[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.27"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] {[%evp 0,133,23,28,23,9,9,14,14,13,30,29,11,30,30,42,35,45,35,42,-2,28,11,-27,-21,-17,-42,-12,-41,-53,-30,-39,-38,-38,8,-31,-8,-10,20,3,-18,-16,-27,-28,-10,-19,-18,-18,-15,-40,-29,-33,-39,-37,-34,-41,-25,-28,-19,0,24,21,27,12,12,31,12,25,23,5,5,1,76,72,50,50,24,-24,61,73,143,-11,40,0,0,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-37,-35,-35,-37,-37,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,31,28,39,31,35,37,37,37,38,27,12,10,12,3,3,3,0] One of two games in this round without any significance for the race for first. Maghsoodloo had some chances in the second time control, but Donchenko held on to draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 N5f6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Nb5 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. e3 Qb8 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Nd6 Rc6 17. Qd2 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rc5 19. Bf3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. O-O Qf8 22. Nb5 h6 23. h3 a5 24. Qd4 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Nc3 b5 27. Rd4 b4 28. Na4 Rc2 29. Nb6 Re8 30. Nc4 e5 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Rc8 33. Ra1 Rc2 34. Nc4 Ne4 35. f3 Ng3 36. Rxa5 f6 37. Kh2 Nf5 38. Rd5 h5 39. f4 h4 40. Rd1 e4 41. Kg1 Kh7 42. Rd5 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Ng3 44. Nd2 g6 45. Rd4 Rd1 46. Rd7+ Kg8 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rd6 f5 50. Rd4 Ke7 51. Rd5 Nh1+ 52. Ke2 Rg1 53. Rd4 Ke6 54. Rxb4 Rxg2+ 55. Ke1 Rg3 56. Rb6+ Kf7 57. Nc4 Rxh3 58. Ne5+ Ke7 59. Nxg6+ Kd7 60. Kf1 Rxe3 61. Nxh4 Ng3+ 62. Kf2 Rd3 63. Rb5 Kc6 64. Re5 Rxb3 65. Nxf5 Nxf5 66. Rxf5 Kd6 67. Re5 1/2-1/2 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.27"] [Round "12.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] 1. Nc3 {Nepo came to the board a little late and laughed when he saw this.} Nf6 (1... e5 {is an inaccuracy:} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 $14 {favors White.}) 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 ({With Black, Firouzja has played} 3... Bf5 {too, but it looks like he is mainly a member of team 3...c5.}) 4. e3 (4. e4 $5) 4... cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... Nc6 {is most common, played by Carlsen, Kramnik, Dominguez, Duda, and ...Nepo himself.}) 7. h3 (7. Be2) 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O e6 10. g4 {Still theory.} Bd6 11. Be3 (11. g5 {is more common, but not necessarily better.}) 11... Qa5 (11... Rc8) 12. Kb1 Nb4 $6 $146 {This seems to be worse than the usual move, so this probably wasn't a prepared novelty.} (12... Rc8 13. g5 Nd7 $11) 13. Bc1 (13. a3 $142 Nc6 14. Na2 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. c3 $14 {/? puts the brakes on Black's queenside play, and now White is ready for h4-h5.}) 13... Rc8 (13... O-O $1 $14) 14. a3 $16 Nc6 15. g5 Nd7 16. h4 Qb6 (16... b5 $142 17. Na2 Qb6) 17. Bh3 $2 (17. Rh3 $1 $16 {/+-} Nxd4 $2 18. Nxd5 $18 Qxb2+ 19. Bxb2 Nxf3 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxf6 Be7 23. Rxf3 $18) (17. h5 $16 {/+-} Nxd4 $2 18. Nxd5 $1 $18 Qxb2+ 19. Bxb2 Nxf3 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. gxf6 $1 $18 Bf8 23. h6 $18) 17... Nxd4 $1 $14 18. Qe3 (18. Nxd5 Qxb2+ 19. Bxb2 Nxf3 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxf6 (22. gxf6 Bf8 $15) 22... Be7 23. Bb2 Nxh4 $11) 18... Be5 $2 (18... Nb5 $8 19. Nxd5 Qc6 20. Rd2 O-O 21. a4 $8 exd5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd5 $14) 19. f4 $1 $18 (19. Nxd5 $1 {also wins.}) 19... Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Nb5 21. Qf3 $1 {Black's attack is at a standstill, so White has time to reload. The next wave of White's attack will finish things off.