[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 
9.Re1 Re8 10.Qb3 Na6 11.a3 {New for Fedoseev and only played once before.} 
11...h6 ( 11...Bg4 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Bxf3 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.Qxb7 Nc7 16.gxf3 
Rb8 17.Qxa7 Rxb2 18.c5 Bxh2+ 19.Kxh2 Rxd2 20.Qxc7 Rxd3 21.Re1 Qa8 22.Qd7 Kf8 
23.Qe7+ {1-0 Yuan,Q (2341)-Esipenko,A (2691) Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar
Early Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (2)} ) ( {After the game Fedoseev saw that the
engine recommends the following line:} 11...Bf5 12.Qxb7 Nc7 13.Qb3 Bg4 ) 
12.Nbd2 Nf6 ( {Another complicated line Fedoseev analyzed afterwards:} 12...Bf5 
13.Qxb7 Nxd2 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.Bxf5 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Nc7 17.c5 Rb8 18.Qxa7 Nb5 
19.Qd7 Qe1+ 20.Kg2 Bxh2 21.Bf4 Qxa1 22.Bxh2 Rf8 {and Black is ok.} ) 13.Rxe8+ 
Qxe8 14.c5 Bc7 15.Nf1 Nb8 16.Ng3 Ne4 {A mistake} ( {Black had to play} 
16...Nbd7 17.Qc2 Nf8 ) 17.Nh5 {This move was missed by Fedoseev.} 17...Bd8 $2 ( 
17...Nd7 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Nxf4 Ndf6 ) 18.Bf4 $1 g5 $2 ( 18...f5 {also doesn't
work} 19.Ng3 Nd7 20.Nxf5 Ndxc5 ) ( 18...Nd7 {was perhaps the best try.} ) 
19.Bc7 ( 19.Bd6 $1 ) 19...Bxc7 20.Bxe4 Nd7 $2 ( 20...Qd8 $1 ) 21.Bf5 Qd8 22.Re1 
Kh8 23.Qe3 Nf8 24.Ne5 Qe7 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Qh3 Re8 27.Ng3 Kh7 28.Nf5 Qe6 ( 
28...Qf6 29.Nxh6 Qxh6 30.Qxh6+ Kxh6 31.Ng4+ ) 29.Re3 Qf6 30.Nxh6 Qxh6 31.Qf5+ 
Ng6 32.Qxf7+ Qg7 33.Qxe8 Bxe5 34.Rh3+ Nh4 35.dxe5 Kh6 36.g3 Qh7 37.Qe6+ Kh5 
38.g4# {And here Fedoseev played Qb1 mate, of course he meant it as a joke,
White has mated him already, but he said afterwards he had been planning for
years for a position to be mated where otherwise he would give mate in one.} 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.Nge2 Na5 7.a3 Nxc4 8.dxc4 Bc5 
( 8...Be7 9.Ng3 d6 10.Qf3 Bg4 11.Qd3 c6 12.Nf1 Nd7 13.Qg3 f5 14.h4 Nf6 15.Nh2 
f4 16.Qd3 Be6 17.Nf3 h6 18.O-O-O Qc7 19.h5 a6 20.Nh4 b5 21.Nf5 bxc4 22.Qh3 Qd7 
23.g4 fxg3 24.Qxg3 Bxf5 25.exf5 Qxf5 26.Bxh6 Rf7 27.Rdg1 Nxh5 28.Qh2 Kh7 29.Be3 
g6 30.Kb1 d5 31.Na4 Rb8 32.Re1 Bxa3 33.Bd4 Bd6 34.Bxe5 Bxe5 35.Rxe5 Qf3 36.Rg1 
Rbf8 37.Reg5 Qxf2 38.Rxh5+ Kg7 39.Rh7+ {1-0 Firouzja,A (2766)-Giri,A (2748)
Zagreb Superbet Blitz 2025 (13)} ) 9.Ng3 d6 10.Qe2 a6 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Bd4 
13.g4 d5 $6 ( 13...b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.f6 bxc4 {is a strange computer line.} ) ( 
13...Nd7 {maybe was better.} 14.Ne4 Bxb2 15.Rb1 Bd4 16.f6 ) 14.O-O-O c6 15.h4 
Re8 $6 {Too slow} ( 15...Qb6 {had to be played.} ) 16.g5 {Now White is clearly
better.} 16...Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.Be1 $1 b5 $2 ( 18...Nd6 ) 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Qd3 
