[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.25"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,53,30,22,22,-3,25,16,22,11,30,19,11,-3,-4,-1,1,10,9,11,18,17,-3,9,1,3,41,41,33,33,43,43,40,26,43,27,28,37,37,12,24,32,17,5,22,12,24,22,27,21,27,30,17,16,25,19]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. d4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 c6 15. Ne3 {This particular Berlin line has occurred eight times, and all eight games were drawn. The engine gives triple zeros, so you probably won't be surprised to see how this game ends.} d5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bd7 18. d5 Rc8 $146 {The move may be novel, but the result won't be.} 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qb3 Nd6 21. Rd1 Qf6 22. Bd5 h6 23. h3 Qe5 24. Kf1 Bb5+ 25. Kg1 Bc6 26. Kf1 Bb5+ 27. Kg1 {There's never a dull moment in the 5.Re1 Anti-Berlinzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz} 1/2-1/2 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.25"] [Round "10.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,67,30,27,18,-10,-2,-9,14,5,5,-10,-4,8,23,-6,-19,0,-26,-15,0,-3,-3,4,6,-15,-3,-3,-17,-9,-7,-33,-3,-20,-31,-33,-17,-25,-21,-21,-3,2,3,6,8,4,12,12,21,8,2,0,22,18,18,24,24,17,19,17,10,18,33,33,37,33,39,36,20,31]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bd2 {Interestingly, of the 10 prior games in which this had been played, the most recent and second-highest rated was Shankland against...So - and So won.} (12. Bxf6 {is literally more than 40 times more popular. Unfortunately for White, it isn't 40x more successful.}) 12... a5 13. Qd3 Bb4 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Qc2 Bxc3 $146 {Though Giri doesn't improve on So's result in the earlier game, it is probably a slight improvement on his move.} (15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Red1 Qe7 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Na2 Bd6 20. Bd2 Bc7 21. Nc3 Bd6 22. e4 e5 23. Ne2 Bb4 24. Be3 Rcd8 25. h3 exd4 26. Nxd4 Qc5 27. Qb3 Qf8 28. Qc2 Nc5 29. Nf5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Ncxe4 31. Bd4 g6 32. Ne3 h5 33. Nc4 Qe7 34. Bg2 Bc5 35. Bxf6 Nxf6 36. Nxa5 Qe2 37. Qxe2 Rxe2 38. Nxb7 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Rxb2 40. Bxc6 Bxg3 41. a5 Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Ra2 43. Rf1 Kg7 44. Bb5 Bh2+ 45. Kh1 Ne4 46. Rxf7+ Kh6 47. Rf3 Ng3+ 48. Rxg3 Bxg3 49. a6 Kg5 50. Nc5 Kh4 51. Bf1 Bb8 52. Ne4 Ba7 53. Nc3 Rf2 54. Bg2 Rc2 {0-1 Shankland,S (2704)-So,W (2778) Berlin FIDE GP 3 Pool-C playoff 2022 (1)}) 16. Bxc3 Be4 17. Qd1 b6 18. Ne5 {White wants to force through e4 at some point, and that necessitates removing the bishop from e4.} (18. Bf1 {is sometimes played in analogous positions, intending to move the knight without swapping the bishops. It's not always good for Black to take on f3, and it would give White two bishops against two knights in this case. Still, Black's knight will be so good (no pun intended) on d5 that it's worth it, or at least one of the better options.} Bxf3 19. exf3 Nd5 $11) 18... Bxg2 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 (19... Bb7 {is a good alternative, though it's going to be approximately equal either way.