[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.21"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2713"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,86,22,22,20,9,34,34,35,24,21,15,31,28,30,14,24,20,16,16,21,19,26,25,44,23,35,39,44,25,32,25,29,16,6,4,7,-19,-40,-48,-1,-5,0,-79,-112,-101,-101,-91,-122,-120,-120,-120,-106,-121,-125,-115,-128,-115,-88,-126,-142,-135,-114,-132,-136,-102,-175,-175,-193,-188,-121,-112,-105,-259,-259,-238,-250,-602,-651,-781,-793,-793,-802,-816,-1049,-1334,-1334,-1432,-1492]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 {Man does not live by 3.Nxe5 alone.} Nxe4 4. dxe5 (4. Bd3) 4... d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 (5... Qd7 {is a trendy move that has done very well.}) 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 O-O $146 (10... Qd7 {is standard, avoiding what White does on move 12.}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf5 $14 Kh8 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Bf4 Rae8 15. Rad1 d4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qc2 (17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Rd3) (17. Kg2) (17. Bg3) 17... Rd8 18. h4 (18. a3 $14) 18... Qa6 $1 $11 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Qb3 (20. Qe4 $11) (20. Re4 $11) 20... d3 21. h5 $6 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 $15 {White's attempt at aggression has backfired. The advance of White's kingside pawns has left his king is in danger, not Black's.} 24. Bg3 d2 25. Re3 Qh6 26. Qxb7 $2 (26. Rd3 $8) 26... Bg5 $1 $19 {Black's d-pawn will survive; White's king probably won't.} (26... Qxh5 27. Qf3 {isn't great for White either.}) 27. Rc3 Qxh5 28. Qf3 Qh3 (28... Qxf3 $1 29. Rxf3 Re4 30. Kf1 Rc8 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 h5 $19) 29. Bh2 $8 Rg4+ 30. Bg3 h6 $6 (30... Rd8 $142) 31. Qg2 $2 (31. Qh1 Rxg3+ 32. fxg3 Qxf5 $17 {/-+}) 31... Qh5 $19 32. f3 Rd4 33. Qh2 Bh4 34. Kf1 Rfd8 (34... Qg5 $1) 35. Bf2 Re4 $1 {Visually attractive, and there's also a point - it's not just "hope chess" (36.fxe4? Qxd1+). Black intends to play ...Kh7 followed by ...Rd5, going after White's weakness on e5 and f5.} 36. f6 gxf6 37. Qh3 Rf4 38. Bxa7 Qxe5 39. Be3 Qb5+ 40. Kg1 Qe2 41. Qf1 Rg8+ 42. Kh1 Qxf1+ 43. Rxf1 Rxf3 $1 {A nice finishing touch, "forking" f1 and h3. Taking the rook allows ...d1Q+, and 44.Bf2 Rxf2 obviously doesn't help either.} 0-1 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.21"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,41,22,22,12,32,19,10,1,10,2,6,10,-14,5,26,11,11,10,12,21,20,22,13,24,4,0,2,30,34,25,40,35,9,-1,-1,23,18,24,4,11,-6,-6,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. h3 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Rf2 b6 13. Nfd2 Nb8 14. Nb1 Nbd7 15. Nc3 c6 16. d4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd4 {Not exactly a barnburner, but given the excitement in the rest of the round we're not too terribly deprived.