[Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.20"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Gurel, Ediz"] [Black "Pijpers, Arthur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2474"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 26,93,50,25,43,31,30,25,27,35,41,31,41,42,36,38,28,28,55,57,59,58,65,45,54,52,71,72,66,74,77,62,49,48,78,91,79,86,88,60,68,58,58,82,76,36,43,0,0,0,0,0,122,123,123,116,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 $1 Nb6 18. Qc3 (18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 (19... Qxh2 20. g4 Nd5 21. Qe1 Qd6 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. c4 e6 25. g5 Qh2 26. f4 e5 27. Qd2 Qg3 28. Ne4 Qxf4 29. Qxf4 exf4 30. cxd5 Bf5 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Rh1 Rc8+ {Haring,F (2398)-Pijpers,A (2486) Prague 2022 0-1 (58)}) 20. Re1 Re8 21. g4 Bc8 22. Qh6 Nd5 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. f4 Qe6 25. Qh4 Rd8 26. Ng5 Qf6 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh4 Ke8 31. Re4 e6 32. Ba4 Nxf4 {Jires,J (2144)-Sramek,V (2249) Czech Republic CZE 2024 1-0 (40)}) 18... Qf4+ (18... h5 19. g3 Nd5 20. Qc4 e6 21. Rhe1 Qe7 22. Nd3 Nb6 23. Qc5 Rd6 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Qc3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Nc5 28. Qc3 Rd8 29. a3 Qd6 30. Bc4 Na4 31. Qe3 Nb6 32. Be2 Qe7 {½-½ (32) Adams,M (2715)-Nakamura,H (2781) London 2017}) 19. Kb1 {Some like it hot} Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 $146 (20... Rxd5 21. g4 Bc8 22. Rde1 Qc7 23. h4 h5 24. Rhg1 Rb8 25. Nd3 Qd6 26. Ne5 Rc5 27. Qe3 Be6 28. gxh5 Bxa2+ 29. Kc1 Rb3 30. Qe2 Qd4 31. c4 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxc4+ 33. Kd2 Rd3+ 34. Ke2 Qc2+ {0-1 (34) Musaev,R (2300)-Travkina,A (2216) Pardubice 2013}) 21. g4 d4 22. Qd2 $1 Qc7 23. Nb3 Bc8 24. Nxd4 {[%CAl Bd4b5]} Bb7 {[%CAl Bb7f3] aiming for ...Bxf3!.} 25. Qe3 e5 26. Nb3 $1 Qb6 27. Qe2 (27. Qxe5 Bxf3 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $15) 27... a5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. a4 {[%CAl Bg4g5]} Qf6 {[#]} 30. Rd1 $1 (30. Nxa5 $6 Bxf3 31. Qf2 e4) 30... Rxd1+ (30... Bxf3 $2 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qxf3 $18) 31. Qxd1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQN. White is a pawn up.} Kg7 32. Nd2 Qf4 {[%csl Ba4,Bh2]} 33. Qe2 h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 {[%CAl Bf7f6]} 35. Ne4 {[%CAl Bb2b4]} h4 36. b4 f5 37. Qb5 Bxe4 38. fxe4 fxe4 $2 {Mistake. Qxh2 was best.} (38... h3) (38... Qxh2 39. bxa5) 39. bxa5 {KQ-KQ. White is a pawn up.} (39. Qxa5 e3 40. h3 Qf1+ 41. Ka2 (41. Kb2 $2 e2 $19) 41... e2 42. Qxe5+ Kf7 43. Qh5+ Ke6 44. Qh6+ Ke5 45. Qh5+ (45. Qxh4 $2 e1=Q $19) 45... Ke4 46. Qxh4+ Qf4 $19) 39... e3 {[#]} 40. a6 $1 {and Qb7+ should not be overlooked} Qxh2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. Qe4 was best.} (40... Qe4 41. Qb7+ Qxb7+ 42. axb7 e2 43. b8=Q e1=Q+ 44. Kb2 e4 45. Qc7+ Kg6 46. Qb6+) 41. Qb7+ Kh6 42. a7 e2 43. a8=Q e1=Q+ 44. Kb2 Qhf2 $2 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxc2+ was best.} (44... Qxc2+ 45. Kxc2 Qe2+ 46. Kb3 Qe3+ 47. Ka2 Qf2+ 48. Qb2 Qf7+ 49. Ka1 Qf1+ 50. Qb1) 45. Qh8+ Kg5 46. Qbg7+ Kf4 47. Qhf8+ {1-0 White wins. Precisão Lichess/Stockfish 17: Brancas 98% Pretas 89% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 99.2% Pretas 91.6%} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.20"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"] [Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2514"] [BlackElo "2476"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 