[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.25"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2856"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O {White has compensation.} O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 8. e3 Ra6 {[#]} 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 c5 10. Qc2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nb5 Be6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. N1a3 Rc8 15. Rac1 h5 16. b3 Bxa3 {0-1 (16) Skatchkov,V (2242)-Korobov,A (2688) Chess.com INT 2020}) 9... b5 {The position is equal.} 10. a4 c6 11. Nc3 Rb6 12. e4 $36 {White is pushing.} Be7 13. e5 Nd5 14. axb5 {Overworked Piece} cxb5 ( 14... Nb4 $5 15. Qe4 cxb5 $14) 15. Nxd5 ({But not} 15. Rxa5 Bb7 $11) 15... exd5 16. Bxa5 Nc6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Ra8 h6 {[#]} (18... Be6 $1 $14 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 19. Rfa1 $1 $16 Be6 20. Qd1 b4 21. b3 {Black must now prevent bxc4.} c3 22. R8a6 Qc7 23. Ne1 f6 {[#]} (23... Rb8 $16 {was necessary.} 24. Nc2 Bd8) 24. Nd3 $1 $18 {aiming for Nf4.} fxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe6 c2 27. Qe1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.21 (precise)} 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.25"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nf3 dxc4 (5... Qa5+ $11 {might be stronger.} 6. Bd2 Qb6) 6. Qxd4 $14 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Bd7 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. Qxc4 Rc8 {[#]} 10. Qf4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rfd1 Qb6 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Ne4 14. Be3 a6 15. Nfd4 axb5 16. Bxe4 {½-½ (44) Matnadze,A (2412)-Ozturk Orenli,K (2293) Belgrade 2013}) 10... h6 11. Nb5 Nb4 12. Rd1 {aiming for Ne5.} Nbd5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Bb5 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nd4 Ba6 17. Bd2 O-O $1 18. a4 Rd7 19. Nb5 Rfd8 20. Be1 b6 21. Rdc1 Ne7 $1 22. e4 Ng4 23. Bc3 (23. f4 $5) 23... Nc6 24. Bf1 Nge5 25. Be2 Bb7 26. Rd1 a6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[#]} 28. Rd1 $1 Rxd1+ (28... axb5 29. axb5) 29. Bxd1 {A strong pair of Bishops.} axb5 30. axb5 Ne7 {Hoping for ...Nd7.} 31. Bxe5 {Black should prevent f3.} Bxe4 $11 {Endgame KBB-KBN} 32. Be2 f6 33. Bd4 Nd5 34. f3 Bc2 35. Bc4 {Inhibits Bb3.} Kf7 36. Kf2 h5 (36... Bd1 $14) 37. Ke2 $16 Ke8 (37... Bf5 $1 $14) 38. Kd2 Bf5 39. Bxd5 exd5 {[#] KB-KB} 40. Kc3 $1 ({Don't do} 40. Bxb6 Bd7 $14) 40... Bh3 41. Bxb6 Bf1 42. Kb4 g6 43. Bd4 f5 44. f4 Kd7 45. Kc5 Kc7 (45... Bg2 $16 {was worth a try.} 46. Bh8 Be4) 46. Bf6 (46. b6+ $18 Kb7 47. Kxd5) 46... Bg2 47. Be7 d4 48. Kxd4 Kd7 49. Bh4 Ke6 50. Kc5 Kd7 51. Bf6 Bf3 52. Kb6 Bg2 53. Ka7 {Kb8 is the strong threat.} Kc8 54. Bc3 Bf3 55. Ba5 Bg2 56. Bb6 Bf3 57. Ka6 Bb7+ 58. Ka7 Bf3 $1 59. Ka6 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0. 07 (flawless)} (59. Bd4 $16) 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.25"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 {[#] Black must now prevent exd5.} dxe4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bg4 {...Nd4 is the strong threat. The position is equal.} 9. c3 {Prevents Nd4.} Nf6 10. Nbd2 $5 {An interesting side line.} O-O-O 11. Re1 { [#]} Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nfd2 Nb6 15. Nxb6+ axb6 16. Bf1 h5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 {1-0 (62) Santos Latasa,J (2639) -Gumularz,S (2539) Warsaw 2021}) 12. Nc4 Bxc1 13. Raxc1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne8 15. Rcd1 {Strongly threatening Bg4+.} Nd6 16. Bg4+ Kb8 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 19. Re3 Kc7 20. Rf3 Nd8 21. h4 d5 22. exd5 {Threatens to win with Rf6.