( 20.Rh3 {Would have been very strong, but Van Foreest said afterwards he never
considered this option.} ) ( 20.Kb1 {was also good.} ) 20...Qc8 {Now Black only
has a small disadvantage.} 21.f6 Rd8 22.fxg7 a5 23.h5 $11 ( 23.g6 hxg6 24.h5 
Qc4 ) 23...Nxg5 24.f4 e4 25.Qxb5 Rb8 26.Qxa5 Qb7 27.Qb4 Qc7 28.Qc3 Qxf4+ 29.Bd2 
Qf5 {Afterwards Arjun said he was throughout the whole game till the end worried
about his position, but he managed to hold the balance.} 30.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 31.Kb1 
Rbc8 32.Qd4 Qg2 33.Qa4 Ra8 34.Qd4 Rac8 35.Qa4 Ra8 36.Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.15"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8 
9.Nge2 c6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.h3 Nf8 12.Bg3 Ne6 $6 {Bluebaum has slipped into
difficulties in a very standard line of the Queen's Gambit.} ( 12...Bd6 13.O-O 
Bxg3 14.Nxg3 Qd6 15.Nb1 Ne6 16.Nd2 Ng5 17.Rfe1 Qe7 18.f3 Bd7 19.e4 dxe4 20.fxe4 
Qd6 21.Ne2 Bxh3 22.gxh3 Nxh3+ 23.Kg2 Qd7 24.Nf1 Qg4+ 25.Nfg3 h5 26.Rh1 Ng5 
27.Raf1 Nd5 28.exd5 h4 29.Qb3 g6 30.Bc4 cxd5 31.Rxh4 Qxh4 32.Bxd5 Re7 33.Nf4 
Kg7 34.Nfh5+ Kg8 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nfh5+ Kg8 37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Qa3 Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Rh8 
40.Nfh5+ Rxh5 41.Nxh5+ Qxh5 42.Qxe7 Qg4+ 43.Bg2 Qxd4+ 44.Rf2 Qd1+ 45.Kh2 Qd4 
46.Qe1 Qh4+ 47.Kg1 {1-0 Svane,F (2624)-Hess,M (2385) AUT-chT 2324 Austria 2023
(8.4)} ) 13.O-O Bd6 14.Be5 Bxe5 ( 14...Bf8 {would have been more solid.} ) 
15.dxe5 {Now White has a clear advantage but Abdusattorov didn't realize.} 
15...Nd7 16.f4 Nec5 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.b4 ( 18.Bf5 Nf8 19.Ng3 ) 18...Nf8 19.bxc5 
Nxh7 20.e4 Qa5 21.exd5 Qxc5+ 22.Kh1 ( 22.Kh2 {was maybe more precise} ) 
22...cxd5 23.Qd2 Bd7 24.Rac1 Qa5 {Black is practically equal now.} 25.Qb2 Qb6 
26.Qd2 Qa5 27.Nd4 f6 $11 {This really is full equality.} 28.Qb2 fxe5 29.fxe5 
Rxe5 30.Rf7 {The white player said afterwards that this was a gamble.} 30...Nf6 
31.Rf1 Qc7 $4 {Losing} ( 31...Rc8 {and Black is ok.} ) ( 31...Qc5 $11 ) ( 
31...Rd8 32.R1xf6 gxf6 33.Qf2 Rg5 34.Qxf6+ Kg8 35.Nf3 Qb6 36.Nxg5 Qxf6 37.Rxf6 
hxg5 38.Rd6 $11 ) 32.Ncb5 {The only win and a move Bluebaum clearly must have
missed.} 32...Qc4 33.R1xf6 gxf6 34.Qf2 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qg5 36.Rxd7 Re4 37.Nd6 Qe5+ 
38.g3 Qxd4 39.Nxe4 Qxf2+ 40.Nxf2 Rc8 41.Rxb7 Rc2 42.Kg1 Rxa2 43.Ng4 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 Nc6 7.g4 g6 8.g5 Nd7 9.Be3 
h6 10.h4 hxg5 11.hxg5 Bg7 12.Be2 ( 12.Qd2 Nde5 ( 12...Rh2 ) 13.Be2 Ng4 14.Nxc6 
bxc6 15.Bd4 e5 16.Be3 {is something Giri had seen at home a few months ago.} ) 
12...Qa5 ( 12...Rh2 13.Nd5 e6 14.Nf3 Rh7 15.Nc3 ) 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.O-O-O Rh3 ( 
