[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 {1-0 Piarnpuu,L (2227)-Muller,A 
(2135)/Istanbul TUR 2000 (41)}) 11... c5 (11... Re8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nb5 Re7 14.
Nxc7 Rc8 15. Nb5 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Ba6 17. Qd2 Nf8 18. Rc1 g5 19. Nc3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3
g4 21. Ne1 Rc7 22. Qf5 Ng6 23. Qxg4 Kh7 24. Nd3 Bh8 25. Qf5 Qe8 26. h3 Qe6 27.
Qxe6 fxe6 28. f4 Rg7 29. g4 h5 30. g5 Nh4 31. Kf2 Nf5 32. Nb5 a6 33. Nc7 {1-0
Pavic,J (2096)-Cupic,L/Zagreb 2007/CBM 117 ext}) 12. O-O (12. dxc5) (12. Bb1)
12... Na6 $1 {Black has the two bishops and "is more or less fine."} (12... c4
{0-1 Ressler,V (2132)-Fenes,L (2348)/Slovakia 2001/Corr 2008 (32)}) 13. Ne5
cxd4 14. exd4 Bxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Re1 Re8 (16... Qg5 {is an interesting
alternative.}) (16... d4 17. Ne4 Qd5 (17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 d3 19. Rxc5 $1 bxc5
20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxd3 {winning a pawn.}) 18. Bc4 Qxe5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxf7+
{wins the queen.}) 17. f4 $2 {This is the move that gets Carlsen into trouble
according to Karjakin.} (17. Nb5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19. Qb3 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 {and
the game should be drawn.}) (17. Bf1 {Karjakin's suggestion which is about
equal.}) 17... d4 18. Ne4 $2 {is maybe not the best either according to
Karjakin.} (18. Nb5 {already playing for a draw is also possible.} Ba6 (18...
Qd5 19. Re2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Ba6 21. a4) 19. a4 Bxb5) 18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d3 {
Black is in the broadest terms winning. Carlsen makes Karjakin work hard for
the point but he just can't save this.} 20. Rc4 $6 (20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Bxa8 Qd4+
{is the big difference over the previous line, black has a check.}) (20. Bxa8 {
and Karjakin thinks he is close to winning but maybe is does offer some
chances over Rc4 which seems to be losing out of hand.} d2 21. Bc6 Qd4+ 22. Kh1
dxe1=R+ 23. Qxe1 Nd3 24. Qf1) 20... Rc8 21. Bf5 Qd5 (21... b5 {is also very
playable.}) 22. Rc3 Rcd8 23. Qd2 Qd4+ (23... g6 $6 24. b4 $1 {and white is ok.}
(24. Bg4 Ne4 {wins.})) 24. Kh1 (24. Qf2 $2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 g6 26. Bg4 (26. b4
Na4) 26... d2) (24. Kf1) 24... a5 {White doesn't really have any moves.} 25.
Rb1 a4 26. Rd1 Rd5 {Which is very close to winning with Rd8 and g6 to follow.}
(26... g6 27. Bxd3 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 {and Karjakin wasn't
completely sure it was winning.}) 27. h4 {White's position is dire and he
fears g5.} g6 (27... Red8 28. h5 {and maybe white doesn't lose immediately.})
28. Bxd3 Red8 (28... Ne4 29. Bxe4 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Bc2 {was another
possibility.}) 29. Qe1 {only move.} Qxf4 30. e6 Nxe6 (30... Nxd3 31. Rdxd3 Rxd3
32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. e7 Re3 34. e8=Q+ Rxe8 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 {is not the kind of
complication that black wants.}) 31. Bc2 b5 {Black is a clean pawn up and with
the better position.} (31... Re5 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 33. Qg3 {with chances to hold.}
) 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Re3 Nd4 $1 34. Bd3 (34. Bxg6 {Black needed to calculate
this.} fxg6 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Re7+ (36. Qe7+ Qf7) 36... Kf6 37. Re4 Qd6 {Both
winning for black.}) 34... Kg7 35. Kg1 Qf6 36. Kh2 $2 {The decisive mistake.
White had to try.} (36. Qf2 Nf5 37. Bxf5 (37. Rf3 Qd6 {wins.}) 37... Rxf5 38.
Rf3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 {still hard to win for black.}) 36... Rh5 37. Rh3 (37. Re4
Nf3+ 38. gxf3 Qd6+ 39. Kg2 Qxd3) 37... Ne6 38. Rf3 Rxh4+ {Winning a second
pawn removes any doubt that Karjakin will win.} 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Qf2 Qxf2+ 41.
Kxf2 b4 {Karjakin thought this completely winning but said that in fact there
were at least some practical chances for white.} 42. Re3 Rd4 43. Bb5 Kf6 44.
Rf3+ Ke7 45. Rd3 bxa3 46. bxa3 Rf4+ 47. Ke3 f5 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rd6 Re4+ 50.
Kf2 Kg5 51. Be8 Nf4 52. Bb5 Re5 53. Bc4 Nh5 54. Ra6 Nf6 55. Rxa4 Ng4+ 56. Kf1
Kh4 57. Be2 Kg3 58. Bxg4 fxg4 59. Rb4 h5 60. a4 Kh2 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2
Qa5 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. b4 Be7 14. f4 Qe6 15.
Be3 Bxb4 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. Nxa8 b6 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb8 Bb7 21. Rxf8+
Kxf8 22. Qb3 g6 23. Rb1 Bxa8 24. Qb8+ Kg7 25. Qxa7 e3 26. Bf3 d5 27. Re1 Qd6 28.
Qxa8 d4 29. Qa3 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qd3 Qe8 32. g3 h5 33. Bg2 Qa4 34. a3 Qa5
35. Bf3 Qa6 36. Be2 Qa5 37. Qb1 Qd2 38. Qe1 Qa2 39. g4 hxg4 40. Qg3 Qxe2 41. Qe5
d3 42. Rxf6 Kh6 43. Rxf7 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kxg4 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1000268"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd4
15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Rd3 Ne5 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. e4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nf3
Rd8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. a3 h6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Nd2 Qxc5 13. Nxc4 Qf5 14. Bf3 Nd4 15.
Qxf5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 exf5 17. Rg1 Kf8 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Ke2 g5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bc3
Bd7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Ke7 25. Rgd1 f4 26. b3 fxe3 27. fxe3 Be6
28. Ra1 a6 29. Ra5 Bxc4+ 30. bxc4 Nd6 31. c5 Nc4 32. Ra2 Kf7 33. c6 Rc7 34. Ne6
Rxd1 35. Nxc7 Rb1 36. b5 Nd6 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. e4 f5 39. e5 Nb5 40. Nxb5 Rxb5
41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Rc2 Rb8 43. Kd4 h5 44. c7 Rc8 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. Rh6 Rxc7 47. Rxh5
Rb7 48. Rh7+ Kc8 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Rxb7 Kxb7 52. f4 gxf4 53. h4 a5
54. e6 Kc7 55. h5 a4 56. e7 Kd7 57. h6 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen system, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. Nd2 exd3
9. exd3 Bc5 10. Qe2+ Kd8 11. Nde4 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 a3 14. Rb1 d5 15. c5
Qb4 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Qd2 axb2 18. Nd1 Qxc5 19. d4 Qd6 20. Rxb2 b5 21. Bd3 Bh3
22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. a4 Nxa4 25. Ra1 Re7 26. Rba2 Rea7 27. Qc2 h6 28.
Nxa4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Qxa4 Ke7 32. Qa7+ Kf8 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34.
dxc5 Bg4 35. Bc2 Ke7 36. Ba4 Kd7 37. Ke1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2000024"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7
9. d4 O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 h6 14. Bh4 Qd6 15.
