[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters 2023"] [White "Ding,Liren"] [Black "Giri,Anish"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Round "9.2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2023.01.24"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "74"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 12,74,18,9,20,3,20,1,0,7,6,0,0,1,16,0,0,0,34,48,49,40,33,36,73,58,95,87,122,68,70,74,80,45,57,57,49,-70,-8,-8,-10,-18,-8,-18,-24,-102,-102,-150,-179,-190,-98,-129,-112,-258,-275,-256,-261,-710,-710,-2052,-1987,-1946,-1714,-1251,-1188]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:3:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:5]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:0:48]} d4 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:13] A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White.} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:46] Prevents Nc6.} Qc7 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:1:20]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:0:15] The position is equal.} (9... Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Na3 a6 12. exd4 cxd4 13. d3 b5 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Nc2 Bf6 17. Ba3 b4 18. Bb2 a5 19. g4 {½-½ Ding,L (2809)-Giri,A (2797) Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd 2019 (3)} )10. Nd3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 11. Na3 {[%emt 0:1:23]} a6 $1 {[%emt 0:0:58]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:8:18]} Bd6 $1 {[%emt 0:1:30] [#]} 13. g4 $146 {[%emt 0:0:9][%cal Yg3g4,Yg4g5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc2 Re8 14. Kh1 Qd8 15. Nf2 Nf8 16. b4 exf4 17. exf4 Be6 18. d3 Qd7 19. bxc5 Bxc5 {0-1 Malikentzos,S (2432)-Koutoukidis,P (2412) GRE-ch 69th Thessaloniki 2019 (6)} )exf4 {[%emt 0:6:12]} 14. g5 {[%emt 0:26:31]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:2:28]} (14... f3 15. Qxf3 Ne8 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Rae1 $18 )15. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:10:46]} ({But not} 15. exf4 Nb6 $11 )dxe3 {[%emt 0:17:54]} 16. dxe3 {[%emt 0:5:35]} Be5 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:22]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:12:52]} 18. Rad1 $1 {[%emt 0:1:19]} Re8 {[%emt 0:2:40]} 19. Nb1 {[%emt 0:0:52]} ({Much weaker is} 19. Nd5 $6 Qd8 $11 )a5 {[%emt 0:6:50]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:4:0]} ({Better is} 20. Nc3 $16 )Bxb2 $14 {[%emt 0:3:30]} 21. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} (21. Nd5 {feels hotter.} Qd8 22. Qxb2 Ne5 23. Qf2 )Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 22. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:42] Hoping for Ncd5.} (22. Qf2 {is interesting.} Bg4 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Rd2 )Bg4 {[%emt 0:2:46][%cal Yc8g4,Yg4e6,Ye6c4,Yc4a6][%mdl 32]} 23. Rd5 {[%emt 0:5:47]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:6:25]} 24. Rd2 {[%emt 0:27:21]} (24. Nb5 $14 Qe7 25. Qf2 )Nxe3 {[%emt 0:9:16]} ({Black should play} 24... Qb8 $15 25. Ncd5 Nh4 )25. Ncd5 $11 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 26. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:3:18]} (27. Qc3 {is more complex.} Ng6 28. h3 Be6 29. Be4 )Be6 {[%emt 0:4:12]} 28. Nf4 {[%emt 0:0:47]} (28. Qc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} )Bxc4 $1 $17 {[%emt 0:7:58]} 29. Rff2 {[%emt 0:1:21]} (29. bxc4 $142 Nxc4 30. Qc3 Nxd2 31. Qxd2 )Ba6 $1 {[%emt 0:3:45]} 30. Nh5 {[%emt 0:0:15][%cal Yd2d7] [#]} Re7 {[%emt 0:10:43] Prevents Rd7.} (30... Qc7 $1 $19 {...Rad8 would be deadly.} 31. Rf5 c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 )31. Rd5 {[%emt 0:6:24][%cal Yf2f5] [#]} Qc7 $1 {[%emt 0:1:56]} 32. Rf5 {[%emt 0:3:30] Loses the game.} (32. Qc3 $17 )Rae8 $19 {[%emt 0:0:45]} 33. Qc3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} b6 {[%emt 0:4:21]} 34. Nf6+ $2 {[%emt 0:0:53]} (34. Qg3 Kh8 35. Kh2 )gxf6 {[%emt 0:0:7] Black is clearly winning.} 35. gxf6 {[%emt 0:0:2] [#]} Nf3+ $1 {[%emt 0:2:21]} 36. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:0:8]} 37. Bf1 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:1:54] A cool game by Giri. Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.12 (very precise)} 0-1