[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[GameId "2140876156920156"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 {The second most played continuation, Nf3 is
by far and away the main line.} 4...Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ne3 Nf6 7.Nc3 ( 
{Relevant:} 7.b3 Be6 8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.c4 g6 10.Nc3 c6 11.d4 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 
13.Nexd5 cxd5 14.Nb5 Rc8 15.Qe3 a6 16.Ba3 Qd8 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Bxd6 Rc6 19.Bb4 
Qb6 20.Qd2 Bf5 21.Be2 Rc2 22.Qe3+ Be6 23.Ba3 Qa5+ 24.b4 Qc7 25.Rc1 O-O 26.O-O 
Ra8 27.Bd3 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Qd6 29.h4 Nb6 30.h5 Nc4 31.Bxc4 dxc4 32.d5 Qxd5 33.h6 
f6 34.Bb2 Kf7 35.Qf4 Qf5 36.Qc7+ Bd7 {1-0 Ibarra Jerez,J (2563)-Dragnev,V (2562)
Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Jan Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (11)} ) 
7...Be6 8.g3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Qd7 10.O-O ( 10.b4 d5 11.b5 Nd4 12.Qd3 c5 13.O-O O-O-O 
14.Re1 h5 15.h4 g5 16.b6 a6 17.hxg5 Ng4 18.Ncxd5 h4 19.Nc7 h3 20.Bxb7+ Kxb7 
21.Qxa6+ Kc6 22.Nxg4 Bxg4 23.b7+ Kxc7 24.Qa5+ Kb8 25.Qa8+ Kc7 26.Qa5+ Kd6 
27.Qb6+ Kd5 28.Re3 h2+ 29.Kh1 Qc6 30.Rb1 Qxb6 31.Rxb6 Bd6 32.Bb2 Rde8 {0-1
Rapport,R (2702)-Wei,Y (2706) Tata Steel-A 79th Wijk aan Zee 2017 (6)} ) 
10...O-O-O {With opposite side castling there is bound to be a fight.} 11.b4 d5 
12.b5 {[#]} 12...Na5 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 12...Nd4 13.Qd3 Nf5 14.Nxf5 Bxf5 
15.Qd4 b6 16.d3 Bh3 17.Bg5 Be7 18.a4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 h6 20.Bd2 Bc5 21.Qf4 Kb8 
22.a5 d4 23.Na4 Qd5+ 24.Qf3 Bf8 25.Rfe1 Qxf3+ 26.Kxf3 Rd5 27.axb6 axb6 28.Bf4 
Kb7 29.Re5 Rg8 30.Rae1 Ba3 31.Ra1 Bf8 32.Rae1 Ba3 {½-½ Copar,A (2519)-Helbich,J
(2517) EU-chT11 fin email ICCF email 2021} ) 13.d4 Bh3 ( 13...h5 14.Bd2 ( 14.h4 
{is a tiny bit better for white.} ) 14...h4 15.Ncxd5 Nxd5 {was a line that
worried Arjun but it doesn't work for white.} 16.Bxa5 hxg3 17.hxg3 Nxe3 ) 
14.Bxh3 {This is equal but it looks a lot easier for black to play.} ( {White
should have offered the exchange:} 14.Bf3 $1 {Is the engine line, I'm not sure
this is a very human concept. Erigaisi briefly considered the line "I don't even
have to take it.".} 14...Bxf1 ( 14...Qe6 15.Rd1 ( 15.Re1 Bb4 16.Bd2 Nc4 17.Nxc4 
dxc4 18.Ne4 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 {with a tiny advantage to white.} ) ) 15.Qxf1 Qe6 
16.Ncxd5 {with a white advantage.} ) 14...Qxh3 15.Qf3 h5 16.Nexd5 $2 ( 16.Ncxd5 
{is given as equal by the engines and Erigaisi called it the critical
continuation.} 16...Ng4 {was Erigaisi's intention when} ( 16...Nxd5 17.Nxd5 h4 
18.Qxf7 Rd7 19.Qe8+ Rd8 20.Qf7 Rd7 {with a draw.} ) 17.Qh1 $1 {- given by
Erigaisi - is a small advantage to white.} ( 17.Qg2 $11 ) 17...Nxe3 18.Nxe3 
Rxd4 19.Bb2 {the position is still a mess but Erigaisi wasn't sure what he was
going to do here and the engine thinks Gukesh is slightly better.} ) 16...h4 
17.Nxf6 ( 17.Nf4 Qf5 18.Qd3 {was another way to defend.} ) 17...gxf6 18.Rd1 $2 
{This is too much. "When he played Rd1 I was very happy with my position."
