[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gukesh, D."]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[GameId "2138017387292102"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. Rb1 Qb6 $146 (11... b5 12. g4 Nh4 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Be3 Nxf3 15. Bxf3 O-O 16. Be2 f6 {1-0 (75) Sjugirov,S (2705) -Mekhitarian,K (2559) Chess.com INT 2023}) (11... Bb4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Nc3 Qa5 16. d5 {1-0 (34) Nasuta,G (2547)-Meier,G (2608) Chess.com INT 2024}) (11... Be7 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f4 Be7 15. Be3 Na5 16. f5 Nc4 {0-1 (59) Sjugirov,S (2689) -Velten,P (2481) Orosei 2024}) 12. g4 (12. Be3) 12... Nfe7 $6 (12... Ncxd4 $1 13. gxf5 Nxf3 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxf3 (16. e6 $6) 16... Bf5 17. Be3 Bc5 {Which Gukesh thought "should be at least unclear".}) 13. Be3 h5 14. g5 Nf5 $6 (14... g6 $1) 15. g6 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bd3 ({There was a creative way for White to continue his initiative:} 17. Na4 Qd8 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Bd3 Ng7 20. a3 Bd6 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. Qd2 {and Black is struggling.}) 17... Nce7 18. Rg1 Bg7 19. Na4 Qd6 (19... Qb4 20. Nc5 Rxc5 {might have been interesting.}) 20. b4 $2 $11 (20. Nc5) 20... b6 21. b5 $6 (21. Bd2) 21... axb5 (21... Nxe3) 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Nxe3 $6 (23... Rc6) 24. fxe3 Rc6 25. Qb3 O-O 26. Nxb6 Bh6 $2 ({Black had to play} 26... Nf5 27. Re1 Rb8 28. Na4 Rxb5 29. Qxb5 Bh6) 27. Na4 $6 $11 (27. Re1) 27... Nf5 28. Rc5 {"A very important resource" according to Gukesh.} Rxc5 $2 {Not so good} (28... Rfc8) 29. Nxc5 Nxe3 $2 {The losing move.} ({Black should have played} 29... Bxe3 30. Qb7 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Nxe7 32. Re1 Nf5 33. Nxe6 Rb8) (29... Rb8 {was the move Gukesh thought best here.} 30. Qa4 $1) 30. Qb7 Bg7 31. Re1 Nf5 (31... Qf4 32. Qxg7+ {is the move Gukesh thought Harikrishnna missed.}) 32. Nxe6 Rb8 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Nxg7 {Still winning but there were even better options.} ({White had two direct wins but Gukesh had little time on his clock:} 34. Re5 fxe5 35. Qxf5) (34. Nh4 Qb4 35. Rf1 Qb5 36. Kg1 Rb7 37. a4) 34... Nxg7 35. Re7 Rg8 36. Rd7 Qb6 37. Rxd5 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 f5 39. Rc5 Qb2+ 40. Kf1 Qa1+ 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kf4 Qb8+ 44. Re5 Qd6 45. Kg5 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[GameId "2138013927239561"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2 Qe7 {only tried once before.} ({Relevant:} 8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 a6 12. a4 O-O 13. b5 a5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Rb1 Qd6 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Rfc1 Rfb8 18. Rxb8+ Qxb8 19. g3 Qd6 20. Rb1 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Rb8 22. Nf4 Rxb1+ 23. Qxb1 Qc7 24. h4 Qb6 25. Qc2 h5 26. Ng5 Nf8 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Nf3 Kg7 29. e4 Bxd4 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Qd2 Bf6 32. Nxd5 Qc5 33. Nxf6 Kxf6 34. Ng5 Kg7 35. Qb2+ Kg8 36. Qb7 Qf5 {½-½ Yakubboev,N (2655)-Murzin,V (2641) Abu Dhabi op-A 30th 2024 (4)}) 9. c5 $146 {A new move and one that the engines think is about equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O g6 10. c5 Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. Rc1 a5 13. Re1 b6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bf1 Qd8 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nb1 Bb7 19. Qb3 Qb4 20. Qe3 Qd6 21. Qb3 Qb4 22. Qe3 Rae8 23. a3 Qd6 