[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 
9.a3 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.cxd5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 exd5 14.O-O Bf6 15.c4 dxc4 
{An unusual move.} ( {Giri had this position in his prep} 15...Be6 16.Bg5 dxc4 
17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Bxc4 Qc5 19.Rc1 Qxc4 20.Qxc4 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Rfd8 22.Rb1 Rd7 23.g3 
a6 24.Kg2 Rad8 25.a4 Re7 26.Rbc1 Rd5 27.Rf4 Kg7 28.Nh4 Re6 29.Nf5+ Kf8 30.g4 
Rd7 31.Rb1 Ne7 32.Rd4 Rxd4 33.Nxd4 Re5 34.Rxb7 f5 35.g5 f4 36.exf4 Re4 37.f5 
{1-0 Giri,A (2752)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite rapid 2014
(3)} ) 16.Bxc4 Bf5 {Black was also out of his prep, but he plays very precisely,
there is no advantage for white.} 17.Qa2 Be4 {Here after they leave theory Giri
started calculating very hard and spent 45 minutes.} 18.Nd2 {This is about
equal. Giri was a bit frustrated he wasn't better.} ( 18.Rd7 $11 Qh5 $1 ( 
18...Bxf3 19.Bxf7+ {Giri} ( 19.Rxf7 {might be even better.} ) ) 19.Nd2 ( 
19.Rfd1 Bxf3 ( 19...Rad8 $11 ) 20.gxf3 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxf7+ $1 ) ( 19.Be2 
Qg4 ( 19...Qg6 {equal also.} ) ) 19...Bxg2 $1 {wins} ) 18...Bg6 19.Bb3 Ne5 ( 
19...Qa6 ) 20.Bd5 Bd3 ( 20...Rac8 21.Ne4 {Giri's line.} ( 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Nc4 
{is the computer line.} ) ) ( 20...Nd3 $1 {is best according to Giri.} ) 
21.Bxe5 {Giri thought his opponent didn't see this, it still should be equal
though.} ( 21.Rfe1 $11 ) 21...Bxe5 22.Nf3 Bxf1 23.Nxe5 Ba6 $2 {Losing.} ( 
23...Bb5 {Absolutely the only move, black needs Be8 in some lines. According to
Giri this position is about equal.} 24.Bxf7+ ( 24.Nxf7 Be8 ) 24...Kh8 25.Qe6 ) 
24.Nxf7 Qc3 25.h4 $1 {This is also winning.} ( 25.Ng5+ Kh8 26.Bxb7 Bc4 27.Qb1 
{is a very pretty idea.} 27...Bg8 28.Bxa8 Rxa8 ) 25...g6 {Maybe not best but
Black'sposition is difficult anyway.} ( 25...Rac8 26.Nd6+ Kh8 27.Nxc8 Qxc8 
28.Qb1 ) 26.Be6 Rxf7 27.Bxf7+ Kh8 $1 28.Qe6 Bb5 $6 29.Rd4 Qc1+ 30.Kh2 Qc7+ 
31.Rf4 Qc3 32.Qe7 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.a3 Ba5 7.h3 ( 7.b4 Bb6 8.Be3 Bg4 
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd4 12.Na4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Nh5 15.g3 
Qd7 16.Nc3 f5 17.Qf3 g6 18.exf5 c6 19.Qd1 Rxf5 20.g4 Rg5 21.f3 Nf4 22.h4 Rh5 
23.gxh5 Qh3 24.Ra2 {1-0 Yakubboev,N (2630)-Liang,A (2643) Chessable Masters Play
In Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (4)} ) 7...Bb6 ( 7...Be6 8.Be2 h6 9.b4 Bb6 10.Na4 
Nd4 11.Nxb6 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 axb6 13.f4 Qe7 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Qd2 Ba4 16.Rg1 Rg8 
17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Qc3 Nd7 19.Bg4 f6 20.Bh5+ Kd8 21.Bc1 c5 22.Be3 Kc7 23.Rb1 g6 
24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rxg6 b6 26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Ke2 Qe6 28.Bg4 Rxg4 29.hxg4 Qxg4+ 30.f3 
Qe6 31.Rh1 f5 32.Rxh6 Qg8 33.Qe1 fxe4 34.fxe4 Qg2+ 35.Bf2 Qg5 36.Qh1 b5 37.cxb5 
Bxb5 38.Be3 Qg4+ 39.Kd2 Qg5 40.Qb1 Qg2+ 41.Kc3 Bc6 42.a4 Qg3 43.Qg1 Qf3 44.Qg6 
{1-0 Bartel,M (2636)-Balog,I (2550) HUN-chT 1920 Hungary 2019 (5.2)} ) 8.Be3 
O-O 9.Be2 Nd4 10.Bxd4 exd4 11.Na4 c5 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.O-O Bd7 14.a4 Qe8 ( 
14...Ne8 ) 15.b3 Nh5 $5 {Setting concrete problems, the engine thinks white is
better after this.} 16.Re1 {Niemann called this strong.} ( 16.Nh4 {is the engine
line.} 16...Nf4 17.Bg4 ) 16...Nf4 17.Qd2 Ng6 18.Nh2 Qd8 19.Bh5 Qh4 20.Bxg6 fxg6 
21.Rf1 g5 22.b4 ( 22.a5 $5 ) 22...Rf6 ( 22...h5 23.a5 g4 24.hxg4 hxg4 ) 23.a5 
Raf8 24.axb6 ( 24.f3 ) 24...cxb4 ( 24...g4 $1 ) 25.f3 h5 {Niemann felt he had to
take risks against a struggling opponent but admitted things had got out of
control here.} 26.Qf2 ( 26.Qxb4 {+2} 26...g4 ( 26...Bxh3 27.Qe1 ) 27.fxg4 hxg4 
28.hxg4 ) 26...Qf4 27.Qxd4 Qg3 28.Ra5 ( 28.Ra7 ) 28...g4 29.Qf2 Qxf2+ 30.Kxf2 
Rg6 31.g3 {White was down to 2m43s - Niemann had 52 minutes.} ( 31.hxg4 hxg4 
32.Nxg4 Rxg4 33.Rb1 {and white has sufficient compensation.} ) 31...gxh3 32.Rg1 
$11 Rgf6 ( 32...b3 $11 ) 33.Ke3 Rg6 ( 33...b3 {would have been stronger} ) 
34.Kf2 $11 h4 35.g4 {a minute left.} 35...d5 36.Rxd5 Ba4 37.Ra5 {not a great
move but whiite had almost no time left.} ( 37.c5 $1 ) 37...Bc2 38.Ke3 b3 {a
gamble, not a good move.} 39.Rb5 Ra8 40.f4 $2 {The losing mistake on the final
move before time control.} ( 40.c5 ) 40...Rd6 41.d4 Ra3 $2 ( 41...Ra4 42.e5 Rd8 
43.c5 Raxd4 {was winning} ) 42.d5 b2+ $2 43.Kf2 $2 ( 43.Kd4 {the only move and
white is still very much in the game.} ) 43...Ra2 44.Ke3 Rd8 45.c5 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 
Rf8 47.f5 Ra2 48.Kf3 b1=Q 49.Rgxb1 Bxb1 50.Rxb1 Rxh2 51.c6 bxc6 52.dxc6 Rc2 
53.c7 h2 54.Rh1 Rb2 55.Rxh2 Rxb6 56.g5 Rc6 57.Rxh4 Rxc7 58.g6 Re8 59.Rh1 Rc4 
60.Re1 Kf8 61.Kf4 Re7 62.Kf3 Ra7 63.Rb1 Raa4 64.Re1 Ke7 65.Kf4 Kf6 66.Re3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qc2 dxc4 6.a4 c5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.e4 Nb4 9.Qb1 
Bxc5 10.Bxc4 e5 ( 10...Bd7 11.O-O Bc6 12.e5 Nfd5 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Bg5 O-O 15.Ra3 
Rc8 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Nd6 Rc7 18.Ng5 Ng6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bxe6+ Rff7 21.Nxf7 Rxf7 
22.Qf5 Qc7 23.Rd1 Nf8 24.Qxf7+ Qxf7 25.Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.a5 Ne6 27.Rd6 a6 28.Rc3 
Nf4 29.Rc4 Nbd3 30.Rcxc6 bxc6 31.Rxc6 Nxb2 32.Rxa6 Nc4 33.Ra7+ Kg6 34.a6 Nxe5 
