[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[GameId "2139461822853960"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 d6 {The first time Gukesh ever played this.} 2. g3 {Warmerdam used to play 2.d4 here, but before the tournament he realized that there were some lines he did not feel comfortable with and prepared 2.g3.} c5 (2... d5 {After the game Warmerdam showed} 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3) 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Be3 (11. f4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f5 b5 14. Bg5 Qb6+ 15. Kh2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. e5 dxc3 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxd7 cxb2 21. Rab1 Rbd8 22. Qxb5 Rd2 23. fxg6 Qxg6 24. Rxb2 a6 25. Qb4 Rd3 26. Qf4 Qg7 27. Rb8 {1-0 (27) Munoz Pantoja,M (2367)-Piorun,K (2611) Santiago de Compostela 2022}) 11... b5 {This position has been seen a couple of times before, but not at the highest level. White is a bit better.} 12. b3 b4 13. Na4 $6 $11 (13. Nd5 Ne8 {"Should be complex enough I thought." Gukesh.}) 13... e6 $1 (13... a5 $2 14. d5 $1 Ne5 15. f4 {winning a piece.}) 14. Nb2 a5 15. a4 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nb4 17. Nc3 (17. Qd2 $5) 17... Bb5 {On this move or one of the next White should probably have taken on b5 even if it's black's bad bishop.} 18. Re1 (18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. Nc4 d5 21. e5) 18... d5 19. e5 Nd7 {White's problem according to Gukesh is that black has a clear target on d4 whilst it's not clear what white should be doing.} 20. Qd2 (20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21. Qd2 Qb8 22. Bf1 Rb6 23. Rxa5 Nc6 24. Raa1 Rxb3 25. Nd3 {And White has some advantage.}) 20... Ba6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Raa1 Qb6 23. Nca4 Qb8 24. Bf1 $2 {Gukesh identified this as a key mistake. Before this he thought he should be slightly better, nothing more.} (24. Nc3 Nc6 25. Nd3 Qxb3 26. Rcb1 Qc4) 24... Bxf1 25. Kxf1 f6 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Rxc8 (27. Nc5 Rxc5 $1 {Gukesh.}) 27... Qxc8 28. Rc1 $2 {A big mistake.} (28. Nc3 {had to be played.}) (28. Nc5 e5 $1) 28... Ne4 {Suddenly it is game over, f2 is too weak.} 29. Qd1 Qb8 $1 30. Kg1 (30. Kg2 Bh6 $1 31. Bxh6 Rxf2+ 32. Kh1 Rh2+ 33. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1 Nf2# {was a line Gukesh gave.}) 30... Nxg3 $1 31. Nc5 Nf5 32. Qg4 Qe8 33. Nbd3 Nc6 34. Nf4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[GameId "2139458559865488"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 Rc8 12. Qe2 (12. f4 h6 13. Be3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 Nb6 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Bf2 g6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Bc5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 {0-1 (23) Anand,V (2756)-Svidler,P (2729) Amsterdam 2019}) 12... Be7 13. f4 h6 14. O-O {A strange decision, normally in these type of positions you castle queenside while White tries to open the kingside. With all the pawns advanced it feels the king on g1 is exposed. "A bad decision I think." - Abdusattorov.} (14. Be3 {followed by long castles is more normal.}) 14... hxg5 15. hxg5 Nb6 16. a4 Nc4 {Black had a stronger option.} (16... b4 17. Nd1 Nd7 18. Ne3 Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qf2 b4 19. Nd1 ({Surprisingly after} 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 N6a5 21. Nd4 {the engine says it is equal despite that White is a piece down.