} Bd4 22. Ka2 (22. Ka1) 22... g6 23. h5 Nc5 24. Bf1 $1 Ne4 25. Bxb5+ axb5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rhe1 $6 (27. f5 $1) 27... Rf8 $4 (27... O-O) 28. Qd3 $1 {Black loses a piece - the bishop's retreat is met by 29.Rxe4 (29...dxe4 30.Qd7#).} 1-0 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.27"] [Round "12.3"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] {[%evp 0,48,23,22,41,35,33,29,15,20,20,13,29,2,38,20,29,23,19,21,28,-9,-5,-16,-12,-28,-19,-12,-4,-2,-8,-1,8,-13,-25,-2,-12,9,0,8,-15,-6,-6,-229,-227,-238,-245,-246,-251,-294,-294]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {Surprisingly, FIDE doesn't revoke the GM title for playing this.} exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be7 {Yes, Black loses a tempo, but he'll get it back once the rook gets to e8.} 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 c5 $1 $146 {Always a good idea against the Exchange when White doesn't play c4 himself.} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 (9... Re8 $1) 10. Nbd2 $146 (10. Bg5 $142) ({The deeply mysterious} 10. Nh2 {was played in an earlier (non-professional) game.}) 10... Re8 11. Qd1 {So who gained a gained a tempo with 6.Qe2+?} Nc6 $146 {Yet another "novelty", transposing to 10 other games.} 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Re1 Bd7 $146 {Another novelty.} (13... Ne4 $5) 14. Bf4 Nb4 $5 (14... Ne4) 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 (16. cxd3 {is worth considering, taking ...Ne4 ideas off the table.}) 16... Re4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qb6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Nfd4 a5 $1 {The game has been equal since at least 3.exd5(?!). Now Black is getting a little initiative, and White collapses.} 21. Qc3 $4 (21. Rxe4 $1 {is equal after all three Black recaptures.}) 21... Rc8 $1 $19 {The only move that gives an advantage, and it's a winning one.} (21... a4 $2 {is premature because of} 22. Nc5 $11 {, which is what Black's 21st move takes care of.}) 22. Qd2 a4 {It's over.} 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qa5 Qf6 $1 {The b3-knight is hanging, the d4-knight hangs if the other knight moves, and there's ...Qxf2+ as well. It's finished.} 0-1 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.27"] [Round "12.4"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E51"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] {[%evp 0,153,23,18,27,0,-3,-4,-4,9,28,32,36,44,42,28,28,29,43,15,15,1,19,16,89,84,70,45,65,65,65,65,84,84,112,114,104,95,105,110,136,94,78,112,68,48,45,45,46,53,48,58,66,58,68,68,66,68,72,72,81,77,89,67,67,88,78,72,95,95,106,95,106,106,105,100,100,70,83,73,82,82,84,84,84,95,99,98,98,92,97,78,75,62,114,114,107,107,136,139,170,159,214,146,194,138,334,350,366,204,214,123,137,147,153,138,138,158,207,138,138,137,138,138,138,138,138,148,158,131,136,138,131,138,134,158,159,161,179,157,156,146,156,129,127,129,133,126,167,179,185,162,242,205,199,188]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 {Sticking to normal Nimzo lines rather than going into a proper Ragozin.} O-O 6. Bd2 {Lines with Bd2 have been popular for a few years now; it wasn't that long ago that such a move would be considered insufficiently energetic.} b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Be7 (8... Bb7) 9. g3 {Very rare. It's hard to believe that this is good for White - the combination of e3 and g3 seems to leave White with weak light squares on whichever diagonal his light-squared bishop abandons - and what in the world is the bishop doing on d2? But all this is perhaps the point: White is in fact okay, and the obvious "problems" with White's position will lead Black to ignore such lines in preparation.