35.Rb7 {1-0 Repka,C (2516)-Durarbayli,V (2638) Olympiad-44 Chennai 2022 (6.3)} 
) 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Qe7 14.h3 Be6 15.Nxe5 Rad8 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Nf3 
Rd3 {Sindarov was familiar with this idea. The position is about equal.} 18.e5 
Nh5 19.Ne4 b6 20.Ra3 Qd5 21.Rxd3 Nxd3 22.Nc3 Qc4 23.Rd1 Nxe5 {Sindarov felt both
sides were playing excellently here in a very complicated position.} 24.Nxe5 
Qxh4 25.Qf5 ( 25.Ne4 {was better according to Sindarov.} ) 25...Nf4 26.Ne4 Ne2+ 
27.Kf1 Nd4 28.Qg4 ( 28.Rxd4 Bxd4 29.g3 Qd8 30.Nc6 Qe8 {was a variation Sindarov
saw.} ( 30...Qc7 $11 {is better than Qe8.} ) ) 28...Qe7 29.Nxc5 bxc5 30.Re1 Qb7 
31.Qe4 Qa6+ 32.Kg1 Qxa4 33.Qd5 Qa5 34.Rd1 $6 {not precise} ( 34.Re3 ) 34...Qc7 
35.Re1 Rd8 36.Qc4 Re8 37.f4 g5 38.Rd1 $2 ( 38.Re4 {would have been stronger.} ) 
38...Rd8 39.Rc1 Ne6 ( 39...gxf4 ) 40.f5 $2 {now white is losing.} ( 40.Ng4 ) 
40...Nf4 41.Ng4 h5 42.Nf6+ Kg7 43.Ne4 Qb7 $6 {Immediately after he played this
move he regretted it.} ( 43...Qe5 44.Nxg5 Ne2+ 45.Kf1 Rd5 46.Ra1 Ng3+ 47.Kg1 ) 
44.Qc2 Rd4 45.Re1 Nd3 $6 ( 45...Qb4 ) 46.Qd2 $6 ( 46.Re2 $1 Rxe4 47.Qxd3 Rxe2 
48.Qxe2 ) 46...Nf4 47.Qc2 Qb4 48.Qc3 a5 49.Nxg5 Qxc3 50.bxc3 Rd2 51.Kf1 ( 51.g4 
) 51...Rxg2 52.Re4 $2 {A very serious error after which there's no coming back.} 
52...Rxg5 53.Rxf4 Kf6 54.Ra4 Rg3 55.Rc4 Rxh3 56.Kg2 Re3 57.Rxc5 Re5 58.Rc7 a4 
59.Ra7 Re4 60.Rc7 Re7 61.Rc6+ Kxf5 62.Ra6 Re4 63.Rc6 Re6 64.Rc5+ Re5 65.Rc7 Ra5 
66.Rxf7+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2272136034366517"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 Na6 ( 5...Be6 6.d5 cxd5 7.cxd5 Bd7 
8.Nf3 b5 9.Bg5 Na6 10.O-O b4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxe5 Nxe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxd7 Nxg3 
15.Nf6+ gxf6 16.hxg3 Nc5 17.Rc1 Rb8 18.Rc4 h5 19.Rh4 Qe5 20.Qd2 b3 21.a3 Rg8 
22.Rb4 Rb6 23.Rc1 Qg5 24.Rf4 h4 25.Rc3 Kf8 26.Re3 hxg3 27.Rxg3 Qe5 28.Rxg8+ 
Kxg8 29.Rg4+ Kf8 30.Qh6+ Ke7 31.Rg8 Nd7 32.Qh8 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Nxb8 34.Qxb8 Qxb2 
35.Qc7+ Ke8 36.Qxd6 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 b2 38.Bh3 {1-0 Yu,Y (2720)-Harikrishna,P (2697)
EU-Cup 40th Rhodes 2025 (5.39)} ) 6.d5 cxd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.O-O Bd7 
10.Ne1 h5 11.Nd3 h4 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Be3 {imprecise} ( 13.Qa3 ) 13...Qxb3 14.axb3 
h3 15.Bh1 Bf5 ( 15...O-O 16.Bd2 Nc7 {would have been stronger.} ) 16.Nb5 Kd7 
17.Nxd6 {creative but also the best move according to the engine.} 17...Kxd6 
18.Nxe5 Rhf8 ( 18...Kxe5 19.Bf4+ Kd4 20.Rac1 {and mate will follow.} ) ( 
18...Rhe8 ) 19.Bd4 Rae8 20.f4 Bh8 21.Nc4+ Kd7 22.Ne5+ Kd6 23.Nc4+ Kc7 24.Be5+ 
Kd7 25.Nd6 $2 {a mistake.} ( 25.Ra5 Ng4 26.Bxh8 Rxh8 27.Bf3 {and the fight
continues.} ) 25...Ng4 26.Nxb7 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Bxe5 28.Rfd1 Nb8 29.Rxa7 Ke7 
30.Na5+ Kf6 31.Nc4 Nd7 32.d6 Rc8 33.Bd5 Rfe8 34.e3 Rc5 ( 34...Kg7 ) 35.b4 Rxd5 
36.Rxd5 Be6 37.Rd1 Bxc4 38.Rxd7 Ke6 39.Rb7 ( 39.Re7+ Rxe7 40.dxe7 Kxe7 41.Rc1 
Bd5 42.b5 Bxb2 43.Rc2 ) 39...Bb3 40.Rd3 Bc2 41.Rd2 Be4 42.Rb6 {A mistake} ( 
42.Re7+ Rxe7 43.dxe7 Kxe7 44.b5 ) 42...Rd8 43.b5 Bxd6 44.Kf2 {'?!' Inaccuracy.
b4 was best.} 44...f5 45.Ra6 g5 46.Rd4 g4 47.b6 Bb7 48.Ra7 Rb8 49.Rd3 {'??'
Blunder. b4 was best.} 49...Be4 50.Rd2 Rxb6 51.Ra1 Rc6 52.b3 Bb4 53.Rda2 Ke5 
54.Re2 Rc3 55.Rb2 Bd5 56.Re1 Ba3 57.Ra2 Bc5 58.Ree2 Bxb3 59.Ra8 Bc4 60.Re8+ Kf6 
61.Re1 Rc2+ 62.Kg1 Bd5 63.Rf1 $2 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf1 was best.} 
63...Bc6 0-1

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2272135489012767"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb7 
9.Qe2 c5 ( 9...a6 10.O-O b5 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 c5 13.dxc5 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.Nb6 
Nxb6 16.cxb6 Qxb6 17.Ne5 a5 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Nc4 Qa7 20.Be5 Bd5 21.e4 Bxc4 
22.Rxc4 Ne8 23.Bf4 Bc5 24.e5 Rd5 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Qc2+ g6 27.Rxd5 Bxf2+ 28.Qxf2 
Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 exd5 30.Rc5 d4 31.Rd5 Ng7 32.Rxd4 Ne6 33.Rd7 Kg7 34.Be3 g5 35.b3 
a4 36.Rb7 axb3 37.axb3 Ra5 38.Rxb4 Rxe5 39.Bd4 Nxd4 40.Rxd4 Ra5 41.Rd2 Rb5 
42.Rb2 Kf6 43.b4 Ke5 44.Ke3 Kd5 45.g3 f5 46.h4 f4+ 47.gxf4 gxh4 48.Kf3 h3 
49.Kg4 Ke4 50.Re2+ Kd3 51.Rh2 Ke4 52.Rxh3 Rxb4 53.Rh8 Kd5 54.Re8 Kd6 55.Kg5 
{1-0 Riazantsev,A (2689)-Khairullin,I (2640) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th 2011 (3)} 
) 10.O-O cxd4 ( 10...Nbd7 11.Rad1 Qc8 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Ba6 Qc6 
15.dxc5 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nxc5 17.Bb5 Qb7 18.b4 a6 19.Bc4 Na4 20.Qc2 b5 21.Bd3 h6 
22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Be4 Qc8 24.Qb3 Ra7 25.Rc1 Qd8 26.Rfd1 Qb6 27.a3 Bf6 28.Bb1 Rd8 
29.Qc2 g6 30.Kg2 Rad7 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.h4 h5 33.Qe4 Kg7 34.Be5 Qd8 35.Rc6 Bxe5 
36.Qxe5+ Qf6 37.Qxf6+ Kxf6 38.Rxa6 Nc3 39.Be4 Nxe4 40.fxe4 Rd3 41.Kf3 Rb3 
42.Ra5 Ke7 43.e5 Kd7 44.Rxb5 Rxa3 45.Rb7+ Ke8 46.Kf4 Rb3 47.Kg5 Rb2 48.f4 Rb3 
49.Kf6 Rxe3 50.Re7+ Kd8 51.Rxf7 Re4 52.Kxg6 Rxb4 53.Kxh5 Ke8 54.Kg6 Rb2 55.Kf6 
Rh2 56.Rh7 Rg2 57.Kxe6 Rg6+ 58.Kf5 Rb6 59.Rg7 Rb4 60.h5 Rb6 61.Rg6 Rb2 62.h6 
Kf7 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Ra7 Rh2 65.h7 Rh5+ 66.Kg6 Rh4 67.Ra8+ Ke7 68.h8=Q Rg4+ 
69.Kf5 Rg2 70.Ra7# {1-0 Giri,A (2764)-Buksa,N (2410) Titled Tuesday intern op
14th July Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (2)} ) 11.Nxd4 Nc6 {Slightly dubious} ( 
