[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[GameId "2139168410244610"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Rd1 (11. Bb3 {was previously played in a game against Bjerre, who is here at Tata the second of Max Warmerdam!} b5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. a3 h6 16. Bh4 Bf4 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qh5 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Rd3 g5 23. Bd1 Nf6 24. e5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Bluebaum,M (2670)-Bjerre,J (2627) Lublin 2023}) 11... Ng4 (11... Ne5 {would have been a better option.Warmerdam said that all these lines look so similar and he wasn't sure about whether Ne5 or Ng4 was the move.}) 12. h3 Nge5 13. Bb3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Be3 Bh2+ (15... b6 16. Rac1 Qb8 {and White is better but not as much as in the game.}) 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qh4 b5 20. f4 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 ({Even stronger was not to take back the bishop immediately!} 21. Bc5 Bb7 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Rxc3 {This was missed by both players.}) 21... Bb7 22. Bd4 Nxe4 23. Be5 Nxc3 24. bxc3 ({Van Foreest thought for a long time here and he regretted he didn't play this, there is not much risk for White.} 24. Rd7 $1 {This is what the white player focused on in his calculations but he wasn't sure how to evaluate the position.} Bc6 (24... Qc8 25. Qg5) (24... Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 (25. Kh2 Bc6 26. Qg5 Qxe5) 25... Qb6 26. Qg5 Qf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ne4+ 28. Ke3 Nxg5 29. fxg5 {and White has a winning advantage}) 25. Bxb8 Bxd7 26. Bd6 Ne4 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Qe7 Nf6 29. Qd6 Bc8 30. Kh2) 24... Qe8 25. Bxg7 ({Initially Van Foreest had planned} 25. Qg4 f6 26. Rd7 Qg6 {but this is winning for Black.}) 25... Kxg7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qd3 Qa5 (8... h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. Rd1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Qc2 d4 14.
Nf3 e5 15. Nxe5 dxc3 16. Rxd8 cxb2+ 17. Ke2 Rxd8 18. Qxb2 Na4 19. Qc2 Nc3+ 20.
Kf3 Rd4 21. h3 h5 22. Bh2 g4+ 23. Kg3 Rd2 24. Qb3 Ne4+ 25. Kh4 Be7+ 26. Kxh5
Kg7 27. Bf4 Bf5 28. Bh6+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 Rxf2 30. Bg5 Rh8 31. Nxf7 Bg6+ 32. Kxg4
Ne5+ {0-1 (32) Bai,J (2553)-Ding,L (2774) China 2017}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 b6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. e4 Kh8 15. Nb3 Qa3 16. f4 Rac8
17. Rf3 Qe7 18. Qe3 Rg8 19. Rd1 Nd8 20. c5 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 bxc5 22. Na5 Nc6 23.
Nc4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Nd6 Rc6 27. Re3 Rxd6 28. Rxe7 Kg7 29.
Rxa7 Rb8 30. Ra5 Rb2 31. Rd3 c4 32. Rg3+ Kf8 33. f5 Rd8 34. h3 Rd2 35. Re3 Rc8
({Indicated by Keymer} 35... Re8 36. Rg3 h5 37. Kh2 h4 38. Rg4) 36. Kh2 h5 37.
a4 h4 38. Rb5 Kg7 39. Rb7 Rg8 40. Rbe7 Rc2 (40... d4 41. R3e4 dxc3 42. Rg4+ Kf8
43. Ree4) (40... Kh6 41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Rxe2 Kg5 43. Rd2 Rd8 44. Rf2 Ra8 45. Rd2
Ra5 (45... Rxa4 46. Rxd5 Ra3 47. Rd4 Rxc3 48. Rg4+) 46. g3 Kxf5 47. gxh4 Ke5
48. Re2+) 41. Re2 Rxc3 42. Rd2 Rd8 43. Rd4 Rc2 44. Rg4+ Kf8 45. Rc7 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. c3 Bb6 13. Na3 (13. Nbd2 Nh7 14. Re1
Kh8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nf1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Nd5 Nf6 20. Nxb6
Rxb6 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 c5 24. Qd1 b4 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 Qd7
27. cxb4 cxb4 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. f3 Rf7 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Bf2 Re7 32. Rd1 Qe6 33. h4
gxh4 34. Bxh4 Qe3+ 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Rd4 b3 37. Rf4 d5 38. Bf2 Rd3 39. Bd4 Kg6
40. Ra8 Kg5 41. Be5 Re6 42. Rd4 Rxd4 43. Bxd4 Re2 44. Rd8 h5 45. Rd6 Nh7 46.
Rxd5+ Kg6 47. Rd6+ Kf5 48. Rh6 Re7 49. Rxh5+ Ng5 50. f4 Kxf4 51. Bf6 Rf7 52.
