[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2025.01.21"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Warmerdam, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2646"] [PlyCount "45"] [GameId "2136711394408861"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,45,22,36,12,-6,-10,-1,-1,19,24,36,8,0,-4,26,19,42,47,39,35,50,59,36,31,66,95,18,-138,43,39,80,37,61,34,44,26,40,24,-128,-77,-105,-13,22,92,364,430,502]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 b5 {This line is extremely rare, only appearing 10 times in the database (as opposed to 9...c3, which shows up more than 1750 times). The funny thing is that one of the games saw Harikrishna as White, and another featured Warmerdam with Black. Perhaps this clash was inevitable and desired by both players.} ({The aforementioned} 9... c3 {was played in yesterday's Praggnanandhaa-Erigaisi game, which went} 10. bxc3 O-O {and now instead of the usual 11.Nb3 Pragg played} 11. Ne1 {.}) 10. a4 Ba6 11. Ng5 (11. axb5 Bxb5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxc4 {½-½ Lodici,L (2487)-Warmerdam,M (2535) Villorba op 1st 2021 (5)}) 11... Nd5 (11... Rc8 12. Nde4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. axb5 Bxb5 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. e3 Nb3 18. Nxb5 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 Bc5 20. Nxa7 Rd8 21. Bc6+ Ke7 22. Bc3 Kd6 23. Bf3 f6 24. Ra6+ Kd7 25. Ra4 Ra8 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxc4 Bxa7 28. Ra4 e5 29. h4 h5 30. Ra6 Kc7 31. Bb4 Kb7 32. Re6 Rg8 33. Kg2 Bb8 34. Kf3 Kc7 35. Ke4 Kd7 36. Kf5 Bc7 37. Re7+ Kc6 38. Kg6 Rb8 39. Bc3 e4 40. Kxh5 Bd6 41. Rxe4 Kd5 42. Ra4 Ke6 43. Kg6 Bf8 44. g4 Rc8 45. f4 Rd8 46. Re4+ Kd5 {1-0 Harikrishna,P (2617)-Ganguly,S (2530) Wch Blitz Almaty 2022 (9)}) 12. Nde4 Bb4 13. Nxf7 $146 {A flashy new move which *should* only be good enough for equality.} (13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b4 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. cxb4 Ncxb4 18. Ba3 Nc2 19. Ra2 Nxa3 20. Rxa3 Rb8 21. e4 Nf6 22. Rc3 Rb4 23. Bf1 e5 24. f3 h5 25. Bxc4 Bh3 26. Nd3 Rd8 27. Rcc1 Rxa4 28. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. h4 Ra5 33. Nd3 Ra3 34. Kf2 Nd5 35. Nc5 Ra2+ 36. Ke1 Ra1+ 37. Kd2 Ra2+ 38. Kc1 Ne3 39. Nxe6 Rc2+ 40. Kb1 Rc6 41. Nf8+ Kh6 42. e5 Rb6+ 43. Ka2 Nf5 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Nxh4 46. e6 Ng6 47. Rd5 Ra6+ 48. Kb3 Rb6+ 49. Ka4 Nf4 50. e7 Rb4+ 51. Ka3 Re4 52. Rd4 Re3+ 53. Ka4 Kg5 54. Rd7 Kf6 55. Nh7+ Kg6 56. Nf8+ Kf7 57. Rxa7 Rxe7 58. Rxe7+ Kxe7 59. Nh7 Ne6 60. Kb4 Kf7 61. g5 Kg6 62. Nf6 Kxg5 63. Ne8 g6 64. Kc3 Kf4 65. Nf6 Kf3 66. Kd2 g5 67. Ke1 Nd4 68. Kf1 Nc6 69. Kg1 Ne5 70. Nh7 g4 71. Nf6 g3 72. Nh5 g2 73. Nf4 Kxf4 74. Kxg2 {½-½ Keymer,V (2664)-Aronian,L (2772) Airthings Masters Prelim chess24.com INT rapid 2022 (3)}) 13... Kxf7 14. Ng5+ Kf6 15. Nxe6 Nce7 (15... Nde7 {is also playable.} 16. Nc7 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Nxa6 (18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. axb5 $1 Bb7 20. bxc6 Rd1+ $1 21. Kg2 Bxc6+ 22. f3 Bd6 {should be equal, as Black's bishops and overall activity offer sufficient compensation for the pawn. Additionally, White's likely best-case scenario seems all the queenside pawns leaving the board, probably with a trade or two along the way. The resulting 4 vs. 3 endings with only kingside pawns are generally going to be draws - and that's White's best-case scenario.