[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Round "1.1"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "125"] [GameId "2135454474555013"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Bf3 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 (12. Bd4 {is standard when White has played f3 instead of Be2, and it's not a bad option here either.}) 12... cxd5 13. Qxd5 {is considered dubious at best in the lines where White has played f3 instead of Be2, but here it's at least playable.} Qc7 14. Qxa8 Bf5 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {is awful for White in the f3 lines, because} 16. Bd3 {can be met by} Qe5 $2 {, hitting b2 and the loose bishop on e3. Here, because the bishop is anchored by the pawn on f2, White is simply better after} 17. c3 $16 {Black should instead prefer 16...Be6.}) 10... dxe4 $146 11. Nxc6 Qc7 (11... Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 bxc6 13. Nxe4 Nd5 {is also playable, if a little more comfortable for White.}) 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Be2 Ng4 $11 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Qd6 Qe8 {Not awful, but would Erigaisi play this if Harikrishna was 2795 rather than 2695?} (15... Rfe8 $142 $11) (15... Qxd6 $142 16. Rxd6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rfd8 $11) 16. Rd2 Rc8 $2 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa4 {does look scary for Black when you see all those unguarded dark squares around his king. His counterplay comes just in time though, and it's still roughly equal. One example:} 18. Bd4 Qxa2 19. c4 Rfd8 20. Qf6 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 e3 $1 22. fxe3 Qa3+ 23. Qb2 Qxe3 $44) 17. Bd4 $14 (17. Nd5 $142 $16) 17... Rd8 18. Qxd8 $1 Qxd8 19. Bxg7 Qe8 20. Bxf8 e3 $1 21. fxe3 Kxf8 $14 {Black is not losing here, but his task is a miserable one: genuine losing chances and no winning chances (barring a blunder). Harikrishna kept grinding away, and eventually it paid off.} 22. Re1 Qe5 23. g3 Be6 24. a3 Kg7 25. Rd4 Qh5 26. Re2 Qf3 27. b3 h5 28. Kb2 Qf6 29. a4 b6 30. Red2 Qe5 31. e4 Kh6 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. R6d4 Kh6 34. Nd5 Bg4 35. Ne3 Be6 36. Ka2 Qg5 37. Nd5 h4 38. gxh4 Qxh4 39. Nc7 Bh3 40. R4d3 Bg4 41. Nb5 Qe7 42. Nd6 Qf6 43. e5 Qf1 44. Rd4 Be6 45. Rh4+ Kg5 46. Re4 Kh6 47. Kb2 g5 48. Nb5 Bf5 49. Ree2 Bg4 50. Rg2 Qe1 51. Nd4 Qe4 52. Ka2 Bh5 53. Nc6 Bg6 54. Ne7 Bh5 55. Ng8+ Kg6 56. Ne7+ Kh6 57. h4 g4 58. Ng8+ Kg6 59. Nf6 Qf3 60. Rg1 Kh6 61. Rdg2 Qf5 62. Kb1 Bg6 63. h5 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Round "1.2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2135454474559110"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,92,15,1,2,2,17,17,22,14,47,41,10,14,19,23,19,17,24,27,4,0,0,-2,0,-54,2,-15,0,-27,0,-31,-39,-5,-32,-15,-38,12,-33,-13,-11,-20,15,-88,30,-77,-74,-67,-67,-191,-146,-91,-91,-15,-80,-82,-220,-125,-209,-118,-111,-89,-251,-105,-45,-62,-101,-116,-226,-59,-45,99,88,7,-113,-77,-39,-27,-42,20,-114,1,1,-85,27,-1,-1,1,1,86,11,1,1,1,-1] This was a crazy game that Abdusattorov almost certainly should have won, but Pragg's resilient defense eventually let him save the draw.