11...Nbd7 ) 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Rfd1 Qc8 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nd6 Bxd6 16.Bxd6 Rd8 17.Be5 
Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bd5 19.Bd3 Nd7 20.Bc3 Bxa2 ( 20...f6 ) 21.Qc2 Nf6 22.Qa4 Bd5 
23.Qh4 h6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qxh6 f5 26.Qg5+ Kf8 27.h4 Bb3 28.Ra1 ( {Not easy to
see but White had a beautiful win:} 28.Bxa6 Qc7 ( 28...Qxa6 29.Rd7 e5 30.h5 Qc8 
31.h6 Qxd7 32.h7 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 ) 29.Qf6 Kg8 30.Rd3 Bd5 31.e4 Bxe4 32.Rc3 Qd7 
33.Be2 ) 28...a5 29.Qh6+ Ke7 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.Be2 ( 31.Bf1 Qd8 32.Qh6+ ) 31...Bd5 
32.Qh6+ Ke7 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Qf6 {Here white loses a part of his advantage.} ( 
34.e4 Bxe4 35.Rc1 Qd8 36.Qh6+ Ke7 37.h5 ) 34...Qd8 35.Qh6+ Ke7 36.Qg5+ Kf8 
37.Qh6+ Ke7 38.Rc1 Qg8 39.Bf1 {'?!' Inaccuracy. e4 was best.} 39...Qh8 40.Qg5+ 
Kd6 {'?!' Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best.} 41.e4 Bxe4 42.Qg3+ {'?!' Inaccuracy. h5 was
best.} 42...Ke7 43.Qa3+ Kf6 44.Rc7 Kg7 45.Qe7 Rf8 46.Rc3 Qh6 47.Qd6 Rg8 48.Qxb6 
Kh7 49.Qxa5 f4 {'?' Mistake. Qf6 was best.} 50.Qb4 {'?!' Inaccuracy. Rc5 was
best.} 50...Bd5 51.Qe7 Rg7 52.Qe8 Qxh4 53.Rc8 Qg4 54.Qh8+ Kg6 55.Rg8 Kf6 56.b4 
Qg6 57.b5 Qh7 58.Qxh7 Rxh7 59.b6 Ke5 60.Rc8 f5 61.Rc7 Rxc7 62.bxc7 Bb7 63.g3 
fxg3 64.fxg3 Kd6 65.g4 fxg4 66.Be2 Kxc7 67.Bxg4 Bd5 68.Bxe6 Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.1"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O 
9.Rd1 d6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nb5 d5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Nc3 Bc6 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Qd2 $146 
( {Relevant:} 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Qxe5 Qe8 17.Bxc6 Rxc6 18.Bf4 Rc5 19.Qd4 Qa8 20.Bd6 
Bxd6 21.Qxd6 h5 22.f3 Rfc8 23.Kf2 Qb7 24.Qd4 Qc6 25.a3 Rc4 26.Qd6 Qb7 27.Qd2 b5 
28.Na2 Nd5 29.Rxc4 bxc4 30.Nc3 Qb6+ 31.Qd4 Qxb2 32.Nxd5 Qxd4+ 33.Rxd4 exd5 
34.Rxd5 c3 35.Rd1 c2 36.Rc1 Rc3 37.Ke1 g5 38.Kd2 Rxa3 39.Rxc2 Kg7 40.Rc5 Kg6 
41.Rc6+ f6 42.Ke1 Ra2 43.Kf2 a5 44.Ra6 Kf5 {�-� Chigaev,M (2632)-Kramnik,V
(2753) Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (7)} ) 
15...b5 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Ne5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Bf8 21.Nc6 
( 21.Nxb5 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 21...Rd5 22.Rc8 Rxb5 $19 ( 22...Rxe5 $2 
23.Nd4 $19 ) ) 21...Rd2 22.b4 ( 22.Nxb5 Rxe2 23.Ncxa7 Rxb2 $19 ) 22...a6 23.a3 
g6 24.Nb8 Bh6 25.Rd1 ( 25.Nxa6 Rd6 26.Nxb5 Rxa6 27.Rc8+ Bf8 $17 ) 25...Rc2 {The
position is equal.} 26.Rd3 e5 27.f3 Bd2 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.Rxd5 Bc3 30.Kf1 Rc1+ 
31.Kg2 Rc2 32.Kf1 Rc1+ 33.Kg2 Rc2 {A pretty balanced game throughout.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2272131271344799"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 
O-O 9.O-O cxd5 10.h3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 10.Bg5.} 10...c6 ( 
10...Rb8 11.Bg5 Be7 12.b3 h6 13.Bh4 Be6 14.Qf3 c5 15.Rad1 d4 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 
17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.Re2 Qc7 20.Rde1 Rbd8 21.Ng3 Bd6 22.Nh5 Re7 23.Qe4 g6 
24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Qh4 Bf4 26.Ne4 Rd5 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Ng3 Bxg3 29.fxg3 Rg5 30.g4 Re8 
31.Bc4 Qd8 32.Qxd8 Rxd8 33.Bxe6 fxe6 34.Rxe6 a5 35.R1e4 Kf7 36.Re7+ Kf8 37.Ra7 
h5 38.Rxa5 hxg4 39.Rxg4 Rxg4 40.hxg4 {1-0 Nakamura,H (2810)-Vachier Lagrave,M
(2734) Mumbai TechM GCL rapid 2025 (7.2)} ) 11.Qf3 Bd6 12.Re1 Be6 13.Ne2 c5 
{[#]} 14.Bg5 $146 ( 14.c3 Re8 15.Nf4 Rb8 16.b3 a5 17.c4 dxc4 18.Nxe6 cxd3 
19.Rd1 Rxe6 20.Bb2 c4 21.Bc3 cxb3 22.axb3 Rxb3 23.Rxd3 Qb8 24.Bxa5 Rb1+ 25.Rxb1 
Qxb1+ 26.Rd1 Qb8 27.Bc3 h6 28.Ra1 Ne4 29.Bd4 Re8 30.h4 Bc5 31.Bxc5 Nxc5 32.Rc1 
Ne6 33.Rd1 Rd8 34.Re1 Qd6 35.g3 Qd5 36.Qxd5 Rxd5 37.Kg2 g6 38.Re2 Kg7 39.Rb2 
Kf6 40.Rc2 h5 41.Kh3 Rd3 42.Ra2 Nd4 43.Rb2 Rc3 {0-1 Chadaev,N (2591)-Matko,O
(2307) Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd Nov Chess.com INT blitz 2015 (1)} ) 14...h6 
15.Bh4 Be5 16.c3 Rb8 17.b3 $1 Qc7 18.Rac1 c4 19.Bc2 Ne4 $1 20.Nd4 cxb3 21.axb3 
Bxd4 22.cxd4 Qb6 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qxe4 Qxb3 25.Re3 Qb5 26.Qf4 Rfc8 27.Rce1 Rb6 
28.Rg3 $1 Bf5 $1 29.Kh2 Bg6 30.Re7 Qf5 31.Qxf5 Bxf5 32.Rxa7 g5 33.Rf3 Be4 
34.Re3 Bxg2 $1 35.Kxg2 gxh4 36.Rf3 Rg6+ 37.Kf1 Rd8 38.Rf4 Re6 39.Kg2 Red6 
40.Ra4 Rb8 41.Ra3 Rb4 42.Rd3 Kg7 43.Rxh4 f5 44.Rf4 Kf6 45.Kf3 Ra4 46.h4 Rb4 
47.Ke2 Ra4 48.Kd2 Rc4 49.Ke3 Re6+ 50.Kf3 Rd6 51.Rd2 Rb4 52.Ke3 Rb3+ 53.Ke2 Re6+ 
54.Kf1 Re4 55.Rxe4 fxe4 56.Ke2 Rh3 57.d5 Ke7 58.Rd4 Rxh4 59.Ke3 Rh2 60.Rd2 Rh4 
61.Rd4 Rh2 62.Rxe4+ Kd6 63.f4 Kxd5 64.Re5+ Kd6 65.Kf3 h5 66.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Bg5 e6 
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxd4 13.Rxd4 Rfc8 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 
15.Ne4 Rac8 16.Re2 a6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.42/29} ( 16...h5 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.12/28} 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.c3 Kg7 20.Red2 f5 21.Kc2 b6 22.g3 Kf6 
23.a4 Rc4 24.Kb3 R4c7 25.Kb4 e5 26.Rd6+ Kg5 27.f4+ exf4 28.R2d4 h4 29.Rxf4 hxg3 
30.hxg3 a6 31.a5 bxa5+ 32.Kxa5 ) 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Red2 Kg7 20.a4 
R8c7 21.c3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.17/29} ( 21.Rg4+ {Stockfish 17.1: +0.43/26} 
