[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4 
9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 a6 11.O-O Rb8 ( {Relevant:} 11...Qc7 12.a3 Be7 13.Rfd1 Rb8 
14.Rac1 b6 15.Nce4 d6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Qd3 Rd8 19.Nc3 Bd7 20.a4 h6 
21.b3 Be8 22.Rc2 Qc5 23.Ne4 Qb4 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.Rxc3 f5 26.Nd2 b5 27.cxb5 axb5 
28.axb5 d5 29.e3 Bxb5 30.Bf1 Bb4 31.Rc7 Bd6 32.Ra7 Be8 33.Rc1 Rdc8 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 
35.Ra6 Rd8 36.Nf3 e5 37.Nh4 g6 38.b4 Kg7 39.b5 Bc5 40.Nf3 e4 41.Nd4 {0-1
Papasimakopoulos,A (2402)-Keymer,V (2743) Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jan
Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (4)} ) 12.Nde4 {[#] Fedoseev was happy he found
the idea of Nde4 in combination with c5, he thought that otherwise Black gets
easy play.} 12...Ne8 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 12...Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.Rfd1 Qc7 
15.Qd2 d6 16.Qf4 Rd8 17.Rac1 b6 18.b4 Bb7 19.c5 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Qd7 21.cxd6 Bxd6 
22.Qh4 f5 23.Rc6 Bxg3 24.Qxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.hxg3 fxe4 27.Rxb6 a5 
28.bxa5 Rd5 29.a6 Kf7 30.a4 Rd4 31.Rb7+ Kf6 32.a7 Rxa4 33.g4 h6 34.Kg2 Ra3 
35.e3 Ra2 36.Kg3 g5 37.f4 exf3 38.Kxf3 Ra4 39.Ke2 Kg6 40.Rb6 Kf6 41.Rb7 Kg6 
42.Kf3 {½-½ Finegold,B (2539)-Hoekstra,M (2302) World op 31st Philadelphia 2003
(2)} ) 13.c5 Qc7 14.Rac1 f5 15.Qb3 {White invested some time, tried to make Ng5
work, but in the end settled on this idea of Qb3 and Nd2. Fedoseev mentoned
afterwards he thought this was critical for this game.} 15...Ba5 16.Nd2 b6 $2 
{A mistake, Black should have played b5.} 17.Nd5 $1 {A surprising tactic.} 
17...exd5 18.Qxd5+ Rf7 19.cxb6 {Keymer said he had seen Nd5, but missed
something around this position in his calculations when he played b6.} 
19...Qxb6 20.Nc4 Bb7 21.Nxb6 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Rxb2 23.Rc5 Rb5 24.Rfc1 {White has a
clear advantage and Fedoseev felt his position was easy to play.} 24...Nd6 
25.e3 Bd8 26.Rxb5 axb5 27.Bf1 g5 $6 28.Rc5 b4 29.Bc4 Kg7 30.Bb3 Rf8 31.Nxb4 f4 
32.Rd5 Be7 33.exf4 gxf4 34.Rd4 fxg3 35.hxg3 h5 36.Nd3 Kh6 37.Ne5 h4 38.g4 Kg5 
39.Rd5 Kh6 40.Nd3 h3 41.f4 Kg7 42.Kh2 Rh8 43.Ne5 Rh4 44.Rd3 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 d4 5.d3 Nc6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nb3 Be7 9.e3 
dxe3 10.Bxe3 Ng4 11.Bc5 Bxc5 12.Nxc5 b6 13.Nb3 Bb7 14.d4 Ne7 15.Qd3 Nf6 16.Rad1 
Qd6 17.Rfe1 Rad8 18.a3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 c6 20.Qc3 Rd7 21.Nc1 Nf5 22.b4 $2 {Giri
continues with oversights, just like yesterday, blundering a pawn.} ( {White
should have tried} 22.Nd3 Nxd4 ( 22...Rdd8 {is a solid option.} ) 23.Ne5 c5 ( 
23...Nxf3+ 24.Qxf3 ) 24.Nxd7 Nxd7 {and maybe White is a little better.} ) 
22...Nxd4 23.Bxc6 Ne2+ {Sindarov said afterwards he didn't see much today and
here he thought Ne2+ was just winning.} ( 23...Qxc6 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Rc8 
{And Black will be a healthy pawn up. Sindarov (and Giri) had seen this, but as
said before, he thought Ne2 was even stronger.} ) 24.Nxe2 Qxc6 25.Nd4 Qa4 
26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.Nxb3 Rfd8 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.Re2 Kf8 30.Rd2 Rxd2 31.Nxd2 e5 32.Kf1 
Ke7 33.Ke2 Ke6 34.f3 h5 35.Kd3 g5 36.Ne4 g4 37.Nxf6 Kxf6 38.Ke3 ( 38.Ke4 ) 