Erigaisi.} ( 18.Qg2 {keeping the disadvantage to a minimum was definitely
better.} 18...Qf5 19.Qe4 Qh5 20.Qe2 Rxd4 {and white ought to survive.} ) 
18...hxg3 19.hxg3 Nc4 20.Bf4 $2 {Black is now winning.} ( 20.Rb1 {had to be
played but even then Black is clearly better.} ) 20...Bh6 21.Bxh6 ( 21.Ne2 Bxf4 
{is a nice line but only the 3rd best move.} ( 21...Bg5 $3 {is even better.} ) 
22.Nxf4 Qh2+ 23.Kf1 Nd2+ 24.Rxd2 Qh1+ 25.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 26.Ke2 Rxa1 ) 21...Rxh6 
22.Qg2 Qh5 23.Rab1 Rdh8 24.Rb4 Na3 ( 24...Nd6 {was slightly better but black is
winning anyhow.} ) 25.b6 cxb6 26.Ra4 Nb5 27.Rd3 Nxc3 28.Rxc3+ Kd8 {The most
precise.} 29.f3 Qb5 30.Rxa7 Rh1+ {game over.} 31.Kf2 ( 31.Qxh1 Qb1+ ) 31...R8h2 0-1

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[GameId "2140926185792994"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d4 8.Nb1 Bd6 
9.c3 ( 9.d3 Bc7 10.a4 c5 11.Na3 Nc6 12.g3 Qe7 13.Nc4 Nd7 14.a5 a6 15.Qg2 Qd8 
16.Bd2 Nde5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Ra4 Bc7 19.Rfa1 Qe7 20.Rb1 Qd8 21.Rba1 Qe7 22.Rb1 
Qd8 {1/2-1/2 (22) Ahmadzada,A (2542)-Bluebaum,M (2654) Petrovac 2024} ) 9...c5 
10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.d3 Nc6 14.a4 a6 15.g3 ( 15.Bg5 {was
stronger, now Black starts taking over} ) 15...b5 16.Na3 Rb8 ( 16...Nd7 {was the
way to maintain some initiative.} ) 17.axb5 axb5 18.Bg5 Bd6 19.Rfc1 Ne5 20.Qg2 
Ned7 21.Nc2 Qb6 22.b4 e5 23.h4 Ra8 24.Qf1 Rfc8 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Ra1 Qc6 27.Rxa8+ 
Qxa8 28.Qc1 Qb7 29.Bd1 Ne8 30.Bd2 Nb8 31.Ne1 Nc6 32.Bb3 Nxb4 33.Bxb4 Bxb4 
34.Nf3 Qe7 $2 {A mistake} ( 34...Qc7 ) 35.Qc6 ( {Keymer missed a golden chance
here:} 35.Qc8 h6 36.Bd5 Kh7 37.Qf5+ g6 38.Qxf7+ Qxf7 39.Bxf7 Nd6 40.Bd5 Bc3 
41.Nxe5 ) 35...h6 36.Qxb5 Bd6 37.h5 Nf6 38.Nh4 Qd7 39.Qa6 Kh7 40.Qa2 Kg8 
41.Qa8+ Qe8 42.Qa6 Bf8 43.Qb6 Nh7 ( 43...Qd7 {was a better defense} ) 44.Qg6 ( 
44.Ng6 Nf6 45.Qc7 {would have won for White} ) 44...Ng5 45.Qf5 Qb8 46.Bc4 Bd6 
47.Kg2 Kf8 ( 47...Qe8 ) 48.Ng6+ ( 48.Nf3 $1 Kg8 49.Nxg5 hxg5 50.Bxf7+ Kh8 
51.Qxg5 ) 48...Kg8 49.Qd7 Bf8 50.Nh4 Bd6 51.Nf5 Bf8 52.Nh4 Bd6 53.Nf3 Qf8 
54.Nxg5 hxg5 55.Bxf7+ {White is now clearly winning.} 55...Kh8 56.Bb3 ( 56.Kh3 
Be7 57.Qe6 Bd6 58.Kg4 Be7 59.Qg6 Bd6 60.Kxg5 {is a cute plan.} ) 56...Be7 
57.Qe6 Bf6 58.Bc4 ( 58.Qf5 ) 58...Kh7 59.Qf5+ Kh8 60.Qg6 ( 60.Kh3 ) 60...Be7 
61.Bf7 Bb4 62.Qf5 Bd6 ( 62...g4 ) 63.Kh3 Be7 64.Kg4 Bf6 65.Be6 Qe7 66.f4 gxf4 
67.gxf4 Qd6 68.Bc4 Qb8 69.Bd5 ( 69.Qg6 ) 69...exf4 70.e5 $2 $11 ( 70.Qe6 {is
winning} ) 70...Bxe5 71.Be4 Kg8 72.Qe6+ Kh8 73.Qg6 Qc8+ 74.Bf5 Qg8 75.Kf3 Bf6 
76.Be4 Be5 $2 {Losing the game, other bishops moves were good enough for a
draw.} ( 76...Bh4 77.h6 Be7 78.Qh5 Bd8 ) ( 76...Be7 ) ( 76...Bd8 ) 77.h6 Bb8 ( 
77...Bf6 78.hxg7+ Qxg7 79.Qe8+ Qg8 80.Qh5+ Kg7 81.Qg6+ ) 78.Qg5 Qf8 79.hxg7+ 
Qxg7 80.Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[GameId "2140886010458493"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 
9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Qc2 ( {Relevant:} 10.Ba2 b6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.c4 cxd4 
14.exd4 Ba6 15.Rc1 b5 16.d5 bxc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.Rxc4 exd5 19.Rc2 {�-� Dubov,D
(2693)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2755) Wch Blitz New York 2024 (7)} ) 10...b6 11.f3 