Bxg5+ Kg4 53. Rh3 Kxg5 54. Rg3+ Kh4 55. Rxb3 Rd7 56. Kf2 Rd2+ 57. Ke3 Rxg2 58.
Rb5 Rg4 59. b4 Kg3 60. Kd3 Rf4 61. Kc3 Kf3 62. Re5 {1-0 (62) Aronian,L (2745)
-Caruana,F (2766) Saint Louis 2023}) 13... Ne7 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16.
fxe3 Kg7 17. Bc2 {Black would have achieved some advantage out of the opening
if he had taken on a4. Quite an achievement against the World Champion! Gukesh
was surprised afterwards about the evaluation.} c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 cxb4
20. cxb4 {The pawn structure has completely changed on the queenside in a
different way than what Black was supposed to do.} Qe7 21. Ra5 Bd7 22. d4 Bc6
23. Qa1 Rfe8 24. Bb3 ({Gukesh should have played} 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Ra7 Rb7 26.
Ra6 {but he thought that in the game taking on e4 for Black on move 24 would
not be ok.}) 24... Ra8 (24... Bxe4 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Ra6 Qxb4 {
This final move is what Gukesh had missed in his calculations.}) 25. Nd2 Rf8
26. Bc2 Nh5 27. Be1 Nf6 28. Rf5 Rxa5 29. bxa5 {Black was getting low on time
and now makes a mistake.} Re8 30. d5 Bd7 31. Rf2 Bc8 {and this is a second
inferior move.} 32. Nf1 Qa7 33. Qa3 Rd8 34. Bb4 Ne8 35. Ng3 Ne7 36. Bd1 Ng8 37.
Be2 Qb7 38. Bd3 Ngf6 39. Rc2 {and now Black makes a fatal mistsake:} Bd7 40.
Bxd6 Nxd6 {Gukesh,D (2777)-Mendonca,L (2639) Wijk aan Zee NED 2025} 41. Qxd6
Qa7 42. Qxe5 Qxe3+ 43. Rf2 {1-0 (43) Gukesh,D (2777)-Mendonca,L (2639) Wijk
aan Zee NED 2025} 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[GameId "2139159837000856"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 $5 {An attempt to produce some small problems via the move order.} a5 {The best move in the position Abdusattorov said afterwards. Caruana added that it is rarely played but kills completely this line.} ({Relevant:} 3... e6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h4 Bd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. h5 Bc6 14. g4 Rfd8 15. g5 Qxb3 16. axb3 g6 17. Bd1 Rd7 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Bb5 21. Bc2 Bd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Ke2 a5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Ra1 b6 26. Ra4 Rd7 27. Rxe4 b5 28. f3 Kg7 29. Bg3 Bxg5 30. Bh4 Bxh4 31. Rxh4 Rd5 32. f4 c4 33. bxc4 {½-½ Nihal,S (2668)-Sindarov,J (2668) London TechM GCL Final 2024 (1.6)}) 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Nbd2 {[#]} h6 $146 {To avoid Nh4 ideas.} ({Predecessor:} 5... e6 6. Qb3 b6 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Ne5 b5 9. Qd1 a4 10. e3 Nfd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 Nb6 14. Bd3 N8d7 15. Qe2 Nc4 16. Rb1 Be7 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nf3 O-O 19. O-O Bd6 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Re8 23. f4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rfe1 e3 27. Rbd1 Qc5 28. Rd4 Re6 29. Bh4 Rae8 30. Rd3 f6 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 Nb6 33. Qxe3 {½-½ Vidit,S (2721)-Yu,Y (2715) Tashkent UzChess Masters 2024 (5)}) 6. e3 e6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nf6 16. Rab1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Qe7 20. Qb3 Ne8 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 {Somewhere around here Caruana thought that mayBe he got something, but it never materialized.} Nd6 23. Qd3 Rfa8 24. Bd1 Ra5 25. Rcb1 g6 26. Bc2 Rd8 27. Qc3 Rd7 28. e4 Ra8 29. Qc5 Rad8 (29... Qd8 {is more accurate.}) 30. Bd3 $6 (30. e5 $1 {The engines suggest this is +1, this is the only chance white got in the game. Caruana had no explanation as to why he didn't try this.} Nf5 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Nxd4 34. Be4 {At the very least this a risk free chance for Caruana.}) 30... Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. f3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc1 Be7 8. O-O
c6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 a4 11. Qc2 h6 12. a3 Qa5 13. Nbd2 Nh5 (13... g5 14. Be3
(14. Be5 Ng4 15. h3 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 b5) 14... Ng4
15. Nf1 Nxe3 16. Nxe3) 14. Be3 Bd6 (14... Nhf6 15. h3 Rd8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Bf4
Bb7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Nh7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qb1 b5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Qa8
24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Ne1 b4 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Qc2 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Nc2 Be7
