[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Noteboom variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 {Both players are
trying to avoid their common opening repertoire. Caruana isn't an expert in
the black lines and this probably shows.} Nf6 {"Kind of a mistake already." -
Giri.} (6... c5 {was Giri's post-game suggestion with Nc6 to come.} 7. Bg2 Nc6
8. Be3 (8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 {doesn't look very good for white.}) 8... Nge7 9.
O-O (9. dxc5) 9... Nf5 {was an improvement to a game played by a Giri team
mate in the Spanish League and he was wondering what to do to avoid this.}) 7.
Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O {Giri considered this position fantastic "one of the elite
group of positions I really can play quite good. There is nothing to worry
about I have a bishop on g2."} O-O 9. Qc2 {"It's very difficult to play for
black." - Giri.Whio says Caruana is a good calculator but there isn't much to
calculate in thisposition.} (9. Nd2 Nb6 (9... e5 10. Nxc4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6)
10. a5 {Looks nice for white.}) 9... Qa5 {"Very suspicious. He told me it
might have been theory but I'm not sure." - Giri.} (9... a5 10. e4 Re8 11. h3
c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 d3 14. Qb1 Nxf6 15. Qa2 e5 16. Qxc4 e4 17. Ng5 d2 18.
Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Qc4 Re7 20. Bxd2 Qxd2 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Nh6+ {1-0
Stupak,K (2504)-Posedaru,B (2294)/Chotowa POL 2010/The Week in Chess 822}) 10.
Na2 (10. Bf4 {0-1 Goldin,A (2595)-Kaidanov,G (2550)/Philadelphia 1992/TD (63)})
(10. e4 {"Is the kind of move I don't really want to play because .... I like
to keep the diagonal open for my bishop." - Giri.}) 10... Bd6 $6 (10... Be7 {
"Is a bit more to the point." - Giri.} 11. Qxc4 (11. Bd2 Qh5 12. Qxc4 e5 {I
think white is better but I'm not sure. - Giri}) 11... Nb6 12. Qc2 Qxa4 13. b3
{isn't as good as in the game for white.}) 11. Qxc4 (11. Bd2 Qh5 12. Qxc4 e5 {
was Giri's initial plan.}) 11... Nb6 {Finally this seems to be new.} (11... e5
{1-0 Ilincic,Z (2555)-Blagojevic,D (2450)/Nis 1996/EXT 1999 (41)}) (11... e5)
12. Qc2 Qxa4 {"Very, very risky, I think he played it because otherwise he's
just worse." - Giri.} (12... Qf5 13. Qb3 {and white's pieces are quite awkward.
}) 13. b3 Qa5 (13... Qb5 14. Ne5 {and black is also struggling.} Bxe5 (14... c5
15. Nc3) (14... Nbd7) (14... Nbd5 15. Nd3 Nb6 16. Nc5 Nbd7 17. Ba3 {with at
least enough compensation.}) 15. Nc3 Qb4 16. dxe5 {with Ba3 to follow.}) 14.
Ne5 Nbd7 (14... Bxe5 15. Bd2 Qb5 16. Nc3 Qb4 17. dxe5 Nfd7 18. Nd5) 15. Nc4 Qc7
16. Nxd6 (16. e4 Be7 17. Nc3 Nb6 {in this kind of position you can miss a move
and it's pretty much level.}) 16... Qxd6 {Grabbing the two bishops after which
white will always have some kind of compensation for the pawn.} 17. Rd1 e5 {
Anish Giri thinks that black did this a little bit out of desperation.} (17...
Re8 18. e4 Qe7 {and white is clearly on top. Now there is a massacre.}) 18. Nc3
$1 {After finding this black's position disintegrates very quickly.} (18. dxe5
Qxe5 {initially Giri thought this was very good for white but couldn't find
anything special after a think.} 19. Bf4 Qh5) 18... exd4 19. Ba3 c5 $2 {This
works out dreadfully. White is now winning.} (19... Qe5 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. Ne4 {
and Giri realised he was clearly better.} Bf5 (21... Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23.