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.21"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2766"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "212"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,154,28,18,18,-11,4,17,17,17,28,11,27,33,29,-22,4,7,13,14,26,20,20,12,27,30,26,35,33,30,29,28,40,27,48,28,26,24,45,25,17,21,20,16,19,-1,5,2,12,7,13,-11,-14,-22,-8,-21,-5,-3,-18,-7,-49,-14,-55,-43,-19,-64,-56,-43,-38,-29,-25,-23,-28,-44,0,-8,-8,2,38,26,22,50,35,47,65,72,67,46,71,9,17,9,30,29,7,13,12,12,18,5,44,5,5,44,31,9,0,0,0,0,0,-114,13,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-96,-104,-96,-90,-112,-112,-114,-112,-112,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-112,-112,-112,-112,-115,-123,-112,-123,-117,-123,-126,-126,-126,-125,-123] The game went back and forth, but Caruana has the most to regret as he was winning the queen ending for a time. A narrow escape by Maghsoodloo, and a big miss for Caruana, who is now a full point behind Abdusattorov.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qb3 Rdb8 17. Ne1 Ne7 18. Nd3 c6 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. f3 a5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Na4 Ra7 23. Rfe1 Rc7 24. Bf1 Qd7 25. e4 Be6 26. b3 Ng6 27. Rcd1 Qe7 28. Qb2 dxe4 29. fxe4 Rd7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Qd8 32. Qc3 Ra8 33. Nb2 b5 34. Qxc6 Rxd4 35. Qxb5 Rc8 36. Qa5 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Qf6 38. Nd3 Rc2 39. Qb6 Kh7 40. b5 Qc3 41. Ne1 Rb2 42. Qd4 Qb3 43. e5 Nxe5 44. Qxe5 Qxd1 45. Qxb2 Qxe1 46. b6 Bd5 47. h3 f5 48. Qf2 Qb1 49. Kh2 Be4 50. Bc4 Qd1 51. Bf1 Qb1 52. h4 Qb4 53. h5 Qd6+ 54. Kh3 f4 55. Kg4 Bb1 56. Qb2 Qe6+ 57. Kxf4 Qf5+ 58. Ke3 Qxf1 59. b7 Qe1+ 60. Kd4 Qe4+ 61. Kc5 Qe7+ 62. Kb6 Qe3+ 63. Kc7 Qc5+ 64. Kd8 Qd6+ 65. Ke8 Qb8+ 66. Kf7 Ba2+ 67. Qxa2 Qg8+ 68. Ke7 Qxa2 69. b8=Q Qe2+ 70. Kf8 Qxh5 71. Qb1+ Qg6 72. Qf1 h5 73. Qf2 Qe4 74. Kf7 h4 75. Qd2 Qf5+ 76. Ke8 Kg6 77. Qd6+ Kh5 78. Qd1+ Kh6 79. Qd2+ g5 80. Qd4 Kh5 81. Ke7 g4 82. Kd6 Kg5 83. Qg1 Qd3+ 84. Ke5 Qe2+ 85. Kd4 Qd2+ 86. Ke4 Qf4+ 87. Kd3 Qf5+ 88. Kd2 Qd5+ 89. Ke2 Qa2+ 90. Kd3 Qb3+ 91. Kd2 Qb2+ 92. Kd3 Qa3+ 93. Ke2 h3 94. gxh3 Qxh3 95. Qf2 Qh7 96. Qg3 Qf5 97. Ke1 Qf6 98. Ke2 Kh5 99. Ke1 Kg5 100. Ke2 Qf4 101. Qxf4+ Kxf4 102. Kf2 g3+ 103. Kg2 Kg4 104. Kg1 Kh3 105. Kh1 g2+ 106. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.21"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,127,22,12,14,-11,24,28,41,36,15,20,38,27,27,7,35,8,28,10,31,-11,88,43,42,47,43,43,38,28,4,37,54,51,84,64,76,80,74,70,74,81,83,95,125,115,101,73,97,109,162,162,182,109,144,150,198,198,199,162,160,158,155,155,182,138,170,161,161,165,153,149,151,122,150,138,136,137,136,153,155,142,156,157,189,183,178,178,198,178,198,179,183,150,150,264,233,222,231,196,203,193,173,256,242,266,266,266,252,232,350,363,426,404,437,268,237,237,242,262,263,248,264,269,266,274,340,335,340,445]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd2 (6. Ne5 {is the "hot" move, while}) (6. Qb3 {is the traditional main line.}) 6... e6 7. Qb3 b5 (7... Ra7 {is much more common.}) 8. c5 Nbd7 9. a4 e5 ({It may have been better to play more patiently.} 9... Be7) 10. Qa3 $1 b4 $1 11. Qxb4 Rb8 12. Qa3 a5 {As a result of Black's pawn sac, White will find it difficult to make further progress on the queenside. On the other hand, it already feels like a two-result position.} 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfd1 e4 $6 16. Ne1 $16 Bg4 17. Rdb1 Qc7 18. h3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Qa7 20. b4 $18 {The center is closed, Black has nothing on the kingside, and White is making progress with his extra pawn on the queenside. It will take a long time to win the game, but that's already the likeliest outcome.