{[#]} 11...Bb7 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 11...cxd4 12.cxd4 Ba6 13.Bd3 Qxc2 14.Bxc2 
Rc8 15.Bb3 Nc6 16.Bd2 Ne7 17.Kf2 Bc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Rhc1 Rac8 20.Rxc4 Rxc4 
21.Rc1 Rxc1 22.Bxc1 Kf8 23.e4 Ke8 24.Bg5 {�-� Aberbach Peltzman,A-Coleman,P
EM/M/GT/A002 email ICCF email 1996} ) 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Qb2 e5 15.e4 
exd4 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Bb5 Qd7 18.O-O Rfd8 19.Bg5 a6 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxc6 Bxc6 
22.Rd1 d3 23.Qxb6 h6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Nf4 ( {White had here a chance for a large
advantage:} 25.Ng3 Qd4+ 26.Qxd4 Rxd4 27.Nf5 Rd7 28.Nxh6+ Kf8 29.Kf2 ) 25...d2 
26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd2 $11 Qe7 28.h3 Rd7 29.Qb8+ Kh7 30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.exd5 Qc5+ 
32.Kh1 Qxd5 33.Qb6 Qe6 34.Qb4 Qd5 35.a4 a5 36.Qf4 Qe5 37.Qc4 Kg7 38.h4 Qe1+ 
39.Kh2 Qb4 40.Qg4+ Qxg4 41.fxg4 Kg6 42.Kg3 f5 43.Kf4 fxg4 44.Kxg4 f5+ 45.Kf4 
Kf6 46.g4 fxg4 47.Kxg4 Ke5 1/2-1/2


[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[GameId "2140934577556204"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 (10... Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qc7 g5 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bc7 Na4 20. b3 Rfc8 21. Ba5 Nc3 22. Rdc1 Ne4 23. a4 f5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Bc7 Kf7 26. Kg2 Ke8 27. g4 Kd7 28. Be5 bxa4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxa4 Rc6 31. f3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 Bd8 33. e3 a5 34. Ra1 Rc3 35. Rb1 Be7 36. Ke2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Kc6 38. h3 Kb5 39. Kg3 Bb4 40. Kf3 {½-½ Duda,J (2740)-Niemann,H (2734) Wch Blitz New York 2024 (8)}) 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 {[#]} 13. Be3 $146 (13. a3 Nbd7 14. b4 Qc8 15. Nc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bh3 Bxf3 18. exf3 c6 19. f4 Nb6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Bf1 Ra7 22. Rac1 Rc7 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Rc2 Rfc8 25. Rec1 Be7 26. Be3 Bf6 27. h4 {½-½ Giri,A (2776)-Harikrishna,P (2731) Tata Steel India blitz Kolkata 2019 (9)}) 13... Nbd7 14. Nbd2 Nd5 15. Nb3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Rc8 17. Rec1 Bd5 18. Nfd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. Ne4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Nf3 Na4 24. b3 Nb6 25. Qd4 Qb8 26. e4 Qb7 27. Ne5 f6 28. Nd3 Rfd8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qe3 Nd7 31. Rc1 Qb7 32. Qd4 Qa8 33. Qb4 Nf8 34. Nc5 Rc8 35. Qd2 Rd8 36. Qe3 Kf7 37. Nd3 Rc8 38. Rd1 Nd7 39. Qd4 Rc7 40. Rd2 Qb7 41. Qe3 Rc8 42. Nf4 Ne5 43. Rd6 Rc6 44. Rd8 Rc8 45. Rxc8 Qxc8 {Rooks have come off.} 46. Qa7+ Nd7 47. Nd3 Qc6 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Ke3 Qc3 50. f4 Qc2 51. Nb4 Qxh2 52. Qc7 Qxg3+ 53. Ke2 {Even after black won a couple of pawns the assessment remains equal.} Qg2+ 54. Ke3 Qg1+ 55. Ke2 Qg2+ 56. Ke3 Qh3+ 57. Kd2 e5 58. Nd5+ Ke8 59. Qc8+ Kf7 60. f5 Qg2+ 61. Ke3 Qh3+ 62. Kd2 Qg2+ 63. Ke3 Qg1+ 64. Ke2 Qh2+ 65. Ke3 Qg1+ 66. Ke2 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[GameId "2140887215818016"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 {An interesting way to get a game. Most likely it
wouldn't have been a surprise to Harikrishna as Abdusattorov has played it