Bxe4) 22. Qc5 $1 {It was important to understand that this is something that
white wants to get.}) 20. e3 d3 (20... Qc7 21. exd4 Re8 22. dxc5 {wins}) 21.
Rxd3 Qb8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 {What follows is just grusome. Every piece ends
up pointed at black's king whilst he can't develop at all.} b6 {This or b5 was
black's last big idea for counterplay. But white won't take the exchange back.}
24. Bb2 a5 {"From now on I was trying to find a way to give my queen." said
Giri who is obviously winning here but has a number of ways to go about it.}
25. Ra4 (25. Rh5 g6 26. Qf5 {might well have done this but in a way the way
the game finishes is even nicer.}) 25... Re8 26. Rg5 g6 27. Bd5 Kf8 {Giri was
looking for flashy queen sacrifices but instead does something even more
impressive forcing resignation without executing any of his threats.} 28. Rf4 {
There is not a single reason for black to continue.} 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "1000268"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Nc5 Nf4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qe3 Nf4 20. g3 Nd5 21.
Qg5 e6 22. Rhe1 a5 23. a4 Rab8 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rb4 26. Re4 Rdb8 27. Rdd4
R4b6 28. Rc4 Kf8 29. Rc5 Ra8 30. Re5 h5 31. h4 Kg7 32. Bc4 Kf6 33. f4 Ra7 34. b3
Ra8 35. Kb2 Ra7 36. Ka3 Ra8 37. Kb2 Ra7 38. c3 Ra8 39. Kc2 Ra7 40. Kb2 Ra8 41.
Bxd5 cxd5 42. c4 dxc4 43. Rxc4 Ra7 44. Rb5 Rba6 45. Rcc5 Ke7 46. Kc3 Kd6 47. Kd4
f6 48. Rb8 Rc7 49. Rxc7 Kxc7 50. Rg8 Rd6+ 51. Ke4 Rb6 52. Rxg6 Rxb3 53. Rxf6 Kd7
54. Rg6 Ke7 55. Rg5 Kf6 56. Rxa5 Rxg3 57. Rxh5 Ra3 58. a5 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 Ra1 60.
Rg5 Rf1+ 61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62. Kf2 Ra1 63. h5 Ra3 64. Kg2 Ra2+ 65. Kg3 Ra1 66. h6 Rh1
67. a6 Rxh6 68. a7 Rh8 69. Ra5 Ra8 70. Kf3 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "14400030"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ba2 Rb8 12. Ne2 Bc8 13. Ng3 Bb6 14. c3 Re8 15. d4
Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne7 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. f4 Qh3 20. f3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ng6
22. Be3 c5 23. Rf2 Nh5 24. Rg1 c4 25. Qd2 Bd8 26. Nxh5 Qxh5 27. Bb1 Bh4 28. Rff1
d5 29. e5 Rb6 30. f4 f5 31. Qg2 Rd8 32. Bc2 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "8602980"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4
g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qc4 Qb8 14. Nd5 b5 15.
Qc6 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qb7 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Rd1 Na4 20. Qb3 Qc6 21. Qd5
Qxd5 22. exd5 Bc5 23. Bg3 Nb6 24. Bd3 Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rhf1 O-O-O 27. Bf2
Bxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxd5 29. g3 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Nd5 31. Nh4 f4 32. Rd2 Ne3+ 33. Ke2 Nc4
34. Rd1 fxg3 35. b3 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. hxg3 Nd6 38. Kd3 b4 39. c4 bxc3 40.
Kxc3 Kd7 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. b4 Nf5 43. Nxf5 Kxf5 44. a4 Ke6 45. g4 Kd5 46. Kc3 Ke4
47. Kc2 Kd4 48. Kb3 e4 49. b5 axb5 50. axb5 e3 51. Kc2 Ke4 52. Kd1 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Ng6 6. c3 d5 7. Qa4 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 c5
15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Qa5 Qxa5 18. Nxa5 Ba6 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Rad1 h6
21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. c4 Kf8 23. Rd6 Bb7 24. Red1 Ke8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rb7 27.
