[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 ({Relevant:} 5... Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nf6 12. b4 Nf5 13. a4 Nd6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Qc2 g6 19. g3 Kg7 20. Kg2 Qe7 21. Rfc1 h5 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nf4 Rb8 26. Nd3 h4 27. gxh4 Ne4 28. h5 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qh4 30. Bg2 Ng5 31. Kh2 Qxh5 32. Qd1 Qh6 33. Qg4 Ne6 34. Qg3 Rb6 35. Ne5 {½-½ So,W (2753)-Nihal,S (2716) Tata Steel India Blitz Kolkata 2026 (13)}) 6. e4 dxe4 7. Ng5 h6 8. Ngxe4 Be6 {[#]} 9. Bf4 $146 (9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O Nbd7) (9. Be2 Nf6 10. Bf4 (10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Bg4 Nf8 14. Be5)) ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bf3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qc3 Rd8 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rfe1+ Kf8 21. Qb3 Kg7 22. Rad1 Rhe8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxb7 Re2 25. Qb3 Qe5 26. Qg3+ Qxg3 27. hxg3 Rxb2 28. Rxd5 Rxa2 29. g4 Re2 30. Rd7 Re5 31. Ra7 a5 32. f3 f5 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34. Kf2 h5 35. Ke3 Rb5 36. Kf4 Kg6 37. Kg3 f6 38. Kh4 Rb4+ {½-½ Tilicheev,V (2525)-Vallejo Pons,F (2687) GRE-chT 47th Patras 2019 (5.6)}) 9... Nd7 (9... Nf6) 10. d5 {This isn't the best, white might have had a small edged before this, now the position is pretty much equal.} (10. Bd3 Ngf6 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Nf6 15. Bc5 b6 16. Ba3 Kd7) (10. Be2 Ngf6 11. Nd6+ (11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 (12... Nf6 13. Nc5)) 11... Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Nb6 13. Bc5 Nbd5 14. O-O) 10... cxd5 11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Ndc3 Ngf6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Nc5 (14... Ne4 15. b4 Qf5 16. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 17. Be2 Rd8 18. O-O Ne5 19. Qa4+) 15. Bb5+ {The position is dead level and now pieces are traded.} axb5 16. Bxc5 Ne4 17. Qd4 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Rc8 19. Qxb5+ Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Rc2 21. b3 O-O 22. Nd4 Rb2 23. O-O Ra8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. g3 Raxa2 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Re1 Rb2 28. Rxe6 Rxb3 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Rd6 Ke7 31. Rg6 Kf7 32. Rd6 Ke7 33. Rg6 Kf7 34. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 g6 {A fighting move.} 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ {Trendy.} 6. bxc3 e5 7. dxe6 {Bluebaum has played this online and so he understood Giri might expect it, but also he likes these positions.} ({Relevant:} 7. f4 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qe7 9. Bd3 exf4 10. Bxf4 g5 11. Bd2 h5 12. Nf3 f6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qb3 Bh3 15. Rg1 Nh6 16. O-O-O Bg4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bg6+ Kf8 19. d6 Qd7 20. Bxg5 Bxf3 21. Bxf6 Rg8 22. Qb1 Qg4 23. Bh7 Nd7 24. Be7+ Kg7 25. h3 Qe6 26. Rdf1 e4 27. Bxg8 Nxg8 28. Qxb7 Rb8 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. cxd5 Nxe7 31. dxe7 Kf7 32. d6 Ke6 33. Rxf3 exf3 34. Re1+ Kxd6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ne5 {0-1 Donchenko,A (2641)-Le,Q (2729) FIDE World Cup Goa 2025 (5.4)}) 7... Bxe6 8. Bd3 {8.Rb1 is what Bluebaum normally "premoves" as it's the engine recommendation.