[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2022.01.18"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2865"] [BlackElo "2702"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] {[%evp 0,103,19,17,14,-7,22,17,23,23,23,16,22,-1,10,-5,-6,-2,4,-12,7,20,20,21, 31,26,33,37,40,-4,40,43,31,24,21,29,29,21,45,13,31,14,54,68,79,46,46,30,34,31, 21,55,67,59,76,84,180,54,73,92,76,74,82,88,127,67,170,105,282,279,262,215,189, 0,182,141,201,62,51,0,0,-68,-66,-60,-59,-63,-63,-71,-49,-71,-73,-70,-84,-84, -81,-95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. e3 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qe2 e6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Bf1 Bxf3 ({Van Foreest's move is usual, but there is one high-level dissenter:} 14... g5 15. Rac1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 f5 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. b4 axb4 20. Bxb4 Rf7 21. Qe2 h5 22. Rc3 h4 23. Rdc1 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. gxh4 gxh4 26. Kh1 Rg7 27. Rc7 Qd6 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. h3 {1/2-1/2 (29) Jakovenko,D (2709)-Ding,L (2760) Sharjah 2017}) 15. Qxf3 Nc5 16. Be1 Ne4 17. Bd3 $146 {+/=} (17. a4 f5 18. Qe2 Rf7 19. Bg2 Bf8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bc3 Bb4 22. Bb2 Qe7 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Raf8 27. Rf1 e5 28. dxe5 Bc5+ 29. Bd4 Rf5 30. Rae1 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Re7 b5 34. cxb5 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 cxb5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Ra7 Rxb3 38. Rxa5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Ganguly,S (2644)-Bu,X (2711) Liaocheng 2017}) 17... f5 18. Rac1 (18. Qe2) 18... g5 $5 {/?} (18... Rf7 {followed by ...Bf8 (and possibly ...h5) is more solid. JVF doesn't seem to be interested in solidity, however, and in the end his bravery (half) pays off.}) 19. Qe2 g4 $6 {Consistent, but the plan as a whole is flawed.} 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qxg4 Qe8 22. cxd5 $6 (22. b4 $1 $16 {/+-}) 22... exd5 23. Rc5 $6 (23. b4 $142) 23... h5 $11 {Now Black is fine, as White will no longer find it easy to make progress on the queenside without allowing Black ample counterplay on the kingside.} 24. Qh3 Qf7 $2 (24... b5 $1 {should have been played, slamming the door shut on the queenside.}) 25. Qg2 $6 (25. Rb1 $1 $16) 25... a4 26. b4 $6 (26. Ra5 $142 $14) 26... Qd7 $11 27. b5 h4 28. Rdc1 Rf6 29. bxc6 (29. g4 $142) 29... bxc6 30. g4 h3 (30... Bf8 $1 31. R5c2 Rb8 $15 {This is why it was better to play 29.g4, without the preliminary swap.}) 31. Qxh3 Raf8 32. Qg2 Rg6 33. g5 Rf5 $2 (33... Rf3 $44) 34. h4 $18 Bf8 35. R5c2 Be7 {With the obvious threat of taking on g5. Here the relatively obvious move - 36.Kf1 - is the right move, but after a fairly long think went a different route. Soon he joined Van Foreest in time trouble, and neither player managed to work out all the tricks.} 36. Rb2 $2 (36. Kf1 $18) 36... Bxg5 $2 (36... Rgxg5 37. hxg5 Rxg5 38. Qxg5+ Bxg5 $11) 37. Kf1 $1 $18 {Winning - for now.} Qa7 38. Qg4 $2 (38. Ke2 $1 {Getting out puts a permanent end to Black's counterplay, and the extra piece will eventually decide the game.