} 25. h3 Bb4 26. Ra1 Rb6 27. Nd2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Rxb2 30. Kf1 Rb6) 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 $11 {[%CAl Rb2b1][%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. g4 Rb6 27. Rxd4 Kf8 28. Rd7 {[#]} (28. Rc4 $11 Rb8 29. Ra4) 28... Rg6 $1 $17 29. Kf1 Rxg4 30. Ra7 {Ra8+ is the strong threat.} f5 31. Ng3 g6 32. Rxa6 Rh4 33. Kg2 Rd4 34. Ne2 Rxd3 35. Ng1 Rd7 36. Nf3 Kg7 37. h3 Bf6 38. Kg3 Rb7 39. Kg2 Re7 40. Ra5 Rc7 41. Rd5 Ra7 42. Rb5 Be7 43. Nd4 Rd7 44. Nf3 Rd6 45. Rb7 Kf6 46. Ra7 h6 47. Nh4 Bd8 48. Rh7 Rd2 (48... Kg5 $17 49. Nf3+ Kh5) 49. Rxh6 $11 {The position is equal.} Kg7 50. Rxg6+ Kh7 51. Nf3 Rxf2+ 52. Kxf2 Kxg6 {KB-KN} 53. Kg2 Kh5 54. Nd4 f4 55. Ne6 Bg5 56. Nxg5 Kxg5 57. Kf3 Kh4 58. Kxf4 Kxh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.21"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,105,20,46,10,20,12,12,0,27,16,17,25,26,16,19,15,20,13,15,11,36,0,13, 13,6,16,8,0,7,0,1,-16,0,-50,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,0,11,0,6,0,0,-16,0,0, 13,0,23,14,17,14,14,13,17,17,21,16,17,16,15,19,20,15,15,15,15,20,27,27,27,7,20, 3,3,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 {[#]} 6. Nh4 $146 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bg2 c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Qd3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qd4 Ncd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bc5 16. Qc4 Rc8 {0-1 (25) Hellwege,W (1845)-Poeltelt,H (1711) Radebeul 2019}) 6... dxc4 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. Qa4 Bd6 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Bg2 c6 11. Qd3 g6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. b4 a6 15. a3 Qd7 16. Bg5 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rbe1 Bc7 19. Bd2 h5 20. Bg5 Kg7 21. Rc1 Bd8 (21... h4 {with more complications.} 22. Bxh4 f6 23. Bh3 Qf7 24. e3 Rad8) 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. e3 h4 24. a4 Nc7 25. Rfd1 Rad8 26. Be1 Rh8 27. Qb3 Qe6 28. Rd3 Rd7 29. Rb1 Rhd8 30. Qc2 Rh8 31. Rdd1 Rhd8 32. Qb3 Rh8 33. Rdc1 Re8 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. b5 axb5 36. Ba5 hxg3 37. hxg3 e5 38. axb5 Nxb5 39. d5 {[%CAl Rd5c6]} e4 40. dxc6 bxc6 41. Rxc6 Re5 42. Bb4 {With the idea Bf1. } Rc7 43. Ra6 {next Bf1 is good for White.} Re8 44. Bf1 Nc3 {[%CAl Rc3b1]} 45. Rb3 {aiming for Bd6.} Rec8 {The position is equal.} 46. Ba5 Rc6 47. Ra7+ Kh6 $1 48. Kg2 Nd5 49. Ba6 Rh8 50. Bb7 Rh7 51. Bxc6 Rxa7 52. Ra3 Bc3 53. Bxd5 { Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.22"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,73,12,6,15,44,14,24,6,14,13,18,0,0,0,14,0,0,8,4,-22,-6,0,35,7,43,27, 61,35,67,52,55,63,50,52,81,78,117,93,132,132,117,131,118,147,141,146,117,149, 140,129,170,170,163,106,106,99,95,81,2368,2014]} 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 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} h6 10. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] White wants to play axb5. An interesting side line.} Bd7 11. Bc2 {White has an edge.} b4 12. Nbd2 Re8 {[#]} 13. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Re1 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Na5 17. Nh4 Rb8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Bxb1 {1/2-1/2 (51) Sukhanitskij,S (2059)-Parente,A (1588) LSS email 2014}) 13... Bf8 14. Re1 Rb8 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Bb1 g6 19. Ra3 Bg7 20. Nf1 Rb5 21. Ng3 Nh5 22. Nxh5 Rxh5 23. d5 c5 24. Bf4 Bb2 25. Rae3 Qf6 26. Bg3 c4 27. Qe2 Bb5 28. e5 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Bxe5 Rexe5 31. Rxe5 c3 32. Qe3 c2 {White must now prevent ...Rxe5.} 33. Rxh5 gxh5 {[#]} 34. Bxc2 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc2 $16 35. Qe5 Kg7 36. Re4 {[%mdl 1024] Hoping for d6. White has strong compensation.} Bd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qxe5 $16 37. Rxe5 Nd4) 37. Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.15} 1-0 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.23"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,64,85,41,43,29,36,38,37,38,46,19,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-31,-27,-35, -16,-44,-47,-39,-53,-8,-170,-172,-319,-309,-301,-313,-439,-435,-394,-454,-440, -452,-441,-439,-557,-529,-534,-520,-518,-516,-493,-495,-1040,-1052,-5581,-4890] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Ba7 {6...Ng6 is the modern continuation. C64: Ruy Lopez: Classical Defence (3...Bc5) except 4 0-0 Nf6.} 7. d4 Ng6 8. Bg5 f6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Be3 O-O 10. d5 { [#]} Nce7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nb8 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. d6 b5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. c4 Bb7 15. Re1 c5 16. Nc3 b4 {1-0 (40) Paravyan,D (2629)-Krysa,L (2522) Caleta 2020}) 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 {[%CAl Ba8a7,Ba7b7,Bb7b6][%mdl 32]} 12. d6 cxd6 13. Qxd6 b5 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. a4 Rb7 16. axb5 Rb6 17. Qd1 axb5 18. Nbd2 Bb7 19. c4 f5 20. Bc2 {White does not recover from this.} (20. c5 $11 {and White is okay.} Rbf6 21. Re1) 20... fxe4 $1 $19 21. Ng5 (21. Bxe4 {was worth a try.} Bxe4 22. Nxe4 bxc4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 23. Nc5) 21... Nf5 $1 {[%CAl Be7f5, Bf5d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} 22. Ngxe4 Nf4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Rg6!} 23. Nf3 (23. Kh1 $142) 23... bxc4 24. Nxe5 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Re1 {Black is clearly winning.} Nxc2 26. Qxc2 {Black must now prevent Ng5!} Re6 ({But not} 26... Nxg2 $2 27. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. Qc3 Qe7 28. Ra5 {and the idea Ng5 leaves White hopeful.} d6 29. Ng5 {aiming for Ng6+!} Rxe5 ({Not} 29... Qxg5 $2 {[#]} 30. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 31. Rxg5 $18) 30. Raxe5 dxe5 31. Rxe5 (31. Qxe5 $142 Qxe5 32. Rxe5) 31... Qf6 {Hoping for ...Nd3.} 32. Qc2 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.78/Black=0.02} 0-1 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.24"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,64,29,34,47,41,30,58,48,51,52,63,55,90,9,9,14,38,32,39,-18,-16,-18,0, 0,-8,-37,18,14,16,4,32,35,27,30,42,32,35,33,37,11,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bxc6 { White is slightly better.} bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12... g5 13. Bg3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rae8 16. Re1 Re6 17. Nec4 Rfe8 18. Bxc7 Ng4 {1-0 (40) Zieher,H (2300)-Tabatt,H (2303) Saarbruecken 2013}) 13. Nxc6 ({White should play} 13. Nf3 $16 {And now e5 would win.} g5 14. Bg3) 13... Qxe4 $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 14. Nxa7 Bh3 15. gxh3 Rfd8 { [%CAl Rd8d1]} 16. Nd2 Qxh4 17. Qf3 Rxa7 18. Nb3 c5 19. Qg3 Qh5 (19... Qc4 $15) 20. Rae1 Rd5 {[#] Hoping for ...Rg5.} 21. f4 ({Much worse is} 21. Qb8+ Kh7 $15) 21... Rad7 22. Re5 Rxe5 23. fxe5 Ne4 24. Qg4 Qxg4+ 25. hxg4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd5 26. Re1 Nd2 {aiming for ...Nf3+.} 27. Nxd2 Rxd2 $11 { KR-KR. The position is equal.} 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxb2 30. Rxa6 Rc2 31. Rc6 Rxc3 32. Kg2 Ra3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.26"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2668"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,64,11,21,18,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,9,10,5,5,31,0,16,0,30,27,27,26,31, 15,22,12,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,0,16,16,16,0,16,0,16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. h3 { C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 { [#]} 12. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Ba2 c5 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (16) Brandberg Soeder,J (2266)-Andersen,J (2284) ICCF email 2010}) 12... c5 13. Ng3 Rb8 14. Nd2 Qc8 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Be6 17. a5 g6 18. Bg5 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Qe6 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21. b3 Nh5 {The position is equal.