12,89,21,24,16,12,11,13,29,16,7,10,10,5,24,13,55,48,65,45,170,178,175,192,202,172,421,433,458,456,443,410,510,430,414,271,732,554,754,210,215,223,222,191,217,191,199,163,151,112,114,117,100,107,111,70,114,117,112,117,170,150,185,156,246,241,253,245,308,200,312,312,319,312,312,312,288,252,250,250]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. O-O (13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nc4 19. g4 Nd6 20. Qd3 a5 21. Nd2 a4 22. Rh5 a3 23. Rdh1 axb2+ 24. Kb1 Qf6 25. f4 Kg8 26. fxg5 Qg6 27. e4 dxe4 {Bu,X (2730)-Khismatullin,D (2632) Riadh 2017 ½-½ (48)}) (13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Qe7 15. g4 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Qd3 Qe6 18. Nh2 h5 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. Nf3 Rdh8 22. Rhe1 Ne4 23. Qc2 f5 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Nd2 g4 26. f3 exf3 27. gxf3 Rh3 {Nogerbek,K (2328)-Ognean,M (2298) Tornelo INT 2020 ½-½ (58)}) 13... h5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Be6 was best.} (13... O-O 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Be6 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. b3 Nd6 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Ne5 Kg8 21. Qg6 Qe8 22. Ne2 Qxg6 23. Nxg6 Rfe8 24. Ne5 c5 25. Nf3 g4 26. Nh2 cxd4 27. Nxd4 h5 28. f3 {Latzke,B (2166)-Dotzer,L (2407) Tegernsee GER 2024 0-1 (53)}) (13... Be6) 14. e4 $146 (14. Bf5 h4 15. g4 Qf6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Qf5 Qxf5 18. gxf5 Bf6 19. Nh2 Kf8 20. Ng4 Kg7 21. Rad1 Rhd8 22. f3 c5 23. Nxf6 cxd4 {½-½ (23) Voloshin,L (2370)-Krejci,J (2582) Ostrava 2018}) 14... g4 15. Nh4 $1 Bxd4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Bf6 was best. [#]} (15... dxe4 $14 16. Nxe4 O-O) (15... Bf6 16. Rae1) 16. exd5 $1 $18 O-O (16... Nxd5 $6 17. Rae1+ Kf8 18. Bc4 $16) 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1 c5 $2 {Mistake. Qf6 was best. [#]} (18... Qf6 19. Rfe1 (19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. Qxc6 Be6 23. Nc3 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2) 19... Bxc3 20. Bh7+ (20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Kg7 $14) (20. bxc3 Be6 $16) 20... Kg7 21. bxc3 Be6) 19. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc7 (19... Qf6 20. Ne4) 20. Ne2 {[%CAl Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4h5,Bh5f6][%mdl 32]} Bf6 21. bxc5 Nd7 22. Qc1 Nxc5 23. Bb1 {Qh6 would kill now.} (23. Qh6 Nxd3 24. Qxf6 Qe5 $18) 23... Re8 $2 (23... Bxh4 24. gxh4 Qe5) 24. Nf4 Bxh4 25. gxh4 $4 {Blunder. Nd5 was best.} (25. Nd5 Qc6 (25... Qd6 26. gxh4 Re5 27. Rfe1 g3 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxc5 Kg7 30. Qc3 gxf2+) 26. gxh4) 25... Ne6 {Threatens to win with ...Qxc1.} 26. Nxh5 Qxc1 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Rxc1 Rd8 29. Be4 (29. Nxg4 Nd4 30. Ne3 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxc1 32. Rxc1 Be6 $16) 29... Rb8 30. Rb1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. White is much more active.} (30. Nxg4 $6 Nd4 31. Bf3 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rb4) (30. Bf5 Nd4 31. Rxc8 Rbxc8 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Re1 Ne6 34. Re5 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc2) 30... Rxb1 31. Rxb1 {[%CAl Bb1b8]} Nf4 32. Rb5 Be6 {[%CAl Bd8d2]} 33. Nh7+ Ke7 34. Ng5 Bxa2 35. Ra5 {[%csl Ba2,Ba7]} Bc4 $2 {Mistake. Rd2 was best.} (35... Rd2 36. Bf5) 36. Rxa7+ Kf6 37. Kh2 Ng6 $2 {Mistake. Ne2 was best.} (37... Ne2 38. Ra4 (38. Bc2) 38... Bb5) 38. Kg3 Ne5 39. Ra5 Rd2 40. Bb7 {and Ne4+ would now be decisive} Rb2 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rd1 was best.