[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Gukesh, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[GameId "2137666604424829"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. a4 ({Relevant:} 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 a6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 Re8 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 c6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Qc1 Kg7 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Nh4 Kh7 23. Nf3 Re8 24. e5 Nd5 25. Qg4 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Bb8 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qh4 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Nf1 Kg7 31. g3 Re2 32. N1d2 Ba7 33. Kf1 Re7 {0-1 Niemann,H (2734)-Carlsen,M (2831) Wch Blitz Final New York 2024 (1.4)}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. O-O {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. c3 b6 11. b4 Ne7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. d4 c5 14. Bf1 Qc7 15. Qb3 b5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. c4 Rab8 18. Rec1 Be6 19. Ng5 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rxb4 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qc2 h6 23. f3 Rfb8 24. a6 Kh7 25. Na5 Rc8 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. Ra2 Rcb8 29. Rac2 Rb1 30. Qa5 Qe7 31. Rxb1 Rxb1 32. Na3 Rb3 33. Nb5 Ne8 34. Qd2 c4 35. Nc3 Nd6 36. Na4 Qc7 37. Qf2 Qa5 38. Nc5 Rb1 39. g3 {½-½ Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Giri,A (2752) Saint Louis Rapid 2023 (2)}) 10. c3 Ng6 11. Re1 h6 (11... Bd7) 12. d4 Nh7 13. Re3 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. g3 Bg4 (15... Rb8) 16. h4 $3 {Missed by Gukesh as he admitted afterwards. This move impressed Carlsen in commentary.} Qh5 (16... Bxd1 17. hxg5 Bg4 18. gxh6 gxh6 19. a6 b6 20. f3 Bc8 {And White has a nice advantage.}) (16... Qxe3 {And now the main point of playing h4:} 17. Qc2 $3 {And Black loses his queen.}) 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Nf1 Ne7 ({The engine says Black should go for} 18... Nf4 19. Nh2 exd4 20. cxd4 Ne2+ 21. Bxe2 Bxe2 22. Qc2 Ba6 23. Qxc7 {but for a human it is not clear at all why Black is doing better here than in the game.}) 19. Nh2 Bd7 20. Be2 {White has emerged with a nice advantage out of the opening.} Qg6 21. dxe5 (21. Qc4 {was a serious alternative.}) 21... dxe5 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Qb5 Nc6 24. a6 Bc8 ({The engine defends with} 24... f6 25. axb7 Nd8) 25. h5 Qf6 26. Rf3 Qe6 27. Bc4 Qe7 28. Qa4 (28. Rfd3 {clearly stronger was}) 28... Nd8 29. axb7 Bxb7 30. Re3 Bc6 31. Qa2 Nb7 32. b4 Nd6 33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Qe6 35. Re2 c6 (35... Rb5 36. Rxb5 Qxa2 37. Rxa2 Nxb5) 36. Ra5 ({White had a small chance here to continue putting pressure on Black:} 36. Rc5 Qxa2 37. Rxa2 Nxe4 38. Rc4 Nf6 39. Rxa7) 36... Qxa2 37. Raxa2 Rfc8 38. Ng4 c5 39. bxc5 Rxc5 40. Rxa7 Rxc3 41. Rd7 Ne8 ({Black had a simpler defense:} 41... Nc4 42. Rc7 (42. Re7 Rcb3 43. Nxe5 Nxe5 44. Rxe5 R3b5 45. Rxb5 Rxb5) 42... Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Rcc1 44. Ra2 Nd6 {It is this final move that Gukesh had not seen in his calculations.}) 42. Nxe5 Nf6 43. Re7 Rb4 44. g4 Rc5 45. f3 Kf8 $2 {A clear mistake. The evaluation goes from -1 to -2.} ({Black could maybe still have safed the game here:} 45... Rb3 46. Kg2 Kf8 47. Rxf7+ Ke8 48. Rxg7 Rxe5 49. Ra2 Kf8 50. Rg6 Nxe4 51. Re2 Rg5 52. Rxh6 Nc5 53. Rc6 Nd3) 46. Rxf7+ Ke8 47. Nd3 Rb1+ 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. Ne5 Rb5 50. Rxg7 (50. Ra2) 50... Rxe5 51. Ra2 Kf8 52. Rg6 Nxe4 53. Re2 $1 {Absolutely the most precise.} Rg5 54. Rxh6 Nc5 55. Rc6 (55. Rf6+ Kg7 56. Rc6 Na4 57. Ra6 Nc5 58. Ra8 Kf7 59. Ra7+ Kf6 60. Re8 Ne6) 55... Na4 56. Ra6 Nc5 57. Ra8+ {Still a large advantage but White had stronger:} ({Winning for White is:} 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Rc6 Na4 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Rce6 Nc5 61. Re8+ Kf7 62. R6e7+ Kf6 63. h6) (57. Rc6) 57... Kf7 58. Ra7+ Kf6 59. Re8 $2 ({White had a win here:} 59. h6 {The only winning move.} Rg8 60. Rc7 Na4 61. Rd7 Nc5 62. Rd6+ Kf7 63. h7) 59... Ne6 {Suddenly it is equal again.} 60. h6 Re5 61. Ra6 Rc2+ 62. Kf1 Rc1+ 63. Kf2 Rc2+ 64. Kf1 Rc1+ 65. Kf2 Rc2+ 66. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[GameId "2137701471402008"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 Qa5 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Na6 (9... Bf5 10. a3 Na6 11. Ra2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb8 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. O-O O-O 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Nb6 18. Qb3 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. a4 Rac8 21. Be5 Bb4 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rc5 26. Nd3 Rc3 27. Nf4 Nc8 28. Rd2 Rc7 29. Rbd1 Nb6 30. Ra2 Nc8 31. Rad2 Nb6 32. Ra2 Nc8 33. Rad2 {1/2-1/2 (33) Bluebaum,M (2618)-Meier,G (2636) Magdeburg 2019}) 10. Qa4 (10. Qb3 {Sarana pointed out he should have played this.}) 10... Qb6 11. Qb3 Bf5 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nge2 Nb4 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd1 Bg6 16. Bg3 f5 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Qd8 20. d5 Qc8 $6 ({Black should have played} 20... Nc7 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qc2) 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Qa4 c5 23. Rfd1 cxb4 $2 (23... Bf8) 24. Nb5 Bc5 $2 (24... Qd7 25. d6 Bg5 26. axb4 {.And White has a large advantage but not as big as in the game}) 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Bh4 (26. Ne6 {would have been even stronger.}) 26... Rd7 27. Nxa7 Qe8 28. Rxc5 Na6 29. Rcc1 Rxa7 30. d6 h6 31. Be7 b5 32. Qxb5 Rxe7 33. Qxe8+ Rxe8 34. d7 Nc7 35. d8=Q Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Ne8 37. h4 Kh7 38. Ne6 Kg6 39. Nf4+ Kf6 40. Rcc8 g5 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. Nd5+ Bxd5 43. Rxd5 Ke6 44. Rcc5 Nd6 45. g4 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[GameId "2137705637788847"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 (11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Nf1 Bg6 