[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[GameId "2138387538936843"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. O-O a5 (12... b6 13. Qb1 Ng7 14. f3 Bd7 15. e4 Bc8 16. e5 Nfe8 17. Bf2 Nc7 18. f4 f6 19. b4 Nf5 20. b5 fxe5 21. dxe5 c5 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qe8 27. Rfd1 a6 28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. g4 Nh6 30. h3 Qa8 31. Rd7 Ng8 32. R1d2 Ra3 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. R7xd5 Rxh3 35. R5d3 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Nh6 37. Rd7 Re8 38. g5 Nf5 39. Nc3 h6 40. gxh6 g5 41. fxg5 Bxg5 42. Nd5 Rxe5 43. Nxb6 Bxh6 44. a4 Re2 45. Bxc5 Ra2 46. Rd5 Ng3 47. a5 Kh7 48. Bf2 Ne4 49. Bd4 Ng3 50. Bf2 Ne4 51. Be1 Ra1 52. Kg2 Rxe1 53. Re5 Re2+ 54. Kf3 Re3+ 55. Kg2 Rg3+ 56. Kf1 Nd2+ 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. Re7+ Kg8 59. Re6 Kg7 60. Rxh6 Kxh6 61. Kxd2 Rxa5 62. Nc4 Rd5+ 63. Ke3 Kg5 64. Ke4 Rd1 65. Ne3 Re1 66. Kf3 Kf6 67. Ke4 Ke6 68. Kd4 Rh1 69. Ke4 Rh4+ 70. Kd3 Rf4 71. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 (71) Dubov,D (2648)-Fedoseev,V (2665) Sochi 2016}) 13. Nc1 Ng7 14. f3 Be6 15. N1e2 Rc8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Bf2 b5 18. Nf4 Nb6 19. e4 Bg5 {White has achieved a nice advantage out of the opening.} 20. Be3 dxe4 21. fxe4 Bg4 22. Nce2 $6 (22. Rc1 {would have been stronger}) 22... f5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Qb3+ Nc4 25. Bxc4+ bxc4 26. Qxc4+ Rf7 27. Bc1 $2 ({White had to play} 27. Ne6 Qd5 28. Qxd5 cxd5 29. Nxg5 Rb7 30. Rc1 Nxe3 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rf3 Re7 {and the position is about equal.}) 27... Qe7 ({Caruana could have won material here:} 27... Nd6 28. Qb3 (28. Qd3 Qf8 29. g3 Bxf4 30. Bxf4 g5) 28... Bxf4 29. Bxf4 a4 30. Qe3 Nc4 31. Qf2 g5) 28. Rde1 Bh4 29. Ng3 (29. g3) 29... Qb4 30. Qxb4 axb4 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. g3 Bf6 33. d5 Bd7 34. Nd3 (34. Rd1) 34... cxd5 35. Nxb4 Bb5 36. Rf4 $2 {A clear mistake} (36. Rf2) 36... Re7 37. Bd2 Rxe1+ 38. Bxe1 Be5 {and Rc1 is the big threat.} 39. Bc3 (39. Rf3) 39... Bxf4 40. gxf4 Kf7 41. Nc2 Bc4 42. a3 Re8 43. Nd4 Re4 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kg2 Rf4 46. a4 Ke8 47. a5 Kd7 48. h3 Rf1 49. Nf3 Ba6 50. h4 h5 51. b4 f4 52. Nd4 Bc4 53. Bb2 Rb1 54. Bc3 Rd1 55. Nf3 d4 56. Bb2 Bd5 57. Kf2 d3 58. Bc3 Bxf3 59. Kxf3 d2 60. Ke2 f3+ {a neat finish, a pawn queens.} 0-1

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[GameId "2138381241107017"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 {Wei Yi wasn't entirely surprised by this because of the previous game Warmerdam had played.} d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 c5 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nc3 c4 (12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bb2 f5 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Ba3 Bxc3 18. Qc4+ Rf7 19. Qxc3 f4 20. Rd6 Rd8 21. Qxc5 Rfd7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qg5 Qf7 24. g3 Rd2 25. Bb4 h6 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Rxc2 28. a3 Bd5 29. Re3 Rb2 30. Bc5 Rxb3 31. Bxa7 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Bc6 33. h4 h5 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Bd4 g6 36. f5 gxf5 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Kf4 Ba4 39. Kg5 Bd1 40. Kg6 Kd7 41. Kxf5 Bf3 42. a4 Kc8 43. a5 Kb7 44. Bb6 {1/2-1/2 (44) Warmerdam,M (2608)-Santos Ruiz,M (2603) Terme Catez 2021}) 13. Bf1 d4 14. Nb5 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. Re5 Ne4 17. Rxc5 Qf6 18. Be1 (18. Rc7 Qxf2+ {with a draw was the move that Wei Yi expected.