[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Annotator "Michiel Abeln"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 {Before the game
Aronian expected Giri to go for a complicated position, to go for a real fight.
} 7. Be2 {but this was a surprise to Aronian, considering he developed this
idea and played it with white in Moscow last year.} dxc4 8. O-O Nb6 (8... c5 9.
dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 (10... Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 (13. Rac1 a6
14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a3 Rfc8 17. f3 Bb7 18. e4 a5 19. Nxe6 axb4 20.
axb4 b5 21. Nc7 bxc4 22. Nxa8 Bxa8 23. Bd6 Kf8 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rd4 c3 26.
Rd3 c2 27. Rd2 Nxe4 28. Rdxc2 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Nd6 30. Kf2 Kd7 31. Ke3 Nb5 32. Rc5
Bc6 33. Kd3 f6 34. Rh5 h6 35. Kc4 Nc7 36. Ra5 Kd6 37. Kd4 g5 38. Ra1 f5 39. h4
f4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rh1 g4 42. fxg4 Bxg2 43. Rh6+ Ne6+ 44. Kd3 Bf3 45. Rf6
Bxg4 46. Ke4 f3 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Rxf3 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2744)-Kramnik,V 
(2800)/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 890}) 13... Rfc8 14. Rac1 a6 15. a3
Nh5 16. Be5 Nf6 17. Bg3 Kf8 18. e4 Ke8 19. Bf1 g6 20. Bf2 e5 21. Nc2 Nb3 22.
Rb1 b5 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. a4 Nd2 25. axb5 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Bc5 27. Nc4 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2
axb5 29. Nxb5 Kf8 30. Nxe5 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Nxe4+ 32. Kg1 Nd2 33. Rc1 Ra2 34. Na3
Rxb2 35. Nac4 Nxc4 36. Nxc4 Rc8 37. Ra1 Rc2 38. Ne5 Rc1 39. Rxc1 Rxc1 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V (2811)-Kramnik,V (2800)/London ENG 2011/The Week in Chess 892}) 11. Nd4
(11. Ne5 Ncd7 12. Be2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. Bg3 b5 15. Bf3 Ra7 16. Ne2 Bb7 17.
Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd4 Rd7 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Nc6 Qb6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Rac1 Kh8 23.
Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 h6 25. g3 Qc7 26. Rc2 Rc8 27. Qd3 Ng4 28. Rc3 Qb7 29. Qd6
Qa8 30. e4 Nf6 31. f3 a5 32. Qc5 b4 33. Rc4 Qa6 34. b3 Kh7 35. Qd6 a4 36. Rc2
axb3 37. axb3 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Qb1 39. Qd2 Qxb3 40. Nxb4 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L 
(2802)-Gelfand,B (2744)/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 890}) 11... Bd7 12.
a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Bc2
Rc8 19. Qb1 h6 20. Nf3 Be8 21. Be5 Bc6 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Be5 Qb6 24. Bd4 Qc7 25.
Be5 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2802)-Anand,V (2811)/London ENG 2011/The Week in Chess
892}) (8... Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nxf4 10. exf4 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. g3 Qxc5 13. Qe2 Nb6
14. Bd3 Qh5 15. Qe3 Bf6 16. Ng5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 h6 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Nf3 Qf6 20.
Ne5 Bd7 21. c4 Qe7 22. Qe4 Bc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 Rac8 25. Qe4 Rc7 26. Rfd1
Rfc8 27. Rd4 g6 28. Rad1 Qf6 29. Qc2 Rc5 30. Qb3 Qe7 31. Bf1 R5c7 32. Qb5 Rc5
33. Qb4 R5c7 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. c5 Nd5 38. Bc4 Nf6
39. Rc8 Rd7 40. Bb5 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. a4 a6 43. Bc6 Rc1 44. Ra8 Rxc5 45.
Rxa6 Rc2 46. a5 Ng4 47. Be8 Kf8 48. Ra8 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1 Ra2 50. Bb5+ Kg7 51. a6
Nxh2 52. Rc8 Nf3+ 53. Kf1 Nd4 54. Bc4 Ra3 55. Rc7 Nf5 56. Bxe6 Rxa6 57. Bxf7
Kf6 58. Bc4 Ne3+ 59. Kf2 Nxc4 60. Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2802)-Anand,V (2811)
/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 889}) 9. Qc2 {"Not the safest move" - Giri.
