[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Annotator "Michiel Abeln"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. Nf3
c6 {Gelfand plays a sideline to play for a win} (8... a6) 9. Nc3 f5 ({Aronian
felt that} 9... g5 10. Bg3 f5 11. Qc1 {would be too optimistic}) 10. h3 (10. h4
{hard to tell which square for the h-pawn is better}) 10... Nd6 11. cxd5 (11.
Qb3 {was also a way to maintain the initiative}) 11... exd5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5
Nfe4 14. O-O Nf7 {essential to remove the knight on e5} 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Bh2 (
16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. f3 Nxc3) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 a5 19. Na4 b5 {
this is not a good move} 20. Nc5 ({White is clearly better after} 20. Qxc6 Ra6
21. Qxb5 Rg6 (21... f4 {also doesn't work})) 20... Qe7 21. Rac1 Qxe5 22. f4 Qd6
$6 {Not the right square} 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nb3 {missed by Aronian} Bd7 25. Qc5
Qg6 26. Kh2 h5 27. Nd4 Rac8 28. b4 (28. g3 {was also a good move}) 28... axb4
29. axb4 h4 30. Ne2 Rf6 {both players are playing for a win!} (30... d4 31.
Qxd4 Be6) 31. Ra1 Rcf8 32. Qe7 {I really liked his queen on e7 which is maybe
not a good thing} R8f7 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rg1 {very strong, missed by Aronian}
Qh6 (34... d4 {was dismissed by Aronian because of} 35. g4 {but this might
still be playable for black}) 35. Ra7 (35. g4 hxg3+ 36. Rxg3 Re6) 35... Rf8 36.
Qc7 R6f7 37. Qe5 {Gelfand offered a draw and Aronian said no and really got
confused} Re8 38. Qc3 g5 39. Rf1 Qd6 40. Kg1 Ref8 41. Qc5 Qh6 (41... Qxc5 {
this will never win for black and Aronian didn't refuse the draw offer for
nothing}) 42. f5 Kg8 43. f6 (43. Nd4 g4 44. Rf4 gxh3 45. Rxd7 Qg5) 43... g4 44.
hxg4 h3 45. Nf4 hxg2 46. Kxg2 $4 {A big blunder by Gelfand, the normal outcome
would have been a draw} (46. Nxg2 Bxg4 (46... Rh7 47. Qd6 $1) 47. Rxf7 Rxf7 48.
Qxc6) 46... Qxf6 47. Kg3 Rh7 48. g5 Qxg5+ 49. Kf2 Rxf4+ 50. exf4 Rh2+ 51. Ke3
Qg3+ 52. Kd4 Qg7+ 53. Ke3 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "Michiel Abeln"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Marshall counter-attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2000024"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d4 dxe4 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Nxc6 {Carlsen's novelty over an old game of
Khalifman. However Carlsen spent quite some time on the move suggesting he was
already on his own.} (11. Nd2 Bd6 12. f4 exf3 13. Ndxf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Ne4 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Rd7 Rxe5 19. Rxc7 Bd5 20. Bd4 Rf5 21.
Re1 Bxb3 22. axb3 Nd2 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. b4 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A (2688)-Adams,M 
(2742)/ Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 087}) 11... Bxc6 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Nd2 f5 15. f3 e3 16. c4 ({Both Kamsky and Carlsen agreed that} 16. f4 Kh8 17.
Bxd5 ({The engines have an improvement over what both players calculated:} 17.
Qf3 $1 Qf6 18. Bxd5 exd2 19. Red1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rae8 21. Rxd2 {with a clear
advantage}) 17... Bxd5 18. Nf1 Qe4 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Bxf3 21. Rxe3 Bd5 {
would give white a tiny edge}) 16... Nf4 17. cxb5+ Kh8 $1 {Carlsen admitted he
had missed this idea "I keep understimating my opponent's counterchances"} 18.
Nc4 e2 19. Qd2 Qg5 20. Rxe2 ({Carlsen calculated for a long time the lines
after} 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Qh5+ 23. Kg2 f4 24. Ne5 f3+ 25. Nxf3
Rxf3 26. Rxe2 Raf8 {but was not sure whether he had seen everything and
decided that the game continuation was safer}) 20... Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Bxb5 22.