21...Kf8 22.Rh4 Kg7 23.c3 Rc5 24.Kc2 h5 25.Kb3 Kf8 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.g3 Rf5 28.Rd2 
Kg6 29.Rhd4 Re7 30.Rd8 e5 31.Kc2 e4 32.Rg8+ Kh6 ) 21...f5 22.Kc2 e5 23.Rd6 Rc4 
24.Kb3 Rh4 25.h3 f4 $1 26.f3 Rh6 27.c4 Rg6 28.Kb4 f5 $1 29.c5 e4 30.Re2 Re7 
31.Kc4 Kf7 32.Kd5 $1 e3 33.b4 Rg8 34.Kc4 a5 35.Rd4 axb4 36.Kxb4 Kg6 37.Rxf4 h5 
$6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.60/25} ( 37...Rd8 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/33} 38.Kb5 Rd1 
39.Rb4 Rf1 40.Kb6 Kg5 41.a5 f4 42.h4+ Kf5 43.Rb5 Kg6 44.Ka7 Rf2 45.Re1 Ra2 
46.h5+ Kf6 47.Kb8 Rc2 48.Ka7 ) 38.Rd4 Rc8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.36/24} ( 
38...Rf8 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.84/30} ) 39.Rd6+ $2 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/35} ( 
39.h4 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.36/24} 39...Re5 40.f4 Re7 41.Kb5 Rce8 42.Kb6 Kf6 
43.Rd6+ Kg7 44.a5 Kf7 45.Rd5 Kg6 46.Rd3 Kg7 47.Ka7 ) 39...Kg5 40.Rd5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.41/25} ( 40.Rd4 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/33} 40...f4 41.h4+ 
Kf5 42.Rd1 Ke6 43.Rd6+ Kf5 44.Rd1 ) 40...Kf4 41.a5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.56/21} 
( 41.h4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.25/32} 41...Rcc7 ) 41...h4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.02/37} ( 41...Rf8 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.56/21} 42.Rd3 Rfe8 43.Rd5 Rf7 44.h4 
Kg3 45.Kc3 Ree7 46.f4 Re4 47.Kd3 Kxf4 48.Re1 Rfe7 49.Rf1+ Kg3 50.Ke2 f4 51.Rg5+ 
Kh2 ) 42.Kb5 Re6 43.Rd6 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.27/24 White loses 0.23 pawn per
move (2 mistakes, 3 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.12 pawn per move (4
inaccuracies).} ( 43.Kb4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.20/31} 43...Ree8 44.Kb5 Ra8 45.Kb6 
Re7 46.Kb5 Re6 47.Kb4 Ree8 48.Kb5 Rab8 49.Kb6 Re7 50.Kb5 Rbe8 51.Kc4 Rg8 52.Kd3 
Ra8 53.Rd4+ Kg3 54.Rd5 f4 ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Roebers, Eline"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3 Bb4 5.Bd3 d6 6.O-O Bxc3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.28/22} ( 6...Ba5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.07/36} 7.Re1 O-O 8.a3 a6 9.Bf1 Bb6 
10.d3 Be6 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Ng3 d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Rxe3 Bxf3 
17.Qxf3 Nd4 18.Qd1 c5 19.c3 Nc6 20.Re1 ) 7.dxc3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.20/28} ( 
7.bxc3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.28/22} 7...Qe7 8.Rb1 a6 9.Re1 g5 10.Bf1 g4 11.hxg4 
Nxg4 12.d4 Rg8 13.g3 Qf6 14.Qe2 h5 15.d5 Na5 16.Bd2 ) 7...h6 8.Be3 Ne7 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.23/27} ( 8...g5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.07/32} 9.Nh2 Rg8 10.a4 
a5 11.Qd2 Be6 12.b4 Kf8 13.Rfd1 b6 14.Nf1 Ne7 15.Ng3 Ng6 16.Bb5 Kg7 17.f3 Kh7 
18.Kf2 Nf4 19.Bc6 Rc8 20.Rh1 Rg6 21.bxa5 ) 9.Nd2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.39/20} 
( 9.Nh4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.23/27} 9...g5 10.Qf3 Nc6 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.Qxf5 Nd7 
13.a4 a5 14.Qg4 Qf6 15.Qe2 Nd8 16.Bb5 Ne6 17.b4 Rg8 18.Rad1 Ke7 19.Bxd7 Kxd7 
20.Qb5+ Ke7 21.Qxb7 g4 22.hxg4 Qh4 ) 9...O-O $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.03/31} ( 
9...g5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.39/20} 10.c4 Rg8 11.c5 dxc5 12.Bxc5 Ng6 13.f3 Be6 
14.Rf2 Nd7 15.Be3 Nf4 16.Nf1 h5 ) 10.Qe2 Be6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.10/29} ( 
10...Ng6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.17/29} 11.Rfe1 b6 12.Kh2 Bb7 13.f3 Nf4 14.Qf2 N6h5 
15.Rad1 g5 16.a4 a5 17.g3 Ng6 18.Rh1 Ng7 ) 11.Rad1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.20/28} 
( 11.f4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.10/29} 11...exf4 12.Rxf4 Ng6 13.Rf3 Ne5 14.Rg3 Kh8 
15.Rf1 Rg8 16.b3 Qe7 17.Bd4 Nfd7 18.c4 f6 19.Nb1 c6 20.Nd2 Bf7 21.Nf3 Nxf3+ 
22.gxf3 Ne5 23.f4 Nxd3 24.cxd3 ) 11...Ng6 12.b3 Qd7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/45} 
( 12...Nd7 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.30/26} 13.Bc4 Qe7 14.a4 Nf6 15.Bd3 d5 16.f3 b6 
17.Qe1 Nh5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.c4 Bb7 21.Nb1 Rf7 22.Nc3 Raf8 23.Qd2 
Kh7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 ) 13.c4 b6 14.Nb1 $1 Qd8 15.Nc3 Nd7 16.Qh5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.36/21} ( 16.Kh2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.20/29} ) 16...a5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.19/29} ( 16...Nf4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.36/21} 17.Qf3 g5 
18.Rfe1 Kh7 19.Bxf4 gxf4 20.Kh2 Qf6 21.Be2 a6 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Kh8 24.g3 Rg8 
25.Rg1 Rg5 26.Rde1 a5 27.Bb5 ) 17.a4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.54/28} ( 17.Rfe1 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.19/29} ) 17...Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nd5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.72/28} ( 19.g3 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.45/35} ) 19...Bxd5 20.exd5 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -1.37/33} ( 20.cxd5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.70/29} 20...Ne5 21.Be2 Qg5 
22.Qxg5 hxg5 23.f3 g6 24.Bb5 Rab8 25.Kf2 Kg7 26.Rd4 Rbd8 27.Re1 Rh8 28.Rd3 f5 
29.Rc3 g4 30.Rxc7+ Kf6 31.exf5 gxh3 32.fxg6 h2 33.Rh7 Rxh7 34.gxh7 Rh8 35.Rh1 