He had looked at this position before the game.} ({Aronian did some serious
homework on this line last year, there are a lot of interesting possibilities
still to be explored.} 9. e4) (9. Ne5 {was suggested by Giri as a strong
alternative after the game. "Maximum black gets his equality. Probably it is
just equality."} Nfd5 10. Bg3 c5 {and so on according to Giri.}) (9. Bg3) 9...
Nh5 {"Looked a bit risky to me when I was preparing. I'm not sure it's good,
it doesn't look good." - Giri.} 10. Be5 f6 11. Ng5 ({Perfectly playable but
much less exciting is} 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bd7) 11... fxg5 12. Bxh5 Bd7 13.
Bf3 {"A psychological mistake." - Giri.} (13. Bg4 {was Giri's suggestion
instead of Bf3.}) 13... Rxf3 {This exchange sacrifice was studied by Aronian's
second Pashikian and they both thought that the engines are too optimistic for
white.} 14. gxf3 {"I was not sure that the exchange sacrifice is good. If he
takes it OK, I'll take it and I'll win the game, slowly. But then I realised
it is very difficult." - Giri} Bd6 15. Qe4 {Interesting idea from Giri} (15.
Bxd6 cxd6 16. Ne4 Qe7 {and black is ok}) 15... Bc6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Bxd6 (17.
Ne4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 h6) 17... cxd6 18. Ne4 $2 {This loses too much time. The key
question for white is how to open lines so his rooks become more powerful. In
the game black wins a few tempi and as a result gets full control} (18. e4 Rf8
19. Qg3) (18. Rac1 h6 19. b3) 18... h6 19. Qg3 $2 (19. Rac1 Rf8 20. b3) 19...
d5 20. Nc3 $6 {This is a bit passive. Giri said that he should try Nc5 here.} (
20. Nc5 {looks dubious but it's not easy to see how black can actually win the
knight}) 20... Rf8 21. Ne2 Rf5 {This is a very powerful prophylaxis move.
White really wanted to open lines for his rooks by playing f4 or h4, now both
moves don't threaten to take on g5 anymore.} 22. Kg2 (22. Kh1 Qf8 23. f4) 22...
Nd7 23. Rh1 $2 {Maybe engines can play this position, but from Giri's moves
you can see he doesn't believe in his position anymore} Nf8 24. h4 Ng6 25. f4
Nxh4+ {game over} 26. Kf1 Qb4 27. Rb1 Be8 28. Nc3 Qe7 29. b4 Rf8 30. Rb2 Bg6
31. Ke1 Bd3 (31... Be4 32. Nxe4 dxe4 {also looks nice for black}) 32. fxg5 Nf3+
33. Kd1 hxg5 34. Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc1 Bg6 36. a4 Rd8 37. Ne2 e5 38. Qg4 exd4 39.
exd4 (39. Nxd4 Ne5) 39... Re8 40. Qd7 c3 41. Ra2 Ne1 {A nice move to finish
things off} 42. Rxe1 Qf4+ 43. Kd1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. a5 Rb8 15. Qc2
Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ng7 18. Bf4 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Bd4 21. Ne2 Be5
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf4 Bd7 24. Rfa1 Bb5 25. Be2 Qf6 26. Bxb5 Qxf4 27. Bd3 f5 28.
g3 Qf3 29. exf5 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 Re2 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Qxe2 Qxe2 33. b4 Qe4 34. Rxa6
Rxa6 35. Rxa6 c4 36. Rc6 c3 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. f4 g5 41.
fxg5+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1000268"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Ndf3 Qb4+ 12. Ke2 Ndf6 13. c5 Bd7 14. Rhb1 Be8
15. Kf1 h6 16. Kg1 Qa5 17. b4 Qc7 18. a4 a6 19. Ra3 Bh5 20. Rab3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Ng5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Ng6 Rfb8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nd7 26. f3 Nh8 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28.
fxe5 Ng6 29. Kh1 Qd8 30. Qg2 Nf8 31. Rg1 Qe7 32. Qb2 Rc8 33. Qd2 Ra4 34. e4 dxe4
35. fxe4 Rd8 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. exf5 exf5 38. Qxh6 Rdxd4 39. Qxc6 Qxe5 40. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7
9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Qe8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rb8 15.