}) 19... Ra8 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nd2 (21. Ne3) 21... Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Bd8 {"My position is very bad, very unpleasant." Abdusattorov.} 23. b3 {Abdusattorov was so unhappy with his position he spent almost half an hour here.} Qa5 24. Be3 Ba6 25. Re1 e5 26. Qd2 Bc7 {Abdusattorov was surprised by this slightly passive move.} (26... exf4 27. Qxd6 fxe3 28. Qxc6+ Kf8 29. Nxe3 Qb6) 27. f5 $6 {Abdusattorov knew this was a risk and maybe bad but he felt he had to win the game. He went "all in" encouraged by his opponent only having 15 minutes left to make time control.} (27. Qd5) 27... Nd4 28. Bf2 $6 (28. Kf2) 28... Rh5 (28... Bb6 $1 29. Ne3 Bc5) 29. g6 Bd8 $6 $11 (29... fxg6 30. fxg6 Bb6 31. Ne3 Rh6 32. Nd5 Bc5 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Nd7+) 30. gxf7+ $2 (30. Bxd4 exd4 31. e5 {with complications.}) 30... Kxf7 31. Ne3 {Here Abdusattorov was already feeling more optimistic.} Bg5 $2 $11 (31... Bh4 $1 32. Bxh4 Rxh4 33. Nd5 Qc5 34. Ne3 d5 {And White is under heavy pressure.}) 32. Qd1 Rh8 33. Qg4 Qd8 34. Nd5 Rh6 $2 (34... Bb7) 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. e5 $2 $11 (36. Ra1 $1 d3 37. cxd3 Bxd3 38. Qg3 Bb5) 36... dxe5 37. Rxe5 Qd6 38. Qxd4 Bf6 39. Qa7+ Kf8 $2 {Fatal mistake.} (39... Kg8 40. Nxf6+ Rxf6 41. Qa8+ Kh7 {and a draw is a likely outcome.}) 40. Nxf6 {This is what Sarana missed.} Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qxc2+ 42. Kg3 Rxf6 43. Bd5 Qd3+ (43... Rg6+ 44. fxg6 Qxg6+ 45. Kf4 (45. Kh2 Qh6+ 46. Kg1 Qg6+ 47. Bg2 Qb1+ 48. Kh2 Qh7+ 49. Bh3 (49. Kg3) 49... Qc2+ 50. Kg3) 45... Qh6+) 44. Re3 Rg6+ 45. Kf4 {It's pretty easy to see this is a clean win.} (45. fxg6 {was also playable.}) 45... Qf1+ 46. Bf3 Rg4+ 47. Kxg4 Qg1+ 48. Kf4 Qh2+ 49. Ke4 Qh4+ 50. Kd5 Qd8+ 51. Kc6 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[GameId "2139478019270783"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 c4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 {Never seen before at top level. Fedoseev was afraid of the line with Qxf6 where white plays g3 and his knight to f4. He thought he had seen gxf6 and queenside castling at some point but it is not this line!} (8... Qxf6 9. a3 a6 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Ng1 Nb6 13. Nge2 O-O 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Nfxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. Bxc4 Bxa3 19. Qb3 Bxb2 20. Ra2 b5 21. Be2 Qc6 22. O-O Bc3 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rac2 b4 25. Qxb4 Bxb4 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 a5 28. Rc7 g6 29. Bc4 Kg7 30. Ra7 Kf6 31. h4 Bc3 32. Kg2 h6 33. Kf3 Bb4 34. Ke2 Bc3 35. g4 Bb4 36. f4 g5 37. fxg5+ hxg5 38. h5 Bc3 39. Kd3 Bb4 40. e4 {1-0 (40) Maghsoodloo,P (2721)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2670) Shusha 2022}) 9. g3 Bb4 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O {White has achieved a nice advantage, which makes you wonder what Black's idea was with gxf6.} 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nh4 Kh8 14. a3 Be7 15. e4 Rg8 16. Re1 Bf8 {Praggnanandhaa assessed this position as much better for him.} 17. Qc2 b5 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Nc3 a6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Be4 Nf4 (21... Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxa3 23. Bxh7 Rg5 {And White is clearly better but not as much as in the game,}) 22. Bxh7 Rg5 23. Be4 Qd7 24. Kh1 Rh5 25. Bf3 (25. f3) 25... Rh6 (25... Bg4) 26. d5 Bh3 27. Be4 $1 {Praggnanandhaa highlighted this as an important move stopping Nd3.} Rh5 28. Ne2 $5 {Praggnanandhaa liked this move practically even though the computer very much prefers Rg1.} (28. Rg1 $1) 28... Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Re5 30. f4 Bg4 31. Qf1 (31. Qxg4 Qxg4 32. fxe5 {is an engine line with a small edge to white.}) 31... Rh5 ({Black could have equalized again with} 31... Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Bxd1 (32... c3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Rd3 Rc5 35. Red4 (35. h3) 35... Qc8 36. Nf3 Rc1 37. Rd1 Rc3 38. R4d3) 33. Qxd1 Kg8 34. Rd4 (34. Qh5 Qh3) 34... c3) (31... Ree8 32. Bf3 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 (33. Qxe1 Bxf3+ 34. Nxf3 Re8 35. Qf2) 33... c3) 32. Bf3 {Praggnanandhaa thought it was "already bad for black again."} c3 33. bxc3 (33. Qe2 {was probably simpler but Praggnanandhaa only saw it after he had already captured the c-pawn.}) 33... Rxc3 34. Bxg4 Qxg4 35. Qe2 (35. d6 Rxg3 36. d7 Qxh4) 35... Qxe2 36. Rxe2 Bd6 (36... Rc8 37. d6 Bxd6) (36... Rc7 37. d6 Rd7) 37. Re8+ {Praggnanandhaa goes into a nice forcing line after which it is over.} Kh7 38. Rd8 Bxf4 39. d6 Bxg3 40. d7 Rxh4 41. Rc8 $1 {and black can resign.} Rxh2+ 42. Kg1 Rxa3 43. d8=Q Be5 44. Qg8+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[GameId "2139469186176592"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Be2 Bh6 8. Qd3 Bg7 9. O-O Bg4 (9... Nf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. c3 b5 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. h4 Bf5 16. Qd2 h5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rc4 22. g3 Rec8 23. Re4 Kg7 24. Kg2 a5 25. a3 R8c5 26. f4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bf6 28. Bxf6+ exf6 29. Rd4 Rc8 30. Re4 Rb8 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Re3 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Re8 34. Rd2 g5 35. Kg2 gxh4 36. gxh4 Re3 37. f5 Kf8 38. Kf2 Re5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Rxf5+ 41. Ke3 Re5+ 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Rd4 Kd7 44. Rd1 Re2 45. Ra1 Rd2 46. Ra7+ Ke8 47. Kf5 Rf2+ 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Ke3 Rc2 50. Kf4 Rxc3 51. Kxf5 Rc4 52. Kg5 Rxb4 53. Rb7 Rb1 54. Kxh5 b4 55. Kh6 f5 56. h5 f4 57. Kg5 f3 58. h6 f2 59. Rb8+ Kd7 60. Rb7+ Kc8 61. h7 Rg1+ {0-1 (60) So,W (2752)-Carlsen,M (2830) Toronto 2023}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Bxc3 {A good move and not obvious at all.Most people would have gone for Nf6.} 13. Qxc3 Nf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. h3 Be6 16. Qc3 g5 17. Rad1 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Bf4 Rg8 20. Qe3 Qe6 21. Rfe1 Nb4 ({Black could have gone for} 21... Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Nd4 (23. Bxh6 Kd7) 23... Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Bxh6 Ne6 {but it is not so clear why the engine believes Black is better here.}) 22. Nd4 (22. Qb6 {was a wild move that could have maintained the balance:} Nxc2 23. Qxb7 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Rd8 25. e5) 22... Nxc2 23. Nxe6 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 Bxe6 25. f3 Bxa2 26. Rc1 Kd7 27. Bxh6 d5 (27... Bb3 {was the way to maintain an edge.