[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Ba6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rfc1 Bf8 13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Qd1 (15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Bc3 Nce4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nf4 Bd6 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Ne2
g6 21. Rd1 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. b3 Qc5 26. g3 Ne4
27. Kg2 b5 28. Nfd4 a6 29. f3 Nf6 30. g4 Nd7 31. h3 Bc7 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. f4 Nc5
34. Ng3 Bb6 35. Kf3 Qd7 36. Nde2 Qe7 37. Qd4 Nd7 38. Qd3 b4 39. Nf1 Qe6 40. Nd4
Bxd4 41. Qxd4 a5 42. Ng3 Qc6 43. g5 f6 44. h4 Kf7 45. Ne2 Qc5 46. Qd3 Qc6 47.
Qd4 Qc5 48. e4 dxe4+ 49. Kxe4 Qf5+ 50. Ke3 Nc5 51. Ng3 Qe6+ 52. Kd2 Qc6 53.
Qc4+ Kf8 54. gxf6 Qg2+ 55. Kc1 Qf2 56. Ne2 Qe3+ 57. Kc2 Ne4 58. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 
(58) Rodshtein,M (2654)-Almasi,Z (2695) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 15... Qb7 16. Bc3
Nce4 17. Bxf6 (17. Be1 {This was perhaps a better try to keep the game going.})
17... Nxf6 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rc5 20. Nfd4 Rec8 21. Nc3 Ne4 22. Nb3 R5c7 23.
Nxe4 dxe4 {The position is not just equal but also very drawish.} 24. Rd2 g6
25. g3 Be7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Nd4 Bb4 28. Rc2 Rd7 29. Qe2 Bc5 30. Nb3 Be7 31.
Qc4 Kg7 32. Nd4 Bc5 33. Nb3 Be7 34. Nd4 Bc5 35. Nb5 a5 36. Nc3 f5 37. Kg2 Be7
38. Ne2 Qd5 39. Qc8 Bc5 40. Nf4 Qd1 41. Ne6+ Kh6 42. Rxc5 Qf3+ 43. Kh3 Qg4+ 44.
Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gukesh, D."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Bb5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne7 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Qd1 (
14. Rc1 c6 15. Be2 Re8 16. h4 Qd7 17. Kf1 Qe6 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Qd1 Bxe2+ 20.
Qxe2 Qf5 21. h5 Nf8 22. f3 c5 23. Bf2 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rac8 25. g4 Qc2 26. Nb3 Ne6
27. Bg3 b6 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Rh2 Rc3 30. Rb2 Rec8 31. Ree2 R3c4 32. Red2 Kf8
33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd1 Ne8 35. Rdc2 Nd6 36. Nd2 Rc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Rb3 Rc8 39.
a4 Nb7 40. Nb1 Na5 41. Rb5 Rc4 42. Rxd5 Rxa4 43. Nc3 Nc4 44. Ke2 Ra3 45. Kd3
Nb2+ 46. Kc2 Nc4 47. Kd3 Nb2+ 48. Kc2 Nc4 49. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 (49) Howell,D (2677)
-Brkic,A (2608) Baku 2023}) 14... h5 15. h3 (15. h4 g4) 15... c6 16. Be2 h4 17.
Bh2 b5 18. a4 a6 19. O-O Re8 20. Re1 Qe7 21. Bf3 ({Gukesh considered this
option, it is hard to assess behind the board without engine.} 21. Nf1 Qd7 22.
f3) 21... Be4 22. Be2 ({Gukesh also looked at this option} 22. Bg4 Nxg4 23.
Qxg4 f5 (23... f6 24. Qe2) 24. Qe2 {And White is probably a bit better. Gukesh
concluded he should have continued playing.}) 22... Bf5 23. Bf3 Be4 24. Be2 Bf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. a5
Rb8 9. h3 Re8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bd2 Bf8 12. Qb1 (12. Ne2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. c4
g6 15. b4 Qd7 16. Qc2 Ree8 17. Reb1 Nd8 18. Be3 c6 19. Qa4 Ra8 20. Nc3 Ne6 21.
b5 cxb5 22. cxb5 Rec8 23. bxa6 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 Rxa6 25. Nb6 Rc3 26. Ne1 Rc7 27.
