[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 14,60,33,30,96,92,85,101,96,79,109,87,108,87,102,101,105,100,108,108,89,107,120,112,117,122,123,125,127,129,136,112,136,0,129,0,142,129,134,123,130,127,121,0,125,0,134,0,137]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qc2 g5 $6 {Inaccuracy. c4 was best.} (8... Be7 9. e4 Qb6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Ne3 a6 16. Rfe1 Bb5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Ndf5 Bf6 19. Ng4 Bd4 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Ngxh6+ gxh6 22. Ra3 f6 23. Rg3+ {Wang,Y (2697)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705) Beijing 2011 1-0}) (8... c4 9. Nc3) 9. Nc3 $16 Bg7 10. Nxb5 (10. e4 b4 11. e5 Qb6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. h4 g4 14. d6 gxf3 15. Bc4 Ba6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Qg6+ Bg7 18. Bd5 Bb7 19. Bc4 Nc6 20. gxf3 Nxe5 21. Qg3 Qxd6 {0-1 (21) Nunbhakdi,T (1923)-Lalith,B (2557) Bangkok 2021}) 10... Na6 {[%CAl Ba8b8,Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7b5][%mdl 32] Prevents Nc7+.} 11. e3 $146 (11. e4 O-O 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Qb6 14. Nd2 (14. Bc4 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Rxb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. Nc4 Nc7 18. O-O Ba6 19. b3 Qb8 20. Rfc1 Nb5 21. b4 Nc3 22. bxc5 Qf4 23. g3 Qf3 24. Rb3 Bxc4 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 {Vorobiov,E (2598)-Ajrapetjan,Y (2502) St Petersburg 2012 0-1 (33)}) 14... f5 15. d6 Kh8 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. O-O Rbe8 18. exf5 Nb8 19. Rbe1 Bf6 20. Qd3 g4 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc6 24. Qxg4 Ne5 25. Qf4 Nxc4 {Van Wely,L (2560)-Summermatter,D (2335) Bern 1993 1-0 (35)}) 11... O-O {[#]} 12. a3 $1 {Prevents Nb4. White is more active.} d6 {[%CAl Ba8b8]} 13. Bd3 Bd7 {[%CAl Ba8b8]} 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. O-O Rab8 16. Nd2 {[%CAl Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 17. e4 a6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Be5 was best.} (17... Be5) 18. Rab1 $6 {Inaccuracy. a4 was best.} (18. a4) 18... Nb5 19. Ne2 Kh8 20. Nc4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Na5 {[%CAl Bb2b4]} Rb6 23. Nc4 Rbb8 24. Na5 Rb6 $1 25. b3 Qf6 26. Kh1 Rfb8 27. Nc4 R6b7 28. Na5 Rb6 29. Nc4 R6b7 30. Na5 $2 {Mistake. a4 was best.} (30. a4) 30... Rb6 {1/2-1/2 wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 94% pretas 93% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 95.7% Pretas 93.5%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 16,44,14,-8,-19,-26,-22,-27,-9,-48,-48,-41,-52,-50,-44,-50,-17,-21,-16,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,145]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. h4 Bb7 (9... b4 10. Ne2 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Ng3 h5 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Na4 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Rc2 Na7 19. Ng5 Nb5 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nxf7 d4 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Nxh8 dxe3 24. Qd5 {Anand,V (2766)-Morozevich,A (2732) Monte Carlo 2004 0-1 (46)}) 10. Bd3 $146 (10. h5 b4 11. Ne2 Be7 12. g4 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nc5 14. O-O-O O-O 15. g5 Qa5 16. Kb1 Ne4 17. Qh2 Nc3+ 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Nb3 Qa4 20. Rd4 Nb4 21. Rxb4 Qxb4 22. g6 h6 23. gxf7+ Rxf7 24. Nfd4 a5 {Lee,J (2426)-Rorrer,G (2411) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (35)}) (10. Qf2 cxd4 (10... Qb6 