} Nf6 9. Ne2 Nh5 {This is supposed to be the best way for black to play, preventing Nf4.} 10. O-O Nc6 11. f4 $11 {Bluebaum wasn't sure what to do, this seems the most principaled, he's structurally slightly worse but he has the bishop pair.} (11. f3) 11... Bd7 $146 {Moving away before f5 hits him with tempo.} (11... Qe7 12. f5 (12. h3) 12... Bd7 13. g4 Nf6 14. Nf4 gxf5 15. g5 Rg8 16. Kh1 Rxg5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rg1 (19. exd5) 19... Nxc3) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. Qe1 Qe7 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Ng7 15. Bf3 O-O 16. e5 f5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ba3 Rad8 21. Qe3 Rfe8 22. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Bxc5 Rd7 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bd4 Kg8 27. Rb1 Ne6 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Be5 Nc5 30. Rh8 h5 31. Rc8 Nd3 32. Rxc6 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Rd3 34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. Ra6 Rxc3 36. Rxa7+ Kf8 37. e6 Rxc4 38. e7+ Kf7 39. a4 h4 40. a5 Ra4 41. a6 {1-0 Prokofyev,V (2287)-Damjanovic,V (2409) EU-ch 22nd Terme Catez 2022 (11)}) 12. h3 $6 (12. Rb1) 12... Qe7 {Bluebaum was surprised how quickly Giri played this move, especially as there were alternatives.} (12... Qh4) 13. g4 Ng7 $11 {Not too bad but it has to be followed up energetically.} (13... Qh4 $1 {This rather inhuman move is better for black.}) (13... Nf6 $2 14. e5) 14. f5 Qh4 15. Nf4 h5 $2 {Black never recovers from this move and he played it rather quickly but missed a detail in a few moves.} (15... O-O-O 16. Qe1 (16. Kh2) 16... Qxe1 17. Rxe1 {The engine says this is how Black should have played but the players thought during the game that with the ugly knight on g7 this would be bad for Black and that Black had to hurry with actions on the kingside.}) (15... gxf5 $11) 16. Ng2 $16 Qxh3 (16... Qd8 17. fxg6 (17. Bc2) 17... fxg6 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Bxg6+ Kd8 21. Bf4 Kc7 22. Bxe5) 17. Rf3 Qxg4 18. Be2 gxf5 (18... O-O-O 19. Bf4 g5) 19. Re3 Qg5 20. exf5+ Ne7 21. Qxd6 Bc6 (21... Ngxf5 22. Qxd7+ {This is the move Giri had missed in his calculations when he played h5?} Kxd7 23. Rd3+) 22. Re4 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 24. Kf2 Bxf5 25. Bg5 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5 ({Relevant:} 7... Bd7 8. Bd3 Bc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. c4 Be4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Nf6 14. b4 c6 15. Rab1 a6 16. a4 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qb8 21. Qd3 h6 22. b5 Rc8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. b6 Rab8 26. b7 Rc7 27. Qa6 Kh7 28. Ba5 Rd7 29. Rfd1 Qg5 30. Qc6 Qe7 31. Bb4 Qd8 32. Ba5 Qe7 33. Bb4 Qd8 34. Ba3 Rc7 35. Qa6 Qd7 36. Bd6 Rbxb7 37. Bxc7 {1-0 Wei,Y (2753)-Li,C (2624) Shenzen tt KO 15th Shenzhen rapid 2025 (1.2)}) 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Rc1 f6 13. dxc5 {was the old line (13.0-0).} Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Qb3 {[#]} Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Be1 Qa4 19. Nd4 e5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Ne3 a6 22. c5+ Qxb3 23. axb3 Na8 24. Nc4 Kf7 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. Bd2 g5 27. Be3 Be7 28. Re1 Rb8 29. f4 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Rd5 31. Be3 Rdd8 32. g4 Nc7 33. g5 fxg5 34. Nxe5 Kf5 35. Bf2 Ne6 36. Bg3 Nf4 37. c6 Bxb4 38. c7 Bxe1 39. Rxe1 Rbc8 40. cxd8=Q Rxd8 41. Nc4 Rd3 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Re3 Rd1+ 44. Re1 Rd3 45. Re3 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 {½-½ Bacrot,E (2714)-Meier,G (2663) FRA-chT Top 16 GpA France 2010 (5)}) 17. Nd4 Rfd8 18. Bc3 e5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Ne3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Kf7 22. Rfd1 Ke6 23. Kf1 g6 24. Ke2 Be7 25. b5 Bc5 26. Ra1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 f5 28. g3 (28. Nb2 a6 (28... e4 29. f3 a6 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Ra5)) 28... g5 29. b4 Be7 30. c5 Nd5 31. b6 a6 $6 (31... a5 32. Bd2 e4 33. Ra4 h5 34. Nb2 Rd8 35. Rxa5 Nxb6 36. Rb5 Nd5 37. Rxb7) 32. Bd2 e4 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 Rd8 $6 (34... Rf8) 35. c6 $2 ({Here White misses a chance for a large advantage, but the line is very engine.} 35. Rc1 $1 Kd7 36. h4 gxh4 37. c6+ bxc6 38. Bf4 hxg3 39. fxg3) 35... bxc6 36. Rxa6 Rb8 37. Ra7 Bxb4 38. Bxg5 Bc5 39. Be3 Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.15"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[GameId "2271391099291131"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

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. Qc2 Nd7 ({Relevant:} 9... h6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Be3 Nf6 16. h3 Qf8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Bf5 Bc8 20. Bc2 Bb7 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Bf4 Ne4 23. Qa3 Qd8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qc1 Qd5 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Ng6 Bd8 28. Ne5 Qxa2 29. Be3 Qe6 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Qxa1 Bc7 32. Qa7 Qc8 33. Qa2 Qe8 34. Qb1 Qe6 35. Qa1 c5 36. Qa7 cxd4 37. cxd4 Qd5 38. g3 Bxe5 39. dxe5 {0-1 Esipenko,A (2679)-Aronian,L (2742) Esports World Cup LC Lose Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (4.2)}) 10. Nc3 Ndf6 11. Re1 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Qd2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b6 18. Bc2 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf6 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Qe3 bxc5 22. dxc5 Kf8 23. Qd4 Rab8 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rb1 Rxb1+ 28. Bxb1 Bd7 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. Kd4 Be6 33. a4 a5 34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Be2 Bc8 36. g3 Bd7 37. Ba6 Be6 38. Bb7 Bd7 39. h3 Ke7 40. Ke5 f6+ 41. Kd4 {½-½ Khripachenko,A (2259)-Timofeev,A (2576) RUS-ch Blitz Sochi 2023 (13)}) 12. c5 Bc7 13. Ne5 Re8 $6 (13... h6) 14. h3 $11 (14. f3 $1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. f4) 14... g6 15. Bh6 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 (16... Bxg4 17. hxg4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxg4 19. Bxe4 Nxh6 20. Bg2 Qg5 21. Qc1 Qh4) 17. f3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxc5 19. Bg5 (19. Bf1 Nfd7 20. Qd2 f6 21. b4 Na6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Kg2) (19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bd2 Bxg4 21. fxg4 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Nxd3 23. Rf1) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb6+ 21. Kg2 $6 (21. Be3) 21... Qxb2+ 22. Re2 Qxa1 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Re1 Qxe1 25. Qxe1 f6 $6 {Inaccuracy. b5 was best.