}) 18... Nxc5 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Rfd8 {White has a bishop and pawn for the exchange and the position is still equal.} 21. Nf5 cxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. Bc4 Ne6 24. Bxe6 $5 {Wei Yi thought this was a good idea.} (24. f3 {was a serious alternative.}) 24... fxe6 25. Ne3 Rac8 26. Ra4 Rc5 27. Bb4 Re5 28. Bc3 Re4 29. Ra2 Rf4 30. Ra5 h6 31. Kf1 Bc6 32. Kg1 Bb7 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. Ke2 Rf7 35. f3 Rc7 36. Be1 Rcd7 37. Bb4 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rc8 39. Bb4 Rc6 40. Bc5 Bc8 41. Ba3 Rb7 {The white player even had some hopes here, but he soon got outplayed.} 42. Bb2 Bd7 43. Ra3 Be8 44. Bd4 Bf7 45. Ra2 Rb4 46. Bb2 Bg6 47. Kd2 Rb5 48. Ra4 Rb7 49. Bd4 $6 Be8 {White's position is unpleasant but not lost, that changes after the next mistake.} 50. Nc4 $2 (50. Be5) 50... e5 $1 {Black wins material and the game.} 51. Nxe5 Rd6 $1 52. Rc4 Bb5 53. Rb4 a5 $1 54. Rxb5 Rxb5 55. Ke3 Rbd5 56. Bc3 a4 57. bxa4 Rc5 58. Bd4 Rxc2 59. g4 Ra2 60. f4 Rxa4 61. Bc5 Rd5 62. Be7 g5 63. Nd3 gxf4+ {There's nothing left for white to hope for.} 0-1

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2138334853595154"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 h6 (12... Bb7 13. dxe5) 13. dxe5 (13. a3 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. b4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Nb3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Be6 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Nc5 Bxa2 23. Qxa2 a5 24. Rd3 Qe7 25. Qd2 axb4 26. axb4 Red8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qc3 Rc8 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Qd2 Ne8 32. Qb2 Nd6 33. Nd3 Nc4 34. Qc3 f6 35. Nc5 Nxb4 36. Qxb4 Qxc5 37. Qb3 Kh7 38. Rb1 Rb8 39. Nh4 Nd2 40. Qf7 Nxb1 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf5 Qd6 43. Qg6 Qd7 44. Nf5 Rf8 45. Qh5 Qf7 46. Qg4 Nc3 47. Nh4 Kg8 48. Qf5 b4 49. Ng6 Re8 50. Nh4 b3 51. Qg4 b2 52. Nf5 b1=Q+ 53. Kh2 Qc1 54. g3 Qd2 55. Kg2 Nd1 56. Qf3 Qxf2+ 57. Qxf2 Nxf2 58. Kxf2 Rd8 {0-1 (58) Dominguez Perez,L (2748)-Deac,B (2692) Chess. com INT 2024}) (13. Re2 Bb7 14. dxe5) ({This was Harikrishna's prep but he could not remember during the game and played dxe5 at the wrong point.