[Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2862"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,83,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,9,13,23,0,0,0,0,46,30,23,22,0,42,31,72,19,29,8, 8,0,2,14,16,18,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-16,-13,-13,-13,-13,-14,-49,-13,-15,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-14,0,-6,0,-6,-6,-6,0,-7,0,-7,0,-7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} d5 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Qc2 {[#]} dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor: } 9... Bxb4 10. cxb4 Nxb4 11. Qb1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 Nh5 14. h3 Be6 15. Nc4 f6 {1-0 (35) Gulbas,C (2393)-Zor,A (2167) Kemer 2018}) 10. dxe4 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. O-O Ne7 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. Nh4 (18. Nf1 $16) 18... Ng6 $11 19. Nxg6 (19. Ndf3 {is interesting.} Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Be7 21. Bb2 Rd8 22. Qe2) 19... Bxg6 20. Nf1 Rd8 21. Qf3 c5 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Ng3 c4 24. Bc2 h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 25. Be3 Qc6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 g6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Qe2 Rxa1 (30... Nh7 {with more complications.} 31. Rec1 Bg5 32. Rf1 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Nf6) 31. Rxa1 {The position is equal.} Ra8 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qd2 h5 34. Kh2 Qc6 ({Don't play} 34... Nxe4 35. Qd7 $16) 35. Qe2 Qe6 36. g3 Bd8 37. Kg2 Bb6 38. Bg5 Nh7 39. Bc1 Nf6 40. Bg5 Nh7 41. Bc1 Nf6 42. Bg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2668"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,67,19,16,27,13,23,31,36,35,26,33,26,29,37,27,43,39,34,27,46,16,43,43, 46,39,25,21,19,8,20,0,24,0,10,18,30,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 cxd4 { D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. cxd4 Nc6 {The main line 8...Nc6 scores better than 8...Be7.} 9. Bb5 a6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nf3 c5 12. O-O Be7 13. Qc2 cxd4 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Rxd4 Qe8 16. e5 {[#] And now Ng5 would win.} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... f6 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. Qd1 Ra7 19. Rc1 f5 20. Be3 Bb7 21. Rd2 Raa8 22. Rc7 f4 {1/2-1/2 (46) Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)-Bacrot,E (2714) Biel 2013}) 17. Bg5 Rf7 18. Rb6 h6 $1 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rdb4 Qf7 $1 21. Qb1 Raa7 {[%CAl Ba8a7,Ba7c7,Bc7c5][%mdl 32]} 22. Nd4 {Hoping for Nc6.} Rac7 23. h3 Rc5 24. Qb3 Rec7 {The position is equal.} 25. Rxe6 Kh7 26. Rb8 {[#] Rxc8! is the strong threat.} Rc3 27. Qb6 Bxe6 28. Nxe6 R3c6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Nf8+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kh7 32. Nf8+ Kh8 33. Ng6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kh7 34. Nf8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0. 04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C79"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2677"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,65,33,43,26,27,0,33,1,33,9,16,10,63,63,43,26,69,71,75,72,93,50,51,29, 62,34,45,44,48,50,141,24,50,39,83,78,185,190,259,251,275,255,258,266,477,497, 487,487,714,744,743,740]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32] 9. h3 is more fashionable. C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6.} O-O 10. Bc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Nh5 {[%CAl Re5d4] [#]} 11. dxe5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf1 Bg4 12. d5 Ne7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 f5 15. Qd1 f4 16. Nh2 Nf6 17. c4 {1-0 (62) Makropoulou,M (2201)-Ozturk,K (2239) Mardin 2011}) 11... dxe5 12. Nf1 Nf4 13. Ne3 Kh8 (13... Be6 $11) 14. Nd5 $14 Ne6 15. h4 h5 16. Be3 f6 17. b4 Ne7 18. Qe2 Nc8 19. c4 Qe8 20. c5 a5 21. a3 Na7 22. Bb3 Nb5 $2 {[#]} (22... Kh7 $14) 23. Bc4 (23. a4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Ra4b5]} Nbd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qc4) 23... axb4 $11 24. axb4 {aiming for Rxa8.} Rxa1 (24... Rd8) 25. Rxa1 f5 (25... c6 $16) 26. exf5 $18 gxf5 (26... Rxf5 $142 27. Ng5 e4) 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28. hxg5 {And now Ra8! would win.