} (25... h5) (25... h6 26. Bxh6 d4 27. Ne4 Bd5 28. Bg5 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxe5 30. Qxd4 Rxg5 31. Qxd7) 26. exf6 Bxg4 (26... Bf7 27. Qf2 Nf8 28. Qh4 Ne6 29. Qh6 Rad8 30. f4) 27. Qb1 Be6 28. Qxb7 Kf7 29. Kg3 (29. h4 $1) 29... h6 30. Bf4 g5 31. Bc7 Kg6 32. f7 Bxf7 33. Qxc6+ Nf6 34. Nb5 a6 $6 (34... Be6 $1) 35. Nd6 $6 $11 (35. Nd4 $1 Rac8 36. Qb6 Kh7) 35... Re2 36. Nxf7 Ra7 (36... Rae8 37. Be5 R8xe5 38. Nxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qxa6) 37. f4 Kxf7 38. Qb6 Ra8 39. Bd8 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 Nd7 41. Qc7 Re4+ 42. Kg3 Ke8 43. Bh4 Re6 44. Qb7 Rb8 45. Qxd5 Nf8 46. Bf6 Kf7 47. Bd4 Rbe8 48. a4 Nh7 49. a5 Nf6 50. Qc4 Rg8+ 51. Kh2 Rg5 52. Qc7+ Kg6 53. Qc2+ Kf7 54. Qc7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 e4 ({Relevant:} 7... Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qf3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qh3 g6 14. Bxd4 Bxd5 15. f4 Be4 16. Rae1 Bxd3 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qxd3 Qe7 19. f5 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 d5 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. c3 d4 24. h3 dxc3 25. dxc3 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Rd1 f6 28. Kh2 Rf7 29. Kg3 Kg7 30. Kf4 Kg6 31. Rd8 Re7 32. Rg8+ Kf7 33. Ra8 a5 34. Kxf5 Re2 35. Ra7 Rf2+ 36. Ke4 Rxa2 37. Rxc7+ {½-½ Pranesh,M (2553)-Sevian,S (2714) Wch Blitz op Doha 2025 (15)}) 8. Ne1 (8. dxc6 {1-0 (67) Narayanan,S (2575)-Amin,B (2712) Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan Chess.com INT blitz 2019 (4)}) 8... Nd4 9. a4 {[#]} Nxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qh4 10. c3 Nxb5 11. cxb4 Nd4 12. d3 d6 13. dxe4 Qxe4 14. f3 Qxd5 15. Nc2 c5 16. Be3 Qb3 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Ra3 Qxb2 19. Qd3 Bf5 {0-1 Rychlik,M (1929)-Majek,K (2127) Polanica Zdroj op-A 61st 2025 (2)}) 10. axb5 c6 11. c3 Bc5 12. d3 cxd5 13. Qb3 d6 14. Qxd5 Re8 15. dxe4 Be6 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Bc4 19. Nd3 Bxb5 20. Rfe1 d5 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. Nb4 dxe4 23. c4 Ba4 24. Qa5 Bb3 (24... Bc6) 25. Nd5 $1 Bxc4 26. Nb6 axb6 27. Qxa8 Ba6 $2 {Losing with best play but this was Gukesh's intention all along.} (27... h6 $1) 28. Rxa6 $2 {This doesn't work.} ({Both players missed an amazing tactic here:} 28. Rad1 $3 Qe7 29. Qxe8+ Qxe8 30. Rxe4 Qf8 31. Red4 Bb5 32. Rd8 Be8 33. Re1) 28... bxa6 29. Qxa6 Qd4 {Not the most accurate.} (29... Qd2 $1) 30. Qb5 Re5 31. Qb3 g6 (31... Rf5 {was slightly better.}) 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Re6 34. Kf1 f5 35. f3 $6 (35. Rb1) 35... Kf7 36. fxe4 Rxe4 37. Rb1 Re6 38. c4 Ke7 39. Rb5 Rc6 40. Ke2 Kd7 41. Kf3 $2 (41. Ke3 Re6+ 42. Kd4 Kc6 {might well have won too but was better.}) 41... Kc7 42. Rb4 Rd6 (42... Re6 $1) 43. Ra4 $2 {This slightly accelerates things but white is lost.} (43. Ke3) 43... Kc6 44. Ra8 Kc5 45. Ra7 h5 46. Rc7+ Rc6 47. Rd7 Kxc4 48. Rd1 b5 49. Rc1+ Kd5 50. Rd1+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O (8... Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. c3 c6 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Nf3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Be6 16. b4 a6 17. h3 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. b5 Nf4 20. Bf1 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Kf8 22. Bf1 Bf5 23. Red1 Bc2 24. Rd2 Be4 25. Nh2 Bf5 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Rae8 28. g3 Ne6 29. Bg2 Nc7 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Bf3 Ke7 32. Rc2 b5 33. Rcc1 Kd6 34. b3 Kd7 35. c4 Rd6 36. cxb5 Nxb5 37. Ra4 Rb8 38. Rb4 {1-0 Sindarov,J (2721)-Yu,Y (2726) FIDE World Cup Goa 2025 (4.4)}) 9. Nd2 $1 Nf6 $1 10. h3 Re8 11. Nf3 {[#]} a6 $146 (11... c5 12. c3 Qb6 13. a4 cxd4 14. a5 Qc7 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. a6 bxa6 18. Rxa6 Bb6 19. Be3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc2 Bb5 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Ra3 Rd8 24. Qa1 Bc6 25. Ra7 Qf4 26. Qe1 h5 27. Nd4 Bd5 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Ra4 h4 30. Rb4 Bb7 31. Ra4 g6 32. Ra7 Bd5 33. Qh6 Bc4 34. Rc7 Bd5 35. Ra7 Bc4 36. Qe3 Bd5 37. Ra1 Bb7 38. Rd1 Kh7 39. Qc1 Ba6 40. Nc2 Bd3 41. Nb4 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2830)-Abdusattorov,N (2766) Warsaw Superbet Rapid 2024 (5)}) 12. c3 c5 13. Bg5 c4 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Re3 $1 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Re8 23. Nf3 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qb6 25. b4 a5 $1 26. a3 $1 axb4 27. axb4 Qa6 28. Qh4 Qa1+ 29. Qe1 Qb2 30. Qd2 f5 31. Bd1 Qxd2 32. Nxd2 Ne6 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Nf3 Nc7 35. Ne5 Be6 36. Ba4 Kf6 37. h4 Na8 38. Bd1 Nb6 39. Ke1 Nc8 40. Bc2 Nd6 41. Kd2 Kg7 42. g3 Kf6 43. Nf3 h6 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Kd2 g5 47. hxg5+ hxg5 48. Ke2 Bf7 49. Kd2 Bh5 50. Ke1 Ke6 51. Kd2 Kf6 52. Ke1 Ke7 53. Kd2 Ke6 54. Ke1 Be8 55. Kd2 Kf6 56. Ke1 Ke7 57. Nf3 Kf6 58. Ne5 Bh5 59. Kd2 Ke6 60. Ke1 Bg4 61. Kd2 Bh3 62. Nf3 Kf6 63. Ne5 Ke6 64. Nf3 Kf6 65. Ne5 Bg2 66. Nd7+ Ke7 67. Nc5 Bf3 68. b5 Bh5 69. b6 Be8 $11 70. Ke2 $2 (70. g4 {had to be played.}) 70... g4 $1 71. Nxb7 $2 {[%eval -293,15] Black is now winning.} (71. Kd1 {[%eval -110,23] Stockfish 17.1:} Kf6 72. Ke1 Bc6 73. Ba4 Bxa4 74. Nxa4 Ke6 75. Nc5+ Ke7 76. Kd1 Ne4 77. Nxb7 Nxc3+ 78. Kc2 Ne2 79. Nc5 Kd8 80. Na6 Kc8 81. Nb4 Nxg3 82. Nxd5 Ne4 83. Ne7+ Kb7 84. Nxf5 Kxb6 85. Nh4) 71... Nxb7 72. Bxf5 Bd7 73. Bh7 Kd6 $1 74. e4 Be6 $2 {The position is back to almost equality.} (74... dxe4 $1) 75. Ke3 Kc6 76. Bf5 $2 Bf7 $2 $11 {[%eval 0,29] Stockfish 17.1:} (76... Bxf5 {[%eval -153,16] Stockfish 17.1:} 77. exf5 Kxb6 78. Kf4 Kc6 79. Kxg4 Nd6 80. Kg5 Ne4+ 81. Kg6 Nxg3 82. f6 Kd7 83. Kg7 Nf5+ 84. Kf7 Nh6+ 85. Kg7 Ke6 86. Kg6 Nf7 87. Kg7 Nd6 88. Kg6 Kd7 89. Kh6 Nf5+ 90. Kg6) (76... Bxf5 77. exf5 Kxb6 78. f6 Nd6 79. Kf4 Kc6 80. Ke5 Kd7 81. Kxd5 Nf5 82. Ke5 Nxg3 83. f7 Ke7 84. f8=R Kxf8 {and black wins.}) 77. e5 Kxb6 78. Kf4 Kc7 79. Kg5 $1 Nd8 $2 {[%eval 270,14] The final losing move.} (79... Na5 {[%eval 97,18] Stockfish 17.1:} 80. Bxg4 Nb3 81. Kf6 Be8 82. Be6 Nd2 83. Bxd5 Bb5 84. g4 Nb1 85. Bf3 Nxc3 86. d5 Na4 87. Ke7 Nc5 88. e6) 80. Bxg4 Be6 81. Bd1 $1 Bh3 82. Kf6 Ne6 83. g4 Nf4 84. e6 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 {Whilst this Queen move is playable Keymer thought that in combination with Rfe8 and h6 it was misplaced.} 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 ({Relevant:} 14. Ng3 h6 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Nh2 d5 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Qg6 20. Qh4 d4 21. Bd2 dxc3 22. bxc3 Rad8 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Rg3 Bxe4 26. Rxg5 Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Be3 g6 29. a4 Nc4 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra7 Rxc3 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. Rxf7+ Kxh6 35. h4 Rf8 {0-1 Slaby,J (2464)-Kravtsiv,M (2598) Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (3)}) 14... h6 15. Nh2 {Keymer already believes black should be worse.