} Qa6+ 39. Kd1 Qd3+ 40. Rd2 Qb5 41. Qg4 $1 {and once the rook moves away, 42.hxg5 will be winning with room to spare.}) 38... Qa6+ $11 39. Kg1 Rg7 40. Rb8+ (40. Rxc6 Qxc6 41. Qxf5 {is also possible. Despite the availability of various discovered checks, Black has nothing more than equality.} Bxh4+ 42. Kh1 Rh7 43. Kg1 Rg7+ 44. Kh1 Qh6 45. Qh3 $11) 40... Bd8 41. Rxd8+ Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Bb4+ Kg8 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 45. a3 $11 {All of White's material is nailed down, so Black's queen has nothing to target. On the other hand, White has no active possibilities either, so after a few more moves the players decided to call it a day.} Kg6 46. Kg2 Kh5 47. Rh1 c5 48. Bxc5 Qg6+ 49. Kf1 Qa6+ 50. Kg2 Qg6+ 51. Kf1 Qa6+ 52. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2022.01.18"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] {[%evp 0,63,39,39,25,13,21,28,9,13,17,0,-2,5,30,-15,16,-7,6,0,8,8,37,27,37,6,4, 2,19,1,1,20,21,16,50,28,49,36,41,37,16,13,19,14,46,35,60,11,25,19,27,0,2,-22, -17,-31,-15,-78,-23,-54,-65,-64,-62,-103,-44,-44]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Be3 Bc7 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. b3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Qe5 23. Qf2 $6 $11 (23. Bf2) ({or} 23. Kh2 {would have kept a slight edge.}) 23... Rc8 24. Rf1 f6 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Ne7 28. Qg4 $5 (28. Qf4 $11) 28... Rxc3 29. Bf4 (29. Bxh6 $6 Rxg3) 29... Qc5+ 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. h4 $2 (31. Re6 $1 Ng6 $8 {White threatened 32.Bd6.} 32. Rd6 $8 Rc1 33. Bxc1 Qxd6 34. Bd2 Ne5 35. Qf5+ $1 g6 36. Qc8 b6 37. Qb7+ Nd7 38. Bf4 $11 (38. b4 $11)) 31... d4 $6 (31... Qc8 32. Qd1 $8 Qd7 $17) 32. Qe6 (32. Qe6 Ng6 33. Bd6 Qc6 34. h5 Nh8 35. Re2 $8 Re3 36. Rxe3 dxe3 37. Kg1 $8 $11 {/=/+}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2022.01.18"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] {[%evp 0,81,13,11,32,-16,-9,4,8,8,37,49,76,25,39,29,94,71,70,67,67,59,58,57,47, 44,45,45,24,50,36,10,56,13,82,50,80,57,71,51,50,51,50,42,21,13,24,0,32,-5,4,-2, -36,-35,-39,-101,-95,-107,-73,-86,-64,-64,-64,-87,-50,-53,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,35,35,90,98,95,102,102,103]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 {This variation has been around for a long time, but in recent years Wesley So has probably done the most to popularize it.} 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 {According to classical canons Black has done practically everything wrong. He's up a pawn, but the e4 pawn will be gone whenever White wants it. Black's king has moved, and while it's not in any real danger it does get in the way of his other pieces' development. The e6-pawn is weak, and White enjoys the bishop pair, too. And yet...Black seems to be fine in practice. White has a very small edge, and Black manages to draw this ending the vast majority of the time.