Na3 b5 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. f3 Bf8 18. Red1 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Be7 20. Bf2 Bc5 21. Bg3 Re8
22. Nc2 Nh5 23. Be1 Rad8 24. Nb4 c6 25. Nd3 Be3 26. a4 Nf4 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. c4
bxc4 29. Qxb6 Bxb6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc1 Be3 32. Rxc4 c5 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. h4 Ke7
35. g3 Rb8 36. b4 cxb4 37. Bxb4+ Kd7 38. Bc3 Rb1 39. Be5 fxg3 40. Rc7+ Ke6 41.
Bxg3 Bb6 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Rf6 Ke7 44. e5 Rb2+ 45. Kd3 Bf2 46. Bxf2 Rxf2 47. h5
gxh5 48. Ke3 Ra2 49. Rxa6 h4 50. Kf4 h3 51. Rxh6 Rxa4+ 52. Kf5 Ra2 53. Rxh3 Ra3
54. Kf4 f6 55. exf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "309095"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 d4 12. Ng3 a5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd5 hxg5 15. Bxc6
Rb8 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Rc1 Rb6 18. Qc2 g4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Qd2 Qd6
22. Bd5 a4 23. Nh5 Qe7 24. f3 Nh6 25. g4 Rg6 26. Ng3 Qd8 27. Rh5 Be6 28. g5 Bxd5
29. gxh6 Rxg3 30. Qh2 Rg5 31. hxg7 Kxg7 32. Rh7+ Kf6 33. exd5 Qxd5 34. Rh6+ Ke7
35. Rxc7+ Kd8 36. Rhc6 Qxf3 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. R8c7+ Kd8 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. R8c7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "1008013"]
[BlackFideId "1001302"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bb5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Nf4 17. Rad1 Qb4 18. Nxf4 Rxf4 19. Nd3 Qxd4 20. Qc7 Ng6 21. Be8
Qc4 22. Qd6 Rf7 23. Qg3 Nh8 24. Ne5 Qb4 25. Bxf7+ Nxf7 26. Rc1 Nd6 27. Rc7 Ne8
28. Rf7 b6 29. Qg6 Qd6 30. Ng4 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Lahno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "D82"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "4.Bf4"]
[WhiteFideId "1000012"]
[BlackFideId "14109336"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nge2 Nxc5 11. Nxd5 Nba6 12. Nec3 e6 13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14.
Bxc7 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 f6 16. f3 Ba4 17. Bd6 b6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb1 Ke7 20. Rb7+
Bd7 21. Bd3 Rhb8 22. Rb3 a5 23. Kd2 Ba4 24. Rbb1 f5 25. e4 Kd6 26. Ke3 Ke5 27.
g3 Bc6 28. f4+ Kd6 29. Rhe1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Kc7 31. Rb2 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Kxb8 33. exf5
exf5 34. g4 fxg4 35. Kf2 Be8 36. Kg3 h5 37. Kh4 Kc7 38. Kg5 Kd6 39. Be4 Ke7 40.
Bd5 Kd6 41. a3 Ke7 42. Be4 Kd6 43. Kf6 h4 44. Kg5 g3 45. hxg3 hxg3 46. Kg4 Ke6
47. Kxg3 Kf6 48. Kf3 g5 49. fxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "813192"]
[BlackFideId "1004689"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Qd6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bc2 b5 13. Nh4 d4 14. O-O dxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc5 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Bb3 Qa3 18. Nhf5 g6 19. Bc1 Qa5 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. Bd5
Ndb8 22. Nh5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qxc3 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qf3 Kh7 26. Qxf7+ Kxh6 27.
Qg7+ Kxh5 28. Bf3+ 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "12801259"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. e4 Qd8 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e5 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Re1 Bg4 15.
Be2 Qa5 16. Qa4 Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nc3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe2 21.
Rxe2 Bxe5 22. Rxd5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxd5 24. Rxe8+ Kg7 25. g3 Rxc5 26. Re7 Rxc3 27.
