[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.16"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2856"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,71,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-26,-24,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,99,110,104,50,127,150,409,414,401,399,467,376,357,348,358,220,356,367,350,348,356,344,354,368,368,365,363,345,366,361,346,356,358,337,322,275]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Bd7 9. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths. E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Qc2 {[#] The position is equal.} Nbd7 $146 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd5 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. e4 Bc6 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nxc4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Bb2 Qd7 {1-0 (48) Cordova,E (2571)-Slade,T (2124) Saint Louis 2019}) 12. Rac1 a6 13. Qxc4 Nb6 $1 {[%csl Ba4,Bc4]} 14. Qc3 Nxa4 15. Qb3 {[%CAl Oc1c6] Black must now prevent Rxc6!} Qd5 (15... Nb6 $15) 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Bb7,Bc6]} Qb5 18. Qc2 {aiming for Rb1.} Nd5 (18... Nb6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Rb1 $16 Qa5 {[#] ...Nac3 is the strong threat.} 20. Bxd5 (20. Nc4 $2 Qc3 21. Qxa4 b5 $19) (20. Be4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Re4h7]} g6 21. Bxd5 (21. Nc4 $2 Qc3 $17) 21... exd5 22. Bb4) 20... exd5 (20... Qxd5 $14 21. Qxa4 f6) 21. Rxb7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening Bb4. Black is in trouble. White is more active.} (21. Bb4 $6 Qb6 22. Bc5 (22. Qxa4 a5 $17) 22... Qa5 $11) 21... c5 {To avoid Bb4. Loses the game.} (21... Nc3 $16 22. Bb4 Qxa2 23. Qxc3 Qb1+ 24. Kg2 Qe4+ 25. Nf3 Rac8) 22. Qf5 $18 Rf8 23. Nxf7 Qd8 24. dxc5 Qf6 25. Qxf6 {The board is on fire.} gxf6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. c6 {[%CAl Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 28. c7 Nc3 29. Bb2 d4 {[#]} 30. Nf7+ $1 ({Less strong is} 30. e3 Nd5 $14) 30... Kg7 31. Nd6 Kg6 32. Kf1 ({Don't take} 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. e3 Nd5 34. Bxd4 Rxc7 $18) 32... Nb5 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. a4 Nxc7 35. Bxd4 Ne6 36. Be3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.25 (precise)} 1-0