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 c6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Ngf6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 12. h3 e4 13. Nh2 d5 14. g4 dxc4 15. g5 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Qe7 17. Ng3 b5 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. h4 c5 20. Bh3 Qa6 21. h5 b4 22. Bf1 cxd4 23. Bxc4 b3 24. Qxb3 Nc5 25. Qa2 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 Bxf5 27. Bxa6 N3b4+ 28. Ka1 Nxa2 29. Kxa2 dxe3 30. fxe3 Nxe3 31. Rc1 Rab8 32. Bxa5 Nc2 33. Bc4 Bd4 34. b3 Rec8 35. Rhf1 Ne3 36. Rxf5 Nxf5 37. g6 hxg6 38. hxg6 Nd6 39. gxf7+ Kf8 40. Bb4 Rxb4 41. axb4 Nb5 42. Kb1 Na3+ 43. Ka2 Nc2 44. Kb1 Na3+ 45. Ka2 Nc2 46. Kb1 Na3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Round "1.3"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "C58"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2135454474559111"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,62,15,17,-11,16,22,1,5,-7,13,13,17,14,21,25,16,20,29,10,14,22,16,21,14,28,32,21,23,34,11,73,34,38,19,-1,38,47,45,8,56,63,58,50,-21,12,-1,87,150,210,215,200,223,186,227,213,216,219,191,126,219,110,159,-957,-1032]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bb7 (13... Bd7 {can be distinct, but if White takes on c6 - as he does in this game - it can transpose.}) 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxe5 Re8 17. f4 (17. d4 Bxb4+ 18. c3 Bd6 19. O-O Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Bc1 $1 $14 {is slightly better for White, though both games to get here finished peacefully.}) 17... d4 $146 (17... Qb6 18. a3 a5 19. Qf3 axb4 20. axb4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qxb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qc3 Qe4+ 24. Kd1 Qxg2 25. Re1 Qg4+ 26. Kc1 Qc4 27. e6 Qxc3 28. Bxc3 Ra4 29. d3 d4 30. Bb2 Kf8 31. Re5 g6 32. Rc5 Ra6 33. Bxd4 Ke7 34. Re5 Be8 35. Kd2 Rxe6 36. h4 f4 37. Ra5 h6 38. Bg7 f3 39. Re5 Rxe5 40. Bxe5 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Ke3 {½-½ Kevlishvili,R (2521)-Sethuraman,S (2598) Qatar Masters op Doha 2023 (5)}) 18. O-O Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 $11 20. c4 {Mobilizing his majority. The game will become a race between White's queenside play and Black's counterattack on the kingside.} (20. Rf2) 20... Qh4 21. b5 Bb7 22. Rf2 Rae8 (22... f4 $142 $11) 23. Qf1 (23. c5 $1 Rxc5 24. Qb3+ Rd5 $1 25. Rxf5 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Rxa1 27. Bxa1 h6 $11 {/?}) 23... R5e6 $2 {Right square, right kind of piece...but not the right rook.} (23... R8e6 $1 24. c5 {Even here it's a good move, though Black can and should take the pawn.} Rxc5 25. Rf4 Qd8 26. Bxd4 Rc8 27. Bxa7 Qxd2 28. Rxf5 Bxg2 29. Rf2 Bxf1 30. Rxd2 Bxb5 $11) 24. c5 $1 $18 Be4 25. Qc4 d3 26. Rxf5 $6 {This is a loss of time: two tempi for a semi-irrelevant pawn isn't the best thing to do when there's a more consequent approach.} (26. c6 $142 $18 {followed by c7 is a serious problem for Black.}) 26... Qg4 27. Rf2 h5 28. h3 $2 {This gives away the lion's share of the advantage, though Black is still in trouble.} (28. Be5 $1 {This very nice move helps kill Black's attack. The bishop will go to g3, giving the g-pawn some extra protection while freeing the rook to reach f4.} Kh7 29. Bg3 h4 30. Rf4 Qe2 31. Bf2 $1 (31. Rxh4+ $2 Rh6 32. Rxh6+ $6 (32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Qc3 $14) 32... Kxh6 33. Bf2 Qg4 34. Bg3 Qe2 $11) 31... Qxd2 32. Rxh4+ Kg6 33. Rg4+ Kh7 34. Rf1 $18 {White is winning, though it would go too far to say that the job is over}) 28... Qg3 29. c6 Kh7 30. Qc5 Rg6 31. Rc1 $4 (31. Qxh5+ Kg8 32. Bd4 $1 Re7 $1 33. c7 $1 Rxc7 34. Re1 $1 Rf7 $1 35. Rxe4 Rxf2 36. Re8+ $1 Kf7 $8 37. Qd5+ $1 Kxe8 38. Bxf2 Qg5 39. Qxg5 Rxg5 40. a4 $16 {/+- Black will suffer before getting a draw - or maybe not getting a draw.}) 31... Qxh3 {It's exactly as bad as it seems, as White has no sensible way of defending g2.