[Event "Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Qb3 {Almost everyone plays 0-0 here.} ({Relevant:} 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 h6 14. Bb2 e5 15. Rac1 Rb6 16. Qa4 Nd8 17. Qb3+ Ne6 18. Nc4 Rb5 19. Nfd2 Kh8 20. g3 Nc5 21. Qc2 d3 22. Qd1 Ncxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxd3 Ng5 25. Nd2 c6 26. Ne4 Rd5 27. Qe2 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Qg4 29. Rc2 Rf4 30. h3 Nh4+ 31. Kh2 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kh2 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 35. Kh2 Nf3+ {draw Firouzja,A (2762)-Abdusattorov,N (2750) London Classic 15th 2025 (8)}) 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Qf6 {Qe7 is an alternative that was played before.} 8. O-O Nge7 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nh4 {Bd3 is played more often, but Arjun was still in his prep. is the legacy move (10.Bd3).} Qh5 11. Ndf3 {[#]} Ba5 $2 $146 {Black's main miove is a5. The game move is dubious, in many lines the bishop on a5 is unprotected and White can attack both the bishop on a7 and the knight on e7 with Qa3. Arjun knew that a5 was the move and that it is hard to figure out behind the board if you don't remember, which was indeed the case for Pragg who was using a lot of time.} ({Arjun said afterwards he wasn't sure about the following line} 11... Be6 12. h3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 f5 (13... f6) 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Bg5 Nbd5 19. Nxf5 {but this still results in a significant advantage for White.}) ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. a3 a4 13. Qc2 Ba5 14. Qxa4 h6 15. b4 g5 16. bxa5 gxh4 17. Nxd4 Rg8 18. f4 Bh3 19. Ra2 Rxa5 20. Qd1 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc5 23. Be3 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Be6 25. Rac2 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Kd7 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Bc1 Ke6 29. Kf3 Kf5 30. a4 Ra8 31. g4+ hxg3 32. hxg3 h5 33. Rc5 Rd8 34. a5 c6 35. a6 bxa6 36. Rxc6 f6 37. Rxa6 {draw Krzyzanowski,W (2457)-Schuster,P (2454) ICCF GMN/052 email ICCF email 2016}) 12. h3 {The first move Arjun spent some time on.} d3 13. Qxd3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. Qb3 $6 ({Not easy to see but White had a much stronger move here:} 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 Qa6 (18... Qc6 19. Bg5 {is also killing}) 19. Qe4 O-O 20. b4 {winning a piece. Arjun said he saw this line but missed the final b4 idea.}) 16... Be6 $2 {A mistake, now white is winning.} ({Arjun had expected} 16... O-O 17. Rd1 Qb4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Bd2 Qxb3 20. Bxb3 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxh3 22. Ne5 {with a clear advantage for White but it is not yet over.}) 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Qa4+ c6 20. Qe4 Qb5 21. Qxe6 ({The engine points out that} 21. Bg5 Qf5 22. Qd4 {would have been even stronger.}) 21... Qf5 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Rd3 Bb6 24. Bg5 Rf7 25. g4 Qg6 26. Re1 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxg5 28. Kg2 Qc5 29. Ne5 Rf4 30. Nd7 Qg5 31. Qe6 O-O-O 32. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Be1 Be8 16. Kf1 {Around here the Black player started using a lot of time.} Rac8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rc1 {Keymer's preparation was up to here. It doesn't look like much for White, but that is engine score, in practice Black needs to play precise to hold it, which is not so easy. Afterwards Keymer mentioned he was happy he got a position to play against Giri, which is not so easy considering how well prepared he is.} h6 19. Na4 Nd4 20. exd4 Bxa4 21. Rc7 Rb8 $2 {This is a dubious move.} ({A key alternative considered by both players is the following line:} 21... Bc6 22. Bxa6 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Bxb7 24. Bxb7 {Giri said he was worried about Black's position here, Keymer was happy to go for this and the engine says the opposite: Black is a little better!}) ({Afterwards Giri felt he should probably have played} 21... Rd7 22. Rc8+ Kh7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nd5 {And Black is fine here.}) 22. Na5 Bxd4 $2 {A blunder. As Giri said afterwards:'I lost my concentration'.} ({Black shoiuld have played} 22... Nd5 {although after} 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Nxb7 Bxd4 25. b3 Bb5 26. a4 Bxe2+ 27. Kxe2 {And White has reasonable winning chances here.}) 23. Rc4 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[GameId "2267439509488156"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qd3 Bxf4 14. gxf4 a5 15. Kh1 $6 {[%eval 0,29] Stockfish 17.1:} (15. Rfd1 {[%eval 31,22] Stockfish 17.1:} Qe7 16. e4 Rad8 17. Qe3 b6 18. Rac1 Nb8 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Ne2 c5 21. dxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 bxc5 23. Ng3 Nc6) 15... Nb6 $6 {[%eval 27,26] Stockfish 17.1:} (15... Qe7 {[%eval 0,29] Stockfish 17.1:} 16. Rg1 Rad8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Qh3 Kh7 24. Qd3+) 16. e3 Qe7 17. Rg1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 c6 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Rag1 Rg8 $1 21. b3 $6 {[%eval -14,19] Stockfish 17.1:} (21. e4 {[%eval 42,19] Stockfish 17.1:} Rad8 22. Ne2 Nh7 23. Qd2 Nxa4 24. b3 Nc5 25. Qxa5 Nd3 26. Qc3 Nb4 27. d5 cxd5 28. Rxg7 Nf6 29. Rxg8+ Rxg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 21... Nbd5 22. Nxd5 $6 {[%eval -59,20] Stockfish 17.1:} (22. Ne4 {[%eval -14,25] Stockfish 17.1:} Rad8) 22... Nxd5 $6 {[%eval 0,30] Stockfish 17.1:} (22... cxd5 {[%eval -59,20] Stockfish 17.1:} 23. f5 e5 24. Qb5 e4 25. Be2 Rac8 26. Qxa5 Rc2 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. a5 Rd2 29. R3g2 Qc2 30. Bf1 Rxf2 31. Qxb7 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Qc1) 23. Qe4 Qf6 24. Rh3 Rac8 25. Rh5 c5 $1 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Qe5 $1 Rgc8 $1 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxb7 Rc2 31. Kg2 Ng4 32. Kf3 f5 33. h3 Nxf2 34. Rg6 Rb2 35. Bc6 e5 $1 36. fxe5 Nd3 37. Re6 Rf2+ 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Kf3 Rf2+ 40. Kg3 Re2 41. Kf3 Rf2+ {White loses 0.08 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move (2 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2267404206304723"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

