[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[GameId "2140180586090515"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 {The fourth most common move but not really at all rare.} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 ({Relevant:} 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nge2 a5 11. h3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. g4 Ne6 14. f4 Bxf4 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. exf4 Nxd4 17. Qd3 Nxe2 18. Nxe2 g5 19. fxg5 Nxh7 20. O-O Nxg5 21. Rxf7 Re4 22. Raf1 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Rxg4+ 24. Bg3 Nxf7 25. Rxf7 Qg8 26. Rxb7 Re8 27. Kh2 Qg6 28. Qf3 Rge4 29. Nf4 Qf5 30. Qc3+ d4 31. Qxc6 Re2+ 32. Ng2 R2e6 33. Qc7 Qh5+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ 36. Bh4 Qg6 37. Bg3 Qh5+ {1-0 Erigaisi,A (2799)-Dubov,D (2693) Tata Steel India Blitz Kolkata 2024 (14)}) 8... Re8 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. O-O-O $5 {Going to a full blooded battle which is what both players needed.} b5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. g4 b5 13. Bf4 a4 14. Kb1 Ba6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 N6d7 17. Nf5 Qb8 18. Ne2 g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. g5 Rc8 21. f4 b4 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qd2 f5 24. h4 Qb5 25. h5 Nb6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Ng3 b3 28. Nhxf5+ gxf5 29. Nxf5+ Kg6 30. Nd6 bxa2+ 31. Ka1 Qb3 32. f5+ Kg7 33. Qh2 {1-0 Grebnev,A (2486)-Popov,I (2627) Moscow Dvoretsky Memorial 2022 (3.3)}) 12. Kb1 a5 13. f3 ({The engine comes up with a completely crazy line:} 13. e4 b4 14. e5 bxc3 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exd6 cxb2 17. Qxc6) 13... Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4 a4 {Praggnanandhaa was quite happy here.} 16. a3 (16. h4 {was an alternative.}) 16... b4 17. axb4 a3 18. b3 Qb6 (18... a2+ 19. Ka1 Rb8) 19. Ka2 {Praggnanandhaa didn't expect this sacrifice of a pawn that works out well for white.} ({An alternative:} 19. exd5 a2+ 20. Ka1 Qxb4 21. dxc6 Be6 22. Ne4 Be7) 19... dxe4 20. fxe4 Bxd4 (20... Qxb4) 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. b5 Bd7 23. Bc4 Qa7 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rhf1 Re7 {The engine says White is a little better but in practice the white king is in danger.} 26. Nd5 Rb7 27. Rf5 Rc8 28. Qd3 (28. Qf2 {Praggnanandhaa thought white should take the slightly better endgame here.}) 28... Ne6 29. Rdf1 $11 (29. Qe3) 29... Be8 30. R5f2 Qb8 31. Rc2 Nc5 {With Caruana down to a minute Praggnanandhaa thought the game "practically over".} 32. Qe3 $2 {The losing error.} (32. Qe2 {is equal according to the computer.} Nxb3 {No longer works.} (32... Kh8) 33. Bxb3) 32... Nxb3 {Game over.} 33. Rb1 Ba4 34. Bd3 Nc5 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Rxb7 Qxb7 37. Ba6 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2140190139900284"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 {This was Gukesh's opening surprise.} d5 ({Relevant:} 6... d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Be6 9. b3 h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Bb2 g6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bg7 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. f4 Nc5 21. e5 Qe7 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. f5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rd8 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Qxa5 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 b6 28. Qb5 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Qxe4 30. Qf1 Qxc2 31. h3 Rf8 32. Qb5 Qc3 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Qe6 Kg7 35. Rd1 Rf7 36. Kh2 {½-½ Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Carlsen,M (2831) Wch Blitz Final New York 2024 (3.7)}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 f6 (8... Bg4) 9. d4 {Both players were burning time calculating the complications.