} f5 23. Bh3 Kd6 24. c4 b6 (24... e4 $14 25. Re3 Kc5) 25. g4 $16 Nf7 (25... fxg4 $16 {might work better.} 26. Bxg4 Re8) 26. gxf5 $18 g5 27. Ra3 gxh4 (27... Ra8 $142 28. Bg2 gxh4) 28. Rxa7 Ng5 29. Kg2 Rc8 {[#]} 30. b3 b5 ( 30... Rf8 $142 31. Rb7 e4 32. Rxb6+ Ke5) 31. Ra6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd7 32. f6+ Nxh3 33. Kxh3 bxc4 34. Rc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.28 (precise)} 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.25"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 {[#] A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d5 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 h6 9. c5 Ne4 10. Qc2 g5 11. Bg3 f5 12. Bd3 Rf7 {1-0 (46) Othman,O (1039)-Tuor,E (1468) Locarno 2018}) 7. O-O-O Qe7 8. e3 e5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qe1 exd4 13. exd4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf5 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. d5 Ne5 17. c5 Kb8 (17... g4 $11 18. Nxe5 Qg5+ 19. Qd2 dxe5) 18. c6 $1 $16 { Hoping for Nd4.} Bc8 (18... bxc6 $2 19. Nd4 $18) 19. Nd4 $1 b6 20. f3 $1 Rhe8 21. Qc3 $36 {White is on the roll.} Ng6 22. Bc4 {White is much more active.} ( 22. Rxh6 $142 Qe5 23. Ne2) 22... Qe5 23. Ne2 ({But not} 23. Rxh6 Qxg3 24. Rh7 Ne5 $11) (23. g4 $16) 23... Rh8 $14 24. Rd4 (24. Rh5 $142) 24... Rde8 (24... h5 $1 $11) 25. a4 a6 26. Qd3 (26. Re4 $14 Qxc3+ 27. Nxc3) 26... Ka7 $2 {[#]} ( 26... Qf6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 27. Nc3 Ne5) 27. a5 $1 $18 { And now Re4 would win.} Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 {[#]} 29. Kd2 $1 Re7 (29... Rhe8 $16 {might work better.}) 30. axb6+ Kxb6 31. b4 (31. Ba2 $16) 31... Ne5 $14 32. Bb3 h5 33. Bc2 f5 34. Nc3 h4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...h3!} 35. gxh4 Reh7 36. Ne2 Ng6 37. g3 gxh4 {The position is equal.} 38. gxh4 Nxh4 39. Rf1 Ng6 40. Rf2 Ne5 41. Rf4 Ng6 42. Rd4 Ne5 43. Rf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.18 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.25"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. h3 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} Re8 13. a4 b4 14. Nc4 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. Bb3 h6 16. a5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Ba4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nh7 20. Qd5 Rec8 {½-½ (51) Marbourg,D (2303) -Johansen,A (2369) ICCF email 2018}) 15. Bb3 Rb8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Nd5 h6 18. Bc4 Bf8 19. Nh2 Nd7 20. Ng4 Ne7 21. Nge3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nb6 25. Bc6 {This bishop pair is nice.} Re6 26. Rb1 Qc8 27. Bb5 {White is more active.} Rg6 28. Kh2 d5 29. Bd2 dxe4 30. dxe4 c4 31. Qe2 Bc5 32. Red1 Qc7 33. Be3 (33. Be1 $14) 33... Bxe3 $11 34. Qxe3 Rd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.25"] [Round "9.6"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2... Nf6 3 Bf4.} Nxf4 7. exf4 g6 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. Bb5 Qc7 {[#]} 10. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor: } 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. Nb3 Be4 15. Nfd2 Bd3 16. Re3 {½-½ (58) Karlik,V (2277)-Jirka,J (2339) Czech Republic 2002}) 10... a6 11. Bxc6+ (11. Be2 $1 $14 {might be stronger.}) 11... bxc6 $11 12. Qd2 O-O 13. h4 Bg4 14. h5 a5 15. Nbd4 Bxh5 {[#]} 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Qe3 a4 18. O-O-O $1 e6 {Prevents Nf5.} 19. Rh1 Rfb8 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Nd3 {Pair of Knights!} Qa6 22. a3 (22. Nb4 $2 Rxb4 $1 23. cxb4 Qc4+ 24. Nc2 Qxa2 $19) 22... Qc4 23. Rxh5 ({ White should try} 23. Kd2 $1 $11) 23... Bxd4 $15 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. cxd4 $11 { Endgame KRR-KRN} f6 {Inhibits Ne5.