} (9. Bd3) 9... Nbd7 $146 10. Bg2 Ba6 {Tempting, but not best.} (10... c6 11. O-O Bb7 $11) 11. Qa4 Bc4 $2 {Doubling down, but it's a mistake.} (11... Bb7 {was correct, with no real harm done.}) 12. b3 $1 Bd3 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Qd4 $18 {Black is already lost, or close to it. He's going to lose a pawn, with a poor position to boot.} Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bg6 17. Bxd5 (17. Qxd5 $18) (17. e6 $18) 17... c6 18. Bg2 Qc8 19. e6 f6 20. Qd7 $6 (20. Qc4 $142) 20... Ba3 $16 21. Rd1 Bf5 22. Qxc6 Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ $1 Qxe6 24. Bd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rfc8 26. Kd2 Rc7 {Black is still a pawn down, but now there's nothing else wrong with his position.} 27. Kd3 Rac8 28. Bd4 Kf7 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. e4 Rc2 31. Rd2 Rc1 32. f4 Bb4 33. f5+ Ke7 34. Re2 Rd1+ $6 (34... Bc3 $1 35. e5 $1 fxe5 36. Rexe5+ Kf8 $16) 35. Ke3 Rcc1 36. e5 fxe5 37. Rxe5+ $18 Kf7 38. g4 $16 (38. Ke4 $142) 38... Rc7 39. Re6 Rd7 40. Be5 Rg1 (40... Bc5+ $142) (40... R1d3+ $142) 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Bd2+ 43. Ke4 Rd7 44. Bg3 Bb4 (44... Bg5 $142) 45. Rc6 $18 Bc5 46. g5 Kf8 $2 47. g6 {The play has been very challenging, and the players' inaccuracies have been few and of mostly minor consequences. But allowing White to achieve g6 was a serious error by Abdusattorov, and now White is clearly winning. Black defends with great resilience, but the damage has been done.} hxg6 48. fxg6 Re7+ 49. Be5 Re8 50. Kf5 Rf1+ 51. Kg4 Rg1+ 52. Kh5 Be7 53. h4 Rh1 54. Bg3 Rd8 55. Rce6 Bc5 56. Bc7 Rc8 57. Bf4 Rd1 58. R2e4 a5 59. Kg4 Rg1+ 60. Kf5 Rd8 61. Bg5 Rf1+ 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kh5 Rc8 64. Rc4 Ra8 65. Rf4+ Kg8 66. Rfe4 Rf8 67. Re2 Rgf1 68. Re8 Bb4 69. Rxf8+ Kxf8 70. Rc2 Bc5 71. Kg4 Rg1+ 72. Kf5 Rf1+ 73. Ke6 Ke8 74. Re2 Rg1 75. Re5 {To play Rd5-d8.} Kf8 76. Rd5 Re1+ 77. Kf5 (77. Kf5 Be7 {The bad news for Black is that it's not just the bishops that are coming off the board, but the rooks as well.} (77... Rf1+ 78. Kg4 Rg1+ 79. Kh5 Be7 80. Rf5+ $1 Ke8 81. Re5 $18) 78. Bxe7+ Rxe7 (78... Kxe7 79. Re5+ $18) 79. Rd8+ Re8 80. Rxe8+ Kxe8 81. a4 $18) 1-0 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.27"] [Round "12.5"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E31"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] {[%evp 0,80,23,33,23,0,6,-6,17,30,28,18,31,-27,-14,-16,0,-9,-34,-39,-4,-3,-17,-13,-7,-7,-11,-37,-19,-34,35,29,46,29,19,-6,55,46,47,66,53,76,76,40,120,15,13,-12,80,43,29,19,11,14,45,16,70,22,41,34,65,51,51,5,32,112,112,83,226,226,253,232,232,232,232,232,260,260,260,303,260,303,243]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 (6. e3) (6. Rc1) 6... exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Bf5 (9... Nbd7 {is usual.}) 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 $11 (12... Qe8 $5) 13. Ne2 $146 a6 14. Qf5 (14. h3) 14... c4 (14... g5 $1 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. a3 Ba5 17. b4 $1 Bb6 $1 $11) 15. Rac1 $14 Rc8 $6 (15... b5 $1 {is hard to play because White can send a knight to c6, but it's best.} 16. Nfd4 Bc5 17. Nc6 Qc8 $11 {/? Black wants to play ...Ne5, offering a trade of queens and solving the problem of White's N@c6.}) 16. a3 Ba5 17. Ng3 Qe7 (17... Rc5 $1) 18. Qh3 (18. Rfd1 $142) (18. b4 $5 cxb3 $4 (18... g6) 19. Bxf6 $18) 18... Rc5 (18... g6 $142 $14) 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Rfd1 $16 Bd8 21. Rd4 (21. Bg3 $142) 21... b5 22. Bg3 Ne5 $14 23. Rcd1 Nh7 (23... c3 $142) 24. Bf4 $16 Ng5 25. Qg3 Ngxf3+ 26. gxf3 Kh7 27. Qh3 $6 (27. Re4 $1 $16) 27... Be7 $1 $11 28. Re4 Rd8 (28... Nd3 $1 29. Nxe7 Nxf4 30. Qf5+ $1 Ng6 31. Nc6 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Qe8 $11) 29. Kg2 (29. Bxe5 $142 dxe5 30. Nxe7 Qxe7 31. Qf5+ g6 32. Qxe5 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Kg7 $11 {/?