30. Nb1 f6 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Nba3 Be7 33. Bd2 Ng5 34. Bb4 Bf6 35. f3 Nf7 36.
Kf2 g5 37. Ke3 Bd8 38. Bf1 Bc7 {1/2-1/2 (40) Sargissian,G (2686)-Howell,D 
(2676) Budva 2023}) 15. Rac1 b5 {This advance is not precise and now White can
claim some advantage.} (15... f5 16. Nf1 Nhf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19.
gxf4 Ne4 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Nd6 22. N1d2 Nb6 23. e3 Bd7 24. Ne5 Bb5 25. Bf1
Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Rac8 27. Rc5 g5 28. Ke2 Kg7 29. Rg1 Kf6 30. h4 g4 31. h5 Rg8 32.
Rgc1 Rg7 33. Kd3 Rcg8 34. Rc7 Ne8 35. Rxg7 Rxg7 36. Nf1 Nd6 37. Ng3 Nbc4 38.
Kc3 b6 39. Rc2 Ra7 40. Nxc4 dxc4 41. Kb4 Ra5 42. Ne2 Ra8 43. Nc3 b5 44. d5 e5
45. Kc5 Rd8 46. Kc6 Ne4 47. Kc7 Nxc3 48. Kxd8 Nxd5 49. fxe5+ Kxe5 50. Kd7 Ke4
51. Kd6 f4 52. exf4 Nxf4 53. Kc6 Kf3 54. Kxb5 Nd3 55. Kxa4 Nxf2 56. Rxc4 g3 57.
b4 Nd1 58. Rc1 Ke2 59. Rc6 g2 60. Rg6 Kf3 61. b5 Nf2 62. Rxg2 Kxg2 63. b6 Ne4
64. Kb5 {1-0 (64) Suleymenov,A (2499)-Sargsyan,S (2654) Astana 2023}) 16. c5
Bb8 17. Ne1 e5 18. Nd3 Nhf6 19. Nb4 (19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... Bxe5) 20. Nb4) 19...
Bb7 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nf3 (21. f4 Ng4 22. Nf1 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Bf6 24. Nf5) 21...
Rfe8 22. Nxe5 ({It would have been stronger to play} 22. Nh4 Qd8 23. Nf5 Nf8
24. Bd4) 22... Rxe5 23. Bd4 Re7 24. e3 Qc7 25. Qc3 Ne5 26. f4 Ned7 (26... Nc4
27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. e4 (28. Qxf6 Re6) 28... Kg7 29. exd5 cxd5 30. Qd4) 27. Nxd5 (
{It was stronger to play} 27. Nd3 Ne4 (27... Rae8 28. Nf2) 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29.
Nb4) 27... Nxd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. c6 f6 {Not a good move, the engine says
Black should not have defended the pawn on g7!} (29... Nb6 30. Bxg7) (29...
Rae8 30. cxb7 Qxb7) 30. cxb7 Qxb7 31. Qc7 Nf8 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. Bc3 Rd8 {
Not good.} (33... Re8 34. Kf2 Rd7) 34. Ba5 Re8 35. Kf2 Rd7 36. Rc5 Rde7 37. Rc3
(37. Re1 {was the best move.} Rd7 (37... d4 38. exd4 Rxe1 39. Bxe1) 38. Rxb5)
37... Rd7 38. Rcd3 (38. Rc5) 38... Ra8 39. Bb4 (39. Bc3 Rad8 40. f5 Kf7) 39...