before.} 3...Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bg2 ( 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Bg4 ) 
6...e4 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Nd2 ( 8.Ng5 Bg4 9.Qd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O-O 11.O-O Ne5 ( 
11...Rhe8 ) 12.c4 Qd4 13.Rb1 h6 14.Qb4 hxg5 15.Qxb7+ Kd7 16.Bb2 Rxh2 {0-1 (16)
Rapport,R (2754)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) chess24.com INT 2022} ) 8...Bxc3 ( 8...Qe5 
) 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Nxe4 O-O-O 11.f3 Rhe8 12.Qe2 $6 ( 12.Be3 {was called for, now
Black gets a slight advantage.} ) ( 12.fxg4 Nxe4 13.Be3 Nxc3 14.Bxd5 Nxd1 ( 
14...Rxe3+ 15.Kd2 Nxd1 16.Bxc6 ) 15.Bxc6 Rxe3+ ) 12...Nxe4 13.dxe4 Qa5 14.O-O 
Be6 15.Qe1 Ne5 ( 15...Qa4 ) 16.Be3 Nc4 17.Bd4 f6 18.Rf2 Rd7 19.Bf1 Red8 ( 
19...Na3 ) 20.a4 c5 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Rd1 23.Rxd1 Rxd1 24.e5 ( 24.Kg2 {was
maybe a better try to keep the game going.} ) 24...Bh3 25.e6 ( 25.exf6 gxf6 
26.Qe8+ Qd8 27.Qh5 Bxf1 28.Qxc5+ Kb8 29.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 Qxc2+ 
32.Kh3 Qxa4 33.Qd6+ Kc8 34.Qxf6 Qd7+ 35.g4 a5 ) 25...Qxa4 ( 25...Qa6 26.Qxc5+ 
Kb8 27.Qf8+ Kc7 28.Qxg7+ Kb6 29.a5+ Kc6 30.Qd7+ Rxd7 31.exd7 Qxa5 32.Bxh3 Kc7 
33.Re2 ) 26.e7 Qe8 27.Qxc5+ Kb8 28.Qe3 a5 ( 28...Kc7 29.Qf4+ Kc8 30.Qc4+ Kb8 
31.Rd2 ) 29.g4 a4 30.c4 Kc7 31.Qc5+ Kb8 32.Qe3 Kc7 33.f4 Bxf1 34.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 
35.Kxf1 Kd7 36.Qe4 Qa8 37.g5 ( 37.Ke2 a3 ( 37...Ke8 38.Qxh7 Qa6 ) 38.Kd3 Ke8 ( 
38...a2 39.e8=Q+ Qxe8 40.Qxb7+ Kd6 41.Qd5+ Kc7 42.Qa5+ Kb7 43.Qxa2 Qd7+ ) 
39.Qxh7 ) 37...fxg5 38.fxg5 ( 38.f5 Ke8 39.Qe6 Qa6 40.Qg8+ Kxe7 41.Qxg7+ ) 
38...g6 39.Qe5 Qe8 40.Qe4 Qf7+ 41.Kg2 Ke8 42.c5 Qf5 43.Qxa4+ Kxe7 44.h4 Qxc5 
45.Qe4+ Kd6 46.Qf4+ Qe5 47.Qb4+ Qc5 48.Qf4+ Qe5 49.Qb4+ Qc5 50.Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[GameId "2140935705934977"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. h3 e6 (4... c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. b4 b6 7. Be2 bxc5 8. bxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. c4 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Qd4 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxc4 Rd8 19. Be2 Bd5 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Qa5 Rc2 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxa6 g6 24. Bb5 Bxb3 25. axb3 Nc5 26. Qc6 Rc3 27. Nd4 Qd8 28. b4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Na4 30. Qe8+ Qxe8 31. Bxe8 Nb6 32. b5 Rc4 33. Rd1 Kf8 34. Bc6 Ke7 35. Rd3 Rb4 36. g3 Nc4 37. Kg2 Nd6 38. d5 Nxb5 39. Bxb5 Rxb5 40. dxe6 Kxe6 41. h4 Kf6 42. Rf3+ Kg7 43. Re3 h6 44. Rf3 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. g4 Kg6 47. Kg3 Rc5 48. Re3 f6 49. Rf3 Rd5 50. Re3 f5 51. gxf5+ Rxf5 52. f3 Rf6 53. Re4 Kh6 54. f4 gxf4+ 55. Rxf4 Rxf4 56. Kxf4 {1/2-1/2 (56) Anton Guijarro,D (2669)-Deac,B (2683) Chess.com INT 2024}) 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. c4 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Rc1 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ndc5 14. Bb1 Rfd8 15. cxd5 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxd5 17. Bd4 $6 {This allows black to equalise.} (17. Qe2 {would have been stronger.