} 0-1 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Round "1.4"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2135454474559112"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5 (8. Qxc4 {is usual.}) 8... Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. Nc3 (10. Rd1) 10... O-O 11. e4 (11. Rd1) 11... Rc8 12. Qe2 Bc5 {Almost a novelty, and a new move for super-GM chess.} 13. Bg5 {After a long think, Gukesh decides on an objectively poor sacrifice.} (13. e5 {is the engine's move and was chosen in the one and only predecessor.} Nd5 14. Ne4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nd6 Rc6 $11 {0-1 Bronstein,O (2448)-Creanga,R (2182) Arad op 16th 2023 (3)}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 $2 {Almost any other bishop move would have been fine, but this is of course the point of 13.Bg5.} g5 $1 $17 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 e5 $1 {The only move to keep the advantage.} 17. Qd2 $1 Be7 $1 18. Bh6 Kh7 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 $6 (19... Qxf8 $142 $17) 20. f4 $6 (20. Rad1 $142 $11 {/?}) 20... Be6 21. Nd5 Nb4 $1 22. fxe5 Ng4 23. Rad1 Kh8 $1 24. Kh1 $2 (24. Qf4 $142) 24... Rc2 $19 25. Qf4 Nxd5 $1 26. Qf3 $1 {Objectively no better than 26.exd5, but it does a nice practical job of keeping the game confusing.} (26. exd5 Bxd5 $1 27. Rf3 $1 (27. Rxd5 $2 {loses straightforwardly:} Qxd5 $1 28. Bxd5 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Bc5+ 30. Rf2 Bxf2+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Bxg3+ $19) 27... Re2 $1 {The only winning move, and not an obvious one.} 28. Qd4 $1 Ne3 $1 29. e6+ Bg7 30. Qd3 Nxd1 31. Qxe2 Bxe6 $1 $19 {Black's minor pieces are far more effective than White's rook and pawn.} (31... Bxf3 $2 32. Bxf3 Nxb2 33. exf7 $11)) 26... Qb6 $1 (26... Rxg2 $1 27. Qxg2 $8 Nge3 28. Qf3 Nxf1 $1 29. exd5 Ne3 $1 30. Qxe3 Bxd5+ 31. Kg1 Qa5 $1 $19 {Even this last move is necessary for Black to prove some advantage. Here, finally, the game would be over; Black's bishops will cost White at least the exchange if he wants to avoid getting mated.}) 27. exd5 Rf2 $1 {The only move that doesn't lose, and it should win.} 28. Qc3 $1 Bb4 $2 {Chasing White's queen off the a1-h8 diagonal, but she has other effective squares, and Black's king may miss the bishop's help.} (28... Bf5 $1 29. e6+ Bg7 30. exf7 {would win for White, were it not for} Kh7 $1 {Even here it's not obvious that White is winning if you're not looking at an engine. White has a rook and *four* pawns for a bishop and knight, and two of those pawns are close to queening.} 31. d6 (31. Qb3 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Qd1 Bf8 $19 {White's pawns will not (safely) queen, and while he's stuck worrying about his back rank Black's king will come over and start gobbling up White's passers.}) 31... Rxg2 $1 {The only move that keeps a winning advantage.} 32. f8=N+ $1 Bxf8 33. Kxg2 Be4+ $1 34. Kh3 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 29. Qc1 Bf5 30. Qg5 $1 Bf8 $1 31. Qh4+ $2 (31. Qh5+ $1 Kg8 $6 (31... Bh6 32. Rde1 $11) 32. e6 $1 Rxf1+ $4 (32... fxe6 33. h3 $1 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Ne3 35. Re1 $14) 33. Rxf1 Nf2+ $4 34. Rxf2 Qxf2 {and here we see why the queen had to go to h5:} 35. Qxf7+ {Everything with check, importantly, or Black could play ...Qe1+ with mate next move.} Kh8 36. Qxf8+ Kh7 37. h4 $18) 31... Bh6 $2 $11 (31... Kg8 $1 $19 32. e6 Rxf1+ $1 33. Rxf1 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 32. Rde1 Qxb2 $1 (32... Rxg2 $1 33. Rxf5 $1 Rxh2+ 34. Qxh2 Nxh2 35. e6 $1 {The only move that doesn't lose.