}) 18... Rd1+ 19. Bf1 Bd2 20. Bxd2 Rxa1 21. axb5 Ne5 22. Bc3 Nd5 23. Bd4 Rd1 24. Bxa7 c3 25. bxc3 Nxc3 26. b6 Rb1 27. Kg2 Na4 28. Nc7 Kf7 29. Nd5 Nd7 30. e3 Naxb6 31. Nxb6 Nxb6 $11 {The engine scoffs and assesses this as dead equal, but in practice most of us would be rightly afraid of the bishop pair.}) 16. axb5 Bb7 17. Nd4 (17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4+ Kg6 19. Bd2 Rab8 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Rxa7 Bxe4 22. Bxe4+ Kf7 $11 {is another possible line. 17.Ng5 is the engine's top choice, and perhaps the reason Harikrishna chose 17.Nd4: if Warmerdam had checked this line recently, he probably only considered or remembered 17.Ng5.}) 17... Kf7 $1 18. Ra4 c3 (18... Bd6 $1 19. Rxc4 Nb6 20. Rc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rhe8 $15) 19. Rd3 $11 a5 (19... cxb2 20. Bxb2 a5 $11 {was also fine - a better choice, really, as Black had a difficult decision to make in the game.}) 20. bxc3 Bxc3 $2 (20... Rac8 $1 {was the only acceptable move.} 21. Bd2 Bxc3 {Now it's fine.} 22. Rf3+ Kg6 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rg4+ Kh5 25. Rg5+ (25. Rh4+ Kg6 $11) 25... Kh6 26. Rxc3 Nxc3 27. Rg4+ Kh5 28. Rg5+ (28. Rh4+ $4 Kg6 29. bxc6 (29. Bxc3 Bxg2 $19) 29... Rhd8 30. Bxc3 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Rxc6 32. Bb2 Rb6 $19 {White is losing one of his bishops, and the game with it.}) 28... Kh6 29. Rg4+ (29. bxc6 $5 Rhd8 $1 30. Be3 $8 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Re1 32. Rg4+ g5 33. Bxg5+ Kh5 34. h3 Ncd5 35. Bd2 (35. e4 $2 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Kxg5 $19) 35... Rd1 36. Rg5+ Kh6 37. Rxd5+ Kg6 $11 {/?}) 29... Kh5 30. Rg5+ $11 {White has nothing better than the repetition.}) 21. Rf3+ $2 (21. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Nb6 23. Rf4+ Bf6 {It seems for a moment that Black has managed to consolidate without losing his material advantage, but White has one more trump to play:} 24. Be3 $1 {It's amazing how boxed up Black's pieces are. The denouement differs from line to line, but the upshot is consistent: White's c-pawn together with the way Black's pieces trip over each other across the board leads to White's victory.} Nec8 (24... Nbc8 25. c7 Ra6 26. Rd8 Re8 27. Bh3 Rd6 28. Bd7 Rf8 29. Re4 g6 30. g4 g5 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Bc5 $18) (24... Ra6 25. c7 a4 26. Rd8 a3 27. Bxb6 a2 28. Bd4 a1=Q+ 29. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Bf1 Re8 31. e3 h6 32. Kg2 Ra8 33. Bc4+ Kf8 34. Rd7 $18) 25. c7 Ra7 (25... Ra6 26. Bb7 Ra7 27. Bxc8 $18) 26. Rd8 $1 Re8 27. Bxb6 Nxb6 28. Bd5+ $1 Kf8 29. Bc6 $18) 21... Kg6 $2 {losing on the spot, but it's easy to be confused by the unusual piece configuration.} (21... Ke8 $1 22. Rxc3 Nxc3 23. Bxb7 Nxa4 24. Bxa8 $11 {would have been fine.}) 22. Nc6 $1 {Threatening to win a piece with 23.Nxe7+, yes, but the bigger threat is 23.Rg4+ followed 24.Rg5+ with a mating attack and/or a windmill.} Bf6 23. Ne5+ $1 {This is probably what Black had missed. To avoid mate Black will have to cough up a lot of material.} (23. Ne5+ $1 Bxe5 (23... Kh5 24. Rh4+ (24. Rf5+ Nxf5 25. Bf3# {is a nice alternative mate.}) (24. g4+ Kh4 25. Rh3# {is to chess aesthetics what Brutalism is to architectural beauty.}) 24... Bxh4 25. g4#) 24. Rg4+ Kh5 25. Rg5+ Kh6 26. Rxe5+ g5 27. Bxg5+ Kg7 28. Bxe7 $18 {White is up three pawns and still attacking.}) 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2025.01.