[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2024.01.22"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,86,69,8,35,-30,-7,-7,40,-22,26,-21,18,-19,-11,-62,-43,-14,13,15,-2,11, 3,8,30,16,29,29,33,4,28,0,0,8,51,54,47,10,13,-21,48,51,66,25,27,27,53,46,38,47, 52,52,42,9,-3,-3,-7,-2,1,2,2,-20,-13,0,-12,0,0,-15,-30,0,0,-14,-28,-30,-25,-31, -31,-31,-31,-18,-13,-18,-15,-18,-17,0,-17,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 9. Be2 Bd7 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxd4!} 10. Qb3 dxc4 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qxc4 Qe7 (11... Qg6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Ne4 Rac8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Nb4 20. Bb1 Na6 21. Ra5 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxa7 Bb5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bc2 Ba6 26. h3 {Vidit,S (2643)-Karavade,E (2409) Pune 2015 1/2-1/2 (59)}) 12. a3 (12. O-O Na5 13. Qxc7 (13. Qd3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (14) Baenziger, F (2409)-Palac,M (2489) Mali Losinj CRO 2023}) 13... Rac8 14. Qe5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa3 16. Nd2 Qxc3 17. Ne4 Qa3 18. Bf3 Nc4 19. Qg3 Bc6 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Nh5 Rg8 22. Rfd1 Qd6 23. Nf4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rc7 25. g4 Rgc8 26. Rab1 b6 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Wojtaszek,R (2724) Saint-Quentin 2014 1/2-1/2 (52)}) 12... Bd6 13. O-O e5 14. Rfe1 $146 (14. d5 Na5 15. Qa2 e4 16. Nd4 c5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. g3 Be5 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Rfd1 g6 22. Qb3 Kg7 23. Bc4 Qf6 24. Bd5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rfe8 26. c4 h5 27. h4 Qe5 28. Rd4 Bxd5 {Bu Xiangzhi (2729)-Vidit, S (2707) Hengshui CHN 2019 1/2-1/2 (56)}) 14... a6 {[#]} 15. Rad1 $146 (15. Qb3 Rfe8 16. d5 Nd8 17. Ne4 b5 18. Nfd2 Nb7 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. b4 c6 21. dxc6 Rxc6) 15... Rae8 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxd6 (17. Ng3 $5 {[%CAl Rg3f5]} Bh7 18. Qb3 $14) 17... cxd6 18. d5 Nb8 (18... Na5 19. Qb4 Qd8 20. a4 $16) 19. Qb4 Rc8 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best.} (19... Nd7 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. e4 Bg6 22. Bf1 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. Qxb3 e4 26. f3) 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Nd2 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. e4 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 24. Nc4 {Threatening a4.} b5 25. Na5 ( 25. Nxd6 a5 26. Nxb5 axb4 $17) 25... f5 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. a4 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rd1 (30. Nc6 Nxc6 31. dxc6 b4 $17) 30... Rc2 31. Bxb5 Rc5 { [#] ...Bc2! is the strong threat.} 32. Nc6 $1 Bg4 33. f3 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Rxb5 { Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nc8 Rxb2 37. Nxd6 Nd7 38. Ne4 Nf6 39. d6 { aiming for Nxf6.} Ke8 40. Nc5 {d7+ would be deadly.} Nd7 41. Ne4 Nf6 42. Nc5 { Black must now prevent d7+.} Nd7 43. Ne4 Nf6 {An even fight not without its subleties. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) / Black=0.02 (flawless) Precisão Lichess: Brancas 98% Pretas 98%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2024.01.22"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,86,25,23,28,-3,0,5,32,46,43,26,26,18,23,4,16,-48,24,31,14,30,46,30,22, 17,43,-29,49,50,47,8,8,8,28,25,20,16,17,17,23,42,39,38,44,42,52,-3,15,28,35,28, 29,26,26,24,25,7,26,17,15,9,30,17,41,9,34,-16,9,-39,8,-33,-19,19,0,-7,15,15,15, 22,9,2,0,0,33,35,34,34,22]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} 7. b3 Ne4 {7...a5 is a critical line.