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 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qd7 {The main line 10...Qd7 scores better than 10...Na6.} 
11.c5 ( 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Bxf5 Qxf5 14.bxc3 b6 15.Qb5 Qd7 16.Rb1 Rd8 
17.g3 Bf8 18.Ne5 Qxb5 19.Rxb5 f6 20.Ng4 Na6 21.Rb3 Rac8 22.Ne3 Rc6 23.Kf1 Nc7 
24.a4 Re8 25.Ba3 g6 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Ke2 f5 28.Kd2 Re4 29.f3 Re7 30.Rbb1 Rf7 
31.Ng2 Ne6 32.Re5 Rfc7 33.Ne1 Ng5 34.Rb3 Nf7 35.Rxd5 Re7 36.Nd3 Rce6 37.Ne5 
Nxe5 38.dxe5 Rxe5 39.Rxe5 Rxe5 40.Rb5 Re6 {draw Saric,I (2655)-Fedoseev,V (2731)
SLO-chT 35th Radenci 2025 (1.1)} ) 11...Bc7 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Be3 {[#]} 13...Bg6 $6
$146 {It maybe is here that Fedoseev starts to get confused.} ( 13...h6 14.Nh4 
Bh7 15.g3 Bd8 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Rad1 Na6 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Qe7 21.e6 
Bf5 22.Rd7 Qxe6 23.Qxe6 Bxe6 24.Rxb7 Bc8 25.Rb3 Be6 26.Rb7 Bc8 27.Rb3 Bg4 
28.Rb7 Reb8 29.Rxb8+ Rxb8 30.Rb1 Nb4 31.a3 Nc2 32.Bf4 Rb3 33.Nxe4 Rd3 34.Be5 
Bf3 35.Nd6 Rd5 36.Bc3 Rxc5 37.h3 h5 38.Kh2 Nxa3 39.Re1 Nb5 40.Re8+ Kh7 41.Nxf7 
Nxc3 42.bxc3 Ra5 43.c4 {draw Maghsoodloo,P (2740)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2769) Tata
Steel-A 86th Wijk aan Zee 2024 (7)} ) 14.g3 Nxc5 $2 {A very bad miscalculation.} 
15.dxc5 Bxd3 16.Qxb7 {A very strange game from Fedoseev.} 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.01/29} ( {Theory prefers} 8.Bh4 $1 ) ( 8.Bh4 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.31/22} 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 c5 10.e3 Qa5 11.Bd3 b6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Ne5 Bxd3 
14.Qxd3 Qa4 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Qf5 Qc6 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Qe5+ Ne6 19.Rfd1 O-O 
20.Rxd5 Nc5 21.Rd4 ) 8...Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 Nxf6 10.e3 Ne4 11.Qa3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.28/28} ( 11.Qc2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.02/27} 11...c6 12.Bd3 Qa5+ 13.Ke2 O-O 
14.Rhc1 Re8 15.Kf1 Be6 16.Kg1 Nd6 17.a4 Qd8 18.Ra3 Rc8 19.b4 Qf6 20.Ne5 h5 
21.Kh1 h4 ) 11...Nd6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.01/26} ( 11...c6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.28/28} 12.Bd3 Nd6 13.O-O Bf5 14.Bxf5 Nxf5 15.b4 Nd6 16.Qb3 O-O 17.a4 a6 
18.Ne5 Re8 19.h3 Ne4 20.Qd1 a5 21.bxa5 Rxa5 22.Nd3 ) 12.Bd3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.31/30} ( 12.Qa5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.01/26} 12...Be6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O a6 
15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Ne5 Re8 17.Rfe1 h5 18.Bb1 c6 19.Qxd8 Rcxd8 20.a4 g5 21.b4 f6 
22.Nd3 Bf5 23.Nc5 Bxb1 24.Rxb1 Kg7 25.Kf1 ) 12...O-O 13.O-O c6 14.Ne5 Bf5 
15.Bxf5 Nxf5 16.Qc3 a5 17.a4 Qe7 18.Rab1 Nd6 19.b4 axb4 20.Qxb4 Ra7 21.Nd3 Qc7 