11. h5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nce2 O-O 14. Rh3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 f6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Re3 fxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20. g3 Nd7 21. Re3 e5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bg2 Ng4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 {Sai,K (2409)-Rorrer,G (2411) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Ne2 f6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qe3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Re1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxe6 c3 24. b4 Rd8 {Niemann,H (2733)-Aronian,L (2738) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (34)}) 10... b4 {Hoping for ...cxd4.} 11. Na4 {[%CAl Ra4c5]} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. b3 Bxa4 15. bxa4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxb4 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 {and Rb1 should not be overlooked} Rb8 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. Qb4 Rb8 {Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 98% pretas 97% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.2% Pretas 98.8%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 46,119,21,19,27,22,25,24,23,27,35,18,15,17,32,4,6,3,16,20,46,0,38,37,41,19,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,20,130,154,133,122,225,210,294,270,291,266,277,281,407,445,426,422,435,419,477,435,514,508,495,495,699,697,683,644,718,658,754,747,733,728,1209,1127,819,814]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Bxc3 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Qb5 Rb8 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. h4 Rfd8 19. h5 Be8 20. Qc4 g5 21. Rfd1 Na5 22. Qb4 Nc6 23. Qc4 Na5 24. Qb4 Nc6 25. Qc4) 13. bxc3 b6 14. Qb4 (14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qc2 c5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Be4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rac8 19. Rf3 cxd4 20. Bxb7 d3 21. Qxd3 Qxb7 22. Qd4 Rc5 23. e4 Qc7 24. Rd1 Rxe5 25. Qd7 Rc5 26. Qd2 Rc4 27. Qd3 Rc8 28. Qd7 Qc5+ {Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong (2214)-Lu,M (2438) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (38)}) (14. c4 c5 15. d5 Bd7 16. Qa3 exd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. Rfd1 Qd6 19. Rac1 Kh8 20. Be2 Rae8) (14. Bb1 Bb7 15. Qc2 g6 16. e4 c5 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. h4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nc6 23. e5 Qe7 24. Be4 Rc7 25. h5 Nb4 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rc1 Nd5 28. g3 Rc7) (14. e4 c5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Bb1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. d5 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf5 Rc7 24. f3 Bc8 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nxc8 Rcxc8 27. Bc2 Kf7 28. Bb3 b5) 14... Qd6 15. Rfd1 $146 (15. Be4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rfd1 Na5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. h3 c5 20. Qb1 Rfd8 21. e4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc6 24. Rc4 Na5 25. Rc1 Nc6 26. Rc4 Na5 27. Rc1 Nc6 28. Rc4 Na5 29. Rc1 Nc6 {Korobov,A (2668)-Heimann,A (2617) Sitges 2019 ½-½}) 15... Bb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Nd2 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rdc1 Kf8 21. f3 Ke7 22. e4 g5 23. Kf2 e5 24. Nf1 exd4 25. cxd4 Rxc2+ 26. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 27. Bxc2 Bc8 28. Bd3 Nc6 29. Ke3 a6 30. Nd2 b5 31. Nb3 d5 32. Nc5 Kd6 33. Bc2 (33. a4 $14 {deserves consideration.