38...Kf5 {Giri was worried here about his position but actually it is still a
draw with Ke2 or Kf2.} 39.c5 $2 {A blunder} 39...bxc5 40.bxc5 Ke6 41.f4 a5 $2 
{With more than 40 minutes on the clock the black player played this move after
9 seconds throwing away the win. Sindarov afterwards admitted he should have
thought longer (Giri laughing at this moment in the post mortem. Sindarov
thought a5 was winning....} ( 41...f6 {Only move to win.} 42.Ke4 exf4 43.Kxf4 
a5 44.c6 Kd6 45.Kf5 Kxc6 46.Kg6 Kb5 47.Kxh5 f5 {was one of the lines the players
discussed afterwards. Black wins.} ) 42.c6 {Now it's a draw again.} 42...f6 
43.fxe5 fxe5 44.Ke4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 h6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.e3 Bf5 ( 
8...O-O 9.Qc2 Bg4 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Be2 {½-½ Dubov,D
(2674)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2768) FIDE World Cup Goa 2025 (4.3)} ) 9.Nh4 {This in
combination with Bd3 was prepared by the white player.} 9...Bh7 10.Bd3 O-O 
11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.O-O Rab8 ( 13...a5 14.Nf5 Qe6 15.Ng3 ) 14.a4 c6 
15.a5 g6 16.Nf3 Kg7 17.Qa3 Ne8 ( 17...Qxa3 18.Rxa3 a6 ) 18.a6 b5 19.Qxd6 Nxd6 
20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.b3 $6 $11 ( 21.Ne1 ) 21...b4 22.Na4 Rb5 23.Ne1 c5 24.dxc5 Nxc5 
25.Nxc5 Rcxc5 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Nd3 Rb5 ( 27...Rc3 ) 28.f3 Nc4 29.Kf2 ( 29.Rc1 
Nxe3 ( 29...Na5 30.Rc7 Nxb3 31.Rb7 ) 30.Rc7 ) 29...Na5 30.Rc1 Nxb3 ( 30...Rb6 ) 
31.Rc7 d4 $2 {Mistake. Nd2 was best.} ( 31...Nd2 32.Rb7 ( 32.Rxa7 b3 33.Rb7 Ra5 
34.a7 Nc4 ) 32...Ra5 33.Nxb4 Ra4 ) 32.Rxa7 Nc5 33.Nxc5 Rxc5 34.exd4 Rc6 35.Ra8 
$6 {Inaccuracy. Ke3 was best.} ( 35.Ke3 b3 36.g4 {and White is close to
winning.} ) 35...Kf6 36.Ke3 b3 37.a7 Rc7 38.h4 h5 39.Ke4 Rb7 {This was missed by
Abdusattorov, he had only counted on lines with b2.} 40.Rb8 Rxa7 41.Rxb3 Ra2 
42.g3 Rg2 $2 {Mistake. Ke6 was best.} ( 42...Ke6 $1 $11 43.d5+ ( 43.Rb6+ Ke7 ) 
43...Kd6 44.Rb6+ Ke7 ) 43.f4 Ke6 44.d5+ Kd6 45.Rb6+ Ke7 46.Rb7+ Kf6 47.Rb3 Ke7 
$6 {Inaccuracy. Ra2 was best.} 48.f5 gxf5+ 49.Kxf5 Rd2 50.Re3+ Kf8 51.Re5 Rd4 
52.Kf6 Rd3 53.Rxh5 Rf3+ 54.Ke5 Rxg3 55.Kd6 Ra3 56.Re5 f6 57.Re1 Rh3 58.Kc6 Rxh4 
59.d6 Rc4+ 60.Kd5 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 dxe4 8.Qxd8+ 
Kxd8 9.Ng5 Be6 10.Nxe6+ fxe6 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.O-O-O+ Ke8 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Bb5 Kf7 
15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Rd4 h6 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Rc4 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Rhd8 20.Rc1 $1 Rd3 
21.Nxe4 Rxe3 22.Nd6+ Kg6 23.Rxc6 Rd8 24.Ra6 Re2 25.Rc2 Re1+ 26.Rc1 Re2 27.Rc2 
Re1+ 28.Rc1 {White loses 0.03 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses 0.03 pawn
per move (no errors).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gukesh, D."]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.h4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 c5 6.dxc5 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 
6.d5 $1 ) 6...Qa5 $1 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.Be2 h5 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Bxf3 
12.Bxf3 Nc6 13.Nd5 Qd4 14.Bg5 $6 {[%eval 0,19] Stockfish 17.1:} ( 14.Bf4 
{[%eval 47,25] Stockfish 17.1:} 14...Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Rfd8 16.Bg5 Kf8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 