Rb2 Kg7 28. Nc2 Nc5 29. Nb4 Ra7 30. Rc2 Nfd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Nd5 Rd8 33. Bxc5
dxc5 34. Rb2 Rda8 35. Kh2 c4 36. dxc4 Bc5 37. Rb5 Bxf2 38. Ra2 Bd4 39. Kg3 f5
40. Kf3 h5 41. c5 Rc8 42. Rc2 Kh6 43. g4 fxg4+ 44. hxg4 Rf8+ 45. Kg3 Kg5 46.
gxh5 gxh5 47. Rg2 h4+ 48. Kh2+ Kh5 49. Ne7 Be3 50. Nf5 Bf4+ 51. Kh3 Rd8 52.
Ng7+ Kh6 53. Nf5+ Kh5 54. Ng7+ Kh6 55. Rb6+ Kh7 56. Nf5 Rxa5 57. Rxb7+ Kh8 58.
Rg6 Rxc5 59. Kxh4 Rc1 60. Kh5 Rh1+ 61. Nh4 Be3 62. Rg4 Bf2 63. Re7 Rg8 64.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 65. Kg6 Rg1+ 66. Kh5 Rh1 67. Kg6 Rg1+ 68. Kh5 Rh1 69. Kg6 Rg1+ {
1/2-1/2 (69) Kadric,D (2544)-Yu,Y (2724) New York 2024}) 12... Be6 13. Bxe6
Rxe6 14. Nd5 Ne7 15. Nxf6+ (15. Nxe7+ {was an alternative followed by c4.})
15... Rxf6 16. Qd1 Ng6 17. d4 ({White should probably have played} 17. c4 {
because now Black doesn't get the d5-break as in the game.} Re6 18. d4 exd4 19.
Nxd4 Re8 20. Nf5 Ne7 21. Ne3 Nc6 22. Qc2 {And White has a small edge.}) 17...
exd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nf5 d5 20. Qg4 Qc8 21. Ne3 Qxg4 22. Nxg4 Rd6 23. exd5 Rxd5
24. Bc3 Rbd8 25. Ne3 R5d7 26. Nc4 f6 27. g3 Ne7 28. Nb6 Rd6 29. Nc4 R6d7 30.
Nb6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Sarana, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 b6 (7... Nc6
8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Nf1 b5 12. Ng3 b4 13. h3 Rc8 14. Bf4 Re8
15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 cxd4 20. cxd4 h6 21.
Be3 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Qf5 Ne7 25. Qb1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bc8 27. Ne5
Be6 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bc2 Nd6 31. Nh5 Bf5 32. Qe2 Bxc2 33. Nxf6+
gxf6 34. Nd7 Bg6 35. Nxf6+ Kh8 36. Qg4 Qd8 37. Bf4 Bg7 38. Nxd5 Nf5 39. Ne3
Nxd4 40. Kh2 Kh7 41. Bg3 Qe8 42. Nd5 Qe6 43. Nc7 Qxg4 44. hxg4 Bd3 45. f3 Ne6
46. Nd5 Bc4 47. Nb6 Bb3 48. Be1 Bd4 49. a5 Bxb6 50. axb6 Bd5 51. Kg3 Kg6 52.
Kf2 Nd4 53. Bc3 Nb5 54. Bb4 Nd4 55. Bc3 Nb3 56. Ke3 a5 57. g3 a4 58. Bb4 Bb7
59. f4 h5 60. f5+ Kg5 61. gxh5 Kxh5 62. Kf4 Nd4 63. g4+ Kh6 64. g5+ Kh7 65. Bc3
Ne2+ {0-1 (65) Aronian,L (2729)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Saint Louis 2024}) 8.
Re1 Bb7 9. Ba2 Nc6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nf1 Rc8 12. Ng3 O-O 13. h3 b5 14. Bb1 b4 15.