14...Be6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bd4 ) 15.f3 Be6 ( 15...Bd7 16.Rh1 ) 16.a3 Rc8 17.Rh1 
$6 {It's hard to know if you can call this a mistake, the engines say black is
better here but it's a very odd unhuman line.} ( 17.Kb1 Ne5 ( 17...Bd7 18.Rh1 
Na4 ) ) 17...Rxh1 ( {Black has an amazing tactic here, but...} 17...Nxe4 
18.fxe4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Rhxc3 20.Bxg7 ( 20.Bxc3 Bxc3 21.Qe3 ) 20...Rxc2+ 21.Qxc2 
Qxg5+ 22.Kb1 Rxc2 23.Kxc2 Qg2 24.Rh8+ Kd7 25.Rd2 Qxe4+ 26.Bd3 Qf4 27.Bc3 g5 
28.b3 g4 29.Kb2 g3 30.Bc2 {it is not even clear that Black is winning here.} ) 
( {Giri did feel strongly afterwards he at least should have gone} 17...Na4 
18.Rxh3 ( 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Nxa4 Qxa4 20.Rxh3 Bxh3 ) 18...Nxc3 19.Nxe6 fxe6 
20.Rdh1 Nb4 21.bxc3 Bxc3 ) ( 17...Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Nxe4 {is the trick both players
seem to have missed.} 19.fxe4 Rhxc3 20.Bxg7 Rxc2+ ) 18.Rxh1 Na4 19.Nxa4 Qxa4 ( 
19...Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Nxd4 21.Bd1 Nc6 22.Nb6 Rd8 23.c3 d5 ) 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Kb1 
Kd7 $2 {A mistake, Giri said he didn;t see anything today.} ( 21...Nd4 22.Bd1 ( 
22.Rh7 ) 22...Nb5 23.Qb4 Qxb4 24.axb4 d5 ) 22.Qd1 ( 22.c3 {and White is clearly
better.} ) 22...Rf8 23.f4 $2 $11 ( 23.Rh4 {retaining an advantage +1} ) 
23...Qxe4 24.Bc1 Rxf4 25.Bxf4 ( 25.Bd3 Qe5 26.Re1 Qxg5 ) 25...Qxf4 26.Qg1 Qe5 
27.Qb6 Nd8 28.Bf3 d5 29.Ka2 ( 29.Rh7 $1 Qe1+ 30.Ka2 Be5 31.c4 Qf1 ) 29...Qxg5 
30.c4 $6 ( 30.Qb3 ) 30...Qf4 31.Be2 Qe4 $1 32.Re1 Qd4 $6 $11 ( 32...Bd4 33.c5 
Kc8 34.Qb4 Qf4 {and black is a bit better.} ) 33.Qb4 $11 Kc8 34.Rd1 Nc6 35.Qb3 
Qe5 36.cxd5 Nd4 37.Qc3+ Kb8 38.Bd3 exd5 39.Bxg6 Qf6 40.Qxd4 Qxd4 41.Rxd4 Bxd4 
42.Bf7 Kc7 43.Bxd5 a5 44.a4 b6 45.Bc4 Kd6 46.Kb1 e5 47.Kc2 e4 48.b3 Ke5 49.Kd1 
Kf4 50.Ke2 Bc5 51.Bb5 Bd4 52.Bc4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.Re1 
h6 10.axb5 {A rare move.} ( 10.Nc3 b4 11.Nd5 Bc5 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 d6 14.a5 
Rb8 15.d4 Ba7 16.Be3 Nxe4 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe3 
21.Ng4 Bxf2+ 22.Nxf2 Bxg2 23.Bc2 g6 24.Kxg2 Rb5 25.Ne4 Qg7 26.Qd4 f6 27.Rf1 Re5 
28.Rf2 f5 29.Ng3 h5 30.h4 Qf6 31.Qf4 Rfe8 32.Rg1 Re3 33.Kh2 Kh8 34.Qh6+ Kg8 
35.Nxf5 Qe5+ 36.Rg3 Rxg3 37.Nxg3 Re6 38.Rf8# {1-0 Dominguez Perez,L
(2752)-Rohit,K (2410) Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Early Chess.com INT
blitz 2024 (7)} ) 10...axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Nc3 Bb4 {Black is trying to
complicate the game.} 13.Bd2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 d6 15.Qb1 Ne7 16.c4 bxc4 17.Bxc4 Ba6 
18.Bb3 Bc8 19.Qb2 Bg4 20.Ra1 Qb8 $11 21.Nxe5 $2 {Shocking, Ne1 was normal.
