[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.15"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2856"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,41,15,12,15,21,33,11,28,13,16,27,9,0,0,0,0,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 c5 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bf5 Rc8 15. dxc5 bxc5 {[%CAl Od5d4]} 16. Na4 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Rc7 $146 {[%CAl Od5d4]} ({Predecessor:} 16... d4 17. Qd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rc7 19. Qf1 g6 20. Bh3 Nd5 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qe5 { 0-1 (23) Weiss,L (2123)-Neborak,Y (2326) ICCF email 2015}) 17. Bc3 {Prevents d4.} (17. Qd3 $11) 17... Qe7 (17... d4 $1 $15 18. Ba5 (18. exd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd5 $15) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5) 18. Ba5 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc6 19. Bc3 Rc7 20. Ba5 Rc6 21. Bc3 {An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.15"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,100,16,10,19,12,14,20,14,14,42,25,29,32,37,25,27,16,25,15,26,28,55, 43,61,62,85,56,87,99,197,37,37,18,37,0,46,46,64,46,29,52,132,70,109,111,206,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-9,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61, -61,-61,-61,-37,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-37,-37,-37]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 {6...Bf5 gains popularity.} 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 O-O {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rc1 {[#]} g6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. h3 {1-0 (11) Szabo,V (2426)-D'Oliveira,M (2116) LSS email 2015}) 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Rfd1 Nc7 15. a3 Ne6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. b4 a6 20. h4 {White is much more active. Black has bad knights.} h5 21. e4 Kg7 {[#]} (21... Kh7 $16 { is a better defense.}) 22. Nf3 $2 ({Only move:} 22. f4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rf4f5]}) 22... Nf6 $14 23. e5 Ng4 24. Qd2 a5 (24... c5 $11) 25. Ng5 axb4 26. axb4 Qd7 27. Ne2 Ra3 (27... Nh6 $14) 28. Rc2 (28. Nxe6+ $16 Qxe6 29. Qg5) 28... Qe7 {[#] } 29. Rdc1 $1 c5 (29... Rb3 $16) 30. dxc5 $2 (30. bxc5 $18 bxc5 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32. f3) 30... bxc5 $11 31. bxc5 ({Not} 31. Qxd5 $2 Nxg5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 $19) 31... Nxg5 32. hxg5 Qxe5 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 33. Qd4 Kf8 {Strongly threatening ... Qh2+.} 34. g3 Qxd4 35. Nxd4 Ne5 36. Kg2 Nc4 37. Nb5 (37. c6 $1 $11) 37... Ra6 { Black is slightly better.} 38. Nc3 Rxc5 39. Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxd5 40. Rxc4 Rxg5 41. Rc5 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kg7 43. Rb5 Ra2 44. Rc5 Kh6 45. Rc6 Re2 46. Ra6 Re6 47. Ra8 Rb6 48. Rc8 Rb4 49. Ra8 f5 50. f4 Rb2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.15"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2612"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,87,0,7,0,0,0,7,0,13,6,7,0,0,0,31,25,26,26,22,27,35,35,26,30,29,34,28, 46,41,32,31,48,30,22,29,4,9,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,-6,-6,0,0,0,-6,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 {[%CAl Bd4c2,Bc2e1,Be1f3][%mdl 32] A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 $1 {7...Qe5 is better than 7...Qh5.} 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Be7 {[#]} 10. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d4 exd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qh5 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Nc7 16. Bf4 {½-½ (34) So,W (2772)-Shankland,S (2709) Saint Louis 2021}) 10... Nb4 11. f3 {[%CAl Rf3e4]} exf3 12. Nxf3 Qh5 13. d4 Nbd5 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Re1 f5 (16... Nxc3 $2 {[#]} 17. Rxe7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe7 18. Qe1+ Ne2+ 19. Qxe2+ Kd8 20. Bf4 $18) 17. Qb3 {[#] Ne5 is the strong threat.} Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne5+ Kg8 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 { [%CAl Oe5c6] With the idea Nxc6!} Bf5 22. Re1 {[%CAl Oe5c6]} Bf6 $1 {The position is equal.} 23. Nc4 b6 24. Bf4 h5 25. Nd6 Bg6 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Kf7 28. Rae1 Rad8 29. Be5 Rhe8 30. Bxf6 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 32. Kf2 Rd5 33. Re2 c5 34. Ke3 cxd4+ 35. cxd4 Ke6 36. Kd3+ Kd6 37. Rf2 f5 38. a4 Ra5 39. Kc3 a6 40. Kb4 Ke6 41. Re2+ Kd7 42. Rf2 Ke6 43. Re2+ Kd7 44. Rf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless) } 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.15"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,59,0,-2,2,0,0,0,5,8,12,0,-3,-11,-2,-52,-66,-87,-102,-101,-85,-88,-50, -48,-48,-87,-86,-164,-174,-161,-170,-160,-177,-193,-205,-206,-208,-205,-197, -188,-152,-146,-20,-17,-18,-14,-7,-31,-30,-35]} 1. d4 {Mokal,P} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 {[%CAl Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 7. Ne5 { [%CAl Oc3b5]} a6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 8. O-O Bb7 {[%CAl Bc8b7,Bb7a6, Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 9. b3 b4 {The position is equal.} 10. Na4 {10.Ne4 is more fashionable.} c3 11. Nc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} a5 $1 12. a3 Ba6 {[#]} 13. Bf4 $146 (13. axb4 $11 axb4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5) ({Predecessor:} 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 O-O 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nb6 {0-1 (41) Gupta,A (2613)-Shirov,A (2676) Al Ain 2015 CBM 170 [Mokal,P]} ) 13... Bb5 $1 $15 14. e4 {[%CAl Od4d5] Inhibits Nd5.} Be7 15. Nab6 Ra6 { [%CAl Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 16. a4 Rxb6 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Ra2 O-O 19. Qa1 (19. Be3 $17) 19... Qxd4 $19 20. Rd1 Qa7 {Hoping for ...Nbd7.} 21. Nxa5 { [#]} Bc5 $1 (21... c2 22. Rc1 $16) 22. Nxc6 {[#]} Bxf2+ {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kh1 Qb6 ({Stronger than} 23... Nxc6 24. Rxa7 Bxa7 25. Qa4 $11) 24. Bxb8 {And now e5 would win.} Qxc6 25. e5 Ne4 26. Bd6 {[#]} Rd8 (26... Be3 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...c2.} 27. Bxf8 c2) 27. Re2 $11 f5 (27... Rxd6 $2 28. Rxd6 Qc7 29. Bxe4 $18) 28. exf6 $1 {[#]} c2 $1 29. f7+ (29. Rf1 c1=Q) 29... Kxf7 {( -> ... Nxg3+)} 30. Rf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.15"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,81,15,33,31,21,0,13,18,15,0,12,17,10,8,28,23,37,0,-4,-13,-16,-20,-19, -13,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,13,0,0,0,64,61,64,58,184, 176,188,174,160,177,171,95,167,160,173,159,198,58,363,361,326,310]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qb3 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bd6 7. Bg3 {[#]} dxc4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 7... Bxg3 8. hxg3 Rb8 9. Nc3 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qc2 h6 {½-½ (31) Dong,Y (1364)-Leblanc,A (1415) Quebec 2018}) 8. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Rb8 9. Nc3 b5 10. Be2 (10. Nxb5 $2 Bxg3 11. hxg3 a6 $19) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 (11. Bxb5 $2 Bxg3 12. hxg3 c6 $19) 11... Qe7 12. Ne5 {Hoping for Nc6.} b4 13. Na4 (13. Nb5 $14 {was preferrable.} Bxe5 14. dxe5) 13... Bxe5 $11 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Kf2 (18. e4 Bg6 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. Rd7 a5 20. Rhd1 h5 21. e4 Bg6 22. R1d2 h4 23. gxh4 { Active counter play!} Qh2 24. Bf1 Qxh4+ 25. g3 Qh5 26. Qe3 c5 27. Kg2 a4 28. Bc4 a3 29. b3 Qe5 30. Qf4 Qxf4 (30... Qf6 $11) 31. gxf4 $14 Bh5 32. Kg3 { [%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} g6 (32... Rbc8 $14) 33. R2d3 $1 $18 Rbe8 { [#]} 34. Kh4 $1 Kg7 35. Kg5 Rh8 36. Rc7 (36. Ra7 $18) 36... Rc8 (36... Rh7 $16 37. e5 Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Rh2) 37. Re7 Rce8 38. Red7 Rhf8 {[#]} 39. Rc7 (39. e5 $1 $18) 39... Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 39... Rc8 $14 40. Re7 Rce8) 40. Rdd7 Rhf8 41. f5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.31} ({Not} 41. Rxc5 Bxf3 42. f5 exf5 $11) 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.15"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,145,18,18,11,17,18,32,8,37,25,31,37,34,31,49,33,31,18,31,27,25,24,27, 14,16,16,25,14,33,33,44,34,50,30,35,20,22,14,23,-1,38,0,0,0,0,0,25,6,8,6,28,54, 53,47,100,96,117,116,116,115,218,219,251,256,249,106,140,148,152,159,155,148, 133,150,158,156,222,169,164,0,158,154,314,287,285,311,304,306,276,258,352,347, 426,410,398,0,210,209,202,190,137,58,61,11,12842,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841, 12843,12843,12842,12842,12842,12843,12843,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844, 12844,12845,12845,12847,12845,12850,12847,12848,12848,12849,12848]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Ne8 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qf3 {[#] White is slightly better.} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. Nge2 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Qe7 13. O-O Nd6 14. Ng3 f5 15. Nh5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {½-½ (34) Tudor,V (2011)-Spagnoli,L ICCF email 2013}) 11. Nge2 (11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg5 Bxf4 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 $11) 11... Bxf4 12. Nxf4 ({But not} 12. exf4 Bf5 $11) 12... Nd6 13. h4 Re8 14. O-O-O (14. Nfxd5 $5 Qxf3 15. gxf3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 $11) 14... Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. g4 Qf6 17. g5 (17. Rhg1 {feels hotter.} Na6 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. g5 Qf5 20. Nd3) 17... Qf5 18. Qh3 Qxh3 19. Rxh3 Nd7 20. b3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Kd2 Rae8 23. Ne2 R4e6 24. Ng3 g6 25. h5 c5 26. Rdh1 R8e7 27. Rc1 cxd4 28. exd4 Nf8 29. Rc5 Rd6 30. Rc8 {To avoid Re8} Red7 31. Ne2 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 33. Nf4 f6 ({Better is} 33... gxh5 $14 34. Nxh5 (34. Rxh5 Ng6 $14) 34... Ne6) 34. gxf6 $16 Kf7 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Nd3 $1 Kxf6 (36... Nd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 37. Rf3+ $18 Ke7 38. Ne5 Ke6 39. a4 (39. Rf7 $1 $18) 39... a5 40. Kd3 Rb8 41. Rf7 g5 {[%CAl Of8g6]} 42. Rg7 {To avoid Ng6. White is much more active.} Kf5 43. Ke3 b6 44. Kf3 g4+ (44... Rd8 $16 45. Ng4 Nd7) 45. Nxg4 {Hoping for Re7.} ({Less strong is} 45. Rxg4 Ne6 $14) 45... Ne6 46. Ne3+ Kf6 47. Rg4 b5 $2 (47... Nc7 $16 48. Rg1 Kf7) 48. Nxd5+ Kf7 49. Ke4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Rb2 51. f3 Rb3 52. f4 Ra3 53. Nb6 Rb3 54. Nd5 (54. Nc4 $142) 54... Ra3 $1 55. Ke5 {f5 is the strong threat.} Rxa4 56. f5 Nf8 {[#]} 57. Kd6 {To avoid Nd7} ({White should play} 57. Re4 $1 $16 {And now Kd6 would win.} Nh7 58. Re2) 57... Nh7 $1 $14 58. f6 (58. Re4 $14 Ng5 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Ke5 (60. Kc5 Ra2 $16)) 58... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White stays focused until the end.} (58... Nxf6 $11 59. Rf4 Ra1 60. Nxf6 a4 61. Nd7+ Kg6) 59. Ke5 {White is clearly winning.} Ra1 60. Nf4 Re1+ 61. Kf5 Ke8 62. Rg8+ Nf8 63. d5 {[%CAl Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Rf1 64. d6 Rd1 65. Ng6 Rf1+ {[#]} 66. Ke5 $1 Re1+ 67. Kd5 Rd1+ 68. Kc6 {[%csl Gg6] [%CAl Rg8f8]} Rc1+ 69. Kb5 {White wants to mate with Ne5.} Kd7 70. Rxf8 Kxd6 71. f7 Rc5+ 72. Ka4 Ke6 73. Nh8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) / Black=0.17 (very precise)} 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.15"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2672"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,88,27,18,22,15,19,17,16,11,0,6,4,0,28,0,50,36,50,43,92,95,103,85,90, 87,90,47,73,52,31,32,34,27,77,81,72,75,63,15,25,27,19,21,18,16,18,12,13,21,137, 150,147,152,138,153,146,125,121,121,350,337,395,392,345,345,474,465,558,554, 650,650,29985,29986,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 10. Nf1 b5 {10...h6 is the fancy move.