16. f4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne4 19. Nd2 Bb4 20. Nxe4 Bxe1 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Bd2 Bh4 23. f5 Be7 24. Rc1 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 c6 27. Kf2 Rac8 28. Bb4 Rfd8 29. Kf3 Rd7 30. Kf4 a5 31. Bxa5 Ra7 32. b4 Kf8 33. Rc3 Ke7 34. a3 Kd7 35. Rh3 Rh8 36. Bb6 Raa8 37. Bc5 Rag8 38. Re3 Re8 39. g4 g6 40. Kg5 gxf5 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2831)-Aronian,L (2747) Wch Blitz New York 2024 (7)}) 11... Qd7 12. Be3 {[#]} Na5 $146 (12... Rad8 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bf5 15. Nb3 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Ne6 17. a4 Qc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nbd4 Ncxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 c5 22. Ra7 cxd4 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxe7 dxe3 25. Rxe3 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Rc8 29. Rb3 Rc5 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Ke7 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Kd4 h6 34. g3 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g6 37. f4 g5 38. f5+ {1-0 Kamsky,G (2663)-Csonka,B (2494) Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (6)}) 13. Nbd2 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Bf4 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bg5 Re6 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. b4 $11 (22. f3 {is the engine's recommendation.}) 22... cxb4 23. cxb4 Bd5 24. Nf1 Kf7 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Red1 Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Kh2 Rf8 30. Kg3 Bc6 31. Rc1 Kd6 32. Rc5 Bd7 33. Rg5 Rf7 34. Rd5+ Ke6 35. Rd1 Ke5 36. Rc1 Rf6 37. Rc5+ Kd6 38. Rd5+ Ke6 39. Rd4 Bc6 40. Rd8 Rg6+ 41. Kh2 Rf6 42. Kg1 Rf7 43. Rc8 Bb7 44. Rb8 Kd6 45. h4 g6 46. Rg8 Ke7 47. g4 Bc6 48. Kg2 Kd6 49. Rc8 Kd7 50. Rh8 Kc7 51. Kg1 Kd7 52. Kf1 Kc7 53. Rg8 Kd7 54. Ke2 Kc7 55. h5 gxh5 56. gxh5 Kd6 57. h6 Ke5 58. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Nd2
c6 15. Nf3 Ng7 16. Bf4 (16. h3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Qd2
Re8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Ne6 23. Nd3 Qd8 24. Kg2 a5 25. Bg3 b6 26. Qe3 a4 27.
Nf4 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Zilka,S (2615)-Grischuk,A (2732) Samarkand 2023}) 16...
Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Qe1 Qxe1+ 22. Nxe1
Ng7 23. Kf1 Ne6 24. Be3 h5 25. Ke2 Kf8 26. Nd3 Ke7 27. Ne1 Bg7 28. Nd3 Bf6 29.
Ne1 Bg7 30. Nd3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 a5 13. Rc1 Ng7 14. Qb3 {White's
setup is not very ambitious, Black now managed to exchange a pair of bishops.}
Ra7 15. Na4 Bf5 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb6 Raa8 19. Nc5 Nd6 20. Rc3 Rfb8
({After the game Warmerdam was a bit disappointed he had not managed to create
more pressure. Based on the engine's suggestion of g5 here, the players
analyzed the following, more human line:} 20... h5 {and now White needs to
defend because play on the queenside is too slow:} 21. Ra3 g5 {And Warmerdam
regretted he missed this opporunity, he misevaluated that White is not