Niemann showed in the previous round he's prepared to take risks. To be fair if
he wanted to win this tournament he had to win today. This probably isn't the
way to go about it though.} 21...dxe5 22.Qxe5 ( 22.Bb4 {Doesn't equalise but
might have produced a reaction.} 22...Qd8 23.Ra6 Qd7 {etc} ) 22...Ng6 23.Qg3 c5 
$6 {Already white has much better compensation.} ( 23...Qc8 $1 24.f4 Be6 {would
have been stronger.} ) 24.f4 ( 24.f3 Qxg3 25.hxg3 {and white has saving chances
in this endgame} ) 24...h5 25.e5 ( 25.h3 ) 25...h4 26.Qe3 Nh5 ( 26...Nd7 ) 
27.Qe4 Qc8 28.Ra4 Qf5 ( {Black had stronger:} 28...Bd7 29.Ra7 ( 29.Ra7 Bf5 ) 
29...Bf5 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qe4 Qf5 32.Qxf5 Bxf5 33.Be3 Nhxf4 34.Bxc5 Rc8 35.Bxf7+ 
Kh7 ) 29.Qxf5 Bxf5 30.Kf2 {This is actually pretty bad for white now.} 30...Bd7 
31.Ra7 Be6 32.Kf3 Bxb3 33.cxb3 f5 ( 33...Rd8 $1 ) 34.Ra6 Kh7 35.Rd6 $2 {Clearly
losing.} 35...Rb8 ( 35...h3 36.g3 Ra8 {-4} ) 36.g4 ( 36.g3 hxg3 37.hxg3 Rxb3 ) 
36...hxg3 37.hxg3 Rxb3 38.Be1 c4 39.Ke3 cxd3 ( 39...Rb1 40.Bf2 c3 41.Rc6 Rh1 
42.Rxc3 Rh3 ) ( 39...Rxd3+ 40.Rxd3 cxd3 41.Kxd3 {is surely the cleanest way of
going about things.} ) 40.Rxd3 Rxd3+ 41.Kxd3 Nhxf4+ $4 {Gukesh must have
misevaluated this. After first time control has been passed this is simply
unforgivable.} ( 41...Ne7 {was simply winning.} ) 42.gxf4 Nxf4+ 43.Kd4 Kg6 
44.Bb4 Kf7 45.Bd2 Ne6+ 46.Kd5 Ke7 47.Kc6 Nd8+ 48.Kd5 Ne6 49.Kc6 g5 50.Bb4+ Kf7 
51.Kd5 $4 {Losing} ( 51.Kd6 ) ( 51.Be1 ) 51...Nf4+ $2 {And Black misses his
chance.} ( 51...g4 {wins} 52.Be1 Nf4+ 53.Kd6 ( 53.Kd4 Ke6 ) 53...Nd3 {winning.} 
) 52.Kd6 g4 53.Ba5 Ne6 54.Be1 f4 55.Kd5 f3 56.Bg3 Nf4+ 57.Ke4 Nh5 58.Bh4 Ke6 
59.Bf2 Ke7 60.Be1 Kf7 61.Bh4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 g6 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 Bg7 
9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.O-O Na6 12.c3 Be6 ( 12...Nc7 13.Re1+ Be6 14.Ng5 Kd7 
15.Nd2 Rae8 16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.Nf3 h5 18.h4 Bh6 19.Bxh6 Rxh6 20.g3 Rhh8 21.c4 Re7 
22.b4 Ra8 23.Rab1 Rae8 24.a4 Kc8 25.Red1 Kb8 26.a5 Rd8 27.Re1 Rde8 28.Rec1 Rd8 
29.Re1 Rde8 30.Rec1 Rd8 31.Kg2 d5 32.a6 dxc4 33.Rxc4 Rd6 34.axb7 Kxb7 35.Bf1 
Nc7 36.Rc5 Ne6 37.Re5 Ng4 38.Re2 Rc7 39.Rd2 Rcd7 40.Rbd1 Nc7 41.Ra1 Nb5 42.Rda2 
Kb8 43.Rc1 Nxd4 44.Nxd4 Rxd4 45.Rxc6 Ne5 46.Rc3 Rxb4 47.Ba6 Rc7 48.Rac2 Rxc3 
49.Rxc3 Ka8 50.Rc8+ Rb8 51.Rc7 Rb6 52.Rc8+ Rb8 53.Rc5 Ng4 54.Rc7 Rb6 55.Rc8+ 
Rb8 56.Rc7 Rb6 57.Rc8+ Rb8 58.Rc7 {½-½ Svane,F (2664)-Gurel,E (2624) Tata
Steel-B 87th Wijk aan Zee 2025 (13)} ) 13.Nbd2 Nc7 ( {Nguyen said afterwards he
should have played} 13...h6 14.Nc4 Kd7 15.Bf4 ( 15.Na5 Nc7 ) ) 14.Nc4 Rhe8 
15.a4 Kd7 16.Ng5 Bd5 17.Ne3 Re7 18.a5 Rae8 19.g3 h6 20.Nxd5 Ncxd5 21.Nxf7 Rxf7 