}) 17... Ne4 18. Qe2 c5 19. Bb2 Qg5 {Now White starts to get into difficulties} 20. f4 Qe7 21. Rfd1 a5 22. Bd3 a4 23. bxa4 $6 (23. Bb1) 23... Rxa4 24. a3 Raa8 25. Kh2 h6 26. Qc2 Qb7 27. Bb5 Rac8 28. Qe2 Qa8 29. a4 Bb3 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Bd5 32. Qc2 g6 33. Rd1 h5 34. Bc1 (34. Rxd5 $1 exd5 35. e6 fxe6 36. Bd3 {would have been only -0.2 advantage to black.}) 34... h4 35. Bd2 $2 (35. Bd3 {had to be played}) 35... Ng3 36. Be1 Nf5 37. Rxd5 $2 Nxe3 38. Qc1 Nxd5 39. Bxh4 c4 40. f5 exf5 41. Bd7 f4 42. e6 Ne3 43. Qg1 c3 (43... Rc7) 44. Bxc8 Qxc8 45. e7 c2 46. Bg5 Kh7 47. Qe1 Qc6 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. e8=Q+ Qxe8 50. Bf6 Nf1+ {The only move but sufficient.} 51. Kh1 Ng3+ 52. Kh2 Nh5 53. Bb2 Kh7 54. Qg5 Qe3 55. Qd5 Qg3+ 56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Qg3+ 58. Kg1 c1=Q+ 59. Bxc1 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Qg3+ 61. Kg1 Qe1+ 62. Kh2 Qxc1 63. Qxf7+ Ng7 0-1

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]

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.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Bd7 11.Ne4 h6 ( 11...b6 12.Re1 Kc8 13.Nfg5 Be8 14.Nd6+ 
cxd6 15.exd6 Kd7 16.dxe7 Bxe7 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.Rad1+ Kc8 19.Ne4 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Bd7 
21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Re8 23.Be3 c5 24.a3 Bf5 25.Rd2 h5 26.Kf1 Be4 27.Bf4 Rd8 
28.Rxd8+ Kxd8 29.c3 Kd7 30.g3 Kc6 31.Ke1 Kb5 32.Bb8 a6 33.Kd2 Kc4 34.Ba7 b5 
35.b4 cxb4 36.axb4 g6 37.h4 Bf5 38.Bb6 Bg4 39.Ba7 Bf5 40.Bb6 Bg4 41.Ba7 Bf5 
{1/2-1/2 (41) Giri,A (2776)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021} ) 12.Re1 b6 
13.Bd2 Kc8 14.Rad1 a5 15.Ng3 c5 16.Nh5 Nd5 17.a3 Be6 18.g4 ( {An alternative
was} 18.c4 Ne7 19.Re4 ) 18...b5 19.Kg2 Ra6 20.Kg3 b4 21.Ra1 a4 {Black is
slightly better} 22.c3 bxc3 23.Bxc3 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Rb6 25.Nf4 Bb3 26.Nd2 ( 26.h4 
{was stronger} ) 26...g5 27.Nh5 ( 27.Nd3 ) 27...Be7 28.Re3 Rd8 ( 28...c4 {would
have been even stronger} ) 29.Nxb3 Rxb3 30.Rf3 c4 31.Rxf7 Rxa3 32.Rb1 Rxc3+ 
33.Kg2 Rb3 ( 33...Bc5 {was the way to maintain the advantage.} ) 34.Rc1 a3 
35.Rxe7 c3 36.Ng7 a2 37.Ne6 Rb1 38.Rxc7+ Kb8 39.R7xc3 a1=Q 40.Rb3+ Rxb3 41.Rxa1 
Rd5 42.Rc1 Rb6 43.Nf8 Rd8 44.Nh7 Re6 45.Re1 Rd4 46.Nf6 Kc8 47.Re3 Kd8 48.Kg3 
Ke7 49.Nh5 Rd5 50.f4 Kf7 51.Rf3 gxf4+ 52.Nxf4 Rdxe5 53.Nxe6+ Kxe6 54.Kh4 Ke7 
55.Rf5 Re3 56.Rh5 Re6 57.Rf5 Re3 58.Rh5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters TB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d4 5.O-O Nc6 6.d3 Bc5 7.a3 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 
Qxf6 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.Ne4 a4 12.Nxc5 Qxc5 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Qc2 e5 15.Rfb1 Ra7 16.b4 
axb3 17.Rxb3 Qe7 18.Rb5 Rxa3 19.Re1 Ra7 20.Qb2 Rd8 21.h4 Nb8 22.e3 c6 23.Rb3 
Qc7 24.Nf3 Na6 25.Ra3 Qd6 26.exd4 exd4 27.Qb6 Ra8 28.Nxd4 Nc7 29.Rxa8 Nxa8 
30.Qa7 Nc7 31.Qa5 Qxd4 32.Qxc7 Qxd3 33.Re7 Be6 34.Qxb7 c5 35.Qc7 Qd6 36.Re8+ 
Kh7 37.Qxd8 Qe5 38.Rh8+ Kg6 39.Qd3+ Bf5 40.Qe3 Qd6 41.Re8 Be6 42.Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters TB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O 
h6 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Bg3 Bb7 12.Be2 e5 13.dxe5 Ndxe5 14.a4 Nd7 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Rfe1 
Rc8 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Qb1 Nf8 19.Bf1 Ne6 20.e4 d4 21.Qc2 Ng5 22.Nh2 Rcd8 23.e5 Qc7 
24.Ng4 Kh8 25.Nc4 Ne6 26.Nd6 Rf8 27.Bc4 Ne7 28.Qc1 Qc6 29.Nxb7 Qxb7 30.Nxh6 Nd5 