}) 20. Kxg2 Ne4 {Stopping e4 for the moment, and guaranteeing that there won't be any B vs. N edge down the road.} 21. Qd3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Rad8 {With no minor pieces left, Black doesn't have to worry about the cramping effect of e2-e4. There's nothing to cramp.} 23. Red1 (23. e4 c5 $11) 23... c5 24. Qf3 cxd4 25. cxd4 b5 26. axb5 Qxb5 {To put things in a jokey fashion, Black's isolated a-pawn is compensated by his passed a-pawn. Put another way, it ties both players down.} 27. Rdb1 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. e3 e5 30. dxe5 Rdxe5 31. Rb7 Ra8 32. Ra4 Kf8 33. h4 h5 34. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.25"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2859"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,112,26,19,20,-5,-1,-1,6,-9,-9,3,11,23,33,3,37,-32,-16,-3,6,17,2,6,36,36,46,27,35,35,31,32,54,54,71,20,20,20,2,37,37,37,5,1,4,6,8,-1,37,30,42,33,33,20,44,2,-7,-63,-56,-100,-100,-101,-98,-98,-122,-149,-144,-158,-136,-193,-188,-202,-208,-211,-193,-199,-155,-162,-169,-166,-139,-186,-189,-194,-192,-198,-215,-202,-205,-234,-214,-216,-204,-404,-89,-104,-104,-123,-123,-138,-132,-176,-176,-212,-203,-232,-227,-398,-497,-527,-517,-527,-527,-527,-527]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 $5 {Another wild idea from Carlsen. This is an extremely rare line, only played six times before and never at anything remotely approaching the professional level. It's not so bad, and it creates non-standard positions.} 8. Qa4+ (8. Qb3 $142) 8... c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 c5 $1 12. g4 $1 cxd4 $1 13. exd4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6 Nxg4 $1 16. Qe6+ $1 Rf7 17. hxg4 (17. Bg3 Nf6 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. O-O {is equal and weird.}) 17... Bxh4 $11 18. Nf3 Qf6 $1 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Nc6 21. Rd1 Re8+ 22. Ne3 Re4 23. d5 Nb4 24. d6 Nc2+ 25. Ke2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxg4 {The position is equal, but a lot easier for Black to handle than for White. Maghsoodloo quickly goes astray.} 27. Rd5 {White wants to meet ...Rg2+ with Kd3, without cutting the communication between his d-rook and the d-pawn, but allowing Black to play ...Rd7 helps Carlsen more than it does him.} (27. d7 $142 $1 Rg2+ (27... Bd8 28. Rh2 Rc4 29. Rh5 $1 Rc2+ 30. Kd3 Rc6 31. Ke2 Rcf6 32. Ne5 Rf2+ 33. Kd3 R7f6 $11) 28. Kf1 Rxb2 29. d8=Q+ Bxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Rh3 Rxa2 $11) 27... Rd7 28. Rf1 $2 (28. Rc1 $142 Kf7 29. Rc7 Ke6 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Kd3 $11 {/?}) 28... Bxb2 $17 {/-+ First fruits.} 29. Rd3 $2 (29. Rb1 $142) 29... Bf6 $19 (29... Ra4 {was even better.}) 30. Rd5 Rb4 31. Rfd1 $2 (31. Nd2 $142) 31... Kf7 32. R1d3 Ke6 {Black is completely winning now, and it's only a matter of time before White's d- or a-pawn drops. Or, as it turns out, both.} 33. Nd2 Ra4 34. a3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Kxd5 36. Rxa7 Kxd6 37. Ne4+ Kd5 38. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Perhaps this would be a draw without Black's h-pawn, but with it it's a clear win for Black. White will round it up, but the time that takes lets Black make too much progress with his b-pawn.} 39. Ra5+ Kc4 40. Rf5 Rd6 41. Rf4+ Kb3 42. Rf5 Ka4 43. Rf4+ Ka5 44. Rh4 b5 45. Rxh6 b4 46. e4 Ka4 47. e5 Re6 48. Rxf6 Rxe5+ 49. Kd1 Rc5 {White has done the best he could, but he cannot stop Carlsen from achieving a Lucena win.} 50. Ra6+ Kb3 51. Rd6 Ka3 52. Ra6+ Kb2 53. Rd6 b3 54. Rd8 Kb1 55. Kd2 b2 56. Ra8 Rd5+ {Carlsen is back in business, within a point of the lead with three rounds to go. He'll have White in his next two games, and then Black against (current) tailender Erigaisi in the last round. The finish of the tournament is setting up well for him to make an epic comeback.} (56... Rd5+ 57. Ke2 (57. Kc3 Kc1 $19) 57... Kc2 58. Rc8+ Kb3 59. Rb8+ Kc3 60. Rc8+ (60. Rb7 Rd4 61. Rb8 Rb4 62. Rc8+ Kb3 $19) 60... Kb4 61. Rb8+ Rb5 $19) 0-1 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.25"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,61,30,22,25,25,26,16,29,26,30,19,11,0,0,10,17,11,11,17,17,-1,7,-7,12,17,10,10,29,24,32,33,25,24,22,32,31,33,37,27,27,28,26,13,26,7,7,13,3,5,-1,-1,-1,2,2,2,1,2,2,-12,-6,-2,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bf4 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 {This line has been played (at least) 44 times, and all 44 were drawn.} 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 {Someone demonstrated some impressive creativity in working out this line, but it wasn't these two. People have been using this particular variation to make automatic draws since 2013.} 29. f4 f5 30. b4 b5 31. Kf2 {There's never a dull moment in the 5.Re1 Anti-Berlinzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz} 1/2-1/2 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.25"] [Round "10.5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2722"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,77,26,26,29,29,29,29,32,-13,-13,-13,20,-2,-1,5,19,1,31,-16,-15,-48,-24,-29,2,-14,23,-19,2,2,13,-1,13,-15,-22,11,-1,0,0,0,-9,-9,6,-18,-15,2,-24,-9,-21,-13,-5,-5,-22,-35,-31,-29,-26,-51,-40,-22,-35,-59,-53,-57,-40,-51,-58,-71,-27,-44,0,-27,-27,-37,-36,-56,-37,-36,-41,-44]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ng3 b4 16. Bd2 bxc3 {Only played once before. Black lost that game, but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the move itself.} (16... Rb8 {is usual, and made 10 draws in 10 games.}) 17. bxc3 Nf6 $146 (17... Rb8 18. Bb3 Nf6 19. Bc4 Qc8 20. a5 Bd6 21. h3 Be6 22. Qa4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qd7 24. Qxa6 Ra8 25. Qb5 Reb8 26. Qc4 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Nxa5 28. Qh4 Nh7 29. Nh5 Nc6 30. Bxh6 Bf8 31. Qg3 f6 32. Nh4 Rd8 33. Bxg7 Bxg7 34. Nf5 Kh8 35. Nhxg7 Rg8 36. Ra1 Nd8 37. Ra8 c5 38. Qe3 Qb7 39. Ra4 Ne6 40. Rh4 Rxg7 41. Nxg7 Qxg7 42. Qe4 Neg5 43. Qf5 Qf8 44. Ra4 Nf7 45. Ra7 Kg8 46. Qg4+ Qg7 47. Ra8+ Nf8 48. Qf3 Qg5 49. Ra4 f5 50. Qd5 Qe7 51. Ra6 Kg7 52. Rc6 Ng6 53. g3 f4 54. h4 fxg3 55. fxg3 c4 56. Rxc4 Qa7+ 57. Kh2 Qf2+ 58. Qg2 Qe3 59. Qe4 Qf2+ 60. Qg2 Qe3 61. d4 e4 62. Rc7 Kg8 63. h5 Ng5 64. Qa2+ {1-0 Tari,A (2584)-Bindrich,F (2590) Wch Rapid Doha 2016 (15)}) 18. a5 {Transposing to another game - which was also unsuccessful for Black.