Rxb7 Ra3 28. Rb2 g5 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4131061"]
[BlackFideId "3503739"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3 c6
9. Bc1 e4 10. a3 exf3 11. Bxf3 Bc5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b3 O-O 14. Nd2 Bh3 15. Bg2
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 d5 17. Qc2 Nfe4 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Ne4 23. Rbd1 Qe6 24. h4 Rfc8 25. Qd3 Ra2 26. Be1 Qg4 27. Kg1 Rcc2
28. Qxd5 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 e6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. f4 Rd8 13. Qb3 Bf8 14. f5 Bxc5
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Rxd4 17. fxe6 Rxc4 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Kh1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 g5
21. e5 h6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Qxe6 Rc6 24. Qe4 Qc3 25. Rae1 Kg7 26. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14118084"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. g3 Qb4 10. Qc2 Qxc4 11. Nxe4 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 dxe4 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nxe4 exd4
15. Rxc7 Na6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Bg2 Bc6 18. Rg1 Rfe8 19. Nc5 Bb5 20. Bxb7 Rxe2+ 21.
Kd1 Rb8 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Nxa6 Rbxb2 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. Nb4 Rxf2 26. a3 a5 27. Nd5
Ra2 28. Re1 d3 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ootes, Lars"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1019708"]
[BlackFideId "1706446"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Nd1 Qb6 10. c3 a5 11. Be2 g6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rc1 b4 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. c4 cxd4
16. cxd5 dxe3 17. Nxe3 Ne7 18. d6 Nf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rc7 Bh6 21. Rfc1 Rd8 22.
Nd4 Nxe5 23. Nc6 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Nxc6 25. R1xc6 Qb5 26. Re7+ Kf8 27. Qc1 Kg7 28.
Rcc7 Rhf8 29. Rxe6 Qd5 30. Qe1 Bxf4 31. Rce7 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1021150"]
[BlackFideId "1011014"]
[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. a4 Rb8
9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 Bb6 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. Rc1 Qg5 20. f4 exf3 21. Qxf3
Qxe5 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 c6 25. Bg6 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Bd7 27. h4
Be6 28. Be4 Bd7 29. Bg6 Rb8 30. Re3 Kg8 31. h5 c5 32. Re7 Rd8 33. Kf2 c4 34. Ke3
Kf8 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Re7 Bc6 37. g3 Rd6 38. Kf4 Bd7 39. Ke3 b4 40. Re5 Re6 41.
Rxe6 Bxe6 42. Kd4 Kf8 43. Kc5 c3 44. bxc3 bxc3 45. Kd4 Bf7 46. Be4 Bxh5 47. Kxc3
Ke7 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Bb7 Bg4 51. Bc6 Be6 52. Bf3 Bd5 53. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4120086"]
[BlackFideId "5007844"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. c4 d6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Nc3 g6 10. a3 Bg7 11. Rb1 a5 12. Ne1 Rb8 13. Nc2 Bd7 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 cxb4 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Rxb4 Bc6 18. Qb3 Ra8 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. Nd5 Ra6 21. Rb6
Rxb6 22. Qxb6 Ra8 23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qa6 h5 26. h4 Bf8 27. Kh2 Rc7
28. Qa8 Rc8 29. Rb7 Rxa8 30. Rxd7 Rc8 31. Bh3 Re8 32. Bg2 Rc8 33. Rb7 Kg7 34.
Rb6 c5 35. Rb7 Re8 36. Rd7 Be7 37. Bd5 Kf8 38. Rb7 Kg7 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Kf3 Rf8
41. Ke4 Re8 42. f3 Rg8 43. Ke3 g5 44. hxg5+ Rxg5 45. Kf2 Rg8 46. Kg2 Rh8 47. Kh3
Re8 48. g4 hxg4+ 49. fxg4 Rh8+ 50. Kg3 Rg8 51. Kf3 Re8 52. g5+ Kxg5 53. Bxf7 Rf8
54. Rxe7 Kf6 55. Re8 Rxf7 56. Ke4 Ra7 57. Kd5 Ra2 58. Kxd6 Rxe2 59. Rf8+ Kg5 60.
Kxc5 Rd2 61. Kd5 Rxd3+ 62. Kxe5 Re3+ 63. Kd5 Kg6 64. c5 Rd3+ 65. Ke6 Re3+ 66.