} c4 $146 (15... Bc8 $14 {feels stronger.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... Nc6 16. Nhg4 Nd8 17. Qf3 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Ne6 {½-½ Podolsky,H-Lachut,J POL-ch Katowice 1961 (7)}) 16. Qf3 {White is better.} cxd3 17. Bxd3 h5 {A very unhappy move that shows black already dislikes his position a lot.} (17... Bf8 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 {"normally white shouldn't achieve half what I did here" Keymer.}) 18. Nf5 $1 g6 (18... Bd8 $142) 19. Nxe7+ $16 {White is already much better.} Qxe7 20. Bg5 Kg7 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. Bb1 ({White should try} 22. Qg3) 22... Rad8 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7e7,Be7e6][%mdl 32]} (22... Nh7 23. Bc1 {is still miserable for black.}) 23. Qg3 (23. b3 $142) 23... Nc4 $2 (23... d5 $16) 24. b3 $18 Nb6 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Rd7 (26... Qe5 $6 27. Rf1 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 $18) 27. Qf2 Nh7 28. Bf4 Nc8 29. Nf3 {[%cal Bh2f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5,Bf5h6][%mdl 32]} Kg8 30. Qg3 Rde7 31. Nd4 (31. Bxd6 Nxd6 32. Rxd6 (32. Qxd6 Nf8 $11) 32... Qc8 $14) 31... Qf6 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 32. Nf5 Re6 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 33. Rf1 (33. Nxd6 Nxd6 34. Bxd6 (34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Bxd6 h4 $11) 34... h4 $11) (33. Bxd6 $2 h4 34. Nh6+ (34. Qxh4 $2 Qxh4 35. Nxh4 Nxd6 $19) 34... Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kh8 $17) (33. Nh6+ $1) 33... h4 34. Qg4 (34. Qxh4 gxf5 35. Qxf6 Nxf6 $17) (34. Nxh4 Bxe4 35. Bh6 Qe5 $14) 34... Qxc3 $2 (34... Kh8 {is a better defense.}) 35. Bd2 (35. Nxd6 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Nxd6 (35... Qc5+ $2 36. Kh2 $19) 36. e5 Ne4 37. Bxe4 Bxe4 $19) 35... Qb2 36. Nh6+ {[%csl Oe6,Of7][%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack, Deflection} ({And not} 36. Nxh4 Bxe4 (36... Nf6 37. Qf4 $14) 37. Be3 (37. Qf4 Qd4+ 38. Be3 Qf6 $11) 37... Qe5 $11) 36... Kh8 37. Nxf7+ Kg7 38. Nd8 {[%csl Ob7,Oe6][%mdl 64]} R6e7 39. Nxb7 Rxb7 40. Be3 Nf6 41. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.O-O 
Qe7 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 9...g5 $1 ) 10.Nbd2 g5 11.Bg3 Nd7 12.Kh1 Nf8 13.Ng1 
Ng6 14.f3 O-O 15.Ne2 Kh7 16.d4 exd4 17.Rc1 Be6 18.Qc2 dxc3 19.Qxc3 Bxc4 20.Nxc4 
Rad8 21.Qb3 Rb8 22.Nc3 Bd4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.14/16} ( 22...f5 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.38/17} 23.Nd5 Qf7 24.exf5 Nge7 25.Nxe7 Nxe7 26.f6 Nf5 27.Bf2 Bxf2 
28.Rxf2 Kh8 29.a5 Qxf6 30.Ne3 Nxe3 31.Qxe3 Rf7 32.Re1 Rbf8 ) 23.Nd5 Qd8 24.Rfd1 
Bg7 $1 25.Qe3 Kh8 26.b4 Rc8 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 Nce7 29.b6 Nxd5 30.Rxd5 cxb6 
31.Rxd6 Qe7 32.Rxb6 Nf4 $1 33.Nd6 Rxc1+ 34.Qxc1 Ra8 35.Nf5 Qc7 $1 36.Rb1 Qxc1+ 
37.Rxc1 Nd3 38.Rd1 b5 $1 39.Nxg7 Kxg7 40.Kg1 Ra3 41.Kf1 b4 42.Ke2 Nf4+ 43.Bxf4 
gxf4 44.Rb1 b3 45.Kd3 Kf6 46.Kc4 Ra2 47.Rxb3 Rxg2 48.h4 Rf2 49.Rb6+ Kg7 50.Rb3 
Rd2 51.Rb5 Rh2 52.Rf5 Rxh4 53.Kd4 Kg6 54.Ke5 h5 55.Rf6+ Kg7 56.Rf5 Kg6 57.Rf6+ 
Kg7 58.Rf5 Kg6 59.Rf6+ {White loses 0.13 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses
0.14 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.Ne2 c5 8.Ng3 Nc6 