} ({Don't do} 28. Bxg5 $6 Nd4 $18) 28... f4 {[#]} 29. Ra8 $3 { [%mdl 512]} Qg6 (29... f3 {was necessary.} 30. Rxe8 fxe2 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Bxe2 h4) 30. Rxf8+ {White is clearly winning.} ({Stronger than} 30. Bxb5 Rxa8 31. Bxd7 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 fxe3 $17) 30... Bxf8 31. Bd2 ({Less strong is} 31. Bxb5 Bxb5 32. Qxb5 fxe3 $18) 31... Na3 (31... Qxg5 $142 32. Bxb5 c6) 32. Bd3 Qxg5 33. Qe4 {[%csl Gd3][%CAl Re4h7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.31} 1-0 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,119,33,16,22,7,25,13,22,15,40,34,93,104,102,79,129,125,128,129,179, 165,174,164,184,179,186,180,168,142,147,125,155,111,148,155,169,174,178,183, 190,185,305,312,359,380,365,372,347,368,447,435,431,315,356,379,385,329,373, 367,372,373,350,332,703,683,655,246,227,232,232,221,268,250,278,260,282,270, 376,86,377,369,368,366,366,353,331,338,370,329,353,329,476,464,858,750,12835, 10774,12842,12843,12843,12843,12845,12845,12847,12847,12847,12843,12844,336]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O { C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 Ng4 {The position is equal.} 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 f5 {[#]} 12. d4 $146 ({Of course not} 12. hxg4 fxg4 13. Nh2 g3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe1 Nf6 13. Nh4 Kh7 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 d5 16. Bb3 Qd7 17. g4 Rae8 18. Bc2 {1-0 (40) Schoppen,C (2508)-Vestby Ellingsen,M (2363) Hoogeveen 2019}) 12... exd4 { ...Nxf2! is the strong threat.} 13. hxg4 d3 $2 (13... fxg4) 14. Bxd3 fxg4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nf1 Qf6 {[%CAl Rd4f2]} 18. Qc2 $1 c5 19. Be3 Be5 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Bd5 Rab8 22. Ng3 b5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Qd1 a5 25. Ra2 Rfb8 26. Rd2 Qh4 (26... Be6 $142 27. Nh5 Qf7) 27. b3 $18 R5b6 {and the idea ...a4 leaves Black hopeful.} 28. Rxa5 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Nf1 Rcb6 31. g3 Qh3 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Rd8+ (33. Rxc5 Bf6 $18) 33... Kh7 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxc5 Re8 36. Qd7 Qh5 37. Ne3 Ra8 $2 (37... Qg6 38. Nxg4 Bd6) 38. Qb5 Re8 39. Qa5 $2 (39. b4) 39... Qg5 {[#]} 40. Rd5 $1 Qe7 41. Nxg4 Bb2 42. f3 Rc8 43. Qd2 Qa3 44. Rd7 Qxb3 {White must now prevent ...Rc1+.} 45. Qxh6+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Kg8 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} 46. Qh5 Qe6 47. Qd5 Qxd5 48. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({Not} 48. exd5 Kf8 $18) 48... Rc2 49. Kf1 Bc1 50. Rd7 Kf8 51. e5 Bb2 (51... Rc3 {keeps fighting.} 52. Kf2 Rc2+ 53. Ke1 Rc3) 52. f4 {White is clearly winning.} g5 (52... Rc3 $142 53. Kg2 Ba3) 53. Ne3 Rc5 54. e6 gxf4 55. gxf4 Rc1+ 56. Ke2 Ba3 57. Nf5 {[%CAl Rd7d8]} Rc8 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Kf3 Re8 60. Nh6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.27} 1-0 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "11.5"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2823"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O { C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. a4 a5 {[#]} 10. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nh5 Re8 16. Qd2 {1-0 (24) Chigaev,M (2588)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Ng4 11. Re2 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} exd4 $1 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nxd4 Nxd5 17. Re1 Ndf4 18. Be3 c6 19. Bc4 $2 {[#]} (19. Be2 $11) 19... Bc7 (19... Nxg2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Kxg2 Qh4 21. Kg1 (21. Qf3 Ne5) 21... c5) 20. Ng3 {[#]} Nd5 (20... Nxg2 $1 $15 21. Kxg2 Qh4 22. Bf1 (22. Rh1 $2 c5) 22... Bxh3+ 23. Kg1 Bxg3 24. Nf3 Qg4) 21. Bd2 Qd6 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. Nf3 Rfe8 24. Qc2 Ngf4 25. Rad1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qf6 { White must now prevent ...Nxh3+!} 27. Nd4 Rd8 28. Re4 Qg6 (28... c5 29. Ndf5 Kf8) 29. Bxd5 (29. Bxf4 $11 Nxf4 30. Re7 Qxc2 31. Nxc2) 29... Nxd5 $15 30. Ngf5 $1 {Strongly threatening c4.} Qf6 {...c5 is the strong threat.} 31. Rg4 $2 {[#] } (31. g4 $15) 31... g6 $2 (31... Kh8 $1 $17 32. Rh4 (32. Rxg7 $2 c5 $19 (32... Ne7)) 32... Bxf5 33. Nxf5 Ne7 34. Nxh6 Qxh4 35. Nxf7+ Kg8 36. Nxd8 Bxd8 37. Qb3+ Kf8) 32. Nxh6+ $14 Kf8 33. Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nf4 $2 (33... g5 $14 34. Ng4 Qg6) 34. Ng4 $16 Bxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7 36. Bxf4 (36. Nf3) 36... Bxf4 {[#]} 37. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 38. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qg5 39. Rxf5 (39. Qxf5 $2 {gets mated.} Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Qh4#) 39... Qxg4 {And now ...Rd1+ would win.} 40. Rf3 {aiming for Rg3.} Qh5 41. c4 Rd4 42. Qc3 Qe5 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 43. Rd3 c5 44. Rg3+ ({White should try} 44. Kf1 $16) 44... Kf8 $11 {The position is equal.} 45. Qxa5 Rd1+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 46. Kh2 Qh5+ 47. Rh3 Qe5+ 48. g3 {Threatens to win with Qa8+.} Qf5 $1 {[%CAl Rf5f2]} 49. Qa8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 {[%CAl Rf5f2]} 50. Qxb7+ Rd7 51. Qh1 {Hoping for Qe1+.} (51. Qg2 {feels hotter.} Rd2 52. Kg1 Rd1+ 53. Kh2 Rd2) 51... Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Qg2 Rd2 { [%csl Gd2][%CAl Rf2g2]} 53. Qxf2 Rxf2+ {KR-KR} 54. Kg1 Rxb2 55. Rh5 Ra2 56. Rxc5 Rxa4 57. Kg2 Kd6 58. Rd5+ Ke6 59. Rd4 Ke5 60. Rf4 f5 61. Kh3 Ra3 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "11.6"] [White "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,60,17,1,4,4,0,-1,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-12,-11,0,0,0,0,24,6,6,4,4,3, 14,-8,0,-15,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nd7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 9. Qd2 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 exd5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 dxe4 16. Qe3 {0-1 (50) Kuzmanovic,A (2079)-Maksimovic,M (2173) Belgrade 2018}) 10. Bb3 c5 {[%CAl Rc5d4]} 11. d5 e6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d6 c4 14. Bc2 e5 15. f4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Kxf6 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. e5+ Kg7 $1 {The position is equal.} 20. O-O f6 21. exf6+ Rxf6 22. Ne5 Be6 23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. Be4 Bf5 25. Bxb7 Rfxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rc1 Rd2 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxb2 30. Bd5 Rc2 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0. 03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "11.7"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D82"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,90,16,17,27,19,27,18,9,16,7,10,0,5,4,9,19,43,54,114,116,115,112,115, 108,121,116,116,116,122,122,117,87,94,87,87,75,78,61,64,61,78,77,91,91,91,86, 86,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,45,47,88,85,42,54,42,42,18,18,18,18,19,19,16,20,14, 14,14,14,14,14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 {D82: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4.} Nc6 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Nb5 {[#] aiming for Bxf7+!} Be6 12. Bd3 Qb4 13. Nc7 Bxa2 {Strongly threatening ...Rac8.} 14. Nxa8 Rxa8 15. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rd8 16. Nd4 {[#]} Nd5 $146 ({Better is} 16... Nxd4 $14 17. exd4 Nd5) ({Predecessor: } 16... Nxd4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qe5 19. h3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Ra1 Nb6 22. Rxa2 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 {1-0 (49) Basso,P (2428)-Illingworth,M (2517) Douglas 2015}) 17. Nxc6 $16 bxc6 {[#]} 18. Bc4 $1 {[%CAl Rc4a2]} Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxb2 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21. Rc4 a5 22. Bc7 Rd5 23. g4 h5 24. Rb1 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 26. h3 f6 27. Rd1 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rd5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 {KR-KN } 30. Rc5 (30. Rc3 {is more complex.} Kf7 31. Kg2 g5 32. Rc5 a4 33. Ra5) 30... Nd3 31. Rxa5 {g5 is the strong threat.} Ne5 32. Ra4 d4 33. exd4 Nxg4 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 f5 36. Ra5 Ke6 37. Kg3 Nf6 38. f3 Ne8 $1 39. Ra8 Nc7 {The position is equal.} 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Rc8 Nd5 42. Rd8 e6 43. Kh4 {Hoping for Kg5.} Kf6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Re8 Kf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2