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... exd4 10. Nb3 Kh8 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb5 Nd5 16. Be4 a6 17. Bxd5 axb5 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. c3 c6 21. Bb3 Bc7 22. h3 Rfe8 23. g4 Be6 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd7 Bf4 26. Rxb7 h5 27. a3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Ra4 29. Kg2 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Rxg4+ 32. Kf3 Rc4 33. Rd7 f5 34. Rd4 Rc5 35. Rd7 Kh7 36. Rd6 g5 37. Kg3 Re5 38. Kf3 Rc5 39. Kg3 {½-½ Zhigalko,S (2572)-Pranav,V (2486) Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Feb Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (9)}) 10. Nb3 {Only played after a 40 minute think.} Kh8 {"I spent too much time with this move." Wei Yi.} 11. h3 (11. dxe5 {Wei Yi was working out the ramifications of this. He said he should have waited until it appeared on the board before looking at it in detail. As it was all the effort was wasted because h3 was played.} Ndb4 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. c3 Qxd1 (13... Bxf3 {is actually slightly better.}) 14. Rxd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Nbc6 {which he thought was OK for black, which it is.}) 11... Bh5 12. c3 {Wei Yi was so disappointed all his work went to waste calculating a line that didn't appear and now he has to play "too fast" to make up the time.} ({Gukesh said after the game that maybe he should have gone for} 12. dxe5 Ndb4 13. c3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxd1 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxf7 {but this is also not much for White.}) 12... exd4 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 {Because he was now in time trouble Wei Yi felt he had to play more simply than he would have liked. He now enters an endgame.} 15. gxf3 Nb6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 (16... Raxd8 17. Rxe7 Rd1+ 18. Kg2 Nxc4 19. Rxc7 Ne5 20. b3 $11 Re8 (20... Nd3 21. Ba3 $1 {with a small edge was what Wei Yi was concerned about but it doesn't seem much.}) 21. Bb2 Rd2 22. Bc1 Rd1) 17. Rxe7 $11 (17. Bb3 {was an aternative to keep the game going.}) 17... Nxc4 18. Bf4 Nxb2 19. Rb1 Rd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nxd1 21. Rxc7 b6 {Wei Yi felt his position looked bad with his isolated knight and passive rook but it turns out he's not in any trouble.} 22. Kf1 Re8 23. Bd2 h5 24. Rxa7 Rd8 25. Be1 Nb2 {Wei Yi felt he was OK now.} 26. Rb7 Nc4 27. Rc7 Ne5 28. Ke2 Re8 29. Bd2 Nc4+ 30. Be3 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[GameId "2140211533230177"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3 Bg4 9. c3 Bh5 (9... Qc8 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bb3 Ne7 12. h3 Be6 13. Ba4+ Bd7 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. Nh2 O-O 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Qd8 19. d4 Ra5 20. Qd3 d5 21. exd5 g6 22. c4 b5 23. Raf1 Ra6 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. d6 Rxd6 26. c5 Bc6 27. Qf2 Re6 28. Bb3 g5 29. Rf5 Be4 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Re5 Bd3 32. Rd1 Ng4 33. Nxg4 Rxf2 34. Nxf2 Bc4 35. Ng4 Bb3 36. Rd2 h5 37. Nf2 