} 8. Qb2 d6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O e5 (10... f5 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nd8 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 d5 16. Rac1 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc5 Ba6 20. Nb3 a4 21. Na5 a3 22. Qd2 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Qf6 25. f4 {Holm,K (2459)-Postny,E (2562) Teplice CZE 2022 0-1 (45)}) 11. e3 ( 11. d5 $5 {[%CAl Rd5c6]} Nb8 12. Nxe5 $16 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 11... f5 12. b4 Re8 {[#]} 13. Rd1 $146 (13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 e4 15. b5 Nd8 16. a4 Nf7 17. a5 a6 18. b6 c6 19. Rae1 Nh6 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Qg5 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. Kh1 Re7 24. Qa3 Qg6 25. e4 Rae8 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 {Khademalsharieh,S (2494)-Kosteniuk,A (2471) chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (39)}) 13... Nf6 14. b5 Nb8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc3 Nbd7 17. Nd5 {White has more active pieces.} Nxd5 18. cxd5 (18. Rxd5 e4 19. Nd4 g6 $15) 18... e4 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Rac1 Kh8 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. axb3 Qd6 24. Qd4 b6 25. Qc3 Rec8 26. Ra1 Be8 27. Rd2 Bf7 28. Bc4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Bh3 was best.} (28. Bh3 Bg6) 28... Rcb8 29. Ra6 h6 30. Bf1 Be8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Re8 was best.} (30... Re8) 31. Bc4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best.} (31. Ra1) 31... Kh7 32. Kf1 Bh5 33. Ke1 Rd8 34. Qa1 Bf3 35. Qd4 Bh5 36. Rda2 Bf7 {The position is equal.} 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Bxd5 {[#] And now ... Qb4+ would win.} 39. Bxd5 Qxd5 40. Rxc7 Qxd4 41. exd4 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 42. Rc6 Rb4 43. Rxb6 Rxb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise) Precisão Lichess: Brancas 95% Pretas 95%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2024.01.22"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Ju, Wenjun"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,103,25,23,27,0,5,5,39,42,43,43,73,41,21,47,44,40,36,36,23,33,22,37,37, 33,57,83,75,68,68,63,37,37,48,33,32,26,20,-9,-15,8,-11,-14,-5,-42,-30,-26,-40, -31,-46,-46,-46,-59,-44,-49,-46,-51,-29,-50,-45,-68,-59,-54,-36,-36,0,-14,-10, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-11,0,-31,21,0,0,0,28,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} d5 {6...d5 scores better than 6...d6.} 7. Bd3 $6 {Inaccuracy. e5 was best.} (7. cxd5 exd5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qf4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd4 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bd8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Nc3 Bb6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Kf1 Rad8 20. f4 Ba5 21. g3 g6 {Shankland, S (2731)-Caruana,F (2828) Saint Louis USA 2019 1/2-1/2 (39)}) (7. e5 Ne4 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. O-O (11. h4 f6) 11... Bg4 12. Be2 f6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Rfe1 Bf7 16. Bb5 Bh5 17. Be2 a6 18. Qc2 Bf7 19. a3 Bg8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Na4 Qd6 {Yakubboev,N (2616)-Abdusattorov,N (2716) Doha QAT 2023 1-0 (49)}) 7... dxe4 $146 (7... Nc6 8. e5 Ne4 9. O-O f5 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Be3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. cxd5 exd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Bf5 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. Re5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf5 22. g4 {Lutz,A (2204)-Gudat,A (1969) Buesum 2015 1-0 (34)}) 8. Nxe4 {[#] White has an edge.} c5 $146 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. b3 Rfd8) 9. Bc3 (9. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 10. Bxh7+ Nxh7 $19) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Bxd4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb4+ 12. Bc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Na6 $15) 10... e5 11. Nf3 (11. Nf5 $5) 11... Nc6 12. O-O ( 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 $17) 12... Bg4 13. h3 (13. Bxe5 $2 {too greedy.} Nxe5 14. Be2 Qxd1 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $19) 13... Bh5 14. Ng3 {Strongly threatening Nxh5.} (14. Bxe5 $2 {loses.} Nxe5 15. Be2 Nc6 $19) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Be4 (17. Rad1 $14 Qc7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rad1 g6 {Against Nf5} 21. c5 Rfd8 22. b4 f5 23. Qc4+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Ne2 e4 26. f4 exf3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxf3 $15 {Endgame KRN-KRN} a6 29. Re3 g5 30. Kf1 f4 31. Rc3 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Ne5 {White must now prevent ... Kf6.} (32... Kf6 {simplifies} 33. g3 Ke5 34. h4 gxh4 35. Nxf4 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Rd2) 33. g3 $1 f3 {[#] ...Rd2 is the strong threat.} 34. Re3 $1 Ke6 35. Nf4+ Kf5 36. Nh5 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 {The position is equal.} Rd2+ 39. Kf1 Rd5 40. g4+ Kg6 41. Ng3 Nc4 42. Rc3 (42. Rxf3 $2 Nd2+ 43. Kf2 Nxf3 44. Kxf3 Rd3+ 45. Kg2 Rxa3 $19) 42... Ne5 43. Re3 a5 44. Nf5 Kf6 {Prevents Ne7.} 45. Nd6 { Hoping for Ne4+.} axb4 {[#] ...Rd1+ would be deadly.} 46. axb4 (46. Nxb7 $2 { is the wrong capture.} Rd1+ 47. Kf2 Rd2+ 48. Kg1 bxa3 49. Rxa3 Nd3 $19) 46... Rd1+ 47. Kf2 Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Rb2 49. Ne8+ Ke6 50. Nc7+ Kf6 51. Ne8+ Ke6 52. Nc7+ { Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless) Precisão Lichess: Brancas 98% Pretas 98%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2024.01.22"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,129,25,25,25,25,16,-8,5,2,17,17,15,-3,0,-14,-8,-14,-18,-11,-13,-6,8,8, 6,5,5,-1,0,-5,0,8,-2,0,0,-9,3,-22,-11,4,23,0,34,23,46,0,89,42,46,44,135,142, 179,151,127,123,121,123,133,112,105,114,114,131,131,125,114,114,102,105,95,81, 95,108,99,98,123,100,118,94,100,119,127,119,111,125,127,125,174,142,175,175, 164,138,158,157,160,182,261,268,282,167,205,146,176,178,207,144,159,144,166, 160,184,149,242,162,266,272,282,293,288,351,361,368,390,379,379,447,446,469, 475,405]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} Bxc4 9. dxc4 b6 10. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Nxa5 11. Bxa5 bxa5 12. Rxa5 c6 {[#] } 13. Ra2 $146 (13. b4 Qb8 14. c3 Bd8 15. Ra6 Qb7 16. Qa4 Bb6 17. Qa3 c5 18. Nbd2 cxb4 19. cxb4 Rac8 20. Ra4 Ng4 21. Re2 g6 22. Qa2 Qe7 23. Nb1 Qe6 24. Nbd2 h6 25. Qb1 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (25) Levacic,P (2350)-Krstic,U (2270) Cannes 1997}) 13... Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Na4 Ne6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nb2 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. Rea1 {White has compensation.} Rd8 22. g3 Qb4 (22... g6 $14 { deserves consideration.}) 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. Qe3 Qc3 (24... f6 $1 $14) 25. Nfxe5 $16 (25. Nxa5 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Nc3 $15) 25... Rac8 26. Qxc3 (26. Qf4 $6 f6 27. Nd3 Nd4 $16) 26... Nxc3 27. Rxa5 {Black must now prevent Ra7.} Nxe4 28. Nb6 { Excellent horsemanship.} Rc7 29. Ra8 {Strongly threatening Rxd8+.} f6 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Ra8 fxe5 32. Rxd8+ {Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 33. Nc4 Ke6 34. Kg2 Nf6 { Repels Re8+} 35. Kf3 {White is more active.} e4+ $6 {Inaccuracy. g5 was best.} (35... g5 36. Ke2 h5 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Rd1 Ke6 39. Rd8 Ke7 40. Ra8 Ke6 41. Ra5 Kd5 42. Ne3+) 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. h3 Ne8 $1 $18 {[#]} 39. Rd1 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best.