18.Nxf6 exf6 19.Be2 Re8 20.Rxd6 f5 21.c5 Rac8 22.a3 fxe4 23.b4 Rc7 24.Kf1 ) 
14...Qxb2 15.Rb1 Qxa2 16.Rxb7 Qa6 $1 17.Qb1 Nxd5 18.cxd5 $6 {[%eval -52,23]
Stockfish 17.1:} ( 18.exd5 {[%eval -11,23] Stockfish 17.1:} 18...Nd4 19.c5 dxc5 
20.Bxe7 Bf6 21.Bxc5 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Rfc8 23.Be3 Bxh4 24.Kg2 Re8 25.Qb2 Bf6 26.Qb3 
Qd6 27.Rc1 Rab8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Rc6 Qe5 30.Qc4 Rd8 31.Bf4 ) 18...Nd4 19.Bxe7 
Rfe8 $6 {[%eval -18,25] Stockfish 17.1:} ( 19...Rfc8 {[%eval -61,17] Stockfish
17.1:} 20.Bg5 Qa3 21.Be3 a5 22.Qd1 Qc3 23.Qa4 Be5 24.Rfb1 Qc4 25.Qxc4 Rxc4 ) 
20.Bg5 Qa3 $6 {[%eval 0,23] Stockfish 17.1:} ( 20...Rec8 {[%eval -33,24]
Stockfish 17.1:} 21.Bf4 Qa3 22.Qd1 Be5 23.Be3 Qa6 24.Re7 Qc4 25.g4 hxg4 26.Bxg4 
Re8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.h5 a5 29.hxg6 fxg6 30.Re1 Nc2 31.Bd7 Qxe4 ) 21.Be3 a5 
22.Rc1 Rec8 $1 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 25.Qb7+ Kg8 26.Qxc8+ Kh7 27.Bxh5 
$1 Qa1+ 28.Kh2 gxh5 29.Bxd4 Qxd4 30.Qf5+ Kg8 31.Qe6+ Kh7 32.Qf5+ Kg8 33.Qe6+ 
Kh7 {White loses 0.07 pawn per move (2 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 "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D24"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "358878"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6 
9.Ne5 a5 $5 ( {Theory prefers} 9...Rb8 ) 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qxc6+ Bd7 12.Qf3 O-O 
13.Bf4 Rb8 14.Be5 $1 Bd6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.56/24} ( 14...a4 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.22/26} 15.Rfe1 Bd6 16.b3 axb3 17.axb3 Bc8 18.Ra7 Nd7 19.Bg3 Bxg3 
20.Qxg3 Rb7 21.Ra5 Nf6 22.Rg5 g6 23.d5 Rb6 24.h4 exd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Rxd5 Rd6 
27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.Qxd6 cxd6 ) 15.b3 Rb6 16.Rad1 Bc6 17.Qg3 Nh5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.69/20} ( 17...Bd5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.39/21} 18.f4 Bxc4 19.bxc4 Rb4 20.c5 
Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nd5 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.f5 Qh4 24.Qxh4 Rxh4 25.Rxd5 Rc4 26.c6 Rxc6 
27.a4 Rc2 28.Rfd1 h5 29.h3 c6 30.Rxa5 Rb8 31.Rd7 ) 18.Qg4 Nf6 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qg4 
$6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.40/23} ( 20.Qe3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.76/20} 20...Nf6 
21.f4 g6 22.h3 Be7 23.f5 exf5 24.g4 fxg4 25.Qf4 Bb7 26.Bxc7 Qd7 27.Bxb6 Qc6 
28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Qc7 Qxc7 30.Bxc7 gxh3 31.Rd3 h5 32.d5 Bd6 33.Bxd6 Nxd6 34.Rf6 ) 
20...Nf6 21.Qh3 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Nd7 23.Qg3 Qe7 24.Rfe1 Qc5 25.h4 Rbb8 26.h5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.33/23} ( 26.Rc1 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.68/22} 26...Rfd8 27.Re3 
a4 28.Ne2 Bd5 29.Bd3 Qb4 30.bxa4 Qxa4 31.Nf4 Nf8 32.Qg5 h6 33.Qg3 Rb4 34.Bc2 
Qxa2 35.Nh5 g6 36.Rc3 ) 26...h6 27.Rd3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.11/39} ( 27.Rc1 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.37/24} 27...Rfd8 28.Bd3 Qb4 29.Ne4 Kh8 30.Bb1 Ba8 31.Re3 
Qd4 32.Nc3 Nf8 33.Kh2 Rd7 34.Rd1 Qb4 35.Rxd7 Nxd7 36.Rd3 Qe7 37.Rd1 ) 27...Nb6 
28.Qg4 Kh8 $1 29.Rg3 Rg8 30.Bf1 Nc8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.61/25} ( 30...Nd5 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.27/26} 31.Rc1 ) 31.Qc4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/30} ( 