22.Bxg6 Rfe7 23.Bxe8+ Rxe8 24.Rd1 Kc7 $2 ( 24...Nc7 {and the posiition is still
in balance.} ) 25.Bd2 Ne4 $2 {Another dubious move.} 26.Re1 Kd7 27.Bc1 Re6 
28.Kg2 Nc7 29.f3 Nf6 30.Bd2 Nfd5 31.Rxe6 Nxe6 32.h4 c5 33.dxc5 Nxc5 34.Rd1 Ke6 
35.c4 Ne7 36.g4 Nb3 37.f4 Kf7 {+3} 38.Bb4 Nc6 39.a6 bxa6 40.Bxd6 a5 41.Ba3 Nbd4 
42.Kf2 a4 43.Ke3 h5 44.gxh5 Nf5+ 45.Ke4 Ke6 46.Rg1 Bf6 47.Rg8 a5 48.Re8+ Nce7 
49.Ra8 Nc6 50.Re8+ Nce7 51.Bxe7 Nxe7 52.Rb8 Nc6 53.Rb5 Kf7 54.h6 Nb4 55.Rxa5 
Bxb2 56.Rxa4 Nc6 57.Ra8 Ne7 58.h7 Ng6 59.h5 Nh8 60.c5 Ke6 61.f5+ 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 {The Janowski again, white should get at least
something.} 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be6 ( 6...c6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Be6 9.O-O 
Nbd7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.h3 Re8 12.a3 a5 13.f4 Nb6 14.f5 Bc8 15.Qf3 Bd7 16.Rae1 Nc8 
17.Bf4 Nd6 18.Be5 Bf8 19.Qg3 Bc8 20.e4 dxe4 21.Ndxe4 Nfxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Rxe4 
Kh8 24.Bc4 b5 25.Bxf7 {1-0 Andreikin,D (2710)-Nakamura,H (2810) Titled Tuesday
intern op 20th Jan Chess.com INT blitz 2026 (5)} ) 7.e3 ( 7.Bxf6 {scores better
than the game continuation.} ) 7...Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 ( 9.Bf4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 
{transposes.} ) 9...g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 {[#]} 11.Be5 $146 ( 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c6 
13.Qc2 Bg7 14.Rb1 Qe7 15.b4 b5 16.Nb3 Qxb4 17.Nc5 Qa5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bg6+ Ke7 
20.O-O c5 21.Bh5 Nf6 22.Bf3 Rhc8 23.Ne2 c4 24.e4 g4 25.e5 gxf3 26.exf6+ Bxf6 
27.gxf3 Rg8 28.Rfe1 Kf7 29.Nf4 Rae8 30.Qh7+ Rg7 31.Qxh6 Qb6 32.Qh5+ Kf8 33.Nxd5 
Qxd4 34.Rbd1 Rxg3+ 35.Kf1 Qh4 36.Qxh4 Bxh4 37.fxg3 Bxg3 38.Nc7 Bxe1 39.Nxe8 Bb4 
40.Nc7 Ke7 {1-0 Maghsoodloo,P (2708)-Moroni,L (2551) 1st Thursday Dec 18th
Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (5)} ) 11...Nhf6 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Be5 ( 13.Qb3 ) ( 13.Qc2 
) 13...Nhf6 14.Bg3 {A decision that didn't pay off.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d6 4.e4 a6 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 4...Bg7 ) 5.Be3 
c6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.a4 a5 8.Nc3 Na6 9.Rc1 Nd7 10.Nge2 e5 11.d5 Bh6 12.Bf2 Bxc1 
13.Nxc1 Ndc5 14.Bb1 O-O 15.O-O f5 16.exf5 $1 Bxf5 17.Nd3 Nxd3 18.Bxd3 Nb4 
19.Bxf5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.94/16} ( 19.Be4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.87/21} 
19...Bxe4 20.Nxe4 cxd5 21.cxd5 Rc8 22.b3 Rc2 23.Be3 Qc7 24.h3 h5 25.Bh6 Rf7 
26.Be3 Rb2 27.Bg5 Rf8 28.Bh6 Rf5 29.Kh2 b6 30.Be3 Qc2 31.Qxc2 Nxc2 32.Bxb6 Rxb3 
33.Bxa5 ) 19...gxf5 20.f4 $1 Qf6 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.d6 Rad8 23.c5 b6 24.Qe2 e4 
