[Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2862"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 { D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5. is now more promising than 7...Nc6.} dxe4 $1 {is now more promising than 7...Nc6.} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {White has an edge.} Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Kb1 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a6 15. Ba4 Be7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe4 Rg8 18. g3 f5 19. Bb3 Rg6 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 (52) Duda,J (2743)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com INT 2020}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Ng5 Ke7 $1 18. a3 Ba5 19. f4 h6 20. Nf3 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Rd1 Rc7 23. Ne5 a6 24. Be2 {Black should prevent Nc4.} Bb6 25. Ng6+ Ke8 26. Bh5 Nc6 27. g4 fxg4 28. Rd6 Kf7 29. f5 $1 Kf6 30. fxe6 Kg5 31. Rd5+ Kf6 32. Nf4 Be3 33. Ng2 Bg5 34. Bxg4 {h4 is the strong threat.} Ne5 35. Bh3 h5 36. Ka2 Re7 37. Ne1 Bf4 { The position is equal.} 38. Nf3 Nxf3 {[#] Double Attack} 39. Rf5+ {[#] Double Attack} Kg6 {Hoping for ...Ng5.} 40. Rxf4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Nxh2 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Kb3 {next Kc4 is good for White.} Ng4 $1 42. Bxg4 hxg4 43. Rxg4+ { KR-KR} Kf5 44. Rb4 (44. Rc4 {feels hotter.} Kxe6 45. a4 Kd6 46. Rc3 Rc7 47. Rh3 ) 44... Kxe6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Kb4 Ke8 47. Rd6 Rd7 48. Kc5 (48. Rg6 {keeps more tension.} Kd8 49. Rg3 Kc7 50. Ka5 Rd5+ 51. Ka4) 48... Rxd6 49. Kxd6 {[#] aiming for Kc7. KPP-KPP} Kd8 50. b4 (50. a4 {is more complex.} Kc8 51. Kc5 Kc7 52. a5 Kd7 53. Kb6) 50... Kc8 {[%mdl 32]} 51. a4 (51. b5 {with more complications.} axb5 52. Kc5 b4 53. axb4 Kc7 54. b5) 51... Kd8 52. b5 axb5 53. axb5 Kc8 54. b6 $1 Kb8 55. Kd7 Ka8 56. Kc7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/ Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2668"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3.} 10. O-O {now scores much better than the old 10...Nd7.} Nxc3 $1 {now scores much better than the old 10...Nd7.} 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. d5 e5 13. e4 a5 14. Bc2 Nc5 {[#]} 15. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd2 Bc8 16. Qe3 Bg4 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. g3 Qe7 19. Kg2 c6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. f3 {0-1 (28) Reich,T (2373)-Istratescu,A (2583) Aschach 2017}) 15... c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Qe3 g6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. b3 Kh8 21. Nh4 Rb8 22. a3 Ne6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd4 25. Bd1 Ba8 26. Nf3 Ne6 27. Ra3 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Nd2 Rf7 ({Of course not} 29... Qb7 $6 30. Bf3 $16) 30. f4 {The position is equal.} Nd4 (30... Qb7 $2 31. Bf3 $18) 31. fxe5 dxe5 ({Avoid the trap} 31... Qb7 $2 { [#]} 32. Rxa8 $1 Qxa8 33. Qxd4 $18) 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Nc6 34. Re1 (34. Ree3 {feels hotter.} Nxb4 35. Reb3 Re7 36. Nf3 Rd8 37. Ra1) 34... Nxb4 35. Nf3 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Bxf3 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} b5 38. cxb5 Rxb5 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Rd1 Rf8 41. Be4 Na6 42. Rc1 Rf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit.} 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Rd2 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rac8 14. O-O Na5 15. Ne5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Bb1 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 g5 {1-0 (36) Avetisyan,M (2079) -Golub,N (1870) Prague 2016}) 14. O-O Rac8 15. h3 a6 16. Rc1 Kf8 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 ({Reject} 19. exd4 g5 $15) 19... Nc4 20. Rdc2 b5 21. Nce2 Bd7 22. b3 Ne5 (22... Na3 $14) 23. Rxc8 ({ White should try} 23. Rc7 $16) 23... Rxc8 $14 24. Rxc8+ (24. Rd1 {seems wilder. } Rc5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nf4 Be7 27. b4) 24... Bxc8 25. Bg3 Ng6 26. f3 Bc5 27. Kf2 Ne7 28. Nc1 Ba3 29. Nd3 Nf5 30. Nc2 Nxg3 31. Nxa3 Nh1+ 32. Ke1 Ng3 33. Nc2 Ke7 34. Nd4 Nf5 {The position is equal.} 35. Nf4 Nxd4 36. exd4 b4 37. g4 a5 38. Bd3 Kd6 39. h4 Bd7 40. Kd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} O-O 9. O-O-O Nf6 {seems to push 9...Ne5 aside.} 10. Bd3 c5 {[#] An important novelty.} 11. Rhg1 $1 $146 {An important novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. a3 c4 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. Qe2 d5 15. Bd4 b5 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. g3 {1/2-1/2 (85) Caruana,F (2823) -Duda,J (2743) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11... b5 12. g4 Bb7 13. Qe2 c4 14. Bf5 Re8 15. Nd4 Nd5 {[#]} (15... g6 $11) {White is more active.} 16. Ne6 $1 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qa5 {[#]} 17. Qf3 $1 Bf6 {[#]} (17... Qxa2 $2 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qxf7 $18) (17... g6 $16 {was necessary.} 18. Rxd5 Qxa2 ) (17... g6 18. Rxd5) 18. g5 $1 $18 Bxc3 {[#]} 19. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. g6+ $1 ( 20. Qxf7 Qxa2 21. bxc3 (21. g6+ Kh8 $17) 21... Qa3+ 22. Kd2 Qxc3+ 23. Kc1 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qc3+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ 26. Kd2 Qc3+ $17) 20... fxg6 21. Ng5+ Kh8 22. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 {White threatens Rh4+ and mate.} Nf6 (23... Re1+ $2 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rd1 $18) 24. Qxb7 {Hoping for Rh4+.} Rab8 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 24... Qxa2 $2 25. Rh4+ Nh5 26. Ne6 $1 $18) 25. Qf7 ({And not} 25. Rh4+ Nh5 $11) 25... Re1+ 26. Rd1 Rxg1 27. Rxg1 Re8 {( -> ...Re1+)} ({Don't go for} 27... Qxa2 $2 28. Rg3 $18) 28. Ne6 Rxe6 29. Qxe6 {Endgame ...Qa1+ is the strong threat. KQR-KQN} Qxa2 {Endgame ...Qa1+ is the strong threat. KQR-KQN} 30. Qh3+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ $2 (31. Qa3 $16 Qxa3 32. bxa3) 31... Kh7 $11 {aiming for ...Qa1+.} 32. Qh3+ $2 (32. Re1 $11) 32... Kg8 $16 33. Qa3 Qxa3 34. bxa3 $18 {KR-KN} Kf7 { White has strong compensation.} 35. Kd2 {White has strong compensation.} a6 36. Ke3 Nd5+ 37. Kd4 Ne7 38. Re1 Ke8 39. a4 {And now axb5 would win.} Kd7 40. axb5 axb5 41. Rg1 (41. Kc3 $16) 41... Kc6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 42. h4 Nf5+ 43. Kc3 Nxh4 44. Kb4 Nf3 45. Rxg6 Nd4 $1 46. c3 Ne2 47. Rxg7 Nf4 48. Ka5 Ne2 49. Kb4 Nf4 50. Ka5 Ne2 51. Kb4 {Black escapes into a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. O-O Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nge7 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} 11. Qd3 { [#] A promising side line.} Rc8 $5 {[#] A promising side line.} 12. Rd1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 a6 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 O-O 19. Rac1 {0-1 (49) Huerga,J (2253)-Dyakov,A (2250) IECG email 2001}) 12... h6 (12... Nb4 $11 13. Qb5+ Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Nec6) 13. Bd2 $14 Ng6 14. h4 Bb4 ({Wrong is} 14... Qxb2 $2 15. h5 $18) 15. Na4 Qc7 16. h5 Nge7 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. b3 {[#] Strongly threatening a3.} b5 19. Nb2 Ba3 20. Qe2 O-O 21. Rab1 Rc7 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. b4 {Black must now prevent Rb3.} a5 ({Stronger than} 23... Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Be3 $16) 24. bxa5 Nxa5 25. Bc1 (25. Nde1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Bxc1 $17 26. Rdxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Nc4 28. Nb3 Ra8 29. Rc1 Nc6 30. g3 {Loses the game.} (30. Ra1 $17) 30... Ra3 $19 31. Kg2 Qa7 32. Rc2 $2 (32. Qd3 {is a better defense.}) {Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 32... Nb4 {Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rc3 Nxa2 34. Rd3 {[#] Remove Defender, Decoy} Rxb3 $1 {Remove Defender, Decoy} 35. Rxb3 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nc1 $1 {Double Attack} 36. Qc2 Nxb3 37. Qxb3 Qa4 38. Qb1 (38. Qxa4 $142 bxa4 39. Ne1) 38... b4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/ Black=0.06} 0-1 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Be2 {B53: Sicilian: 2.. .d6: Lines with Qxd4.} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1 O-O 9. Nc3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... Ng4 10. Qg5 Bf6 11. Qf4 Qb6 12. Qg3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc5 14. Rb1 Qxc3 15. Bb2 Qxc2 {1-0 (55) Druska,J (2443)-Martinovic,S (2563) Slovakia 2019}) 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. c3 Re8 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. Qh4 (13. Ng5 {keeps more tension. } Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Qh4 Qb6 16. Nf3) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. b4 Bxf3 16. bxa5 Bxe2 17. Rd5 Bxc3 18. Rb1 {[#] Double Attack} Nb4 $1 {Double Attack} 19. Rd4 Bxd4 {Strongly threatening Bh6. Double Attack} 20. Qxd4 {Strongly threatening Bh6. Double Attack} Nc6 21. Qd5 Ba6 22. Bg5 Ne5 23. Be3 Rc3 24. Rb3 Rc2 25. Rb1 Rc3 26. Rb3 Rc2 27. Rb1 Rec8 28. h3 R2c3 {[#] Hoping for ...Rd3.} 29. Rb3 Rc2 30. Rb4 (30. Rb1 $11) 30... R2c3 31. Rb3 $1 Rc2 32. Rb4 ({White should play} 32. Rb1 $11) 32... R2c3 33. Rb3 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 14/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2... Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bf5 {6...Qb6 is the modern continuation.} 7. Bb5 Rc8 8. c3 {The position is equal.} e6 {[#]} 9. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. b4 Bd3 12. Ne5 Bb5 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Nxf7 Bxf4 15. Nxh8 {0-1 (35) Montoya Quintero,S-De la Hoz Paternina,F (1362) Antioquia 2020}) 9... Nd7 10. h4 a6 11. Bd3 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf5.} Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. Kf1 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qb5 15. Qxb5 axb5 16. a3 h5 17. Nb3 f6 18. Re1 Kf7 19. Nc1 Nf8 20. Nd3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Na5 22. Kg1 Nc4 23. Re2 Rhe8 24. Kh2 Bf8 25. Rhe1 b6 26. Kg1 Ra8 27. Bf4 Rac8 28. g3 Rc6 29. Kg2 Be7 30. Ng1 Bf8 31. Nh3 Be7 32. Ng1 Bf8 $1 33. Nf3 Be7 34. Kh3 Ra8 35. Bc1 Re8 36. g4 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Rh8 {Black is under pressure.} 38. h5 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Nf8 39. Nf4 Bd8 $1 40. Rh1 Rg8 (40... Bc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. Nh4 $16 Bc7 42. Nfg6 Nd7 43. Rhe1 Re8 44. Bf4 Bxf4 45. Nxf4 Rd6 46. Kh3 Nf8 47. Nfg6 Nh7 48. f4 Rdd8 49. Rg1 Nd6 (49... Rd7 $142) 50. Reg2 {White threatens Ne5+! and mate.} Rg8 {[#]} (50... Kg8 $142 51. Ne5 Ng5+ 52. Kh2 (52. fxg5 fxe5 53. dxe5 Nb7 $16) 52... Nf5) 51. Ne7 $1 $18 Ng5+ $2 (51... Rde8) 52. fxg5 Kxe7 53. gxf6+ Kxf6 54. Rg6+ Kf7 55. Nf3 Rdf8 (55... Rde8 $142 56. Ng5+ Ke7 57. Nxe6 Kd7 ) 56. Ne5+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 57. Rxg7+ Rxg7 58. Rxg7+ Kf6 59. h6 {Nd7+ is the strong threat.} Rh8 60. Kg4 Rxh6 61. Rd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.14} 1-0