Rad8 40. Ba5 Ra8 41. Bb4 Rad8 42. Rc1 (42. f5) 42... d4 43. e4 (43. Rxd4 Rxd4
44. exd4 Ne6 45. f5 Nxd4 46. Rd1 Kf7 47. Bc3 Nc6 48. Rxd8 Nxd8 49. Ke3 Ke7 50.
Kd4 {and Black cannot defend the queenside with his king because there will be
Bb4-Bf8.}) 43... g5 44. Kf3 Re8 45. h4 Ne6 46. f5 Nd8 47. Rc8 g4+ 48. Kf4 h5
49. Bc5 Rb7 50. Rxd4 Ne6+ 51. fxe6 Rxc8 52. Rd5 Rbc7 53. e7 Re8 54. Rxh5 Kf7
55. Kxg4 Ke6 56. Rd5 Rcc8 57. Kf4 Rh8 58. h5 Rhg8 59. g4 Rce8 60. Rf5 Rc8 61.
Bd4 Kxe7 62. Bxf6+ Ke6 63. h6 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. h3 Bf5 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Ne5 (7. Bxd6
Qxd6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Nh4 Be4 12. Nhf3 Bg6 13. Nh4 a4 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. f4 a3 16. b4 b6 17. Rb1 c5 18. Bd3 Rfc8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nf3 Qc7
21. Ne5 Qa5 22. Bb5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Ne4 24. c4 Nd2 25. cxd5 Nxb1 26. dxe6 Qxb5
27. exf7+ Kf8 28. d5 Nc3 29. Qg4 Nxd5 30. Qh4 Qd3 31. Rf3 g5 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33.
Qxg7 Rf8 34. Qxg5+ Kd7 35. Qh6 Ne7 36. Rf6 Kc7 37. Kh2 c4 38. Rd6 Qe4 39. Qe6
Nc6 40. Qd7+ Kb6 41. e6 Ra7 42. Rxc6+ Qxc6 43. e7 Qxd7 44. exf8=Q Qxf7 45. Qb8+
Ka5 46. Kh1 Qc7 47. Qh8 Rb7 48. Qa8+ Kb4 49. Qf8+ Qe7 50. Qf4 Rd7 51. Qb8+ Kc3
52. Qg3 Rd1+ 53. Kh2 Qd6 {0-1 (53) Mikhalevski,V (2520)-Volkov,S (2636) ICC
INT 2002}) 7... Qc7 8. g4 Bg6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qe2 b5
{Not a great move.} 13. g5 Ng8 14. h4 Ne7 15. Qf3 Rh5 (15... e5 {was the way
to maintain the balance.}) 16. Be2 Nb6 17. e4 Nc4 18. a4 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 b4 20.
e5 Qb8 21. cxb4 ({White decides to pick up an exchange.} 21. a5 {would have
been stronger and if} bxc3+ (21... Nf5 22. Ra4 {a great engine concept}) 22.
Qxc3) 21... Qxb4+ 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Kc2 Nf5 25. Rhd1 (25. Kd3 {
Fedoseev saw this move and should have maybe played it.}) 25... Nxh4 26. Ra3
Nf5 27. Qxc6+ Kd8 28. Rc3 Qxb2+ 29. Kd3 Ne7 (29... Nxd4 {The black player did
calculate this but could not see the draw, he missed some queen checks, for
example he did not see Qf5+.} 30. Kxd4 (30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Kxd4 Qb4+ 32. Ke3 Qe4+
33. Kd2 Rb2+ 34. Rc2 Qf4+) 30... Qxf2+ 31. Kd3) 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Rdc1 Rd8 ({
Black could still have made a draw but Harikrishna missed this} 31... Rb7 32.
Qd6 (32. Qa5 f5 {Again an unbelievable move according to Fedoseev.}) 32... Rb3)
32. Ke3 g6 33. a5 Rd7 34. Qc5 Rb7 35. a6 Rd7 36. Qa3 Qb6 37. Qa4 Nf5+ 38. Kd3
Kf8 39. Rb3 Qd8 40. Rb7 Re7 41. Qb4 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12. d4 Bf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Na3 b4
15. Nc4 bxc3 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. f4 cxb2 18. Bxb2 a5 19. a4 (19. Rc1 a4 20. Bxa4
Re6) 19... Re7 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Rc5 Qxd4+ (22... Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qg6
24. d5 Nd3 25. Rb5 c5 26. Re3 Nf4 27. Qf3 Qb1+ 28. Bd1 Qf5 29. g3 Rxd5 30. gxf4
Qg6+ 31. Kf2 Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Kong,X (2457)-Li,C (2635) Shaoxing 2024}) 23.