b3 a5 28. Rxc5 a4 29. h4 axb3 30. axb3 Rab8 31. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Na4 b5 8. cxb6
Nxb6 9. Bd2 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Bd3 Qxb2 14. O-O Bd6
15. Ne5 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxa6 c4 19. a4 Bb4 20. Bc1 Nf6 21. f3
O-O 22. e4 Ne8 23. Bb5 Rb6 24. Bf4 Nd6 25. Rb1 Ba5 26. Kf1 f6 27. Rcb2 Rfb8 28.
h4 c3 29. Re2 e5 30. dxe5 Nxb5 31. axb5 d4 32. Rd1 Rxb5 33. Rc2 d3 34. Rxd3 Rb1+
35. Bc1 R8b2 36. Rcxc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rd2 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. exf6 gxf6
41. Kg1 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rbxc1 43. Rxh7 Rd7 44. Rh6 Rcc7 45. Rh8 Rh7 46. Re8+ Kf7
47. Ra8 Rxh4+ 48. Kg3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qb1 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 bxa5 15.
Qb5 Rfc8 16. Bd2 a4 17. Qxa4 a5 18. Rab1 Bc6 19. Qa3 a4 20. h3 Rcb8 21. Rxb8+
Rxb8 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Bxb1 Qb7 24. Bc2 Nb6 25. Qb2 cxd4 26. cxd4 Qa6 27. Bc1
Qb5 28. Ne5 Qxb2 29. Bxb2 Bb5 30. f3 Bf8 31. Kf2 f6 32. Ng4 Kf7 33. Ne3 Bb4 34.
Bb1 Nc4 35. Nxc4 Bxc4 36. Ke3 a3 37. Ba1 Bd6 38. Bd3 Bb3 39. Kd2 Bb4+ 40. Ke3
Bf8 41. Kd2 Bb4+ 42. Ke3 a2 43. Bb5 Bc2 44. Bc4 Bb1 45. e5 fxe5 46. dxe5 g5 47.
f4 gxf4+ 48. Kxf4 Bd2+ 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. h4 Be1 51. h5 Bd2 52. g4 Kd7 53. Bb3 Ke7
54. Bc4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "1000012"]
[BlackFideId "14400014"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. dxc5 Qc7 7. Ngf3 Nh6 8. Qh5
Nd7 9. Nb3 Nf5 10. g4 g6 11. Qh3 Ne7 12. Nfd4 a6 13. f4 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15.
c3 Qb6 16. Nb3 Bd7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. O-O-O Ba4 19. Kb1 Nc6 20. Rc1 Bxb3 21. axb3
Bg7 22. Bd3 O-O-O 23. Qg2 g5 24. fxg5 Bxe5 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. h4 Kb8 27. Rhf1 Rd7
28. Rcd1 Ka8 29. Bc5 Qd8 30. b4 Qc7 31. Qc2 Bd6 32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33. b5 Ne5 34. Be2
axb5 35. Bxb5 Re7 36. Qa4+ Kb8 37. Qf4 Kc7 38. c4 Ng6 39. Qf6 Qe5 40. cxd5 exd5
41. h5 Nf8 42. Rc1+ Kb8 43. Qxe5+ Rxe5 44. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qh4 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bg5 Ne4 11. Rd1 Qf5 12. e3 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Qa5+ 14. Rd2 h6
15. Ne4 O-O 16. Be2 e5 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Nd6 Rad8 19. b4 Qxa3 20. O-O Bg6 21. Rfd1
Kh7 22. b5 Nd4 23. exd4 Qxd6 24. dxe5 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. h3 Rfd8 27. Qe7
R8d7 28. Qf8 Rd8 29. Qe7 R2d7 30. Qa3 Rc7 31. Be2 Rd2 32. Bf3 b6 33. Bc6 Rd8 34.