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Nd2 Nd7 26. Ndf3 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Re7 28. f4 Bc8 29. Rc5 Bd7 30. Qc3 Rfe8 31. Rd1 Qd6 32. Rxa5 g5 33. Ra6 gxf4 34. Nxc6 Bxc6 35. Qxc6 Qd8 36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Re1 38. Rd2 Rb1 {½-½ Grau Ribas,J (1927)-Van Hattum,L EU-ch SC-OR/496 email ICCF email 2022}) 9... g5 10. b4 Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. b5 g4 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. O-O Qxc5 (16... Rd8 $5 17. bxc6 bxc6) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ncb5 Qb6 19. Nd6 Bd7 ({An alternative was} 19... c5 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Bxg4 Rcd8 22. Nf5 d4) 20. N4f5 h5 21. f3 (21. Kh1) 21... Rfb8 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. f4 Ng6 24. e4 Qb4 $2 {Not great} (24... Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Qe3 {and Black is ok}) 25. e5 Qa3 $2 {After this White gets a large advantage.} ({Black had to play} 25... Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Nxf4 27. Ng3 h4) 26. Ng3 ({Best was} 26. Nc4 $1 Qxa2 27. Ng3) 26... Bxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Nxh5 Rb4 29. Bxg4 ({White should have played} 29. Qd2 f5 (29... Ne7 30. f5 Nxf5 31. Bd3 Rd4 32. Qb2 Rxd3 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Nxd7+ Qxd7 35. Qh8+) 30. Nf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxb4) 29... f5 $1 30. Bf3 Rf8 31. a3 Rb7 32. Re1 $6 (32. Qd4 {is stronger} Be8 33. Rce1 Re7) 32... Rf7 $1 33. Qd4 Nf8 $2 (33... Rb3) 34. Re3 Nh7 $2 35. Be2 ({White had a nice win here:} 35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36. Qc3 (36. Rg3+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Re3+ Kd6 (38... Be6 39. Re5) 39. Rd3) 36... c5 37. Rg3+ Kf8 38. Rd3 Qe6 39. Re1) 35... Nf6 36. Rg3+ Kh7 37. Rg5 c5 38. Nxf6+ (38. Qf2 $1 Ne4 39. Qh4) 38... Rxf6 39. Qe3 Rb8 40. Bd3 c4 41. Qh3+ Rh6 42. Bxf5+ Bxf5 43. Qxf5+ Kh8 44. h3 (44. Qf7) 44... Rd8 45. Rd1 (45. Rh5) 45... d4 46. Qf7 Rh7 47. Qxc4 Qxf4 48. Qc5 Qe4 49. Rd3 a6 50. Rdg3 Qf4 51. Rf3 (51. Qd5 {was the more artistic way but I counted at least 16 winning moves in this position.}) 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[GameId "2137980652832865"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 f6 {is the legacy move (9...a6).} ({Relevant:} 9... Bf5 10. b5 Nd4 11. d3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qc8 13. a4 a5 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Bh1 Rd8 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Qb2 f6 19. Rfc1 Qb8 20. a5 Rxa5 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Qxb6 Ra6 23. Qb5 Ba3 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25. Rc2 Qc7 26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Rxb6 Rb8 28. Rxe6 Raxb7 29. Ne4 Rb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Kf1 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Rb2 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ra6 Be7 35. g4 Rb4 36. h3 g6 37. Ra7 Ke6 38. Ra6+ Kf7 39. Rc6 {1-0 Narayanan,S (2647)-Poetsch,H (2491) Groningen op 60th 2024 (7)}) 10. d3 (10. b5 Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3) 10... Be6 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 {[#]} 14. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf3 Qd7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rb5 Bf7 19. Qb1 {½-½ Movsesian,S (2709)-Ragger,M (2572) EU-ch 11th Rijeka 2010 (2)}) 14... Nxc4 15. dxc4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rab8 17. Nd5 Kf7 ({Also equal was} 17... Bc5 18. Rb5 b6 19. Nc7 Rbd8 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 {and to the surpise of both players White doesn't win material here:} 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Bd5 Kf7) 18. Be3 (18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. Ba3 b6 20. Bd6 Rbd8 21. c5 Rfe8) 18... Rfd8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bf5 21. Rb5 a6 22. Rb6 Na5 (22... Ba3 $5) 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Bf2 (24. c5 $5) 24... Re8 25. Bf3 Rbc8 26. c5 (26. Bh5+ $5 Bg6 (26... g6 27. Rxf6+) 27. Bg4) 26... Kg8 {Maybe not the most accurate.