} Rb8 {Now there are four predecessors.} 19. Ba4 Bd6 20. h3 (20. Qc2 Na7 21. Bb3 (21. Qa2 Bc6 22. Qc4 Qd7 23. h3 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nc8 25. Raa1 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Reb1 Rd5 28. Ne1 Bc5 29. Rb7 Rd7 30. Nf5 Red8 31. Be3 Nd6 32. Nxd6 cxd6 33. Rb3 Nd5 34. Bd2 {½-½ Atuan,J (2255)-Weilguni,J (2250) W-ch WS/CCM/A/04 email ICCF email 2019}) 21... Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. d4 Nc6 24. Rad1 exd4 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. cxd4 Qe8 27. Re1 Rb5 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd7 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Qh7 33. Qf6+ Qg7 34. Qxe6 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Qxd4 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Re8+ {1-0 Duda,J (2729)-Wojtaszek,R (2687) Prague Masters 3rd 2021 (7)}) 20... Ne7 $146 {= A good novelty.} (20... Na7 21. Bc2 Nb5 22. Qc1 Bc6 23. Nh4 Bf8 24. Nhf5 Qd5 25. Ne3 Qc5 26. Ra4 Nd6 27. d4 Qa7 28. Ra1 Qa8 29. f3 exd4 30. cxd4 Nb5 31. Nef5 Bd7 32. Re5 Qa7 33. Be3 c5 34. Nxh6+ gxh6 35. Bxh6 Rxe5 36. dxe5 c4+ 37. Kh2 Nh7 38. Bxf8 Nxf8 39. Qg5+ Ng6 40. Nh5 Qd4 41. Bxg6 Qxa1 42. Bxf7+ Kxf7 43. Qf6+ {1-0 So,W (2772)-Le,Q (2709) Chessable Masters KO chess24.com INT rapid 2021 (3.11)}) 21. Bc2 Ng6 22. Rb1 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Bc6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Bc5 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Nf4 28. Kh2 Qd6 29. g3 (29. Qa2 $142 $11) 29... Ne6 30. Bd3 Nc5 31. Be2 g6 32. h4 h5 33. Qb4 Kg7 34. Nd2 Re6 35. Nf3 Re8 36. Nd2 Ba4 37. Nf3 Bc6 38. Nd2 Ba4 39. Nf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.25"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,79,26,-20,19,20,23,15,14,6,3,3,0,2,30,29,18,-3,41,31,48,-3,33,25,25,5,0,39,9,-50,-29,-50,-13,-39,-39,-88,-14,-14,-2,30,30,30,125,-34,163,193,166,95,186,210,210,0,262,264,261,170,257,178,213,214,214,221,210,235,238,220,335,336,336,346,340,363,820,1288,1344,1431,1459,1804,29993,29988,29989,29990] Gukesh's comeback continues with his second win in his last three games.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Rg1 {Only played once before, albeit in a very high-level game.} (10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 {is usual, with equality in theory and practice.}) 10... d5 $146 (10... a6 11. h3 Ne5 12. g4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qc5 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Bd2 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Kf1 Rac6 27. Be1 Qc7 28. Rg3 Nc4 29. Rc2 Qf4 30. Rh3 Bf8 31. Nd1 d5 32. exd5 exd5 33. Qf3 Qd6 34. Re2 d4 35. Bb4 Qd7 36. Bxf8 Rxf8 37. Kg2 f6 38. Qe4 f5 39. Qf3 f4 40. b4 Ne3+ 41. fxe3 fxe3 42. Qe4 Re6 43. Qd3 Qc6+ 44. Kg1 Re4 45. Nxe3 dxe3 46. Rexe3 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Rd4 48. Qb3+ Kh8 49. Rhf3 Rd2+ 50. Kh3 Qh1+ 51. Kg4 Rg2+ 52. Rg3 Rh2 53. Rh3 Qg2+ 54. Reg3 Qe4+ {0-1 Giri,A (2764)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) Legends of Chess Final chess24.com INT 2020 (1.22)}) 11. g4 $1 Nxg4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bc5 14. Qe2 f5 15. Nf4 Qf7 16. Rg2 $2 ({It was better to go for the attack, and not worry about the f-pawn.