31.Ng4 Qe7 32.Rd3 Qg5 33.Qxg5 Nxg5 34.cxd4 Nb4 35.Rd2 Rxd4 36.Rxd4 cxd4 37.Rd1 
Nc6 38.Bb5 Ne7 39.Bh4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters TB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Be2 Bd6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 dxc4 
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.Rac1 Be7 13.Be2 Nd5 14.Bg3 Bb5 15.Bxb5 
axb5 16.a3 Nc6 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.Kf1 Nb6 19.Ne4 Nc4 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rc2 Rd1+ 
22.Ke2 Rb1 23.Nc3 Rxb2 24.Rxb2 Nxb2 25.Nxb5 Nc4 26.Kd3 Nxa3 27.Nxa3 Bxa3 28.Kc4 
Na7 29.Bb8 Nc8 30.Kb5 f6 31.Nd2 Kf7 32.Nc4 Bf8 33.Na5 Bd6 34.Bxd6 Nxd6+ 35.Kb6 
Ne4 36.f3 Nc3 37.Kxb7 e5 38.Kc6 Nd1 39.Nc4 Ke6 40.e4 g6 41.Kc5 f5 42.Kb4 fxe4 
43.fxe4 Nf2 44.Nd2 Kd6 45.Nc4+ Ke6 46.Nd2 Kf6 47.Kc4 Ng4 48.Nf1 Nf2 49.Kd5 Nd3 
50.Ne3 Nf4+ 51.Kd6 Nd3 52.Ng4+ Kg5 53.Nxe5 Kf4 54.Nxd3+ Kxe4 55.Nf2+ Ke3 
56.Ng4+ Kf4 57.Nf6 h5 58.Ke6 h4 59.Kf7 Kf5 60.Kg7 g5 61.h3 Kf4 62.Kg6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[BlackFideId "35006916"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1019554"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.dxc5 O-O 9.a3 
a6 10.Na4 f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Be2 Ng4 13.Bd2 e5 14.fxe5 Ncxe5 15.O-O Qc7 16.Nxe5 
Bxc5+ 17.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 18.Kh1 Rxf1+ 19.Qxf1 Nf2+ 20.Kg1 Nh3+ 21.Kh1 Nf2+ 22.Kg1 
Nh3+ 23.Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, close variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 g6 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 Bg7 
9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.O-O Na6 12.c3 Nc7 13.Re1+ Be6 14.Ng5 Kd7 15.Nd2 
Rae8 16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.Nf3 h5 18.h4 Bh6 19.Bxh6 Rxh6 20.g3 Rhh8 21.c4 Re7 22.b4 
Ra8 23.Rab1 Rae8 24.a4 Kc8 25.Red1 Kb8 26.a5 Rd8 27.Re1 Rde8 28.Rec1 Rd8 29.Re1 
Rde8 30.Rec1 Rd8 31.Kg2 d5 32.a6 dxc4 33.Rxc4 Rd6 34.axb7 Kxb7 35.Bf1 Nc7 
36.Rc5 Ne6 37.Re5 Ng4 38.Re2 Rc7 39.Rd2 Rcd7 40.Rbd1 Nc7 41.Ra1 Nb5 42.Rda2 Kb8 
43.Rc1 Nxd4 44.Nxd4 Rxd4 45.Rxc6 Ne5 46.Rc3 Rxb4 47.Ba6 Rc7 48.Rac2 Rxc3 
49.Rxc3 Ka8 50.Rc8+ Rb8 51.Rc7 Rb6 52.Rc8+ Rb8 53.Rc5 Ng4 54.Rc7 Rb6 55.Rc8+ 
Rb8 56.Rc7 Rb6 57.Rc8+ Rb8 58.Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "5091756"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.a3 Ng6 8.Nd5 Be7 9.b4 
O-O 10.h4 Re8 11.h5 Nf8 12.Bb2 b6 13.Ba4 Ne6 14.O-O h6 15.Nh2 Rf8 16.Ng4 Rc8 
17.Nge3 Nc7 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.f4 Bd7 21.f5 f6 22.b5 a6 23.a4 Ra8 
24.Bc3 Rfb8 25.a5 Qf7 26.axb6 Rxb6 27.Ba5 Rb7 28.b6 Ne8 29.Qg4 Bc6 30.Rf3 Rab8 
31.Kh2 d5 32.cxd5 Bb5 33.Rc1 Bxd3 34.Rxc5 Nd6 35.Rc6 Nxe4 36.d6 Rd7 37.Rc7 Kh8 
38.Nd5 Qxd5 39.Rxd7 Ng5 40.Rxd3 Qxd3 41.b7 Qd5 42.Qa4 e4 43.Be1 Qxf5 44.Re7 Kh7 
45.Qd7 Qxd7 46.Rxd7 Ne6 47.Bf2 a5 48.Ba7 e3 49.Kg3 a4 50.Bxb8 a3 51.Rc7 Nxc7 
52.dxc7 e2 53.Kf2 a2 54.c8=Q a1=Q 55.Kxe2 Qb2+ 56.Kf1 Qb5+ 57.Kg1 Qb6+ 58.Kh2 
Qb5 59.Bg3 Qxh5+ 60.Qh3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Botvinnik variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nc6 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.e3 Nd5 
9.Bxd8 Nxc3 10.Bxc7 Nd5 11.Bg3 Na5 12.Ne2 b5 13.Nc3 a6 14.Be2 Bb7 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 
16.f3 Nb3 17.Rb1 Rc8 18.Bd1 Kd7 19.e4 Bb7 20.Bc2 a5 21.Kf2 Rhf8 22.Ke3 f5 