} ({An alternative was} 26... Be4 27. Bh5+ g6 28. Rxf6+ (28. Nxf6 gxh5 29. Nxe8 Rxe8) 28... Kg7 29. Bd4 Kg8 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. exf3 Rcd8 {This final move was missed by the black player in his calculations.}) 27. Kg2 (27. Rb4 b5) 27... Be4 28. h4 h5 29. Kg3 f5 30. Nb4 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 ({The players had a brief look at} 31. Kxf3 Re4 32. Nd3 (32. c6) 32... Rc7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. e5 Nh5 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 Nd4 8. d3
O-O 9. g4 {Rarely played but Pragg was ready for it.} d5 10. h3 a6 11. Ba4 Ne6
12. gxh5 b5 13. Bb3 ({Van Foreest wasn't ready to play the sharp} 13. h6 Bh8
14. Nxb5 {but Pragg had analyzed both this and the game continuation in the
hope Van Foreest would not be familiar with all the details.}) 13... c4 14. h6
Bh8 15. dxc4 (15. d4 Qd7 16. Nh2 f6 17. f4 fxe5 18. fxe5 cxb3 19. axb3 b4 20.
Na4 Qc6 21. Ng4 a5 22. Be3 Ba6 23. Qd2 Rf3 24. Qg2 Raf8 25. Rad1 R3f5 26. Kh2
Qb5 27. Rd2 Qc6 28. Rdd1 Qb5 29. Rd2 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 (29) Kulaots,K (2525)
-Stremavicius,T (2544) Oslo 2023}) 15... dxc4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18.
Be3 Bb7 19. Ng5 Bxe5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bg5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Kf7 23. Rab1 Bd5 24.
Rb6 Rdb8 25. Reb1 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 Ke8 27. Kf1 Kd7 28. Ke2 Kc7 29. Rb2 Kc8 ({
The players discussed} 29... Rf8 30. Bxe7 Rf3 31. h4 {but it is also equal.})
30. Ke3 Rb8 31. Rxb8+ Kxb8 32. Kd4 Kc7 33. Bxe7 Kc6 34. h4 Bg2 35. a3 Bf1 36.
Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[GameId "2137991694328518"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Bd7 5. Bd3 Nc6 ({Relevant:} 5... Bc6 6. Qe2 Nbd7 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Ba4 Qc7 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nfd7 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. a3 Qb7 19. Rfd1 Be5 20. f4 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nf6 22. Bd4 Nbd7 23. e5 Rfe8 24. Kh2 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rg3 Re6 28. Rf1 Rae8 29. Qh5 Nf8 30. Rgf3 R8e7 31. Qf5 Ng6 32. Qg5 Qc7 33. Qg3 h6 34. Rf5 a4 35. R1f3 {1-0 Martinez Alcantara,J (2619)-Giri,A (2775) Bullet Chess Winners Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (1.6)}) 6. Bc2 Rc8 7. O-O g5 $146 {Very risky and if you are playing with a big cold and not playing well it is remarkable to still take such risks.} ({Predecessor:} 7... g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Na5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bd3 b5 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bf5 20. Ned2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd7 22. Qc3 Nb7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qc7 Rd8 25. Rc6 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Rb8 27. Ne4 Kf7 28. Nfg5+ Bxg5 29. Nxg5+ Kg7 30. f4 h6 31. Rxe7+ Kg8 32. Ne6 Na5 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rxg6 Nc4 35. b3 Ne3 36. Rxh6+ Kg8 37. g4 {1-0 Ibarra Jerez,J (2559)-Vidit,S (2721) Titled Tuesday intern op 28th May Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (5)}) 8. d4 g4 9. d5 $5 (9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. d5 Ne5 11. Ba4+ {was also playable.