Bg5 a5 ({The players briefly discussed the following option} 15... h6 16. Bf4
e5 17. Bd2 d5 {but they did not see the engine's suggestion} 18. Bxh6) 16. d4 (
{If White delays d4 with} 16. Qd2 {Van Foreest was worried about} Ne5) 16...
bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 {Black is playing against the bishop on b1 and
the White player was a bit worried but he maintains the balance.} 19. Qd2 Qc3
20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. d5 Rfc8 22. Bd2 R3c4 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Ba2 {
The position has stabilized and now the players quickly traded to a draw.} d5
26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Rxe6 Rxa4 28. Rxe7 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Bxa2 30. Ra7 Bd5 31. Rxa5
Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rf8 33. Kg2 h6 34. Nf5 Kh7 35. Ne3 Rf7 36. f4 Rc7 37. Kf3 Rb7 38.
f5 Rb3 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. Rc5 Ra4 41. f3 Nh5 42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Ba7 9. Re1 g5 10. Bg3 h5 11. h4 g4 (11... Nh7 12. d4 g4 13. Nfd2 Nf8 14. Na3
Ng6 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. f3 Nce7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nf1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 gxf3 20. gxf3
Ra6 21. Rd2 Rf6 22. Red1 O-O 23. Kg2 a4 24. Ne3 Kg7 25. Kf2 Nf4 26. b4 axb3 27.
axb3 Neg6 28. Ke1 Nh3 29. Be2 c6 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Be6 32. Ra1 Ng1 33. Kf2
Nh3+ 34. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 (34) Williamson,H (2529)-Manso Gil,A (2574) ICCF email
2017}) 12. Ng5 O-O 13. Na3 Qe7 14. d4 Kg7 15. f4 {This is a high-risk strategy
from White, perhaps a little too much.} ({One of the crazy lines from the
players' preparation:} 15. Nb5 Bb6 16. d5 Nd8 17. Nd4 Ng8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19.
exf5 f6 20. Ne6+ Nxe6 21. dxe6 c6 22. Bd3 d5 23. Rc1 Rfd8 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25.
Bxe5+) 15... gxf3 16. gxf3 Nh7 17. f4 ({Slightly better would have been} 17.
Nb5 Bb6 18. Kh1 Nxg5 19. hxg5 f6 20. gxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rg1 Kh7 22. Kg2 {but it is
a slippery path for White.}) 17... Bg4 ({First taking on g5 and then on f4,
Keymer couldn't believe his eyes after the game and called it crazy.} 17...
Nxg5 18. hxg5 exf4 {Black will end up with a clear advantage in all lines.} 19.
Bxf4 Ne5 20. Be2 {This was Wei Yi's defense, but Black is still in control
after} (20. Rf1 Bg4 21. Qe1 (21. Be2 f5) 21... f6) 20... f5) 18. Be2 Bxe2 19.
Qxe2 exd4 20. Kg2 dxc3 21. Nxh7 (21. bxc3 {was maybe more precise.}) 21... cxb2
22. Rad1 Kxh7 23. Qxh5+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qh5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Be3 (12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3
Nhf4 15. Ng3 Qc8 16. Nf5 f6 17. c4 Ne6 18. b4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Kh8
21. Rc1 Ne5 22. Bb1 c5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 cxb4 25. Bxa7 Rxa7 26. Qxd6 a5 27.
Be4 Ra6 28. Qd5 Nc6 29. Qb5 Re5 30. Bd5 h6 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Be6
Qb6 34. Rd7 Kh7 35. f6 {1-0 (35) Hou,Y (2658)-Pham,L (2338) Baku 2016}) 12...
Re8 13. Nbd2 a5 14. a4 Bc6 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. dxe5 (16. b4 {would have been a
better way to play for an advantage.}) 16... dxe5 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Bd3 Nf8 {
The position is now completely equal.} 19. Nc4 N8d7 20. Qc2 g6 21. b3 b6 22.
Rad1 Raa8 23. Qb2 Nh5 24. Ne3 Rad8 25. Bc2 Nhf6 26. Nc4 Kg7 27. b4 Ra8 28. Ra1
h6 29. Re3 Nh7 30. Nfd2 Ra7 31. Ree1 Ng5 32. Ne3 Nf6 33. b5 Bb7 34. c4 Nd7 {
There has been some shuffling around but now with little time on the clock
White falls for a trap.} 35. Nd5 {A big mistake.} (35. Rad1 {with a small
advantage for White.}) 35... Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 ({Loose pieces drop was the golden
rule from John Nunn.} 36. gxh3 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Qg5+) 36... Bxd5 37. cxd5 Ng5 38.
