[Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "1.1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "125"] [GameId "2135642342611111"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Bf3 dxe4 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Be2 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Qd6 Qe8 (15... Rfe8) ({Harikrishna felt that Black should have taken the queen} 15... Qxd6 16. Rxd6 $11 {and it's around equal} Bxc3 17. bxc3) 16. Rd2 Rc8 {Harikrishna felt that his opponent missed} 17. Bd4 (17. Nd5 {White guessed that Black mainly calculated} Qb5 18. Bd4 Rfd8 {and Black is quite fine here.}) 17... Rd8 18. Qxd8 {idea.} Qxd8 19. Bxg7 Qe8 20. Bxf8 e3 21. fxe3 Kxf8 22. Re1 Qe5 23. g3 Be6 24. a3 Kg7 25. Rd4 Qh5 26. Re2 Qf3 27. b3 h5 28. Kb2 Qf6 29. a4 b6 30. Red2 Qe5 31. e4 Kh6 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. R6d4 Kh6 34. Nd5 Bg4 35. Ne3 Be6 36. Ka2 Qg5 37. Nd5 h4 38. gxh4 Qxh4 39. Nc7 Bh3 40. R4d3 Bg4 41. Nb5 Qe7 42. Nd6 Qf6 43. e5 Qf1 44. Rd4 Be6 45. Rh4+ Kg5 46. Re4 Kh6 47. Kb2 g5 48. Nb5 Bf5 49. Ree2 Bg4 50. Rg2 Qe1 51. Nd4 Qe4 52. Ka2 Bh5 {White felt that he was lucky to have} 53. Nc6 {as he had to defend the e5-pawn} ({He was also considering} 53. e6 fxe6 {to keep the game going.}) 53... Bg6 54. Ne7 Bh5 55. Ng8+ Kg6 56. Ne7+ (56. Rd6+ Kg7 57. Rxg5+ Bg6) 56... Kh6 57. h4 $1 g4 (57... gxh4 58. Ng8+ Kh7 59. Nf6+) (57... Qxh4 58. Nf5+) 58. Ng8+ Kg6 59. Nf6 Qf3 60. Rg1 Kh6 61. Rdg2 Qf5 62. Kb1 Bg6 63. h5 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2135647736371812"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,92,13,0,0,3,81,9,9,68,5,17,17,12,10,105,14,20,14,14,22,0,0,-2,0,0,-36,-20,12,-46,-16,-42,-14,-25,-20,-49,-40,-11,-61,-35,2,7,15,-48,-97,-67,-72,-74,27,27,-74,-74,-159,-59,-103,-83,-240,-112,-62,-157,-216,-112,-137,-101,-72,-1,-89,-91,-179,-106,-1,71,20,8,39,-4,9,9,-8,1,1,-26,1,1,1,1,1,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,1,1,-1]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 c6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Ngf6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 12. h3 e4 13. Nh2 d5 14. g4 dxc4 15. g5 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Qe7 17. Ng3 b5 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. h4 c5 20. Bh3 Qa6 21. h5 b4 22. Bf1 cxd4 23. Bxc4 b3 24. Qxb3 Nc5 25. Qa2 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 Bxf5 27. Bxa6 N3b4+ 28. Ka1 Nxa2 29. Kxa2 dxe3 30. fxe3 Nxe3 31. Rc1 Rab8 32. Bxa5 Nc2 33. Bc4 Bd4 34. b3 Rec8 35. Rhf1 Ne3 36. Rxf5 Nxf5 37. g6 hxg6 38. hxg6 Nd6 39. gxf7+ Kf8 40. Bb4 Rxb4 41. axb4 Nb5 42. Kb1 Na3+ 43. Ka2 Nc2 44. Kb1 Na3+ 45. Ka2 Nc2 46. Kb1 Na3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "1.3"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "C58"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2135648882248337"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,62,20,26,22,16,22,4,0,21,8,15,11,21,24,15,13,16,16,78,21,0,13,19,13,25,34,18,0,23,13,69,28,7,-1,17,50,54,54,27,51,86,21,-83,-51,15,-49,79,89,194,228,106,188,215,224,202,193,132,119,132,34,155,183,-874,-1077]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxe5 Re8 17. f4 d4 18. O-O Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. c4 Qh4 21. b5 Bb7 22. Rf2 Rae8 23. Qf1 R5e6 (23... R8e6) 24. c5 Be4 25. Qc4 d3 26. Rxf5 $6 (26. c6 Qe7 27. c7 Rc8 28. Rc1) 26... Qg4 27. Rf2 h5 28. h3 Qg3 29. c6 Kh7 30. Qc5 Rg6 31. Rc1 $4 (31. Qxh5+ Kg8) 31... Qxh3 $19 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "1.4"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2135621432558764"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,83,11,34,25,5,-122,-5,-8,0,17,20,5,3,32,-22,3,-10,24,17,15,28,12,10,18,48,33,-45,-24,-88,-40,-37,-169,-44,-55,-51,-8,-59,-60,-56,-1,-64,-64,-61,-18,-23,28,2,24,-1,1,26,273,-5,-1,1,-1,9,18,16,16,1,23,73,-1,-76,49,-21,-257,-343,-383,-375,373,448,468,477,508,362,408,405,499,328,556,605,533,610]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 e5 17. Qd2 ({Gukesh's first intention was} 17. Nd5 Nd4 18. Qd2 {Gukesh missed that his opponent could go} Be7 ({He saw that} 18... Rc6 19. Bh4) 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bh4 Kh7 21. Qg5 Rc6 22. f4 Rg8 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. fxe5 Ng4) 17... Be7 18. Bh6 Kh7 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 {Gukesh realized that Black shouldn't have any problems} 20. f4 Be6 21. Nd5 Nb4 ({Gukesh was worried