}) 9... gxf3 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxf3 Rg8 12. Rd1 (12. Bf4) 12... e6 (12... Qd7 {was a serious alternative. Black would be reasonably close to equality after this move.}) 13. Nd2 b5 $6 {Again the engine doesn't like this, White can now potentially open more lines.} (13... Nd7) 14. a4 a6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nf1 (16. c4 $5) 16... Nd7 17. Ng3 Ne5 18. Qh5 (18. Qe2 {is maybe even stronger.}) 18... Rg7 (18... Qf6 {had to be played. The key line to spot is maybe.} 19. Qxh7 (19. Ra7 {is the engine's top suggestion.}) 19... Rh8 20. Nh5 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Qe5 22. f4 Qxh5 23. Qxh5 Rxh5 24. Kh2 {Even so white is a lot better.}) (18... h6 {is second best.}) 19. Kh2 {White has many good moves here. This calm response has much to recommend it.} (19. Ra7) (19. Bh6) (19. f4 {is even playable.}) 19... Qf6 20. f4 {White has a winning advantage} Nd7 21. Qe2 Qd8 22. e5 Qh4 23. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 d5 25. Qxb5 c4 26. Ra7 Rd8 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Qxd5 Qe7 29. Ra8 $6 {This is imprecise} (29. Be3 $1 {This would have been so much simpler.}) 29... Rxa8 $2 (29... Qe6 {Black should have played this because Max had not considered} 30. Qf3 {but after any other move White's advantage is not so large anymore.}) 30. Qxa8+ Qd8 31. Qb7 Bc5 32. f5 Bb6 33. Bh6 Rg8 34. Kh1 Qc7 35. Qd5 Rg3 36. e6 fxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kd8 38. Bf4 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[GameId "2137991694267073"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O h6 ({Relevant:} 9... Rb8 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Ne2 Bf8 13. c3 d5 14. Bc2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Na5 17. b3 Be6 18. Nc1 Nd7 19. Nd2 c5 20. b4 Nb7 21. Nf3 Rec8 22. Bb3 c4 23. Bc2 a5 24. Ne2 Ra8 25. Nh4 Ra6 26. f4 exf4 27. Nxf4 Ne5 28. Nf3 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rca8 30. Rac1 axb4 31. axb4 Ra3 32. Bd4 Nd8 33. e5 g5 34. Nh5 Nc6 35. Be4 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Rd8 37. d5 Bxh3 38. d6 Bg7 39. Rd5 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)-Carlsen,M (2831) Oslo CCT Final 2024 (4.2)}) 10. Be3 (10. Bd2 Bg4 11. Be3 Be6) 10... Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 {[#]} 12. Rc1 $146 (12. h3 Bd8 13. Rc1 Bxd5 (13... Rb8) 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4) ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Bd8 13. c4 bxc4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ba4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. dxc4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Na5 19. b3 Rab8 20. Bc5 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 Rd3 23. Re3 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rf1 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Nxe1 Nb7 27. Ba7 Be7 28. Nd3 Bxa3 29. Nxe5 Bd6 30. f4 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Kg3 f6 33. Bd7 Bf7 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Kf3 a5 36. Ke4 Bb4 37. Ba4 g5 38. f5 c5 39. g4 Kg7 {½-½ Le,Q (2709)-Caruana,F (2835) Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final chess24.com INT 2020 (2.2)}) 12... Bd8 13. c4 $6 {Black is at least equal now.} Na5 14. Ba2 bxc4 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. dxc4 c5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nc6 19. Rb1 {Things have gone well for Mendonca and he's got himself a small edge.} (19. Qa4) 19... Rfc8 20. Qa4 Qb7 $6 {The position is about equal again.