}) 29... a5 $2 (29... Ng6 $1 $11) 30. Rdd4 $2 (30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. d6 $1 $16 {/+-} Bxd6 $4 32. Rg4 $18 g5 (32... g6 33. Nxh6 $18) 33. Rxg5 $18) 30... c3 (30... Ng6 $142 $1 31. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Nxd6 f5 $1 $44) 31. bxc3 $14 Rxc3 $2 {Black's steadfast refusal to make the necessary retreat to g6 should have cost him the game. Gukesh makes the right move now, after which Black is completely lost.} 32. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 33. Bxe5 f6 34. d6 $1 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Qf7 36. Rg4 Rg8 {Remember this position! White is winning, but there's nothing that forces an immediate end to the game. Gukesh needs a little more time to figure out the win, and he'll get it after making his 40th move.} 37. Bf4 {After a little thought, and Pragg finds the only sensible reply.} Qf8 {Now Gukesh decides to repeat once:} 38. Bd6 Qf7 39. Bf4 Qf8 {Now, checking his scoresheet (which he also did a couple of moves ago) and thinking for another minute or so, he persuades himself that he's not blundering into a threefold repetition. He's wrong.} 40. Bd6 $4 {Pretty much any other move that's not a blunder would have kept a winning advantage, and then he could have worked out the details. Instead, he loses his chance to enter the last round with a half point lead over his closest pursuers.} Qf7 {Not played at the board, of course. Pragg knows the rules, as all tournament players should (but don't). He stopped the clock, got the arbiter, and informed him of his intention to produce a threefold repetition by playing 40...Qf7. Gukesh was shocked, but Pragg's claim is obviously correct. So: a draw.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.27"] [Round "12.6"] [White "Ju, Wenjun"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] {[%evp 0,78,23,25,33,-6,47,31,42,42,42,10,57,42,40,-17,21,21,22,18,18,-19,-11,-14,-13,-13,26,34,17,37,27,27,25,25,31,34,33,29,9,3,3,-8,-11,-36,-19,-130,-94,-123,-124,-99,-99,-121,-112,-134,-127,-76,-58,-119,-115,-201,-187,-179,-204,-179,-168,-213,-240,-253,-210,-214,-229,-237,-231,-272,-272,-272,-296,-326,-326,-606,-801]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 {A sign of desperation, but as we've seen in this tournament - and all know from experience - it's a good idea (within limits) for the stronger player to take the weaker player out of prep, so that it becomes a battle between the players rather than between their engines. The Dutch isn't great (sorry, Dutch fans), but it often leads to complicated positions of a sort that will be effective in this context.} 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 {A good alternative to the most common move, 5.Nf3. White's ideal setup against the Stonewall - or at least a very good setup - is to have one knight on d3 and the other on f3, heading to e5 and f4. Taking the knight to h3 thus makes sense.} Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 $5 (7... c6 8. Ba3 $14 (8. Bf4 $14)) 8. bxc4 c5 {Mixing it up - again, a good practical decision, within limits.} 9. e3 $1 Nc6 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Qb3 (11. Ba3 $142 $14) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Na5 $11 {Black's opening has been a success. The position is equal, but very nonstandard and with lots of imbalances. The better player will have excellent chances to win, and that's what happens.} 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nd2 Rac8 (15... Rfc8) 16. Bf1 Rc7 $6 17. Nb3 (17. Bc3 $1 {Clearing the b-file and setting up ideas with c5.