Rxh7 36.Ba6 Kf5 ) 20...Qg5 21.Qxg5 hxg5 22.Rfe1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.69/24} ( 
22.g4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.99/34} 22...Rae8 23.f3 Ne5 24.Kf2 g6 25.Rde1 Kg7 
26.Rh1 Rh8 27.Kg2 Kf6 28.Re4 Rd8 29.Rhe1 Kg7 30.Rh1 Rhe8 31.Ree1 Re7 32.Be2 
Rde8 33.Kf2 c6 34.dxc6 Nxc6 35.Bd3 Re3 36.Be4 Rc3 37.Rc1 Ne5 38.Rhd1 f5 39.Bb7 
Rh8 ) 22...Rfe8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.30/32} ( 22...Ne5 {Stockfish 17.1:
-1.69/24} 23.f3 g6 24.Kf2 Kg7 25.Be2 Rae8 26.Rh1 Rh8 27.Rd2 Re7 28.Bd1 f5 
29.Re1 Kf7 30.Rd4 Rhe8 31.Re2 Kg7 32.Rdd2 g4 33.fxg4 fxg4 34.hxg4 Kh6 ) 
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Kf1 Nc5 25.Be2 g6 26.f3 Kg7 27.Kf2 f5 28.Rh1 Re7 29.Bd1 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -2.00/28} ( 29.Rg1 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.64/32} 29...Kf6 30.Re1 
Re5 31.Rh1 Re8 32.Re1 Re7 33.Bd1 Re5 34.Rh1 Na6 35.h4 Re7 36.hxg5+ Kxg5 37.g3 
fxg3+ 38.Kxg3 f4+ 39.Kf2 Kf6 40.Rh8 Kg7 41.Rh4 g5 42.Rh5 Kg6 43.Rh8 Nb4 44.Rf8 
Kg7 45.Rf5 Re5 46.Rxe5 dxe5 47.Ke1 Kf6 48.Ke2 Na6 49.c3 e4 50.fxe4 Nc5 51.Kf3 
Nd3 52.Bc2 ) 29...Kf6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.72/35} ( 29...Re8 {Stockfish 17.1:
-2.00/28} 30.Rg1 Nd7 31.Be2 Kh6 32.g4 fxg3+ 33.Rxg3 Nf6 34.Rg1 Kh5 35.f4+ Kh4 
36.Bd3 Nh7 37.Kf3 Kh5 38.Rh1 gxf4 39.Kxf4 Nf6 40.Rb1 Kh6 41.Rg1 Re5 42.h4 Ng4 
43.Kg3 Re7 44.Kf4 Kh5 45.Bxf5 gxf5 46.Kxf5 Rg7 47.Ke6 Kxh4 48.Rh1+ Kg5 ) 30.Be2 
$6 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.56/26} ( 30.Re1 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.72/35} 30...Re5 
31.Rh1 Na6 32.h4 Re7 33.hxg5+ Kxg5 34.Rh3 Nb4 35.g3 fxg3+ 36.Rxg3+ Kf6 37.f4 
Rh7 38.Kg2 Na6 39.Re3 Rh4 40.Kg3 Rh1 41.Be2 Nb4 42.Bd3 Kf7 43.Kg2 Rc1 44.Rh3 
Nxc2 45.Bxc2 Rxc2+ 46.Kf1 Kg8 47.Re3 Kf8 48.Rh3 Rb2 49.Rh7 Rxb3 50.Rxc7 Rb4 ) 
30...Rh7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.76/38} ( 30...g4 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.56/26} 
31.hxg4 fxg4 32.Ke1 g3 33.Kd2 Nd7 34.Bd3 Ne5 35.Rh4 Kg5 36.Rh1 Nf7 37.Be4 Kf6 
38.Kd3 Re8 39.c3 g5 40.b4 Ra8 41.Ra1 g4 42.fxg4 Ne5+ 43.Kd4 Kg5 44.c5 Kxg4 
45.Rh1 Kg5 46.Rb1 f3 47.cxd6 cxd6 48.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 49.gxf3 Kf4 50.bxa5 bxa5 51.Rb6 
) 31.Rd1 Re7 32.Rh1 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.71/24} ( 32.Re1 {Stockfish 17.1:
-1.56/26} 32...Re5 33.Bd1 Na6 34.Rh1 Nb4 35.h4 Re7 36.hxg5+ Kxg5 37.Rh8 Na2 
38.Be2 Nc3 39.Bd3 Nd1+ 40.Kf1 Kf6 41.Rh6 Kg7 42.Rh4 g5 43.Rh5 Kg6 44.Rh8 Kf6 
45.Rh5 Re8 46.Rh7 g4 47.Rxc7 g3 48.Rc6 Ke5 49.Rxb6 Rh8 50.Ke1 Ne3 ) 32...g4 $1 
33.hxg4 fxg4 34.Rh4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.20/21} ( 34.Ke1 {Stockfish 17.1:
-2.61/26} 34...g3 35.Rh8 Nd7 36.Kf1 Kg7 37.Rc8 Ne5 38.Rb8 g5 39.c5 dxc5 40.d6 
cxd6 41.Rxb6 Rd7 42.Ra6 Rd8 43.Rxa5 Nc6 44.Rb5 Rh8 45.Kg1 Nb4 46.Rb7+ Kf6 47.a5 
Nxc2 48.a6 Ra8 49.Bb5 d5 50.Rc7 Nd4 51.Rxc5 Nxb5 52.Rxb5 Rxa6 53.Rxd5 ) 
34...g3+ 35.Ke1 g5 36.Rh6+ $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.57/22} ( 36.Rh1 {Stockfish
17.1: -2.69/27} ) 36...Kg7 37.Rh1 Re8 38.Kd2 Rh8 39.Rxh8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-4.24/18} ( 39.Rg1 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.49/27} 39...Kg6 40.Kc3 Kf6 41.Kd4 Nd7 
42.Kc3 Ne5 43.b4 Rh2 44.Kb3 g4 45.fxg4 Kg5 46.bxa5 bxa5 47.Kc3 Nxg4 48.Kd4 Ne3 
49.Bf3 Nxc2+ 50.Kc3 Ne3 51.Kd3 Ng4 52.Rc1 Ne5+ 53.Ke4 Rh8 54.c5 Re8 55.cxd6 
cxd6 ) 39...Kxh8 40.Bd1 Kg7 41.c3 Kf6 42.Bc2 Nd7 43.Bd1 Ne5 44.Be2 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -6.01/17} ( 44.Ke1 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.88/24} 44...g4 45.Be2 
Kg5 46.Kf1 Kh4 47.fxg4 Nxg4 48.Kg1 Ne5 49.Kf1 Kg5 50.Bf3 Nd3 51.Bd1 Nc1 52.Ke1 
f3 53.Bxf3 Kf4 54.Bh5 Ke3 55.Kd1 ) 44...Ng6 $1 45.Ke1 Nh4 46.Kf1 Nf5 47.Kg1 Ne3 
48.Kh1 Ke7 49.Kg1 Kd7 50.Bd3 Nd1 51.Kf1 Nxc3 52.Ke1 Na2 53.Kd2 Ke7 54.Bb1 Nb4 
55.Kc3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -6.21/20} ( 55.Bf5 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.70/20} 
55...Kf6 56.Bd7 Ke5 57.Kc3 Na6 58.Bc8 Nb8 59.Kd3 c6 60.Bb7 cxd5 61.Bxd5 Na6 
62.Kc3 Nb4 63.Bf7 g4 64.Bh5 gxf3 65.Bxf3 Na6 66.Bc6 Nc5 67.b4 Ne4+ 68.Kd3 Ng5 
69.bxa5 bxa5 70.Ke2 Kd4 71.Bd5 Kc5 72.Kd3 Kb4 73.Bb7 ) 55...Kf6 56.Kd4 Na6 
57.Bc2 Nc5 58.Bd1 Nd7 59.Be2 Ne5 60.Ke4 Ng6 61.Bd3 Nh4 62.Bf1 Nf5 {White loses
0.23 pawn per move (1 mistake, 15 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.08 pawn per move
(9 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.a3 d6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 
9.Qd3 $5 ( {Theory prefers} 9.Qd2 ) ( {Or} 9.O-O ) 9...Nxd4 $146 ( {Theoretical
move is} 9...a6 ) 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Be3 Be6 12.O-O-O $1 Rc8 13.f3 a6 14.g4 Rc6 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +1.21/34} ( 14...b5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.62/27} 15.Kb1 Rb8 
16.g5 Nh5 17.Qd2 Re8 18.h4 Ng3 19.Rh2 Nxe2 20.Rxe2 b4 21.axb4 Rxb4 22.Nd5 Rb7 
23.Qc3 a5 24.Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.Red2 Reb8 26.Rxd6 h5 27.gxh6 Rxb2+ 28.Qxb2 Rxb2+ 
29.Kxb2 gxh6 30.h5 Kh7 31.R1d3 Qh4 32.Ra6 ) 15.Kb1 Nd7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Rc8 
18.h4 $1 Qa5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.00/29} ( 18...Nc5 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.67/28} 
19.Qd2 b5 20.g5 Qc7 21.h5 f5 22.Rdg1 f4 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Bd3 c4 25.Be4 Rb8 26.c3 
a5 27.d6 Qxd6 28.Qxd6 Bxd6 29.Rd1 Rfd8 30.Rd5 Bc7 31.Rhd1 g6 32.Rd7 Bb6 33.hxg6 
hxg6 34.R7d6 Rxd6 35.Rxd6 Be3 36.Rxg6+ Kf7 ) 19.g5 Nc5 20.Qf5 Na4 $2 {Stockfish