} axb4 21. Rxb4 (21. Bxb4 {was better - not to keep the b-file closed but to continue with Nc3, looking to follow up with a5, Na4-b6.}) 21... Qa6 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nc1 (23. Nc3 $142) 23... Ne8 24. Nc2 Nc7 25. a5 Ra8 26. Rb1 Qc4 27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. Rxb3 Bd8 29. Be1 Kf8 30. Rb7 Ke8 31. Nb4 Nb8 {As silly and passive as Black's position looks, his defensive construction has glued the queenside shut. So White must open a second front, to give Black something else to worry about.} 32. f3 $1 exf3 33. gxf3 Kd7 34. Nc2 Kc8 35. Rb1 Ne6 36. Kg2 f5 37. Nd3 Bc7 38. h4 Ra7 39. Ra1 Nd8 40. Nc1 h6 41. f4 (41. h5) 41... h5 42. Kf3 Na6 43. Nd3 Rb7 44. Bd2 Ne6 45. Ke2 Bd8 46. Ne5 Kc7 47. Nb4 $1 Nb8 (47... Nxb4 $2 48. a6 Nxa6 49. Rxa6 {and White crashes through on c6.}) 48. Nf7 Be7 49. Rg1 Nd7 50. Ne5 Nxe5 51. fxe5 Kd7 52. Rg6 {Threatening Nxc6.} Rc7 53. Be1 f4 54. a6 Rc8 55. a7 fxe3 56. Kxe3 Nd8 57. Na6 {Now threatening Nb8+ and then promoting the pawn.} Ra8 58. Ba5 Rxa7 59. Nb8+ Ke8 60. Bxd8 Bxd8 61. Nxc6 Ra3+ 62. Kf4 Bxh4 63. Rxg7 Ra6 64. Rc7 {Black's king is in a mating net (e.g. e6, Rc8+), and defending against this will probably cost Black at least his remaining pawns.} 1-0 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.21"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,68,22,22,19,13,22,22,22,15,22,13,-1,0,29,-37,-37,-20,16,-13,24,25,32,35,33,32,33,18,38,33,34,3,37,13,50,50,54,47,51,39,80,57,82,62,107,86,78,80,74,78,73,54,62,69,58,26,0,-119,-119,-89,-107,-164,-172,-137,-168,-194,-235,-201,-197,-340,-371]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. a4 a6 13. Qc2 (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qf6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Be2 Red8 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bg4 a5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Nd7 23. Red1 Kf8 24. Rd3 Ke7 25. Kf1 Nb6 26. Nd2 Ke6 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. Rad1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc8 31. f3 Bg1 32. Rd6+ Ke7 33. Nxb6 Bxb6 34. Rxb6 Rc7 35. Ke2 Kd8 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rb6 Kd8 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rd5 Rxc3 40. Rxe5+ Kf6 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. b6 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Rxa5 Rxb6 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Ra2 47. h4 b6 48. Ra6 Ke7 49. h5 Rb2 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. f4 Ra2 52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Kg4 Ra2 54. g3 Ra1 55. Ra6 f5+ 56. exf5+ Kf7 57. Ra7+ Kf6 58. Ra6 Kf7 59. f6 g6 60. Rxb6 {1-0 So,W (2789)-Anand,V (2775) Leuven GCT rapid 2017 (6)}) 13... Be6 14. Bb2 $146 (14. Bxe6 {had been played in three previous games, all correspondence games and all (therefore) draws.