}) 33... Ne5 34. Bb3 (34. dxe5+ Kxc5 35. exd5 Kxd5 36. Bb3+ Kxe5 37. Bxf7 a5 $15) 34... Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nb6 36. Kc3 $6 {Inaccuracy. a4 was best.} (36. a4) 36... a5 37. a3 f6 38. Ba2 Kc6 39. g3 Bh3 40. Nb3 Na4+ 41. Kc2 Bg2 $2 {Mistake. g4 was best.} (41... dxe4 {remains equal.} 42. fxe4 Kb6) (41... g4 42. exd5+ Kxd5 43. fxg4 Bxg4 44. Nxa5+ Kxd4 45. Nc6+ Ke3 46. Ne7 Kf2 47. Ng8) 42. e5 $1 $16 (42. Nxa5+ $6 Kb6 43. e5 (43. Nb3 dxe4 44. fxe4 Bxe4+ 45. Kd2 Bd5) 43... fxe5 (43... Kxa5 44. exf6 Nb6 45. f7 $15)) 42... fxe5 43. dxe5 b4 (43... Kb6 $16) 44. Nd4+ $18 (44. Nxa5+ Kb5) 44... Kc5 45. e6 $1 Kd6 (45... Kxd4 $2 46. e7 $18) 46. axb4 axb4 47. Bxd5 $1 Bf1 (47... Kxd5 48. e7 Kxd4 (48... b3+ $2 49. Nxb3 Nc5 50. Nxc5 $18) 49. e8=Q $18 (49. e8=R $2 Kc4 $19)) (47... Bh3) 48. Bb3 $18 Nc5 49. Nf5+ Ke5 50. e7 (50. Nxh6 Nxb3 51. Ng4+ (51. Kxb3 Kxe6 52. Kxb4 Be2 $14) 51... Kxe6 52. Kxb3 Be2) 50... Bd3+ 51. Kd2 Bb5 52. Bc4 (52. Nxh6 Nxb3+ 53. Kc2 Nd4+ 54. Kc1 Ke6 $19 (54... Nxf3 $2 55. h4 $19)) 52... Ba4 53. Ng7 $1 (53. Nxh6 Kf6 54. Ng8+ Kg7 $18) 53... g4 {[#]} (53... Kd4 54. Bf7 (54. e8=R Bxe8 55. Nxe8 Kxc4 $15) 54... b3) 54. f4+ $1 $18 (54. e8=N gxf3 55. Nc7 Ne4+ 56. Kc1 (56. Ke3 f2) 56... f2) (54. e8=Q+ Bxe8 55. Nxe8 gxf3 $16) (54. fxg4 Ne4+ 55. Kd3 Nd6 $18) 54... Kd4 55. Bf7 (55. e8=Q Bxe8 56. Nxe8 Ne4+ (56... Kxc4 57. f5) 57. Kc2 Kxc4) 55... Ne4+ 56. Ke1 Kc3 57. e8=Q Bxe8 58. Nxe8 b3 59. Bxb3 Kxb3 {[#]} 60. Ke2 $1 {1-0 White wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 98% pretas 94% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.5% Pretas 93.8%} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 16,79,14,12,7,10,37,8,14,12,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,15,9,23,18,14,15,8,7,4,27,22,23,17,49,54,44,0,0,0,18,18,43,0,0,0,0,-4,8,5,0,1,12,0,0,0,8,8,22,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {Marin,Mihail} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 {[%CAl Bg1f3,Bf3e5,Be5c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 {[%CAl Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 6. Bb5 (6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be3 Bh5 8. Ne2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qd7 10. c3 O-O-O 11. Qc2 g6) 6... Bb4 (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Be7 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1) 7. O-O (7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Ba6 10. Bxa8 Qe7+ 11. Be3 Rxa8) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4) 7... O-O 8. Bxc6 (8. Bg5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Re1 b6 14. Qf3 f6 15. Nd3 Ba6 16. Nf4 Bc4 17. Re6 Qd7 18. h4 Rae8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8) 8... bxc6 9. Ne5 Bxc3 (9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qe7 12. Qd4 Re8 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. Bg5 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Nb4 h6 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Nxd8 hxg5 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. f3 c6 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. Kf2 Nd7 23. Re1 Qh6 24. Kg1 {Adewumi,T (2386)-Cardozo,C (2060) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (46)}) 11. Bg5 Be6) 10. bxc3 Ne4 (10... Ba6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nxc6 (12. f3 Re6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qd6 15. Bg3 Rae8 16. Qd2 Qa3) (12. Qf3 h6 13. Ba3 Re6) 12... Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qd7 14. Ne5 Qa4 15. f3 Re8 16. Qf2 Nd7) 11. Re1 $146 (11. Qf3 Qd6 12. a4 f6 13. Nd3 Qd7 14. Re1 Qf7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Re8 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. a5 Bxc2 19. Qg3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. f3 Re7 22. h3 Bd3 23. Qf2 Qe8 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ {King,D (2475)-Keitlinghaus,L Germany 1987 ½-½}) (11. f3 Nd6 (11... Nxc3 12. Qd3 Na4 13. Qa3 Nb6 14. Nxc6 Qd6 (14... Qe8 15. Qc5) 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Bf4) (11... f6 12. Ba3 (12. fxe4 fxe5) 12... Nd6 (12... Ba6 13. fxe4 Bxf1 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Qxf1) 13. Nxc6 Qd7 (13... Qe8 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Nb4 Be6 16. Re1 Qc8) 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Nb4 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfe1 (17. Nd3 Qc7 18. Rae1 Qxc3 19. Re8+ Kf7 20. Qe3 Rxe8 21. Ne5+) 17... Qc7 18. Rab1 (18. Re3 a5 19. Nd3 Qxc3) 18... Qxc3 19. Re8+ (19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Re7 a5 (20... Rb8 21. Nxd5) 21. Rxb7 axb4 22. R1xb4 Rxc2 23. Rd7 h5 24. Rbb7 g5 25. a4) 19... Kf7 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Rb3 Rc4 23. c3 a5 24. Nc2 Bc6 25. Ra3 a4 {Dominguez Perez,L (2760)-Jobava,B (2713) Tromsoe 2014 CBM 162 [Marin,Mihail] ½-½ (43)} (25... Ra4 26. Rxa4 Bxa4 27. Ne3 Ke6) 26. Ne3 g5) 12. Nxc6 $14) (11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bb4 c5 13. Ba5 f6 14. Nd3 c4 15. Nf4 Qd6 16. Ne2 Bf5 17. f3 Ng5 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. a4 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qc6 23. Kf2 Re6 24. Rfe1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 Re8+ {Bindrich,F (2486)-Pap,G (2412) Balatonlelle 2006 ½-½ (40)}) 11... f6 12. Nxc6 Qd7 13. Nb4 {[%CAl Bc3c4]} a5 {[%CAl Be4c3] White must now prevent ...Nxc3!.} 14. Nd3 {[%CAl Bc3c4]} Nxc3 15. Qf3 Ne4 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Nc5 {Prevents Qa4.} Qf5 18. c4 Be6 19. Nxe4 Qxf3 20. gxf3 dxe4 21. fxe4 Bxc4 22. Rac1 Bxa2 23. Rxc7 f5 24. f3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Ra6 26. Re2 Bf7 27. Kf2 Rf6+ 28. Ke1 Rfe6 29. e5 Rg6 30. Rf2 Bb3 31. Kd2 h6 32. Rf3 a4 33. Rg3 Rxg3 34. hxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re6 35. Ke3 {Ke4 is the strong threat.} Rg6 36. Kf2 Rg4 37. Rd7 Re4 38. Bb4 Bd1 39. Bc5 Re2+ 40. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 99% pretas 99% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.2% Pretas 98.2%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2768"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,94,14,24,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-16,35,30,28,40,43,40,46,7,18,30,24,29,66,30,34,0,-5,-8,-3,0,-27,-70,-74,-70,-79,-62,-55,-66,-61,-64,-62,-113,-97,-102,-100,-112,-99,-137,-135,-151,-149,-147,-131,-223,-231,-710,-711,-711,-710,-845,-740,-625,-828,-920,-815,-822,-894,-879,-781,-821,-829,-810,-777,-1132,-1090,-1387,-1286,-1166,-1139,-1040,-854,-1115,-1107,-1015,-978,-884,-770]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. a3 (7. Ng3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. d5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. O-O Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Rad8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne4 Rd4 17. f3 Re8 18. Bf4 Ba5 19. Rac1 Bc7 20. g4 Nh4 21. Bg3 Ng6 {Korchmar,V (2450)-Bluebaum,M (2673) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (64)}) 7... Ba5 8. b4 Bc7 9. Ng3 $146 (9. c5 f6 10. f4 fxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be2 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. O-O c5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Ndb5 d4 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Nd6 Nd5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Bf3 N7b6 23. Be4 Rf7 {Przybylski,W (2308)-Krzyzanowski,M (2519) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (37)}) 9... Bg6 $6 {Inaccuracy. O-O was best.