} (40... Rd1 41. Be4 Re1 42. Nh7+ Ke6) 41. Ne4+ Kg6 42. Rxe5 Rxb7 43. Rg5+ (43. Kxg4 f5+ 44. Rxf5 Be6 $16) 43... Kh6 44. Nf6 (44. Rxg4 $6 f5 $16) 44... Rb3+ 45. Kh2 {1-0 White wins. Precisão Lichess/Stockfish 17: Brancas 95% Pretas 91% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 90.1% Pretas 86.0%} (45. Kxg4 Bf1) 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.20"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2668"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 20,87,37,16,48,42,36,25,47,42,47,41,51,0,22,7,6,11,12,18,14,13,10,10,10,0,53,47,85,52,108,104,126,90,105,94,104,98,174,191,192,188,183,195,168,179,176,154,297,289,287,287,284,281,358,336,401,361,427,414,433,431,472,462,472,455,458,455,401,379]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Bd7 $146 (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bd6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Bd3 Qb8 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Bxf6 Rc8 20. Qg4 Bf8 21. Be5 Qa7 22. Bd4 Qb8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Qe8 26. Bb1 Bd7 27. Qf3 b5 28. Ba2 {Laurusas,T (2384)-Zagorskis,D (2482) Vilnius 2013 ½-½ (38)}) 14. Rac1 Rac8 {[%CAl Bc6b4]} 15. Bd3 Qb8 16. Na4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best.} (16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4) 16... Nd4 17. exd4 Bxa4 {[#]} 18. d5 $1 e5 (18... exd5 $6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 $18) 19. Nxe5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Re8 $1 21. f4 Bb3 22. Bc4 Bxc4 (22... Qa7+ $1 23. Kh1 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 a5) 23. Qxc4 $14 Qd8 24. Rd1 Qc8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qb6+ was best.} (24... h5 $14) (24... Qb6+ 25. Bd4) 25. Qd3 $16 b5 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Rc6 Rd8 {[#] ...Bxe5 would now be deadly.} 28. Nf3 $1 {White is much more active.} (28. h3 Bb8 $14) 28... Bxf4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Be7 was best.} (28... Be7 29. Bxf6) 29. Bxf6 $18 gxf6 {[#]} 30. Qe4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qa7+ 31. Kf1 Qe3 32. Qxe3 Bxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Nh4 (33. Rxa6 Rxd5 34. Ra8+ (34. Rxf6 Bc1) 34... Kg7) 33... h5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Bf4 was best.} (33... Rxd5 $16 {was necessary.} 34. Rc8+ Kg7) (33... Bf4 34. Nf5 Kf8 35. d6 Ke8 36. Rxa6 Be5 37. Ra5 Kd7 38. Rxb5 Ke6 39. g4) 34. Nf5 (34. Rxa6 Rxd5 35. g3 (35. Rxf6 Bg5 $14) 35... Bc1 $14) (34. Rxf6 Bg5 (34... Rxd5 35. Rxa6 Bc1 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Ra5 $16) 35. Rxa6 Bxh4 $15) 34... Bf4 35. Rxa6 Kh7 36. Rxf6 (36. d6 $6 Be5 37. h3 Kg6 $18) 36... Bg5 37. Rd6 {Strongly threatening Rxd8.} (37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rb7 Kxf5 39. Rxb5 Ke4) 37... Ra8 38. Rb6 (38. h4 Bf4 39. Rc6 Rxa3 $18) 38... Rxa3 39. Rxb5 h4 40. d6 Rd3 {[#]} 41. Nxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh4 42. Rh5+ Kg6 43. Rxh4 Rxd6 44. Ke2 {1-0 White wins. Precisão Lichess/Stockfish 17: Brancas 98% Pretas 94% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 97.6% Pretas 91.5%} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.20"] [Round "3.4"] [White "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2583"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 24,73,35,16,32,-10,-16,-10,26,18,25,11,27,13,15,18,16,6,50,54,49,50,33,27,52,45,53,52,58,43,54,43,104,78,146,164,145,137,149,147,156,151,270,298,436,420,832,789,1463,487,1202,1281]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 {[%CAl Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Qe7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2 b5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Na4 $1 c5 17. Rac1 {[%CAl Rd4c5]} Bb7 (17... cxd4 18. Rc7 $16) 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 $146 {And now c6 would win.