Ra3 f6 39. Ke2 Nc5 40. Kd1 Raa8 41. Kc1 Rad8 42. g3 Nf7 43. f4 {White was
already in trouble and now decided to sacrifice a second pawn for active play.}
exf4 44. gxf4 Rxd5 45. Nf3 Rh5 (45... Rdd8 {would have been much simpler and
stronger.}) 46. e5 fxe5 47. Rae3 Nd7 (47... Kh7 {would have been stronger.})
48. fxe5 Nfxe5 49. Rd1 Nf6 50. Rde1 Nfd7 51. Rd1 Kh7 52. Qc3 {A big mistake,
Kb1 and White would have been fine, although it is still a big fight.} Nf6 53.
Rg1 Nd5 54. Bxg6+ Kh8 55. Qd4 Nxe3 56. Bxh5 Qa3+ 57. Kd2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 {A bit of a
strange choice by Arjun who is known to go for complex positions and now
decides to go for a very technical line.} 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3
10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Rb1 Na5 (12... Nd8 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. c4 Rc8 15. c5
Bc7 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd2 Ba5 19. Nd3 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Re8 22. Rb4 Rc7 23. Rg4+ Kh8 24. Ra4 a6 25. Nf4 Kg7 26. g4 Rxc5 27. Rd7 Rb5 28.
Nh5+ Kg6 29. Rf4 f5 30. a4 Re5 31. Ng3 fxg4 32. Rxg4+ Rg5 33. Re4 Ra5 34. Red4
Rd5 35. R4xd5 exd5 36. f4 Kf6 37. Rxd5 Ne6 38. Kf3 Rd8 39. Re5 Rd7 40. Nh5+ Ke7
41. f5 Rd4 42. fxe6 Rxa4 43. Nf4 {1-0 (43) Wang,Y (2732)-Jumabayev,R (2547)
Zuerich 2010}) 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {White has achieved a
small plus from the opening and now starts putting pressure on Black.} 16. Nd3
Be7 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Bc5 Kf8 19. Ra1 Rc7 20. Kf1 Nd7 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. Ra3 c5
23. c4 Rb7 24. Rda1 a5 25. Ke1 Kd6 26. Nc1 Rba7 27. Na2 Kc6 28. Nc3 Nb6 29. f4
Nc8 30. Nb5 Ra6 31. Rd1 Nb6 32. Ra2 Rf8 {This is probably a mistake after many
good moves made by Black.} (32... a4 33. Rda1 Rb8 34. Nc3 Nc8 35. Nb5 Nb6 {
And Black is fine.}) 33. Rd6+ Kb7 34. Nc3 Raa8 35. Rd1 Ra7 36. Rda1 Rfa8 {
This drops another pawn but the position is probably already lost.} (36... a4
37. Nxa4 Nxa4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4) 37. Nb5 Ra6 38. Nd6+ Kc7 39. Nxf7 Nd7 40.
Ng5 Nf6 41. Nf3 Ne4 42. Nd2 Nf6 43. Kf2 Ng4+ 44. Kg2 e5 45. Ne4 exf4 46. gxf4
Re8 47. Nxc5 Rc6 48. Nd3 Rg6 49. h3 Ne3+ 50. Kf2 Rg2+ 51. Kf3 Rh2 52. Nf2 g5
53. Rxa5 gxf4 54. Ra7+ Kd6 55. Ne4+ Ke6 56. R1a6+ Ke5 57. Ra5+ Kd4 58. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35006916"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Rad1 Be6
15. Nb5 Be5 16. N3d4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a4 18. Qb4 Qc7 19. Rd2 Qc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21.
Nb5 g6 22. Rfd1 Ra6 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Rg1 Kf6 25. g4 Raa8 26. h3 h5 27. Rc1 Rh8
28. Bf1 Rad8 29. Rcd1 Ra8 30. Rc1 hxg4 31. fxg4 Kg5 32. Rcc2 Rad8 33. Kf3 Rd7
34. Nc3 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 a3 36. Nd1 axb2 37. Nxb2 Ra8 38. a4 Bd4 39. Be2 Ra6 40.
Bd1 Rb6 41. Nd3 Bxc4 42. Nxf4 Kh4 43. Nd5 Rb1 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Nb6 Ba6 46. g5 Be3
47. Rd8 Bd4 48. Bg4 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Nd4 O-O 8. e4
Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Na3 Rac8 13. Qe2 Qa6 14. Qxa6 bxa6 15.
Rfd1 Rc7 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Rab1 a5 18. b3 Nd8 19. c4 Bc6 20. Nc3 Rcb7 21. Nab5 Nd7
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 a6 24. Na7 Ne5 25. Rbc1 a4 26. bxa4 Rc7 27. a5 Rxc4 28.