17.1: +3.64/22} ( 20...Qd8 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.28/33} 21.f4 Qd7 22.Bg4 Qxf5 
23.Bxf5 exf4 24.Bxf4 Rcd8 25.Rde1 Rfe8 26.b4 Na4 27.c4 g6 28.Bd3 Bf8 29.Kc2 Nb6 
30.h5 Nd7 31.h6 Ne5 32.Re4 b6 33.Rhe1 Ra8 34.Bf1 Rec8 35.Kb3 a5 36.Bxe5 dxe5 
37.Rxe5 axb4 38.axb4 Bd6 39.Bh3 Rd8 40.R5e4 Kf8 41.Rf1 Ra7 42.Rf6 Rda8 43.Rxd6 
) 21.Bd3 g6 22.Qg4 $1 h5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.98/21} ( 22...Rc3 {Stockfish
17.1: +3.52/27} 23.bxc3 e4 24.Kc1 Bd8 25.Bxe4 Qxc3 26.Bd4 Qxa3+ 27.Kd2 Qb4+ 
28.Ke2 Nc3+ 29.Kf2 Bb6 30.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31.Kg2 Nxd1 32.Rxd1 a5 33.Bd3 Re8 34.Qf4 
Re3 35.Rh1 Re5 36.Ra1 Rxd5 37.Re1 Re5 38.Rxe5 dxe5 39.Qxe5 Qb4 40.Qe4 Qd2+ 
41.Qe2 Qxe2+ 42.Bxe2 a4 43.Bc4 ) 23.gxh6 Bf6 $1 24.Bd2 Qb6 25.Qxa4 e4 26.Qb4 
Qxb4 27.Bxb4 exd3 28.Rxd3 Be5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.16/30} ( 28...Rfd8 
{Stockfish 17.1: +2.77/27} 29.Bd2 Re8 30.Bf4 Re2 31.c3 Be5 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.Bxe3 
Kh7 34.Kc2 b5 35.h5 a5 36.Bd2 gxh5 37.Rxh5 b4 38.a4 bxc3 39.Bxc3 Bxc3 40.bxc3 
Rc4 41.Kb3 ) 29.Re1 Rfd8 30.f4 Bf6 31.f5 $1 Bxh4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.71/23} 
( 31...gxf5 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.28/29} 32.Rf1 Be5 33.Rxf5 Rc4 34.Bc3 Rxh4 
35.Bxe5 dxe5 36.Rxe5 b6 37.c4 a5 38.Re7 Rxh6 39.Kc2 Kf8 40.Rc7 f5 41.Rf3 Rf6 
42.Kd3 f4 43.Rh7 a4 44.Rh8+ Ke7 45.Rxd8 Kxd8 46.Ke4 ) 32.Re4 g5 33.Re7 b6 
34.Rde3 Rc4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +4.56/24} ( 34...g4 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.74/31} 
35.R7e4 Kh7 36.Rxg4 Bf6 37.Reg3 Be5 38.Rg1 Rf8 39.Rg7+ Bxg7 40.hxg7 Rg8 41.f6 
Rcd8 42.c4 Rge8 43.Ka2 b5 44.cxb5 axb5 45.Rg4 Kh6 46.Kb3 Rg8 47.Bd2+ Kh7 ) 
35.Bc3 Kh7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +5.60/21} ( 35...Rdc8 {Stockfish 17.1: +4.45/31} 
36.Bf6 Rf8 37.Bg7 Rfc8 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.R3e7 g4 40.Rxc8 Rxc8 41.Rxf7 Bg5 42.Bf8+ 
Kh8 43.Bxd6 Bxh6 44.Be5+ Kg8 45.Rf6 Re8 46.Rg6+ Kh7 47.Re6 Rf8 48.Re7+ Kg8 
49.d6 g3 50.Bxg3 Bg5 51.Rb7 b5 52.d7 Rxf5 53.Rb6 Rf1+ 54.Ka2 Rd1 55.Rxa6 ) 
36.R3e6 Rf8 37.Bg7 Rcc8 38.Bxf8 Rxf8 39.Rg6 $1 g4 40.Rc7 $1 g3 41.Rg4 {White
loses 0 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses 0.13 pawn per move (1 mistake, 7
inaccuracies).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 Ne4 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 5...O-O $1 ) 
6.O-O f5 7.b3 Nc6 8.Ba3 ( {Theory prefers} 8.Bb2 ) 8...Bf6 $1 9.e3 h5 10.Nfd2 
$6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.28/27} ( 10.Bb2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.10/30} ) 10...h4 
11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nc3 hxg3 13.fxg3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.64/26} ( 13.hxg3 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.37/28} 13...Bd7 14.Qe2 Bg5 15.f3 Qf6 16.f4 Bh6 17.d5 Nd4 
18.exd4 Qxd4+ 19.Qf2 Qxc3 20.Rad1 Qa5 21.Bb2 O-O-O 22.g4 fxg4 23.Be5 exd5 
24.Rxd5 Qb6 25.Bxe4 g3 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.a3 ) 13...Nxd4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.40/31} ( 13...a5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.64/26} 14.Rf2 Nb4 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Bxe4 
c5 17.Bb2 Qe7 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Qf3 e5 20.Rd1 Rh6 21.h4 Be6 22.Bxb7 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ 
Kxd8 24.Be4 Kc7 25.Bc3 ) 14.Nxe4 $1 fxe4 15.Qg4 Kf7 16.exd4 Qxd4+ 17.Kh1 e5 
18.Qe2 $1 Be6 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.76/30} ( 18...e3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.48/31} 
19.Rae1 Bg4 20.Qxe3 Rad8 21.Bd5+ Kg6 22.Qe4+ Qxe4+ 23.Bxe4+ Kf7 24.Bd5+ Kg6 
25.Bb2 c6 26.Be4+ Kf7 27.Rf2 Rh5 28.h4 Rd1 29.Rxd1 Bxd1 30.Kg2 Bg4 31.Bc1 Ke6 
32.Be3 g5 33.Bg6 Rh6 34.Bc2 Rh5 35.hxg5 Bxg5 36.Bxa7 Rh8 37.Bc5 Bh3+ 38.Kf3 ) 
19.Bxe4 Rxh2+ $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.79/19} ( 19...Qc3 {Stockfish 17.1:
+1.71/30} 20.Rad1 Qxg3 21.Rxf6+ gxf6 22.Rg1 Qxh2+ 23.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Rh8+ 
25.Kg3 b6 26.Rh1 Rxh1 27.Bxh1 c5 28.Bb7 Bf5 29.b4 cxb4 30.Bxb4 Bd3 31.Bd5+ Ke8 
32.c5 bxc5 33.Bxc5 a5 34.Bc6+ Kf7 35.Bb6 Ke7 36.a3 Kd6 37.Ba4 Kd5 38.Bxa5 f5 
39.Kf3 ) 20.Kxh2 Rh8+ 21.Kg2 Bh3+ 22.Kf3 {White loses 0.08 pawn per move (2
inaccuracies), Black loses 0.26 pawn per move (3 mistakes).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 
Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 a5 15.Bd2 a4 16.Bd3 c6 
17.Qc2 Qb6 18.b3 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 18.Be3 ) 18...g6 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.41/25} ( 18...exd4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.15/29} 19.cxd4 c5 20.d5 b4 
21.Rad1 Ba6 22.Bxa6 Qxa6 23.Bc1 Nb6 24.Bb2 Nfd7 25.Nf5 c4 26.bxc4 Nxc4 27.Ba1 
Rec8 28.Qc1 Nce5 29.Qg5 Rc2 30.Nh6+ Kh8 ) 19.Rab1 Qc7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.58/26} ( 19...axb3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.25/30} 20.axb3 d5 21.b4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 
exd4 23.Nxd4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Qa6 25.Ra1 Qxa1 26.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27.Kh2 c5 28.Bxb7 cxd4 
29.Bf4 Ra7 30.Bc6 Rc8 31.cxd4 Nb8 32.Bxb8 Ra6 33.Bf4 Rcxc6 34.Qe4 Rc4 35.Qe8 
Rxd4 ) 20.Be3 Bg7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.81/25} ( 20...axb3 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.41/31} 21.axb3 exd4 22.cxd4 c5 23.Rbd1 Qa5 24.d5 b4 25.Bc1 Ba6 26.Bxa6 Qxa6 