Bd5 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. Rxe4 g4 40. hxg4 Qg5 41. Rde2 hxg4 42. g3 Qf5 43. Rf4 Qd3 44. Kf2 Qb3 45. Rxg4+ Kf7 46. Rf4+ Kg7 47. Rfe4 Qd3 48. Kg2 c6 49. Rg4+ Kf7 50. Rf2+ Ke7 51. Rg7+ Ke8 52. Rgf7 e5 53. dxe5 Qd5+ 54. Kh2 Qxc5 55. R7f5 Qe3 56. Kh3 Ke7 57. Rf7+ Ke8 58. Rf8+ Ke7 59. R2f7+ Ke6 60. Rf6+ Kd5 61. Rd8+ Kc4 62. e6 Qe5 63. Rf4+ Kb3 64. Rd3+ Kc2 65. Rdf3 Qxe6+ 66. g4 Kxb2 67. Kg2 c5 68. Rg3 Qd5+ 69. Kh2 Qe5 70. Rf2+ Kb1 71. Rf1+ Kc2 72. Rf2+ Kd1 73. Kh3 Ke1 74. Rf5 Qe4 75. Rg1+ Ke2 76. Rg2+ Ke1 77. Rg1+ Ke2 78. Rg2+ Ke1 79. Rg1+ {1/2-1/2 (79) Rapport,R (2719) -Carlsen,M (2830) Karlsruhe 2024}) 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Qe3 O-O 13. h3 ({Perhaps White could have played more prophylactic against d5:} 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. Qh3 Be2 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Bd2) 13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 {Now White doesn't have Qh3 like in the line above.} 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qe4 Rfe8 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Bf4 Re2 21. b4 b5 22. Bxc7 Rc2 23. Be5 Be2 24. Rfe1 Bxd3 25. Re3 Bg6 $2 {Suddenly the evaluation is +1} (25... Bc4 26. Rg3 g6 {and it's difficult for White to make progress}) 26. Bd4 $1 Kh7 27. Re7 Ra6 $2 {+3} (27... Kg8 {would have been stronger.}) 28. g4 Kg8 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Rf8 (30. Rae1 {was also strong}) 30... Re2 31. f4 f5 ({Also winning for White is} 31... f6 32. f5 Be8 33. Kf1 Re7 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Ra8 36. Kf2) 32. gxf5 Bh5 33. Rc8 (33. f6 gxf6 34. f5) 33... Bf3 34. Rc7 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Kg8 36. Re1 Rxa3 37. f6 Bd5 38. f7+ 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[GameId "2140213020381382"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. Qxd4 exd5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qd3 Bd6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Qb1 Rad8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 g6 18. Qh3 h5 19. Qh4 Qe6 20. h3 Be7 21. Qf4 Bd6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qd4 Nc6 24. Qd1 d4 25. exd4 Nxd4 26. Bc4 Qf5 27. Re1 Bc5 28. Bd3 Qg5 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Ne6 31. Re5 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qf6+ 33. Qf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rxd3+ 35. Re3 Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 f5 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. Be5 h4 40. b4 Rd8 41. Rb6 Rd7 42. a4 g5 43. a5 Re7 44. Bd6 Rd7 45. Be5 Ke7 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Ke3 g4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. Ke4 h3 50. gxh3 gxh3 51. Kf5 Nd4+ 52. Bxd4 h2 53. Rh6 Rxd4 54. Rxh2 Rxb4 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Ke6 Kd8 57. Kd6 Rd4+ 58. Kc5 Rd7 59. Rh4 Kc7 60. Kb4 Rd1 61. Rh7+ Kc6 62. Rh6+ Rd6 63. Rh4 Rg6 64. Rc4+ Kd6 65. Rd4+ Kc7 66. Rc4+ Kb8 67. Rh4 Rg1 68. Rh8+ Ka7 69. Rf8 Rg4+ 70. Kb3 Rh4 71. Rg8 Rh5 72. Kb4 Rh4+ 73. Kb3 Rh5 74. Kb4 Rh4+ {1/2-1/2 (74) Bu,X (2690)-Tabatabaei, M (2685) Hangzhou 2023}) 8... Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. a3 Bd6 16. b4 Qe7 {Black is a bit more comfortable after the opening.} 17. Be1 {This is passive.} Rfd8 18. Qb1 Ne5 19. Qb3 b5 20. h3 Nc4 21. Rac1 e5 22. e4 $6 {This seems to increase black's edge.} Be6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 (23... Bxd5 {was a serious alternative.}) 24. exd5 Bd7 25. Bxc4 $2 {Suddenly black is much better.} (25. Nd2) 25... bxc4 26. Rxc4 Ba4 $1 {Maybe White has missed this tactical shot.} 27. Qxa4 Rxc4 28. Qxa6 Qc7 29. b5 Qc8 (29... e4 {Even stronger was} 30. Nd4 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1 32. Qa5 Kh7) 30. Qa5 Qa8 31. b6 (31. Rb1 {was most likely the last chance.}) 31... Qxa5 32. Bxa5 Ra8 33. Bb4 Bxb4 34. b7 Re8 {The only move to win.} 35. d6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 f6 37. Rd7 Rb8 38. Nd2 Rd4 39. Rxd4 exd4 40. Nb3 d3 0-1