Qxd4 Rxd4 24. g3 Rd2 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Rd7 28. Be2 Rd2 29.
Rxc7 ({Wei Yi admitted afterwards he had nothing special in this game. He
analyzed the following line:} 29. Kf1 Nc6 30. Bc1 Ra2 31. Bc4 Ra1 32. Bd5 Ba6+)
29... Rxe2 30. Rxb7 Kf8 31. Bxb4+ axb4 32. Rxb4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B77"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 9.Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Rhe1 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. e5 d5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Ne2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Nb8 19. Nd4 Kf7 20. f4 Nc6 21.
Nf3 h6 22. h4 Ke8 23. g3 Kd7 24. Re3 h5 25. b3 b5 26. Kb2 Rb8 27. Rc3 a5 28. Rc5
Rb6 29. Rd3 Rfb8 30. Kc1 b4 31. a4 Ra8 32. c4 bxc3 33. Rdxc3 Rab8 34. Kb2 R8b7
35. Ka3 Rb8 36. Nd2 R8b7 37. Kb2 Rb8 38. Kc2 Nd4+ 39. Kb2 Nc6 40. Ka2 Nb4+ 41.
Ka3 Nc6 42. Rf3 R8b7 43. Rc1 Rc7 44. Rfc3 Rcb7 45. Rd1 Nd4 46. Kb2 Rb4 47. Ka2
Rb8 48. Ka3 R8b7 49. Ka2 Rb8 50. Ka3 R8b7 51. Re1 Nf5 52. Rec1 Rd4 53. R1c2 Ra7
54. Kb2 Rb7 55. Ka2 Ra7 56. Kb2 Rb7 57. Ka3 Ra7 58. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Ne1 Qc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Nb8 17. f3 Nd7 18. Rad1 b4 19. R5d2 Rfc8 20. Qd3 a5 21. Rc1
Nc5 22. Qd5 Na4 23. Rb1 Nb6 24. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 25. Kh1 Bg5 26. Re2 Rc6 27. Qd3 Qc5
28. g3 Rd8 29. Rd1 d5 30. exd5 Rcd6 31. Qe4 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34.
Nd3 Bf6 35. Re4 g6 36. Rc4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 Be7 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Nb4 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Rb6 16. e4 Qb8 17. Kg1 Qb7 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Rac1 a5 20. Nef3 h6 21. h3 a4
22. bxa4 bxa4 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Rc4 Qa6 25. Qe3 Rb5 26. Rdc1 Ne8 27. Kg2 Qa8 28.
Ra1 Bd6 29. Rcc1 Rdb8 30. Qe2 c5 31. Nc4 Bf8 32. Bb2 cxd4 33. Nxd4 R5b7 34. Ba3
Rc7 35. Ne5 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Nf6 37. f3 Rb7 38. Rc4 Rb6 39. Qd2 Qb8 40. Ng4 Nxg4
41. hxg4 Qb7 42. Nc2 Nxc2 43. Bxf8 Ne1+ 44. Qxe1 Kxf8 45. Rxa4 Rb2+ 46. Kh3 Kg8
47. Ra3 Qb5 48. e5 Re2 49. Qc3 Rxe5 50. Qd3 Qxd3 51. Rxd3 Re2 52. f4 Rf2 53. Rd7
Kf8 54. Ra7 Rb2 55. Rc7 Rf2 56. Ra7 g6 57. Rb7 Kg7 58. Rb5 Rd2 59. Ra5 Kf6 60.