} 11. Bc2 a5 {[%CAl Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] [#] The position is equal.} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne3 a4 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. d4 e4 17. Ng5 f5 18. f3 { 0-1 (92) Chen,R (2085)-Repka,C (2488) Chesterfield 2020}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 a4 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. c4 Nb4 (15... bxc4 $11 16. Bxf6 Qxf6) 16. cxb5 $14 Qd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... Nxc2 $14 18. Nxc2 (18. Qxc2 Bxf6 19. b3 Qxb5 $11) 18... Bxf6) 18. Bxa4 $16 {aiming for b3.} Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxa4 20. Nd1 Rb4 21. a4 (21. Nc3 $1 $16 ) 21... d5 $1 $14 22. Qd2 {[%csl Bb4,Bh6]} Qd6 23. exd5 e4 24. Qxh6 Qf8 (24... Qxd5 $11 25. Ne3 Qd8) 25. Qxf8+ $16 Kxf8 26. Nd2 Bxd5 27. Re3 (27. Nc3 $14 { might be stronger.} Bb7 28. Ra2) 27... Bd4 {This bishop pair is nice.} 28. Rea3 f5 29. g3 g5 30. Ne3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 {And now Rf1 would win.} Rxb2 32. Nf1 Bc4 ( 32... Ra8 $11) 33. Rc3 Be2 {...Bf3 is the strong threat.} 34. Rac1 $1 ({ Don't blunder} 34. Rxc7 $2 Bf3 35. Nd2 Rxd2 $19) 34... Ra8 35. R3c2 ({Much weaker is} 35. Rxc7 $6 Rxa4 36. Rc8+ Ke7 $11) 35... Rxc2 36. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf3 37. Rc4 {Strongly threatening Nd2.} ({But not} 37. Rxc7 $6 Rxa4 38. Rd7 Rb4 $11) 37... Ke7 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} ( 37... Ra7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Rxc7+ $18 Ke6 {[#]} 39. Rc4 Be2 40. Rb4 Rc8 41. Nd2 Bd3 42. b6 {[%CAl Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rc1+ 43. Kf2 {Intending b7 and mate.} Rc2 {[#]} 44. b7 $1 Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.46} (44... Rxd2+ 45. Ke1) 1-0 [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 "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [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 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.16"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,53,15,17,28,32,2,10,9,7,10,6,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 $1 13. Be3 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} exd4 14. Bxd4 Nf6 { The position is equal.} 15. Bf5 Qa5 16. Bxc8 Rfxc8 17. Qb3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rfd1 {[%CAl Od4g7]} Rd8 20. Kf1 {[%CAl Od4g7]} Nb4 21. Bc3 {[%CAl Od1d6]} Nc6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 (22... Bxh2 $2 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. g3 $18) 23. Rxd4 Bc5 {[#]} ({ Don't do} 23... Bxh2 24. g3 $16) 24. Rg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Re5 Bd4 27. Bb4+ Kg8 28. Re2 Bf6 29. Rc2 h5 30. b3 Rd7 31. Ke2 Kh7 32. Bd2 Bd4 33. Bb4 Bb6 34. Rc4 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. Bd2 Kg6 37. f3 { ½-½ (37) Epishin,V (2599)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2521) Seville 2002}) 24... Bf8 25. Rd4 Bc5 26. Rg4 Bf8 27. Rd4 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.16"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,80,17,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,2,16,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-10,-12,-7,-6,0,0,0, -4,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,12,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 {The position is equal.} Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Re3 Nf6 17. Qe1 Ng4 18. Re2 Ba6 19. Red2 {[#] Threatening d5.} Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Bb7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Re2 Qc7 22. Re3 Red8 23. d5 e5 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Ree1 Nd7 {1-0 (59) Batsiashvili,N (2491)-Ovod,E (2366) Warsaw 2021}) 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qe2 Rc7 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. d5 exd5 24. e5 Nd7 (24... Ne4 $2 {[#]} 25. Qxe4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} dxe4 26. Rxd8 $18) 25. Qxd5 {[#] Qb5 is the strong threat.