achieving much on the queenside.} 22. Rxa5 Nc8 23. Qb4 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 b6 {
winning for Black.}) 21. Nd2 Nc8 22. Qb3 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rc5 Qd8 25. a4
Nd6 26. Ra1 Ra7 27. Rcc1 h5 28. Qc3 Rba8 29. Qc5 Kh7 30. Bd3 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5
32. Ra3 Nh4 33. Rd1 Nf5 {And Black's draw offer was accepted.} ({Mendonca
looked during the game at} 33... b6 34. Qxc6 Rc8 35. Qb5 Rac7 {with a small
advantage for White.} ({not good is} 35... Rc2 36. e4 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Qg5 38. f4)
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[GameId "2137703745087995"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 ({Relevant:} 5... Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. Be3 Qxd1 14. Rexd1 f6 15. Ne1 Na5 16. Nd3 Rfd8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Kf7 19. Kf1 Nb7 20. Be3 Na5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b3 g5 23. Ke2 h5 24. f3 h4 25. Kf2 c5 26. Ke2 Nb7 27. a4 b4 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. a5 Rc8 30. Bd3 Rc6 31. Ra4 Bxb3 32. Rxb4 Nxa5 33. Bb6 Nc4 34. Bf2 Ba2 35. Ra4 {½-½ Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)-So,W (2747) Oslo CCT Final 2024 (7.1)}) 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Re1 c5 8. c3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nh4 a5 14. Ngf5 Nd7 15. Qg4 Re8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Ne3 a4 18. Rf1 Nf6 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Nc4 Qe6 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. b4 c6 23. Ne3 a3 24. Rfb1 Reb8 25. Rb3 Bg5 26. c4 cxb4 27. Rxb4 Nc5 28. Qe2 Qc8 29. Be1 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Ne6 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Bc3 Qd8 33. d4 exd4 34. Bxd4 Qg5 35. Qxg5 Nxg5 36. f3 Rb4 37. Rd1 Ne6 38. Be3 {0-1 Ivic,V (2610)-Nguyen,T (2663) EU-Cup 39th Vrnjacka Banja 2024 (6.6)}) 9. Qc2 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 $1 {A very striking idea.} 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 {Black was still playing fast, indicating he was still in his preparation, but the same can be said about White! van Foreest admitted afterwards he was surprised/disappointed that Harikrishna was familiar with this position.} 15. exd5 e4 16. Rxe4 Nf6 17. Re2 Nxd5 18. Nc3 f6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Kd7 $6 (20... Kf7 21. Bxc7 Rb5) 21. Bxc7 Rb5 22. Bf4 (22. Bg3) 22... g5 23. Be3 (23. Bg3) 23... a5 24. Ne1 a4 25. Nd3 Rhb8 $6 (25... Bc4) 26. Rd1 (26. Ree1) 26... Bxa2 27. Nc5+ Ke8 28. Bc1 Bc4 29. Re3 Kf7 30. Nxa4 Ra5 31. Nc3 Ra1 32. Bd2 {The game is about equal now.} Ra7 33. Bc1 Ra1 34. Rde1 Bd8 35. h3 Kg6 36. d5 Ba5 37. d6 Rd8 38. Re4 Bf7 39. Rd4 Bb6 40. Rd2 Bc5 41. d7 Ra7 42. Rde2 Raxd7 43. Be3 Bf8 44. Ra1 $11 Rb7 45. Rc2 Be6 46. Ra6 Bf5 47. Rd2 Rxd2 48. Bxd2 Kf7 49. Be3 Rxb2 50. Bd4 Be6 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Ra6 Kf7 53. Ra7+ Kg6 54. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[GameId "2137706843704845"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. O-O Rd8 9. h3 Be6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Ne4 (11... Na6 12. Ra4 Ne4 13. Bf4 Naxc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Ra3 d4 16. Na4 Nxb3 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 b6 19. b4 Bc4 20. Bxc6 Rac8 21. b5 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Nb2 Bd5 24. Rxa7 d3 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc4 Bd4 27. Raxe7 Kg7 28. Ne3 Rdd8 29. Rd1 Rc5 30. Be1 Bf6 31. Ra7 Bb2 32. Ra2 Bc1 33. Bd2 {1-0 (33) Cheparinov,I (2681)-Saric,I (2678) Bol 2015}) (11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. g4 Ne4 14. Ra4) 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. g4 h6 14. Ra4 g5 (14... f5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Rfa1 a6 17. Rb4 Ra7) 15. Bc7 Rdc8 16. Bh2 f5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Rfa1 a6 19. Rb4 Nxc3 {Giri thought this was smart, but leaving the knights on seems also possible.} (19... Ra7 20. Na4 Rf8 21. Nb6 h5 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Rb6) 20. bxc3 Ra7 {Giri really didn't like to put his rook here, he calculated lines with a piece sac on c5, but nothing works, so in the end he decided the rook had to go to a7 and it turns out it is not a problem for Black.} 21. Ra5 Be4 (21... Re8) 22. h4 (22. c4 e6 23. e3) 22... g4 23. Ne1 (23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5) 23... Bf5 24. Ra2 h5 25. Rba4 e5 26. e3 Re8 27. Bf1 Nf8 28. Ng2 Ng6 (28... Raa8 29. Rb4 Re7 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Ng6 (31... Ne6) 32. Nf4 Nxh4 33. Nxh5 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe5) 29. b4 Bd7 30. Bd3 Kf7 (30... e4 31. Be2 Kf7 32. c4) 31. Bxg6+ Kxg6 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rxe5 34. Rd2 Be8 35. Ra1 Bf7 36. Nf4+ Kf6 37. Rd4 Ra8 38. Ne2 Ke7 39. Kf1 Bg6 40. Ng3 Rf8 41. Rf4 Rf6 42. Rd1 Kf7 43. Rdd4 Re8 44. Ne2 Be4 (44... Ra8 45. c4 a5 46. cxd5 cxd5 47. Rxd5 Rxf4 48. Nxf4 a4 49. Nxg6 a3 50. Rd1 Kxg6 51. b5 a2 52. Ra1 Kf5) 45. c4 Rxf4 46. Nxf4 Re5 47. Ke1 (47. cxd5 cxd5 48. Ne2 Kg6 49. Ng3 (49. Rd2) 49... Bf3 50. Ke1 Re8) 47... Kf6 48. Kd2 Rf5 49. Kc3 Ke5 50. cxd5 cxd5 51. Rd1 (51. Rd2 Bh1 52. Rd3 Be4 53. Rd4 Rxf4 54. exf4+ Kxf4) 51... Bf3 52. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. O-O a6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Rc1 b5
16. Ba2 a5 17. Nd2 b4 18. Ncb1 h6 19. axb4 axb4 20. Bc4 Rfc8 21. Qe2 Qe8 22. Bd3
Nh7 23. Nc4 Be7 24. Nbd2 Bg5 25. Nf3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qe7 27. h4 Nf6 28. g3 Ng4 29.
Qd2 Nf6 30. Nh2 Bh3 31. Rc2 Bd7 32. Rcc1 Bh3 33. Rc2 Bd7 34. Nf1 Ba4 35. Rcc1
Nd7 36. Bc2 Bxc2 37. Rxc2 Nf6 38. Qe3 Nf8 39. Rec1 N8d7 40. Nfd2 Ra6 41. Qe2
Rca8 42. Ne3 Ne8 43. Qb5 Rb6 44. Qe2 Rba6 45. Nb3 Ndf6 46. Qe1 R6a7 47. Nc4 Nd6
48. Ncd2 Rb8 49. Qe3 Rba8 50. Rc6 Nfe8 51. Nc5 Nb5 52. Nd3 Nd4 53. R6c5 Ra1 54.
Kg2 b3 55. R5c3 Nc2 56. Qe2 Nd4 57. Qd1 Rxc1 58. Nxc1 Nd6 59. Ncxb3 f5 60. exf5
Qf7 61. Nxd4 exd4 62. Rf3 Qxd5 63. Qb3 Qxb3 64. Nxb3 d3 65. Rxd3 Nxf5 66. Nc5
Rb8 67. b3 Rb5 68. Ne6 c6 69. h5 Re5 70. Nf4 Kf7 71. Ng6 Rd5 72. Rxd5 cxd5 73.