22.Rfc1 Rfa8 23.Nc5 Nc4 24.Nd3 h5 25.h3 g6 26.Re1 h4 27.Rec1 Kg7 28.Re1 Kg8 
29.Rec1 Qd8 30.Ne5 Nd6 31.Ra1 Ne4 32.Ra2 Qd6 33.Qb6 Qe7 34.Qb3 Ra5 35.Nd3 b5 
36.Rca1 $1 Qa7 37.Qc2 bxa4 38.Nb4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.22/21} ( 38.Qxc6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.15/27} 38...a3 39.Nb4 Qb8 40.Nxd5 Rxd5 41.Qxd5 Nc3 42.Qc4 
Nxa2 43.Qxa2 Kg7 44.Rb1 Qd6 45.Ra1 Qb6 46.Rb1 Qa6 47.Ra1 Qb5 48.Rb1 Qd3 49.Kh2 
Rc8 50.d5 Qf5 51.Qa1+ Kh7 52.d6 Qxf2 53.Qxa3 ) 38...Qb7 39.Rxa4 $2 {Stockfish
17.1: -3.09/22} ( 39.Nxc6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.50/25} 39...R5a6 40.Ne5 Rc8 
41.Qd3 Rc3 42.Qb1 Rb3 43.Qc1 a3 44.Kh2 Rc3 45.Qe1 Qc7 46.Qe2 Ra5 47.Qg4 Kg7 
48.f3 Nd6 49.e4 Nc4 50.exd5 Nxe5 51.dxe5 Qxe5+ 52.f4 Qxd5 53.Qxh4 ) 39...Qxb4 
$1 40.Rxb4 Rxa1+ 41.Kh2 Kg7 42.Rb7 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.75/19} ( 42.f3 
{Stockfish 17.1: -2.76/31} 42...R8a2 43.Qxa2 Rxa2 44.fxe4 dxe4 45.Kg1 Rc2 
46.Rb8 f5 47.Kf1 Rc1+ 48.Kf2 Kf7 49.Rh8 Rc2+ 50.Kf1 Ke6 51.Rxh4 Kd5 52.Rf4 Kc4 
53.g4 Kd3 54.gxf5 gxf5 55.Rxf5 Kxe3 56.h4 Kd3 57.d5 Rc5 58.h5 cxd5 59.h6 ) 
42...Rf1 43.Qxc6 Raa1 44.Rxf7+ Kxf7 45.Qxd5+ Kg7 46.Qe5+ Nf6 47.Qe7+ Kh6 
48.Qf8+ Kh7 $1 49.Qf7+ Kh6 50.Qf8+ Kh5 51.Qh8+ Kg5 52.f4+ Kf5 53.Qxh4 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: -5.28/19} ( 53.Qc8+ {Stockfish 17.1: -3.34/22} 53...Ke4 
54.Qc2+ Kxe3 55.Qb3+ Kxf4 56.g3+ hxg3+ 57.Qxg3+ Ke4 58.Qe5+ Kd3 59.Qg3+ Kc4 
60.Qc7+ Kxd4 61.Kg2 Nd5 62.Qd8 Rf6 63.Qh8 Ra3 ) 53...Rh1+ 54.Kg3 Ne4+ 55.Kf3 
Rhf1+ 56.Ke2 Rf2+ 57.Kd3 Rd2+ 58.Kc4 Rc1+ 59.Kb3 Rc3+ $1 60.Kb4 Rb2+ 61.Ka4 
Ra2+ 62.Kb4 Rb2+ 63.Ka4 Rxe3 64.Qg4+ Kf6 65.Qh4+ Ke6 66.Qd8 Ra2+ $1 67.Kb4 Rb2+ 
68.Ka4 Rxg2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.17/28} ( 68...Nd6 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.42/23} 
69.Qg5 Re1 70.Qxg6+ Kd7 71.Qg7+ Kc8 72.Qg8+ Kc7 73.Ka3 Rb5 74.Qb3 Rxb3+ 75.Kxb3 
Rd1 76.Kc3 Nb5+ 77.Kc2 Rf1 78.f5 Nxd4+ 79.Kb2 Rxf5 ) 69.Qg8+ Kf5 70.Qf8+ Nf6 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/41} ( 70...Ke6 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.87/22} 71.Qg8+ Ke7 
72.Qg7+ Kd8 73.Kb5 Rb2+ 74.Kc6 Rc2+ 75.Kd5 Nc3+ 76.Kc6 Re6+ 77.Kc5 Re7 78.Qg8+ 
Kc7 79.Qxg6 Ne4+ 80.Kd5 Kb7 81.f5 Rcc7 82.f6 Nc3+ 83.Kd6 Rcd7+ 84.Kc5 Re6 
85.Kc4 Nd5 86.Qb1+ Rb6 87.Qh1 Rc6+ 88.Kd3 Nxf6 89.h4 Rd5 ) 71.Qc5+ Kxf4 72.Qd6+ 
Kf5 73.Qc5+ Kf4 74.Qd6+ Kg5 75.h4+ $1 Kf5 76.Qc5+ Kf4 77.Qd6+ Kf5 78.Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nxd4 Be7 
9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 c5 11.Ne2 Be6 12.Nf4 O-O-O 13.Qxd6 cxd6 14.Nc3 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 
16.Nfxd5 Bxd5 17.Na4 Bf6 18.Bxc5 b5 19.Nc3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Bc4 21.Rf2 Rhe8 22.Bd4 
f6 23.Rd2 Re6 24.a3 Rde8 25.h4 Re2 26.Rad1 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Re2 28.Rxe2 Bxe2 29.h5 
Kd7 30.Kf2 Bd1 31.h6 gxh6 32.Ke3 Bxc2 33.Bxf6 Ke6 34.Bg7 h5 35.Kd4 a5 36.Be5 a4 