25.Be3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.44/16} ( 25.cxb6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.23/22} ) 
25...bxc5 26.Bxc5 Qe5 27.Qc4+ Rf7 28.g4 Nd5 29.gxf5 Rxf5 30.Rxf5 Qxf5 31.Nxe4 
Qg4+ 32.Kh1 Qf3+ 33.Kg1 Qg4+ 34.Kh1 Qf3+ 35.Kg1 Rd7 36.Ng3 Rf7 37.Qe2 Qxe2 
38.Nxe2 Rb7 39.Nd4 Nf6 $1 40.Nxc6 Rxb2 41.Nxa5 Ne4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.28/25} 
( 41...Kf7 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.73/19} 42.Nc4 Rb1+ 43.Kg2 Nd7 44.Bf2 Rb4 45.Nd2 
Ke6 46.Bg3 Rb2 47.Bf4 Ra2 48.Kf3 Kf5 49.Nf1 Ra3+ 50.Ne3+ Ke6 51.Ke2 Rxa4 52.Bg3 
Ra2+ 53.Kd1 Ra3 54.Ke2 Nf6 55.Nc4 ) 42.Ba3 Rd2 43.Nb7 $1 Kf7 44.Bb4 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: -2.04/16} ( 44.a5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.36/21} 44...Ke8 45.a6 
Ra2 46.Bb4 Rxa6 47.d7+ Kxd7 48.Nc5+ Nxc5 49.Bxc5 Ke6 50.Kg2 Kf5 51.Bf2 Ke4 
52.Bg3 Ra2+ 53.Kh3 Kf3 54.Kh4 Ra5 55.Bc7 Ra4+ 56.Kg5 Kg2 57.Bg3 Rc4 58.Kh5 Kh3 
59.Kh6 ) 44...Rd1+ 45.Kg2 Ke8 46.a5 Rb1 47.d7+ $1 Kxd7 48.Nc5+ Ke8 $1 49.Nxe4 
$2 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.77/16} ( 49.Nd3 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.95/21} 49...Nf6 
50.Kf3 Rf1+ 51.Ke2 Ra1 52.Nc5 Rc1 53.Kd2 Rc4 54.Ba3 Rh4 55.Bb2 Rxh2+ 56.Kc3 
Nd5+ 57.Kb3 Re2 58.a6 Nc7 59.a7 Na8 ) 49...Rxb4 50.Kf3 Ke7 51.Ng5 h6 52.Ne4 Ra4 
53.Nf2 Kf6 54.Ne4+ Kg6 55.Ng3 Rxa5 56.Ne4 Ra4 57.Ng3 Kg5 $1 58.Ne4+ Kg6 59.Ng3 
Ra2 60.h3 Kg5 61.Ne4+ Kh4 62.Nf2 Ra3+ 63.Kg2 h5 64.Kh2 Ra2 65.Kg2 Kg5 66.Kf3 
Ra3+ 67.Kg2 Kf4 68.h4 Rb3 $1 69.Nh3+ Kg4 70.Nf2+ Kxh4 71.Kh2 Kg5 72.Kg2 Kf5 
73.Nh3 Ra3 $1 74.Nf2 h4 75.Nh3 Rg3+ 76.Kh2 Ke4 77.Nf2+ Ke3 78.Nh3 Kf3 79.Ng1+ 
Kg4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Rc2 Rd8 15.e3 Bxf1 
16.Rxf1 Nc6 17.Ke2 Na5 $1 18.Nd2 $1 Rab8 19.h3 Rd5 20.Rb1 f5 21.Ke1 Rbd8 
22.Rbc1 Nc6 23.Ke2 Ne5 24.Nc4 Nxc4 25.Qxc4 Qd6 26.Qf4 Rd2+ 27.Kf3 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 
Qd1+ 29.Kg3 Qxc2 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.Qxd8+ Kg7 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qg5+ Kf8 
35.Qf6 Qe4 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qd8+ $1 Kg7 39.Qg5+ Kf8 40.Qf4 Qd5 
41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Qg5+ Kf8 43.Qf6 Kg8 44.h4 h6 45.h5 Qd6+ 46.Kh3 Qd2 47.Kg3 Qd6+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Roebers, Eline"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1 Qg6 
9.f3 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 9.Nc3 $1 ) 9...d5 10.Qxd5 Be6 11.Qd2 $1 Rd8 
12.Qg5 Nb4 13.Na3 Ne7 14.Qxg6 hxg6 15.Bd2 Nec6 16.Bxb4 Nxb4 17.c3 Nd3+ 18.Bxd3 
Rxd3 19.Ke2 Rd6 20.b3 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.h3 b5 23.Rac1 f4 24.Rhd1 Ke7 25.Rxd6 