} (9... a5 10. b5 a4) (9... O-O 10. Bg5 Bg6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Na4 Bb6 15. Ne2) 10. h4 {[%CAl Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Qg4 Rg8 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. O-O Nf5 16. Be3 Qe7 17. b5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. And now bxc6 would win.} (17. Qf3 O-O-O 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rfc1 Kb8 20. Bf1 g6 21. b5 c5 22. b6 Bxb6) 17... c5 $1 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qf3 O-O-O 20. Nd5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rac1 was best. Dodges Nb6} (20. Rac1 Kb8 21. Rfe1 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Qh4 23. Qe3 Nb6 24. Ne2 g6 25. a4 Qe4) 20... exd5 21. Bxd5 {[#]} Kb8 $1 {[%CAl Bc5d4] aiming for ...cxd4!.} 22. Qxf5 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 23. dxe5 Rxd5 24. f4 Rgd8 25. Qe4 (25. Bf2 $15) 25... f6 $17 26. a4 fxe5 27. a5 Qe8 {[%csl Bb5,Bh5]} 28. b6 axb6 29. axb6 Bxb6 30. fxe5 Bc7 (30... Qxh5 $2 31. e6 Re5 32. Qf4 $16) (30... Qxe5 $2 31. Bf4 c4+ 32. Kh1 $18) 31. Bf4 $2 {Mistake. e6 was best.} (31. e6 Re5 (31... Rxh5 $2 32. Bf4 $18) (31... Qxh5 $2 32. e7 $16) 32. Qf3) 31... Rd4 $1 $19 (31... Bxe5 $2 {loses.} 32. Rfe1 (32. Rae1 b5 $18) 32... Qxh5 33. Bxe5+ Qxe5 34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 35. Rxe5 $18) (31... Qxh5 32. e6 Bxf4 33. Qxf4+ Qe5 34. e7 $16) 32. Qe2 $2 {Mistake. Qe1 was best. [#]} (32. Qe3 Rxf4 (32... Qxh5 33. Bg3 $17) 33. Qxf4 Bxe5 (33... Qxh5 34. Qa4 $14) 34. Qf3 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Bxa1 36. Rxa1) (32. Qe1 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Bxe5 34. Re4 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Qxh5+ 36. Rh4 Rd5 37. Ra3 Qg6) 32... Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxf4 Qxe5 34. Qa2 Qe3+ {White is weak on the dark squares} (34... Qxf4 35. Qa8#) 35. Rf2 {[#]} Bg3 $1 {Active counter play!} 36. Qa8+ Kc7 {[%CAl Bd8a8]} 37. Qa5+ b6 38. Qa7+ Kc6 39. Qa4+ b5 40. Qa6+ Kd5 41. Qb7+ Kc4 42. Qf7+ Rd5 43. Raa2 Bxf2+ 44. Rxf2 Qd4 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. Kg1 Kb4 (46... Qxh5 $2 47. Rf4+ Kb3 48. Rf3+ Kb4 49. Qf4+ Rd4 50. Qc1 $19) 47. Rf1 Rd2 {0-1 Black wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 92% pretas 97% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 90.9% Pretas 96.4%} (47... Qxh5 48. Rb1+ Kc4 49. Qf1+ Rd3 50. Qc1+ Kd5 51. Qc2) 0-1 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2733"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 13,143,0,7,8,2,0,31,31,24,16,31,8,18,0,14,7,5,8,9,12,9,12,8,5,13,4,7,12,22,13,18,0,92,72,86,82,87,86,87,87,82,83,90,99,79,66,122,20,130,130,127,135,141,141,150,147,148,129,164,154,158,160,156,185,172,173,194,167,175,141,185,188,194,194,250,239,279,203,231,224,225,236,250,251,278,276,283,267,260,277,271,272,302,299,646,353,685,679,635,566,625,0,594,274,272,256,293,293,318,318,293,293,264,170,309,316,297,299,377,375,351,289,289,296,876,938,881,550,5398,5398,5277,5197]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2 b6 $146 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O e5 11. h3 exd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Red1 f6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc4 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Bf7 