27.Bb2 Bg7 28.Nd2 Ne5 29.Bxe5 Rxe5 30.Nc4 Ree8 31.e5 dxe5 32.d6 Nd7 33.Qe4 Rab8 
34.Qd5 Rec8 35.Rxe5 Bxe5 36.Nxe5 Nxe5 37.Qxe5 Re8 ) 21.b4 Ba6 $1 22.dxe5 dxe5 
23.c4 Rac8 24.cxb5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.50/27} ( 24.Bf1 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.85/31} 24...Nf8 25.Ne2 Ne6 26.Ng5 Nxg5 27.Bxg5 Nh5 28.Be3 Nf4 29.Nc3 h5 
30.Rbc1 Qb7 31.a3 Ne6 32.cxb5 cxb5 33.Qb2 Kh7 34.Nd5 Red8 35.Red1 Nd4 36.Rxc8 
Rxc8 37.f4 Rc2 38.Qb1 Rc8 39.Bxd4 exd4 40.Bd3 Kh8 41.Qa2 Re8 42.Qe2 ) 24...Bxb5 
$6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.87/29} ( 24...cxb5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.50/27} 25.Qe2 Qb8 
26.Rbd1 Nf8 27.a3 Ne6 28.Bb1 Nf4 29.Qb2 Bb7 30.Bc5 Rcd8 31.Ba2 Ne6 32.h4 h6 
33.h5 Nxh5 34.Rxd8 Qxd8 35.Nxh5 gxh5 36.Qe2 Nxc5 37.bxc5 Bc6 38.Rd1 Qe7 39.Rd6 
Rc8 40.g3 Kh7 41.Nh4 Be8 42.Qxh5 Rxc5 43.Nf5 ) 25.Bc4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.46/30} ( 25.Ne2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.87/29} 25...Bxd3 26.Qxd3 c5 27.Rec1 Bf8 
28.Nd2 Qb7 29.b5 Nb6 30.Qc2 a3 31.Qd3 c4 32.Nxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxc4 Nxc4 34.Qxc4 Qxe4 
35.Qxe4 Nxe4 36.f3 Nd6 37.b6 Rb8 38.Nc3 f5 39.Nd5 Nc4 40.Bf2 Kf7 41.Rc1 Na5 
42.Rc7+ Ke6 43.Nc3 Nb7 44.Rxh7 ) 25...Qb7 26.a3 Nd5 27.Qa2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.11/31} ( 27.Ba2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.35/25} 27...Nxe3 28.Rxe3 Nf8 29.Ng5 Rc7 
30.Rf3 Ree7 31.Nf5 gxf5 32.exf5 e4 33.Nxe4 c5 34.Nd6 Qc6 35.f6 Qxd6 36.fxe7 
Rxe7 37.bxc5 Qd7 38.h4 Bc6 39.Rg3 Kh8 40.Rd1 Qe8 41.Qf5 ) 27...N7b6 28.Bxb5 Nc3 
29.Qb2 Nxb5 30.Bxb6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.33/26} ( 30.Rbc1 {Stockfish 17.1:
0.00/42} 30...Red8 31.Ne2 Qa6 32.Bc5 Rb8 33.Rc2 Rd3 34.Nc1 Rd7 35.Ne2 ) 
30...Qxb6 31.Red1 Red8 32.Ne2 Qa7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.15/32} ( 32...Qa6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.51/25} 33.Nc3 Nd4 34.Ne1 Ra8 35.Rd3 Qc4 36.Qd2 Bf6 37.Rd1 
Kg7 38.g3 h5 39.h4 Be7 40.Kh2 Nb5 41.Nxb5 cxb5 42.Qe3 Rxd3 43.Qxd3 ) 33.Rbc1 h6 
$6 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/41} ( 33...Qa6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.34/32} 34.Qa2 Rxd1+ 
35.Rxd1 c5 36.bxc5 Rxc5 37.Rd7 Qf6 38.Ng5 Rc7 39.Rxc7 Nxc7 40.Nf3 Qc6 41.Ng5 
Ne6 42.Nxe6 fxe6 43.Qb1 Bf8 44.Qd3 Kf7 45.g3 Be7 46.Kg2 Qc5 47.Qc3 Ke8 48.Qxc5 
Bxc5 49.Kf1 Kd7 50.Nc3 Bd4 51.Nd1 Kc6 52.Ke2 Kb5 53.Kd3 ) 34.Ne1 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.41/26} ( 34.h4 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/41} 34...Rxd1+ 35.Rxd1 c5 36.h5 
gxh5 37.bxc5 Nd4 38.Nexd4 exd4 39.c6 Rxc6 40.e5 Qc5 41.Rxd4 Qc1+ 42.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 
43.Kh2 Rc5 44.Rd8+ Kh7 45.Rd7 Kg8 ) 34...Rd7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/32} ( 
34...h5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.41/26} 35.Nd3 Bh6 36.Ra1 Bf8 37.Qc2 Rd6 38.Nb2 Rf6 
39.Rf1 Rd8 40.Ra2 Ra8 41.Nc3 Nd4 42.Qxa4 Qb7 43.Qd1 Nb5 44.Nxb5 cxb5 45.Qd5 
Qxd5 46.exd5 Rd6 ) 35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.Nc3 Ra8 37.Rd1 Qe6 38.Nxb5 cxb5 39.Rd5 Rc8 
40.Nd3 Rc4 41.Qd2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.74/33} ( 41.Nc5 {Stockfish 17.1:
0.00/68} 41...Qf6 42.g3 h5 43.Kg2 h4 44.g4 Rd4 45.Qe2 Qc6 46.Qf3 Qe8 47.Kf1 Qc8 
48.Kg1 Qc6 49.Kh2 Qc8 50.Qe2 Qc6 51.Qf3 ) 41...Rd4 42.Qe2 Rxd5 43.exd5 Qxd5 
44.Nc5 Qc6 45.Qe4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.34/20} ( 45.h4 {Stockfish 17.1:
-1.91/32} 45...h5 ) 45...Qxe4 46.Nxe4 Kf8 47.Nc3 e4 48.Nxb5 Ke7 49.Kf1 Kd7 
50.Ke2 Kc6 51.Na7+ Kb7 52.Nb5 Kc6 53.Na7+ Kd5 54.Kd2 Bb2 $1 55.Nb5 Kc4 56.Kc2 
Be5 57.Na7 f5 $1 58.Nc8 Bd4 59.Nd6+ $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -5.32/15} ( 59.f3 
{Stockfish 17.1: -4.37/28} 59...e3 60.Nd6+ Kd5 61.Nb5 e2 62.Kd2 Be5 63.Kxe2 Kc4 
64.Na7 Bb2 65.b5 Kc5 66.Kd3 Bxa3 67.Kc3 Kb6 68.Nc6 Kxb5 69.Nd4+ Kc5 70.Ne6+ Kd6 
71.Nf4 g5 72.Ne2 Kd5 73.f4 gxf4 74.g3 ) 59...Kd5 60.Nb5 Bxf2 61.Nc3+ Kc4 
62.Nxa4 Bd4 63.Nb2+ Bxb2 64.Kxb2 Kd3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.63/29} ( 64...g5 
{Stockfish 17.1: -7.34/28} 65.Kc2 f4 66.Kd2 h5 67.Ke2 g4 68.h4 g3 69.Kd2 f3 
70.gxf3 g2 71.Ke3 g1=Q+ 72.Kxe4 Qe1+ 73.Kf5 Kd5 74.b5 Qg3 75.b6 Qxf3+ 76.Kg6 
Ke6 77.Kg7 Qf6+ 78.Kg8 ) 65.b5 e3 66.b6 e2 67.b7 e1=Q 68.b8=Q Qe2+ 69.Ka1 Qxg2 
70.a4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.50/22} ( 70.Qb3+ {Stockfish 17.1: -1.64/36} 
70...Ke2 ) 70...Kc3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/56} ( 70...Qg1+ {Stockfish 17.1:
-3.50/22} 71.Ka2 Qf2+ 72.Ka3 Qc5+ 73.Qb4 Qxb4+ 74.Kxb4 f4 75.a5 f3 76.a6 f2 
77.a7 f1=Q 78.a8=Q Qf5 79.Qa3+ Ke2 80.Qg3 Qe4+ ) 71.a5 $1 Qf1+ 72.Ka2 Qe2+ 
73.Ka3 Qe7+ 74.Ka4 Qd7+ 75.Ka3 Qe7+ 76.Ka4 Qe4+ 77.Ka3 Kc4 78.Qb4+ Kd5 79.Qb7+ 
Kd6 80.Qxe4 fxe4 81.Kb4 Kc6 82.Kc4 g5 83.Kd4 h5 84.Kxe4 g4 85.hxg4 hxg4 86.Kf4 
Kb5 87.Kxg4 Kxa5 {White loses 0.13 pawn per move (2 mistakes, 7 inaccuracies),
Black loses 0.1 pawn per move (2 mistakes, 7 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Qc2 e6 8.b4 c5 $146 ( 
{Theoretical move is} 8...d6 $1 ) 9.bxc5 bxc5 10.Nc3 Na6 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Qb3 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.38/24} ( 12.Qd2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.06/30} 12...Ne4 13.Nxe4 
Bxe4 14.Bb2 Rb8 15.Bc3 Qe7 16.Rac1 d6 17.h3 Rfd8 18.Ne1 Bc6 19.a3 Na6 20.Nf3 e5 