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[GameId "2140215098416317"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. a4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. Bc3 (8. Qc2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne4 10. Qc1 Nd6 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. b3 Qb6 14. e3 cxb3 15. Nxb3 b4 16. O-O O-O 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Qc2 Ra7 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. h4 Nb7 21. Nb3 Nd7 22. Nxc6 Nb8 23. Qe4 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Qd8 26. Rc1 Nd6 27. Qc7 Qd7 28. Qxa5 Bb7 29. Nc5 Qc8 30. Bxb7 Nxb7 31. Qxb4 Nd6 32. a5 Ne4 33. Qa3 Nd2 34. Qd3 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Qa8 36. e4 f5 37. Qxf3 {1-0 (37) Vidit,S (2730) -Gukesh,D (2725) Kolkata 2022}) 8... O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Na3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. dxc5 Ba6 15. Qd4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Rfc1 f5 18. Kf1 Rfd8 19. Ke1 Rab8 20. e3 Rb3 21. Bf1 Nf6 22. Bxc4 Rxa3 23. Bxa6 Rb3 24. Bc4 Rb2 25. Rab1 Rdb8 26. Rxb2 Rxb2 {So far the game has been equal but now White makes a big mistake:} 27. Be2 $2 (27. Rd1 Ne4 28. Bb5 {and Black cannot take on b5 because the white c-pawn cannot be stopped.}) 27... Ne4 $1 28. Bf3 Nxf2 29. Bxc6 Nd3+ {game over} 30. Kd1 Nxc1 31. Kxc1 Re2 32. e4 Kf8 33. exf5 Ke7 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. h4 Re3 36. Kc2 Rxg3 37. Kb3 Rg4 38. h5 h6 0-1

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[GameId "2140215814540575"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Na5 (7... Ba6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bf2 Nh5 11. h4 Qf6 12. e5 Qg7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 f6 15. f4 Qf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf4 20. Rxh8 Nxd3+ 21. Ke2 Rxh8 22. Kxd3 Rf8 23. Ke3 Na5 24. Nd2 g4 {0-1 Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Chess.com SpeedChess Final Paris blitz 2024 (2.8)}) 8. c5 bxc5 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Bb5 cxd4 $146 (10... Ne7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 a5 15. Nf3 Nb8 16. Qc2 h6 17. O-O a4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Nbc6 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Rf3 Qe8 22. g4 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rg3 Rf8 26. g5 hxg5 27. Rxg5 e5 28. Bg6 exf4 29. Bxe8 Rbxe8 30. Qg2 Rf7 31. Bxf4 Bf5 32. Qxd5 Be4 33. Qd2 {1-0 Vuelban,V (2237)-Bellahcene,B (2521) Kuwait op 1st Kuwait City 2025 (5)}) 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. cxd4 Qd7 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qc4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ba6 16. Qxa6 Qxd4 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qxc7+ Nd7 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Rd1 Rhc8 21. Qg3 Qb6 22. Bf4 g6 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 e5 25. Be3 Rc2+ 26. Rd2 Rac8 27. Rhd1 Nb6 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Ke2 R8c3 30. a4 Rxd2+ 31. Rxd2 Ra3 32. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[GameId "2140216862277334"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nf3 (6. c3 {is the move recommended in the course I have but allowing Nb4 is common these days.}) 6... Nb4 7. Ne5 {A very rare move indeed. 7.Nc3 is becoming the main line.} ({Relevant:} 7. O-O Nxd3 8. cxd3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Ne5 b5 14. Qd2 e6 15. Bg5 Ra7 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Rc5 Be8 18. Rec1 Nd7 19. Rc6 Qb7 20. Rc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Nf3 f6 23. Bf4 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Bh6 Bf7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. d4 e4 28. Ne5 Nf6 29. Ng3 h6 30. Qf4 Be6 31. Nxg6 Rfc8 32. Nh4 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2832)-Niemann,H (2703) Chess.com SpeedChess Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (3.25)}) 7... Nxd3+ 8. Qxd3 e6 {[#]} 9. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. h4 Nd7 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Ng5 fxg5 15. hxg5 g6 16. Ke2 Rf5 17. f4 Qb6 18. Rxh7 Rxe5+ 19. fxe5 Kxh7 20. Rh1+ Kg7 21. Qh3 Qb5+ 22. Kd1 Kf7 23. Qh8 Bf8 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Rh7 Bd7 26. Qf7+ Kd8 27. Qxf8+ Be8 28. Qe7+ {1-0 Maerevoet,S (2414)-Csonka,B (2497) Ghent op 44th 2023 (4)}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. a4 Be8 14. a5 a6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Re3 Kh8 17. Nd3 Bb5 (17... Bd6 18. Bxf6 gxf6) 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Rf3 Ng8 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Nd3 Nf6 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. b4 Ne4 24. N3xe4 dxe4 25. Rg3 Qd5 26. Re1 Qf5 27. c3 (27. f3 $11) 27... f6 28. h4 $2 {a mistake.} e5 29. dxe5 $2 {and this is even worse. -3 black is winning.} Rcd8 30. Qe3 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Rd3 $6 {White is somewhat back in the game.} ({Black had a very strong continuation:} 31... g5 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Bxg5 Rd3) 32. Qc1 fxe5 33. Bxe5 (33. Be3 h6 34. Qb2 Qh5) 33... Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 Rxg3 35. Bxg3 Qxc5 36. Bc7 $2 {Black is winning.} (36. Rf1) 36... Rf7 ({Black could have played stronger:} 36... Qe7 $1 37. Bg3 Rf5 38. Qa1 h6) 37. Qd2 h6 38. Bb6 Qe7 $2 {-0.6 suddenly white is favourite to save this.} (38... Qh5 {was winning} 39. g3 Qg4 40. Bd4 Kh7 41. Bf2 Bd7 {with a decisive attack.}) (38... Qf5 {was also better than the game continuation.}) 39. Qd8+ Qxd8 40. Bxd8 Rf2 41. Bb6 Ra2 42. h5 e3 43. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 44. Kh3 Kg8 45. Bd4 {Black tried for a very long time but this is basically level.} Rg1 46. Re7 Rg5 47. Kh4 Kf8 48. Rc7 Be4 49. Bb6 Kg8 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Rc7 Bf3 52. Bd4 Bxh5 53. Rxb7 Be2 54. Re7 Bf1 55. Rf7 Bc4 56. Re7 Bd3 57. Kh3 Bf5+ 58. Kh2 Rg4 59. Rc7 Bd3 60. Rc5 Bb5 61. Kh3 Rg6 62. Rc7 Bf1+ 63. Kh4 Bd3 64. Kh3 h5 65. Rc5 Be2 66. Re5 Bf3 67. Re3 Bd1 68. Re1 Bg4+ 69. Kh4 Kg8 70. Re5 Rd6 71. Re7 Rg6 72. Re5 Rc6 73. Re7 g6 74. Rb7 Re6 75. Kg5 Bf5 76. Rb6 Kf7 77. Rxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Black "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13903063"]
[BlackFideId "35006916"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. a3 f6 13. Nb5 fxe5 14. fxe5 Qb8 15. b4
Ne4 16. Bd4 a6 17. Nc3 Qc7 18. Na4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 b5 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. a4 bxa4 22.