} h6 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Nxe4 {Until this game, Black had scored a perfect 10 out of 10: 10 games, 10 draws. In nine of those games Black played 14...Bg7, usually playing ...f5 on the next turn. The one exception was one of Carlsen's games; he played the immediate 14...f5 (though in all the subsequent games - including one of his own - 14...Bg7 was chosen). It's a little surprising that Duda decided to follow him, as all the other GMs (and Carlsen) have gone for 14... Bg7, and because the engine gives a clear preference (.3!) in favor of the bishop move. It's not as if Duda could have been surprised here; maybe he mixed something up or forgot his prep?} f5 (14... Bg7 15. Bd3 f5 16. Ng3 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Be5 18. Nxf5+ exf5 19. f4 Rad8 20. fxe5 Rhf8 21. Re3 Rd4 (21... Rd5 22. Rf1 (22. Rh3 Nxe5 23. Bc2 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rf6 25. Ke2 Rb6 26. b3 Ra6 27. Bb1 f4 28. Rh5 Re6 29. Bf5 Ra6 30. Bb1 Re6 31. Bf5 Ra6 32. Bb1 {1/2-1/2 (32) Radjabov,T (2765)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 22... f4 23. Rh3 Nxe5 24. Re1 Rf6 25. Be4 Rc5+ 26. Kb1 b6 27. b4 Rc4 28. a3 Rd4 29. Bb7 Kd6 30. Kc2 a5 31. Kc3 Rc4+ 32. Kb3 Rd4 33. Rh5 Rd3+ 34. Ka4 Nc4 35. Rc1 Rxa3+ 36. Kb5 Ne3 37. Rc6+ Ke7 38. Re5+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Be4 axb4 41. Kxb4 Ra5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) 22. Bc2 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rg8 24. g3 Rd8+ 25. Ke1 Ke6 26. Bb3+ Ke7 27. Rf3 Nd4 28. Rc3 Nxb3 29. Rxb3 Rd7 30. Ra3 b6 31. Rc3 Ke6 32. Rc6+ Kxe5 33. Rxh6 Rc7 34. Kd2 Rd7+ 35. Ke3 Rc7 36. Rh5 Kf6 37. Kd3 Rd7+ 38. Kc3 Rc7+ 39. Kb3 Re7 40. a4 Re3+ 41. Kc4 Re4+ 42. Kb5 Re5+ 43. Kc6 Re4 44. Kb5 Re5+ 45. Kc4 Re4+ 46. Kb3 Re3+ 47. Ka2 Kg6 48. Rh8 f4 49. gxf4 Re4 50. Ka3 Rxf4 51. Rg8+ Kf7 52. Rb8 Rh4 53. b3 Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd6 55. Re2 a5 56. Rd2+ Kc5 57. Rc2+ Kd5 {1/2-1/2 (57) Radjabov,T (2765)-Carlsen,M (2847) chess24.com INT 2021}) 15. Ng3 (15. Nc5 $142 Kf6 16. Rd8 Bg7 17. Rxh8 Bxh8 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Ne5 20. Bd5 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Nb4 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Nc5 Rd8+ 24. Kc3 a5 25. a3 Kg6+ 26. Kb3 Nd3 27. Nxd3 Rxd3+ 28. Kc4 Rd7 29. Bc6 Rc7 30. Kb5 Bxb2 31. a4 Rc8 32. Rd1 Bc3 33. f4 Rb8+ 34. Kc4 Bb4 35. Rd5 Rf8 36. Bd7 h5 37. g3 Be1 38. Rd6+ Kg7 39. Rd1 Bb4 40. Rd5 Kg6 41. Kd4 Be1 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Re6 Bb4 44. Be8 h4 45. gxh4 Rf6 46. Kd5 Bd2 47. Rxf6 Kxf6 48. Bh5 Bxf4 49. Bf3 Bxh2 50. Be2 Bg3 51. h5 Be1 52. Bf3 Bb4 53. Bd1 Bd2 54. Bf3 Bb4 55. Bd1 Bd2 56. Bf3 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 (56) Radjabov,T (2765)-Carlsen,M (2847) chess24.com INT 2021}) 15... h5 16. Bc4 Nd7 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Bb3 Kf6 $11 19. Rhe1 Re8 20. Ba4 Re7 ( 20... Rb8) 21. h4 (21. Ne2 $1) 21... Ng6 22. Rd4 (22. Rd8) 22... Rc7 23. Bb3 e5 $6 (23... Rc6 $142 $15) 24. Rd8 (24. Rd5 {was better, but the proof is complicated.} Bb4 25. Re3 f4 26. Ne4+ Kf5 27. Re2 f3 28. Ng3+ Kf6 29. gxf3 Nf4 30. Rexe5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 $11 {/+/=}) 24... Nxh4 {The game has been getting increasingly sharp, and soon spins out of control. Unfortunately for Duda, he didn't have much time, and his errors proved costlier.} 25. Re8 $2 (25. Rh1 $8 $11) 25... Ng6 $19 26. Re6+ Kg5 27. Bc2 h4 28. Re3 {Nice and tricky.