} Ba3 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. Rab1 Nxc4 $1 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Rxd4 $14) 17... Ra8 $11 18. f3 (18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Nbd2 $11) 18... Nc6 (18... h6) 19. c5 (19. a4 $11) 19... bxc5 20. Nxc5 h6 $5 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Nf2 $2 {The idea is a good one, looking to swing the second knight to c5, but there's a tactical oversight.} (22. Bb5 $11) 22... Ba3 $1 23. Rcb1 $2 (23. Bxa3 Rxa3 {Now d4 and f3 are hanging, but} 24. Bb5 Rxd4 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 {leaves White good chances to reach a drawish ending a pawn down with all the pawns on the kingside.} Kf7 27. Rc7+ Rd7 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Rd1 Ne5 30. f4 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 g5 $17) 23... Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Nxd4 $19 {If the b-pawn survives, White's drawing chances go way down.} 25. f4 Ra3 26. Rab1 Nd5 $1 27. Nd3 (27. Rxb7 $4 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 {Yes, all the pawns are on the kingside, but Black has a decisive attack with his knights jumping into f3 and e3.} 29. Rb1 Ne3 30. Bg2 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Rxf2 $19 {for example, leaves Black two pawns ahead - and it will probaby be three in 1-3 moves.}) 27... Nc3 28. Ra1 b5 29. Nb4 Nd1 30. Rg2 Ne3 31. Rb2 g5 $1 {Creating new problems for White. If she swaps, then Black's e-pawn is a dangerous passer; if she doesn't, Black may well swap on f4 himself and go after the remaining f-pawn. (And once it's lost...Black's e-pawn will be a dangerous passer.)} 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Bg2 Rc7 34. Re1 Rc4 35. Bb7 Kg7 36. Kf2 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Rg1+ Kf6 39. h4 $2 {A blunder, but the position was hopeless in any case.} Rxb4 $1 {That's two straight wins for Wei Yi and 3.5 points in the last 4 games; he's now in the tie for first.} (39... Rxb4 $1 40. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 41. Ke1 Re2#) 0-1 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.27"] [Round "12.7"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] {[%evp 0,128,23,25,29,1,-2,18,30,-3,23,-2,-7,-2,-17,0,43,39,23,31,32,30,32,28,54,18,18,18,36,-56,-38,-23,17,-12,4,11,11,11,11,11,3,1,13,13,13,13,12,7,3,-8,0,-5,-4,-7,11,-25,-10,-21,-25,-36,-26,-73,-76,-99,-94,-103,-101,-101,-91,-69,-61,-48,-45,-104,-88,-106,-111,-135,-120,-137,-130,-130,-135,-162,-156,-156,-123,-160,-161,-166,-166,-181,-189,-182,-186,-203,-184,-227,-182,-246,-246,-246,-245,-245,-245,-245,-245,-245,-82,-71,-71,-229,-191,-93,-17,-110,-108,-110,-112,-112,-107,-107,-107,-118,-118,-527,-547,-992,-992,-1011,-1012] Ding may have *mostly* checked out of the tournament, but not so much so that he's not willing to grind away against a lower-rated player who's having an even worse event than he is. I'll leave the analysis of this game to all of you.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 h6 14. g4 Nxg4 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nbd7 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Kf8 22. b3 Rc8 23. Rd2 Ke7 24. Nc2 Ra8 25. Ne1 g5 26. Nd3 h5 27. Rb2 Ne8 28. Nb5 f5 29. f4 g4 30. b4 cxb4 31. Nxb4 Rc8 32. Rc2 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Kxd6 34. Kg3 h4+ 35. Kxh4 Nf6 36. Kg3 Nh5+ 37. Kf2 Nxf4 38. e3 Ng6 39. Nd3 Ne5 40. Nxe5 Kxe5 41. a4 Ke4 42. Rb2 Rc6 43. Rb3 Rxc4 44. Rxb6 e5 45. Rb2 Rxa4 46. Ke2 Rc4 47. Ra2 Rb4 48. Rc2 Rb1 49. Ra2 Rh1 50. Ra4+ Kd5 51. e4+ fxe4 52. Ke3 Rxh2 53. Ra5+ Ke6 54. Rxe5+ Kf6 55. Ra5 g3 56. Kf4 g2 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Ra7+ Ke6 59. Rg7 Kd5 60. Ke3 Rh3+ 61. Ke2 Ra3 62. Rd7+ Ke5 63. Rg7 Kf4 64. Kf2 g1=Q+ 0-1