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "68"] [GameId "2136711394474398"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bg5 d6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rb5 17. dxe6 Rxg5 18. Qd2 Rf5 19. exf7+ Qxf7 20. Re2 c5 21. g3 Rd5 22. Qc2 Re5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Re1 Rb8 25. Qd2 Rb6 26. h4 Bf6 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Re1 h6 29. Re4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ra4 Kg8 32. Qc2 Rb8 33. Qf5 Be7 34. Qc2 Bf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2025.01.21"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Sarana, Alexey"] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "139"] [GameId "2136711394474399"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,139,19,23,24,3,16,71,17,27,31,13,14,11,43,20,69,55,36,62,62,50,56,62,49,39,37,44,52,19,22,25,18,17,2,26,3,-3,21,23,61,-4,-20,14,1,8,57,-13,-13,75,-28,-41,-39,-36,-16,-56,-42,-40,33,-65,20,-11,0,-6,1,180,1,-1,33,-14,5,16,-1,-1,-1,-23,17,23,11,-1,60,-19,44,-1,18,-55,28,49,75,79,95,89,82,87,88,88,27,84,66,86,91,76,254,86,45,80,80,74,82,84,47,35,100,128,66,122,114,107,107,72,65,64,54,40,55,50,56,107,53,159,5,1,24,27,48,32,29,20,9,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. cxd5 Nxe5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 Qxd1+ 13. Nxd1 Nc4 14. O-O Bf6 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Bxb2 Rxb2 18. Rfc1 f6 19. e3 h6 20. a4 a5 21. Rab1 Rb6 22. Nc5 Bf7 23. Rd1 Rdd6 24. h3 Kf8 25. Rdc1 Ke7 26. Ra1 Rb4 27. Rc2 Rdb6 28. Rac1 Rb1 29. Bf1 Ne5 30. f4 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Nd2 33. Be2 c6 34. Rd1 Rb2 35. Ke1 Rc2 36. Rxd2 Rxc5 37. Rb2 Be6 38. Rb7+ Kf8 39. g4 f5 40. Kd2 Rd5+ 41. Kc3 Rc5+ 42. Kd2 g5 43. Rh7 gxf4 44. exf4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Bb3 46. Rxh6 Bxa4 47. Rh8+ Ke7 48. Rh7+ Kd6 49. g5 Bb3 50. Bd3 a4 51. Ra7 Rd5 52. Kc3 Rc5+ 53. Kd2 Rd5 54. Ke3 Kc5 55. g6 Kb6 56. Ra6+ Kb7 57. f5 {Sarana has been pressing, and Gukesh has had to defend well to avoid serious trouble.} Re5+ $1 (57... Rxd3+ $4 {is no temptation for Black, as} 58. Kxd3 Kxa6 59. f6 {is an obvious winner:} a3 60. f7 (60. Kc3 $18) 60... a2 61. f8=Q a1=Q 62. Qa8+ $18) ({Gukesh isn't going to fall for} 57... Rxf5 $2 {either, but this capture is more seductive.} 58. Rxa4 $1 $18 {wins, as White threatens the rook *and* 59.Rb4+. The bad "luck" goes further, as the bishop is perfectly placed on d3: it hits the rook, defends the g-pawn, and covers b5.} (58. Bxf5 $2 Kxa6 {is completely fine for Black.}) 58... Bxa4 59. Bxf5 Bb3 60. Kd4 Kb6 61. Ke5 c5 62. g7 Bg8 63. Be6 Bh7 64. Kf6 Kb5 65. Kf7 $1 (65. Kg5 $2 c4 66. Kh6 c3 $1 67. Bb3 Bg8 $11) 65... c4 66. Bf5 $18) 58. Kf4 Rd5 59. Ke3 Rd8 (59... Re5+ {Nothing wrong with repeating - Black is not playing for a win here.}) 60. f6 Rf8 61. g7 Rxf6 62. Rxa4 Bg8 63. Rf4 Rxf4 64. Kxf4 c5 65. Ke5 Kc7 (65... c4 66. Be4+ Kc7 {transposes.}) 66. Be4 c4 67. Bd5 c3 {Forced, but Black is in no danger in the piece-down queen ending.} 68. Bxg8 c2 69. Bb3 c1=Q 70. g8=Q {Black will have no trouble giving perpetual check. The "worst" he could do is allow White to interpose his queen, which is of course an immediate draw after the exchange.