Nc6 Ndxc6 29. dxc6 Rc8 30. Bb6 e6 31. c7 d5 32. Bf1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Nc4 34. Bxc4
dxc4 35. Rd1 Bf6 36. Rd8+ Bxd8 37. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 38. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. h3 Ba7 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. a4 b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rae1 Qe7 15.
Bd3 h6 16. Rf2 Rfe8 17. Bb5 Rec8 18. Bc4 Re8 19. Bb5 Rec8 20. Bc4 Re8 21. Nh2
Nf8 22. Ng4 N8h7 23. Ref1 Bc8 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qd1 Be6 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. d5 Bd7
28. Rxf6 Bxb5 29. axb5 gxf6 30. Qg4+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "13903063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. h4 f5
9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. g3 a5 12. Be2 h6 13. Nh3 Nd7 14. Rc1 e5 15. Bxe5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Qd7 18. Bg4 Qc6 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Kf1 d4 21. Qc4+ Kh8
22. exd4 Rd5 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Ke1 Qg6 25. Be2 Qe6 26. g4 Bxc5 27. Re3 b5 28. Qc2
Bxd4 29. Rxe4 Qf7 30. f4 Qe7 31. g5 Qe6 32. Rd3 Qf5 33. Rexd4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "12923044"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. O-O-O
Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 h5 16. Rhd1 Rc8 17. Bf3 g5 18. Bd6 g4 19. Bxc6+ Rxc6 20. Bxe7
Kxe7 21. Nd4 Rc7 22. b3 Rg8 23. Re1 Rc5 24. Rde2 Rg6 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 h4
27. Rh5 g3 28. Rxh4 gxh2 29. Rxh2 Kd6 30. Kd2 Bd5 31. Nf3 Kc5 32. c3 a5 33. Ke3
b5 34. Kf2 b4 35. cxb4+ axb4 36. Rh1 Ra6 37. Rc1+ Kd6 38. Rc2 Be4 39. Rd2+ Kc5
40. Ke3 Bb1 41. Rb2 Re6+ 42. Kf2 Bg6 43. g4 f6 44. Kg3 Ra6 45. Kf4 Re6 46. Rd2
Re4+ 47. Kg3 Re3 48. Rd8 Be4 49. Kf4 Rd3 50. Rxd3 Bxd3 51. Ke3 Bb1 52. Nd2 Bxa2
53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kd4 Ke6 55. Kc4 Ke5 56. Kxb4 Kf4 57. Ka3 Bxb3 58. Kxb3 f5 59.
gxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "5091756"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 b5
9. Qe2 a5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. d5 cxd5 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Nbd4
Rc8 16. Ne5 e6 17. Bh3 Re8 18. Qf3 c3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Be3 Ba4 21. Rdc1 Qc7 22.
Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 h5 24. Qg5 e5 25. Nb3 d4 26. Bd2 Rc2 27. Bf1 e4 28. Bb5 Bxb5
29. Qxb5 Rf8 30. Rab1 Kh7 31. Qd5 e3 32. fxe3 Rd8 33. Qe4 d3 34. Na1 f5 35. Qf3
Bc3 36. Nxc2 Bxd2 37. Nd4 Bxc1 38. Rb3 d2 39. Rd3 Rd7 40. Qa8 Bb2 41. Qe8 Bxd4
42. exd4 Re7 43. Qa4 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8618020"]
[BlackFideId "13710427"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1
Ne6 9. c3 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. cxd4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15.
d5 Na5 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. b4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 c6 19. bxa5 cxd5 20. Ncd4 Bd7 21. Qe5
Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Ba4 23. Bf5 Rfe8 24. f4 g6 25. Bh3 f6 26. Nef3 f5 27. Ne5 Rac8 28.
g4 Rc3 29. Bg2 fxg4 30. Bxd5+ Kh8 31. Rb1 Bc6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Ndxc6 g5 34. f5
Rf8 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Nxb8 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 h5 39. f6 Rc1 40. f7 Kg7 41.
Nbd7 Rf1 42. f8=Q+ Rxf8 43. Nxf8 Kxf8 44. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1019554"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. h4 h6 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Ne4 Qe6 12. Ng5 Qf6 13. Ne4 Qe6 14. Ng5 Qf6 15.