21.d5 Ba4 22.Rf1 ) 12...Rb8 13.Nb5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.70/27} ( 13.Rb1 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.43/27} 13...Ne4 ) 13...a6 14.dxc5 axb5 15.Qxb4 bxc4 16.Qxc4 
Bd5 17.Qc2 Qa5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.12/33} ( 17...Ne4 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.87/26} 18.Nd4 Rc8 19.Ba3 Qa5 20.Bb2 Rxc5 21.Qd3 Nc3 22.Bxc3 Rxc3 23.Qd2 Ra3 
24.Qxa5 Rxa5 25.a3 Rb8 26.h3 Rb2 27.Bf1 Ba2 28.Ne2 d5 29.Nc1 Bc4 30.Bxc4 dxc4 
31.Rd8+ Bf8 32.a4 Kg7 33.Kf1 c3 34.Ke1 Bb4 35.Nd3 Rd2 ) 18.Bb2 Rfc8 19.Bd4 d6 
20.Rab1 Rxb1 21.Rxb1 e5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.16/34} ( 21...Qa8 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.44/29} 22.Rb5 Bc6 23.Rb6 dxc5 24.Bc3 Bd5 25.Nd2 Qxa2 26.Qxa2 Bxa2 
27.Ra6 Bd5 28.f3 Ra8 29.Rxa8+ Bxa8 30.Bb5 Nd5 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Kf2 Nc3 33.Ba6 
Bd5 34.e4 Ba2 35.Ke3 Kf6 36.Kd3 Na4 37.Bc4 Nb2+ 38.Kc3 Bxc4 ) 22.Rb5 Qa8 $1 
23.Bc3 Ne4 24.Ra5 Qc6 25.Be1 Nxc5 26.Qb1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.71/24} ( 26.Bb4 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.26/31} 26...e4 27.Nd2 Nd3 28.Qxc6 Bxc6 29.Bxd3 exd3 30.f3 
d5 31.Kf2 d4 32.Bc5 dxe3+ 33.Bxe3 Bf8 34.g3 f5 35.h3 Re8 36.Ra6 Bb7 37.Ra4 Bc5 
38.Bxc5 Re2+ 39.Kf1 Rxd2 ) 26...e4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.08/36} ( 26...Bf6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.71/24} 27.Bb5 Qb6 28.Qd1 Be6 29.Bf1 Qc6 30.Bb4 Kg7 31.Nd2 
Bd8 32.Ra3 Rb8 33.Bc3 Bf6 34.Qc2 h5 35.h3 g5 36.Bb2 g4 37.hxg4 hxg4 38.Rc3 ) 
27.Nd4 Bxd4 28.exd4 Nd3 29.Bxd3 exd3 30.Qxd3 Bxg2 31.d5 Qc1 32.Qe3 Qxe3 33.fxe3 
Rc2 34.h4 $1 Be4 35.Bb4 Rc1+ 36.Kf2 Rd1 37.Bxd6 Rxd5 38.Rxd5 Bxd5 39.a4 f6 
40.a5 Bb7 41.Be7 {White loses 0.08 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies), Black loses
0.07 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.f4"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Be2 e6 8.Bf3 $5 ( 
{Theory prefers} 8.O-O $1 ) ( {Or} 8.g4 $1 ) 8...Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 Nc6 
11.Be3 Bd7 12.Nde2 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 12.a4 ) 12...b5 13.a3 Bc8 14.g4 
Nd7 15.g5 Rb8 16.Bg2 a5 $1 17.Ng3 Re8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.61/24} ( 17...Ba6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.28/29} 18.Nd5 ) 18.f5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.08/28} ( 
18.Qe2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.61/24} 18...Ba6 19.a4 b4 20.Qxa6 bxc3 21.bxc3 Rec8 
22.Qd3 Bf8 23.Bg1 g6 24.h4 Ne7 25.Ne2 d5 26.exd5 Nxd5 27.f5 Ne5 ) 18...Bf8 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.34/29} ( 18...g6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.08/28} ) 19.Qe2 b4 
20.Nb5 Qd8 21.a4 $1 Ba6 22.f6 g6 $1 23.Rfd1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.53/19} ( 
23.h4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.43/23} 23...b3 24.cxb3 Qc8 25.Rfc1 Qb7 26.Rc3 Nce5 
27.Bf1 Nc5 28.Bd4 h5 29.gxh6 Rec8 30.Bxe5 ) 23...Nde5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.12/30} ( 23...Nce5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.53/19} 24.Rd2 Rc8 25.b3 Rc3 26.Nf1 
Qb8 27.Bd4 Rcc8 28.Ne3 h5 29.Rad1 Red8 30.h3 Nc5 31.Qe1 Bxb5 32.axb5 a4 ) 
24.Rd2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.71/25} ( 24.c4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.12/30} 
24...bxc3 ) 24...Rb7 $1 25.c4 $1 bxc3 26.bxc3 Qb8 27.Rb1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-1.49/26} ( 27.Bf1 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.71/31} 27...Nd7 28.Qf2 Nce5 29.Nxd6 Bxf1 
30.Nxb7 Ba6 31.Nxa5 Qc7 32.Nb3 Qxc3 33.Rb1 Bd3 34.Bd4 Qc4 35.Rbb2 Ba3 36.Na5 
Qc7 37.Rb3 Qc1+ 38.Kg2 Ng4 39.Rdxd3 Nxf2 40.Bxf2 Bc5 41.Rxd7 Bxf2 42.Kxf2 Qc5+ 
43.Kf3 Qxa5 44.h4 Rd8 ) 27...Rc8 28.Rdb2 Nd8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.19/27} ( 
28...Nd7 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.53/24} 29.c4 Nce5 30.Rc2 Nb6 31.Bxb6 Rxb6 32.Nf1 
Rbc6 33.Ne3 h5 34.gxh6 Qb6 35.h7+ Kh8 36.Bf1 Rc5 37.Ng4 Nxc4 38.Qf2 Qb7 39.Qf4 
Ne5 40.Rxc5 Rxc5 41.Nxd6 Qxb1 42.Nxe5 Qxf1+ 43.Qxf1 Bxf1 ) 29.Bd4 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -2.03/24} ( 29.Rb3 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.19/27} 29...Nd7 30.c4 Nb6 31.Bxb6 
Rxb6 32.h4 Rc5 33.Nf1 Nc6 34.Rc3 d5 35.exd5 exd5 36.Bxd5 Nb4 37.Bg2 Re5 38.Re3 
Rxe3 39.Qxe3 Bb7 40.Qg3 Qc8 41.Nd2 h5 42.Rd1 Re6 43.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 44.Qf3 Qc8 
45.Nc3 ) 29...Nc4 30.Rb3 e5 31.Bh3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.93/24} ( 31.Bf2 
{Stockfish 17.1: -1.76/29} ) 31...exd4 32.Bxc8 Qxc8 33.cxd4 d5 $1 34.exd5 Na3 
$1 35.Ra1 Rb6 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/55} ( 35...Bxb5 {Stockfish 17.1:
-2.48/23} 36.axb5 a4 37.Re3 Nxb5 38.Rxa4 Qd7 39.Re7 Qxd5+ 40.Qe4 Qxg5 41.Re8 
Qc1+ 42.Qe1 Qxe1+ 43.Rxe1 Nc7 44.Ne4 Rb8 45.Nc5 Bxc5 46.Rc4 ) 36.Ne4 $4 
{Stockfish 17.1: -4.66/24} ( 36.Rbxa3 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/55} 36...Bxb5 
37.axb5 Bxa3 38.Rxa3 Qc1+ 39.Kg2 Qxa3 40.Qe7 Qa2+ 41.Kg1 Qa1+ 42.Kg2 ) 
36...Nxb5 37.axb5 Bb7 38.Nc3 Re6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.46/28} ( 38...Ne6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -5.21/27} 39.Qd3 Rd6 40.Re1 a4 41.Ra3 Nf4 42.Qg3 Rd8 43.Qxf4 
Bxa3 44.Re7 Qxc3 45.Rxb7 Qa1+ 46.Kg2 Qa2+ 47.Kg1 Qb1+ 48.Qf1 Qe4 49.Qc4 Bd6 
50.Re7 Bxe7 51.fxe7 Qxe7 ) 39.Qd3 Bb4 $1 40.Kg1 Re8 41.h3 Qd7 {White loses 0.29
pawn per move (1 blunder, 1 mistake, 5 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.13 pawn per
move (1 mistake, 5 inaccuracies).} 0-1

