[Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021-TB"] [White "Giri,Anish"] [Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Round "1.3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2021.01.31"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2671"] [PlyCount "122"] 1. d4 {} d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 h6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} 8. Bb5 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 8... 0-0 9. 0-0 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Bf1 Qe7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. e4 {1/2-1/2 (16) Sesko,M (2247)-Sodomski,A (2295) ICCF email 2018} )9. Ne5 Qb6 {White has an edge.} 10. a4 {} 0-0 11. 0-0 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxc5 ({Better is} 13. b4 $14 cxb4 14. a5 )Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 $1 15. a5 Qb7 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Nb3 Qb5 (17... Re8 $11 )18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Rb1 $36 { White is really pushing.} Nf6 (19... Re8 $16 {was called for.} )20. Nc5 $1 $18 {} Bxc5 21. bxc5 Qd7 22. Rb6 (22. f3 $18 )Ne4 $16 23. Rxc6 Nxc3 {[#]} (23... Rd8 $16 { might work better.} )24. Qc2 $1 $18 {} Nb5 25. Rb6 Na3 {[#]} 26. c6 $2 Nxc2 $15 27. cxd7 Nxd4 28. exd4 {aiming for Rd6.} Bxd7 29. Rc1 Bb5 30. Bd6 Rfc8 {} 31. Bc5 Rc7 32. Re1 Rac8 33. f4 h5 34. Kf2 Kh7 35. h3 Kg6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rc6 38. Rb7 R8c7 39. Rb8 Rc8 40. Rb7 R8c7 (40... Bd3 { keeps more tension.} 41. Rh1 f6 42. Rh3 Be4 43. Kg3 R6c7 )41. Rxc7 (41. Rb8 { with more complications.} )Rxc7 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Re5 Bd7 43. Rg5+ Kh7 44. Bf8 g6 45. Re5 $1 f6 46. Re3 Kg8 47. Bc5 Rb7 48. Bb6 Bb5 49. Rxe6 Kf7 50. Re1 Re7 51. Rc1 Re4 52. Kf3 Be2+ 53. Kg3 Re3+ 54. Kf2 Re4 55. Rc7+ Ke8 56. g5 Rxf4+ {} (56... Bh5 $11 )57. Kxe2 $18 fxg5 58. Ra7 g4 59. Rxa6 g3 {...g2 is the strong threat.} 60. Ra8+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...g2.} 61. Rd8 $4 {} (61. Bc5+ $18 Ke6 62. Re8+ Kd7 63. Re7+ Kc8 64. Re6 Rf2+ 65. Ke3 )g2 {What a fight! Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.25} 0-1