about} 21... exf4 22. Qxf4 (22. Rxf4 Bh6) (22. gxf4) 22... Ng4) 22. fxe5 Ng4 (22... Nfxd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Kh1 {Gukesh realized that he should already start playing for a draw here or just try to defend}) 23. Rad1 Kh8 {a strong move which Gukesh admitted missing} (23... Rc2 $2 24. Nf6+) 24. Kh1 Rc2 {Gukesh thought that he was lost here} 25. Qf4 Nxd5 26. Qf3 (26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Bc5+ $19) 26... Qb6 (26... Rxg2 27. Qxg2 Nge3 28. Qf3 Nxf1 29. exd5 Ne3 $19) 27. exd5 Rf2 28. Qc3 Bb4 29. Qc1 Bf5 30. Qg5 Bf8 31. Qh4+ $2 ({There were a lot of tricks here} 31. h3 $4 Rxg2 $1 $19) 31... Bh6 $2 (31... Kg8 $19 32. e6 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Nf2+) 32. Rde1 (32. e6 Rxg2 33. Rxf5 Rxh2+ 34. Qxh2 Nxh2 35. Re1 $11) 32... Qxb2 33. h3 $4 (33. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 34. Kg1) 33... Be4 $1 $19 34. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 35. Kg1 Qb6 $4 (35... Ng4 $1) 36. Qf6+ $18 Qxf6 37. exf6 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Nd3 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. d6 Nc5 41. Re5 Nd7 42. Re7 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "1.5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2135650977077951"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,61,12,38,25,128,-3,23,27,35,165,72,28,36,30,23,23,35,30,28,-22,26,23,28,28,28,31,31,36,33,33,30,40,-1,31,28,-5,27,18,39,35,26,28,15,23,22,38,72,41,32,25,179,29,24,37,38,24,31,26,22,5,21,1,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2 c6 15. Qe3 g6 16. Re1 Ng7 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. h3 h5 19. Be5 Ne6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Kg7 22. h4 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd7 24. Ng5 Nc7 25. Qe3 Re8 26. g3 Kg8 27. Qf4 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Ne8 29. Nh3 Nd6 30. Nf4 Qd8 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "1.6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2135651381160671"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,92,27,19,18,23,15,18,33,21,32,19,26,10,56,57,40,0,-48,-19,-49,-33,-43,-44,-32,-31,-32,20,-24,-54,-43,-17,-9,-42,-30,-22,-15,21,15,34,27,59,76,80,96,94,79,151,123,59,132,65,67,-44,62,-46,-38,8,-154,-58,1,44,22,-10,-14,-85,-35,-86,-64,-108,-76,-114,-105,-134,-41,42,-14,-57,-10,-63,-78,-54,-54,-65,-57,-57,-36,-43,-43,-7,-39,0,54,40,45]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Ng5 6. O-O d5 7. Re1+ Ne6 8. c4 d4 9. Qc2 g6 10. c5 Bg7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. d3 Nc6 13. a3 Nxc5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Nbd2 Bf5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bh4 Rac8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Ncd8 20. Rae1 a6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. Qa2 Kg7 24. Bb3 Nc6 25. R5e4 Qd7 26. Qe2 h6 27. Qf3 Ng5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. h3 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Rh8 31. Ba4 Rh4 32. Qe2 b5 33. Bb3 Rf4 34. Rc1 Qd6 35. Rc5 Rf5 36. Qe8 Nd8 37. g3 c6 38. Kg2 Qc7 39. Qe4 Rxc5 40. bxc5 Qd7 41. Qe5+ f6 42. Qb8 a5 43. a4 bxa4 44. Bxa4 Nf7 45. Bb3 a4 46. Bxa4 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Round "1.7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2135652037745441"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,40,21,23,14,-6,7,9,8,12,25,9,5,-21,-23,-29,-15,-10,-19,-15,-8,0,-7,-20,6,-10,-5,-5,-5,-12,-7,10,32,-1,-107,0,-6,-7,1,-10,-3,38,-16]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Nc2 e4 7. Nh4 Be6 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne3 Na6 12. b3 Bd4 13. Rb1 cxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Nef5 Bb6 16. Bb2 g6 17. Ne3 Bd4 18. Qc1 a5 19. Nf3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Re8 21. Rfc1 Ng4 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. d3 Bd5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Ra1 b6 27. d4 h5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Ne5 Rc8 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Rc3 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxd7 34. Qd2 Rc8 35. Rc1 Rc6 36. Rc3 Qc7 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. e3 Kf6 39. Qd1 Qc3 40. Bf1 Qc2 41. Qf3+ Qf5 42. Qe2 Qd7 43. Qf3+ Qf5 44. Qe2 Qe6 45. Qf3+ Ke7 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Kf8 48. Qf4 Na2 49. Bg2 Kg7 50. Qc7 Nb4 51. Bf3 Nd3 1/2-1/2