}) 28. e5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Ne8 30. Be3 Nc7 31. f4 e6 32. Kf2 Bc4 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Rxc4 Nd5 35. Bd2 b5 36. Rc1 b4 37. Ra1 Ra8 38. Ra5 $2 {An important mistake, White cannot stop Black's a-pawn.} ({White should have advanced his pawn majority on the kingside.} 38. g4 Kc6 39. f5) 38... Kc6 39. Be3 $2 (39. b3) 39... Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Kb6 41. Ra1 a5 $1 42. g4 Kb5 43. b3 (43. Kd3) 43... a4 $1 {The only move to win.} 44. bxa4+ Rxa4 45. Rb1 Ra3+ 46. Kd2 (46. Kd4 Rf3 47. Ke4 Rg3 {wins apparently.}) 46... Rg3 $2 {Throwing away the win.} (46... Kc4 47. Rc1+ Rc3 48. Rb1 b3 49. f5 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Rg3 51. Rc1+ Kd4 {wins for Black.}) (46... Rf3 47. f5 exf5 48. gxf5 Rxf5 49. Re1 Rf2+ (49... Kc4) (49... Ka4 50. Kc2 b3+ 51. Kb2 Rf2+ 52. Kb1 Ka3 53. Ka1 b2+ 54. Kb1 Rf3) 50. Kc1) 47. g5 b3 48. Rh1 $1 {And now White blunders.} (48. Rf1 {First defending the f-pawn and then attacking f7 was the way for White.} Kc4 49. Kc1 Rg4 (49... Kd4 50. Kb2 Ke4 51. Rc1 Kxf4 52. Rc7 Rxg5 53. Rxf7+ Kxe5 54. Kxb3) 50. Kb1) 48... Kc4 49. Rh8 (49. Rh7 Rg1 50. Rxf7 b2) 49... Rg1 $2 {And now Black misses the win again:} (49... Rf3 $1 50. Rf8 Rf1 51. Rc8+ Kd4 52. Rd8+ Ke4 53. Kc3 Rf3+ 54. Kb2 Kxf4 55. g6 fxg6 56. Rf8+ Ke4 57. Rf6 g5 58. Rxe6 Rf5 59. Kxb3 Rxe5 60. Rf6 g4) 50. Rc8+ Kd4 51. Rd8+ Kc4 52. Rc8+ Kd4 53. Rd8+ Ke4 54. Kc3 Rg4 55. Kxb3 Rxf4 56. Rg8 Kxe5 57. Kc3 Ra4 58. Rg7 Ra3+ 59. Kd2 Ra7 60. Kc3 Ra3+ 61. Kd2 Ra2+ 62. Kd3 Rf2 63. Ke3 Rf1 64. Ke2 Rf5 65. Ke3 Kd6 66. Ke4 Rf1 67. Rh7 Rf5 68. Rg7 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[GameId "2139442441379465"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Bg4 (6... O-O 7. h3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ba2 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 a5 14. c4 a4 15. Bb1 Re8 16. Bc2 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Bc3 Bf8 19. b4 axb3 20. Bxb3 e4 21. dxe4 Nxe4 22. Bd4 g6 23. Re3 Nec5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bc3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Rb8 27. Qa2 Qa4 28. Qe2 Qb3 29. Bd4 c5 30. Be3 Bg7 31. Rd1 Nb6 32. Rxd6 Nxc4 33. Rc6 Nxe3 34. Qxe3 Bf8 35. Nd2 Qxe3 36. fxe3 {0-1 Praggnanandhaa,R (2737)-Abdusattorov,N (2777) Tata Steel India Blitz Kolkata 2024 (14)}) 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Ba2 Bc5 14. Bd2 {[#]} a5 $146 (14... Qc7 15. Bc3 Rad8 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. exd5 Nf4 18. d4 exd4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 cxd5 22. Qxa7 h5 23. Bb3 h4 24. Nf1 d4 25. Rd1 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Ne4 {0-1 Garcia Palermo,C (2475)-Valsecchi,A (2336) ITA-ch 69th Sarre 2009 (3)}) 15. Bc3 {Wei Yi already seems content to draw.} Nd4 16. Bd2 Ne6 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Re1 Re8 19. Bd2 Ne6 20. Qf3 Nd4 21. Qd1 Ne6 22. Qf3 Nd4 23. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2139442615365547"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 dxc4 ({Relevant:} 10... Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 a6 15. e4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. g4 Kf8 19. h4 c4 20. h5 gxh5 21. g5 Ne8 22. Ne4 Nc5 23. f4 h4 24. Bg4 Nd3 25. Bc3 Rc7 26. f5 b4 27. Bd4 Be5 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. d6 Rc6 30. d7 Nc7 31. Bh3 Nb5 32. f6 Rc7 33. Rd5 Nd3 34. Rf1 g6 35. Nf2 b3 36. Qe2 Nf4 37. Qe7+ Qxe7 38. d8=Q+ Qe8 39. Re1 Ne6 40. Bxe6 {1-0 Erigaisi,A (2801)-Kevlishvili,R (2556) Wch Blitz New York 2024 (3)}) 11. Bxc4 Nd5 {[#]} 12. Kf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Ne2 b5 15. Bd3 c5 16. dxc5 O-O 17. Bxb5 Nxc5 18. e4 Qb6 19. exd5 Qxb5 20. Nc3 Qb7 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. Qe4 Rc6 23. Nd5 Ba3 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. Nxb4 Rb6 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Nd5 g5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Rxh4 f6 30. Re4 Kf7 31. Ne3 Rc7 32. Nf5 Ng5 33. Red4 g6 34. Nd6+ Kg8 35. b3 f5 36. Nc4 Kg7 37. Re1 Rh8 38. Nd6 Rc6 39. Ne8+ Kf8 40. Rd8 {1-0 Nakamura,H (2794)-Firouzja,A (2737) Norway Chess Armageddon 12th Stavanger rapid 2024 (3)}) 12... a6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. g3 Rc8 15. Kg2 (15. e4 $5) 15... O-O 16. Be2 c5 {Now White starts trading pieces in order to make a draw. Giri has equalised anyway.} 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Bb4 Rc7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxc4 Rxe3 26. Rf1 Rd8 27. Rf2 Red3 28. Re2 f6 29. h4 Kf7 30. Kf2 R3d4 {The position is dead level.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[GameId "2139443555389782"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Nd4 12. Nxe5 c5 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 (14. Nxb3 Qc7 15. a4 Bd6 16. d4 Rae8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf3 c4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd4 b4 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. f3 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Nd5 25. Qd2 h6 26. Kh1 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Qd6 28. Reb1 Bc8 29. Qf2 Be6 30. Ra5 Ra8 31. Rab5 Rfb8 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Rxb8+ Qxb8 34. Qe3 Bd7 35. Kg1 Ba4 36. Kf2 Qb2+ 37. Kg3 Qb8+ 38. f4 Qb1 39. Qe2 Qg6+ 40. Kf2 Qf6 41. Qe4 Bd7 42. Kg3 Qd6 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Kf3 f5 45. Ke3 Qe7+ 46. Kd2 Qd6 47. g3 Qc5 48. Qb7 Qd6 49. Kc2 Ba4+ 50. Kb2 Qg6 51. Ka3 Be8 52. Kb4 Qxg3 53. Qe7 Qg6 54. Qe5 Bf7 55. Kc5 Qa6 56. Qxf5+ Kg8 57. Nb5 Be6 58. Qe5 Qc8+ 59. Kd4 Bxh3 60. Nd6 Qe6 61. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 (61) Asadli,V (2579)-Svane, R (2637) Terme Catez 2022}) 14... Re8 ({Arjun remembered a similar theme as in the game with the following line:} 14... Qc7 15. Ndf3 Rad8 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. d4 f6 18. Nd3 c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd4 {and White is clearly better.}) 15. Ndf3 Bd6 16. d4 Qc7 17. Bd2 f6 18. Nd3 c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd4 {It looks so similar as in the line Arjun remembered, but the rook on e8 makes a big difference.} Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Nc7 24. Qe2 Re8 25. Qg4 Bc8 26. Qg3 Nb5 27. Be3 Qd5 28. Nc2 Nd6 29. Nb4 Qe6 30. Qf4 g5 31. Qg4 Nf5 32. Bd2 Qf7 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Qe6 35. Bd2 Bb7 36. Nc2 Qe4 37. Qxe4 Bxe4 38. Ne3 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "8618020"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
a4 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Nc5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nf3 Ne6 14. Kh1 b6 15.