} Rxe6 15. Ne4 Qd7 16. Be3 (16. h3 Rd8 17. Be3 Nd5 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Ne7 21. c4 c6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rae1 cxb5 24. cxb5 Nf5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 Re8 27. Nf3 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Qe5 29. Qb1 Nd6 30. b6 Qc5 31. Nf3 Nc8 32. Qe1 Kf8 33. Qe4 Qxb6 34. Ne5 {½-½ Susla,V (2341)-Cirulis,I (2246) RM-2020-0-00227 LSS email}) 16... Rae8 17. h3 (17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne7 19. Qb3 Ng6 20. Qc4 b6 21. Ra2 Be7 22. Rea1 Nd5 23. Bd2 Nh4 24. Nxh4 Bxh4 25. Ra8 Bd8 26. h3 Nf4 27. Be3 Kh7 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Nd2 Rg6 30. Kh1 Rg5 31. Nf3 Rxb5 32. Qxf4 Rf5 33. Qa4 b5 34. Qd1 Bf6 {½-½ Hale,A (2251)-Lee,M (2274) USA D email ICCF email 2019}) 17... Ne7 18. a5 Ng6 19. Qa4 c6 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. c4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 23. g4 Ree8 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. c5 Bc7 26. Qa2 Kh7 27. Qg2 f6 28. Qc2 Qe6 29. Qc4 Qe8 30. Rd2 {½-½ Baroin,B (2320)-Antal,J (2337) EU-ch 2020 sf14 email ICCF email}) 14... Qd7 15. Re2 (15. Bxe6 {followed by b5 maintained equality, as did the immediate b5.}) 15... Bf5 (15... Bg4 {Black will continue with ...Nh5 against most normal moves, and if} 16. h3 {it may be time to sac.} e4 $5 (16... Bxh3 $5 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Re4 $8 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Ne7 {followed by ...Ng6-f4, with an unclear position.}) 17. hxg4 $8 (17. dxe4 $2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3 $19 {and now there's no Re4 for White.}) 17... exf3 18. Nxf3 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Re8 20. Qc2 Qxg4 $11) 16. Rae1 Re7 (16... Nh5 $142) 17. h3 $6 (17. Bc1 $142) (17. Ne4 $142) 17... Rae8 $6 (17... Nh5) (17... Bxh3) 18. Ne4 $14 Nh5 (18... Nxe4 $142 19. dxe4 Be6) 19. Bc1 Kh8 20. Nh4 $14 {/?} Be6 $6 (20... Bh7 $142) 21. Qd1 $1 $16 Qd8 $6 $18 {Gukesh has a great, probably winning position. He has had an awful tournament though, and when in bad form and when one's confidence starts to drop, it's very hard to stop the negative momentum. Somehow when things have gone wrong in an event, they tend to keep going wrong - failure finds a way.} 22. b5 $6 (22. g3 $1 Bxh3 23. d4 $1 $18) 22... Na5 23. Bxe6 (23. Ba2 $142 $16) 23... Rxe6 24. Nf5 (24. Nxd6 $142 $16) 24... Bf8 $14 25. Qc2 (25. g4 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. c4 $14) 25... axb5 26. axb5 b6 $11 27. d4 (27. g4 $142) 27... Nf4 28. Rd2 $2 (28. Bxf4 exf4 29. c4 $11) 28... Qd5 $17 {/-+} 29. Ne3 Qxb5 30. d5 (30. Ng3 $142) 30... Rg6 $19 31. Ng3 Bc5 (31... e4 $1) 32. Qe4 $2 (32. Nef5) 32... Bxe3 33. fxe3 Nc4 34. Rf2 Nd6 {Next up, ...Nd3 and the harvest begins.} 0-1 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.21"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2859"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,71,22,22,22,13,28,25,54,21,19,32,17,-11,15,-1,18,9,36,5,4,29,30,-69,-61,-195,-38,-86,-22,-36,54,47,130,91,150,129,122,1,1,5,160,157,302,278,285,247,248,233,248,187,178,178,189,197,179,189,191,189,192,199,200,185,183,183,183,175,179,124,123,131,150,156,144,142]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 {White has had good results with this funny move. It's probably not that it's amazingly strong, but it does at least produce relatively fresh positions.} Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 c6 (6... Nf6) ({and} 6... Nc6 {are the most common moves.} 7. Nd5 Nd4 8. Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Nd5 Nd4 {is the start of a particularly picturesque line.