} fxe6 36. Rxe6 $1 {Likewise.} Qxb2 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Rhh5 $1 $11 {Looking to give perpetual check. This draws.} (38. Rxh2 $4 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qxf5 $19)) 33. h3 $2 (33. Rxf2 $8 Qxf2 34. Rf1 Qc2 $11) 33... Be4 $3 $19 34. Rxf2 $1 {The only try.} (34. Rxe4 $2 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Qh2#) (34. hxg4 $2 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Qxg2#) (34. Bxe4 $2 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Qh2#) 34... Nxf2+ 35. Kg1 {Now Black must find an only-move; everything else loses.} (35. Kh2 $2 Ng4+ 36. hxg4 Qxg2#) 35... Qb6 $2 (35... Ng4 $3 36. Rxe4 (36. hxg4 $2 Qxg2#) (36. Bxe4 $2 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qh2#) 36... Qb6+ $1 {Giri almost certainly missed this (a thought that seems confirmed by some of the square-pointing after the game, followed by Giri's reaction after Gukesh pointed to the b6 square), probably looking instead at the immediate ...Qb1+.} (36... Qb1+ $4 37. Bf1 Qxe4 38. hxg4 $18) 37. Kh1 (37. Kf1 Qf2#) 37... Qb1+ 38. Bf1 Qxf1#) 36. Qf6+ $1 {Best, but at this point there were multiple winning moves.} Qxf6 37. exf6 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 {The rest is trivial.} Nd3 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. d6 Nc5 41. Re5 Nd7 42. Re7 (42. Re7 Nxf6 43. d7 Nxd7 44. Rxf7+ Kg6 45. Rxd7 $18) 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Round "1.5"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2135454474563209"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,61,17,29,22,36,9,11,12,31,20,28,26,33,25,22,21,34,20,25,30,34,27,32,5,25,29,29,-212,31,33,30,36,11,29,27,30,84,39,89,24,24,20,32,39,37,39,32,34,16,24,18,33,19,22,43,35,-40,32,12,-34,-7,5,9]} 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. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2 c6 15. Qe3 (15. Bd3 {is well-known as a drawing line. Wei's move is ambitious in comparison with this one, but it's still like talking about a tall Chihuahua in a sea of Great Danes.}) 15... g6 16. Re1 Ng7 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. h3 h5 19. Be5 Ne6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Kg7 22. h4 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd7 24. Ng5 Nc7 25. Qe3 Re8 26. g3 Kg8 27. Qf4 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Ne8 29. Nh3 Nd6 30. Nf4 Qd8 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Round "1.6"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2135454474563210"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,92,16,28,12,43,32,22,26,27,31,15,38,42,40,40,33,3,-32,-15,-79,-49,-60,-44,-51,-36,-30,-25,-34,-25,-31,-53,-87,-9,-73,-5,46,-37,-20,90,30,-51,65,109,98,107,82,40,64,102,132,105,49,39,107,-43,-35,-22,-134,-41,-74,-35,38,30,6,-46,-82,-83,-44,-93,1,-86,-112,-128,-82,-58,-32,-76,-41,-55,-78,-68,-81,105,-58,-59,-101,-36,-34,-47,-85,-46,21,47,60]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 {I don't think Morozevich was the first person to play this, but he put it on the map in the late 1990s.} Ng5 {I had never seen this move before. It's not quite a novelty, but it was only played in five previous games (out of more than 1500) and only once by a GM - and that was back in 2010.} 6. O-O (6. Nxg5 $142 Qxg5 7. O-O) 6... d5 7. Re1+ Ne6 8. c4 $6 {This looks terrible, but it's interesting. White is weakening his pawn structure and some dark squares to get more light squares for his own pieces. In the game it works out.