Ne4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5091756"]
[BlackFideId "8618020"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 a5 7. O-O c6 8. b3 b6
9. Ne5 Ba6 10. Bb2 Nfd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ra7 14. Qd2 Rd7 15.
Rfd1 Bb4 16. e3 Qe7 17. Qd4 Bc5 18. Qa4 Rc8 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. Bf1 Bxb5 21. Bxb5
Rdc7 22. a3 Na7 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Bf1 h5 25. Rc2 Qd7 26. Qh4 g6 27. Rdc1 Rbc8 28.
Ba6 Ra8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Qa4 31. bxc5 Qxa6 32. cxb6 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Qxb6 34.
Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nge2 Ne8 10. Bg3 Nd6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. O-O a5 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. h3 Nd7 15.
Kh1 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Ng3 b5 19. Nb1 Qb6 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rac8
22. Nf5 Nde4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Bd6 b4 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rfd1 Bd3 27. Qc5+ Qxc5
28. Rxc5 Nd7 29. Rxa5 Ra8 30. Nb3 Rxa5 31. Nxa5 Ra8 32. Nxc6 Rxa2 33. Nxb4 Rxb2
34. Nxd3 exd3 35. Kg1 Rb3 36. g4 Nb6 37. Nd6 Na4 38. Ne4 Ke7 39. Ra1 Nc3 40.
Nxc3 Rxc3 41. Kf1 Ke6 42. Ke1 Rb3 43. Ra6+ Kd5 44. Ra5+ Ke6 45. Re5+ Kd6 46. Kd2
g6 47. f4 Rb2+ 48. Kxd3 Rh2 49. f5 g5 50. Ra5 Rxh3 51. Ra6+ Ke7 52. d5 Rg3 53.
f6+ Kd7 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35006916"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Rhg1 b5 14. g4 Ng6 15.
g5 b4 16. gxf6 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxf6 18. Bxd6 Rc8 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. e5
Be7 22. Qe2 Ra4 23. Rg4 Qe8 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 25. Kb2 Re8 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Rd4 Qc6
28. Rd6 Qe8 29. Qd1 Qf8 30. Rxa6 Nxe5 31. Qd5 Re8 32. a4 g6 33. Ka2 Ng4 34. Rc6
Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Qc7 15.
c4 h4 16. b4 h3 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rac1 f5 19. c5 f4 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Bc5 Nxc5 22.
bxc5 Qd7 23. d6 Bh4 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Nxb7 Qa4 26. c6 e4 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4
Bf7 29. Rxe4 Bf6 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "13710427"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Be8 16. Qb1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. g4 h6 19. Rc1 Bd6 20. Qe4 Bxf4 21.
Qxf4 Ne7 22. Be2 Bc6 23. Ne5 Qd2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rxc6 Nxc6 26. Ng6+ Kh7 27.
Nf4 Ne5 28. Qxe6 Qc1+ 29. Bf1 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kg1 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "13903063"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Re3 Bb4 12. Ne1 h6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Re2 O-O 15.
h4 Nh7 16. Be3 f6 17. Nd3 Be7 18. Qe1 fxe5 19. dxe5 Rf5 20. Bf2 Nf8 21. f4 Ng6
22. g3 h5 23. a3 Nh8 24. Nd2 Nf7 25. b4 Nh6 26. Nb3 a6 27. Rc1 Qe8 28. Nd4 Nxd4
29. Bxd4 Qg6 30. Rg2 Rff8 31. Qd2 Rfc8 32. Bc5 Bd8 33. Rc3 Rc6 34. a4 b6 35. Bd4
Rac8 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Kh1 Qe4 38. Bg1 Nf5 39. Kh2 d4 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Rc3
42. Nb4 Bxh4 43. Bf2 Be7 44. Nc6 Bc5 45. Qa2 Rc2 46. Qxe6+ Kh7 47. Qf7 d3 48.
Qxh5+ Nh6 49. f5 Qxf5 50. Qxf5+ Nxf5 51. Be1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Qc3 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. g4 d4 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Nb3 Bc8 24. Nxd4 Bb7 25. Qe3 e5 26. Nb3 Qb6 27. Qe2 a5
28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. a4 Qf6 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Kg7 32. Nd2 Qf4 33. Qe2 h5 34.