Qe3 f4 23. Qe5 Qh4 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 {Of course this
endgame is better for black, but both players felt that it was never winning}
c6 27. Re6 Rf6 28. Re4 a5 29. h4 Rd8 30. Re5 a4 31. Ra5 Rfd6 32. Rxa4 Rxd4 33.
b3 g6 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. Ra6 Rd2 36. a4 Rf2 37. Ra7+ Kh8 38. Kh3 h5 39. Rf7 Rdd2
40. Rxf4 Rxg2 41. Rf7 Rh2+ 42. Kg3 Rdg2+ 43. Kf4 Rxh4+ 44. Ke5 Rg5+ 45. Kf6
Rf5+ (45... Rg1 {was an alternative.}) 46. Kxg6 Rxf7 47. Bxf7 Rf4 48. Be6 Rxf3
49. Kxh5 Re3 50. Bc4 Kg7 51. Kg5 Re5+ 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Bd3 Rh5 54. Be4 c5 55.
Bd3 Rh4+ 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. a5 Rh3+ 58. Ke2 Kd4 59. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nc6
15. h4 Rac8 {Gashimov's surprise for Karjakin in an opening he hardly ever
plays. However Karjakin seemed well prepared for this. His idea is to keep the
knight on c6 for the moment where it pressurises d4.} (15... Nd8 16. Qd3 Ne6
17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Nxg5 19. f4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 f5 22. exf6 {1/
2-1/2 Van Wely,L (2655)-Adams,M (2699)/London ENG 2009/The Week in Chess 771})
16. Rae1 Nd8 17. Ng5 Ne6 18. f4 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Nxf4+
22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Qxf4+ 24. Kg2 (24. Ke2 g6 {and Gashimov said that he is
winning the pawn on e5 which is the most important in the position.} 25. Qh3 (
25. Nxd5 Qxe5+ 26. Ne3 Re8) 25... h5 26. gxh6 Rfc8) 24... Qg4+ (24... Qxg5+ 25.
Kf3 g6 {and Gashimov wasn't sure about this position as the pawn on e5
survives and also there are ideas of b4 and Nxd5 for white which he didn't
like. Also the fact that he isn't playing well in Wijk aan Zee meant that he
decided taking the repetition was the best idea.}) 25. Kf2 Qf4+ 26. Kg2 Qg4+
27. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ (13. Ba4
b5 14. Bb3 Ne5 15. Bxf6 Nxf3 16. Qe3 Qxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Ke7 19. Qa7 Rhc8
20. Bxf3 Rb6 21. Bb7 Re8 22. Rhe1 Kf8 23. Bxa6 Qd8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Ka1 Qb8 26.
Qxb8 Rexb8 27. Bd3 Rxb2 28. Re4 Ra2# {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Gashimov,V (2746)/
Monaco MNC 2011/The Week in Chess 853}) 13... bxc6 14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 O-O
16. Rde1 Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rf5 20. Re2 e5 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Qb4
Qd7 23. Qa4 Kh8 24. c4 Qe8 25. Rd3 Rf4 26. Qa5 Qe7 27. c5 Rf6 28. Qc3 Qe8 29.
b3 Rb8 30. a4 Ra8 31. Re4 Qc8 32. Qd2 Qf8 33. Qa5 Qe7 34. Rde3 Qd7 35. Re1 Rf5
36. Qc3 Rd8 37. g3 Rf7 38. cxd6 cxd6 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 c5 (40... Kg8 41. Re6
{doesn't seem a lot better.}) 41. Re6 Rxf4 (41... Kg8 42. f5 {is unpleasant.})
42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Qd2 {Giri's position is very difficult now. Computers might
save it but practically white has a huge advantage.} Rf7 44. Rg1 c4 45. Qg5
Rdf8 (45... cxb3 46. Qh5 bxc2+ 47. Kc1 Rf1+ 48. Rxf1 gxh6 49. Rg1+ {doesn't
work for black.}) 46. Qh5 Rf1+ 47. Kb2 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "Michiel Abeln"]
[Opening "Benko gambit half accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7
9. Be2 Nxb6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 (11. Bf4 Ne8 12. h3 Nc7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bh6 f5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Nd7 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. e5 Rc8 20. Rad1 Ne8 21.