} (20... Nd4 21. Qxd7 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Bxd7 {was a bit better for black.}) 21. Rfd1 (21. Rfc1) 21... Be7 (21... a5 $1 {with an edge again.}) 22. h3 Rcb8 (22... a5 23. b5 Nb4 24. Nd2 Bg5 25. Re1 {And White can hope for Nf1-Ne3 and put some pressure on the d-file.}) 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Be3 Rcb8 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Qc2 Qc7 (26... a5 27. b5 Nb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Rxb4 d5 {results in big complications that according to the engine still result in equal play.}) 27. Rdc1 a5 28. b5 Nb4 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Rxb4 $11 Qc5 $6 {White's now a bit better, this is probably the best he's had all game.} (30... d5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. b6 Qb7 33. Rb5 Bxf3 34. Bb1) 31. Ra4 $11 (31. Rcb1 Bd8 32. Ne1 Bb6 33. Nd3 Qd4 34. c5) (31. Rb2 $1 Bd8 32. Ne1) 31... Bd8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Bb3 Bb6 34. Rb1 Rc8 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. Ne1 Ra3 37. Rb1 Qd4 38. Nf3 Qc5 39. Ne1 Qd4 (39... g6 {this was the way to continue and Mendonca regretted after the game he didn't take the time (he had 10 minutes left at this point) to consider.}) 40. Nf3 Qc5 {and White claimed a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[GameId "2138011820060161"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 ({Relevant:} 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. a5 Qd6 14. Rfd1 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. e3 c5 19. Ra4 cxd4 20. Rxb4 dxc3 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. bxc3 Rd5 23. Nc4 Rd7 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. c4 Kf8 26. Kf3 Ke7 27. c5 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29. Ke4 Kc6 30. Rb6+ Kxc5 31. g4 Kc4 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ke5 Rc5+ 35. Kf6 Rb5 36. Rd6 Rxa5 37. Kxf7 b5 38. Rc6+ Kd3 39. Rd6+ Ke2 40. f4 b4 41. Rb6 gxf4 {½-½ So,W (2751)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Saint Louis Blitz 2024 (10)}) 12... Bd6 13. Qd3 Bxf4 14. gxf4 a5 15. Kh1 {[#]} Ra6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. e4 Qe7 19. Rg3 Rad8 20. Rag1 Rg8 21. e5 Nh7 22. Qe3 Nb6 23. Be4 Qb4 24. Bxh7 Kxh7 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. f5 {1-0 Abasov,N (2632)-Caruana,F (2782) FIDE World Cup Baku 2023 (8.1)}) 16. Rg1 Rb6 17. Ne5 (17. Qc2 {was suggested by Fabi afterwards}) 17... Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 $6 ({Black should have played} 18... Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 20. e4 Bc6) 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Bxc6 Nxf2+ 21. Kg2 bxc6 ({Sarana also calculated} 21... Rxb2 22. Nb5 (22. Raf1 Ng4 23. Kh1 Qxe5 24. Qxg4 Qxc3 25. Bb5) 22... Qd2 23. Nc3 Qd4) 22. Qxf2 Qxe5 {White is a piece up but it is not simple at certainly not yet winning.} 23. e4 Rfb8 24. Rab1 Rb3 25. Qc2 c5 26. Kh1 R3b4 27. Rg3 c6 28. Qg2 Kh8 29. Rf3 Kg8 (29... Rb3) 30. Rf2 R8b7 31. Rg1 Kh7 32. Re1 (32. Rc2) 32... Qg5 33. Ree2 Qe5 (33... Qxg2+ 34. Rxg2 {is very close to equality.}) 34. Re3 Qg5 35. Rg3 Qe5 36. Rgf3 Kg8 37. Rd2 Rd4 38. Re2 Rbd7 39. Ref2 Rd3 40. Rxd3 Rxd3 41. Qf1 Rd7 42. Qe2 Rd4 43. Qf3 Rd7 44. Kg2 f6 45. Qg3 Qxg3+ 46. hxg3 e5 47. Rc2 Rd4 48. Kf3 Kf7 49. Rc1 h5 50. Nd1 Rxa4 51. Ne3 (51. Rxc5 g5) 51... Rb4 52. Rxc5 Rxb2 53. Rxa5 Rb7 54. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[BlackFideId "13903063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3
d6 9. a3 Be6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rf1 Nb8 13. O-O-O Bxc4 14. dxc4 Nbd7
15. g4 Nh7 16. Rf2 Nc5 17. Rh1 c6 18. h4 Ne6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 Nef8