31.Qf4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.61/25} 31...Ne7 32.Rc1 Qb4 33.Rg4 Rgd8 34.Ne2 Qxf4 
35.Rxf4 Be8 36.Rfc4 Nd5 37.Nc3 Kg8 38.Nxd5 Rxd5 39.f4 c6 40.Ra4 Kf8 41.Be2 Rb4 
42.Rc4 Rxa4 43.Rxa4 f6 44.Bc4 Rd1+ 45.Kf2 fxe5 46.fxe5 Rd2+ 47.Ke3 Rxg2 48.Rxa5 
Bxh5 ) 31...Qxc4 32.Bxc4 Rd8 33.Rc1 Ne7 34.Rd3 Rxd3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.14/28} ( 34...g6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.13/27} 35.hxg6 Nxg6 36.Re3 Rd2 37.Bf1 
Rbd8 38.Re2 Ba8 39.f3 Kg7 40.Rc2 R2d7 41.Re1 Bc6 42.Ne2 Nxe5 43.Nf4 ) 35.Bxd3 
Kg8 36.f4 Rb4 37.Ne2 Kf8 38.Kf2 Ke8 39.g3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.18/30} ( 
39.Rc5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.56/25} 39...a4 40.bxa4 Rxa4 41.Rxc6 Nxc6 42.Bb5 Ra3 
43.Bxc6+ Kf8 44.Bf3 Rxa2 45.Ke3 Ra4 46.Nc1 Ke7 47.Nd3 Kd8 48.Kd2 Rc4 49.Be2 Ra4 
50.Kc3 Ra3+ 51.Kb2 Ra4 ) 39...Kd7 40.Nc3 Kc8 41.Ba6+ Kb8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.64/26} ( 41...Bb7 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.31/29} 42.Bc4 Bd5 43.Bxd5 Nxd5 44.Nxd5 
exd5 45.Rc5 a4 46.bxa4 Rxa4 47.Rxd5 Rxa2+ 48.Ke3 Ra3+ 49.Rd3 Ra4 50.Kf3 c5 
51.Rd5 c4 52.Rd4 Ra3+ 53.Kg4 c3 54.Rc4+ Kd8 55.Kf5 Kd7 ) 42.Bc4 Ka7 43.Rd1 Rb8 
44.Be2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.04/28} ( 44.g4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.50/21} 
44...Kb6 45.Ke3 Kc5 46.Ne4+ Kb6 47.Rd2 Ra8 48.Nc3 Kc5 49.Be2 Nd5+ 50.Nxd5 Bxd5 
51.Bf3 c6 52.Bxd5 cxd5 53.Rc2+ Kb6 54.f5 a4 ) 44...Nd5 45.Rc1 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.04/25} ( 45.Nxd5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.32/23} 45...Bxd5 46.Bf3 c6 
47.Bxd5 cxd5 48.Rc1 Kb6 49.Ke3 g6 50.hxg6 fxg6 51.g4 Rf8 52.Rh1 g5 53.f5 exf5 
54.gxf5 Rxf5 55.Kd4 Kc7 56.Rxh6 Rf2 57.a4 Rd2+ 58.Kc5 Kd7 ) 45...Nxc3 46.Rxc3 
Kb6 47.Ke3 Bd5 48.g4 c5 49.f5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/35} ( 49.Bd3 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.28/24} 49...Kc6 50.g5 a4 51.bxa4 Rb2 52.Rc2 Rb4 53.g6 fxg6 54.Bxg6 Kd7 
55.a5 Rb5 56.Rc3 Rxa5 57.a3 Bc6 58.Bc2 ) 49...Kc6 50.Kf4 exf5 51.gxf5 a4 52.Bc4 
Bxc4 53.bxc4 Rb2 54.Ra3 Rb4 55.Rc3 Rb2 56.Ra3 Rb4 {White loses 0.11 pawn per
move (8 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.09 pawn per move (5 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "44599790"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.85/23} 
( {Theory prefers} 5...a6 $1 ) ( 5...a6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.31/25} ) 6.g4 $1 h6 
7.h4 a6 8.Rg1 Nc5 9.Qe2 g6 $1 10.g5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.55/27} ( 10.Nb3 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.90/22} 10...Nxb3 11.axb3 Bg7 12.Be3 h5 13.gxh5 Rxh5 14.f4 
Rxh4 15.Qf2 Ng4 16.Qxh4 Nxe3 17.Kd2 d5 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Kxe3 d4+ 20.Kf3 ) 
10...hxg5 11.hxg5 Nfd7 12.Be3 b5 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Bg2 Rc8 15.f4 Rh2 16.Rh1 Rxh1 
17.Rxh1 b4 18.Nd5 e6 $1 19.Nxb4 Qb6 20.c3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.20/27} ( 
20.Nd3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.62/30} 20...Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.Rh8 Qb7 23.Qe1 e5 
24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Nb3 Qc6 26.Rh2 Bg7 27.Kb1 Nd6 28.a3 Nf5 29.Nb4 Qb5 30.Bd2 Kf8 
31.Na2 Kg8 32.Bb4 e4 33.Qxe4 Qe5 34.Qxe5 Nxe5 35.Re2 ) 20...Nxe4 21.Ndc2 $1 