} 22. Be3 Nxg3 23. fxg3 h5 24. Qe2 Kg7 25. Rf2 Rh8 26. Raf1 Rbf8 27. Qd3 f6 28. Bd2 Rf7 29. Be3 Rhf8 30. Qd2 {Hoping for Bh6+.} Rh8 31. Qd3 Rhf8 32. Qd2 { Bh6+ is the strong threat.} Rh8 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.27"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,52,34,20,38,32,27,7,48,40,32,18,25,10,20,31,34,-25,-24,-11,-28,-132, -127,-112,0,-63,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,34,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 e5 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. Nf3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Qe4 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qh5 {1-0 (71) Dalalio,G (1800)-Born,A (1470) Dois Irmaos 2012}) 10. Qb3 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Nxa4 Ne4 $1 13. Nd4 ({Better is} 13. Rd1 $14) 13... Nc6 $1 $11 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bf3 (15. Qc2 $11) 15... Bf5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 16. c5 {[#]} h5 (16... Rab8 $1 $17 { [%CAl Rb8b3]} 17. Qc4 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Bd3) 17. Qb4 ({White should try} 17. Bxe4 $11 Rab8 18. Qa3 Qxe4 19. Nc3) 17... Qe6 (17... h4 $15) 18. Bd1 $11 Be5 19. f3 Qe7 $1 {[%CAl Re7h4] Hoping for ...Qh4.} 20. Qe1 ({Don't go for} 20. fxe4 $2 { [#]} Qh4 $1 $19) 20... Nxc5 (20... Ng3 $5 21. hxg3 Bd3 $18) 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. a4 (22. f4 $5 {[%CAl Rf4e5]} Bf6 23. a4 $11) 22... Rab8 {The position is equal. } 23. Qf2 Qa5 {Strongly threatening ...Bxb2!} 24. Ra3 Qc5 25. Ra1 Qa5 {And now ...Bxb2! would win.} 26. Ra3 Qc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,119,33,16,22,7,25,13,22,15,40,34,93,104,102,79,129,125,128,129,179, 165,174,164,184,179,186,180,168,142,147,125,155,111,148,155,169,174,178,183, 190,185,305,312,359,380,365,372,347,368,447,435,431,315,356,379,385,329,373, 367,372,373,350,332,703,683,655,246,227,232,232,221,268,250,278,260,282,270, 376,86,377,369,368,366,366,353,331,338,370,329,353,329,476,464,858,750,12835, 10774,12842,12843,12843,12843,12845,12845,12847,12847,12847,12843,12844,336]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O { C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 Ng4 {The position is equal.} 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 f5 {[#]} 12. d4 $146 ({Of course not} 12. hxg4 fxg4 13. Nh2 g3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe1 Nf6 13. Nh4 Kh7 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 d5 16. Bb3 Qd7 17. g4 Rae8 18. Bc2 {1-0 (40) Schoppen,C (2508)-Vestby Ellingsen,M (2363) Hoogeveen 2019}) 12... exd4 { ...Nxf2! is the strong threat.} 13. hxg4 d3 14. Bxd3 fxg4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nf1 Qf6 {[%CAl Rd4f2]} 18. Qc2 $1 c5 19. Be3 Be5 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Bd5 Rab8 22. Ng3 b5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Qd1 a5 25. Ra2 Rfb8 26. Rd2 Qh4 (26... Be6 $142 27. Nh5 Qf7) 27. b3 $18 R5b6 {and the idea ...a4 leaves Black hopeful.} 28. Rxa5 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Nf1 Rcb6 31. g3 Qh3 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Rd8+ (33. Rxc5 Bf6 $18) 33... Kh7 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxc5 Re8 36. Qd7 Qh5 37. Ne3 Ra8 $2 ( 37... Qg6 38. Nxg4 Bd6) 38. Qb5 Re8 39. Qa5 $2 (39. b4) 39... Qg5 {[#]} 40. Rd5 $1 Qe7 41. Nxg4 Bb2 42. f3 Rc8 43. Qd2 Qa3 44. Rd7 Qxb3 {White must now prevent ...Rc1+.} 45. Qxh6+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Kg8 { [#] This move loses the game for Black.} 46. Qh5 Qe6 47. Qd5 Qxd5 48. Rxd5 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({Not} 48. exd5 Kf8 $18) 48... Rc2 49. Kf1 Bc1 50. Rd7 Kf8 51. e5 Bb2 (51... Rc3 {keeps fighting.} 52. Kf2 Rc2+ 53. Ke1 Rc3) 52. f4 {White is clearly winning.