} 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5 axb5 15. dxe5 Bxe3 16. exf6 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qxf6) 13... Nxe5 14. Bc2 $146 (14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nf1 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Bb7 17. f3 Qe7 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Qf2 Rbd8 21. Bc2 Bc8 22. Kh2 Be6 23. h4 Qc5 24. g3 Nh5 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Nf6 27. b4 Qb6 28. g4 Qe6 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Nd7 31. Ra1 Nf8 32. Nf5 Ng6 33. Rd1 Qb6 34. Kg3 Nf4 35. Qd7 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kf1 Rb8 38. Qe7 Nh3 39. Qc5 Qxc5 40. bxc5 Nf4 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Nc6 Re8 43. Ra1 Ra8 44. Nxe5 a5 45. Nc6 a4 46. Nd4 Rb8 47. Nc6 Ra8 48. b4 g5 49. h5 Kg7 50. Ke1 Nd3+ 51. Kd2 Nb2 52. Na5 Kf6 53. Kc2 Nc4 54. Nxc4 bxc4 55. Kb2 Ke5 56. Rd1 a3+ 57. Ka2 Kf4 58. Rd7 Ke3 59. c6 Ra7 60. e5 {1-0 (60) Murzin,V (2612)-Lobanov,S (2547) Novokuznetsk 2023}) 14... Bxe3 15. Rxe3 c5 16. Re1 Bb7 17. a4 Ng6 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 {Black looks a little better but behind the board Giri could not find anything concrete. His main goal so far has been on limiting White's play, but he doesn't have any clear targets.} Qb6 (19... Nf4 20. Ra7 (20. bxc5 dxc5 21. e5)) (19... Qc7 20. Ra5 Bc6 21. Qa1 Nf4) 20. bxc5 (20. Rb1 c4 21. Ra1 Rbd8 22. Nd4 d5 23. e5 Nxe5 24. N2f3) 20... Qxc5 (20... dxc5 21. Rb1 (21. e5 Nd7) (21. Re3) 21... Rbd8 22. Qe2 Bc6 (22... Ba6) 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Ne4) 21. Rb1 d5 $11 {and now pieces are traded.} 22. e5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Qxb5 Qxb5 30. Rxb5 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[GameId "2138338743656635"]
[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 {Black has a smashed pawn structure but the Queen's are off and he has two bishops.} 10. Nf3 a5 11. Nh4 Bb4 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. a3 Bxc3+ (13... Be7 14. g3 Nb6 15. f4 f5 16. Nf3 Nc8 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Rg1 h5 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Rc2 Ke7 22. Rcg2 Rag8 23. Kd1 h4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Nxg6+ fxg6 26. gxh4 b5 27. Nc3 Rxh4 28. Ne2 Kf7 29. Ng3 Rgh8 30. Nf1 R4h6 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. Rg5 Rc7 33. Ke2 Kf6 34. Rg4 Rh5 35. Ke1 c5 36. Rcg2 Rg7 37. Ng3 Rhh7 38. Rg5 Ke6 39. Rxg6+ Rxg6 40. f5+ Kf6 41. fxg6 Rxh2 42. Nh5+ Ke7 43. Rxh2 Bxh2 44. dxc5 Be5 45. b3 d4 46. g7 Kf7 47. exd4 Bxd4 48. c6 Bb6 49. Ke2 a4 50. b4 Kg8 51. Nf6+ Kxg7 52. c7 Bxc7 53. Ne8+ Kg6 54. Nxc7 Kf5 55. Nxb5 {1-0 (55) Sarana,A (2706) -So,W (2757) Chess.com INT 2024}) 14. Rxc3 a4 15. Be2 Ke7 16. g3 (16. f3 Nb6 17. Kf2 Nc8 18. g3 Nd6 19. Ng2 h5 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. h3 Kd7 22. Re1 b5 23. Bf1 Bg6 24. h4 Bf5 25. Rc5 Nb7 26. Rc3 Nd6 27. Rec1 Nc4 28. e4 Be6 29. Nd3 Ke7 30. Nb4 Rac8 31. b3 axb3 32. Rxb3 dxe4 33. fxe4 Rhd8 34. Rd3 f5 35. Bg2 c5 36. dxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. e5 Rc8 39. Rc3 Nxe5 40. Rxc8+ Kxc8 41. Ke3 Nc4+ 42. Kd4 f6 43. Bf3 Nxa3 44. Bxh5 Kd7 45. Bf3 Ke7 46. Kc5 Kf7 47. Bd5 Bxd5 48. Nxd5 Nc2 49. Nf4 Ne3 50. Kxb5 Nf1 51. Ne2 Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kh6 53. Kc5 Nxg3 54. Kd5 Nh5 55. Ke6 Nxf4+ 56. Kxf6 Ng2 57. Kxf5 Nxh4+ {1/2-1/2 (57) Oparin,G (2681)-Bacrot,E (2662) Chess.com INT 2023}) 16... Kd6 17. Kd2 Nf8 18. Rf1 Ne6 19. Bd3 Ra5 20. Nf5+ {Starting to repeat.