Ng1 c5 16. Ne2 c6 17. b3 Ra7 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Qd4 21. Qg1 Be6
22. Raf1 b5 23. Qf2 Raf7 24. Qg3 Qe5 25. Nf5 Rb7 26. Ne3 Kg7 27. h4 bxa4 28.
bxa4 Rb4 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. Qxg4 Rf7 31. Rf5 Qd4 32. R5f4 Qe5 33. Rf5 Qc3 34. Qg3
Rxa4 35. e5 Ra1 36. exf6+ Rxf6 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ Kg7 39. Qc7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13710427"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2
Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 Bf8 12. b5 Nb8 13. Qb3 a5 14. Ba3 Re6 15. Ncd2
Nbd7 16. d4 Nh7 17. h4 Nhf6 18. g3 Ng4 19. Kg2 Ndf6 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Qb3 Ndf6 22.
Qd1 Nd7 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Qb3 Ndf6 25. Rc2 Nh5 26. Nf1 Qd7 27. Rce2 Re6 28. dxe5
Rg6 29. Bc1 Nxe5 30. c4 Qe7 31. N1h2 Re8 32. Kh1 Qe6 33. Nxe5 dxe5 34. Qf3 Nf6
35. h5 Nxh5 36. Qxh5 Qxc4 37. Rb2 Qxa4 38. Qe2 Bb4 39. Rd1 Rb6 40. Rd5 c6 41.
bxc6 Rxc6 42. Be3 Rd6 43. Qb5 Qxb5 44. Rxb5 Rc6 45. Kg2 Rc4 46. Kf3 h5 47. Nf1
Re6 48. Nd2 Bxd2 49. Bxd2 b6 50. Rxb6 Rxb6 51. Rxb6 a4 52. Ra6 f6 53. Ke3 Kf7
54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. Rd7 Rc6 56. Rd3 Ra6 57. Ra3 g5 58. f4 exf4+ 59. gxf4 gxf4+ 60.
Kxf4 Kf7 61. Kf5 h4 62. Bb4 Ra7 63. Be1 Ra6 64. Bb4 Ra7 65. Be1 Ra6 66. Bxh4
Ra5+ 67. Kf4 Ke6 68. Be1 Ra8 69. Bc3 Ra6 70. Bb4 Ra7 71. Rd3 Ra6 72. Ba3 Rb6 73.
Rd4 Ra6 74. Rc4 Kf7 75. Kf5 Ra5+ 76. Rc5 Ra7 77. Rb5 Kg7 78. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. a4 Qe7 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. d4 h5 13. h4 g4 14. Ne1 exd4 15. Nd3
dxc3 16. bxc3 Nce5 17. Nf4 c6 18. Ba2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxe4 21. Re1 Bf5
22. Nd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Bg6 24. Bd3 f5 25. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 26. Kf1 O-O-O 27. Bxe4 Rxd6
28. Bxf5+ Kb8 29. Rxe7 Rxd5 30. Bxg6 Bxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[BlackFideId "5091756"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nb3
Be7 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Ng4 11. Bc5 Bxc5 12. Nxc5 b6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. d4 Rb8 15.
Re1 Nf6 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a6 19. Qd3 b5 20. b3 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qd6
22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Kg1 Rb4 24. Qe2 h6 25. Qc2 c6 26. Nc4 Qb8 27. Na4 Nf5 28. Qc3
Nd5 29. Qc1 Rc8 30. Nc5 Qa7 31. a3 Rbb8 32. b4 Rd8 33. Na5 Rbc8 34. Rd3 Nde7 35.
Qc4 Rd5 36. Red1 Rcd8 37. Kg2 h5 38. Nab3 Ra8 39. Rc1 Qb6 40. Na5 Nd6 41. Qc2
Ndf5 42. Rcd1 Rad8 43. Qc4 Ra8 44. Na4 Qc7 45. Rc1 Rd6 46. Nc5 Qb6 47. h4 Qa7
48. Re1 Rd5 49. Re5 Qb6 50. Rd2 Qb5 51. Qc3 Rad8 52. Nab3 R8d6 53. Rd3 Qb6 54.
Qd2 Ng6 55. Re4 Qb5 56. Kg1 Rd8 57. Qd1 Nd6 58. Re2 Nf5 59. Red2 Nd6 60. Rc2 Nf5
61. Rdd2 Nd6 62. Na5 Nf5 63. Nab3 Nd6 64. Qf1 Ra8 65. Na5 Nf5 66. Nab3 Nge7 67.
Qd1 Rad8 68. Rc3 Ng6 69. Ne4 Qb6 70. Ng5 Nxd4 71. Nxd4 Rxd4 72. Rxd4 Rxd4 73.