22. Rhf1 f6 23. hxg5 Re6 24. Nf3 Qe7 25. Nd5 Qf7 26. Nh2 cxd5 27. cxd5 Re7 28.
Ng4 Rc7 29. Qh4 Qe8 30. gxf6 Kh8 31. f7 Qd8 32. Qh3 Qg5 33. Nf6 Rxf7 34. Nxh7
Rxh7 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Qf3 Rh1+ 38. Kd2 Rh2+ 39. Kd3 Qe7 40. Rc8
Rh8 41. Rxh8 Kxh8 42. Qh3+ Kg7 43. Qc8 Kh6 44. b4 Kg7 45. a4 Qf7 46. Ke2 Qe7 47.
a5 Kh7 48. Kd3 Qf7 49. Ke2 Qe7 50. c4 Qh4 51. Qc7+ Kh6 52. Qxd6 Qh2+ 53. Kd3 Qf2
54. Qxe5 Qf1+ 55. Kd2 Qf2+ 56. Kd3 Qf1+ 57. Kd2 Qf2+ 58. Kd1 Qf1+ 59. Kc2 Qe2+
60. Kb3 Qd1+ 61. Kb2 Qd2+ 62. Kb3 Qd1+ 63. Kb2 Qd2+ 64. Ka3 Qd3+ 65. Ka2 Qc2+
66. Ka3 Qd3+ 67. Ka2 Qc2+ 68. Qb2 Qa4+ 69. Kb1 Qd1+ 70. Ka2 Qa4+ 71. Kb1 Qd1+
72. Qc1 Qb3+ 73. Ka1 Qa4+ 74. Kb2 Qxb4+ 75. Kc2 Qxc4+ 76. Kd2 Qxe4 77. Qc5 Qf5
78. Qd4 Qf2+ 79. Kc3 Qe1+ 80. Qd2 Qa1+ 81. Kb4 Qb1+ 82. Kc5 b6+ 83. Kd4 Qa1+ 84.
Ke4 Qb1+ 85. Kd4 Qa1+ 86. Ke4 Qb1+ 87. Ke5 Qf5+ 88. Kd6 bxa5 89. e4+ Qg5 90.
Qxg5+ Kxg5 91. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8618020"]
[BlackFideId "35006916"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 g6 8. h3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne6 11. a4 a5 12. Ne2 b6 13. Nf4 Ra7 14. b3 h6 15. Nxe6
Bxe6 16. Bb2 Qc8 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Bc3 Rad7 19. Nh2 Rd5 20. f4 h5 21. Nf1 Bh6 22.
Qf2 Rf8 23. Ne3 Rdd8 24. Qh4 Rde8 25. Rf1 f5 26. exf6 exf6 27. g4 Qc7 28. Ng2
Bd5 29. gxh5 g5 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. Rae1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rg8 33. Qg4 Rf8 34. Qf5+ Kg8
35. Bxf6 Qf7 36. fxg5 Bg7 37. Nf4 Bf3 38. Ne6 Qxh5 39. Nxf8 Qh4 40. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. d3 O-O 11. Ng3 b6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 d5 14. Bb3 Re8 15.
Re1 Bb7 16. Bd2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Qf3 Rc8 19. Rac1 Ba8 20. Qg3 Na5 21. Ba2
Qd7 22. Qe5 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxa4 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Bb3 Qc5 26. Ra1 a5 27. Ra4 Bf6
28. g3 Qd6 29. Rea1 Rc5 30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 Rb8 32. Bb3 Qc7 33. Qe1 Be7 34.
Qe4 Bf6 35. Qe1 Be7 36. Qe4 b5 37. Rc1 a4 38. Ba2 Bg5 39. Re1 Bf6 40. Qe2 Rc8
41. Rc1 Bg5 42. f4 Bf6 43. Qe4 Qc6 44. Qxc6 Rxc6 45. Kf1 g5 46. Ke2 Rc5 47. Kd2
gxf4 48. gxf4 Rf5 49. Rf1 Rxf4 50. Rxf4 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Nd2 Ne7 8. Bb3
c6 9. d4 d6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Ng6 13. f3 Qe7 14. Re1 Be6 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qb1 b5 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. c4 a6 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. c4 Rb8 22.