Rfe1 Ng7 22. Bf1 Rc7 23. Rc1 Qc8 24. exd6 exd6 25. Ng5 Re8 26. Qh4 Nh5 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qb4 Qe7 29. Nf3 Nf6 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Ng5 Rc8 32. Qd4 Qg7 33. Ne6
Nxe6 34. Rxe6 Nxd5 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd6 Bxa2 38. Rxa6 Rc2 39.
g3 Rb2 40. Bg2 h5 41. h4 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rb2 43. Kg1 Bc4 44. Rc6 Be2 45. Rc7+ Kh6
46. Bd5 Rb8 47. Re7 Bd1 48. f4 Rd8 49. Bc4 Bc2 50. Kf2 Be4 51. Ke3 Rc8 52. Kd4
Bc2 53. Bd5 Rd8 54. Ke5 Bb1 55. Bf7 Bc2 56. Kf6 Bb1 57. Re8 Rd6+ 58. Re6 Rd8
59. Re8 Rd6+ 60. Be6 Kh7 61. Re7+ Kh6 62. Re8 Kh7 63. Kg5 Kg7 64. Rg8+ Kh7 65.
Rxg6 {1-0 Dreev,A (2670)-Topalov,V (2700)/Moscow 1996/CBM 052 ext}) 11... Bg4
12. a5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Qa4 Ne5 15. Be2 Ne8 16. Bg5 ({Ivanchuk suggested} 
16. Ra3 Nc7 17. Rb3 Nd7 {but not clear this is more promising than the game})
16... Nc7 17. f4 Nd7 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 ({and now the game
could have continued with} 20... Nxf6 21. f5 g5 22. Ne4 h6 23. h4 Rb8 24. hxg5
Rb4 25. Nxf6+ exf6 26. Qc6 Rxb2 {and it's still a big fight.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Qb8 (13... Rb8 {1-0
Navara,D (2722)-Onischuk,A (2675)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2011/The Week in Chess
878 (28)}) 14. a3 (14. Nf1 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2665)-Ganguly,S (2625)/Melilla
ESP 2011/The Week in Chess 890 (87)}) 14... a5 15. Bd3 Qa7 16. Bxb5 exd4 17.
cxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rc1 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 a4 22. Nf3 Rab8 23.
Rc2 Nc5 (23... Rb3 {was at least a possiblity here if Caruana was  worried
about the attack.}) 24. Nd4 Qb7 25. Nf5 {White's attack looks extremely
threatening over the board. It isn't clear whether it is as powerful as all
that though if black grabs the e-pawn he is pressurising.} g6 $2 {Losing a
pawn for nothing.} (25... Rxe4 {Looks like it may hold although white's attack
looks great.} 26. Rg3 Kf8 (26... g6 27. Qd2) 27. Rxg7 Rf4 28. Ng3 Kxg7 29. Nh5+
Kf8 30. Nxf4) 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Ng4 Nb3 {Full scale panic.} (27... Rxe4 28. Qc1
{with an attack.}) 28. Rc4 Re6 29. Rxa4 {That's now two pawns.} c5 30. Rc4 Nd4
31. b4 (31. Rxd4 {Removing black's only active piece I would play in a blitz
game without hesitation. And here it indeed also seems best.} cxd4 32. Qxd4+ f6
33. b4 Ra8 34. Kh2 {was worth considering.}) 31... Rxe4 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5
Rf4 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Qa1 {White is now trying to get to time control and his
moves don't really contain any plan.} Kh7 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ng4 Kh7 38. Qf1 $2 {
A mistake, fortunately it only costs Navara the draw rather than the whole
game.} (38. Re3) 38... Ne2+ 39. Qxe2 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qxd3 41. Qe7 Qd6 42. Qh4+ Kg7
43. Rc6 Qxc6 44. Qxd8 Qc5 45. Qd2 Qd4 46. Qc1 Rf5 47. Kg1 Rc5 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49.
Qe3 Qxe3 50. Nxe3 Rc3 {This ending where white has a pawn for the exchange and
the pawns are all on one side is drawn with best play.} 51. h4 Rxa3 52. g3 Kg7
53. Kg2 Kf6 54. Nd5+ Ke5 55. Nf4 Kf5 56. Nh3 Ra2 57. Kf3 f6 58. Nf4 Ra3+ 59.
Kg2 g5 60. hxg5 fxg5 61. Nd5 Ke5 62. Ne3 Ke4 63. Ng4 Ra2 64. Nf6+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1000268"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b3 Bg5 14. g3 O-O 15.