f4 Bd3 35. Qc3 Kg8 36. Qd2 a6 37. f5 Rcc8 38. e6 Bxb5 39. exf7+ Kh7 40. Bxb5
Rxd2 41. Be8 Re2 42. f8=Q Rexe8 43. Qf7 Rf8 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qxb6 Rf6 46. Qa5
Rb8 47. Qe5 Rb5 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. g4 Rfb6 50. Kg2 a5 51. Kg3 Rb4 52. Kh4 a4 53.
Qa8 Rd6 54. Qf3 Rf6 55. Qa3 Rd4 56. Qa1 Rf4 57. Qb1 a3 58. Qb3 R6xf5 59. Qxa3
Rf3 60. Qe7 Re5 61. Qd7 Ree3 62. g5 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "1008013"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4
c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 Nb6 12. Kh1 c5 13. Bc2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Be6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Bb3 Bd6 20. Bg5 Kh8 21. Nb5
Qb8 22. Rad1 Bc5 23. fxe4 a6 24. e5 Nfd5 25. Bc2 Be3 26. Nd6 Bxg5 27. Nf7+ Kg8
28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Ne2 Ne7 7. Ng3 O-O 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Nce2 Bd6 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Nf8 12. Be3 Nfg6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Nh5 Nf5 15.
Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Neg3 Bd7 17. Re2 f6 18. Rae1 Re7 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. c4
Bxg3 22. Nxg3 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Be6 25. c5 Qd7 26. f3 Bf5 27. Qa3 a6
28. g4 Qe7 29. Kf2 Bc8 30. Bf4 f5 31. Qe3 Kf7 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. g5 Kf7 34. Kg3
Nf8 35. h4 Ne6 36. h5 Bd7 37. Kh4 g6 38. h6 Ke7 39. Bd6+ Kd8 40. f4 Be8 41. Kg3
Kd7 42. Be5 Kc8 43. Nc3 Nf8 44. Na4 Nd7 45. Bd6 Bf7 46. Kf3 Be8 47. Ke3 Bf7 48.
Kd3 Be8 49. Kc3 Bf7 50. Kb4 Be8 51. Ka5 Bf7 52. b3 Be8 53. Nb2 Bf7 54. Nd3 Be8
55. a4 Bf7 56. Nb4 Be8 57. Nxa6 bxa6 58. Kxa6 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1007246"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a5 h6
9. Re1 exd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd6
15. Be3 Bd7 16. c3 Rac8 17. Rad1 Re8 18. f3 g5 19. Bd3 f5 20. c4 Bb4 21. Bd2
Bc5+ 22. Be3 Bb4 23. Bd2 Bc5+ 24. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "4120086"]
[BlackFideId "1020854"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. a3 Bf8 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Be4 Qd8 12. b4 Ne7 13. Qa2 c6 14. Bb2 d6 15.
Bc2 Bg4 16. Ng5 h6 17. f3 Bc8 18. Ne4 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nf2 Be6 21. Nd3 d4
22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 dxe3 24. dxe3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "1004689"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d4 6. e3 e5 7. d3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Bf4 Ne8 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Qd2 h6 13. h4 Bg4 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
Bxe5 f6 16. Bd5+ Kh7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qf4 Qd7 19. Bxd4 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21.