} 16. O-O-O Kh8 (16... Bxf2 $2 17. Rxg4 $1 fxg4 18. Ng5 Qc7 19. Qxf2 Nb4+ 20. Bc3 Na2+ 21. Kb1 Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 g6 23. Qd4 Qb6+ 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Rf1 $16 {/+-}) 17. e5 Bxf2 18. Rg2 Qa2 19. Qc4 Qxc4+ 20. Bxc4 Rd8 $11) (16. Ng5 Qb3 17. Qc4+ Qxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 19. Rg2 $11) 16... Qe7 $4 (16... fxe4 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Rxg4 Qxg4 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Qxc5 Rf5 21. Nd5 Bd7 $19) 17. e5 $16 {/+-} Ncxe5 (17... Rd8 $142) 18. O-O-O $18 Bd6 19. Bc3 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 {With Bc4+ and h3 coming up, White's attacking force is looking overwhelming.} Be6 21. h3 $2 (21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. h3 $18 {was the right way, getting rid of Black's light-squared bishop.}) 21... Be5 $4 {This piece sac is unsound. It might be enough for blitz, but not for a classical game.} (21... Bxf4+ 22. Qxf4 Nf6 {is only slightly better for White after} 23. Re1 $14) 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. hxg4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rad8 25. gxf5 (25. Rxd8 $142) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qa2 27. Bd3 Re8 28. Rg4 Qxa3+ 29. Kd2 Qb2+ 30. Qc2 Qb6 31. Qa2+ Kh8 32. Rd4 Qh6+ 33. Kc2 Qh2 34. Qf7 Qxf2+ 35. Kb3 Rg8 36. Bc4 Rb8 37. Qe7 h5 38. Qg5 Qf3 39. Rh4 ({The attractive} 39. Rd6 {, threatening Rh6+, is a couple of moves faster.}) 39... Qd1+ 40. Kb2 1-0 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.25"] [Round "10.7"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "191"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,191,26,29,29,29,29,28,28,2,4,2,19,-12,1,-2,-3,4,14,-27,-32,-27,-16,-2,-4,-19,-6,-30,-1,-4,14,27,28,25,27,37,37,37,30,41,41,51,16,69,38,8,7,10,13,18,44,24,48,45,78,85,85,71,69,46,177,81,81,49,49,36,29,24,2,31,31,0,-1,-19,-26,-6,-16,-16,-20,-33,-35,-66,-52,-69,-73,-73,-45,-73,-65,-60,-60,-69,-69,-69,-61,-61,-61,-61,-23,-61,-61,-61,-63,-67,-63,-77,-76,-90,-90,-105,-56,-105,-106,-106,-109,-111,-116,-121,-111,-111,-116,-120,-115,-116,-120,-120,-120,-110,-110,-120,-120,-120,-110,-142,-96,-138,-101,-120,-96,-96,-111,-114,-118,-111,-111,-127,-112,-111,-130,-131,-113,-112,-108,-108,-95,-95,-86,-115,-95,-89,-97,-95,-57,-63,-57,-76,-99,-112,-101,-99,-113,-113,-113,-139,-190,-197,-104,-197,-146,-144,-131,-146,-146,-134,-131,-134,-137,-141,-142,-137,-5,-5,-4,-2] For the second straight round Keymer reached a winning rook endgame, and for the second straight round he failed to convert it. I think we can make a pretty good guess as to what he and Peter Leko will be working on after the tournament.