37.Bc7 Kf5 $1 38.c4 bxc4 39.Kxc4 Bb3+ 40.Kd4 Bc2 41.Kd5 Bb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[GameId "2267405457440851"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. Be2 c6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. f4 Bf5 11. g4 {[%eval -27,25] [%wdl 4,956,40]} (11. Kh1 $142 {[%eval 20,25] [%wdl 30,964,6]}) 11... Be4 {[%eval 37,27] [%wdl 61,936,3]} (11... Bd7 $11 {[%eval -27,25] [%wdl 4,956,40]}) 12. Nxe4 $14 Nxe4 13. Bf3 h5 14. gxh5 $6 {[%eval -20,22] [%wdl 3,979,18]} ({Better is} 14. g5 $14 {[%eval 39,25] [%wdl 48,951,1]}) 14... Bc5+ $11 {Black sacrificed a pawn} 15. Kg2 Qh4 16. Qe1 {Dodges Nf2} (16. b4 {is interesting.} Bxb4 17. c4 O-O-O 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Qe2) 16... Rxh5 17. Qxh4 {[%eval -85,25] [%wdl 0,702,298]} (17. Bxh5 $15 {[%eval -44,27] [%wdl 1,944,55]} Qxh5 18. Be3) 17... Rxh4 $17 18. b4 Bd4 19. Rb1 Ke7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. h3 $2 {[%eval -159,25] [%wdl 0,32,968] [#]} (21. Rb3 $142 {[%eval -83,22] [%wdl 0,733,267]}) 21... f6 {[%eval -13,23] [%wdl 1,993,6]} (21... f5 $1 $17 {[%eval -159,25] [%wdl 0,32,968][%cal Og7g5] And now ...g5! would win.} 22. Rb3 g5) 22. Rd1 $11 {The position is equal.} fxe5 23. fxe5 e3 {[%cal Oe7e6]} 24. Rd3 Re4 {[%cal Oe3e2]} 25. Kf3 Rh4 26. Kg2 Re4 {[%cal Oe3e2]} 27. Kf3 Rh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.21 (precise) Mistake: 	White=4 	Black=2 Inaccurate: 	White=1 	--- OK: 	White=6 	Black=6 Best: 	White=1 	Black=3} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nd2 c5 8.
Qc2 Qa5 9. d5 e5 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Qd8 12. e3 Qe7 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O-O b5 15.
cxb5 a6 16. e4 axb5 17. Bxb5 O-O 18. Bc6 Ra7 19. Nc4 Nb8 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. a4 Bxb5
22. axb5 Nbd7 23. Kd2 Rfa8 24. Rb1 Ra2 25. Rb2 Rxb2 26. Nxb2 Nb6 27. Rb1 Ra2 28.
Ke1 Qa7 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qc1 c4 31. Kf1 f5 32. Qxh6 Rxb2 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qd8+
Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "36083534"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
a6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rg1 b5 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 Bb7 13. h4 Qb6 14. Qe1 Rac8 15. Kb1
Nde5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Rg3 Nxc2 18. Kxc2 b4 19. f4 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Ng4 21. Kb1 Rxc3
22. Bxc3 Qe3 23. Qxe3 Nxe3 24. Re1 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 f6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6
28. Kc2 e5 29. f5 g6 30. fxg6 Rxg6 31. Kd3 Rg3+ 32. Ke2 Rg2+ 33. Ke3 Rg3+ 34.
Ke2 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 Rg3+ 36. Ke2 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "950122"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Na3 Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nh5 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Qc3 Re8 16. Nc2 Bf6 17. Qd2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bd4 Bg4 20. Ne3 Bxf3 21. exf3
Nd7 22. Nf5 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nhf6 24. f4 Re6 25. a3 a4 26. Qb4 Ra5 27. Nd4 Re8 28.