Rac1 Qd7 23. Red1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 exf4 26. Nb3 Rfc8 27. Qxc8+ Qxc8
28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Nd4 Rc3 30. Ne2 Rxa3 31. Nxf4 g5 32. Ne2 Nh5 33. Rd6 Nf4 34.
Nxf4 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 gxf4 36. h4 Kg7 37. Rd5 Rb1 38. Ra5 Rb6 39. Kg1 f6 40. h5 Rb1+
41. Kh2 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "5091756"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3
Nc6 9. b3 Ne5 10. Nxc4 Nbxc4 11. d4 Nb6 12. dxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Bf4 Qxf4
15. Nxf4 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 Rc8 17. Be4 Rxc3 18. Bxb7 e6 19. O-O Ba3 20. Rfe1 Ke7 21.
Ne2 Rc7 22. Bf3 Bb4 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Red1 Rhd8 25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. g3 f5 27. Rc2
e5 28. Bc6 Rd2 29. Rxd2 Bxd2 30. a3 Kd6 31. Bb5 Kc5 32. Be8 a5 33. Kg2 Nd5 34.
h3 Nf6 35. Bf7 Kd6 36. Bc4 g5 37. Ba6 Nd5 38. Bc8 Ne7 39. Bb7 Kc7 40. Ba6 Kd6
41. Bb7 Nd5 42. Bc8 f4 43. Kf3 Nf6 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Bb7 h6 46. Ba8 Kc5 47. Bb7
Kb5 48. Kg2 a4 49. bxa4+ Kxa4 50. Ng1 Bc1 51. Nf3 e4 52. Ne5 Bxa3 53. Ng4 Nxg4
54. hxg4 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Kh1 Bf8 11. Be3 b6 12. Nfd2 Nc5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 f6 15.
Qf3 Be6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Qg3 Re7 18. e5 f5 19. Nf3 Bd5 20. Nh4 Rf7 21. Bg5 Be6
22. Rf4 g6 23. Bf6 Rg7 24. Raf1 g5 25. Bxg5 h6 26. Nhxf5 Rxg5 27. Qh4 Bxf5 28.
Nxf5 Qh7 29. R4f3 Qg6 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. d4 Kh8 32. Nh4 Qg8 33. Nf5 Rd8 34. Qh4 Kh7
35. Nxh6 Bxh6 36. Rf7+ Ng7 37. R1f6 Rg6 38. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13710427"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. a4 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bc4 Be6
9. Ng5 Qd7 10. O-O Bxc4 11. dxc4 h6 12. Nf3 Nd4 13. Be3 Qc6 14. Re1 Bd8 15. Nd2
Nh7 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Ra3 Ne6 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. h4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Rf3 Qxa4
22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Bxh4 24. b3 Qa5 25. Nf3 Ng5 26. b4 Nxf7 27. bxa5 Bf6 28.
Rb1 Nd8 29. c5 dxc5 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Nc4 Rc6 32. g3 g5 33. Nxf6 Rxf6 34. Rb5 Rc6
35. Nxe5 Rc7 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Ne6 39. Kf3 c4 40. Rb4 d3 41. c3
d2 42. Rb1 Nc5 43. Ke3 Nb3 44. Ke2 Nc5 45. Ke3 Nb3 46. Ke2 Nc5 47. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5819369"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Nd2 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bb3 Bc6 17. Nf1 Bf8 18. f3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ne3
Ra5 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Be7 25. b4 Ra4 26. Qxb5 Qa7+ 27. Kf1
Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Ke2 Qa7 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31. b5 Qc7 32. Qxf7+ Qxf7 33. b6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4600428"]
[BlackFideId "1202936"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6
9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Bg5 Kh8 14. Na3 Na5 15. Ba2
Ng8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 f6 19. Be3 Qh5 20. Nd2 Qg6 21. Kh2 Ne7 22.
f3 bxc3 23. bxc3 d5 24. Ba6 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bxa6 26. Rxa6 Nd5 27. Qc4 Nxe3 28.