} Kd7 21. Nh4 Kd6 22. Bc2 Nc7 23. Bd3 {Not surprisingly Erigaisi is happy with the draw today.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[GameId "2138367071764038"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O ({Relevant:} 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nb3 b6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nd7 13. Nc4 f6 14. a4 a5 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. c3 Bg4 17. d4 Qe7 18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 O-O 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Rd3 Nf8 22. Qh5 Kg7 23. Qd1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Ne6 25. d5 Nc5 26. Re3 Rab8 27. f3 b5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Be1 Rxb2 30. Bxa5 Rdb8 31. Bc3 Ra2 32. Kh1 Qd7 33. Re2 Rba8 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Bb4 Qb5 {½-½ Caruana,F (2805)-Duda,J (2740) Wch Blitz Final New York 2024 (1.2)}) 6... Qe7 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. b3 b5 12. Ne3 a4 13. b4 Bd6 14. Rb1 c5 15. Nf5 Qe6 16. Be3 c4 17. dxc4 Qxc4 18. Nd2 Qe6 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. c4 Ba6 21. Rbc1 bxc4 22. Nxc4 h5 23. a3 g6 24. Nh4 c5 25. Qxa4 Bxc4 26. Qxd7 cxb4 27. axb4 Bxb4 28. h3 {½-½ Moegito,A (2254)-Ivanauskas,R (2365) olm22 sf05 email ICCF email 2020 [5]}) 11. Re1 Ba6 12. b3 Rfe8 13. d4 {A committal decision because White's pawn structure now gets damaged.} Bxc4 14. bxc4 ({Pragg is not the person to bail out so early in the game:} 14. dxc5 Be6 15. cxb6 cxb6) 14... Bd6 15. Bd2 a4 16. Rad1 f6 17. g3 Qf7 18. d5 Nc5 19. Be3 Nb7 20. dxc6 Na5 21. Bxb6 Nxc4 22. Be3 Reb8 (22... Na3) 23. Rb1 (23. Rd5) 23... a3 $11 ({Gukesh should have played} 23... Rd8 24. Bc1 Qe8 25. Nd2 Qxc6 26. Nxc4 Qxc4 27. Be3 {And Black is a little better, Gukesh admitted aftrerwards he should have played this.}) 24. Rb7 Rxb7 25. cxb7 Rb8 26. Qb3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Qxb3 28. axb3 Rxb7 {The endgame is equal.} 29. Nd2 Kf7 30. Ra1 Ke6 31. Kf2 g6 32. Ra2 f5 33. Kf3 h5 ({Afterwards Pragg regretted he didn't try} 33... h5 34. b4 c5 35. b5 c4 (35... Ra7 36. Nc4 Ra4 37. Nb6)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[GameId "2138368756596870"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 {Both players are more or less on their own.} c5 10. Rc1 h6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Bd3 Ng4 {Trying to get play.} (12... e6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nc4 a6 16. e5 b5 17. Qa5 Ra7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Nd6 Bb7 20. f4 c4 21. Nxb7 cxd3 22. Nd6 Nb6 23. Rfd1 Nc4 24. Rxd3 Nxd6 25. exd6 Rd7 26. d5 Rc8 27. dxe6 fxe6 28. Bb6 Rc4 29. Ba5 Rxf4 30. Re1 e5 31. Bb4 Kf7 32. a4 bxa4 33. Rd5 Rc4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Nabaty,T (2573)-Flores Rios,M (2481) Cappelle la Grande 2013}) 13. Bd2 e5 14. d5 $2 {Mendonca misevaluated the complications after h3 which just needs to be played. Now white's centre is disintegrating.} (14. h3 exd4 15. cxd4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd3 18. Bxh6 {And White is a pawn up but he cannot castle so not easy to assess that this is better for White.} Rd8 19. Bg5) 14... f5 {White's centre is disintegrating.