Rb5 g5 61. Rb4 Rf2 62. Ra4 Re2 63. Rb4 Kg6 64. Ra4 Rf2 65. Rb4 h5 66. fxg5 hxg4+
67. Kxg4 Rf5 68. Ra4 Rxg5+ 69. Kf3 Rb5 70. Rg4+ Kf6 71. Ra4 Rb3+ 72. Kf2 Kg5 73.
Ra7 Kg6 74. Ra5 f6 75. Ra6 Kf5 76. Ra8 Rd3 77. Ra4 e5 78. Ra6 Rb3 79. Rc6 Rb2+
80. Ke3 Rb3+ 81. Kf2 e4 82. Rc4 Rf3+ 83. Kg2 Ke5 84. Ra4 Rd3 85. Kf2 f5 86. Ra5+
Rd5 87. Ra4 Rd2+ 88. Ke3 Rg2 89. Ra5+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13710427"]
[BlackFideId "358878"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Qe2 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O g6 8.
a4 Bg7 9. a5 Ng4 10. Nd1 O-O 11. d3 Nge5 12. Ne3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qh3 Nc6
15. Nc4 Rb8 16. c3 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rbxc8 18. Bf4 f5 19. f3 Rcd8 20. Nb6 fxe4 21.
fxe4 Be5 22. Bg5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Ra1 Bf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Nc4 Rf8 27.
Ra3 Rd8 28. Kf2 e6 29. Ke2 Kf8 30. Nd2 Ke7 31. Nf3 h6 32. h3 g5 33. Ke3 Kd7 34.
Ra1 Ke7 35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 d5 37. Rb1 dxe4 38. dxe4 Kf6 39. Ne1 Ne5 40. Rc1
Rd7 41. Rc8 Rd1 42. Nf3 Nxf3 43. gxf3 Rh1 44. Rc7 Rxh3 45. Kf2 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 Rb2
47. Rxb7 h5 48. Rb6 Ke5 49. Rxa6 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Rxb4 51. Ra8 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 h4+ 53.
Kh3 Rf2 54. Rf8 Ra2 55. Kg4 Rg2+ 56. Kh3 Ra2 57. Kg4 Rg2+ 58. Kh3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13903063"]
[BlackFideId "1017063"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3
Be7 9. g4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Rhg1 Nc4
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Qc3 Rd8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f4 b5 20. Nf5 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Bf6 23. Qb4 h5 24. Qc5 Qb7 25. Qb6 Qe4 26. Qc5 Re8 27. Bd2
Qg2 28. a4 Qxh2 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Ra8 31. Ba5 Qxf4+ 32. Kb1 Rb8 33. Bb6 Qe3
34. Bxe3 Rxb5 35. Bd4 Rxf5 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 37. Rd4 g5 38. Rxc4 g4 39. Rc5 g3 40.
Rxh5 g2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8618020"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3
Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bb6 12. Nb3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Qc3 f6
15. f4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxe5 19. Rf3 Rae8 20. Rg3 Qh4 21.
Rf1 Qc4 22. Qxc4 dxc4 23. Bd4 R5e7 24. Bxa7 Re2 25. Bd4 g6 26. Rf2 Re1+ 27. Rf1
R1e2 28. Rf2 Re1+ 29. Rf1 R1e2 30. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5091756"]
[BlackFideId "35006916"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. a4 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. Ba2 Qb6 13. Rb1 a5 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3
h5 16. Kh1 h4 17. Bh2 Rg8 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. f3 Nh5 21. c3 Nf4 22. b4
Kf7 23. b5 c5 24. Bg1 Qc7 25. d4 b6 26. d5 exd5 27. Nxf4 gxf4 28. Qxd5+ Kg7 29.
Rfd1 Raf8 30. Bf2 Kh7 31. Rb2 Rg6 32. Be1 Rfg8 33. c4 Qc8 34. Kh2 R8g7 35. Rdd2
Qg8 36. Qxg8+ Rxg8 37. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Slagboom, Leandro"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1065882"]
[BlackFideId "1057472"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
O-O h6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qxe5 cxd5 14. d4
Rfe8 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. h3 Nc6 17. Be3 Rac8 18. a3 Qf5 19. Rac1 Na5 20. Rce1 Qxc2
21. Qf3 Qxb2 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Nc6 24. Rb1 Qxa3 25. Rxb7 Nd8 26. Rd7 Qa4
27. Rb1 Rf8 28. Qd6 Ne6 29. Rbb7 Qc4 30. d5 Nd4 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Ne2+ 33.
Kh2 Qh4 34. Qe5 Rg8 35. Bxa7 Qc4 36. Be3 Qh4 37. g3 Qb4 38. Bxh6 Qc3 39. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "35033018"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 e6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1
Nf6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. f4 Rc8 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Kb1 Be7 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bf3 h5 17. Rg7 Rc4 18. Nb3 Bf8 19. Rg2 h4 20. Rgd2 Rc7 21. Bg4 Kd8
22. Qh3 Kc8 23. f5 e5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Kb8 26. Qf3 Qc6 27. Qf2 Be7 28. c3
Qb6 29. Qe2 Nc5 30. Nc1 Na4 31. Na2 Qb7 32. Ka1 Nb6 33. R5d2 Rc4 34. Bf3 Rg8 35.