Kd6 Rd3+ 67. Kc7 Kg7 68. Rf4 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300210"]
[BlackFideId "4641833"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. e4 d5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Be2 Rd8 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rad1 Bd7
15. Na4 Qe7 16. Bd3 Be8 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. c5 Ne7 19. Nb6 Rab8 20. Qc3 Ned5 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc1 a4 23. Re5 Rbd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schut, Lisa"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1019481"]
[BlackFideId "400173"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. h3 Qc7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 b6 15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qb2 Ne5 19. Qb1 Ned7 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. f3
Nh5 22. Nf1 Nf4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bc4 e5 25. Nd2 Ncd3 26. Bxd3 Nxd3 27. Rc2 Kg7
28. c4 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Nb3 f4 31. Bf2 Qf7 32. Qd1 Rd7 33. Qe2 Qg6 34. Rd2
Kh6 35. Rd1 Rg7 36. Be1 e4 37. Nd4 Nxe1 38. Rxe1 Qf6 39. Rd1 e3 40. g4 fxg3 41.
Qxe3+ Kh5 42. Ne6 Re7 43. Nf4+ Kh6 44. Ne6+ Kh5 45. Rd6 Kh4 46. Rd4+ Kh5 47.
Nf4+ Kh6 48. Ne6+ Kg6 49. Rg4+ Kf7 50. Rf4 Rxe6 51. Rxf6+ Rxf6 52. Qd3 Bxf3 53.
Qxh7+ Kf8 54. Qxa7 g2 55. Qb8+ Kf7 56. Qc7+ Kf8 57. Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qd7+ Kf8 59.
Qd4 Kf7 60. Kh2 Bc6 61. Qxb6 Rf1 62. Qc7+ Kf8 63. Qd8+ Kf7 64. Qc7+ Kf8 65. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Haast, Anne"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, Smyslov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1017292"]
[BlackFideId "5021103"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2
c4 9. Nf3 h6 10. Ng1 Bd7 11. Nh3 Nbc6 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. Nh5 Rhg8 14. g3 Rdf8 15.
Bh3 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. O-O e5 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rb1 Kc8 20. Rb5 Qd8 21. Bc1
a6 22. Rb1 Qd6 23. Ra1 Qe6 24. Re1 Qh3 25. Ba3 Nf5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Bxf8 Rxf8
28. Rb1 Kc7 29. a5 Nd6 30. f4 Ne4 31. Re3 exf4 32. Rxe4 fxg3 33. Re2 gxh2+ 34.
Rxh2 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qe4+ 36. Rg2 Rf2 37. Qg4 Qxc2 38. Rxb7+ Kd6 39. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Hopman, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "1005669"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 Ngf6 7. Bc4 h6 8. Be3
c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd3 b5 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Ba6 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nd5 c4 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rd8 19. Qc6+ Nd7 20. Kb1 Qb4 21.
Rd3 Qe7 22. Rgd1 Qe6 23. Qa4 Be7 24. c4 f5 25. f3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rf8 27. c5 Rf6
28. Qxa7 Qc6 29. Rd5 Rf3 30. Bg1 Rf4 31. Qa3 Rxe4 32. Qg3 g5 33. Qf3 Rf4 34.
Qh5+ Rf7 35. a3 Qe6 36. Be3 Qf5+ 37. Ka1 Qf3 38. Qg6 Qf6 39. Qe4 Qc6 40. h4 Qe6
41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Qa4 Rf6 43. Bxg5 Rf1 44. Rxf1 Qxd5 45. Bxe7 Kxe7 46. Qh4+ Ke8
47. Qh5+ Ke7 48. Qg5+ Ke8 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. Qg7+ Ke8 51. c6 1-0