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Rde2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 {Stangl,M (2435)-Gabriel,C (2365) Altensteig 1990 ½-½ (33)}) (8... Re8 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bc1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. e4 Nb6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. g3 Qh5 19. f4 Nf6 20. f5 Nbd7 21. Qg2 g5 22. Be2 g4 23. Rd6 {Artemiev,V (2701)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (33)}) (8... Qe7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Rac1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 e4 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Be2 Nbd5 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Qc5 Qe6 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. b5 cxb5 21. Qxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Be6 23. Ba5 {Kania,A (2275)-Dusi,V Toscolano 1996 1-0 (66)}) (8... Ba5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc7 11. Rad1 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Nbd5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. g3 Rf5 22. h4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 {Inocencio,E (2265)-Shipman,W (2365) Alexandria 1996 ½-½ (31)}) 9. O-O {[%CAl Bc3d5]} a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be1 Ba6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 c5 18. Rd1 {[%CAl Ba1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4d6][%mdl 32]} cxd4 19. Rxd4 (19. exd4 Rc8 20. d5 e5 $17 (20... Bxc4 21. dxe6 Bxf1 22. Qf2) (20... Rxc4 21. Bc3 $15)) 19... Qe8 20. Bg3 e5 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. Rfd1 f4 (22... Rxc4 $6 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Qd5+ (24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 $16) 24... Qf7 25. Qxf7+ (25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7) (25. Bxe5 Qxd5 26. R1xd5 Nxe5) (25. Nxe5 Qxd5 26. R1xd5 Nxe5 $14) 25... Rxf7 26. Bxe5 $14 (26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Re7)) (22... Rf7 {keeps the balance.}) 23. exf4 $16 (23. Rxd7 fxg3 24. hxg3 Rxc4) 23... exf4 24. Bf2 (24. Rxd7 fxg3 25. hxg3 Bb5 $17) 24... Rf7 25. R1d4 {White has more active pieces.} (25. Bxb6 Nxb6 26. Rxb6 Bxc4 $17) 25... Bb7 26. Qd1 Bc6 27. b4 axb4 (27... Ne5 $2 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Nxc4 (29... Nxf3+ $2 30. gxf3 $18) 30. Rxe8+ $18) 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Qd3 $6 {Inaccuracy. b5 was best.} (29. b5) 29... Nf6 (29... Nf8 $14) 30. Rxf4 $6 {Inaccuracy. h3 was best.} (30. b5 $16 Ba8 31. Rxb6 (31. Rxf4 Ne4 $16)) (30. h3 Be4 31. Qd1 Ba8 32. Rxb6 Ne4 33. Bh4 Qe8 34. Qe1 Rd7 35. c5 Rxd4) 30... Be4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ne8 was best.} (30... Ne8 31. Rxf7 Qxd6) 31. Qd4 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 {[%CAl Bf2h4]} Qe2 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qe4 was best.} (32... Qe4 33. Re3) 33. Rd8+ $1 (33. Rxb6 $2 Rd7 34. Re3 (34. Rd6 $2 Rxc4 35. Kh1 Rxd4 $19) 34... Qxf2+ (34... Qxc4 35. Qxc4+ Rxc4 36. h3) 35. Kxf2 Rxd4 $19) (33. Qxb6 $6 Rxc4 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Bxe3 Rxb4) 33... Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Rf8 35. Qd3 (35. Qxb6 $2 Qd1+ $19 (35... Qxc4 36. h3 $16)) 35... Qxd3 36. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is a pawn up.} Rc8 37. Rd4 (37. Bxb6 Rxc4 38. Rb3 Nd5 $16) 37... Kf7 38. Kf1 Ra8 39. Ke2 Ra4 40. Be1 Ke6 41. Bd2 h5 42. Kd3 Ng4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ra2 was best.