Qxh5 Rd2 74. Rf3 Ne5 75. Rxf7 Rd1+ 76. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4
cxd4 9. d3 Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Nd7 13. Re1 Bf8 14. Nd2 e5 15.
Rb1 a5 16. a3 Rb8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b6 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. c5 Be7 23. c6 Be6 24. b5 Ra8 25. h4 h6 26. Qh5 Qc7 27. Nd2 Bd6 28. Ne4 Bf8
29. Ra1 Red8 30. Qe2 Ba3 31. Nd2 Bb4 32. Reb1 Ra5 33. Qd1 Bc3 34. Rxa5 Bxa5 35.
Ra1 Bb4 36. Ra4 Qe7 37. Qc2 Bxd2 38. Qxd2 Qc5 39. Qb4 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qc2 41. Qe7
Rc8 42. Ra7 Qxf2 43. Qd6 e4 44. dxe4 Bc4 45. e5 Bxb5 46. e6 Bf1 47. exf7+ Kh7
48. Qd5 Bxg2 49. Qxg2 Qf5 50. Re7 Rf8 51. c7 d3 52. Re8 Qxf7 53. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "35006916"]
[BlackFideId "12923044"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Bg7 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. Qa4 Ng4 8.
Ne4 Qc6 9. Qxc6 dxc6 10. Nf3 Na6 11. Rb1 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O-O 14. O-O
Nc5 15. Bc2 Ne6 16. Nf3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Be3 Bd4 19. Bc1 h5 20. h4 Rd7 21.
b4 Rhd8 22. Kg2 Kb8 23. c5 Nc7 24. Bf4 Kc8 25. Bb3 e6 26. Bc4 Bf6 27. Rfc1 Nd5
28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. a4 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rb2 Red5 32. Rcc2 Kc7 33. Kf3 Rd1 34.
b5 R8d7 35. b6+ Kb8 36. a5 a6 37. Ra2 Kc8 38. e3 Kd8 39. Ra4 Ke7 40. g4 hxg4+
41. Kxg4 R7d2 42. Raa2 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Rxc2 44. Rxc2 Ra1 45. f3 Rxa5 46. e4 Rb5 47.
Ke5 Rb4 48. Rc1 a5 49. Kf4 a4 50. Kg5 a3 51. Ra1 Ra4 52. e5 a2 53. f4 Kf8 54. h5
gxh5 55. Kxh5 Kg7 56. Rg1+ Kf8 57. Ra1 Ke7 58. Kg5 Ra3 59. Kh5 f6 60. Kg6 Rg3+
61. Kh5 Ra3 62. Kg6 Rg3+ 63. Kh5 Rg2 64. Kh4 Kf7 65. Kh3 Rb2 66. Kg4 Kg6 67. f5+
exf5+ 68. Kf4 Rb4+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1019554"]
[BlackFideId "13903063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Ne3 Re8 9. g4 Bxe3 10. Bxe3 Nf8 11. Rg1 b6 12. Qd2 a5 13. O-O-O c5 14. g5 Qd6
15. Qc3 a4 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 Qe6 18. h6 g6 19. Kb1 Nd7 20. Nh2 Qc6 21. Ng4 b5
22. f4 b4 23. Qd2 exf4 24. Bxf4 Qb6 25. Be3 Qe6 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Qxb4 Qb6 28.
Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qc3 Qa5 30. Qxa5 Rxa5 31. Nxe8 Ne6 32. Rdf1 Nxg5 33. Nxc7 Kg8 34.
c4 Re5 35. Nb5 Bc6 36. Nd6 Re6 37. Rxg5 Rxd6 38. Kc2 f6 39. e5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Black "Tudor, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1024523"]
[BlackFideId "2409836"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. Ne5 Qc7
9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nd3 e5 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Re8 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. exd4 Bg4 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxd4 19. Ne1 d3 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxd3
Qd4+ 22. Kh1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nf4 Ne4 25. Ng2 f6 26. Qf5 b4 27. d3 Nd2 28.