} (39. Rd2 Nc7 40. Kxe4 Nb5 41. Ne5 Nd4 42. Nd3 Ne6 43. f4 Rd8 44. Ke3 Nd4 45. g4 Kd6) 39... Nf6 40. Rd6 (40. Rd2 $16) 40... Ne8 $1 $18 {[#]} 41. Rd2 Nf6 42. Nd6 Ra8 43. Nxe4 Nd5+ 44. Ke5 c4 45. bxc4 Nb6 46. Re2 Nxc4+ 47. Kd4 Na3 (47... Nd6 48. Ng5+ Kd7 49. Nxh7 Nf7) 48. c4 Rb8 $6 { Inaccuracy. h6 was best.} (48... h6 49. Nc5+ Kf7 50. Nb7 Kf6 51. Kc5 Nb1 52. Nd6 Ra6 53. h4 g5 54. hxg5+ hxg5 55. g4) 49. Ra2 Ra8 50. Rb2 {Dodges Nb5+} Ke6 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Nd2 Ra7 53. Rb3 Ke6 $1 54. Nf1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Kb2 was best.} ( 54. Kb2 Rd7 55. Kc1 Rxd2 $18) 54... Kd6 55. Nd2 Ke6 $1 56. h4 Kf5 57. f3 h6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ke6 was best.} (57... Ke6 58. Rb8 g6 59. Re8+ Kd7 60. Re1 Kd6 61. g4 Kc5 62. Ne4+ Kb6 63. Kb3 h5 64. g5) 58. Rb6 Re7 59. Ne4 (59. Rxc6 Re3+ 60. Kb2 Re2 61. Kxa3 Rxd2 62. g4+ Ke5 $18) 59... g5 (59... Ke5 60. Rxc6 Rf7) 60. hxg5 hxg5 61. Rxc6 g4 62. Nd6+ {White mates.} Kf6 63. Nc8+ {[#] Discovered Attack} Re6 64. Rxe6+ Kxe6 65. f4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.28 (precise) Precisão Lichess: Brancas 97% Pretas 94%} 1-0 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2024.01.22"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,65,25,27,13,5,68,14,26,22,4,-39,0,-19,16,-3,-34,-9,-7,-32,-24,-16,18, -2,10,16,12,1,35,30,35,-11,-6,-6,-33,-17,-34,-41,-23,-41,-6,-43,-23,-22,-4,-6, 1,-3,11,4,31,-8,-3,0,-6,-7,0,3,-8,-21,-6,-6,-6,-31,-26,-23,-21,-14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} Nb6 9. Qb3 {Black should prevent dxc6.} (9. Qd1 $5 {[%CAl Rd5c6]}) 9... Qxd5 (9... cxd5 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 e6 13. h4 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Nc4 15. e4 Qa5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Rac1 Nh5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. Bb4 Qd8 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Qf3 { Yu Yangyi (2729)-Caruana,F (2766) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (83)}) 10. Qd1 {[#]} c5 $146 (10... Qh5 11. Nc3 Bh3 12. Bg5 (12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Qd3 h6 15. Nf3 Qh3 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Bc7 Rd7 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qc4 b5 20. Qb4 Ng4 21. Rad1 Rd6 22. d5 Rf6 23. Rd4 c5 24. Qxc5 Rxf3 25. Rxg4 {Nottola,A (2162) -Djidjeli,S (2213) Barcelona ESP 2021 0-1 (35)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rfd1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. a4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 a5 22. Qb5 Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. b3 c5 25. Rc1 {Donchenko, A (2634)-Blohberger,F (2534) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (141)}) 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne1 Qh5 14. Nd3 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Nd5 $6 {Inaccuracy. a4 was best.} (19. a4 e6) 19... Be6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nxd5 was best.} (19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Re1 Bf6 23. h3 h5 24. a4 a5 25. Ra3 Rd7 26. h4) 20. Nxe7+ {The position is equal.} Kh8 {...Re8 would be deadly.} 21. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (21... Rd7 {is interesting.} 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. f4 Qc5+) 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Re1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd5 26. Re2 Kg7 27. Be3 a6 28. Rc1 Rad8 29. g4 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Rc4 Kg6 32. h3 R8d7 33. Rec2 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) / Black=0.03 (flawless) Precisão Lichess: Brancas 98% Pretas 98%} 1/2-1/2 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2024.01.22"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,85,25,17,25,5,5,4,-6,-6,37,20,15,7,39,13,18,27,34,-38,-80,-85,-44,-32, -12,-37,-44,-55,-41,-54,-46,-50,-22,-22,-10,-3,21,-45,209,185,185,203,191,195, 207,246,221,212,209,233,237,227,228,228,234,221,262,212,281,274,278,280,284, 263,271,272,275,279,294,301,307,316,276,330,323,351,358,362,373,376,379,372, 377,377,370,377,362,359]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3.