} e4 $2 ( 28... Bg7 $1 29. Nxf5 Rxc2 30. Nxh4 (30. Nxg7 Rxf2 $19) 30... Rc6 $1 31. Rg3+ Kxh4 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Rxg6 Bf8 34. Rxc6 Kg5 $19 {White will not manage to eliminate all of Black's pawns. Fortunately for Black, he has the correct bishop + rook-pawn combo - his bishop controls a1, so there won't be any draws where all the material is gone except for the kings, Black's bishop and a-pawn. }) 29. Nxf5 Kxf5 30. R3xe4 Rxc2 31. Kxc2 Bc5 $2 (31... Rh7 $17 {kept a significant advantage.}) 32. g4+ $1 {The only move to equalize.} Kg5 (32... hxg3 33. fxg3 $11) 33. f4+ $1 Nxf4 34. R6e5+ Kxg4 35. Rxc5 $11 {Black's h-pawn should save the game, but Duda mishandles the ending.} Kf3 $6 {After a longish think, Duda rejected the obvious - and best - move.} ({The more direct} 35... h3 {was best, but working through the lines without much time isn't easy.} 36. Rcc4 Rf8 37. Re7 Rf5 $1 38. Rxb7 h2 39. Rh7 Kg3 $8 40. Rc3+ Kg2 41. Rg7+ Kf2 42. Rh7 Kg2 43. Kb3 Rh5 44. Rxh5 Nxh5 45. Rc2+ Kh3 46. Rxh2+ Kxh2 $11 {White will succeed in eliminating Black's a-pawn, but not in winning the game.}) 36. Rb4 $1 h3 $2 {Losing.} (36... Ng2 $1 {had to be played.} 37. Kd2 $1 Rd8+ 38. Kc3 Rd7 39. Rh5 Kg3 40. Rbb5 h3 41. Rbg5+ Kh2 42. Rh8 Rf7 43. Rgh5 Nf4 { should hold.}) 37. Rc3+ $1 Kg4 38. Rcc4 $1 Rf8 39. Rxb7 h2 40. Rh7 Kg3 41. Kb3 {Just in time, before Black can play ...Kg2 and promote the pawn. Now the h-pawn has been neutralized and will soon be lost, and the players have made the time control, so Duda calls it quits.} 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2022.01.18"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] {[%evp 0,47,17,13,21,28,55,55,47,25,9,9,6,1,-6,6,27,12,18,13,24,-11,7,-10,12, 24,8,7,-7,-24,-7,-1,5,-18,-23,-11,-33,-38,-33,-20,-30,-74,-74,-77,-60,-64,-62, -64,-62,-57]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. Qf3 c4 11. Bf5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Be3 $146 (14. Rd1 f6 15. Rxd5 Qb6 16. Be3 fxe5 17. Rxc5 Rxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. g3 Rd5 21. a4 b6 22. Kg2 Rd8 23. Kg1 h6 24. h4 Kh8 25. Rb1 a6 26. Re1 Rd5 27. Kg2 Rd8 28. Kg1 Rd5 29. Kf1 Qc6 30. Qe4 Qc5 31. Qf5 Qc6 32. Qe4 Qc5 33. Re3 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Re4 Rc5 37. Rg4 a5 38. Rg6 b5 39. axb5 Rxb5 40. Rc6 a4 41. Ra6 Rb2 42. Kd2 Ra2 43. Rc6 Ra1 44. Rxc4 Rf1 45. Ke2 Rc1 46. Kd3 a3 47. Ra4 Rf1 48. Ke3 Re1+ 49. Kf3 Ra1 50. Ra8+ Kh7 51. h5 Ra2 52. Ke4 Rxc2 53. Rxa3 Rxf2 54. c4 Rc2 55. Kd5 g6 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. hxg6 e4 58. Ra3 Kg7 59. Re3 h5 60. c5 Kxg6 61. Rxe4 Rc3 62. c6 Kf6 63. Rc4 Rd3+ 64. Ke4 Rd8 65. c7 Rc8 {1-0 (65) Van Foreest,J (2621)-Fridman,D (2637) Batumi 2019}) 14... Bxe3 (14... Re8 $142 $14) 15. Qxe3 $16 b6 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. e6 $2 (17. f4 $16) 17... fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Rc5 $11 20. f3 Ra5 21. Re7 (21. h4 $142 $11) 21... Rf7 (21... Rf5 $15) 22. Re8+ Rf8 23. Re7 Rf7 (23... g6 $15) 24. Re8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2022.01.18"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] {[%evp 0,76,24,28,28,13,13,25,25,3,7,7,25,-10,0,3,10,-10,-11,8,18,-21,-10,-10, -24,-6,5,-32,-20,-37,-33,-30,-33,-17,-24,-33,1,11,11,12,44,-5,12,12,4,11,2,8,0, -9,18,5,-7,-9,-2,-10,-11,-27,-38,-23,-17,-20,-19,-21,-15,-21,-21,-12,-12,-9,-4, 0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0] This seems to have been a nice, correct game, so I'll leave further investigation to the reader.