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2025.01.21"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Wei Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E24"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "82"] [GameId "2136711394474400"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Na5 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. e5 Ng8 13. Nf2 d5 14. exd6 Nf6 15. Bf4 Bxc4 16. O-O O-O 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nb7 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 f4 24. Bf2 Qxd6 25. Rc1 h6 26. h3 Na5 27. Kh2 Qd5 28. Qc7 Rf7 29. Qc8+ Rf8 30. Qc7 Rf7 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Re1 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxe6 Nc4 35. a4 Nb2 36. a5 Nd3 37. Bg1 bxa5 38. Ra6 Rd5 39. h4 Nb4 40. Rxa7 Kg6 41. g4 fxg3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2025.01.21"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2136711394474401"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,91,15,18,22,23,15,1,12,77,15,21,8,8,4,-20,-17,-24,-39,-5,-14,-17,10,17,11,32,41,48,36,49,35,33,61,71,72,58,57,94,39,25,62,87,95,109,112,130,91,119,144,92,95,124,132,151,196,311,193,220,231,214,76,189,205,199,197,212,220,206,257,261,265,223,253,260,248,276,132,235,254,309,273,283,165,243,277,247,294,297,177,337,334,329,372,376]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Na3 b4 ({Even Carlsen lost to Pragg in this variation, albeit in rapid chess.} 12... g5 13. Bg3 Na5 14. Bc2 b4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Nc4 Nxb4 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. O-O O-O 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. d4 Nc6 22. Rc1 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qxd4 Nc5 25. Rcd1 Ne6 26. Qc3 f6 27. f4 Qe7 28. b4 Rbb8 29. f5 Nd8 30. Rd4 Nf7 31. Rc4 Rb7 32. Rc1 Rfb8 33. h4 gxh4 34. Bxh4 Ne5 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Qxc7 Qxc7 37. Rxc7 Rxb4 38. Re7 d5 39. Kf1 dxe4 40. Bxf6 Ng4 41. Rg7+ {1-0 Praggnanandhaa,R (2642)-Carlsen,M (2864) Chessable Masters Prelim chess24.com INT rapid 2022 (5)}) 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. O-O Kh8 $6 $146 (15... Be6 {was played in all six prior games to reach the position after White's 15th move.}) 16. Ba4 $5 {The engine suggests that this is inferior to 16.Bc2, presumably because the bishop is shooting into thin air after Black's best move. But how easy is it to play ...Ne7 without prep if you don't have to?} (16. Bc2 $142 $16) 16... Bd7 $6 {The funny thing is that this pins *both* knights: if the c6-knight moves White takes on c6 and then on f6.} (16... Ne7 $1 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. d4 Be6 $1 $14) 17. Rb1 $16 (17. Re1 $1 $16 {/+-}) 17... g5 $5 18. Bg3 Ba7 19. Ra1 $1 Bb6 (19... Bc5 $142 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 $1 22. Nxd4 Rb4 23. Bxd7 Rxc4 {is Black's best and it's *almost* good enough for equality. White keeps some advantage here, thanks only to the easily missed} 24. Ra4 $1 {Black is worse but still in the game after} Rxd4 $1 25. Rxd4 Qxd7 $1 26. Be5 $1 Qe7 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rd5 $16) 20. Re1 $16 {/+-} Ne7 21. d4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 exd4 23. cxd4 (23. e5 $1) 23... Ng6 24. e5 Nh5 (24... Nd5 $142) 25. exd6 Nxg3 26. dxc7 $1 Qxc7 27. hxg3 $18 {The combination of White's extra pawn *and* Black's weak king is too much.