Bg2 a5 16. O-O Ne7 17. h4 (17. Nxe7+) 17... Bh6 18. Nxe7+ {Exchanging knights
seems to be new.} (18. Nde3 g6 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Rad1 Bb7 21. h5 Bg7 22. Rd2 Rbd8
23. Qg4 f5 24. exf5 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 gxh5 26. Qg5 Nxf5 27. Nge3 Nxe3 28. Nxe3 Kh8
29. Qxh5 Qa7 30. Kg2 Qf7 31. Qxf7 Rxf7 32. Rfd1 Bf8 33. c5 {1-0 Horvath,A 
(2486)-Hardicsay,P (2328)/Balatonlelle 2007/CBM 119 ext}) (18. Nce3 Bxe3 19.
Nxe3 Nc6 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Nd4 24. Bd5 Kh8 25. f4
f6 26. g4 Qa7 27. Kh1 a4 28. Ra1 Rb6 29. g5 Ra6 30. gxf6 axb3 31. Rg1 b2 32.
Qg3 Nxf5 33. Qg5 g6 34. Rab1 Rxa2 35. Be4 Qd7 36. Rg2 exf4 37. Kh2 Ra3 38.
Rbxb2 Ne3 39. f7 Kg7 40. Bxg6 h6 41. Qxf4 Nxg2 42. Qd4+ Kf8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 {1-0
Melia,S (2422)-Manakova,M (2299)/St Petersburg 2009/CBM 129 Extra}) 18... Qxe7
19. Qd5 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Kh2 Bg4 22. Rde1 Bd7 23. Qd3 Qc5 24. Rd1 Bc6 25.
Qe2 Ra8 26. Ne1 Qb6 27. Nd3 Qb7 28. Rfe1 g6 29. f3 Bg7 30. Nf2 h5 31. Rd3 Bh6
32. Red1 Qe7 33. Nh3 Rd7 34. Qf2 Rb8 35. Ng5 $1 {After both sides have
maneuvered for some time white now gets an initiative just at a time when van
Wely is in time pressure.} Bxg5 (35... a4 36. f4 Qf6 37. c5 $1) (35... Bf8 36.
Bh3 Rdd8 37. f4 exf4 38. Qxf4 Qe8 39. c5 $1) 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Bh3 Rc7 (37...
Rdd8 {is most natural but seems to lead to white's advantage too.} 38. Rxd6
Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Rd8 (39... Be8 40. f4 exf4 41. gxf4) 40. f4 exf4 41. Qxf4) 38.
Rxd6 Kg7 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 Qe7 {They reached move 40 and van Wely believes
he can only save this by some kind of miracle. His pieces are now not
co-ordinated.} 41. e5 a4 42. e6 axb3 43. axb3 Be8 44. f5 g5 45. Qd4+ f6 46. Bg2
h4 47. c5 Rbc8 48. c6 Rxc6 49. Bxc6 Rxc6 50. Rxc6 Bxc6 51. Qb6 Be8 52. Rc1 Kh6
53. Rc7 Qf8 54. Qd4 g4 55. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12801259"]
[BlackFideId "4131061"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bc8 17. Qe4 Bf6 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd7 Qxb2
21. Rxb7 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Be3 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 a5
27. Kf2 g6 28. Rb5 h5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Kf3 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "3503739"]
[BlackFideId "813192"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 b6 4. Ne5 d5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Qc6 Rc8 12. Qxd5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5+ Qe7 14. Qf5
Rd8 15. d3 g6 16. Qg5 Qb7 17. Qe5+ Kd7 18. O-O Bd6 19. Qc3 Rhe8 20. Bg5 Rc8 21.
Qc4 Re6 22. a4 f6 23. Be3 Be5 24. Rac1 a5 25. Rfd1 Rcc6 26. Qb5 Kc8 27. Rc4 Red6
28. Rdc1 Kc7 29. f4 Bd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Qxc4+ Qc6
34. Qxd4 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qd1 36. Qe4 f5 37. Qe7+ Kb8 38. Qe8+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Kb8 40.
Kf2 h5 41. Qc6 Ka7 42. h4 Qb1 43. Qc7+ Ka6 44. Qc4+ Kb7 45. Qd5+ Ka7 46. b3 Qc2
47. Qf7+ Ka8 48. Qc4 Qd1 49. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "1001302"]
[BlackFideId "1004689"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Qd5 8.