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nbd2 bxa4 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc2 Nb3 20. Nxb3 axb3 21. Bxb3 Nf6 22. Bc2 Rfb8 23. b3 Bb5 24. Qd2 Nh7 25. Rad1 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. Re3 Rc8 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Qxd2 31. R1xd2 Rc1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rb8 34. Rd3 Rb4 35. f3 a5 36. h4 h5 37. Rd5 f6 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2022.01.18"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] {[%evp 0,27,15,11,27,4,49,43,52,51,51,48,43,43,48,51,51,51,67,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Qxc3+ {This makes the 33rd time this drawing line has been used. Why Karjakin chose to throw away a white game, I don't know - maybe he's sick? Otherwise it's rather strange, and a good way to get disinvited from future editions of the event if it becomes a habit.} 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qb2 14. Bc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2022.01.18"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2672"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] {[%evp 0,127,14,27,20,4,43,38,52,51,51,42,47,47,47,34,24,27,13,19,27,-1,-1,9,8, 15,7,-34,9,20,20,20,19,7,7,6,12,3,16,1,43,49,57,4,85,53,68,55,51,42,51,36,76, 42,46,38,150,150,121,120,136,79,73,50,117,96,112,136,179,161,205,227,220,201, 218,204,216,225,253,244,297,138,387,202,251,176,264,207,186,297,310,221,302, 193,209,215,221,232,232,152,175,175,175,171,176,161,176,139,152,154,154,151, 154,115,115,160,170,156,189,313,366,478,818,832,856,962,962,992,992,1002]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 c5 10. Be2 b6 11. h4 e5 12. d5 Nf6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. h5 Bg4 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. c4 Qe7 18. Qc3 Bg7 19. Qe3 f5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. a4 Bf6 22. a5 Bg5 23. Qh3 Qg7 24. Qc3 Qf6 25. Bd3 Qe7 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Qc2 Rac8 $2 ( 27... f4 $16 {was better, getting on with the show.}) 28. axb6 axb6 29. O-O f4 30. Ra7 Qd6 $2 {After this error Black never really manages to untangle his forces, and with slow, careful - "Praggmatic"? - play the youngster slowly but surely reels in his prey.} (30... Qg7 {followed by ...Rf7 allows Black's pieces to achieve some measure of coordination, though his position still isn't very good after Be2 and Nh2 (in either order).}) (30... Qh7 {is a better version of 30...Qg7, unless White plays} 31. Rb1 $1) 31. Be2 $18 Bd8 32. Nh2 Bc7 33. Rfa1 Kg7 34. Bg4 Bxg4 35. Nxg4 Rf7 36. f3 Rh8 37. Qb2 Rh5 38. Rb7 Qd8 39. Raa7 Kg8 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. Ra1 Rh4 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. Qxe5 Rf7 44. Qe6 Rxg4 45. Qxg4 Kg7 46. Qe6 Qh4+ 47. Ke2 Qg5 48. Kf1 Qh4 49. Kg1 Qf6 50. Qxf6+ Kxf6 51. Kf2 Ke5 52. Ke2 Kd4 53. Rd1+ Ke5 54. Ra1 Kd4 55. Rd1+ Ke5 56. Kd3 Ra7 57. Kc3 g5 58. Kb3 g4 59. d6 gxf3 60. gxf3 Ke6 61. d7 Rxd7 62. Rxd7 Kxd7 63. Ka4 Kc6 64. e5 1-0