} 15. O-O Nf6 16. Nxe5 fxe4 17. Be2 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. Nxg6 Nxd5 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Be6 22. a4 b6 $6 (22... c4 23. Rb1 b6 24. Rfc1 Rad8) 23. Bb5 Rf8 24. g3 Rad8 25. Rfe1 Bf5 $6 {Mendonca is quite a bit better now.} (25... Bd5) 26. Bc6 Rd3 27. c4 $6 $11 {A mistake.} (27. Bxe4 $1 {+1} Rxc3 (27... Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Bxh6 Rc8 31. Re7 c4 32. Rxa7 Bb2 33. Rb7) 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Bxh6) 27... Rd4 $6 {Not great either.} (27... Ra3) 28. Be3 $6 $11 (28. Bd5+) 28... Rd3 {Draw agreed, the position is roughly equal.} (28... Rd3 29. Bf4 Rd4 30. Be3 (30. Rcd1 Rfd8 31. Bd5+ {Van Foreest thought he could play for three results here, a gamble he was willing to take considering White didn't have much time left.} R8xd5 32. cxd5 Rxa4 33. d6 Bd7 34. f3 a5 (34... exf3 35. Re7 Rd4 36. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 37. Be3) 35. fxe4) 30... Rd3 31. Rcd1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[GameId "2138380544270862"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qb3 h6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. bxc3 Qc6 {Not played before except for one correspondence game, but Abdusattorov was still familiar with all this and blitzed out all his moves.} 15. Rb1 b6 16. Bb5 Qb7 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Bd7 (18... a6 19. Be8 Qc7 20. Ne5 Be6 21. f4 Qd8 22. Ba4 Bf5 23. Re1 Be4 24. c4 Ra7 25. h3 Rc7 26. Kh2 Qh4 27. Qe3 Qe7 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. c5 Qf6 30. Ng4 Qd8 31. Nf2 Re7 32. cxb6 Bc2 33. Qa3 Bxa4 34. Qxa4 Qxb6 35. Nd3 Nd7 36. Rc6 Qb5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qc2 Nf6 39. Rc5 Qb7 40. Nb4+ g6 41. Nc6 Re4 42. Ne5 Ne8 43. Rc6 Qe7 44. Rxa6 Ng7 45. Qc6 Rxf4 46. Qxd5 Rf5 47. Qe4 Qc7 48. Qc6 Qe7 49. Qe4 Qc7 50. a4 Ne6 51. Rc6 Qb8 52. a5 Nxd4 53. Qxd4 Qxe5+ 54. Qxe5 Rxe5 55. a6 {1/2-1/2 (55) Haapamaeki,M (2324)-Heilala,T (2307) ICCF email 2019}) 19. Qe7 Nc6 20. Qd6 a6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. h4 b5 24. Nd3 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Nc5 a5 27. f3 Ra7 28. Rb2 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd6 {Fedoseev was still faimilar with this position from his prep! He believed that based on his bishop he is the only one who can play for a win. Leko thought this was a funny assessment and that White just over pressed.} 31. Kd2 h5 32. Nd3 f6 33. Rb1 Be8 34. Re1 Bg6 35. Nc5 Bf5 36. Re8 b4 37. g3 Kc6 38. Nd3 Rb7 39. Ra8 Bxd3 40. Kxd3 Kb6 41. Rd8 Kc6 42. g4 bxc3 43. Rc8+ Kd6 44. Kxc3 Rb1 45. Rg8 Rf1 46. gxh5 Rxf3+ 47. Kc2 Rf4 48. Kc3 Rxh4 49. Rxg7 Rxh5 50. Ra7 Rh3+ 51. Kb2 Rd3 52. Ra6+ Ke7 53. Rxa5 Rxd4 54. Kc3 Rc4+ 55. Kd3 Kd6 56. Ra8 Ke5 57. a4 Rd4+ 58. Kc3 Rc4+ 59. Kd3 Rc6 60. a5 Re6 61. a6 f5 62. a7 Re7 63. Ke3 d4+ 64. Kd3 f4 65. Rb8 Rxa7 66. Rb5+ Kf6 67. Ke4 d3 68. Kxf4 Rd7 69. Rb6+ Ke7 70. Rb1 d2 71. Rd1 Kf6 72. Ke4 Ke6 73. Kf4 Rd4+ 74. Ke3 Ke5 75. Rxd2 Rxd2 76. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1019554"]
[BlackFideId "5091756"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Qxd4 c6 8.