9.Be2 b6 10.e4 $1 Ba6 $1 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.f4 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 Nxc4 15.f5 
h6 16.Rb1 Rc8 17.Rb3 Na5 18.Rd3 Qc7 19.Nh5 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 Qxc1 $1 21.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 
22.Kf2 Rc2+ 23.Kg3 exf5 24.exf5 Re8 25.Kh3 Rce2 26.f6 $1 R2e3+ 27.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 
28.g3 Re6 29.fxg7 Nc4 30.d5 Rg6 31.Qe2 Nxa3 32.Qd3 Rg5 33.Qxa3 Rxd5 34.Qxa7 Re5 
35.Qxb6 Re6 36.Qd4 Kh7 37.Kg4 Kg8 38.Kf4 Rg6 39.g4 Re6 40.h4 Rg6 41.Kf5 Re6 
42.h5 $1 Kh7 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +7.09/14} ( 42...Re5+ {Stockfish 17.1:
+4.59/20} 43.Kf4 ) 43.Qf6 $1 Kg8 44.Qxe6 $1 fxe6+ 45.Kg6 $1 {White loses 0.02
pawn per move (no errors), Black loses 0.21 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "262"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 a5 8.Rb1 Nbd7 9.a3 
$1 c6 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Re8 12.e4 Nf8 13.Be3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Ne6 16.Bg2 
Ra3 17.Qc1 Qa8 18.Ra1 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 h5 20.h4 Nd4 21.Qb2 Ng4 22.Bg5 Qa7 23.Ra1 
Qb6 24.b5 Ne6 25.Na4 Qc7 $1 26.Bd2 Ra8 $1 27.Bb4 Qd8 $1 28.Nc3 Rxa1+ 29.Qxa1 g5 
30.hxg5 Qxg5 $1 31.Ne2 h4 32.Qc1 $1 Qf6 33.f3 Bh6 34.Bd2 hxg3 35.Bxh6 Nxh6 
36.Qe1 cxb5 37.Qxg3+ Kf8 38.cxb5 Ng8 39.Bh3 Nc5 40.f4 Ne7 41.Qe3 $1 Ng6 42.fxe5 
Nxe5 43.d4 Nc4 44.Qf4 Qxf4 45.Nxf4 Nb3 46.e5 dxe5 47.dxe5 Nxe5 48.Nd5 Na5 
49.Kf2 Nac4 50.Ke2 Ke8 51.b6 Kd8 52.Bf5 Nd6 53.Bh3 Ndc4 54.Bf5 Nd7 55.Be4 Nc5 
56.Bf5 Na4 57.Be4 Nc5 58.Bf5 Na4 59.Be4 Nd6 60.Bc2 Nc5 61.Ke3 Kd7 62.Nb4 Ke6 
63.Kd4 Nd7 64.Bb3+ Kf5 65.Nd5 Nb5+ 66.Kc4 Nd6+ 67.Kd4 Nc8 68.Bd1 Ke6 69.Bf3 Nd6 
70.Nf4+ Kf5 71.Nd3 f6 72.Bg2 Ke6 73.Nf4+ Ke7 74.Nd5+ Kf7 75.Bf3 f5 76.Bh5+ Ke6 
77.Be2 Ne4 78.Bf3 Ndc5 79.Ne3 Nb3+ 80.Kd3 Ke5 81.Nc4+ Kf4 82.Bg2 Nbc5+ 83.Kd4 
Ne6+ 84.Kd3 N4c5+ 85.Kd2 Ng5 86.Bd5 Nge4+ 87.Kc2 Nf6 88.Bf7 Ke4 89.Bg6 Kd4 
90.Bxf5 $1 Kxc4 91.Bc8 Nfe4 $1 92.Kd1 Kd3 $1 93.Ke1 Ke3 94.Kf1 Kf3 95.Ke1 Nd6 
96.Bxb7+ $1 Ndxb7 97.Kd2 Kf2 98.Kc3 Ke3 99.Kc4 Ke4 100.Kc3 Nd3 101.Kc4 Ne5+ 
102.Kc3 Ke3 103.Kc2 Nf3 104.Kc3 Nd2 105.Kc2 Ne4 106.Kd1 Kf2 107.Kc2 Ke2 108.Kb3 
Kd3 109.Kb4 Ned6 110.Kb3 Nb5 111.Kb2 Nd4 112.Kc1 Kc3 113.Kd1 Nb3 114.Ke2 Kd4 
115.Kf3 Kd3 116.Kf4 Nd2 117.Ke5 Kc4 118.Kf5 Kd5 119.Kf4 Kd4 120.Kf5 Nc4 121.Kf4 
Ne5 122.Kf5 Nd3 123.Kg4 Ke4 124.Kg3 Ke3 125.Kg2 Kf4 126.Kf1 Kf3 127.Kg1 Nf4 
128.Kf1 Ng2 129.Kg1 Ne3 130.Kh2 Kf2 131.Kh1 Ng4 {White loses 0.05 pawn per move
(no errors), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move (no errors).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 
9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Nd7 11.c6 bxc6 12.O-O Rd8 13.Ne4 $1 Qxb2 $2 {Stockfish 17.1:
+1.49/14} ( 13...Qf5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.28/18} 14.Qa4 Bf8 15.Qxc6 Rb8 16.Qc7 
Bb7 17.Ng3 Qf6 18.Be2 Nb6 19.Nh5 Qf5 20.Nd4 Qg6 21.Qg3 Qxg3 22.Nxg3 g6 23.Rc2 
Bg7 24.Rd1 Bxd4 25.exd4 ) 14.Rc2 Qa3 15.Ne5 Qa4 16.Bb3 Qb5 17.Nxc6 Bb7 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: +3.25/17} ( 17...Ba6 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.04/18} 18.Nxd8 Qxf1+ 
19.Qxf1 Bxf1 20.Nxf7 Bd3 21.Rc7 Nf8 22.Nfd6 Rd8 23.Rc6 Rb8 24.f3 Rb6 25.Rxb6 
axb6 26.f4 g5 27.f5 Bxe4 28.Nxe4 Kf7 29.fxe6+ Nxe6 ) 18.Nxd8 Bxe4 19.Nxf7 $1 
Bxc2 20.Bxc2 Nf6 21.Nd8 $1 e5 $1 22.Ba4 Qc5 23.Qb3+ Kh7 24.Nc6 a5 25.Qb1+ e4 
26.Rc1 Qd6 27.Rd1 Qe6 28.h3 Bd6 29.Qb7 Rf8 30.Bb3 Qf5 $1 31.Rxd6 Ng4 $1 32.Rd2 