Qe4+ Bf5 22. Qe7+ Rf7 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bc5 Ng7 25. Nc2 Ne6 26. Bb4 g4 27. Ne3
Kg6 28. f3 Ng5 29. fxg4 Bxd3 30. Kf2 Nh3+ 31. Kf3 Ng5+ 32. Kf2 Nh3+ 33. Kf3 Be4+
34. Ke2 Ng5 35. Nf5 Bf3+ 36. Kf2 Bxg4 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nxc6 Rh8 39. Re7+ Rxe7
40. Nxe7 c5 41. Bxc5 Ne4+ 42. Ke3 Nxc5 43. Nd5 Rh2 44. Rf1 f5 45. b4 Re2+ 46.
Kd4 Na4 47. Rf4 Rd2+ 48. Ke5 Nb6 49. a4 Nxd5 50. cxd5 Ke7 51. Rc4 Re2+ 52. Kf4
Kd6 53. Rc6+ Kxd5 54. Ra6 Re4+ 55. Kg5 Rxb4 56. Rxa7 Ke4 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Van Der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Schut, Lisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1000470"]
[BlackFideId "1019481"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. O-O Nc6 10. e3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bg4 14. d5 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rfc1 b6 18. a4 a5 19. Rab1 h5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qe3
Bc7 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Bd3 Rfe8 24. c5 bxc5 25. Bb5 Red8 26. Qxe7 Qxd5 27. Ba6 Re8
28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Rc1 Be5 31. Bc4 Qd2 32. Rf1 Bf6 33. h4 Qc3 34.
Bb5 Bd4 35. Kg2 Qb3 36. Re2 Qd5+ 37. f3 g5 38. hxg5 Qxg5 39. Re4 f5 40. f4 Qd8
41. Re8 Qd5+ 42. Kh3 Bf6 43. Rc8 h4 44. gxh4 Qb3+ 45. Kh2 Qc2+ 46. Kh3 Qc3+ 47.
Kg2 Bxh4 48. Rf3 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qd1 50. Kg2 Qd5 51. Rc7+ Kf8 52. Rc8+ Ke7 53. Rc7+
Kf8 54. Rc8+ Kf7 55. Rc7+ Be7 56. Rd7 Qe4 57. Rd3 Bf6 58. Re3 Qd5 59. Re2 c4 60.
Kg3 Bh4+ 61. Kg2 c3 62. Bd3 Bf6 63. Bc2 Kf8 64. Kg3 Bd4 65. Kg2 Bf6 66. Kg3 Qg8+
67. Kh2 Qg4 68. Ref2 Bh4 69. Rf1 Be1 70. Bxf5 Qh5+ 71. Kg2 Qe8 72. Bd3 Bd2 73.
Bc2 Qe6 74. f5 Qa2 75. Bd1 c2 76. Bxc2 Qxc2 77. R1f2 Qc1 78. f6 Be1 79. Re2 Qd1
80. Ree3 Bd2 81. Rd3 Qe2+ 82. Kh3 Qe6+ 83. Kg2 Qg4+ 84. Kf1 Kf7 85. Ke2 Bg5 86.
Kd1 Qxa4+ 87. Ke2 Qc6 88. Rc3 Qd6 89. Rcd3 Qe6+ 90. Kd1 Bxf6 91. Kc1 a4 92. Kb1
Qe4 93. Ka2 Qb4 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Burg, Twan"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1010697"]
[BlackFideId "813613"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 e5 6. Nxb7 Qb6 7. Nc5 Bxc5 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. c4 a5 14. Qc2
Rfb8 15. Rd1 Qb4 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. b3 Nxc4 18. Ra1 Nb6 19. Qxc6 Nbd5 20. Bd2 Qg4
21. f3 Qg6 22. Rac1 h6 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Nb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Kf2 Rb5 27.
Nc1 Nd5 28. Nd3 f6 29. Rdd2 Raa5 30. g4 g5 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Rdc2 Ra7 33. Nc5 Ne7
34. Rd8 Rc7 35. Rf8+ Kxf8 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Nxc7 Ra5 38. Ke3 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Admiraal, Miguoel"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1019716"]
[BlackFideId "105309"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 f5 12. b3 Qe8 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3 Nhf6 15.
Qb2 Ne4 16. Nc2 b6 17. Nce1 Qe7 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. Nd3 Rfc8 20. e3 Nef6 21. Rd2 a4
22. b4 Ne4 23. Rdd1 Nd6 24. Nd2 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nc5 Bc6 28.