f3 g6 29. Bf1 Raa8 30. Rc2 Nf8 31. Bh3 Re7 32. Rcc1 N8d7 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1
Nf8 35. Qc3 Qa5 36. Qb4 N8d7 37. Rc1 Qc7 38. Bf1 Kg7 39. Be2 Qa5 40. Kf2 Qa7 41.
h4 Nf8 42. Qc3 Qa5 43. Qb4 Qa7 44. Bd3 Re8 45. Bc2 Ra8 46. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Nbd2
Nb4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. f4
Rc7 16. Rf3 Qa8 17. Rh3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Ndc4 Qd8 20. Qh5 h6 21. Rf1 Bxe5
22. fxe5 Nf5 23. c3 f6 24. Bc1 fxe5 25. dxe5 b5 26. Nd6 Nxd6 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28.
exd6 Rf7 29. Qd1 Bd5 30. c4 bxc4 31. b4 Qxd6 32. Rc3 e3 33. Bxe3 Qe5 34. Bd4 Qf4
35. Rg3 Be4 36. Be3 Qf6 37. h3 c3 38. Qg4 Bf5 39. Qf4 c2 40. Kh2 Kh7 41. Bd2 Rd7
42. Rc3 Rd4 43. Qe3 Qd8 44. Bc1 Rd1 45. Kg3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13708694"]
[BlackFideId "30953499"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rfd1 g6 13. h3 Kg7 14. Qc2 f5 15. a3
b6 16. b4 Bb7 17. Qb3 g5 18. b5 c5 19. cxd5 g4 20. Ne1 e5 21. hxg4 cxd4 22. exd4
e4 23. Bb1 e3 24. gxf5 exf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nf6 26. Nf3 Ng4+ 27. Kf1 Qe3 28. Qa2 Rae8
29. Re1 Qf4 30. Kg1 Nh2 31. Qf2 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Kh8 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Rd1 Qg5+
35. Kf1 Qh5 36. Be4 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Qxf5 38. Qh4 Bf4 39. Qg4 Qf8 40. Ne4 Rd8 41.
Be6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Roebers, Eline"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1058401"]
[BlackFideId "35033018"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Nh5 5. Be3 Be7 6. g4 Nf6 7. h3 d5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Ngf3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Ncd2 Bb7 12. Rg1 Na6 13. Bf4 c5 14. e4 cxd4
15. Bxb5 O-O 16. Qe2 Ndc5 17. a3 d3 18. Qe3 Qa5 19. Nd4 Nb4 20. Bc4 Nxe4 21. g6
hxg6 22. Rc1 e5 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Nb3 exf4 25. Qxf4 Bxd2+ 26. Qxd2 Nxd2 27. Nxa5
Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Nh2+ 29. Ke1 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 d2 31. Rd1 Rfe8 32. Nxb7 Re1+ 33. Kg2
Rxg1+ 34. Rxg1 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "8618020"]
[BlackFideId "1048104"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Nf3 Nb4 12. Ng5 Rc8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Kb1 Bg7 15.
Bc4 Rxc4 16. bxc4 Qc8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Nxc4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd4 Nb6 23. c3 N4d5 24. Rc1 Qc5 25. Qxe6 Rf6 26. Qe4 e5 27. Rd3
Re6 28. Rcd1 Nf6 29. Qxb7+ Re7 30. Qa6 Nxa4 31. Qxa5 e4 32. Rh3 Rb7 33. Qxa4
Rxb5+ 34. Kc2 Qb6 35. Qa3 Qb7 36. c4 Qc7 37. Rc3 Rf5 38. Rd2 e3 39. Rd4 Rf2+ 40.
Kd1 Rxg2 41. Rxe3 Rg1+ 42. Kc2 Qxh2+ 43. Rd2 Qh4 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. Qe3+ Rg5 46.
Rd4 Qh2+ 47. Kc3 Qh1 48. Re5 Qa1+ 49. Kb4 Qb2+ 50. Ka5 Qa2+ 51. Kb6 1-0

	