} d4 9. Qc2 g6 10. c5 Bg7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. d3 Nc6 13. a3 Nxc5 (13... a5 $142 $15) 14. Bg5 $44 Qd6 15. Nbd2 Bf5 16. b4 Ne6 (16... Nd7 $142) 17. Bh4 Rac8 $2 (17... Rae8 $11 {/?} 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rae1 Ng7 $1 $11) 18. Ne4 $16 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Ncd8 $6 20. Rae1 a6 21. Ne5 $6 (21. Qa2 $1 $18) 21... Bxe5 22. Rxe5 $16 Re8 $6 23. Qa2 $1 $18 {All this for just one pawn.} Kg7 24. Bb3 $2 (24. Bg3 $1 Qf8 25. f4 $1 $18 {followed by f5 is nearly resignable for Black.}) 24... Nc6 25. R5e4 Qd7 26. Qe2 $2 h6 $1 $14 27. Qf3 $2 Ng5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 {Now Black is a little better. A big missed opportunity for Van Foreest.} 29. h3 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Rh8 31. Ba4 Rh4 32. Qe2 (32. Qe8 $142 $11) 32... b5 $15 33. Bb3 Rf4 34. Rc1 $6 Qd6 $17 35. Rc5 Rf5 36. Qe8 $2 Nd8 $2 {Missing his own big opportunity.} (36... Ne5 $19 {Black wants to play ...Qf6 next, attacking d3 and f2 while his own king is quite safe.}) 37. g3 $11 c6 38. Kg2 (38. Rxf5 $142 gxf5 39. Kg2 $11) 38... Qc7 (38... Rxc5 $142 39. bxc5 Qf6 $15) 39. Qe4 Rxc5 40. bxc5 Qd7 41. Qe5+ f6 42. Qb8 $8 a5 43. a4 $1 bxa4 44. Bxa4 Nf7 45. Bb3 a4 (45... Qe7 $142 $11) 46. Bxa4 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Round "1.7"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.01.18"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2135454474563211"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,102,12,28,13,-7,9,5,17,12,35,24,5,-22,-19,-37,-28,-6,-13,-19,-13,-8,-8,-41,-30,-16,5,-10,0,-15,-13,11,-64,38,-150,0,0,24,6,-10,-3,-7,-7,-25,-6,-53,-1,-20,-14,0,4,0,-16,69,-23,-9,-15,19,2,-1,-23,-14,-59,-35,-39,-84,-71,-70,-53,-53,-28,-16,0,-12,3,34,0,-16,-1,-23,-1,-10,45,1,33,-1,21,-1,23,1,23,1,2,-19,-8,66,-25,-106,-37,-7,1,1,1,-1,1]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Nc2 $146 {A weird novelty. It threatens Nxe5 and seems (but doesn't really) give White the option of meeting ...e4 with Nfd4, but the knight is oddly placed on c2 and Black may very happily keep his extra pawn.} (6. Nxe5 $4 Bxa3 7. bxa3 Qd4 $19) (6. Nxc4 {is the normal, theoretical move.}) 6... e4 7. Nh4 Be6 {The rest of the game was interesting, but I'll leave its analysis to you. The one final comment on the game is that it was generally Sarana who was pressing.} (7... Bc8 $1 $15 8. Bxe4 $6 g5 $1 9. Nf5 $8 Nf6 10. f3 $8 Nxe4 11. fxe4 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd5 13. O-O Bc5+ 14. e3 Na6 15. b3 O-O-O $17) 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne3 Na6 12. b3 Bd4 13. Rb1 cxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Nef5 Bb6 16. Bb2 g6 17. Ne3 Bd4 18. Qc1 a5 19. Nf3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Re8 21. Rfc1 Ng4 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. d3 Bd5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Ra1 b6 27. d4 h5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Ne5 Rc8 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Rc3 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxd7 34. Qd2 Rc8 35. Rc1 Rc6 36. Rc3 Qc7 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. e3 Kf6 39. Qd1 Qc3 40. Bf1 Qc2 41. Qf3+ Qf5 42. Qe2 Qd7 43. Qf3+ Qf5 44. Qe2 Qe6 45. Qf3+ Ke7 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Kf8 48. Qf4 Na2 49. Bg2 Kg7 50. Qc7 Nb4 51. Bf3 Nd3 1/2-1/2