} (19. Rxc5 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 (20. Rb5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rad8 22. Re3 Qc7 23. Bf1 Rd1 24. Rb7 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qc4+ 26. Rd3 Qxd3+ 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 {0-1 (27) Kjartansson,G (2328)-Johannesson,I (2342) Reykjavik 2008}) 20... Qxc5 $17) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 (20. gxf3 Rac8 $15) 20... Rac8 {Black is weak on the light squares} (20... Qc7 {simplifies} 21. Qe3 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxd3 24. Kf1 Rd7) 21. c6 Rd5 22. Ba6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rc7 23. Qg3 Ra5 24. Bb7 Rxa2 25. Qb3 Ra5 26. f4 g5 27. g3 $1 Bf8 (27... Rd5 $14) 28. Red1 {White is more active.} Rxb7 $2 {Mistake. Rc5 was best.} (28... Rc5) 29. cxb7 $16 Qxb7 30. Qe3 {Wards off Bc5} Be7 31. Rd3 Ra2 32. Qf2 b3 $2 {Mistake. g4 was best. [#]} (32... Ra5 $16 {was worth a try.}) (32... g4) 33. fxg5 $1 $18 Bxg5 $6 {Inaccuracy. hxg5 was best.} (33... Ra5) (33... hxg5 34. Rf1 Qb6 35. Qxb6 axb6 36. Rxb3 Bc5+ 37. Kh1 Ra7 38. Rd1 Ra2 39. h3) 34. Rf1 h5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. [#]} (34... Qb6 35. Kg2 (35. Qxb6 axb6 36. Rxb3 Be7 $18) (35. Rxb3 Bd8 36. Qxb6 axb6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. h4 Kf8 39. Kh3 Ra5 40. Rbf3) 35... Qxf2+ 36. Rxf2 Kg7 37. Rxb3 f5 38. exf6+ Bxf6) 35. Rxb3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qd7 (35... Qc7 36. Qf3) 36. Rf3 (36. h4 Ra5 37. hxg5 Rxe5 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Qc2+ (39. Qxf7+ Qxf7 40. Rxf7+ Kg6 $18) 39... f5 40. gxf6+ Rf5 41. Rxf5 exf5 42. Qc4) 36... f5 (36... Qd2 37. Qxd2 (37. Rxf7 Be3) 37... Bxd2 38. Rxf7 h4 39. Rf8+ (39. gxh4 Rxb2 40. Kh1 Bc3 $18) 39... Kg7 40. R1f7+ (40. gxh4 Rxb2 41. Re8 a5 $18) 40... Kg6 41. Rf6+ (41. gxh4 Rxb2 42. Rf6+ Kh5 $18) 41... Kg7 42. R8f7+ (42. gxh4 Ra5 $18) 42... Kg8) 37. exf6 {1-0 White wins. Precisão Lichess/Stockfish 17: Brancas 96% Pretas 89% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 95.0% Pretas 88.0%} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.20"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Oro, Faustino"] [Black "Bulmaga, Irina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2447"] [BlackElo "2386"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 18,98,31,24,24,23,23,18,21,18,36,34,33,30,56,43,71,71,71,71,114,110,116,118,111,97,94,93,89,93,93,84,101,93,89,80,102,104,140,137,144,129,144,143,169,169,187,180,158,164,171,119,159,144,334,343,368,376,365,381,373,360,362,365,354,284,218,0,367,373,371,349,393,392,467,401,516,460,848,819,5214,5485,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 h5 11. Kd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Nh3 a5 14. Ne2 Ke7 $146 (14... Bxd3 15. Kxd3 Nf8 16. Nhf4 Ne6 17. g3 Kd7 18. Kd2 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Ke6 20. Nc1 Rag8 21. Nd3 Rg4 22. Ke2 b6 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Rc3 c5 25. b3 c4 26. bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rb3 Rc2+ 28. Kf3 Bc7 29. a4 {Gupta,A (2608)-Atabayew,S (2506) Tashkent UZB 2024 1-0 (58)}) (14... a4 15. Nhf4 Nf8 16. Rac1 a3 17. b3 Bb4+ 18. Kd1 Kd7 19. Rg1 Re8 20. Kc2 Kd6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Nd3 Ba5 23. b4 Bc7 24. Kb3 Ra8 25. Nc5 b6 26. Na4 Ra7 27. b5 cxb5 28. Nac3 Ra5 29. Kb4 {Nguyen,Q (2268)-Hamedi Nia,V (1857) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (51)}) 15. Nhf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Bxd3 17. Kxd3 Nb6 18. Rac1 Nc8 $6 {Inaccuracy. a4 was best. [#]} (18... a4 19. e4 Kd6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rh3 Rhc8 23. Re1 a3 24. b3) 19. e4 $1 dxe4+ 20. Kxe4 f5+ 21. Ke3 $6 {Inaccuracy. Kf3 was best.