} 8. Ba2 (8. O-O b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6) 8... b5 9. Qc2 (9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 b4 11. axb4 cxd4 12. Rd1 Nxb4 13. Rxd4 Qb6) 9... cxd4 { The position is equal.} 10. exd4 {[#] Hoping for d5!} (10. Ne2 Bb7 11. exd4 Rc8 $17) 10... Bb7 (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... Qe5+ 13. Kf1 exd5 14. Qc6+ Kd8 15. Bd2) 13. Qc6+ Ke7 14. Qxa8 Qe5+ 15. Kf1 Qd4 16. Bg5+ Kd7 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5+ exd5 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Be3 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Bd4 Rc8 23. h4 Rc2 24. Rh3 g6 25. Rf3 {Firouzja,A (2778)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Saint Louis USA 2022 1/2-1/2 (46)}) 11. d5 exd5 {[#]} 12. Bg5 $146 {Bxf6 would be deadly.} (12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Qf5 Nc4 16. Rd4 Qc8 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. Re1 Nde4 19. Qd3 Bc5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rh4 Re8 22. Rc1 Qe6 23. Kf1 Qb6 24. Nd1 Ne4 25. Rc2 Qg6 {0-1 (25) Jumabayev,R (2609)-Narayanan,S (2669) Almaty KAZ 2022}) 12... Be7 13. Rd1 d4 (13... O-O 14. O-O Na5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxd5 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Qb1) 14. O-O {White wants to play Rfe1.} O-O 15. Rfe1 { Black should prevent Bb1.} b4 (15... Qd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. Bb1 g6 19. Qh4 Bg7 20. Ba2) 16. Bb1 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} g6 (16... bxc3 17. Bxf6 g6 18. Bxe7 (18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc7) 18... Nxe7 19. Rxd4 $16 (19. bxc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nf5)) 17. Rxe7 {[#] Deflection} Nxe7 (17... Qxe7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 Ndxe7 20. Nxd4 $16) 18. Rxd4 Qc7 $4 {Blunder. Nfd5 was best. White stays focused until the end.} (18... Nfd5 19. Nxd5 (19. axb4 f6 (19... Qb6 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Qd1 Bc6 22. Nc5 a5 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. Bc4 axb4 25. Ne4)) 19... Bxd5) 19. Ne4 $18 {Discovered Attack} (19. Rxb4 Bxf3 20. Bxf6 Bb7 $15) (19. Bxf6 bxc3 20. Qc1 c2 21. Bxc2 Rac8 $17) 19... Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Bxc2 {And now Rh4 would win. This pair of bishops is nice.} Rac8 (21... bxa3 22. bxa3 Rac8 23. Ng4 Ng8 24. Bb3 Rc3 25. Rb4 Bc8 26. h3) 22. Ng4 {White wants to mate with Bf6+.} (22. Rxb4 Bxf3 23. Bb3 h6 $15) 22... Ng8 {Repels Bf6+. Threatens to win with ... Bxf3.} (22... Rxc2 $2 23. Bf6+ Kg8 24. Nh6#) 23. Bb3 (23. Rxb4 Bxf3 24. Ne3 Be2 $15) 23... bxa3 {Black is weak on the dark squares} 24. bxa3 Rc3 25. Rb4 Bxf3 ( 25... Rfc8 {was necessary.} 26. Ne1 (26. Rxb7 {gets mated.} Rc1+ {[%mdl 64] Back Rank} 27. Bxc1 Rxc1+) 26... Bc6) (25... Bc8) 26. gxf3 Rxf3 (26... h5 27. Ne3 a5 28. Rb7 a4 29. Bc4 Nh6 30. Bf4 Re8 31. Bb5) 27. Ne3 {Repels Rf5} h6 ( 27... a5 28. Rd4 Rf6 29. Bxf6+ Nxf6 30. Bd1 Re8 31. Bf3 Re5 32. Kf1) 28. Bd1 ( 28. Bf4 Nf6 29. Kg2 a5 30. Ra4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Rd8 32. a4 h5 33. Bc4 Rd2 34. h3 Rd8) 28... Rxf2 29. Bxh6+ (29. Kxf2 hxg5 30. Ra4 f5 31. Rxa6 Nf6 32. Ra7+ Kh6 $18) 29... Nxh6 (29... Kxh6 30. Kxf2 Nf6 31. Be2 a5 32. Rd4 Re8 33. Bf3 Rc8 34. a4) 30. Kxf2 Rd8 (30... Ng8) 31. Ke2 (31. Be2) 31... Rd6 (31... Rh8 32. h4 a5 33. Ra4 Ng8 34. Kd2 Ne7 35. Bf3 Nc8 36. Rd4 Nb6 37. h5 Re8 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Bd1 Re6 40. Kd3 g5 41. Bb3 Rc6 42. Rd8 Kf6 43. Re8 a4 44. Bd1) 32. Bb3 Rf6 33. a4 Rc6 34. Bc4 f5 35. Rb7+ Kf6 (35... Kf8 36. Bb3 Ng4 37. Nxg4 fxg4 38. Rf7+ Ke8) 36. Rh7 {White is clearly winning.