[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[GameId "2268753509572637"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3 Rb8 {The main line 8...Rb8 scores better than 8...f6.} 9. d3 (9. Rb1 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 a5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Re8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nb4 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Qf4 Qd8 23. h4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Kh2 b5 26. e4 Be6 27. Ne5 Bf6 28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. Qxg4 Qxd3 30. Rbd1 Qc2+ 31. Kh3 Bd4 32. Qd7 Rf8 33. Qxb5 Qxe4 34. Rde1 Qa8 35. Re7 Qc8+ 36. Qd7 Qxd7+ 37. Rxd7 h5 38. Ra7 f6 {½-½ Carlsen,M (2839)-Giri,A (2748) Zagreb Superbet Blitz 2025 (10)}) 9... Be7 10. Nd2 Bd7 $6 {[%eval 15,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (10... Be6 {[%eval -22,26] Stockfish 17.1:} 11. Nc4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bh3 h5 14. Ne3 h4 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bg2 Qe6 17. Be3 h3 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Rc1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qa4 a6 22. Qc4 Qd7 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 b5 25. Rc2 a5 26. b3 g5 27. Bf3 f5 28. g4 Kg7) 11. Nc4 f6 12. f4 b5 13. Ne3 O-O {[#]} 14. f5 $146 {[%eval -54,30] Stockfish 17.1:} (14. fxe5 {[%eval 1,30] Stockfish 17.1:} fxe5 15. Rxf8+ Bxf8 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Bd2 Be6 18. h3 c4 19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Bc3 Ncb5 21. Kh2 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nb3 23. Rb1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 h6 25. Ng4 Nc5 26. Nxe5 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxa3 28. Nc6 Re8) (14. Ned5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bd6 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Rc1 Nd4 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Nc3 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 c4 23. Ne4 Be7 24. h3 Be6 25. Kh2 h6 26. Qf2 Qd7 27. Rf1 cxd3 28. exd3 Rc8 29. g4 Rc2 30. Qg3 Bd5 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 Qc7 33. g5 hxg5 34. Kg1 Qc2 35. Bxg5 Bxg5 36. Nxg5 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qxg5 38. Bxd5 Qf4+ 39. Qxf4 exf4 40. h4 Nf5 41. Be4 Nxh4 42. Kh3 g5 43. Kg4 f3 {0-1 Jumabayev,R (2606)-Volokitin,A (2639) Wch Rapid Berlin 2015 (9)}) 14... Nd4 15. g4 Kh8 16. Bd2 Be8 17. Ne4 Bf7 18. Bc3 $6 {[%eval -125,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (18. Rc1 {[%eval -61,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Na6 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. Qe1 Bg8 21. h4 c4 22. dxc4 bxc4 23. Bc3 Nc5 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. Qf2 Rd8 26. Kh2 Qb5 27. Rd2 Qb8 28. Rfd1 Rd7 29. Qg3 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Rfd8 31. Qg2) 18... b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Bd2 Bb3 21. Qe1 Ncb5 22. Rc1 $6 {[%eval -198,24] Stockfish 17.1:} (22. Ra6 {[%eval -143,29] Stockfish 17.1:} Qc8 23. Ra1 Bg8 24. Ra4 Nc2 25. Qf2 Bb3 26. Ra5 Bd8 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. Nxb5 Bb6 30. d4 Qxb5 31. Nxc2 Bxc2 32. Be3 Bc7 33. d5 a5 34. Bc5 Rc8 35. g5 Bd8 36. Be3 a4 37. g6 Rc4 38. Qg3 Bb6 39. Kh1 a3) 22... Bg8 $1 23. Rd1 $6 {[%eval -211,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (23. Nc4 {[%eval -181,34] Stockfish 17.1:} Nb3 24. Rd1 a5 25. Kh1 N5d4 26. e3 Nc2 27. Qe2 Qc7 28. Bc1 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 b3 30. Ned2 a4 31. Be4 Qa7 32. g5 a3 33. bxa3 Nxa3 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Nxa3 b2 36. Rb1 Qxa3 37. Rg1 Bc5 38. