[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Ponziani"]
[Variation "Jaenisch counter-attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8602980"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[Annotator "Crowther, Mark"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {"It was a surprise someone would actually play the
Ponziani against me." - Carlsen who used it as a surprise weapon against
Harikrishna in round 4. Carlsen said that maybe she was thinking of the
russian chess saying about trying not to play against your own openings and
hoped that this might make him uncomfortable.} Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bc4
Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. cxd4 (8. exd6 Bxd6 {"And it's probably going to be more or
less equal." - Carlsen.}) 8... Bg4 9. Be3 f6 {Seems to be new and is very much
to the point.} (9... Bb4+ {1/2-1/2 Filipovic,M (2121)-Sekulic,D (2316)/Budva
MNE 2009/The Week in Chess 749 (68)}) 10. O-O Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. e6 {"What she
did looks very tempting but it's probably not very good." - Carlsen.} Qd6 {
"Now she will gain some time before I get to take the pawn but basically my
position is quite solid so there isn't all that much she can do."- Carlsen.} (
12... Qxe6 13. Ng5 {is the tactical point behind white's last.} Bxd1 (13...
fxg5 14. Qxh5+ g6 15. Qxg5 Be7 {"Seem playable but just a little bit too dull.
" - Carlsen.}) (13... Qxe3 {"But it's probably not very good." - Carlsen.} 14.
Qxh5+ g6 15. fxe3 gxh5 16. Ne6) 14. Nxe6 Bxb3 15. Nxc7+ Kf7 16. Nxa8 {"Then
white is coming out on top." - Carlsen.}) 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. a4 {"14. a4 forces
a5 and she can get the pieces to some nice squares but really I'm more or less
defending everything and it's important I have the b4 square as once my bishop
gets there my queenside will really be cemented." - Carlsen.} a5 15. Nb5 Qxe6
16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Rc1 (18. Bc2 g5 19. Bh2 Bg6) 18... Bb4 19. Re3 g5
$5 {"Is natural just to get something going on the kingside." - Carlsen.} (
19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 {was also possible and Carlsen wondered in hindsight
if this might be a better continuation. Although there aren't any backrank
tricks because the bishop hasn't yet been pushed back to h2 "but at least I
haven't weakened my position." - Carlsen.}) 20. Bh2 Nc4 {"Here I don't know
whether 20....Nc4 is such a good plan. Maybe I should do something like: "} (
20... Re8 {and although she does have some compensation I think it's a pretty
good extra pawn." - Carlsen.}) 21. Bxc4 (21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. g4 Bg6) 21... dxc4
22. Qc2 {"Now I realised what I'd done wrong because I suddenly realised she
would have 25.Be5 and I couldn't think what else to do here. She's regaining
the pawn and there is still some kind of pressure." - Carlsen.} Bxf3 (22...
Rhd8 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Bf7 25. Rc2 Bd5 26. Ne1 {"I have no problems
obviously." - Carlsen who pulled a face suggesting he was hardly impressed
with his position either.} b6 27. Nd3 Bf8 {"It just didn't seem convincing to
me." - Carlsen.}) 23. Rxf3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Be5 {Carlsen was worried he
was in danger of losing the "whole of his advantage."} Rd2 (25... Rd3 {It was
only later that Carlsen realised this might be an alternative here.} 26. Rxf6 (
26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Qxc7+ Qxc7 28. Rxc7+ {"Isn't dangerous." - Carlsen.}) 26...
Qd5) 26. Qf5+ Qd7 27. Qxf6 (27. Qxd7+ Rxd7 28. Bxf6 Rf8 29. Kf1 c3 30. bxc3 Be7
31. Bd4 Rxf3 32. gxf3 {is a technical ending that might be savable.}) 27... Re8
28. Bg3 {Carlsen was happy to see the bishop go here.} (28. Bc3 {was more of a
worry to Carlsen.} Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qd6+ {and black is better but
white keeps some drawing chances.}) (28. Qxg5 $2 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2
Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Bd6 32. Rf8+ Kd7 33. Rf7+ Kd8 (33... Kc6 34. Rf6 {and white wins!
}) 34. Rf8+ Bxf8 {is an important variation in keeping control of the position,
.}) 28... Rd4 {Carlsen has a really comfortable position which he was playing
quickly and getting a huge advantage on the clock. In practical chess white is
in huge trouble. Carlsen liked the fact he was controling some key central
squares.} 29. Rf1 (29. Qxg5 Bd2) (29. b3 h5 $1 {is the winning idea for black
with the idea of h4.} (29... c3 30. Rfxc3 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 c6 {is pretty good
compensation for white for the exchange. "although black is still better."}) (
29... Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kh2 c3 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Qxc3 {also still
compensation for white.})) 29... g4 {"I was trying to play it simple. She
still has drawing chances here because my pawns are a little weak and I would
like to have a couple more moves like b6 and Kb7 or something like that to
consolidate." - Carlsen.} 30. hxg4 Rxg4 31. Rf4 {was a problem for Carlsen who
couldn't see a way to keep his pawn.} h5 $1 {Played after some thought by
Carlsen. The opening of the h-file proves advantageous soon.} 32. Rxg4 hxg4 33.
Rc1 c3 {Carlsen gives back the pawn. "I don't have to but I like this idea
anyway." Hou Yifan was down to about 2 minutes plus 30 seconds a move until
first time control.} (33... b6 34. Rxc4 Bc5 35. Qh4 Kb7 36. Qxg4 Re1+ 37. Kh2
Qh7+ 38. Bh4 Kb8 39. Rxc5 {with perhaps more mess than he wants.}) 34. bxc3 Bc5
35. Qg5 (35. Qf4 {"I think she should definitely have gone 35.Qf4 here." -
Carlsen.} Bd6 {exchanging the bishops is still good for black but "still I
think it's a better chance." - Carlsen.} 36. Qc4 Bxg3 37. fxg3 {although when
Carlsen got here he thought black should be winning and indeed it looks
terrible for white.}) 35... b6 36. c4 Re4 (36... Kb7 {Tucking the king onto a
better square was certainly possible and maybe best but Carlsen poses more
problems as Hou Yifan's clock goes below 2 minutes (+ 30 seconds per move.)})
37. Qg6 Re2 38. Kf1 $2 Qd2 $1 {This leads to a decisive simplification into a
won ending.} (38... Ra2 39. Re1 Kb7 {was what the computer wanted as the
queenside will fall, but it is fixed and falling sometime anyway. Carlsen
doesn't want to give Hou any activity.}) 39. Qxg4+ (39. Qg8+ Kb7 40. Qd5+ Qxd5
41. cxd5 Re4 42. Ra1 {might be a little bit better than the game.}) 39... Kb8
40. Qxe2 (40. Qg8+ Ka7 41. Qf7 Rxf2+ (41... Re7 42. Qf4 Be3 $3) 42. Bxf2 Qxc1+
{isn't very effective.} 43. Be1) 40... Qxc1+ 41. Qe1 Qxc4+ 42. Qe2 Qxa4 43. Be5
Bd4 $5 {This seems to be over-egging the pudding.   "Then I tried to simplify
a bit, but perhaps I just made it more difficult because I think I lost some
of my advantage. But fortunately I never really let it go and somehow I
managed to win in the end." - Carlsen.  It is hard to forsee either a defence
nor counterplay after} (43... Qc6 {although Carlsen says that exchanging
bishops was the right idea "it wasn't as easy to win as I thought."}) 44. Bxd4
(44. f4 Qa1+ 45. Qe1 Bxe5 46. fxe5 Qxe1+ 47. Kxe1 Kc8 {is trivial.}) 44... Qxd4
45. g4 Qd5 {Carlsen hasn't lost his winning advantage but he has to be a good
deal more precise than he wanted to be after this simplification.} (45... a4
46. g5 a3 47. g6 {and it's not so easy for black to queen his pawn.} Qd5 48.
Qe8+ Kb7 49. g7 a2 50. Qa4 {and Carlsen wasn't so sure although he does have
options to exchange the two passed pawns or play b5.}) 46. Qe8+ (46. Kg1 a4 47.
f4 {and black is always one step ahead according to Carlsen.}) 46... Kb7 47.
Qa4 {Carlsen hadn't seen this idea.} b5 $2 {"Was just a blunder, I hadn't seen
she could go Qe1 at all." - Carlsen.} (47... Qc6 {was very possible as taking
queens off loses for white.}) 48. Qxa5 Qd1+ 49. Qe1 Qxg4 50. Qe5 Qc4+ 51. Kg2
$2 {Now Carlsen doesn't see "many drawing chances for white".} (51. Ke1 {Was
Carlsen's suggestion here. "I believe I'm winning.... [but it will take some
work] but this was definitely the better try" - Carlsen.} Qd3 {"Ah but now
she's still running [the f-pawn] There are more drawing chances than I thought.
" - Carlsen.}) 51... Qc6+ 52. Kf1 b4 53. f4 b3 54. f5 Ka6 $1 {The very best.
Black can't avoid precise calculation in this position and Carlsen gets it
right.} (54... Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qc2+ 56. Kg3 c6 57. Qe7+ Ka6 58. Qa3+) 55. Qa1+ (
55. f6 b2 56. Qxb2 Qh1+ 57. Ke2 Qg2+ 58. Kd3 Qxb2 {is a very important point
of this move.}) 55... Kb6 56. Qh8 Qc1+ 57. Kg2 Qc2+ 58. Kh1 b2 59. Qb8+ {
Checks will follow but not perpetual check.} Ka5 60. Qa7+ Kb4 61. Qb7+ Ka3 62.
Qf3+ Qb3 63. Qa8+ Qa4 64. Qf3+ Ka2 65. Qd5+ Ka1 66. Qe5 c5 {The c-pawn will
help shield the black king and finally queen the pawn.} (66... c5 67. f6 Qd4 {
is the immediate point.}) 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

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. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Ke8 13. f4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Nge4 Kf7 16. f5 h5 17. g5 Nxf5 18. Nxf6 Be6 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Ne4 Rhf8 21.
N4g3 Kg8 22. Nxh5 Bc4 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf2 Rae8 25. Nf4 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Bd5 27.
Nxd5 cxd5 28. b3 Kg6 29. Bb2 Rxa1 30. Bxa1 Kxg5 31. Be5 c6 32. Rg2+ Kh6 33. Re2
Kg6 34. c3 Re8 35. Kg1 Re7 36. Kf2 Rf7 37. Ke1 Rh7 38. Bb8 Kf6 39. Kd2 Rxh3 40.
Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. a3 Rac8 14. Rc2 a6
15. Rfc1 Rcd8 16. Qd1 e5 17. Ne2 e4 18. Bxa6 Na7 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 bxa6 21.
Rc7 Rd7 22. Bb4 Rxc7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qb3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Qb8 Re8 27. a4
Kf8 28. g4 Ke7 29. Qb7+ Ke6 30. Qxa6+ Nd6 31. b4 Nd7 32. b5 Rb8 33. Kf2 h6 34.
Ke2 Nb6 35. a5 Na4 36. b6 Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Ncb5 38. Kc2 Kd7 39. Kb3 Rc8 40. Kb2 g6
41. g3 Rb8 42. Kb3 Re8 43. h4 f6 44. g5 fxg5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kb4 Rc8 47. b7
Rb8 48. Kc5 Ke7 49. Qc6 Nxb7+ 50. Kxb5 Nd8+ 51. Qb6 Rxb6+ 52. Kxb6 Kd6 53. a6
Ne6 54. a7 Nc7 55. g4 Na8+ 56. Kb7 Kd7 57. Kxa8 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. g4 b5 14. Rg1 Nb6 15.
Na5 Rc8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Kb1 Nf4 18. a3 Qc7 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Qc5 22. Rg4 Rfe8 23. h4 Bf8 24. Rxf4 Nxd5 25. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14400030"]
[BlackFideId "1000268"]
[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. h3
a5 9. g4 c6 10. Bg2 Na6 11. b3 Nc7 12. Ra2 Nfe8 13. O-O f5 14. Ng3 Nd6 15. f3
Bh4 16. Nh5 Ne6 17. Ne2 Qe8 18. a4 g6 19. Ba3 Qe7 20. Nhg3 Ng5 21. Qc1 Bd7 22.
gxf5 gxf5 23. Nh5 Kh8 24. Nef4 Be8 25. Kh2 Rg8 26. e4 Bxh5 27. Nxh5 Ne6 28. exd5
cxd5 29. Re2 Qd7 30. Qe3 Ng7 31. Nf4 Nf7 32. Qc3 Rgc8 33. Qd2 Bg5 34. h4 Bxh4
35. Bh3 Bg5 36. Rg1 Qc7 37. Rxg5 Nxg5 38. Kg2 Qc6 39. Nd3 Qh6 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. e3 h5 10. b3 h4 11. Bb2 Qc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 hxg3 14. hxg3 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 Kf8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Rc4 Rc8 18. Qc2 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Ng4 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Qd4+ Nf6 22. Qxa7 Rc8 23. a4 Rc2 24. Qd4 Kg8 25. Bf3 Qf5 26. Kg2 g5 27. e4 Qe5
28. Qxe5 dxe5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Re3 Ke8 31. Bd1 Rd2 32. Be2 Kd7 33. a5 Kd6 34. a6
bxa6 35. Bxa6 Rd4 36. f3 g4 37. Bd3 Kc5 38. Kf2 Kb4 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 Kxb3
41. Kg3 Kb4 42. e5 Nxd5 43. Re4 Kc3 44. Rxd4 Kxd4 45. Bb1 Ne3 46. Ba2 e6 47. Bb1
Kc3 48. Be4 Kd2 49. Bc6 Kd3 50. Bb7 Kc4 51. Ba8 Kc5 52. Bb7 Kb6 53. Be4 Kc7 54.
Bd3 Kc6 55. Be4+ Kc5 56. Bb7 Kc4 57. Ba8 Kd4 58. Bc6 Kd3 59. Bb7 Ke2 60. Bc6 Kd2
61. Be8 Kd3 62. Bxf7 Nf5+ 63. Kxg4 Nh6+ 64. Kg5 Nxf7+ 65. Kf6 Nd8 66. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. c4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Qe3 Ng4 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Bb2 b4 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nd4 Nce5 18. Qxb4 Rdb8 19. Qc3 Qb7 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Qg3
Qxe4 22. Nc3 Qg6 23. a4 d5 24. Ba3 Bf6 25. h3 Ne5 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Rab1 e5 28.
Nde2 d4 29. Ne4 Bd8 30. N2g3 f6 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Nge4 Be7 33. Ra1 f5 34. Nd2 Nf4
35. Nd7 Bxd7 36. Bxe7 Ra6 37. Nc4 Rg6 38. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rh2 40. Kg1 Rg2+
41. Kf1 Rh2 42. Kg1 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1008013"]
[BlackFideId "1020854"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nf4
Bd6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 c5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bb3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nb6 16. Bg5 Nbd5 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rac8 21.
Rcd1 Rc7 22. Qg4 Qd8 23. Re3 Qf6 24. Rf3 Qe7 25. g3 Rfc8 26. Kg2 Rc1 27. Rd2 Re8
28. Re2 Rc7 29. Re4 g5 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Rxe6 Be7 32. Re3 Rc4 33. Qd7 b5 34.
Qxb5 Rec8 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1007246"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Qd3
Qd7 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. b4 Rab8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Bf4 20. h3 Qa4 21.