Nf4 Ne7 74. b4 Ke8 75. Ne6 Kf7 76. Nd4 g6 77. hxg6+ Kxg6 78. b5 Nc8 79. f4 h5
80. Kh3 Nb6 81. Kh4 Nc4 82. Nc6 Kh6 83. g4 hxg4 84. Kxg4 Kg7 85. Ne5 Nb6 86. Kf5
Kf8 87. Ke6 d4 88. f5 Na8 89. Kd6 Nb6 90. f6 d3 91. Nxd3 Kf7 92. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13903063"]
[BlackFideId "5091756"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 g5 11. Nxc6 Bxe3 12. Nxd8 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 gxf4 14. Nxf7 Kxf7
15. Re1 Rg8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. e6+ Kf6 18. exd7 Bxd7 19. Re2 Bf5 20. Rf2 Be4 21.
Rxf4+ Ke5 22. Rf7 Raf8 23. Re7+ Kd6 24. Rxb7 Rf2+ 25. Ke3 Rxc2 26. Bxa6 Rgxg2
27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Kxd3 Rgd2+ 29. Ke3 Re2+ 30. Kd3 Rcd2+ 31. Kc3 Rc2+ 32. Kd3
Rcd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "13710427"]
[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. Bf4 Bf5 12. Bxd6 Bxd3 13. Bxe7 Bxe2 14. Bxd8
Bxd1 15. Bh4 Bh5 16. Kd2 Nd7 17. Na4 Rfe8 18. Bg3 Bg6 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Nc5 Nc4+
21. Kc3 b6 22. Na6 Rac8 23. b3 Na5 24. Kd2 Bf5 25. Rc3 Rcd8 26. Rd1 Bc8 27. Nb4
Bb7 28. f3 f6 29. Nd3 g5 30. Rc2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxe6
Qxe6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rc6 17. b3 Nd7 18. Rd2 Nf6 19. Rad1 Qg4 20. Rxd6 Rxd6
21. Rxd6 Nxe4 22. h3 Qf4 23. g3 Qc1+ 24. Qd1 Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 f6 26. a5 Rc8 27. c4
Rc7 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Rc1 Nc5 30. Rb1 Nd3 31. Nd2 Nb4 32. Ne4 f5 33. Ng5+ Kg6 34.
Ne6 Re7 35. Nc5 Rc7 36. Ne6 Re7 37. Nc5 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35006916"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. a4 b4 5. O-O e6 6. d3 c5 7. e4 d6 8. Nbd2 Be7
9. Nc4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. h4 Re8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nfxe5 Nd5 15. Qg4
Nd4 16. c3 Nf6 17. Qd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Kh2 Nf5 20. Qe2 h6 21. h5 Nd6 22.
Rad1 Rcd8 23. Na5 Rc8 24. Nac6 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qb3 26. Rb1 Qxc3 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.
Ng6 fxg6 29. Bxd6 Ree8 30. hxg6 Qd4 31. Bf4 e5 32. Be3 Qxa4 33. Rb7 e4 34. Qb2
Qc6 35. Ra1 a6 36. Rb6 Ng4+ 37. Kh3 Qd7 38. Rb7 Nxf2+ 39. Kg2 Nxd3 40. Rxd7 Nxb2
41. Rxa6 Nc4 42. Bf4 Ra8 43. Rxa8 Rxa8 44. Rc7 Re8 45. Rxc5 Nb6 46. Kf2 Re6 47.
Ke3 Rxg6 48. Kxe4 Re6+ 49. Kf5 Rf6+ 50. Ke4 Nd7 51. Ra5 Nf8 52. Be5 Rf7 53. Bd6
Ne6 54. Bf4 Kh7 55. Be3 Nf8 56. Rb5 Rf1 57. Rb7 Kg6 58. Ra7 Nh7 59. Bf4 Nf6+ 60.
Ke3 Rb1 61. Kf3 Rb3+ 62. Kg2 Ng4 63. Ra6+ Kh5 64. Bd6 Rb2+ 65. Kf3 Nh2+ 66. Ke4
Re2+ 67. Kd5 g5 68. Bf8 Ng4 69. Bd6 Nf6+ 70. Kc6 Rc2+ 71. Kb5 Ne8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1019554"]
[BlackFideId "8618020"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Rad1+
Kc8 15. f3 Re8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bd4 b6 18. Bc3 c5 19. Rd2 Kb7 20. Kg2 Rad8 21. Re2
f5 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Be1 Bg5 24. Rff2 Bh4 25. Rf1 Bg5 26. Rff2 Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "12923044"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Nc4 d5 7. Nce5 Bd6 8. c3
Qc7 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. Qa4 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 a6 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd7+
Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. dxc5 Kc6 17. b4 a5 18. a4 Ra7 19. Kd2 Rha8 20. Rhb1 axb4