Nb4 Rc5 36. Qe1 h3 37. Qf1 Rh8 38. Bg4 Rhc8 39. Qxh3 a5 40. Nd5 Nxd5 41. Rxd5 b4
42. cxb4 axb4 43. Qb3 bxa3 44. Qxb7+ Kxb7 45. bxa3 Rxd5 46. Rxd5 Rc3 47. Kb2 Re3
48. Rd2 d5 49. Rxd5 Bxa3+ 50. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Tudor, Henry Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "4600428"]
[BlackFideId "2409836"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Qe2 e6 8. O-O g5
9. Bc2 h5 10. g4 hxg4 11. hxg4 Qc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rh4 14. Nc3 Rxg4+ 15.
Kh1 f5 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Nh2 Rh4 18. f3 Qh7 19. Rad1 a6 20. Rg1 Be7 21. b4 Nc4 22.
Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qg2 Rd2 26. Ne2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Black "Smeets, Kobe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5819369"]
[BlackFideId "1063910"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 dxc4 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 Nb6 12. Be2 Qd7 13. Bf3 Rad8 14. Bb2 Rfe8
15. Qc2 h5 16. a4 a5 17. Rad1 Bb8 18. Rfe1 h4 19. Bg2 g6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nb5 Ne4
22. Bd4 Re6 23. f3 Rc6 24. Qb2 Nc5 25. Bh8 Ne6 26. Nd4 hxg3 27. Nxc6 gxh2+ 28.
Kh1 bxc6 29. Be5 Qb7 30. Bxb8 Qxb8 31. Qc3 d4 32. Qxc6 Nd5 33. exd4 Qxb3 34. Rb1
Qa2 35. Ra1 Qf2 36. Rxe6 Nf4 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Bh3 Rxe8 39. Qxe8 Qxf3+ 40. Kxh2
Qxh3+ 41. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Black "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1024523"]
[BlackFideId "1202936"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nf3 Ba7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d4
Ng6 9. dxe5 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Ng4 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 Rb8 14. a4 O-O 15.
f5 Re8 16. g5 Nd7 17. f6 g6 18. Qe1 Re5 19. Qh4 h5 20. Nd5 c6 21. Ne7+ Rxe7 22.
fxe7 Qxe7 23. Kh1 Ne5 24. b4 Be6 25. c5 Re8 26. Bb2 Bb8 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Be4 a5
29. Rad1 axb4 30. Rf6 Kg7 31. Rdf1 Rh8 32. Kg1 Bc7 33. Bd3 b3 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35.
Rf6 Bd8 36. Qe4 Qe8 37. Rxg6+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1202936"]
[BlackFideId "35033018"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 d5 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. exd4
Bf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 e6 11. b4 Qd8 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 b6 14. Qa4 b5 15. Qb3
Ne4 16. Be2 Qa5 17. Rc1 g5 18. Be3 h5 19. Nd2 f6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 Bf5 22.
Kf2 h4 23. Ra1 Kf7 24. Rhe1 Qc7 25. Rh1 g4 26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. Ke1 Bf5 28. Kd2 Na5
29. Qa2 Nc4+ 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Ke1 Qa5 32. Rc1 Rab8 33. Qf2 Rb3 34. Bd2 h3 35.
g4 Bd3 36. Qg3 e5 37. dxe5 Qxc5 38. f4 d4 39. Rxh3 dxc3 40. Be3 Rxh3 41. Qxh3
Qd5 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tudor, Henry Edward"]
[Black "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2409836"]
[BlackFideId "5819369"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 a5 16. e3 c6 17. Qc4 Na6 18. h4 h5 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rac1 Nb4 21. e4 Bg7
22. Ng5 Bh6 23. f4 Bxg5 24. hxg5 Kg7 25. Qc5 f6 26. d5 exd5 27. exd5 b6 28.
gxf6+ Rxf6 29. Qc4 Rd6 30. Qc3+ Kh6 31. Qe5 cxd5 32. g4 Ra7 33. gxh5 Qf6 34.