Qc2 Qa6 22. Qb3 d4 23. g3 Be5 24. Re1 Re8 25. a4 Qd6 26. b5 a6 27. Bb4 Qd7 28.
bxa6 Re6 29. Rc5 Bd6 30. Rb5 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Re8 32. Qd5 Re6 33. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 34.
Kg2 Qe8 35. Rb8 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4120086"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5
Nhf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 Nhf6 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Be2 g6
15. O-O Bg7 16. b4 O-O 17. Nb3 Re8 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. f3 Nd7 20. Bh4 f6 21. Na5 Qc8
22. e4 Be6 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bc4 Nf8 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. a4 Qd7 27. Rfd1 Ne6 28.
Bg3 f5 29. Nb3 f4 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 e5 32. Qd2 e4 33. Rf1 Re7 34. f4 e3 35.
Qe2 Qf5 36. Rad1 Qe4 37. Rd3 Rf8 38. g3 h5 39. Re1 Rfe8 40. Red1 h4 41. Rf1 hxg3
42. hxg3 Bf6 43. c6 Rh7 44. Rf3 Kf7 45. Rdxe3 Qb1+ 46. Qf1 Reh8 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Morphy defence, Duras variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "1000012"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nb8
9. O-O c6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Qe2 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. d5 g6 16.
b3 Nh5 17. Kh2 a5 18. Nb2 Kh8 19. g4 Ng7 20. Rg1 Bc8 21. Bh6 Nf6 22. Nd1 Ng8 23.
Bd2 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Ne3 Bxc2 27. Nxc2 Qe8 28. Ng5 Qh5 29.
Qxh5 Nxh5 30. Raf1 Bxg5 31. Rxg5 Nhf6 32. Rg2 a4 33. f4 axb3 34. axb3 Ne4 35.
Bc1 exf4 36. Bb2+ Nc3 37. Rf3 Rae8 38. Na3 Nf6 39. Nb5 Nfe4 40. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc3+ 13. Ke2 Qxd4 14. Be3
Qg4+ 15. Qxg4 fxg4 16. h3 g3 17. f4 h5 18. h4 Bd7 19. Rh3 d4 20. Bxd4 O-O 21.
Rf1 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Ke3 Rc8 24. c3 Rc4 25. Rxg3 Ra4 26. Ra1 Bc6 27. Rg6
Kf7 28. Rg5 Rxg5 29. fxg5 Kg6 30. g3 Bg2 31. Kf4 Bh3 32. Ra2 b6 33. Ke3 Bf5 34.
Kd2 Be4 35. Ke3 Bb1 36. Ra1 Bf5 37. Ra2 b5 38. Ra1 a6 39. Ra2 Bh3 40. Rh2 Bf1
41. Rf2 Bh3 42. Bc5 Rg4 43. Rf4 Rxg3+ 44. Rf3 Rxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Kf5 46. Bd6 g6 47.
Bc7 Bf1 48. Bd6 Bc4 49. Bc7 Bd5+ 50. Kg3 Ke4 51. Bd6 Bc6 52. Bc7 Be8 53. Bd6 a5
54. Bc7 a4 55. Bd6 Bc6 56. Bc7 Ke3 57. Bb6+ Kd3 58. Kf4 Kxc3 59. Bc5 Kc4 60. Bb4
Kd3 61. Bc5 Ke2 62. Kg3 Bd5 63. Kf4 Kf1 64. Kg3 Bc6 65. Bd6 Ke2 66. Bc5 Bb7 67.
Kf4 b4 68. Bxb4 Kf2 69. Bc3 Kg2 70. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, 4...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "1004689"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 O-O 6. f4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nf3 c5 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. Bd3 Nexd5 14. cxd5 Rxe5
15. c4 Re8 16. O-O Ng4 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Rae1 f6 19. Be2 Re7 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Qc3
Bd7 22. Qa3 b6 23. d6 Re6 24. Qxa7 Rxd6 25. Rbd1 Rd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. c5 Be6
28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rb1 d3 30. Bxd3 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Qa6 Qxc5 33. h3 Rd8 34.