} g5 (52... Rc3 $142 53. Kg2 Ba3) 53. Ne3 Rc5 54. e6 gxf4 55. gxf4 Rc1+ 56. Ke2 Ba3 57. Nf5 {[%CAl Rd7d8]} Rc8 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Kf3 Re8 60. Nh6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.27} 1-0 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.30"] [Round "12.5"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,81,-2,8,8,5,4,12,13,13,11,11,3,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,6,0,31,18,26,33, 66,0,0,-7,0,-13,-13,-69,-62,-70,-19,-23,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8, 0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. f3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Bd7 7. Nb5 Bxb5 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 9. c3 e6 {[#]} 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. a4 a6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. g3 Nd7 15. O-O h6 16. Be3 {0-1 (64) Miladinovic,I (2536)-Iordachescu,V (2589) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 10... Bd6 11. f4 Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Nf3 Na5 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Bc1 b5 16. O-O Ne4 17. Qe2 f5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bd2 ({White should try} 19. Bb2 $14) 19... a6 $11 20. Rac1 Rac8 {[%CAl Ba8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7d7,Bd7d3,Bd3d1][%mdl 32]} 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. g4 (22. Rfe1 $11) 22... Nxd2 23. Qxd2 fxg4 (23... Bxe5 $15 24. fxe5 fxg4) 24. Nxg4 Qh4 25. Ne5 Rc7 26. Qe3 Bxe5 27. dxe5 d4 28. Qxd4 { The position is equal.} Rd7 29. Qxb6 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Rxd3 31. Qf2 Rfd8 32. Qg2 Qf5 33. Rc2 Rd1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxf1+.} 34. Rcf2 h5 35. Kg1 h4 36. Qg5 Qh3 37. Qg6 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Rd2 {[%csl Gd2][%CAl Rh3h2] [#]} 39. Qe8+ Kh7 { [%csl Gd2][%CAl Rh3h2]} 40. Qh5+ Kg8 {[%csl Gd2][%CAl Rh3h2]} 41. Qe8+ { Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.31"] [Round "13.4"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,93,32,28,0,10,24,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-37,-43,-18,0,0,0,2,0,12,18,16,14, 22,10,71,71,62,65,108,100,93,96,81,88,105,102,167,133,133,130,108,97,85,45,233, 235,224,222,543,349,341,341,702,696,783,755,677,391,479,460,506,520,517,502, 516,496,656,607,29966,12791,29972,29973,29960,6393,29981,29978,29990,29991, 29992,29993,29996,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5. } Nbd7 7. Be2 b5 8. a4 {[#] The position is equal.} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... b4 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. O-O e6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfd1 O-O {0-1 (31) Socko,M (2421)-Sarana,A (2636) Tornelo INT 2020}) 9. Qe3 b4 10. Nd5 Ncxe4 11. a5 (11. Nxb4 {with more complications.} Qc7 12. f3 Nc5 13. O-O g6 14. Rd1) 11... Nxd5 12. Qxe4 e6 (12... Bb7 {is more complex.} 13. O-O Qc8 14. Nf5 e6 15. Re1 g6) 13. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bd7 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Qd3 Qb8 17. c4 bxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Ra7 (18... Bf6 $11 { remains equal.}) 19. Rfb1 Qc8 20. c4 Nf6 {[#]} 21. Nb5 $1 {[%CAl Rb5a7]} axb5 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 {Black must now prevent Be3.} Nd7 24. Bb7 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qd8 (24... Qc7 $16) 25. a6 $18 Bf6 26. Ba5 Qe8 27. Bc7 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 d5 $2 {Now Black is done in.} ({Black should try} 28... Nc5 $14 29. Qb6 Qd7) 29. Bd6 Qd8 30. Rc1 g6 $2 (30... Re8 31. Rc7 Nb8) 31. h3 Re8 32. Rc7 Nf6 $2 (32... Nb8 33. Rc8 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxc8 34. Bxc8 Rxc8) 33. Be5 Ne4 34. Qc6 Rf8 35. Bd4 Qb8 36. f3 Rxa6 37. Bxa6 (37. Qxa6 $2 {perishes.} Qxc7 38. fxe4 Rb8 $19) 37... Qb4 38. Be5 ({Weaker is} 38. fxe4 Qxd4+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+ $14) 38... Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Nf2 40. Qc3 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1 42. Rc8 Nh1+ 43. Kh4 {[#] Threatening mate with Rxf8+.} Qf2+ 44. g3 {White mates.} g5+ 45. Kxg5 f6+ 46. Kh6 fxe5 47. Qxe5 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 51%.} 1-0