} (21. Kxf5 $2 Nd6+ 22. Kg5 f6+ 23. Kg6 Rag8#) (21. Kf3) 21... Nb6 22. Rc5 Kf6 23. Rhc1 Nd7 24. R5c3 Rae8+ 25. Kf3 Re4 {[#]} 26. Rd1 $1 Nf8 27. d5 {[%CAl Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32] Inhibits Ne6.} c5 28. g3 (28. Rxc5 Nd7 29. Nd3 (29. b4 $2 Ne5+ 30. Kg3 Rg8+ 31. Kh3 Rxf4 $19) 29... Nxc5 (29... Rxh4 30. Rxa5 Rc8 31. Rb5 $14) 30. Nxc5 Rb4 $19 (30... Rxh4 31. d6 $17)) 28... Nd7 29. d6 b5 30. Rd5 Re5 31. Re3 a4 32. Ke2 Rxe3+ 33. fxe3 $6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Inaccuracy. Kxe3 was best. Endgame KRN-KRN} (33. Kxe3) 33... b4 34. Kd2 (34. e4 $18 fxe4 35. Nxh5+ Ke6 36. Nf4+ Kf6 37. h5) 34... Rh6 35. a3 {White has more active pieces.} b3 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rh8 was best.} (35... Rh8 36. axb4 (36. e4) 36... cxb4) 36. Kc3 Rh8 37. Kc4 Re8 (37... Nb6+ 38. Kxc5 Nxd5 39. Kxd5 $16) 38. Nxh5+ Kg6 {Hoping for ...Nb6+.} 39. Nf4+ Kf6 40. Kb5 Rc8 41. Ne2 (41. Kxa4 Rb8 $16) 41... Ke6 42. Nf4+ (42. Rd1) 42... Kf6 43. Rd1 (43. Kxa4 Nb6+ 44. Kb5 (44. Kxb3 Nxd5 45. Nxd5+ Ke6 $17) 44... Nxd5 45. Nxd5+ Ke5) 43... c4 44. Nd5+ (44. Kxa4 Ke5 45. Kb4 c3 $16) 44... Ke5 45. Nc3 (45. Kxa4 Rb8 46. Ka5 Nc5 $16) 45... Rg8 46. Nxa4 Rxg3 47. Kxc4 {Black must now prevent Nc5.} Rxe3 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rg4+ was best.} (47... Rg4+ 48. Kb5 (48. Kxb3 f4 $18) (48. Rd4 Rxd4+ 49. exd4+ Kxd6 $18) 48... Ke6 49. Nc5+ Nxc5 50. Kxc5 Kd7 51. Rd3 f4 52. exf4 Rxf4 53. Rxb3) 48. Nc5 Re4+ $6 {Inaccuracy. Nb8 was best.} (48... Nb8 49. d7 Nc6 50. d8=Q Nxd8 51. Rxd8 Kf4 52. h5 Kg5 53. Rd7 Kxh5 54. Rxf7) 49. Kb5 Rd4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. 1-0 White wins. Precisão Lichess/Stockfish 17: Brancas 97% Pretas 92% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 95.0% Pretas 85.9%} (49... Nf6 50. Nxe4 fxe4 51. h5 e3 52. h6 e2 53. Re1 Kxd6 54. Rxe2 Kd7 55. Kb6) 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.20"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Lu, Miaoyi"] [Black "Svane, Frederik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2429"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 14,55,26,16,16,6,14,9,21,21,26,28,40,14,14,20,22,0,0,3,8,8,0,0,0,0,27,32,398,407,466,505,506,488,491,483,561,561,560,543,570,557,622,607]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5,Bf5g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 (9... Re8 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. c3 c6 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. c4 Qc7 15. c5 Bf4 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. b4 Nf8 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Qe7 23. Nf3 Qe4 24. Qf4 {Martinez Alcantara,J (2612)-Kramnik,V (2753) Madrid ESP 2024 0-1 (49)}) 10. c4 dxc4 $146 (10... c5 11. Rc1 g5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 cxd4 15. Qc2 Bh5 16. Nxd4 Bg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+ Nh7 {1-0 (18) Reynoso,J (1584)-Huerta Soto,R Lima 2017}) (10... c6 11. c5 Bf4 12. b4 (12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Nh4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Nf8 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 {Lien,K (2011)-Gillot,F (1731) Al Ain 2013 ½-½ (69)}) 12... Qc7 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. a4 Re7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Rxe7 Rxe7 17. b5 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rb1 Qc8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. a5 f6 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qe8 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. g3 {Meijers,V (2415)-Lemanczyk,T (2035) Cologne 1993 1-0 (31)}) 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 c6 15. Rfe1 Nbd7 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 (17... g6 {keeps more tension.