} Rbe8 28. Ne3 Qd7 29. Qa1 Kh7 30. Ra6 Rb8 31. Nc4 Bc7 32. Ra7 Qc6 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. d5 Rxa7 35. Qxa7 Ra8 36. Qd4 Qd7 37. d6 Bd8 38. Nce5 Qe6 39. Nxg6 fxg6 40. Re1 Qf7 41. Qe4 Ra7 42. Ne5 Qe6 43. Nc6 Qxe4 44. Rxe4 Rd7 45. Re6 h5 46. Kh2 {Black can hardly move. If 46...Bb6+ then 47.Re7+ wins a rook or makes a new queen; rook moves hang the bishop, and 46...Kh6/Kg7 allows 47.Ne5 followed by 48.Rxg6+. It's hopeless.} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2025.01.21"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "115"] [GameId "2136711394474402"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 Ne6 14. Be5 O-O 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bg3 Nf6 21. Bg4 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Nxg4 25. hxg4 d4 26. exd4 Nxd4 27. Rhe1 Ne6 28. f3 a6 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rd1 Bc7 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. Nd5 Rc5 33. b4 Rc4 34. b3 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Nxd4 36. Kb2 Kf8 37. Kc3 Ne6 38. b5 axb5 39. Kb4 Nd4 40. Nc3 Ke7 41. Nxb5 Ne6 42. Ka5 Nf4 43. g3 Nd5 44. Na3 Kd6 45. Kb5 f5 46. Nc4+ Ke6 47. g5 f4 48. g4 Nc3+ 49. Kc5 Ne2 50. b4 Nc1 51. Nb2 Nb3+ 52. Kb6 Nd4 53. Kxb7 Kd5 54. Kc7 Nxf3 55. Nd3 Kc4 56. Nxf4 Nxg5 57. Nxg6 Kxb4 58. Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2025.01.21"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2136711394474403"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,78,12,30,25,15,15,-9,20,19,22,11,4,19,37,0,-6,4,-12,-6,0,-45,0,-3,11,-7,8,0,10,26,12,-61,-128,-46,-52,-67,-93,-50,-136,-21,-31,-231,-33,-38,-150,-66,-34,-112,-101,85,124,75,151,68,68,-182,-189,-211,-234,-224,-353,-283,-324,-237,-281,-287,-167,-191,-275,-341,-304,-273,-292,-312,-296,-300,-457,-284,-289,-334,-406]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. e3 Bxf4 8. exf4 O-O $146 9. Ne5 $14 Nc6 10. f3 Be6 11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. O-O-O c6 14. g4 f5 15. Ne2 $2 {Very spicy, but there was no need for this; White had a pleasant position without having to sac anything.} (15. Rg1 $142 $14) 15... fxg4 $17 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. Rg1 gxf3 $1 18. Bd3 Kh8 $6 (18... Nc5 $142 $1 $17 {If the bishop doesn't run, Black may take it; if it does (e.g. to c2) the knight will do the next best thing and jump into e4, clogging the diagonal to h7.}) 19. Bc2 c5 $6 (19... Nc5 {comes too late to keep an advantage.} 20. f5 Bd7 21. e6 $36) (19... Rae8) 20. Nxf3 $16 Nb6 $6 21. Rg5 $1 $18 Nc4 22. Qd3 g6 23. Nh4 $1 {Something bad is going to happen to Black on g6 or f5.} Qf7 24. Rf1 Rg8 25. Qg3 $1 Bf5 {While White's 15th move was unnecessary, Erigaisi has conducted the attack excellently and is on the verge of cashing in. Unfortunately, this isn't 2024 Erigaisi but a seeming impostor.} 26. Bxf5 $2 (26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. b3 $1 Na3 28. Bxf5 c4 29. Rg1 cxb3 30. axb3 $18 {Black has no threats and not enough time to create them on the queenside, while White will trade and push his kingside pawns to collect the full point.}) 26... gxf5 27. Nxf5 $4 {Oh dear.} (27. Re1 $16 {/+- retained a serious advantage, though not nearly what it was a move ago.}) 27... Qxf5 $1 28. Rxf5 Rxg3 29. hxg3 Ne3 {Ouch. This happened with plenty of time on the clock, too. Sometimes one's mind just doesn't work right, and all you can do is laugh it off. White tries a while longer, but Fedoseev doesn't let the big fish get away.} 30. Rg5 Nxf1 31. e6 Ne3 32. Re5 d4 33. Rxc5 b6 34. Rh5 Kg7 35. Kd2 Re8 36. f5 Kf6 37. Rxh7 Nxf5 38. Rxa7 Rxe6 39. g4 Nh4 0-1