Nxf2 33.Qd7 Qf6 $1 34.Kh2 $1 h5 35.Qe7 Qc3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +9.21/18} ( 
35...Qxe7 {Stockfish 17.1: +4.77/20} 36.Nxe7 g6 37.Rd7 g5 38.Ra7 g4 39.h4 g3+ 
40.Kxg3 Nh1+ 41.Kh2 ) 36.Qxf8 Qxd2 37.Bg8+ {White loses 0.01 pawn per move (no
errors), Black loses 0.28 pawn per move (3 mistakes).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Bd2 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 6.Nxe4 
$1 ) 6...Be7 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bc3 Bf6 9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nd7 12.h4 $1 c5 
13.g4 h6 14.O-O-O cxd4 15.Nxd4 $1 Ne5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.81/14} ( 15...Nc5 
{Stockfish 17.1: +1.71/16} 16.Qc2 Qd7 17.g5 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 hxg5 19.b4 Na4 20.hxg5 
Rxh1 21.Rxh1 O-O-O 22.Bxg7 e5 ) 16.Qe4 $1 d5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Qg2 Rc8 $1 19.g5 
$1 Be7 20.Ne2 $1 Rc5 21.Kb1 Qd7 22.gxh6 Bf6 23.hxg7 Rg8 24.Qh3 $1 Rxg7 25.Qxd7+ 
Nxd7 26.Bb4 Rc4 27.Rxd5 $1 Rg2 28.Rf5 $1 Rxh4 29.Rc1 Kd8 30.Rd1 Ke8 31.Rxd7 $1 
Kxd7 32.Rxf6 Ke8 33.Bd6 Rh1+ 34.Kc2 Re1 35.Kd2 Rb1 36.Be5 Ke7 37.Rf3 Rf1 38.Bg3 
Rb1 39.Kc3 $1 Re1 40.Nf4 Rgg1 41.Bh4+ $1 Ke8 42.Kb4 Rc1 43.Bf6 Rc5 44.Bd4 Ra5 
45.Nd3 Rgg5 46.Rf6 Ke7 47.Rh6 Rh5 48.Rxh5 Rxh5 49.a4 Kd6 50.Ne5 Rf5 51.f4 Kd5 
52.Kb5 Ke4 53.Ka6 f6 54.Nc6 {White loses 0.01 pawn per move (no errors), Black
loses 0.1 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Roebers, Eline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 4.e3 $1 ) ( {Or} 4.Qc2 $1 
) ( {Or} 4.Nbd2 $1 ) 4...exd5 5.Bf4 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 5.Nc3 ) 
5...Nf6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.e3 Be7 ( {Theory prefers} 7...Nbd7 ) ( {Or} 7...Bd6 ) 8.h3 
O-O 9.Bd3 ( {Theory prefers} 9.g4 ) 9...Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Qc2 Bf8 
13.Nd2 a5 14.Rfe1 h6 15.a3 Nb6 16.Rad1 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qb3 Nbd7 19.Nf1 b5 
20.Nd2 Nb6 21.Qc2 Rac8 22.Nb3 Nc4 23.Nc5 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.a4 b4 26.Ne2 b3 
27.Qc3 Rb8 28.Nc1 Qc7 29.Nd3 Qb6 30.Nc5 Re7 31.Qc1 Qa7 32.Rd3 Rb4 33.Rc3 Re8 
34.Rd1 Reb8 35.Rdd3 Nb6 36.Qa1 Nc4 37.Qc1 Nb6 38.Qa1 Nc4 39.Rd1 Qe7 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: +2.23/15} ( 39...Nb6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.71/17} 40.Re1 ) 
40.Na6 R8b6 41.Nxb4 Rxb4 42.Rdd3 Qb7 43.Qc1 f5 44.f3 Qb8 45.e4 $1 fxe4 46.fxe4 
dxe4 47.Rd1 Nd6 48.Rxc6 {White loses 0.11 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses
0.2 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.28"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bf4 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 
7.Bh4 ) 7...Nbd7 8.Qc2 Nh5 9.Be5 Nhf6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Kb1 Qa5 12.g4 $1 dxc4 
13.Bxc4 Nd5 14.Ne4 Nb4 15.Qc3 b5 16.Bb3 c5 $1 17.Bxg7 $1 c4 18.Bxf8 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: -1.16/15} ( 18.Bxh6 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.24/13} 18...cxb3 19.a3 
Bb7 20.d5 f6 21.g5 Rac8 22.gxf6 Bxf6 23.Rdg1+ Kh7 ) 18...Bxf8 19.a3 cxb3 
20.axb4 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.70/17} ( 20.Rhg1 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.79/17} 
20...Bb7 ) 20...Qa2+ 21.Kc1 Bb7 22.Nfd2 Qa1+ 23.Nb1 Bxe4 {White loses 0.5 pawn
per move (1 blunder, 1 mistake), Black loses 0.26 pawn per move (no errors).} 0-1