gxh5 gxh5 35. Ne4 h4 36. b4 f5 37. Qb5 Bxe4 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. bxa5 e3 40. a6
Qxh2 41. Qb7+ Kh6 42. a7 e2 43. a8=Q e1=Q+ 44. Kb2 Qhf2 45. Qh8+ Kg5 46. Qbg7+
Kf4 47. Qhf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "13710427"]
[BlackFideId "5091756"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. O-O h5 14. e4 g4 15. Nh4
Bxd4 16. exd5 O-O 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1 c5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. bxc5 Nd7
22. Qc1 Nxc5 23. Bb1 Re8 24. Nf4 Bxh4 25. gxh4 Ne6 26. Nxh5 Qxc1 27. Nf6+ Kf8
28. Rxc1 Rd8 29. Be4 Rb8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Nf4 32. Rb5 Be6 33. Nh7+ Ke7 34.
Ng5 Bxa2 35. Ra5 Bc4 36. Rxa7+ Kf6 37. Kh2 Ng6 38. Kg3 Ne5 39. Ra5 Rd2 40. Bb7
Rb2 41. Ne4+ Kg6 42. Rxe5 Rxb7 43. Rg5+ Kh6 44. Nf6 Rb3+ 45. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Qb8 16. Na4 Nd4 17. exd4 Bxa4 18. d5 e5 19. Nxe5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Re8 21. f4
Bb3 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qd8 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Qd3 b5 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Rc6 Rd8 28.
Nf3 Bxf4 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qe4 Qa7+ 31. Kf1 Qe3 32. Qxe3 Bxe3 33. Nh4 h5 34. Nf5
Bf4 35. Rxa6 Kh7 36. Rxf6 Bg5 37. Rd6 Ra8 38. Rb6 Rxa3 39. Rxb5 h4 40. d6 Rd3
41. Nxh4 Bxh4 42. Rh5+ Kg6 43. Rxh4 Rxd6 44. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Capablanca-Duras variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Qe7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2 b5 15. Bd3
b4 16. Na4 c5 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rac8 21. c6 Rd5
22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Qg3 Ra5 24. Bb7 Rxa2 25. Qb3 Ra5 26. f4 g5 27. g3 Bf8 28. Red1
Rxb7 29. cxb7 Qxb7 30. Qe3 Be7 31. Rd3 Ra2 32. Qf2 b3 33. fxg5 Bxg5 34. Rf1 h5
35. Rxb3 Qd7 36. Rf3 f5 37. exf6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "13903063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 h5 11. Kd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Nh3 a5 14. Ne2 Ke7 15.
Nhf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Bxd3 17. Kxd3 Nb6 18. Rac1 Nc8 19. e4 dxe4+ 20. Kxe4 f5+ 21.
Ke3 Nb6 22. Rc5 Kf6 23. Rhc1 Nd7 24. R5c3 Rae8+ 25. Kf3 Re4 26. Rd1 Nf8 27. d5
c5 28. g3 Nd7 29. d6 b5 30. Rd5 Re5 31. Re3 a4 32. Ke2 Rxe3+ 33. fxe3 b4 34. Kd2
Rh6 35. a3 b3 36. Kc3 Rh8 37. Kc4 Re8 38. Nxh5+ Kg6 39. Nf4+ Kf6 40. Kb5 Rc8 41.
Ne2 Ke6 42. Nf4+ Kf6 43. Rd1 c4 44. Nd5+ Ke5 45. Nc3 Rg8 46. Nxa4 Rxg3 47. Kxc4
Rxe3 48. Nc5 Re4+ 49. Kb5 Rd4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8618020"]
[BlackFideId "12923044"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 c6
15. Rfe1 Nbd7 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 g6 19. Ng3 Bg7 20. Ne4 Bf5 21.
Bxf6 Bxe4 22. Bxd8 Rxe5 23. Qc3 Re6 24. Ba5 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Bxd4 26. Bc3 Rae8 27.
Kf1 Bc5 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "35006916"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. Bd3 b6
9. h4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h5 Nd7 12. h6 g6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qf3 f6 15. O-O
Nc7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. c4 a5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rfd1 a4 21. Rac1
Rad8 22. Nb1 Nb5 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Qc2 c4 25. Qxa4 Ra8 26. Qb4 Nd6 27. Nc3 Rab8
28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd6 Qg5 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 31. Rc8 1-0