Rxb6 Rxd3 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Qxd3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Qf1+ Qxf1+
40. Kxf1 Bxa2 41. Kf2 Bc4 42. Rb6 Bd3 43. Kf3 Bc2 44. Rb4 Bd1+ 45. Ke3 Bh5 46.
g4 Bg6 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. h4 Bf7 49. g5+ Ke6 50. Ra7 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14116731"]
[BlackFideId "14400014"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. O-O Na5 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ng4 f5 14. Nf6+ Ke7
15. Nh5 Rhg8 16. Qd2 Nd6 17. Qf4 Raf8 18. f3 f6 19. e4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxc4 21.
Rad1 fxe4 22. fxe4 Ne8 23. e5 Rg6 24. Rf2 Kf7 25. d5 exd5 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27.
Rxd7+ Ke6 28. Rxa7 Kxe5 29. Nf4 Rg7 30. Re2+ Kd6 31. Re6+ Kc5 32. Ra8 Rgg8 33.
Rc8+ Kb5 34. Nd5 Nd6 35. Rxf8 Rxf8 36. Rxd6 Kc5 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Nxf6 c3 39.
Ne4+ Kd4 40. Nxc3 Kxc3 41. g4 Kb2 42. g5 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Admiraal, Miguoel"]
[Black "Klein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1019716"]
[BlackFideId "1003623"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Bg5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 a5 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxc4 Qe7 15.
Nb3 Ba6 16. Qd4 Qf6 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Nc5 Nc7 20. Qxd8+ Qxd8 21.
Nxb7 Qe7 22. Red1 Nba6 23. Nxa5 Rf8 24. Nac6 Qf6 25. Nd7 Qxb2 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27.
Nxf8 g5 28. Nd7 b3 29. Rb1 Qc3 30. Rd3 Qb4 31. Nc6 Qxa4 32. Rdxb3 Nd5 33. Bxd5
exd5 34. Nce5 Kg7 35. Rf3 f6 36. Rxf6 Qc2 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rb6+ Kh5 39. g4+ Kh4
40. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Van Der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1000470"]
[BlackFideId "1010824"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2
e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Bb1 Ra7 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc1 O-O 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15.
Bxd3 b5 16. Rfc1 Bg6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. Rac1 Nd6 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Nf4
Be4 22. f3 Bg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Nd3 g5 25. Rc6 Rd8 26. Qc3 f6 27. Qa5 Kf7 28.
Rxa6 Rda8 29. Rcc6 Bb8 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Qxb5 Rxa2 32. Kf2 Bd6 33. Qb6 Be7 34.
Kg1 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Bd8 36. Qc5 Rd1 37. Nb4 Be7 38. Qb6 Bd8 39. Qc5 Be7 40. Qb6 Bd8
41. Qb8 Rb1 42. f4 gxf4 43. exf4 Rxb2 44. Rd6 Qe7 45. Rxd8 Rxb4 46. Qc8 Rc4 47.
Qb8 Rb4 48. Qc8 Rc4 49. Qb8 Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Rxc7 51. f5 Ke7 52. Rg8 Kf7 53. Rd8 g5
54. Rd6 exf5 55. Rxd5 Ke6 56. Rc5 Rxc5 57. dxc5 Kd5 58. g3 Kxc5 59. h4 Kd5 60.
Kg2 Ke6 61. Kf3 Kf7 62. Ke2 Kg6 63. Kf2 Kh6 64. Ke2 Kg6 65. Kf2 Kg7 66. Kf1 Kh7
67. Ke1 Kg8 68. Kf1 Kg7 69. Ke1 Kf8 70. Ke2 Ke7 71. Kf2 Kd6 72. Ke3 Ke6 73. Ke2
Ke5 74. Kf2 gxh4 75. gxh4 Kf4 76. Ke2 Kg4 77. Ke3 f4+ 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Carlsbad variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2302241"]
[BlackFideId "813613"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc1 Be6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. a5 a6 16. Ne4 Bb4 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Qc2 Bxa5 19. Be3 Bb4 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 a5 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Rc1 Qf7 24. h3 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Be6 26. Nd4 Bf7 27. Nc2 Be7
28. Bd2 a4 29. Nd4 Nc4 30. Nxc6 Nxd2 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Rxb7 Rc8 34.
f4 f5 35. g4 g6 36. g5 Ne4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Kf2 Be8 39. Ke3 Rc2 40. h4 Bd7 41.