Rc1 Nb4 16. b3 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qe6 18. Rd1 b5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. O-O Qxe2 21. Rd2
Qe6 22. Qxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Ra5 24. Rd2 c4 25. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4
9. exf4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb1 Bf6 14. Re1 b6 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Bxa2 Ba6 18. Bb1 g6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc8 21. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2000024"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

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. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nh4 b4 13. Ng6 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Ba2
Nh7 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qf3 c5 18. d4 Qc7 19. Qg3 Bd8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nh4 c4 22.
Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qc6 24. Ba3 Bc7 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Ne4 Bb6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28.
Qe4 Rd2 29. Rf1 Red8 30. Kh1 Nb3 31. Bxb3 cxb3 32. f4 Qh4 33. Rab1 R8d3 34. Bc1
Rd1 35. Ba3 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Re3 37. g3 Qh5 38. Qg2 exf4 39. gxf4 Re2 40. Qg3 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ng4 O-O 15.
Ngf6+ Kg7 16. c3 Be6 17. f4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Qf1 Ne5 21. Rd1
Rae8 22. Bc2 h5 23. Bb3 Ng4 24. g3 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf2+ 26. Qxf2 Bxf2 27. Kg2 Bc5
28. h4 Qf5 29. Re2 Qg4 30. Rde1 g5 31. Re4 Qf5 32. R1e2 gxh4 33. Nf4 Qg5 34. Kh1
d5 35. Bxd5 hxg3 36. c4 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Kxg3 h4+ 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "1000012"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Nxh7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. O-O Rac8 21.
b3 b5 22. Ba1 bxc4 23. bxc4 Kg8 24. h3 Qc6 25. f4 Rd7 26. Qf5 Ne4 27. fxe5 Ng3
28. Qg4 Nxf1 29. Rxd6 Qxc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxd7 Nxe3 32. Bd4 Nc2 33. Bxa7 Nxa3
34. Bd4 Rc6 35. Rd6 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Nb5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Be3 Rc7 39. Kf3 Re7 40.
Rd5 Nc7 41. Ra5 Ne6 42. g4 Rb7 43. h4 Nf8 44. h5 Ne6 45. Ra3 g6 46. Ra7 Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1001302"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 a4 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Nd4
Nc5 16. Rfd1 Nfd7 17. Bf1 Be5 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. h3 Nh5
22. Nde2 b6 23. g4 Nf6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. f4 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Be6 27. f5 Bc8 28. Qg3
Nd7 29. Rxd6 Qe5 30. Kh2 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Ne5 32. Kf4 g5+ 33. Kg3 Ba6 34. Nxa4
Reb8 35. b3 Bxc4 36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Rxc6 Ne5 38. Rd6 c4 39. Re3 Kg7 40. h4 gxh4+
41. Kxh4 Rb4 42. Rd5 f6 43. g5 Ra6 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. gxf6 Kxf6 46. Kf4 cxb3 47.
axb3 Nf7 48. Rc5 Kg7 49. Rg3+ Kf8 50. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "1008013"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. c3 Bd7
15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Qd3 Ng6 17. Re3 Rad8 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "813192"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 c6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Ba6 9. b3 Rc8 10. Nbd2 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nf1 b5 15.
Ne3 bxc4 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nc5 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. Rb1 Bd3 21.
Nc6 Qd7 22. Rxd3 Nxd3 23. Ba3 Rfe8 24. Qxd3 Rxc6 25. Qb5 Rec8 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27.
Qxc6 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "12801259"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Ne5
Nxc3 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. e3 e6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bd3 Na7 14. Rxc8+ Nxc8
15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Be5 f6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Ke2 Ke7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 f5 21. f3
h6 22. Rc5 b6 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qe1 a5 25. Qh4+ Kd7 26. Kd2 Qf8 27. Qe1 g5 28.
h4 f4 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. g3 Qh8 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Qg1 fxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Qh2+ 34. Qe2
Qg1 35. Kc3 Qc1+ 36. Kb3 Qf4 37. Kc3 Ke7 38. a4 Kf6 39. Qg2 Qc1+ 40. Qc2 Qf4 41.
Qg2 Nf7 42. Qg6+ Ke7 43. Be2 Qc1+ 44. Qc2 Qg1 45. Kd3 Qg6+ 46. Kc3 Qg3 47. Kb3
Kf6 48. Qd2 Qg5 49. Qc3 Qf4 50. Ka2 Qd6 51. Bd1 Nd8 52. Qd2 Qg3 53. Qc3 Nf7 54.