Qf4 Nxb3 29. Rab1 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 Nc5 31. d4 Ne6 32. Re4 Rxa2 33. Nf4 Kf7 34. Nxe6
Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Kxe6 36. Rxb4 h5 37. Rb5 g6 38. h3 Rd2 39. Rb6+ Kf7 40. Rb7+ Ke6
41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Rd7 g5 44. h4 Ke8 45. Rd5 gxh4 46. gxh4 Kf7 47.
Rxh5 Rxd4 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Ra5 Rxh4 50. Kf3 Rb4 51. Rc5 Rb1 52. Ra5 Rf1+ 53. Kg4
f5+ 54. Kg3 Rb1 55. Ra8 Rb3+ 56. Kf4 Rb4+ 57. Kf3 Kf6 58. Rf8+ Ke6 59. Re8+ Kf7
60. Ra8 Rc4 61. Ra6 Re4 62. Ra8 Re8 63. Rxe8 Kxe8 64. Kf4 Kf7 65. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "1202936"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. a4 Bg7 8. a5 a6 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. d4 g4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bd3 Kh8
16. Ng3 Nh4 17. d5 Bd7 18. Nd2 Rg8 19. Ndf1 Bf8 20. c4 Ng6 21. Qf3 Qh4 22. Nf5
Bxf5 23. exf5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Bg7 26. g3 Be5 27. Qe4 Qh5 28. Re2 Rae8
29. f6 Nxf6 30. Qh1 Qxh1+ 31. Kxh1 Bd4 32. Rd2 Bc5 33. Kg2 Ng4 34. b3 Re5 35.
Nh2 Nxh2 36. Kxh2 Rge8 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kf1 Bb4 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Bxe2 Kf6 41. Ra4
Bc3 42. Ra2 Kg5 43. Kg2 Bxa5 44. Bd3 Bc3 45. f4+ Kf6 46. Re2 Rxe2+ 47. Bxe2 Ke7
48. Kf3 Be1 49. g4 f5 50. Bd3 fxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Bd2 52. Bf5 Kd8 53. Be4 b6 54. Bf5
Ke7 55. Bc8 a5 56. Kf5 Bc1 57. Ba6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Black "Smeets, Kobe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "35033018"]
[BlackFideId "1063910"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bb6 13. h3 Bd7 14. d4 O-O 15. Nf1 Nh5
16. Ne3 Ba7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bh2 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qd1 Bxb2
22. Rb1 c6 23. Ne3 Bc3 24. Qxh5 Bxe1 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Rxe1 b5 28.
Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Re8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34.
Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Slagboom, Leandro"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1065882"]
[BlackFideId "4600428"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Nf3 Nxd5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nxe5 Qe6 11. Nd3 Qd7 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. Nd3 Qd7 14. Nc3
O-O-O 15. O-O Rhe8 16. Qh5 Nc6 17. Rb1 Nf6 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qa4 Bd6 20. h3 Qf5 21.
b4 Bf8 22. Nd1 Nd4 23. Ne3 Ne2+ 24. Kh2 Rxe3 25. dxe3 Ng4+ 26. hxg4 Qxg4 27. g3
Bd6 28. Nf4 Nc3 29. Qb3 Nxb1 30. f3 Qf5 31. Qxb1 g5 32. e4 Qb5 33. Nd3 g4 34.
fxg4 h5 35. Qb3 hxg4 36. Qxf7 Kb8 37. Bf4 Qc6 38. Bxd6 cxd6 39. Qf6 Qxc2+ 40.
Rf2 Qc7 41. Kg2 Re8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "5819369"]
[BlackFideId "1057472"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 13. Ng3 h6 14. Be3 a3 15. b3 exd4
16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bd2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bc6 19. d5 Bd7 20. Rad1 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22.
Bf4 Qc8 23. Qc4 d5 24. exd5 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qc3 28.
Bd2 Qa1 29. b4 Re8 30. Kf1 Qd1 31. Qb5 Re5 32. Qxb7 Qxd2 33. Ne4 Qxa2 34. Nd3
Qb1+ 35. Ke2 Rxe4+ 36. Qxe4 a2 37. Qe8+ Kh7 0-1