h5 gxh5 42. f5+ Kd6 43. f6 Rc5 0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2804085"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Rb8 8. f4
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 b4 12. Nce2 Ba6 13. f5 Qb6 14. Kh1 c4 15. Nf4
cxd3 16. cxd3 Nde5 17. g5 Rfc8 18. h4 Qb5 19. d4 Nd3 20. f6 Bf8 21. Bh3 Rd8 22.
Nd5 Qb7 23. fxe7 Nxe7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Rf3 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Bg7 27. Qd2 Nc6 28. h5
Bxf6 29. gxf6 Bb5 30. Nf5 Ne5 31. Qh6 Rg8 32. Nxd6 Nxf3 33. Nxb7 Rxb7 34. Rc8 1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Burg, Twan"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "1010697"]
[BlackFideId "105309"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4
9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Re1 Rb8 15. e5 Nd7
16. e6 fxe6 17. dxe6 Nf6 18. f5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 d5 21. Nxc7 dxc4 22.
Qxc4 Qxc7 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Ra6 Qd8 27. Ra2 Qd2 28.
Qc3 Qxc3 29. bxc3 Nd5 30. c4 Nb4 31. Ra7 Nxc2 32. Re4 Bf6 33. Rc7 Ra8 34. g4 Kg7
35. Kg2 Nd4 36. Rxc5 Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Ra3+ 38. Kg2 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 Ne2+ 40. Kf3 Nc3 41.
Re1 Bd4 42. Rc7 Rf2+ 43. Kg3 Ne2+ 44. Rxe2 Rxe2 45. Rxe7+ Kf6 46. Rd7 Bc5 47.
Rd5 Be7 48. h4 Re4 49. Rd1 Kxe6 50. Kf3 Rxc4 51. Re1+ Kf7 52. Rh1 Rc3+ 53. Ke4
Rc8 54. g5 Rh8 55. Rf1+ Kg7 56. Rf4 Bd6 57. Rg4 Bb4 58. Kd5 Be1 59. Ra4 Rd8+ 60.
Ke6 Re8+ 61. Kd5 Re2 62. Ra7+ Kf8 63. Ra4 Kf7 64. Rf4+ Kg7 65. Ra4 Bf2 66. Rb4
Re7 67. Rf4 Be1 68. Ra4 Rb7 69. Rc4 Ra7 70. Ke6 Bg3 71. Rg4 Ra3 72. Re4 Rd3 73.
Ra4 Rd6+ 74. Ke7 Rd5 75. Ra7 Re5+ 76. Kd8+ Kf8 77. Ra6 Rd5+ 78. Kc8 Rd6 79. Rxd6
Bxd6 80. Kd7 Bg3 81. Ke6 Kg7 82. h5 gxh5 83. Kf5 Bc7 84. g6 Kh6 85. g7 Kxg7 86.
Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14100088"]
[BlackFideId "14103052"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Ne5 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Qa3 Re8 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Schut, Lisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2107660"]
[BlackFideId "1019481"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3
Be6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. g4 Nd7 13. h4 Bxh4 14. Rxd6 Be7 15.
Rd1 Qc7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxc2+ 19. Ka1 exd4 20. Bxb5 Qc7 21.
d6 Bxd6 22. Nxd4 Be7 23. Bxd7+ Qxd7 24. Nf5 Qc6 25. Qe3 Rc7 26. Rc1 Qd5 27. Rxc7
Qxh1+ 28. Rc1 1-0