Nec5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.16/23} ( 21...Qc7 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.03/28} 
22.Nxa6 Bxa6 23.Qxa6 Nxc3 24.Qd3 Nxa2+ 25.Kb1 Bg7 26.Rh7 Nc3+ 27.bxc3 Bxc3 
28.Kc1 Kf8 29.Be4 Bg7 30.Bd4 e5 31.fxe5 Nc5 32.Qc3 Nxe4 33.Qxc7 Rxc7 34.exd6 
Rxc2+ 35.Kxc2 Bxd4 36.d7 Bb6 37.Rh8+ Ke7 38.Re8+ Kd6 39.d8=Q+ Bxd8 40.Rxe4 ) 
22.Nd5 $1 Qa5 23.Bxc5 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Nxc5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.34/21} ( 
24...Qxc5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.95/23} 25.Bb7 Rc7 26.Bxa6 Bg7 27.Kb1 Kf8 28.Nb4 
d5 29.Bb5 Qd6 30.Bxd7 Qxd7 31.Qa6 Rc8 32.a3 Qc7 33.Re1 Rb8 34.Rf1 Rc8 35.Qd3 
Qb6 36.Qe2 Kg8 37.Qa6 Qxa6 38.Nxa6 d4 39.cxd4 Bxd4 40.b4 Rc3 ) 25.b4 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/29} ( 25.Rh7 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.34/21} 25...Qb5 26.Bc4 
Qb6 27.b4 d5 28.bxc5 Rxc5 29.Bb3 Rxc3 30.Ba4+ Ke7 31.Qe5 Rc4 32.Qf6+ Kd6 
33.Rxf7 Qg1+ 34.Kb2 Rxc2+ 35.Bxc2 ) 25...Nd3+ $1 26.Qxd3 Qxd5 27.Qxd5 exd5 
28.Kb2 Bg7 29.Rh3 Rc4 30.Rf3 Kd7 31.Kb3 Kc6 32.a4 Re4 33.Rd3 Rxf4 34.b5+ $1 
axb5 35.Nb4+ Kb7 36.axb5 Rf5 37.Rxd5 Be5 38.Nc6 Rxg5 39.Nd8+ Kb6 40.Nxf7 Rf5 
41.Nxe5 Rxe5 42.Rxd6+ Kxb5 43.Rxg6 Re4 44.Kc2 Rh4 45.Kb3 Rb4+ 46.cxb4 {White
loses 0.06 pawn per move (1 mistake, 2 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.1 pawn per
move (2 mistakes, 1 inaccuracy).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Roebers, Eline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[BlackFideId "1058401"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30953499"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.e4 Nf6 9.a4 
Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Nc3 c6 13.h4 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.e5 c5 16.Bg5 
Be7 17.Bxa8 Qxa8 18.Nxb5 Qa5 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.dxc5 Nxe5 21.Qd6+ Kf6 22.Nc3 Qd8 
23.Nd5+ Kf5 24.g4+ Kxg4 25.Qxe5 exd5 26.f3+ Kxh4 27.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[BlackFideId "1048104"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 e6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 
9.Qe2 a6 10.Nc3 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rd1 a5 14.Na4 Bd6 15.Nc5 Re8 
16.Ne4 Bf8 17.Bg5 Qb6 18.Rac1 a4 19.Qh5 Ba6 20.Bxd5 Be2 21.Qxe2 exd5 22.Nf6+ 
gxf6 23.Be3 f5 24.Qh5 Qxb2 25.Rxc6 Bg7 26.Rc7 Rf8 27.Qxf5 Qxa2 28.h4 Rab8 29.h5 
h6 30.Rc6 Qb3 31.Ra1 Qb5 32.Rxh6 Rfd8 33.Rh7 Qd7 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.h6+ Kf8 
36.Qf6 Qe6 37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.Bg5+ Kd7 39.Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[BlackFideId "13708694"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.Rd1 g6 8.d3 cxd3 
9.Rxd3 Nbd5 10.Nfd2 Bd7 11.a3 Bg7 12.e4 Nc7 13.Nc4 Qc8 14.Bf4 O-O 15.Nc3 Ne6 
16.e5 Ng4 17.Qd1 Nc5 18.Rd4 Be6 19.b4 Nd7 20.Qe2 Bxc4 21.Qxg4 Be6 22.Qe2 Qc7 
23.Re1 Rfd8 24.b5 Nb6 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.bxc6 bxc6 27.Rc1 Nc4 28.Ne4 Bxe5 29.Ng5 
Bd5 30.Rxc4 Bxc4 31.Qxc4 Rd1+ 32.Bf1 Rd5 33.Be3 Bf6 34.h4 h6 35.Nf3 Qd6 36.Kg2 
Kg7 37.a4 a5 38.Qc1 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Bc4 g4 41.Nh2 Rh5 42.Nxg4 Bd4 43.Qd2 
Bxe3 44.Qxe3 Qd1 45.Nh2 Qd6 46.Qf3 Qg6 47.Ng4 Qf5 48.Qe2 Rg5 49.Nh2 Qe5 50.Qd3 
Rh5 51.Nf3 Qf5 52.Qc3+ Kf8 53.Nh4 Qe4+ 54.Kg1 Re5 55.Kh2 Rh5 56.Kg1 Re5 57.Bf1 
Kg8 58.Qb3 Qb4 59.Qc2 Qc5 60.Qd1 Rg5 61.Qd8+ Kg7 62.Qd3 e6 63.Ng2 Qd5 64.Qc3+ 
Kg8 65.Ne3 Qe4 66.Bd3 Qxa4 67.Qf6 Qh4 68.Kf1 Qh5 69.g4 Qh4 70.Ke2 Rh5 71.Qd4 