21. Rxb4 Kxc5 22. Kc2 b6 23. Kb3 Kc6 24. c4 Rd7 25. Rd1 Rad8 26. cxd5+ Rxd5 27.
Rc4+ Kb7 28. Rcd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. exd4 h5 31. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Black "Slagboom, Leandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1024523"]
[BlackFideId "1065882"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bd7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Be2 Bc6 13. Qc1 Nxc5 14. O-O
Nd3 15. Qe3 Nf4 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Bf1 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 h5 19. Qxa7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3+
21. Bg2 Nxf2+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Black "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "35033018"]
[BlackFideId "5819369"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 exd4 7. h4 d3 8. h5
Nge5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. f4 b5 11. Bb3 Nc4 12. Qxd3 d5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. e5 Qd7 15.
Bc2 O-O-O 16. Nf3 f6 17. b3 fxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Re8 20. Qe2 Qe6 21. Bf4
Bd6 22. O-O Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Rae1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Kd7 27. Re3
g6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxg6 Kd6 30. Bf5 Bc8 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Kf2 c5 33. Rg3 d4
34. Ke2 dxc3 35. Rxc3 Rg8 36. g3 c4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxg3 39. Ra4 Kc5 40.
Rxa6 Kb5 41. Ra8 Kb4 42. Kd2 Ra3 43. Rb8+ Kc4 44. Rb2 Ra4 45. Kc2 Rb4 46. Rxb4+
Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "4600428"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Qa5 12. a3 Re8 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Qf4 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Rad8 17. Qf4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxa3+ 19. Kd2 c4 20. Rxe6
Rxd3+ 21. cxd3 Qb2+ 22. Ke3 Rxe6+ 23. Ne5 f6 24. Qxc4 Qb6+ 25. Kf3 fxe5 26. Rb1
Qxb1 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ Kh8 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kh8 32. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1202936"]
[BlackFideId "1057472"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Nb5 Bxb5 8.
Bxb5+ Nc6 9. c3 e6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. h4 a6 14. Bd3 b5
15. h5 Rab8 16. g4 e5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Qc2 g6 19. O-O-O exd4 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rh6
Nde5 22. Rdh1 Rxf3 23. Rxh7 Nxd3+ 24. Kb1 Rbf8 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. R8h7+ Ke8 27.
Rd1 Nf2 28. Re1 d3 29. Nd4+ Ne4 30. Qg2 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Smeets, Kobe"]
[Black "Tudor, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1063910"]
[BlackFideId "2409836"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. f4 g6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Qf3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. h4 h5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rh3 Qa4 20. Bd3 Kf8 21.
Bxf5 b4 22. Bxc8 bxc3 23. Rc1 Qb5 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qf1+ 26. Kc2 Qxg2+ 27.
Kb3 Qxd5+ 28. Ka3 f6 29. Qc7 Qe5 30. Rc3 Kf7 31. Qd8 Qd5 32. Qc7 Qe5 33. Qb7
Qa5+ 34. Kb3 Qb5+ 35. Kc2 Rb8 36. Be6+ Kg6 37. Qe4+ Kg7 38. Bb3 Qe5 39. Qxe5
fxe5 40. Rg3+ Kh6 41. Bc4 Rc8 42. Kb3 Rc6 43. Bd5 Rc1 44. Be4 Re1 45. Bf5 Rf1
46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Bd3 Rf4 48. Rg4+ Kh6 49. Rxf4 exf4 50. Bxa6 d5 51. Bb5 e5 52.
a4 f3 53. a5 e4 54. a6 e3 55. Kc2 1-0