Be2 Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. O-O Qd6 12. f4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 d6 14. h4 h5
15. g3 f6 16. Bd3 Kd8 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Ne2 Kc7 19. Bf7 Bg4 20. Bxg6 Bxe2 21. Rfe1
Bc4 22. a4 b6 23. Re3 c5 24. Rc3 Be6 25. Be3 Rh6 26. f5 Rxg6 27. fxg6 Bd7 28. a5
Bc6 29. Re1 b5 30. Bf4 Kd7 31. g4 Rh8 32. g5 Ke6 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. a6 Rg8 35.
Rg3 b4 36. g7 Kf7 37. Bh6 Bb5 38. Ra1 Bc6 39. Re1 Bb5 40. Ra1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Bf4 Qg4 11. Be3 c6 12. h3 Qe6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. g4
Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. g5 f5 17. Kb1 Qc4 18. Rhe1 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21.
Nc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rf7 23. Re2 Nd7 24. Bd6 Nf8 25. Rde1 Rd8 26. Be7 Re8 27. Bd6
Rd8 28. Be7 Rd7 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Re7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Rxf4 32. b3 Rf7 33. Re8+ Rf8
34. Re7 Rf7 35. Re8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "12923044"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5
15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 Nc5 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. Rae1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc6 20. Bf6 Qh6 21.
Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Qf5 Qg6 23. Qxg5 Qxg5 24. Bxg5 f6 25. Be3 Kf7 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27.
Kf2 Ne5 28. Bd4 Nc6 29. Be3 Ne5 30. Bd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "D73"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[BlackFideId "8618020"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nd4 Nd6 14. Rc1 Qa5
15. a3 Rd8 16. b4 Qa6 17. Qb3 e5 18. Nc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Qxe2 20. Qd1 Bg4 21. Rxd6
Qxd1 22. Rdxd1 Bxd1 23. Bxa8 Be2 24. Re1 Bb5 25. Bg2 a6 26. Rc1 e4 27. Bxe4 Bb2
28. Rb1 Bxa3 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. Bf3 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Kf3 Rc8 33. Bd2 Rc2 34.
Ke3 Ra2 35. Bc3 Rc2 36. Bd2 Ra2 37. Bc3 Rc2 38. Be1 Bc1+ 39. Kd3 Rc6 40. f4 Rd6+
41. Kc4 Be3 42. Bc3 Kf8 43. Be5 Rc6+ 44. Kd5 Rb6 45. Bc7 Rb5+ 46. Kc6 Bc5 47.
bxc5 Rxb1 48. Kd7 h5 49. c6 Kg7 50. Be5+ f6 51. c7 Rc1 52. Bb2 Rc2 53. c8=Q Rxb2
54. Qc7 Re2 55. Kd6+ Kf8 56. Qh7 a5 57. Qxg6 a4 58. Qxf6+ Kg8 59. Qg6+ Kf8 60.
f5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. f3 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. a5 Qd8
9. g4 Bc8 10. Bh6 Kf8 11. e4 e6 12. Nge2 exd5 13. exd5 Nbd7 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. O-O
Ng8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. h3 h5 18. g5 Bf5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Ne7 22.
f5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Ne5 24. Be4 h4 25. Nf4 N7g6 26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. Kh2 Qd7 28. Qd2