Be2 Qf2 55. Qd2 Qh2 56. Qd3 Qc7 57. Qd2 Qh2 58. Qd3 Nh6 59. Bd1 Nf5 60. Qb5 Qd2
61. Bb3 Qxd4 62. Qe8 Qc5 63. f4 Qd6 64. Bc2 Qxf4 65. Qd8+ Kf7 66. Qxb6 Qd2 67.
Bxf5 exf5 68. Qc7+ Ke6 69. Qc8+ Ke5 70. Qh8+ Ke4 71. Qh1+ Ke5 72. Qh8+ Ke6 73.
Qe8+ Kf6 74. Qd8+ Kg6 75. Qg8+ Kh5 76. Qh7+ Kg4 77. Qg6+ Qg5 78. Qe6 Qf4 79.
Qg8+ Kh3 80. Qh8+ Kg2 81. Qg7+ Kf1 82. b3 d4 83. Qd7 Ke2 84. Qe8+ Qe4 85. Qh5+
Ke1 86. Qg5 d3 87. Qg1+ Ke2 88. Qh2+ Kf1 89. Qh6 f4 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 8...Be6"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "1004689"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
a4 Ng4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd3 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21.
Qxe5 Rf5 22. Qg3 Bd6 23. f4 d4 24. cxd4 Rdf8 25. Nf3 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Ra8
Rxa8 28. Qxf4 Bd5 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Qe5 Qc6 31. h3 Qc4 32. Kh2 c6 33. Re3 Qf1 34.
Qg3 Qb1 35. Re7 Qg6 36. Ne6 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rf1 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Re7 Rb1 40. Nf4
Bb3 41. h4 Rxb2 42. h5 Kg8 43. h6 Bc2 44. Nh5 Rb1 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. h7 Bxh7 47.
Rxh7 Rh1 48. Kg4 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lahno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14109336"]
[BlackFideId "4131061"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Qa4 e6 6. d4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b6
9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. b4 Re8 12. Bd6 a5 13. a3 Ba6 14. Rfe1 c5 15. bxc5
bxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. cxd5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Bh3 Rxc5 21. Qd1
Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Bxa1 24. Nb3 Rc7 25. Nxa1 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Rxa1 27. Qd3
Qe7 28. Bxd7 Rxa3 29. Qd4 Rb3 30. Ne5 Qf6 31. Be8 Rb7 32. Qd5 Re7 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7
34. Nxf7 Qxf7 35. Qxa5 Qb7+ 36. f3 Qb2+ 37. Kh3 Qd4 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qb7+ Kg8
40. Qe4 Qd7+ 41. g4 Qd6 42. f4 Qd2 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. f5 gxf5 46.
gxf5 Qf4 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Kg2 Qg4+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Black "Schut, Lisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5007844"]
[BlackFideId "1019481"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 N6d7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Nc6 13. Bc7 O-O 14. Bb6
Nce5 15. Rd4 Nxb6 16. cxb6 Be6 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bxa2 19. Rd7 Rfc8 20. Rxb7
Rab8 21. Bc6 Rxb7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bxa6 Rxb6 24. Bd3 Rb2 25. O-O Rd2 26. Bb1 Bc4
27. Rc1 Kg7 28. f4 f5 29. Bc2 Kf6 30. Ba4 e5 31. Rb1 exf4 32. exf4 Rd3 33. Rb6+
Kg7 34. Rc6 Rxc3 35. h3 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc3 37. Bb5 Rxh3+ 38. Kxh3 Bxb5 39. Rb6 Bc4