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. h3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. a4 b4 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bd4 Nd7 21. Nc4 Rb4 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Red1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qg5 25. Rdd1 Ne5 26. Nxd6 g6 27. Rab1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bd7 29. Rf1 Qf6 30. Qd2 g5 31. f4 gxf4 32. Rxf4 Qg5 33. Kh2 Bxh3 34. Kxh3 Rd8 35. g3 Qg6 36. Qd5 Qxd6 37. Rf5 Qxd5 38. exd5 Rxd5 39. Bb3 Rd3 40. Rxe5 Rxb3 41. a5 Kg7 42. Rc5 Re3 43. Kh4 Re6 44. g4 Rg6 45. Kh5 Rd6 46. g5 hxg5 47. Kxg5 Rf6 48. Kg4 Kf8 49. Kg5 Rd6 50. Kf5 Ke7 51. Ke4 Re6+ 52. Kf4 Kd7 53. Rf5 f6 54. Rh5 $2 (54. Rd5+ $1 Rd6 55. Rh5 $11) 54... Kc6 $2 (54... Re1 $1 $19) 55. Rf5 $2 Kd6 $1 56. Kf3 Ke7 $1 57. Kf4 Re1 $1 58. Rh5 Kd6 59. Rh2 Re5 60. Rd2+ Ke6 61. Ra2 Rf5+ 62. Kg4 Rd5 63. Ra1 Rd4+ 64. Kh5 Re4 65. Ra2 Re1 66. Kg4 f5+ 67. Kf3 Re5 $2 (67... Ke5 $8 68. Kf2 Re4 69. Kf3 Rb4 70. Ra1 Rb5 71. Ra2 Rd5 72. Ra1 Kd6 73. Ra2 Kc5 74. Ra4 Kb5 75. Ra1 Kb4 $19) 68. Ra4 $1 Rb5 69. Kf4 $1 Kd6 70. Ra1 Rc5 {White can still draw, but only one move will do the trick.} 71. Rb1 $3 Rxa5 72. Rb6+ Kc5 73. Rf6 {This is a sort of upside-down Vancura, and a draw for the same reasons.} Kc4 74. Rc6+ Kb5 75. Rf6 Ra4+ 76. Kf3 $1 (76. Kxf5 $2 Rc4 {and Black wins with White's king cut off horizontally.} 77. Ke5 a5 78. Rf8 Kb4 79. Rb8+ Kc3 80. Kd5 a4 81. Ra8 Kb3 82. Rb8+ Rb4 83. Rh8 a3 84. Rh3+ Ka4 85. Rh2 Rb2 86. Rh4+ Ka5 $19) 76... Ra3+ 77. Ke2 Ra2+ 78. Ke1 Ra1+ 79. Ke2 Ra2+ 80. Ke1 Rc2 81. Rxf5+ Kb4 (81... Rc5 82. Rxc5+ Kxc5 83. Kd1 $11) 82. Kd1 Rc4 83. Rf8 a5 84. Rb8+ Ka3 85. Rb5 a4 86. Kd2 Ka2 87. Rb8 Rh4 88. Kc2 Rh2+ 89. Kc1 a3 90. Rb7 Rb2 91. Rc7 Rb6 92. Rc2+ Ka1 93. Rc3 Ka2 94. Rc2+ Kb3 95. Kb1 Rd6 96. Rb2+ ({The passive} 96. Rc1 {also draws.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Challengers"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.25"] [Round "10.5"] [White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"] [Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2515"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2023.01.14"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Bd2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. f3 Bg6 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Bb5 Be7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qa4 Kd7 16. Ba5 Qd6 17. a3 Rac8 18. Bb4 Qb8 19. Bxc6+ Rxc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Kf2 Bxb4 22. axb4 Rc8 23. h4 Rc7 24. Rc1 Qb5 25. Qxb5 cxb5 26. Rxc7+ Kxc7 {This ending is drawn, but as we'll see even GMs can make shocking errors.} 27. Kg3 Kd6 28. Kg4 {All Black needs to do here is...nothing.} f6 $4 {This loses, and even if by some miracle it didn't it would give White good winning chances without giving him any winning chances in return. In fact, it loses outright. Remarkably, Beerdsen spent almost 11 minutes on this move.} 29. h5 $18 gxh5+ (29... Ke7 30. hxg6 Kd6 31. Kf4 Ke7 32. e4 Kd6 33. e5+ Ke7 34. g3 Ke8 35. g4 Ke7 36. Kg3 Kf8 37. f4 f5 38. Kh4 Ke7 39. Kg5 fxg4 40. Kxg4 Kd7 41. f5 Ke7 42. f6+ Kf8 43. Kh5 Kg8 44. fxg7 Kxg7 45. Kg5 a6 46. b3 $18) (29... g5 30. h6 $1 gxh6 31. Kh5 Ke7 32. Kxh6 Kf7 33. g3 $18 {White will win with zugzwang.}) 30. Kxh5 Ke7 31. Kg6 Kf8 32. g4 Kg8 33. f4 $1 a6 34. g5 fxg5 35. fxg5 Kf8 36. Kh7 Kf7 37. g6+ (37. b3 {would also do the trick:} Kf8 38. g6 $18) 37... Kf6 38. b3 {Zugzwang does the job.} 1-0