Rxe3 Qh6 29. Re2 exd4 30. cxd4 Rfd8 31. d5 Re8 32. g3 Qh5 33. Kg2 h6 34. Qd3
Rbd8 35. Nf3 Bc5 36. Rc2 Bd6 37. Nh4 Ra8 38. Rca2 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Bxg3 40. Nf5 Be5
41. Qf3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rb8 43. Ra3 Kh7 44. Ne3 Rb2 45. Nc4 Rh2 46. Kg4 Rf2 47.
Nxe5 fxe5 48. Ra7 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Rxe4 50. Rxc7 Rd4 51. Rd7 Kg6 52. Kf3 Kf6 53. Rd8
Rd3+ 54. Ke4 Rd4+ 55. Kf3 Kg5 56. d6 Kh4 57. Rg8 g5 58. Rg6 h5 59. Rh6 Rf4+ 60.
Kg2 g4 61. hxg4 Rxg4+ 62. Kf3 Rd4 63. Re6 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Rd4 65. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Slagboom, Leandro"]
[Black "Tudor, Henry Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1065882"]
[BlackFideId "2409836"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Be7 9. f5 Bd7 10. Bg5 Bc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd3 Bg5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Qxd6 Be7 15.
Qd3 Bg5 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Qf3 O-O 18. h4 Bh6 19. g4 Bf4 20. Bc4 Qa5 21. a3 b5
22. Bd5 b4 23. Ne2 Bxd5 24. Nxf4 bxa3 25. Qxa3 Qxa3 26. bxa3 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4
28. Rhe1 Nf2 29. Rd2 Nxg4 30. Rg2 Nf6 31. Rxe5 Rfe8 32. Rge2 Kf8 33. c3 Rec8 34.
Rc2 Rc4 35. Ng2 Rac8 36. Kb2 Rb8+ 37. Kc1 Rb3 38. Ra5 Rbxc3 39. Ne3 Rxc2+ 40.
Nxc2 Rxh4 41. Rxa6 h5 42. Ra8+ Ne8 43. Rb8 Rf4 44. Ne3 h4 45. Kd2 Rf2+ 46. Ke1
Ra2 47. Rb3 Ke7 48. Ng4 f6 49. Rh3 Nd6 50. Rxh4 Rxa3 51. Rh5 Rf3 52. Ke2 Rxf5
53. Rh7 Kf8 54. Ke3 Kg8 55. Rh1 Kf7 56. Rc1 Rb5 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. Kf3 Rb3+ 59.
Kg2 Nf5 60. Ra7 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1024523"]
[BlackFideId "35033018"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. b4 O-O 7. Nf3 Qe8 8. O-O a6
9. e3 h6 10. Ne1 c6 11. a4 Be6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Bd8 14. a5 Bc7 15. fxe5 dxe5
16. Nh4 e4 17. Nxf5 exd3 18. c5 Ne5 19. e4 Qd7 20. Kh1 Nc4 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4
Rad8 23. Na4 Nxe4 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Rxe4 Bd5 26. Qg4+ Qxg4 27. Rxg4+ Kh8 28.
Bxd5 cxd5 29. Rd4 d2 30. Nb6 Rde8 31. Rg1 Rf2 32. Nxd5 Ree2 33. Rh4 Re1 34. Nc3
Ne5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Grutter, Tim"]
[Black "Smeets, Kobe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"]
[WhiteFideId "1057472"]
[BlackFideId "1063910"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Qc1 Re8 11. c3 b6 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Nc4 f5 15. Bh6
Bf6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Qc2 Nd8 19. Ng5 Nf7 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Qb3 Rad8
22. a4 Bf6 23. a5 g5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 Bc6 26. h4 gxh4 27. Nxb6 hxg3 28.
Nxd5 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Bh4+ 30. Kf1 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxd5+ Kh8
34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. dxc4 Re6 36. Bf8 e4 37. Rd6 Re8 38. Bh6 f4 39. Ke2 Bg3 40. Rf6
f3+ 41. Ke3 Bh2 42. Kf2 Rg8 43. Ke3 Re8 44. Kf2 Rg8 45. Ke3 1/2-1/2