} Qe7 26. Qb5 { [%CAl Rd2d7]} Nf8 (26... Nxe5 $2 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 $18) 27. h3 h6 28. Rd6 Rec8 29. Qd3 Rc3 30. Qf5 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc5 {[%CAl Oe7d6] White must now prevent ...Qxd6!} 33. Qd3 Qb7 34. h4 Qe7 35. Rd8 {[%CAl Bd6d8,Bd8b8, Bb8b7,Bb7a7][%mdl 32]} g6 36. Rb8 Kg7 37. Qe4 Nd7 38. Rb7 {Hoping for Qd4.} Qe6 39. Rxa7 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Qxe5+ {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.16"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2702"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} c6 {[%emt 0: 00:38]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 5. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 6. e3 { [%emt 0:01:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:11]} 9. Rc1 {[%emt 0:08:15]} Ne4 { [%emt 0:12:41]} 10. Nhf3 {[%emt 0:07:37]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0: 20:58]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 13. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} 14. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 { [%emt 0:03:44]} 15. Rc2 {[%emt 0:13:52]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:10:48]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0: 08:19]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:16:44]} 17. Ke2 {[%emt 0:06:57]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 19. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxc4+ {[%emt 0:03:31]} 20. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 21. Nxd4 { [%emt 0:04:21]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Rc5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:06: 51]} 23. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 24. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:12:23]} Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Kd3 { [%emt 0:00:46]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:49] } 28. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 29. a4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Ne4 { [%emt 0:01:34]} 30. Kd4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 31. g4 {[%emt 0: 01:43]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 32. b4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 33. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} e6 { [%emt 0:01:56]} 35. e4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 36. Nxh7 {[%emt 0: 01:29]} e5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. fxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 39. Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Ke5 { [%emt 0:00:43]} 40. f6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:11:57]} 41. b5 {[%emt 0: 11:50]} Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:09:07]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 46. b6 {[%emt 0: 01:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 47. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.16"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,52,-42,0,-14,14,3,9,8,7,-45,27,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-77,-79,-66,-83,0, 0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-10,-2,-10,0,-7,6,8,16,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4 d5 4. g5 Ne4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} Be7 7. h4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... f6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nh3 Nb6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 Bd7 14. exd5 exd5 {1-0 (24) Napoli,N (2353)-Pienabarca,N (2092) Rome 2009}) 8. Nh3 c6 9. Qc2 (9. Bxe4 $11 dxe4 10. Bf4) 9... e5 ({Better is} 9... Nd6 $1 $15) 10. Nd2 Nxd2+ 11. Bxd2 exd4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf4 Be6 14. g6 (14. Qb3 $11) 14... Nc6 $17 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16. Qb3 {[%csl Bb7,Bd5][%CAl Rg2d5]} Qd7 ({Black should play} 16... Bxh4 $17 17. Bxd5 (17. Qxb7 Ne5 $15) 17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Nxd5 Rc8 $11) 18... Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Rfd8) 17. Bxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} ({Not} 17. Nxd5 $2 Rad8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Bxd5 $19) 17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rc1 Kxh7 21. Nd3 Rd5 22. Bf4 Re8 23. Bg3 Bd6 24. Rg1 Re4 25. f3 Re7 26. Bf2 f6 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.16"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D33"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,46,40,42,38,29,21,24,13,43,48,60,50,49,54,56,51,53,43,43,43,43,46,46, 30,39,46,10,10,10,21,21,21]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 {[%csl Bc5,Bd5]} Bb6 {D33: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 sidelines.} 10. O-O ({Reject} 10. Bxd5 Nb4 11. Bf3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 O-O $11) 10... d4 11. Na4 O-O {White has an edge.} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd4 Rd8 {[#]} 17. Qxf6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 17. Qxb6 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Qxb2 19. Qxc6 Rdc8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. e3 Bd3 22. Qd1 Bc2 23. Re2 Bxd1 24. Rxb2 {1-0 (41) Tsvetkov,A (2394)-Mischuk,D (2364) Cheliabinsk 2021}) 17... gxf6 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {Hoping for Rd8+.} Be6 20. Nc1 Bxa2 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 {The position is equal.} 22. Rd6 {[%csl Bc6,Bf6]} Kg7 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.16"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2672"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,90,8,13,19,27,3,0,0,10,7,12,7,11,3,25,8,10,-5,-8,-9,-11,-12,-16,-20, 0,0,0,0,-25,-39,0,-52,-28,-52,-54,-79,0,0,47,39,75,54,67,52,94,91,92,95,83,85, 77,70,162,58,64,6,0,13,139,123,139,54,27,0,0,0,0,-41,-41,-97,-97,-101,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 {Marin,M} c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 {[%CAl Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} e5 6. a3 Nge7 $1 {The main line 6...Nge7 scores better than 6...a5.} 7. d3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} O-O 8. Nd2 d6 9. Rb1 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. O-O a5 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Ne4 Kh8 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. Bd2 Rab8 16. Qc1 h5 17. Bh6 Bh3 18. Re1 {½-½ (18) Gelfand,B (2733)-Grischuk,A (2747) Kazan 2011 CBM 143 [Marin,M]}) 10. b4 b6 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. O-O {[%CAl Be1g1,Bg1h1,Bh1h2,Bh2g2][%mdl 32]} f5 16. Ned5 {To avoid f4} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 f4 18. f3 {[%CAl Rg3f4]} Rbf7 19. Kh1 fxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. Be3 ( 21. Kg2 $11) 21... Nf5 $15 22. Rg1 Qd7 23. Kh2 Qd6 ({Black should play} 23... Nxe3 $17 24. Nxe3 g5) 24. Bg5 $11 Nd4 (24... Bh6 $11 {is more appropriate.} 25. Bxh6 Nxh6) 25. Kg2 $1 $14 b5 26. Nc3 $1 bxc4 27. dxc4 Qe6 (27... Qc6 $14) 28. Qd3 $1 $16 Rd7 {[%CAl Od4f3] [#]} 29. Rgd1 $1 Rff7 {[%CAl Od4f3]} 30. Rb8+ Kh7 {aiming for ...Nc6.} 31. Rd8 Rb7 (31... Rxd8 $14 32. Bxd8 Rb7) 32. Ne4 { Really sharp!} (32. Rh1 $18 {White threatens Rxh5+ and mate.} Rf5 33. Bd2 (33. Ne4 Rb3 $14)) 32... Rb3 $14 {[#]} 33. Rxd4 Rxd3 $11 34. R4xd3 Bh6 (34... Qxc4 $2 35. Nd6 Qa2 36. R1d2 $18) (34... Bf8 $1 $11) 35. Rd5 Qa6 36. R1d2 {White is much more active.} ({Resist} 36. Rxc5 $6 Bf8 37. Rxe5 Qxc4 $16) ({Much less strong is} 36. Rxe5 Bg7 37. Rxc5 Bf8 $16) (36. Rd7 $16 Qxc4 37. R1d2) 36... Kg7 $14 37. Rxc5 {Threatens to win with Rd6.} Qxa3 38. Rxe5 Bxg5 39. Rxg5 (39. Nxg5 $11 Re7 40. Red5) 39... Rf5 $1 $15 40. Rd5 (40. Rd7+ $15 Kh6 41. Rxf5 gxf5 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. Nf2) 40... Rxg5 $17 41. Nxg5 Qe3 ({Better is} 41... Qb2 $17 42. Kf1 Kf8) 42. Rd7+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Rd8+ Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) / Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2