} 18. Qg3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nh5) 18. Rxe5 g6 19. Ng3 {[%CAl Bg3h5]} Bg7 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} (19... g5 $5 20. Nh5 Bd6 (20... gxh4 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nh5+ Kh8 23. Qh7#)) 20. Ne4 $1 {and Re1 should not be overlooked} Bf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. c5 was best.} (20... g5 $14 21. Bg3 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd7) (20... c5 21. d5) 21. Bxf6 $18 Bxe4 22. Bxd8 {[%CAl Bf6d8,Bd8a5,Ba5c3][%mdl 32]} Rxe5 23. Qc3 Re6 24. Ba5 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Bxd4 26. Bc3 Rae8 27. Kf1 (27. Bxd4 $2 {leads to mate.} Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 27... Bc5 28. Re1 {1-0 White wins. Precisão Lichess/Stockfish 17: Brancas 99% Pretas 88% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 99.1% Pretas 90.7%} 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.20"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Suleymanli, Aydin"] [Black "Divya Deshmukh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2490"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 11,61,0,-5,-4,-1,-3,-2,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,7,0,2,0,26,16,19,9,20,24,25,11,6,0,27,33,41,25,122,113,200,202,195,188,189,165,350,350,346,336,340,337,836,809,29983,29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. Bd3 b6 9. h4 {[%CAl Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h5 Nd7 {[%CAl Rd7e5]} 12. h6 (12. Ndf3 f6 13. Nd3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne6 Qc4 16. Nxf8 Bxf8 17. Bg3 Ndc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Rh4 e4 20. Qe2 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 f5 22. Kg1 Rc8 23. Rh1 Kf7 24. Kh2 Be7 25. a3 b5 26. Rad1 Ke6 {Firouzja,A (2749)-Duda,J (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2021 1-0 (56)}) 12... g6 $1 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qf3 $146 (14. O-O f6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Ne7 21. Rc3 Rac8 22. Qa4 Rxc3 23. bxc3 a5 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qxc4+ Qd5 26. Qc7 Nf5 27. a4 Nxh6 28. Qxb6 Nf5 {Ibadov,D (2220)-Prraneeth,V (2447) Novi Sad 2022 ½-½ (42)}) 14... f6 15. O-O Nc7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. c4 a5 {[%CAl Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rfd1 a4 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Nb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nb5 $2 {Mistake. f5 was best.} (22... Rfe8 {remains equal.}) (22... f5) 23. Qe2 $16 Qc6 (23... Nc7 $16 24. Nc3 a3 25. bxa3 Qe5) 24. Qc2 $18 {[%csl Ba4,Bc5]} c4 25. Qxa4 {And now Nc3 would win.} Ra8 26. Qb4 {[%CAl Be3e4]} Nd6 $2 {Mistake. Rfb8 was best.} (26... Rfb8 27. b3 Na3 (27... Nd6 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qb2 Qe6 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Kf7 32. Rd4)) 27. Nc3 Rab8 {[#]} 28. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 29. Qxd6 Qg5 $2 (29... Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxb2 31. Rxc4 Rb7) 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 $2 {Mistake. Qxh6 was best. [#]} (30... Qxh6 31. b4 Rbe8 32. Rdc1 Kh8 33. a4 Rd8 34. Qc5 Rde8 35. Qd4 Qh5 36. Qh4) 31. Rc8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precisão Lichess/Stockfish 17: Brancas 97% Pretas 88% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 97.6% Pretas 85.0%} 1-0