Rg5 72.Qd8+ Kg7 73.Qd4+ Kg8 74.Be4 c5 75.Qd8+ Kg7 76.Qxa5 Qh2 77.Qd8 Qf4 78.f3 
Qh2+ 79.Kd3 Qf4 80.Ke2 Qh2+ 81.Kd3 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[BlackFideId "8618020"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "35033018"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.01/26} ( {Theory prefers} 2.c4 $1 ) ( 2.c4 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.27/24} 2...e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 b6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb7 ) 2...b6 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 2...e6 ) ( {Or} 2...d5 ) 
3.Bg5 Bb7 4.Nd2 d6 5.Qc2 e6 6.e4 h6 7.Bh4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/28} ( 7.Bxf6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.35/24} 7...Qxf6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.Ne2 g6 10.f4 h5 11.a4 a5 12.Rf1 
Qe7 13.O-O-O Bh6 14.Kb1 e5 15.Bb5 O-O-O 16.fxe5 dxe5 ) 7...Be7 $1 8.Bd3 a6 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.26/25} ( 8...O-O {Stockfish 17.1: -0.08/24} 9.Ngf3 c5 
10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nbd7 12.f4 Nc5 13.Rae1 Rc8 14.a4 a6 15.Rf3 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Re8 
17.Rg3 Nh5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Rg4 Kh8 ) 9.Ne2 c5 $1 10.O-O g5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.72/19} ( 10...b5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.19/22} 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.e5 Be7 13.dxc5 
dxc5 14.Be4 Qc7 15.a4 Nc6 16.f4 O-O 17.Ng3 Rfd8 18.Nf3 Bf8 19.f5 exf5 20.Nxf5 
Re8 21.Qe2 Rad8 22.axb5 axb5 ) 11.Bg3 h5 12.f4 Ng4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.10/21} 
( 12...h4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.65/20} 13.fxg5 hxg3 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.h3 b5 16.e5 
dxe5 17.Be4 Nc6 18.Qd3 Bg5 19.d5 Ne7 20.d6 Nd5 21.c4 Qxd6 22.cxd5 exd5 23.Nxg3 
c4 24.Qf3 ) 13.Rf3 h4 14.Be1 gxf4 15.Nxf4 Bg5 16.Nf1 Nd7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.99/23} ( 16...Nc6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.73/22} 17.h3 ) 17.Qe2 $2 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.83/23} ( 17.Nh3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.99/23} 17...Bf6 18.Rf4 Nh6 19.d5 
Ne5 20.Qe2 Qe7 21.Ne3 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Rg8 23.Nc4 O-O-O 24.Qf3 Rg6 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 
26.Bxh4 Rxf3 27.Bxe7 Rg8 28.Nxd6+ Kc7 ) 17...cxd4 18.cxd4 Qf6 19.e5 Ngxe5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.12/31} ( 19...Bxf3 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.87/25} 20.Qxf3 Qxf4 
21.Qxa8+ Bd8 22.Qe4 Qxe4 23.Bxe4 dxe5 24.Bf3 Ngf6 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Be2 a5 27.Bc3 
Ned7 28.Ne3 Rg8 29.Bd4 Be7 30.Rc1 Kd8 31.Nc4 Nd5 32.Bf2 ) 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Be4 
$6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.99/22} ( 21.Rf2 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.04/27} 21...Bxf4 
22.Bd2 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Rg8 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Rxf4 Rxg2+ 26.Kh1 Rd2+ 27.Qe4 Bxe4+ 
28.Rxe4 Rxb2 29.Rxh4 Ke7 30.Rc4 Rh8 31.Rc7+ Kf6 32.Rc6 d5 33.Rd1 Rg8 ) 
21...Nxf3+ 22.Bxf3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Rc8 24.Qb7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.49/20} ( 