Kxd6 26.c4 Rc8 $1 27.Kd2 Rb8 28.Kc2 b4 29.Nb1 Bf5+ 30.Kb2 e4 31.Rd1+ Ke5 
32.fxe4 Bxe4 33.Rd2 Ba8 34.Kc2 Be4+ 35.Kc1 Rb6 36.Re2 Kd4 37.Nd2 Ba8 38.Kc2 Rg6 
39.Nf3+ Bxf3 40.gxf3 Kc5 41.Re5+ Kb6 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.34/17} ( 41...Kd4 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.72/24} 42.Re4+ Kc5 43.Kd3 Rd6+ 44.Ke2 Rh6 45.h4 Rxh4 46.Kd3 
Rh3 47.Re5+ Kb6 48.Re6+ Kb7 49.Ke4 Rg3 50.c5 a5 51.Kxf4 Rg2 52.Ke5 Rxa2 53.Kd5 
a4 54.Re7+ Ka6 55.Re8 axb3 56.Rb8 Rc2 57.Rxb4 ) 42.Kd3 Rg3 43.Ke4 Rg2 44.Re6+ 
Kb7 45.Kd5 $1 a5 46.Re7+ Ka6 47.c5 $1 Rd2+ 48.Kc6 Rxa2 49.Re8 Ka7 50.Kb5 Kb7 
51.Re7+ Kc8 52.c6 Kd8 53.Rd7+ $1 Kc8 54.Rxg7 a4 55.Kb6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 5...Be7 $1 
) 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 $5 ( {Theory prefers} 7.Bc2 $1 ) 7...d6 8.a4 Bb7 9.Re1 $5 ( 
{Theory prefers} 9.d4 $1 ) 9...h6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Be3 Ng4 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 
11...exd4 ) 12.Bd5 Qc8 13.Qe2 O-O 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Qxa8 16.Qxb5 Nf6 $1 
17.dxe5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.c4 c6 22.dxc6 Bxc6 
23.Qxe5 Qa1 24.Re1 Re8 25.Qc3 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Ba4 $1 27.Qf1 $1 Qxb2 28.Qe1 Qa1 
29.Qf1 Qb2 30.Qe1 Qa1 31.Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "classical, Steinitz variation"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Qg4 O-O 
9.Bd3 c5 10.Nf3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 $1 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Qh5 f5 14.exf6 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.48/20} ( 14.Nce2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.66/18} 14...Bd7 15.Qf3 
a5 16.Rhg1 Nb4 17.Kb1 Ncxd3 18.cxd3 Nc6 19.Rc1 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Rfc8 21.h3 Qb4 
22.Qe3 a4 ) 14...Nxd3+ 15.Rxd3 Qxf6 16.Nce2 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Bd7 18.Rhd1 Rac8 
19.Qf3 $1 Be8 $1 20.Qe3 Bg6 21.Nc3 h5 22.Re1 Rc6 23.g3 b5 24.Qe5 a5 25.a3 Qd8 
$1 26.Kb1 Qb6 27.Rc1 b4 28.axb4 axb4 29.Na4 Qa7 30.b3 Rfc8 31.Rd2 d4 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: -1.21/18} ( 31...Be4 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.63/22} 32.Qd4 Qxd4 
33.Rxd4 Rxc2 34.Rxc2 Bxc2+ 35.Kb2 Bf5 36.h4 Rc2+ 37.Ka1 Rg2 38.Rxb4 Rxg3 39.Nc5 
Rg4 40.Rb8+ Kf7 41.Kb2 Rxh4 ) 32.Rxd4 Bxc2+ 33.Kb2 Bf5 34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Rxb4 
Qf2+ 36.Ka3 Qxh2 37.g4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.56/18} ( 37.Rb7 {Stockfish 17.1:
0.00/48} 37...Qxg3 38.Qb8+ Kh7 39.Qe8 Qf3 40.Rxg7+ Kxg7 41.Qe7+ Kg6 42.Qe8+ ) 
37...hxg4 38.Rb7 Qh6 39.Nb6 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.78/17} ( 39.Qb8+ {Stockfish