23.Rhd1 g5 24.Be1 fxe4 25.fxe4 Rf4 26.Bg3 Rff8 27.Bxb3 cxb3 28.Rf1 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 
Ke7 30.Be1 b4 31.axb4 Rc1 32.bxa5 Ke8 33.Kd2 Rc2+ 34.Ke3 Rxb2 35.Bb4 Rxg2 
36.Rf8+ Kd7 37.Rf7+ Kc8 38.Rf8+ Kc7 39.Rf7+ Kb8 40.Bd6+ Ka7 41.Bc5+ Ka6 42.Re7 
b2 43.Rxe6+ Kxa5 44.Rb6 Ba6 45.Rb8 Re2+ 46.Kf3 Bd3 47.h3 h5 48.e5 Rh2 49.Kg3 
Re2 50.Kf3 Ka4 51.e6 Bb5 52.Ra8+ Kb3 53.Rb8 g4+ 54.hxg4 hxg4+ 55.Kxg4 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Wimpey system"]
[WhiteFideId "13710427"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 e6 5.c4 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bd7 
9.O-O Be7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Be2 Qd8 12.Na4 b6 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Rc8 
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Nc3 Bc6 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.Bf3 h6 20.Ne2 Bb7 21.h3 Qc7 22.Ng3 Bc8 
23.Rc1 Qb8 24.Qd3 Ne8 25.Nh5 Be6 26.Rc6 Bd7 27.Rc2 Be6 28.Nf4 Qd6 29.Qa6 Qd7 
30.Nd3 Bd6 31.Bd4 Bf5 32.Rd2 Rc8 33.Rd1 Bb8 34.a4 Be4 35.Bg4 Bf5 36.Bxf5 Qxf5 
37.Nb4 Nd6 38.Qe2 Ne4 39.Nxd5 Bd6 40.Qf3 Qe6 41.Qg4 Qxg4 42.hxg4 Rc2 43.f3 Nf2 
44.Rb1 Nd3 45.e4 Bc5 46.Bxc5 bxc5 47.a5 a6 48.Rd1 Rc1 49.Rxc1 Nxc1 50.b4 cxb4 
51.Nxb4 Nb3 52.Nc6 Kf8 53.Kf2 Ke8 54.Ke3 f6 55.Kf4 Kd7 56.Nb4 Ke6 57.Nxa6 Nxa5 
58.Nc7+ Kf7 59.Ke3 Nc4+ 60.Kd4 Ne5 61.Nd5 Ke6 62.Nf4+ Kf7 63.Nd3 Nc6+ 64.Kc5 
Ne7 65.Kd6 Nc8+ 66.Kc7 Ne7 67.Kd7 g5 68.g3 Ng6 69.Kd6 Ne7 70.Kc7 Ng6 71.Kd7 
Nf8+ 72.Kd6 Ne6 73.Kd5 Nc7+ 74.Kc4 Ke6 75.Nb4 Ne8 76.Nc6 Nd6+ 77.Kd3 Kf7 78.Kd4 
Nb5+ 79.Kc4 Na3+ 80.Kc3 Kg6 81.Ne7+ Kf7 82.Nf5 Kg6 83.Nd6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13903063"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 
9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Qg3 Bb7 14.a3 Rad8 15.Rae1 Bc6 
16.Bf3 Qb7 17.Nd1 Ne8 18.c3 f6 19.Nf2 e5 20.Be3 Nc7 21.f5 d5 22.Bh5 Bd6 23.Nd3 
dxe4 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.Bxc5 Rd3 26.Qg4 Rc8 27.Be7 Nd5 28.Bc5 e3 29.Rg1 e2 30.Rxe2 
Nf4 31.Be3 Nxe2 32.Qxe2 Rcd8 33.Bg4 Be4 34.Qf2 Bxg2+ 35.Rxg2 Rd1+ 36.Bxd1 Rxd1+ 
37.Qg1 Rxg1+ 38.Kxg1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "8618020"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 h5 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 
Qc7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.f4 Rb8 12.Bd3 b4 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5 bxa3 15.b3 Bb7 
16.Rge1+ Kd8 17.Re3 Nb6 18.Rde1 Qc5 19.Be4 Bxd5 20.Bxf6+ gxf6 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 
22.Rd3 f5 23.Kb1 Bg7 24.Nc6+ Qxc6 25.Rxd5 Rh6 26.Qa5+ Kc8 27.Rd3 Re6 28.Rde3 
Rb5 29.Qxa3 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Qb6 31.Rg3 Ra5 32.Qxa5 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Grutter, Tim"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "1057472"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Bd7 6.Nxd7 Qxd7 7.d3 Nc6 8.g3 g6 
9.Bg2 Bg7 10.O-O h5 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Rad1 b6 14.Rfe1 Rfe8 15.Qc1 Rcd8 
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Nd4 18.c3 Ne6 19.Bh6 Nf8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.d4 cxd4 22.Rxd4 
Qc7 23.Red1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Ne6 25.Rd1 Nc5 26.Bd5 Rd8 27.b4 Nd7 28.c4 Nf6 29.Bf3 
Rc8 30.Be2 Qe5 31.Bf1 a5 32.a3 axb4 33.axb4 Rc7 34.Qa3 h4 35.Rc1 hxg3 36.hxg3 