} 26. Kc2 Rb3 27. g4 Rab8 28. Rh3 Kg7 29. Re3 Kf7 30. Rh3 Kg6 31. Re3 Kf7 (31... Re8 $17) 32. Rh3 $1 $15 Kg6 (32... Rh8 $15) 33. Re3 $1 $17 h5 (33... Re8 $1 $17) 34. gxh5+ $1 $11 Kf5 35. Nb4 Rxe3 36. fxe3 {KR-KN} Ke4 37. Nxc6 Rc8 (37... Rh8 $11) 38. Na7 $1 $14 Ra8 $132 {Black is not keeping still} 39. Nb5 Kxe3 40. c6 $2 {This costs White the game.} (40. h6 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Rc8 41. Nd6) 40... e5 $2 (40... Rc8 41. c7 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. dxe5 d4) 41. dxe5 $2 (41. fxe5 {was forced.} Rc8 42. Kd1 (42. exf6 Rxc6+ 43. Kb1 Rxf6 $17) (42. c7 fxe5 43. b4 exd4 $19) 42... Rxc6 43. Nd6 ( 43. h6 $2 fxe5 44. dxe5 Rxh6 $19) 43... fxe5 44. dxe5) 41... Rc8 $19 42. Kd1 $2 ({Of course not} 42. exf6 Rxc6+ 43. Kd1 (43. Nc3 $2 d4 $19) 43... Rxf6) (42. c7 d4 43. Kc1 (43. exf6 $2 d3+ 44. Kc1 d2+ 45. Kc2 Rxc7+ 46. Nxc7 Ke2 $19) 43... d3) (42. Kc3 Rxc6+ 43. Kb4 fxe5 44. fxe5) 42... Rxc6 43. Nd6 {[#]} fxe5 $1 ({ Weaker is} 43... Kxf4 44. h6 Rc7 45. exf6 $11) 44. fxe5 {[#]} Kd3 $1 { Threatens to win with ...Rc2.} 45. Ke1 Rc7 {White must now prevent ...Re7.} 46. Kf2 Re7 47. Kg3 Rxe5 48. Kg4 Re6 49. Nf5 Ke4 50. Ng3+ Ke5 {aiming for ...Rf6.} 51. Kg5 Re8 52. h6 Rg8+ 53. Kh4 Rg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0. 29 (precise)} 0-1 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.25"] [Round "9.7"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 {[#]} a5 $5 $146 { The position is equal. New and interesting.} (10... Qb6 $5) ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb6 15. b3 Bb5 16. Qd1 Bb4 {0-1 (52) Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)-Caruana,F (2791) Chess. com INT 2021 }) 11. a3 a4 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Qe2 b5 15. g3 Qb6 16. h4 {h5 is the strong threat.} (16. Bxb5 Ncxe5 $1 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 $17) 16... Rfc8 17. Nf1 (17. Bxb5 Ncxe5 $1 18. Nxe5 Bxb5 19. Nxg6 fxg6 $17) 17... b4 18. N1h2 {Hoping for h5.} Rab8 19. h5 Nf8 20. Ng4 {Black must now prevent Bxh6!} bxa3 21. bxa3 { Strongly threatening Rab1.} Qb2 22. Nd2 (22. Qf1 $11) 22... Kh8 $1 $15 (22... Bxa3 $2 23. Nxh6+ $1 Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. h6 $1 $18) 23. Qf3 $1 Be8 $1 (23... Bxa3 $2 24. Bxh6 $1 (24. Qxf7 Be8 $15) 24... Nh7 25. Qxf7 $18) (23... Nxd4 $2 24. Qxf7 Nf5 25. Bxf5 (25. Nxh6 Nxh6 26. Qxe7 Qc3 $16) 25... exf5 26. Reb1 $1 $18 (26. Qxe7 Re8 $14)) 24. Nf6 Nxd4 (24... gxf6 25. exf6 Nd7 26. fxe7 Nxe7 27. Qf4 $16 (27. Bxh6 Qxd4 28. Rac1 Ng8 $16)) 25. Qg4 Nf5 {The board is on fire.} ( 25... Nc6 $5 26. Bxh6 Bxf6 27. exf6 Qxf6 $15) 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Qxf5 d4 29. Bf4 Ne6 (29... Bxa3 $2 30. Nc4 Qb3 31. Nxa3 $18) 30. Ne4 ({White should play} 30. Reb1 $1 $11 Qc3 31. Ne4) 30... Nxf4 ({Don't take} 30... Bxa3 31. Bxh6 Bb4 32. Rec1 $1 $16) 31. Qxf4 d3 32. Rad1 $2 (32. Nd6 $1 $15) 32... Bxa3 $19 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. exd6 {And now d7 would win.} Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 {Endgame [#] Intending d7 and mate. KQR-KQR} Qc3 $2 (35... Qb5 $1 $19 {aiming for ...a3. } 36. Ra1 Qd5 37. Qxa4 Rd8) 36. Rd1 $2 (36. Rc1 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} d2 37. Rd1) 36... Qc2 37. Qd2 (37. Rd2 $142 Qc6 38. Kh2) 37... a3 { Black is clearly winning.} 38. d7 a2 39. Qe1 Qe2 40. Kg2 Kh7 41. Qxe2 dxe2 42. Ra1 Rd8 ({Weaker is} 42... Rb1 43. d8=Q e1=Q 44. Qd3+ g6 45. hxg6+ Kh8 46. Qd4+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ (47. gxf7+ Kf8 $11) 47... Kg7 48. Qd4+ f6 49. Qd7+ Kxg6 50. Qg4+ Kh7 51. Qd7+ Kh8 52. Qc8+ Kh7 53. Qd7+ Kh8 54. Qc8+ Kh7 55. Qd7+ $11) 43. Kf3 Rxd7 {( -> ...Rd1)} 44. Kxe2 Ra7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.18 (very precise)} 0-1