Ne1 Qd4 9. e3 Qg4 10. e4 h5 11. h3 Qg6 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 h4 14. g4 Nxg4 15.
hxg4 h3 16. Bf3 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 18. Kh1 e6 19. f3 Qh4 20. d4 Bd6 21. Be3
O-O-O 22. Rc1 g5 23. e5 g4 24. fxg4 Qxg4 25. exd6 Rdg8 26. d5 Qg3 27. dxc6 Qxe3
28. cxb7+ 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 b6 11. a4 a5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Ng5 Ke8 14. f4 h6 15.
Nf3 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nb4 17. c4 c5 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Nb5 Kd8 20. f5 Kc8 21. Bf4 Nd3 22.
Bh2 Nxb2 23. e6 Nxc4 24. Nxc7 Ra7 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 fxe6 27. fxe6 Bd6 28.
Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Rad1 Nxb5 30. Rb1 Nc7 31. Rxb6 Re8 32. Re1 a4 33. Rc6 Ra5 34. Nd2
Ra6 35. Rxc5 Raxe6 36. Rec1 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Ra1 39. Nc4 a3 40. Ra5
a2 41. Ne3 Nb5 42. Nc2 Rc1 43. Ra8+ Kc7 44. Rxa2 Nc3 45. Ra7+ Kb6 46. Rxg7 Rxc2+
47. Kf3 Nd5 48. Rg6+ Rc6 49. Rxc6+ Kxc6 50. g5 hxg5 51. Kg4 Nf4 52. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "1000012"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bg2 Ba3 10. Rc2 Bb4 11. O-O d6 12. d5 e5 13. Ne1 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 e4 16. Nf4 Re8 17. f3 Qe7 18. Nh3 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf2 Rad8 21. f4 d5
22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Qc1 Ba8 24. Ba1 f5 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Rc4 a5 27. e3 Nb4 28. Rxd8
Rxd8 29. Bd4 Nxa2 30. Qa3 Nb4 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Qxa5 Nd5 33. Rxc5 Nxe3 34. Rc7
Qf6 35. Ra7 Bd5 36. Bh3 Rc8 37. Qa1 Bxb3 38. Nxe4 Qxa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lahno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "14109336"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c6 12. Ra2 Qb8 13. Rc2 Rc8 14. Ndb1 cxd5 15. cxd5 b5
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ra1 18. Bb2 Ra7 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Ne2 f5 21. exf5 Rxc2 22.
Bxc2 gxf5 23. Bc1 Nf6 24. Bg5 Rc7 25. Na3 Qa7 26. Qd3 Kh8 27. Bd1 Qa6 28. Bxf6
Bxf6 29. Nc2 Qa8 30. Ne3 f4 31. Bc2 Qg8 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "1008013"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be6 8. d3
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 f6 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8
16. Bb2 Nh6 17. Nce4 Nf7 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Qd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxd2 22.
Qxd2 Rxd2 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Bxb7 Rad8 25. Bc1 Ra2 26. Bf4 Rxa3 27. Rfe1 Ne5 28.
Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rxe5 Bf7 30. Rc1 Rad3 31. Kg2 a4 32. Be4 R3d4 33. Ra1 Re8 34.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Bc6 Bg6 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Ke3 Rb4 38. Kd2 Bf7 39. Ra3 Bb3 40. Ra1
Ke7 41. f4 Kd6 42. h3 Rc4 43. f5 Kc5 44. g4 Kb4 45. Ke3 h6 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "400173"]
[BlackFideId "1706446"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5
9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Rc1 Qd8 13. h4 h5 14. g5 a6 15. Qd2 Nce7
16. Bd3 Nf5 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Ng3 Be7 22.
Kf1 Qc4+ 23. Kg2 Qd3 24. Bc1 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Kd7 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Rc1 Ra8 28. Rc3
f4 29. Kh3 Ke6 30. Ne1 Kf5 31. f3 Ra6 32. Rc7 Rxa3 33. Rxb7 Ra2 34. Bc3 Rf2 35.
Ra7 f6 36. gxf6 gxf6 37. exf6 Kxf6 38. Ra6+ Kf5 39. Rb6 Nxh4 40. Rxb5 Nxf3 41.