Rxa4 Bd8 23. c4 Qxb6 24. c5 Qc6 25. Raa1 a5 26. Nd2 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Be7 28. Nxe4
dxe4 29. Kh1 axb4 30. Qxb4 Bxc5 31. Qb3 Rf8 32. Rb1 Ba8 33. Bb5 Qd5 34. Bc4 Qxe5
35. Bxe6+ Kh8 36. Qh3 e3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h4 h6 8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 Bd4 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nd4 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. O-O Bxf3
15. exf3 Qd6 16. f4 Rb8 17. Rc4 a5 18. a3 b5 19. Rc3 a4 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Kf1 Kf8
22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Nb3 24. Bc6 b4 25. Rc2 bxa3 26. bxa3 Rxd3 27. Bxa4 Nd2+
28. Ke2 Rxa3 29. Kxd2 Rxa4 30. Rcxc5 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "8618020"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nxe4 8.
O-O Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. d5 Ne7 12. d6 cxd6 13. Ng5 d5 14. Qd3 g6
15. Bxd5 d6 16. Ne4 Kg7 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Qc3+ f6 19. a4 Bf5 20. a5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5
Qc6 22. Qd4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rfe8 24. Qd4 Re6 25. h4 a6 26. Ra3 Rd8 27. Rc3 Qe8 28.
h5 Qe7 29. Rd3 Re4 30. Qb6 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re5 32. g3 Re6 33. Rd1 Rd7 34. R1d2 g5
35. Qd4 Kh6 36. Qg4 Re4 37. Qd1 Re1 38. Qf3 Kg7 39. Qg4 Qe6 40. Qa4 Re5 41. Qd1
Qf5 42. f3 Rde7 43. b4 Qc8 44. Rxe5 dxe5 45. Rd8 Qe6 46. Qd3 e4 47. fxe4 Qxe4
48. Qxe4 Rxe4 49. Rd7+ Kh6 50. Rxb7 Kxh5 51. Rxh7+ Kg4 52. Rh6 f5 53. Rxa6 Re2+
54. Kg1 Kxg3 55. Kf1 Rf2+ 56. Ke1 Rb2 57. Rd6 f4 58. Rd2 Rb1+ 59. Ke2 f3+ 60.
Ke3 Rb3+ 61. Kd4 Rxb4+ 62. Kc5 Ra4 63. Kb5 Ra1 64. a6 f2 65. Rd3+ Kg2 66. Rd2
Kg1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
Nc6 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Be3 d5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qe2 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Qc8 17. Raa1 Re8 18. c3 h6 19. a5 a6 20. b4 Qe6 21. Rfc1 Bf8
22. h3 Nb8 23. Rab1 Nbd7 24. c4 b6 25. Qa2 Reb8 26. Qa1 bxa5 27. Qxa5 c5 28.
bxc5 Rc8 29. Qc3 Nxc5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Bd6 32. Nf5 Bxe5 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34.
Nxc8 Rxc8 35. f4 Bb2 36. Rxb2 Nd3 37. Rbc2 Nxc1 38. Rxc1 Nxe4 39. c5 Ng3 40. Kf2
Nf5 41. Kf3 a5 42. Ke4 Nxe3 43. Kxe3 a4 44. Kd4 a3 45. Ra1 Ra8 46. Ra2 Kg6 47.
c6 Kf5 48. Kc5 Kxf4 49. c7 Kg3 50. Kb6 g5 51. Kb7 Re8 52. c8=Q Rxc8 53. Kxc8 f5
54. Kd7 f4 55. Ke6 h5 56. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Be2
Qe7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Qc2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e4 13. Ne1 b5 14. Be2 Nb6 15.
a4 Bg4 16. f3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Nxa4 18. c4 a6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Nc2 Nb6 21. cxb5 cxb5
22. d5 Nbxd5 23. Nd4 exf3 24. gxf3 Nf4 25. Rfd1 Be6 26. Qb2 Nxe2+ 27. Nxe2 Qd5
28. e4 Qb3 29. Bc3 Qxb2 30. Bxb2 Rfc8 31. Nd4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Bc4 33. Nf5 Nh5 34.