hxg6 Qxe5 35. fxe5 Rxg6 36. Rc3 Re7 37. Rh3+ Kg7 38. Rh5 Nc2 39. Rd2 Ne3 40. Kh1
Nxg2 41. Rxg2 Rxg2 42. Kxg2 Kg6 43. Rh8 Kf5 44. Kf3 Kxe5 45. Ke3 Kd6+ 46. Kd3
Kc5 47. Rc8+ Kb4 48. Rc6 Rb7 49. Rd6 Kxa4 50. Kc2 Rc7+ 51. Kb1 Rc5 52. Rxb6 Rb5
53. Rh6 Kb3 54. Rh3+ Kc4 55. Kc2 a4 56. Ra3 Rb4 57. Rxa4 Rxa4 58. b3+ Kb4 59.
bxa4 Kxa4 60. Kc3 Kb5 61. Kd4 Kc6 62. Kd3 Kc5 63. Kc3 d4+ 64. Kd3 Kd5 65. Kd2
Ke4 66. Ke2 d3+ 67. Kd2 Kd4 68. Kd1 Ke3 69. Ke1 d2+ 70. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Smeets, Kobe"]
[Black "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1063910"]
[BlackFideId "1024523"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Be6
9. Nc3 Bxb3 10. cxb3 O-O 11. Be3 Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Qd3 c6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Qb7 16. b4 Rac8 17. Ne2 Rc7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bh6 Rfc8 20. Nh4 Ne8 21. Nf3 Bf6
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rc2 c5 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rcd2 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+
28. Nf1 Nf6 29. Re2 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rxf1 31. Rc2 Ng4+ 32. Kg3 Rh1 33. Qd5 Qb8 34.
Bg5 Ne5 35. Bf6 Nc4 36. b3 Rh5 37. bxc4 Rxd5 38. cxd5 a5 39. e5 b4 40. axb4 axb4
41. Rc6 dxe5 42. d6 e4 43. Kh4 h5 44. g3 Qe8 45. Rb6 Kh7 46. Be7 Qd7 47. f3 exf3
48. Rxb4 f2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Grutter, Tim"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "1057472"]
[BlackFideId "4600428"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3
Qc7 9. Be3 b6 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. f4 Nd6 12. a4 f5 13. e5 Nf7 14. Nc4 Be6 15. a5 h6
16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Kh2 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Nd2 c4 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. Qf2 g5 22. g3
gxf4 23. gxf4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bxe5+ 25. Kh1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rg8 27. Bd4 Bd5+ 28. Nf3
Rg3 29. Rxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qxg3 f4 31. Qf2 Qe4 32. Re1 Qxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 34. Kg1
a6 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Rg7+ Kf5 37. Rf7+ Ke4 38. Kf2 Bd1 39. Re7+ Kd5 40. Rd7+ Ke4
41. Re7+ Kd5 42. Re5+ Kd6 43. Rf5 Re8 44. Rxf4 Bxc2 45. Rf7 c5 46. Be3 Re6 47.
Rb7 Kd5 48. Rc7 Ke4 49. Bxc5 Kd3 50. Bd4 Ba4 51. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Top Tienkamp"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Slagboom, Leandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "1065882"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Qc7 6. Nb3 Bf5 7. c3 Nbd7 8.
g3 e6 9. Nh4 Be4 10. f3 Bg6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Bd3 a5 16. O-O a4 17. Nc1 e5 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Rae1 e4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Bb1
Ne5 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bxe4 Kg7 24. Nf4 Rae8 25. Rf1 Nc4 26. Qd3 Rxe4 27. Qxe4
Nd2 28. Qe7 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Qb5+ 30. Qe2 Qd7 31. Qd3 Re8 32. d5 Qd6 33. b3 axb3
34. axb3 Qb6 35. b4 Kf8 36. Ne2 Re3 37. Qc4 Rf3+ 38. Ke1 Qf2+ 39. Kd1 Qe3 40.
Ke1 Qf2+ 41. Kd1 Qe3 42. Kc2 Rf2 43. Kd1 Rf1+ 44. Kc2 Re1 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Nd4
Qe4+ 47. Kb2 Qxd5 48. b5 Rf1 49. Qc7 Rf2+ 50. Ka3 b6 51. Qxb6 Ra2+ 52. Kb4 Rb2+
53. Ka5 Qa2# 0-1