24.Ne2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.02/24} ) 24...O-O 25.Nh3 Qxb2 26.Rd1 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -2.16/20} ( 26.Nxg5 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.48/20} 26...Qd4+ 27.Bf2 Qxa1 
28.Qe4 Qg7 29.Qxh4 Qg6 30.h3 b5 31.Ne3 f5 32.Nf3 Rc7 33.Be1 f4 34.Ng4 e5 35.Bb4 
Rh7 36.Qe1 e4 37.Nh4 Qg5 ) 26...Qe2 27.Rb1 Rc2 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.25/21} ( 
27...Bf6 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.06/22} 28.Bf2 d5 29.Re1 Qxa2 30.Qxb6 Qa4 31.Kh1 
Bc3 32.Qe3 Qe4 33.Qxe4 dxe4 34.Rxe4 Rfd8 35.Rxh4 a5 36.Kg1 Rb8 37.Rg4+ Kf8 ) 
28.Bf2 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.38/18} ( 28.Nxg5 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.25/21} 
28...d5 29.Bd2 Rxd2 30.Nxd2 Qxd2 31.Nh3 d4 32.Qxa6 Qe3+ 33.Nf2 h3 34.gxh3 Kh7 
35.Kf1 Rg8 36.Qd3+ Qxd3+ 37.Nxd3 Ra8 38.Rb2 Kg7 39.Rg2+ Kf8 40.Ne5 Ra3 41.Rb2 
Rxh3 ) 28...Rfc8 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.03/22} ( 28...Bf6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-1.38/18} 29.Re1 Qd3 30.Nf4 Qc3 31.Qxb6 Rxa2 32.h3 Qb2 33.Qa7 Ra4 34.Nd3 Qb5 
35.Qe3 ) 29.Re1 Qb5 30.a4 Qa5 31.Qf3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.36/25} ( 31.Nxg5 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.16/22} 31...Qxg5 32.h3 a5 33.Qxb6 R8c4 34.Ne3 Rxf2 35.Kxf2 
Qg3+ 36.Ke2 Rxa4 37.Qb8+ Kh7 38.Qb1+ Kg7 39.Qb2+ Qe5 40.Qxe5+ dxe5 41.Rb1 Re4 
42.Kd3 Rd4+ 43.Ke2 ) 31...R2c4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.64/21} ( 31...Bd8 
{Stockfish 17.1: -1.36/25} 32.Bxh4 Bxh4 33.Qg4+ Kf8 34.Qxh4 R8c4 35.Qd8+ Kg7 
36.Rxe6 Rxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Qd5+ 38.Kg1 Qxe6 39.Nf2 Rxa4 40.Qxb6 Ra1 41.Qb2+ Qf6 
42.Qe2 Kf8 43.Kg2 Qg5+ 44.Ng3 Qd5+ 45.Nge4 f5 46.Qf3 Ra4 47.Ng3 Qxf3+ 48.Kxf3 
Ra3+ 49.Kf4 ) 32.Rd1 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.82/20} ( 32.Nxg5 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.64/21} 32...Qxg5 33.h3 Rxa4 34.Bxb6 d5 35.Qb3 Rcc4 36.Be3 Qe5 37.Bf2 Qf6 
38.Nd2 Rcb4 39.Qd1 Ra2 40.Rf1 Rf4 41.Nf3 a5 42.Be3 Qg6 ) 32...Be7 33.Bd4 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -2.45/20} ( 33.Be3 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.82/25} 33...Qxa4 34.Nf2 
Qc6 35.Qe2 Qb5 36.h3 Kf8 37.Qd3 f5 38.Rb1 Qd5 39.Qe2 f4 40.Rd1 Qb5 41.Bd2 Qf5 
42.Kh1 b5 43.Re1 Ke8 44.Nh2 b4 45.Nd3 ) 33...e5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.19/26} ( 
33...Qxa4 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.45/20} 34.Be3 Qc6 35.Qe2 Qb5 36.Nf2 Kf8 37.h3 Ke8 
38.Qf3 R8c6 39.Ng4 Qf5 40.Qe2 b5 41.Bd2 Qc5+ 42.Kh1 ) 34.Ne3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1:
-1.79/25} ( 34.Qg4+ {Stockfish 17.1: +0.19/26} 34...Kf8 35.Qh5 Ke8 36.Be3 Qxa4 
37.Ng5 Bxg5 38.Bxg5 Rd4 39.Rb1 Rd3 40.Bxh4 Qd4+ 41.Bf2 Qf4 42.g3 Qf6 43.Bxb6 
Qg6 44.Qh8+ Kd7 45.Qh3+ Qe6 46.Qh4 Rb3 47.Qa4+ Rb5 48.Rxb5 axb5 49.Qxb5+ Ke7 
50.Be3 Qc4 51.Qb7+ Ke6 52.Qf3 d5 53.Qh5 Qc2 54.Qh3+ Qf5 55.g4 Qg6 56.g5+ Qf5 ) 
34...Rc1 35.Nf5 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: -6.40/21} ( 35.Rf1 {Stockfish 17.1:
-1.70/27} 35...Rxf1+ 36.Nxf1 Rc4 37.Be3 Qxa4 38.Nf2 Qc6 39.Qh5 d5 40.h3 Qg6 
41.Qxe5 Qe6 42.Qb8+ Kg7 43.Nd3 Bf6 44.g4 hxg3 45.Qxg3+ Kf8 46.Bh6+ Ke8 47.Ne3 
Bd4 48.Bg5 Rc8 49.Kf1 Kd7 50.Ng4 ) 35...Bf6 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.66/23} ( 
35...Qd2 {Stockfish 17.1: -6.40/21} 36.Nh6+ Qxh6 37.Bb2 Rxd1+ 38.Qxd1 Qg6 
39.Bc1 Rc2 40.Bd2 Rb2 41.Qe2 d5 42.Kf1 Qb1+ 43.Qe1 Qxe1+ 44.Bxe1 Rb1 45.Nf2 h3 