Ra1 a5 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nc6 a4 37. Kf2 Rc8 38. Nb4 Rd8 39. Ke3 f6 40. f4 g6 41.
Rg1 Kf7 42. h4 Ng7 43. Bc3 Ne6 44. h5 g5 45. fxg5 fxg5 46. Be5 a3 47. Ra1 a2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, classical, 9.Nb3"]
[WhiteFideId "5091756"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nb3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qf2 Qe8 15. h4
Nd8 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. h5 f5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 Ne6 20. exf5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 gxf5
22. Qd5 Qf7 23. g5 Nd4 24. Qg2 e6 25. Rd2 Qh5 26. b3 Qg4 27. Ne2 e5 28. Qxg4
fxg4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. f5 Kf7 31. Ng3 Rh8 32. Re2 d5 33. f6 Bf8 34. Nf5 e4 35.
Nxd4 Bc5 36. c3 Bb6 37. Rf5 Rhd8 38. Rh2 Rxc3 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Kg2
Bxd4 42. g6 Rh3 43. Rc7 Bxf6 44. Rxf6 d4 45. Rcf7 Kg8 46. Rf4 d3 47. Rxg4 d2 48.
Rf1 Re3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13710427"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bh4 Qb6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 g5
15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Be6 18. Nfd4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf6
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bg4 Kf7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd5 Rc1+ 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1
Bxb2 27. f4 Kf6 28. Kf2 e5 29. Kf3 exf4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Tudor, Henry Edward"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Gligoric-Taimanov system"]
[WhiteFideId "2409836"]
[BlackFideId "35033018"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Na6 11. h3 Nh6 12. h4 Ng4 13. Ng1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bxg4
fxg4 16. Nge2 e4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. N4g3 Bd7 19. O-O Qxh4 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd4
Be5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Be3 Rf5 24. Re1 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Qxg3 26. Qd4 Rf7 27. Bf2 Qf4
28. Re4 Qf6 29. Rxg4+ Kf8 30. Bg3 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 d5 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 Nc7
34. Bd6+ Kg7 35. Rg5+ Kh6 36. Rg3 Re8 37. Bc5 Nd5 38. Rd1 Re5 39. Bd4 Re2 40.
Rc1 Rf4 41. Rd1 Rf5 42. a4 a5 43. b3 Re4 44. Bb2 Nf4 45. Bc1 Kh5 46. Bxf4 Rexf4
47. Rd7 Rf7 48. Rdd3 Kh6 49. Rg8 R7f5 50. g4 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 R5f2+ 52. Kg3 Rf3+ 53.
Rxf3 Rxf3+ 54. Kh4 Rh3+ 55. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Grutter, Tim"]
[Black "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "1057472"]
[BlackFideId "1024523"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Nc3 b5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. c3 h6 13. Bh4 c6 14. Ne3 g6 15. Qd2
Qc7 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Qc1 f6 18. Qc2 O-O 19. Bg3 Rf7 20. Nh4 Nf8 21. a4 h5 22. h3
Re8 23. b4 Bc8 24. c4 exd4 25. Rxd4 f5 26. Bxd6 Qd8 27. Be5 Qxh4 28. exf5 Qg5
29. h4 Qh6 30. fxg6 Nxg6 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Red1 bxa4 33. Rd8 Rff8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8