} (42... Ra2 43. Rd8 Ke7 44. Rh8 Kf7 45. h3 g6 46. Rd8 Ke7 47. Rd4 Ke6 48. g3) 43. Kc3 Nf6 (43... Nxh2 44. Kb3 Ra8) 44. Kb3 $18 Ra1 45. Bc3 Rb1+ 46. Kc2 Rf1 47. Rd2 Ne8 48. Kb3 g6 49. Bd4 Rb1+ 50. Ka4 Rc1 51. Bxb6 Rxc4 52. Kb5 Rc1 53. Bc5 {Prevents Nd6+.} Nf6 $2 (53... Nc7+ 54. Ka4 (54. Kc6 Na6 $18) 54... Ra1+ 55. Kb3 Rb1+ 56. Ka2 Re1) 54. Rd6+ Kf5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ke5 was best.} (54... Ke5 55. Rc6 (55. Kc6 Rc2 56. h4 Ne4 57. Rxg6 Kf5 58. Rg7 Kf4 59. Kd5 Rd2+ 60. Ke6) 55... Rd1) 55. Kc6 Ng4 56. Rd2 (56. b5 Ne5+ 57. Kd5 Rb1 $16) 56... Ke6 57. Rd6+ Kf5 58. b5 $2 {Mistake. Rd5+ was best.} (58. Rd5+ Kf4 (58... Ke4 59. b5 Rb1 60. b6 Rxb6+ 61. Bxb6 Nxh2 62. Rd4+ Kf5 63. Rd8 Ng4) 59. b5) 58... Ne5+ 59. Kd5 Nd3 {[#]} 60. Rc6 $1 Nf4+ 61. Kd6 Rd1+ 62. Kc7 Nd5+ 63. Kc8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Kd7 was best. aiming for b6.} (63. Kd7 g5 64. Rd6 Ke5 65. g3 Rd2 66. h4 gxh4 67. gxh4 Rh2 68. Re6+ Kf5) 63... Rc1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best.} (63... Rd2 64. Rd6 Ke5 (64... Ke4 65. Kd7 g5 66. Kc6 Ne7+ 67. Kb7 Rxg2 68. Rd4+ Ke5 69. Rd1)) 64. Kd7 Rc2 65. Bd6 Rxg2 {[#]} 66. Rc5 $1 Ke4 67. Ke6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best.} (67. Rc1) 67... Rd2 68. h4 Nb6 $4 {Blunder. Rd4 was best.} (68... Rd4 69. Rc6 Rd2 (69... Nf4+ 70. Kf7 Nd5 71. Kxg6 Rd1 72. Kxh5 Rb1 73. Rc5 Kd4 74. Kg6)) 69. Rc6 Nd5 70. b6 Nxb6 71. Rxb6 Kf3 72. Be7 {1-0 White wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 95% pretas 92% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 9.6% Pretas 89.5%} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.22"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2677"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17 - Chessbase"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,85,15,12,19,10,14,10,14,11,6,10,8,10,9,12,13,18,4,7,7,8,0,6,-5,21,29,21,22,11,13,27,24,19,25,31,30,14,22,22,17,36,16,23,6,26,17,18,12,12,22,13,3,0,0,15,0,0,11,3,7,0,0,0,0,4,8,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 {[%csl Bc2,Bf3]} 9. Qd1 c6 10. Ba2 (10. O-O Ne6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Re1 Kf7 15. Bf4 Rhd8 16. Qc4 Ne8 17. Re3 Qd7 18. e5 d5 19. Qd3 Kg8 20. Rg3 c5 21. h4 Qc6 22. h5 Rd7 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Rg4 {½-½ (24) Van Dael,S (2275)-Ernst,S (2528) Maastricht NED 2024}) 10... Ne6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 $146 (12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxe6 Bxe3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 a5 21. Rd3 g6 22. Nf1 Ke6 23. Nd2 b5 24. Rc3 Kd6 25. Rb3 Kc5 26. Kf2 bxa4 {Alekseenko,K (2686)-Topalov,V (2728) Salamanca ESP 2023 0-1 (48)}) 12... Qc7 13. Be3 a5 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. Rab1 Nd7 16. h4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 {[%CAl Bc3e2,Be2d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Bxh4 19. Nxd4 Bf6 20. Nf5 g6 21. Qg3 Be5 22. f4 Bg7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. d4 Nf6 25. c3 h5 26. Re2 Ng4 27. Rbe1 Rfe8 28. f5 Qe7 29. Rf1 {next fxg6 is good for White.} (29. Qf4 {feels hotter.} Qh4 30. g3 Qf6 31. Rf1) 29... Qg5 {[#]} 30. f6+ $1 Kh6 {[%CAl Bg7h6,Bh6g5,Bg5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} 31. Bxf7 Rf8 32. Be6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Nxf6 34. Qxg5+ Kxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. e5 Nd5 36. g3 {Wards off Nf4} dxe5 37. Rxe5+ Kf6 38. Bh3 Kf7 39. Bg2 b6 40. Bf3 Kf6 41. Kf2 Ne7 42. g4 hxg4 43. Bxg4 {1/2-1/2 wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 99% pretas 99% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.4% Pretas 98.5%} 1/2-1/2