Rae8 29. Qc3+ Ne5 30. Ng2 Rh5 31. Qd2 Kh7 32. Qf2 Qe7 33. Nf4 Rxg5 34. Qxh4+ Kg8
35. Rae1 Qf6 36. Kh1 Rf5 37. Qxf6 Rxf6 38. Nh5 Rxf1+ 39. Rxf1 Kf8 40. b3 Ke7 41.
Ng7 Rh8 42. Nf5+ Kd7 43. Kg2 Ng6 44. Kg3 Ne7 45. Ne3 f5 46. h4 Rh5 47. c4 Ke8
48. Re1 Kf7 49. Ng2 Rh6 50. Nf4 Ng6 51. Nxg6 Rxg6+ 52. Kf4 Rg4+ 53. Kxf5 Rxh4
54. Re6 Rh3 55. Rxd6 Ke7 56. Rg6 Rxb3 57. a6 bxa6 58. Rc6 Kd7 59. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "35006916"]
[BlackFideId "13710427"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Ne2 d5 8. exd5
cxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. O-O dxc4 11. Ba3 d3 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. Nd4 Qa3 14. Qd2 Nbd7
15. Rab1 Nb6 16. Rb4 Bd7 17. Bxb7 Re8 18. Bf3 h6 19. Nb5 Qxb4 20. cxb4 Bxb5 21.
Rc1 Rc8 22. Qf4 c3 23. Qe5 Nbd5 24. Qd4 d2 25. Qxd2 cxd2 26. Rxc8+ Be8 27. Kf1
Nxb4 28. Ke2 Nxa2 29. Kxd2 Nb4 30. Kc3 a5 31. Rc5 Na6 32. Rxa5 Nc7 33. Kd4 Ne6+
34. Ke3 g5 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Kg7 37. Bb7 Bd7 38. Bf3 Nf8 39. Kf4 Ng6+ 40. Kg3
Be6 41. Ra1 Ne7 42. Rh1 Ne8 43. Bg4 Bd5 44. Bf3 Bc4 45. Bg4 Nd6 46. Re1 Kf6 47.
Kh3 Bd5 48. Ra1 Ng6 49. h5 Nf4+ 50. Kh4 Ke5 51. Ra6 Nd3 52. Ra5 Nxf2 53. Bd7 f6
54. Kg3 Nfe4+ 55. Kh4 Nc4 56. Ra7 Kf4 57. Bc8 Ne5 58. Bb7 Nf3+ 59. Kh3 Nfg5+ 60.
Kh4 Nd6 61. Ra4+ Bc4 62. Bc8 Nf3+ 63. Kh3 Kg5 64. Bg4 Ne5 65. Bd1 Ne4 66. Kg2
Nc3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "13903063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 Bf5 7. c4 c6 8. Rc1 a5
9. b5 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 cxd5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Ba3 Re8 15.
Qb2 Nd7 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. h3 h5 18. Bc5 a4 19. Qb4 Bf8 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. b6 Nxc5 22.
dxc5 f6 23. Nf3 e5 24. Nh4 Qc8 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Bxa4 Kg7 27. Nxf5+ Qxf5 28. Qb5
h4 29. c6 bxc6 30. Rxc6 d4 31. Bb3 Qe4 32. Qc4 Kh6 33. Bc2 Qd5 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35.
Be4 Rdd8 36. b7 Rab8 37. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Smeets, Kobe"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1063910"]
[BlackFideId "4600428"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 a5 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 a4 10. Qe1 O-O 11. b4 Ba7 12. Ne3 Rd8 13. Nf5 Qe8 14. c4 Nf8 15.
Bc3 f6 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. g3 Qf7 19. Ne3 Bh3 20. Rfe1 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Bg4
22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Rc1 Rad8 24. Ne1 b6 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 f5 27. e5 Nf8 28. Ng2
c5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rb1 Ne6 31. h3 Bh5 32. Rb5 g5 33. Kh2 h6 34. Ra5 Kh7 35.
Rxa4 gxf4 36. Nxf4 Nxf4 37. Qxf4 Rxd3 38. Ra6 Bg6 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. e6 Qe7 41.
Rc6 Rd6 42. Qe5 Be8 43. Qxf5+ Kg8 44. Qe5 Qh7 45. Rxd6 cxd6 46. Qg3+ Qg6 47.