Nb1 Nc4 29. Qe2 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Qf6 31. Rd4 Rd8 32. Nc3 Qf7 33. Qd1 h6 34. Bf1 e5
35. Rxc4 bxc4 36. Bxc4 Rd7 37. Ba6 d4 38. exd4 exd4 39. Nxa4 Qd5 40. f3 d3 41.
Nb6 Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Rd8 43. Nc8 Re8 44. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 45. Bxd3 Rxc8 46. b5 Bxf3 47. c6
g6 48. Bc4+ Kf8 49. Be6 Ra8 50. Kf2 Ke7 51. Bb3 Be4 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. Kd4 Ra3 54.
Kc4 g5 55. Kb4 Ra8 56. a4 f4 57. gxf4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Klein, David"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1003623"]
[BlackFideId "14103052"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 e6 12. Be3 h5 13. f4 Bh6 14. Bh3
O-O-O 15. a4 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Rhg8 18. Kb3 g5 19. fxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Bh6
21. Bc1 Kc7 22. f5 Bxc1 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6 Bf4 25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. Bxg8 Rd3+
27. Kc2 Rd4 28. b5 Rxe4 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. h4 Rxa4 31. Bf7 c5 32. Bxh5 c4 33. Be8
Ra3 34. Bf7 Be5 35. Bxc4 Rc3+ 36. Kb1 Rxc4 37. Rc1 Bc3 38. Ka2 Kb6 39. Kb3 Rxh4
40. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "2107660"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Bd2 Qb6 8.
O-O-O d4 9. Ne2 Na6 10. Kb1 Nc7 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Nc1 Rg8 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. c3
dxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 16. Be2 Nb5 17. Qe3 Qa6 18. Ka1 Na3 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. e5 Kb8 21.
c4 Ka8 22. Bc3 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qxe6 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. d4 Rde8 27. Qf7
Bd6 28. Bd3 Bf4 29. Rce1 Ref8 30. Qe7 Qa4 31. g3 Nc2+ 32. Bxc2 Qxc2 33. Bb2 Bh6
34. Qe2 Qg6 35. d5 cxd5 36. cxd5 Rd8 37. Qf3 Qc2 38. Re2 Qc4 39. Rd1 Rd6 40. Qg4
Qxg4 41. hxg4 Kb8 42. Re6 Rgd8 43. Rxd6 Rxd6 44. f4 Kc8 45. Rh1 Rxd5 46. Bxf6
Bf8 47. Rxh7 Ba3 48. Kb1 Rd3 49. Kc2 Rxg3 50. g5 Rg2+ 51. Kd3 Bc1 52. Be5 Kd8
53. Rxb7 a5 54. a4 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Czech Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2302241"]
[BlackFideId "2804085"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. g3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9.
Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. a5 b6 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Rab1 Qe7
16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Rfe1 Rg8 18. Qc2 Qf8 19. b4 Bh6 20. bxc5 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Bxd2 22.
c6 Bh6 23. cxd7 Bxd7 24. Rb7 Bg4 25. h3 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Bh5
Ng7 29. Bf7 Qc8 30. Qb3 Rf8 31. Qb6 f4 32. Qxd6 f3 33. Nc3 Nf5 34. Qc7 Nd4 35.
Kh2 Qf5 36. Be6 Qg6 37. Rb8 Nxe6 38. dxe6 Qxe6 39. Rb6 Qf5 40. Rxh6 Rc8 41.
Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "14100088"]
[BlackFideId "1010824"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15.
Qc2 Qc7 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Nh5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. h3 Qc7
22. Re5 Rd7 23. Rde1 b6 24. Qc3 Rd6 25. c5 Rd5 26. Rc1 bxc5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 28.
Qxc5 Nb4 29. Ne5 Rd8 30. Nxc6 Nxc6 31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxd4 33. b3 Rb4 34.
Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rc3 Kg6 36. g3 1/2-1/2