}) 7. f3 Nf6 8. d4 Bf5 9. c4 h5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Kf2 $146 (11. a3 O-O-O 12. Qxe7 Bxe7 13. h4 Nc7 14. Kf2 d5 15. c5 Ne6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 e5 18. dxe5 Bxc5+ 19. Kg3 Rhg8 20. Kh2 Nd7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 d4 23. Ne2 d3 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. Kh3 Bd4 26. Rd1 Nc5 27. f5 Ne4 28. Bxd3 Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Ng4+ 30. Kh3 Nf2+ 31. Kh2 Nxh1 32. Kxh1 Be8 33. e6 Bxb2 34. Be2 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Bxa3 36. Bxh5 Bxh5 37. Nxh5 Bb2 38. g4 a5 39. g5 a4 40. f6 gxf6 41. g6 f5 42. g7 Bxg7 43. Nxg7 Kd8 44. Nxf5 a3 45. Nd4 a2 46. Nb3 Ke7 47. h5 Kxe6 48. Kg2 b5 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Ke3 c5 51. Na1 Kg5 52. Kd3 Kxh5 53. Kc3 Kg4 54. Kb3 b4 55. Kxa2 c4 56. Kb2 b3 57. Nxb3 cxb3 58. Kxb3 {½-½ Tabatabaei,M (2645)-Suleymanli,A (2537) Sharjah Masters 5th 2022 (1)}) 11... Nb4 12. Qd1 O-O-O (12... Qc7 $142 $11) 13. Nd3 $1 d5 14. c5 Nxd3+ $2 (14... Bxd3 $1 15. Bxd3 Ne4+ $1 {was the right way to execute the idea in the game.} 16. Bxe4 (16. fxe4 Qf6+ 17. Ke1 Qxd4 18. Bb1 Qxc5 $44) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qd7 18. a3 Nd5 19. Re1 Be7 $44) 15. Bxd3 Ne4+ $1 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Be2 $16 {Black has some compensation, but not enough for the material.} Qf6 18. Be3 Bxc5 19. Rf1 Qh4+ $2 (19... Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qc1 $16) 20. Kg1 $18 Bd6 21. Rxf5 $1 {It's just a check.} Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Bg1 g6 24. Rxf7 Rhf8 25. Bc4 Bh2 26. Kf2 Rxf7+ 27. Bxf7 Rf8 28. Qb3 Bxg1+ 29. Rxg1 Qh4+ 30. Ke2 Qg4+ 31. Kd2 Qf4+ 32. Kd1 Rxf7 {Black has regained one of the pieces, but the attack is over. White needs a couple of moves to consolidate, and then Black can surrender.} 33. Ne2 Qf5 34. Qh3 {No queens, no problems.} Qxh3 35. gxh3 Rf3 36. Rg3 1-0 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.21"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,115,22,14,14,10,10,6,15,15,44,32,31,22,1,-55,-27,-16,-21,-26,-17,-13,-25,-22,-17,-9,20,9,27,21,31,4,24,54,68,71,75,71,83,82,106,105,116,113,108,105,153,130,129,108,124,130,146,123,118,114,119,122,111,107,86,59,70,82,84,88,56,61,45,58,55,53,41,37,73,82,63,66,66,70,69,76,82,82,67,58,88,90,90,80,80,89,88,97,97,97,82,77,63,60,65,71,66,44,44,13,17,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] Keymer won a pawn and had excellent winning chances, but Ding's technique proved superior and he held the draw.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. d3 Ba6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bf4 Qd6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Kf8 20. f4 Rc5 21. Re2 Ng8 22. Red2 Ke8 23. Bh3 Bc6 24. R2d3 a5 25. a3 a4 26. Rd2 h5 27. e5 Nh6 28. Bg2 Nf5 29. Bxc6+ Rxc6 30. Re4 Rg6 31. Nb5 Rc6 32. Kf2 Rc5 33. Rb4 Rc1 34. Nc3 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. Re4 Rh1 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Re2 Ke7 39. Nxa4 Ke6 40. Nc3 Nd4 41. Rd2 Nb3 42. Rf2 Nd4 43. Ne2 Nxe2 44. Rxe2 Rd1 45. Kh3 g6 46. Rc2 c5 47. Rc3 f6 48. Rb3 fxe5 49. Rxb6+ Kf5 50. Rc6 Rc1 51. fxe5 Rc2 52. a4 g5 53. g4+ hxg4+ 54. Kg3 Rxb2 55. e6 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Kf6 58. Rxc5 1/2-1/2