Qxd6 Qf5 48. Qg3+ Bg6 49. Qb8+ Qf8 50. Qg3 Qf5 51. Qb8+ Qf8 52. Be5 Be8 53. Bf4
Kh7 54. Qc7+ Kg6 55. Qd6 Qf5 56. Kg3 Qe4 57. e7+ Kf7 58. Qxc5 Qg6+ 59. Kf2 Qc2+
60. Kg3 Qg6+ 61. Kf2 Qc2+ 62. Kg1 Qg6+ 63. Kf1 Qb1+ 64. Ke2 Qxa2+ 65. Bd2 Qc2
66. Ke3 Qb3+ 67. Kf4 Qxh3 68. Qd5+ Qe6 69. Qxe6+ Kxe6 70. Bb4 Kd7 71. Ke5 h5 72.
Kf6 h4 73. Be1 h3 74. Bg3 Kc6 75. Kg7 Kc5 76. Kf8 Bc6 77. e8=Q Bxe8 78. Kxe8 h2
79. Bxh2 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tudor, Henry Edward"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2409836"]
[BlackFideId "1057472"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Qd2 d4 12. Qxd4 Bxf3 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. gxf3 g6
15. Ne4 Bg7 16. c3 O-O 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Be3 Rxa2 19. Kb1 Ra5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21.
Rd7 Rxf3 22. Rxe7 c4 23. Re8+ Rf8 24. Rxe6 Re5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. h3 Rf3 27. Kc2
b5 28. Rd1 Rxh3 29. Rd5 Rh5 30. Rxb5 Rf5 31. Kd1 h5 32. Ke2 h4 33. f4 Bxf4 34.
Rxf5 gxf5 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Nd5 Bb8 37. Kf3 h3 38. Ne3 h2 39. Kg2 f4 40. Nxc4 f3+
41. Kh1 Bf4 42. Nd2 Bxd2 43. Kxh2 Bf4+ 44. Kg1 Be3+ 45. Kf1 Ke6 46. c4 Ke5 47.
b4 Kd4 48. c5 Ke4 49. Ke1 Kf4 50. Kf1 Kg3 51. c6 Bb6 52. b5 Kf4 53. Ke1 Kg4 54.
Kf1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Black "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "1202936"]
[BlackFideId "5819369"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nd2 e6 7. Ngf3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bb5 h6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bf1 O-O 13. a4 Qc7 14. Nb3 b6 15.
Nc1 Na5 16. Ne5 Nac6 17. Bd3 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Ng6 19. Re3 Rfe8 20. g3 Ne7 21. g4
Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Ng6 23. Qf3 Re7 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. g5 hxg5 26. Qh5 Nf4 27. Qxg5
Nxd3 28. Rxd3 e5 29. Rg3 f6 30. Qxf6 exd4 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qxd4 Qe1+ 33. Kg2
Qe4+ 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Rg6 Rxa4 36. Rxb6 Ra1 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. h4 a5 39. Kf4 a4
40. Ke5 a3 41. bxa3 Rxa3 42. Rc6 Ra2 43. Kxd5 Rxf2 44. Rc4 Rf3 45. Kc5 Ke6 46.
Kb4 Rg3 47. Rd4 Ke5 48. h5 Rh3 49. Rc4 Kd6 50. Rc5 Rg3 51. Kb5 Kd7 52. Kb6 Rg4
53. c4 Rh4 54. Rc7+ Kd8 55. c5 Rxh5 56. Rxg7 Rh1 57. Rg8+ Ke7 58. c6 Rb1+ 59.
Kc7 Rc1 60. Rg2 Rc3 61. Re2+ Kf7 62. Kd7 Rd3+ 63. Kc8 Rb3 64. c7 Rb1 65. Re4 Rb4
66. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "1024523"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 h6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf5
15. Be3 Re8 16. Rad1 Re7 17. Bf4 Rc7 18. Qb3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. d5 Nd6 21.
Bb1 b6 22. Qa3 Rc5 23. Nf3 Qf4 24. Rd4 Qf6 25. dxe6 Nb5 26. e7 Bf5 27. e8=Q+
Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29. Bxf5+ Qxf5 30. Qd3 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Rc8 32. Re1 g6 33. h3
Rc2 34. Re8 h5 35. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Black "Slagboom, Leandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35033018"]
[BlackFideId "1065882"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bg5 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Bd3 Qb6 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Rac1 a5 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Be3 Bh5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Qe3 Rfc8 22. h3 Qd6 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Re1 h6 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2
Ke7 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Kd2 Be8 30. b3 Rc8 31. h4 Nh5 32. Ba6 1/2-1/2