Rxd5+ Kg6 42. Ng2 Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Romanishin gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "4120086"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 Be7 8. d4 O-O
9. O-O Qc8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc5 Bc6 13. e4 d6 14. e5 Be7 15. Nd3 d5
16. Nf4 dxc4 17. bxc4 Rd8 18. d5 g5 19. Nh5 exd5 20. e6 Qxe6 21. Re1 dxc4 22.
Qc1 Qf5 23. Re5 Qg6 24. Rxe7 Qxh5 25. Ne5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qe2 27. Nc6 Qd3 28. Nxd8
Qxd8 29. Re4 c3 30. Qd1 Nc6 31. Rc4 Ne5 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rc5 f6 34. a3 a5 35.
axb4 axb4 36. Rxc7 Rd7 37. Raa7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 g4 39. h3 Nd3 40. Kf1 gxh3 41. Kg1
Ne1 42. Kh2 c2 43. Kxh3 b3 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Black "Schut, Lisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "1011014"]
[BlackFideId "1019481"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nb5
Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qe4 g6
15. Ne5 f5 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Rfe1 Qd6 18. Bc4 Bf6 19. Bb3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qe7 21.
Qg3 Bg7 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Be8 24. Rxe6 Bxg6 25. Rxe7 Bf7 26. Rxb7 Nf4 27.
Kf1 Bxb3 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rxa7+ Kg8 32. axb3 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Black "Ootes, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5007844"]
[BlackFideId "1019708"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. Be3 a6 8. c5 Nbd7
9. Nc1 b5 10. Be2 dxc5 11. dxc5 e5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nd3 a5 14. a3 Nh5 15. b4 Nf4
16. Kh1 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. Rfd1 N8e6 19. Qb2 Nd4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Nd5 Rxd5 22.
Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 axb4 24. axb4 Rxa1+ 25. Qxa1 Qh4 26. Bf1 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qe1
28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. Kg1 Be6 31. e5 g5 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. fxe4 Kg6 34.
Kf2 f6 35. exf6 Kxf6 36. g3 Ke5 37. h4 h6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. gxf4+ gxf4 40. Kf3
Bb3 41. Bd3 Bd1+ 42. Kf2 Kd4 43. Bb1 Bg4 44. Ba2 Kxe4 45. Bf7 Bd7 46. Ke2 Kd4
47. Kf3 Ke5 48. Bb3 Bf5 49. Bd1 Be4+ 50. Kg4 Bd5 51. Be2 Bh1 52. Bd3 Kd4 53. Bf5
Ke3 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "English variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1021150"]
[BlackFideId "13300210"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Bd6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Rc1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Ba3 14. Ra1 Bf5
15. Nf3 Ne4 16. b4 Qd6 17. Rb1 Bxb4 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Bxg7 Nd2 20. Bf6 Nxb1 21.
Bd3 Bf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qxb4 Nc3 25. Nd4 Ne4 26. Qxb7 Nc5 27. Qb1
Rab8 28. Qd1 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Rb2 30. Qa3 Reb8 31. Qa5 Rxf2 32. Rc1 Rfb2 33. Qxd5
Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxe3 35. Rf1 Rb1 36. Qxf7 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Haast, Anne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4641833"]
[BlackFideId "1017292"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 b4 11. Nd5 f5 12. c4 Kf7 13. Nxb4 Bxb4 14. Bxb4 fxe4
15. Bc2 Nf6 16. Bc3 Rhc8 17. b3 d5 18. Be5 Qc5 19. Rd1 dxc4 20. bxc4 Qxc4 21.
Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Bb3 Rc5 23. Bd4 Rb5 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Rc7+ Kg6 26. Be5 Bd5 27. Bc2
Rd7 28. Rc3 Rb4 29. O-O Rc4 30. Rg3+ Kf7 31. Bb3 Rc8 32. Ba4 Rb7 33. Ra3 Rb4 34.
h3 Rcc4 35. Bb3 Rc6 36. Ba4 Rcc4 37. Bb3 Rc6 38. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hopman, Pieter"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[WhiteFideId "1005669"]
[BlackFideId "5021103"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 c5 8. c3 g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 a6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. b3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Qh3 Qe7 15. Ba3 f6
16. exf6 Bxf6 17. b4 e5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Nb3 exd4 20. exd4 Qg7 21. Rab1 Rab8
22. Be2 Rfe8 23. Bg4 Bc6 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Qf3 Bf5 26. Qxd5+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7
28. Rb2 cxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Rxb2 31. Bxb2 Re2 32. Rf2 1/2-1/2