17.1: -1.33/24} 39...Kh7 40.Rf7 Kg6 41.Rf8 Qh1 42.Kb4 Qe4+ 43.Ka3 Rc1 44.Qe8+ 
Kh6 45.Nc3 Ra1+ 46.Kb2 Qc2+ 47.Kxa1 Qxc3+ 48.Ka2 Qc2+ 49.Ka3 Qc1+ 50.Kb4 ) 
39...Qf6 40.Rb8+ Kh7 41.Qe1 Qe7+ 42.Ka4 Qa7+ $1 43.Kb5 Qxb8 44.Qh4+ $1 Kg8 
45.Kxc6 Be4+ 46.Kb5 Qxf4 47.Nd7 Qd6 $1 48.Nf6+ gxf6 49.Qxg4+ Kf7 50.Qxe4 Qd5+ 
51.Qxd5 exd5 52.b4 Ke6 53.Kc5 f5 54.Kd4 f4 $1 55.Kd3 Kd6 56.Ke2 d4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.a4 d6 
9.Bg3 Kh8 10.a5 Rb8 11.O-O Nh7 12.c3 g6 13.b4 a6 14.b5 axb5 15.Bxb5 Bd7 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.65/15} ( 15...f5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.52/18} ) 16.Qa4 f5 
17.h3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.03/15} ( 17.exf5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.59/18} ) 
17...f4 18.Bh2 Ra8 19.a6 Qe8 20.Qc4 bxa6 21.Bxa6 g5 22.d4 $1 h5 $1 23.dxe5 dxe5 
24.Bb5 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Bf6 26.Ne1 $1 g4 27.hxg4 hxg4 28.Nd3 Ne7 29.Bxd7 Qxd7 
30.Nb3 Rg8 31.Kf1 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.65/19} ( 31.Nbc5 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.60/20} 31...Qc6 32.Ra6 Qe8 33.Nxf4 g3 34.Bxg3 exf4 35.Bxf4 Qh5 36.Bxc7 Qd1+ 
37.Qf1 Qg4 38.Bg3 ) 31...g3 32.fxg3 fxg3 33.Bg1 Qg4 34.Nbc5 Ng5 35.Ke1 Qh5 
36.Nd7 Qh1 37.Kf1 Bg7 38.Qc5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.82/15} ( 38.Ra6 {Stockfish
17.1: -1.65/20} 38...Qh5 39.Ke1 Ng6 40.Nf6 Bxf6 41.Rxf6 Ra8 42.Nc1 Rd8 43.Nd3 
Rb8 44.Be3 Qh1+ 45.Rf1 Nf3+ 46.gxf3 Rb1+ 47.Bc1 g2 48.Rxh1+ gxh1=Q+ 49.Kd2 Qg2+ 
50.Ke3 Rxc1 51.Nxc1 Qg5+ 52.Kf2 Qxc1 53.Qxc7 Qf4 54.Qd8+ Kg7 ) 38...Ng6 39.Qe3 
Qh4 40.Ra6 Nf4 $1 41.N3xe5 Bxe5 42.Nxe5 Rf8 43.Qd4 Nfe6+ 44.Ke1 Qh1 45.Qe3 Rf2 
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.O-O O-O 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.d3 Nd7 
9.Kh1 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 9.Be3 $1 ) 9...Re8 10.Ng1 $1 Nf8 11.f4 $1 
exf4 12.Bxf4 Ng6 13.Bg3 Be6 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.Ne2 c5 16.Qd2 f5 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.exf5 
Bxf5 19.Ng3 Be6 20.Ng5 Bd5 $1 21.Qd1 Re5 22.N3e4 Bxe4 23.Nxe4 Qe6 24.b3 Rf5 
25.Rxf5 Qxf5 26.Qg1 b6 27.Re1 Rf8 28.h3 h6 29.Qe3 Qf4 30.Kg1 Qe5 31.g3 Qb2 
32.Qc1 Qxa2 33.Nf2 $1 Qa5 34.Re6 Kh7 35.Qe3 Qa1+ 36.Kg2 Qd4 37.Qxd4 cxd4 38.Ne4 
Rf7 39.Re8 Ne7 40.g4 Nd5 41.Kg3 Nb4 42.h4 Nxc2 43.h5 g5 44.hxg6+ Kxg6 45.Re6+ 
Kg7 46.Kh4 Nb4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.53/15} ( 46...Ne1 {Stockfish 17.1:
-2.72/15} 47.Kh5 Nxd3 48.Rg6+ Kf8 49.Rxh6 Nf4+ 50.Kh4 d3 51.g5 Kg7 52.Rc6 Nd5 
53.Kg3 Rf1 54.Re6 Rb1 55.Kg4 Rxb3 ) 47.Ng3 Nxd3 48.Nf5+ Rxf5 49.gxf5 Nc5 
50.Rg6+ Kf7 51.b4 Ne4 52.Kg4 d3 53.Kf3 d2 54.Ke2 a5 55.bxa5 bxa5 56.Rxh6 a4 
1/2-1/2