Qd4 37.Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Smeets, Kobe"]
[Black "Slagboom, Leandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[BlackFideId "1065882"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1063910"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.h4 Nc6 
9.Qg4 g6 10.Nf3 h6 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Qf4 c4 13.Be2 Rh7 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Rfb1 Rf8 
16.Ra2 b6 17.Nh2 g5 18.Qg3 f6 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Bf3 Rg8 21.Ng4 Ne8 22.h5 Rf8 
23.Re1 Ne7 24.Ne5 Nf5 25.Qh3 Ned6 26.Ng6 Rf6 27.g4 Nh4 28.Nxh4 gxh4 29.Bg2 Rf8 
30.f3 Qa5 31.Qxh4 Rg8 32.Qf6 Ne8 33.Qe5 Kb7 34.a4 Ka6 35.Rb1 Kb7 36.Bf4 Kc6 
37.Qb8 Qa6 38.a5 b5 39.Rab2 Qb7 40.Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Black "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[BlackFideId "1024523"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "5819369"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Bd7 7.c4 Bg4 8.d4 b5 9.cxb5 
Nxd4 10.bxa6+ Nd7 11.Be3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qf6 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7 15.Qa4+ 
Kd8 16.Qc6 Ra7 17.Na3 Qxf3 18.Nb5 Be7 19.Nxa7 Bh4 20.Qc2 d3 21.Qd1 Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 
Qxa7 23.Rf1 Qxa6 24.Rxf7 Bf6 25.Rc1 c5 26.Qb3 Kc8 27.Qe6+ Kb8 28.Qd5 Rc8 29.b3 
Rc7 30.Rf8+ Rc8 31.Rf7 Rc7 32.Rf8+ Rc8 33.Rxc8+ Kxc8 34.a4 Kd8 35.Rd1 Bd4 
36.Qc4 Qxc4 37.bxc4 Kc7 38.Rxd3 Kb6 39.Ra3 Ka5 40.Ra2 Bf6 41.Kg2 Bd8 42.Rd2 Be7 
43.Ra2 Bd8 44.Kf3 Kb4 45.Ke2 h5 46.Kd3 g5 47.h3 Ka5 48.Rf2 g4 49.hxg4 hxg4 
50.Rg2 Kxa4 51.Rxg4 Bf6 52.Rg8 Be5 53.Rb8 Ka5 54.Rb5+ Ka4 55.Ke3 Bd4+ 56.Kf4 
Bc3 57.Kf5 Bb4 58.Ke6 Kb3 59.Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Tudor, Henry Edward"]
[Black "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[BlackFideId "1202936"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2409836"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Bxd7 Nxd7 12.a4 Rb8 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Rxb6 15.Re1 Re8 
16.Qc2 Rb4 17.Bd2 Nb6 18.Nd1 Rb5 19.Nc3 Rb4 20.Nd1 Rb5 21.Bc3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Qf6 
23.Nf2 h5 24.Qc1 Qd8 25.e5 Bf5 26.Rxa6 Rb1 27.Qd2 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Nxd5 29.Qd2 
dxe5 30.fxe5 Nc7 31.Rd6 Qe7 32.h3 Rb8 33.Qe3 Ne6 34.Ne4 Bxe4 35.Qxe4 Rd8 36.Qd5 
Kg7 37.Kh2 Rb8 38.Rd7 Rd8 39.Rd6 Rb8 40.Qd2 Rb7 41.h4 Ra7 42.Kg3 Ra4 43.Rd7 Qe8 
44.Qd6 Rf4 45.Ng5 Rg4+ 46.Kh2 Rxh4+ 47.Kg1 Nxg5 48.Rd8 Qxd8 49.Qxd8 Rg4 50.Qf6+ 
Kg8 51.Qd8+ Kg7 52.Qf6+ Kg8 53.Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[BlackFideId "35033018"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "4600428"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3 h5 8.Be2 Bg7 
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.Rae1 a6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Nd5 Nd7 14.c3 O-O 15.Bg5 Re8 
16.Bh4 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qa5 18.a3 Nf6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.f4 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 h4 22.g4 hxg3 
23.hxg3 Kg7 24.Kg2 Rh8 25.Rh1 Rxh1 26.Rxh1 Rh8 27.Rxh8 Kxh8 28.g4 Kg8 29.g5 Bg7 
30.Bc4 Qc5 31.Qe2 Kf8 32.Ba2 Qb6 33.Kf1 Qc7 34.Kg2 Qd7 35.Bb1 Kg8 36.Be4 Kf8 
37.Bb1 Qa4 38.Be4 Qb3 39.Qc2 Qc4 40.Qd3 Qb3 41.Qc2 Qb5 42.Qd2 Ke8 43.Qc2 Kd8 
44.Qd2 Qc4 45.Qd3 Qb3 46.Qc2 Qb5 47.Qd2 Qc4 1/2-1/2