35. Qxa4 Ne5 36. Qa5 Qf6 37. b5 Rf8 38. Rd2 Qg6 39. Rd8 cxb5 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.
Qb4+ Kg8 42. cxb5 a5 43. Qc3 Nf3+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Ng1+ 46. Kd2 Qa2+ 47. Qc2
Qxc2+ 48. Nxc2 Kf7 49. Ke1 Ke6 50. Kf1 Nh3 51. gxh3 Kd5 52. Ke2 Kc5 53. Na3 Kb4
54. Nc2+ Kxb5 55. Kd2 Kc4 56. Ne3+ Kd4 57. Nf1 Bf5 58. Ng3 Bd3 59. Nxh5 a4 60.
Nf4 Bc4 61. h5 a3 62. Kc2 Bg8 63. h6 Ke4 64. Ng6 Kf3 65. Ne5+ Kxf2 66. Ng4+ Kg3
67. Nf6 Be6 68. Ne4+ Kf4 69. h7 Bxh3 70. h8=Q Bf5 71. Kb3 Bxe4 72. Kxa3 Ke3 73.
Kb4 Bd3 74. Kc3 Be4 75. Qe5 Kf3 76. Kd4 Bc2 77. Qe3+ Kg4 78. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Black "Slagboom, Leandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1202936"]
[BlackFideId "1065882"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Ne2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. h3 c5 8. g4 Nc6
9. Bg2 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bg3 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Ba7 14. e4 d4 15. e5 Nxg4
16. hxg4 dxc3 17. Qd3 Be8 18. Rad1 Qg5 19. Nxc3 Nd4 20. Rfe1 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6
22. Kg2 Qxg4 23. Ne4 h5 24. Rh1 Nf5 25. Nd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 h4 27. d7 Rd8 28. Rh3
hxg3 29. Rdh1 gxf2+ 30. Kf1 Qg1+ 31. Ke2 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Smeets, Kobe"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "1063910"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6 15.
Ne6 fxe6 16. dxe6 b3 17. cxb3 Kh8 18. exd7 Nc6 19. Bb1 Ne5 20. Re3 g6 21. Rh3
Bg5 22. Bxg6 Nxg6 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Bxg5 Rh8 26. Bxd8 Rxh5 27.
Bxc7 Rhh8 28. f4 Rhd8 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. g3 Rxd7 31. Rd1 Kf6 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. h4
Rc7 34. Rd2 Rc1 35. Kf3 d5 36. Kg4 Ne7 37. Kg5 Rc8 38. f5+ Kf7 39. g4 Rb8 40.
Rd3 Rb4 41. Rc3 Rb8 42. Rd3 Rb4 43. h5 d4 44. h6 Nc6 45. Kf4 Rb8 46. g5 Rd8 47.
g6+ Kf6 48. g7 Kf7 49. f6 Nb4 50. h7 Nxd3+ 51. Kg5 Nc5 52. h8=Q Ne6+ 53. Kf5
Rd5+ 54. Ke4 Rd8 55. Ke5 d3 56. Qh5+ Kg8 57. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "4600428"]
[BlackFideId "5819369"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. c3 Na5
9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. cxd4 Nc4 11. O-O Nb6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. e6 dxe6 14. Ng5 O-O-O 15.
Nxe6 Re8 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Nxf8 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Rxf8 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Qd1 g5 21. Be5
Nc4 22. f3 Nxb2 23. Qb3 Nd3 24. Rd1 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qe6 26. Re1 Qxb3 27. axb3 Kd7
28. Kf2 c5 29. h4 gxh4 30. Rd1+ Kc7 31. Nd5+ Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Kb6 33. Ke3 c4 34.
bxc4 bxc4 35. Kd4 Rg8 36. e6 Kc6 37. Kxc4 Rxg2 38. Rxf5 Kd6 39. Rh5 Kxe6 40.
Rxh4 Rg7 41. Rh6+ Kf5 42. Rxa6 Rd7 43. Ra8 Kf4 44. Rf8+ Kg3 45. Rf5 Kh4 46. Rf4+
Kg3 47. Rf5 h6 48. Kc3 Rd1 49. Kc2 Rh1 50. Kd2 h5 51. Ke2 h4 52. Rg5+ Kf4 53.
Rg4+ Kf5 54. Kf2 h3 1/2-1/2