46.g3 ) 36.Nxd6 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: -6.66/26} ( 36.Be3 {Stockfish 17.1:
+1.66/23} 36...Rxd1+ 37.Qxd1 Rc2 38.Nf2 Qxa4 39.h3 Qc4 40.Ng4 Bg7 41.Ngh6+ Bxh6 
42.Nxh6+ Kg7 43.Qh5 Rc1+ 44.Kh2 Rf1 45.Qg5+ Kf8 46.Nf5 Rxf5 47.Qxf5 Qe6 48.Qe4 
Qg6 49.Qxh4 b5 50.Qh8+ Ke7 51.Qc8 Qd3 52.Bh6 f6 53.Qf8+ Ke6 ) 36...Rxd1+ $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -4.74/30} ( 36...Qxa4 {Stockfish 17.1: -6.66/26} 37.Nf2 Rxd1+ 
38.Nxd1 Qxd4+ 39.Kf1 Rc1 40.Ne4 Qxd1+ 41.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 42.Ke2 Rd4 43.Nxf6+ Kh8 
44.Ne8 a5 45.g3 a4 46.gxh4 Rxh4 47.Kd3 a3 48.Kc2 a2 ) 37.Qxd1 Rd8 38.Nb7 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -6.86/19} ( 38.Kh1 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.61/30} 38...Rxd6 
39.Qg4+ Kf8 40.Be3 Bd8 41.Bg1 Qd5 42.Qh5 Ke8 43.Qe2 e4 44.Nf4 Qe5 45.Be3 Kd7 
46.Nh3 Qd5 47.Qxa6 Qd3 48.Qb7+ Bc7 49.Bg1 Qd5 50.Qa6 e3 51.Bxe3 Re6 52.Nf4 Bxf4 
53.Bxf4 ) 38...Rxd4 39.Qf1 Qd2 $1 40.Nf2 Qe3 {White loses 0.59 pawn per move (3
blunders, 4 mistakes, 7 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.36 pawn per move (1
blunder, 3 mistakes, 7 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[BlackFideId "36083534"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Neo-orthodox variation, 7.Bh4"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 
dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Qe2 b4 14.Na4 c5 15.Ba6 Bxa6 16.Qxa6 
g5 17.Bg3 Ne4 18.Rfd1 Nxg3 19.hxg3 g4 20.Ne1 cxd4 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Qxa7 Bf6 
23.exd4 Qc6 24.Nc5 Nb6 25.Qa6 Ra8 26.Qe2 h5 27.Nc2 Nd5 28.Qc4 Bg7 29.Nxb4 Nxb4 
30.Qxb4 Rxa2 31.Qb8+ Kh7 32.Qf4 Kg8 33.Qb8+ Kh7 34.Qf4 Kg8 35.b4 Qd5 36.Ne4 Rb2 
37.Nf6+ Bxf6 38.Qxf6 Rxb4 39.Rc1 Rc4 40.Rb1 Rc8 41.Ra1 Qd8 42.Qh6 Qd5 43.Re1 
Qxd4 44.Rxe6 h4 45.Re3 hxg3 46.Rxg3 Qg7 47.Qh5 f5 48.Re3 Qa1+ 49.Kh2 Qh8 
50.Qxh8+ Kxh8 51.Re5 Rf8 52.Kg3 Kg7 53.Kf4 Kg6 54.Re6+ Rf6 55.Ke5 Rxe6+ 56.Kxe6 
Kg5 57.Ke5 Kg6 58.Ke6 Kg5 59.Kf7 g3 60.fxg3 Kg4 61.Kf6 Kxg3 62.Kxf5 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D17"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[BlackFideId "950122"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O h6 12.e4 Bh7 13.f3 O-O 14.Be3 Nfd7 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 
16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Rac1 Kh8 18.Ne2 Be7 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Bf4 Qb6 21.Qxb6 Nxb6 22.b3 
Rfd8 23.Bd2 Ra8 24.Bc3 Kg8 25.h4 Nd7 26.Nf4 g5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Nd3 Bf6 29.Nb2 
Nb6 30.Nc4 Nxc4 31.bxc4 Rd7 32.Kf2 Rad8 33.Ke3 Bg7 34.Bf1 f5 35.c5 f4+ 36.gxf4 
gxf4+ 37.Kxf4 Bh6+ 38.Kg3 Be3 39.Bh3 Rg7+ 40.Bg4 Bxc1 41.Rxc1 Bf5 42.exf5 exf5 
43.d5 fxg4 44.Bxg7 Kxg7 45.dxc6 bxc6 46.Kxg4 Rd5 47.f4 Kf6 48.Rc2 Rf5 49.Rc1 
Rd5 50.Rh1 Rxc5 51.Rh6+ Kf7 52.f5 Rc1 53.Kg5 Rg1+ 54.Kf4 Rf1+ 55.Ke5 Re1+ 
56.Kd4 Rf1 57.Ke5 Re1+ 58.Kd4 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng1 Nf6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 g6 8.e3 Bg7 9.Nh3 
c5 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nf4 Nc6 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Ncd5 O-O 14.Qc2 b6 15.Bc3 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 
Bxc3+ 17.Qxc3 Qd6 18.f4 exf3 19.Bxf3 Rb8 20.Nf4 Ne5 21.Bd5+ Kg7 22.O-O Qf6 
23.e4 Ng4 24.Qg3 Bd7 25.Kh1 Kh8 26.h3 Nh6 27.e5 Qe7 28.e6 Be8 29.Qc3+ Kg8 
30.Qe5 Rc8 31.Rf3 g5 32.Rg3 g4 33.Rd1 Bg6 34.Rgd3 Rcd8 35.Bc6 Rxd3 36.Rxd3 1-0