40. Rb7+ Bf7 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Rb6+ Be6 43. Kf3 h6 44. Ke3 g5 45. fxg5+ hxg5 46.
f4 gxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Kf7 48. Ke5 Bc4 49. Kxf5 Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kh8 51. Kg6 Bd3+ 52. Kh6
Bc4 53. Rh7+ Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Rc7 Be6 57. Kg6 Kh8 58. Rh7+ Kg8
59. Re7 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hopman, Pieter"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "1005669"]
[BlackFideId "1706446"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5
9. Nf3 h6 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. c5 Qc7 14. Ne5 Bh7 15. Bd2
Nbd7 16. Be2 Rg7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qa4 e5 19. b4 f6 20. O-O-O b6 21. Kb2 bxc5
22. bxc5 a5 23. Ka1 Rb8 24. Qa3 Bc2 25. Rc1 Rh7 26. Rhf1 Bg6 27. Na4 Rh4 28. Bd3
Bxd3 29. Qxd3 e4 30. Qe2 Bg7 31. Rb1 Kf7 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Rb1 Qc7 34. Qa6 Kg6
35. Bxa5 Qh2 36. Qxc6 Nf8 37. Qxd5 Rxg4 38. c6 Rg1 39. Nc3 Rxb1+ 40. Nxb1 Qxf2
41. c7 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Haast, Anne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "400173"]
[BlackFideId "1017292"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 Ng6 8. g3 Qc7
9. Qe2 a6 10. b4 dxc3 11. bxc5 c2 12. Na3 Bxc5 13. Nxc2 b5 14. Be4 Bb7 15. d4
Bb6 16. h4 Na5 17. h5 Ne7 18. h6 g6 19. Bg5 Nc4 20. Nb4 Rc8 21. Red1 Ba5 22. d5
Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 O-O 26. Rad1 Rfe8 27. Qe4 Bc3 28. Rd7
Qc6 29. Qf4 Qe6 30. Bf6 Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. e6 Bxf6 33. exf7+ Kh8 34. fxe8=Q+
Rxe8 35. Rf7 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Marshall gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "1021150"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.
Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bd3 Qf4 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxd1 15. Raxd1 Nh6 16. f4 Kc7 17. h3 f6 18. Nf3 g6 19. Bc2 Nb4 20. Bb1 c5 21. a3
Nc6 22. Be4 Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Kf2 Na5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rc1 Nb3 27. Re1 Rd7
28. g4 Na5 29. Rc1 Nb3 30. Re1 Na5 31. Rc1 Nb3 32. Rc2 Rd3 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. bxc3
fxg4 35. hxg4 Na5 36. Nd2 Kd6 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. f5+ Ke5 39. Ke3 h6 40. Nf3+ Kd6
41. Kd3 b6 42. a4 a6 43. Nd2 Nc6 44. Nf3 Na5 45. Nh4 Nc6 46. Ng6 Na5 47. Nf4 Ke5
48. Ng6+ Kd6 49. Nf4 Ke5 50. Nd5 b5 51. axb5 axb5 52. Nb6 Nxc4 53. Nxc4+ bxc4+
54. Ke3 h5 55. gxh5 Kxf5 56. Kf3 Kg5 57. Ke4 f5+ 58. Ke5 f4 59. h6 Kxh6 60. Kxf4
Kg6 61. Ke5 Kf7 62. Kd5 Ke7 63. Kxc5 Kd7 64. Kxc4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Ootes, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5021103"]
[BlackFideId "1019708"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5
9. cxd5 h5 10. Bg5 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rb8 14. O-O c4 15. Rab1 b5
16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 cxb3 18. Rxb3 b4 19. Na2 h4 20. Bxh4 Nc5 21. Rxb4 Nb3 22.
Qf4 Nh7 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Bb5 Rxb5 25. Rxb5 Qc4 26. Rb4 Qc2 27. Nc1 Nd2 28. Rg1
Nc4 29. e5 Nxe5 30. Ne4 Qc7 31. Nf6+ Nxf6 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Qxf6 Bb7 34. Rh4 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1011014"]
[BlackFideId "13300210"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. Bc4
Nf6 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Ba2 Nbd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Bg5 b5 16. O-O-O Qc7 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Rde1 N7b6 19. h4 Bf4 20. Ne4 Bxg5 21. hxg5
Ke7 22. g3 Rae8 23. Nc5 Qb8 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Nd3 Qe8 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nd3 Kd6 28.
g4 Kc7 29. Qg3+ Kc8 30. Nc5 e5 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 Rh1+ 33. Kc2 Qf8 34. Bxd5
Nxd5 35. Nd3 Qf7 36. Kd2 Nb6 37. Ke2 Nc4 38. Qg2 Nxe5 39. Qxh1 Qc4 40. Qh8+ Kc7
41. Qxg7+ Nf7 42. f3 Qe6+ 43. Kf2 Qd5 44. Qxg6 Nxg5 45. Qg7+ Kc8 46. Qf8+ Kb7
47. Qf5 Qd8 48. Ke3 Nh3 49. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Bronstein-Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4641833"]
[BlackFideId "4120086"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. g3 Qd5 8.
c3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Qc4 10. Qb3 Qa6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bd3 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb6
15. Ne4 Nd7 16. Nd2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