} Ng4 37. Nxg4+ fxg4 {Endgame KRB-KR} 38. Bd3 {aiming for Ra7.} Rb6 39. Ra7 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 Rxh2 41. Rxa6+ Ke5 42. Ra5+ (42. Rxg6 Rh3+ 43. Kd2) 42... Kf6 43. Kf4 {An entertaining game by Firouzja. Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.26 (precise) Precisão Lichess: Brancas 97% Pretas 94%} 1-0 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters 2024"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2024.01.22"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,82,25,25,36,66,99,46,79,46,62,44,44,18,35,28,27,17,34,4,4,-12,7,-13,0, 11,61,27,31,31,4,18,34,15,29,36,21,43,40,21,18,16,16,45,42,56,53,46,37,74,57, 57,93,-8,-23,6,114,120,118,118,93,104,82,-2,82,33,33,0,93,72,61,1,131,92,92,92, 92,89,92,92,91,29,35,32,32]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O g6 9. Re1 (9. Nb3 Nxd3 10. cxd3 Bg7 11. a4 O-O 12. f3 Qb6+ 13. d4 Be6 14. Ra3 Rfc8 15. a5 Bxb3 16. Rxb3 Qxa5 17. Rxb7 Rcb8 18. Qb3 Qd8 19. Be3 Qc8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Qa2 Ne8 22. Ra1 Nc7 23. Qc4 Qb7 {Navara, D (2697)-Karjakin,S (2743) Baku AZE 2021 0-1 (96)}) 9... Bg7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a4 Bg4 $146 (11... Re8 12. f3 b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Nde2 e6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 Red8 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 a5 22. Rb1 Rdc8 23. Rec1 Qc4 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxb6 Rxa4 26. Nd4 {Djidjeli,S (2018)-Sebag,M (2421) Chartres FRA 2023 0-1 (32)}) (11... Bd7 12. f3 Rc8 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Reb1 Qc7 16. a5 Ne6 17. Nde2 Qb8 18. Ra3 Nc7 19. Rb3 Nb5 20. Nf4 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bc6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bb5 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Rxb7 Qa8 26. Bxc4 {Nigmatov,O (2473)-Goganov,A (2525) Tashkent UZB 2023 1/2-1/2 (83)}) 12. f3 e5 13. Nde2 ( 13. fxg4 exd4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 (14... Nfxe4 15. b4 $16) (14... Ncxe4 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxd4) 15. exd5 Re8 $17) 13... Be6 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Qxd6 Re8 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Be3 Rc4 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Rec1 Rd8 20. Qe1 Bf8 21. Nd1 Rc8 22. c3 Rc6 23. a5 $6 { Inaccuracy. b5 was best.} (23. b5 Rc4) 23... b6 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Nb2 Ne8 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best.} (25... Nc4 26. Nxc4 (26. Bf2) 26... Bxc4) 26. f4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ng3 was best.} (26. Ng3 Nc4 (26... Ba2 27. Bxa6 Bxb1 28. Bxc8 Nxc8 29. Rxb1 Rxc3 30. Nd1 Ra3 31. Bf2 Ned6 32. Ne3 Nb6) 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Bd2) 26... Nc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Nd4 R6c7 30. Nf3 Qe6 (30... Qxe4 $2 31. Nd2 Qf5 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 $18 34. Ra1 $18) 31. Qh4 (31. Bf4 $14 Bxf1 32. Bxc7 (32. Kxf1 Rc4 $15)) 31... Qf6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Be7 was best.} (31... Bxf1 $2 32. Ng5 (32. Rxf1 Be7) 32... h5 33. Nxe6 $18) (31... Be7 32. Qh6 Bxf1 (32... Qxe4 $2 33. Nd2 $18) 33. Rxf1 Rxc3 34. Bc5 Bxc5+ 35. bxc5 Qe7 36. e5 Qxc5+ 37. Kh1 Qf8 38. Qd2) 32. Qg3 Bxf1 33. Bd4 Qe7 (33... Bd6 34. e5 Bb5 (34... Bd3 35. Re1 $16) 35. Re1 $16 (35. exf6 Bxg3 36. hxg3 Nd6 $16) ( 35. exd6 Qxd6 36. Qf2 Rb7 $16)) 34. Rxf1 Nd6 35. Rbe1 Nxe4 36. Qf4 f5 37. Nd2 Bg7 38. Nxe4 Bxd4+ 39. cxd4 fxe4 40. Qxe4 Qxe4 41. Rxe4 Rd7 {Precisão Lichess: Brancas 96% Pretas 96%} 1/2-1/2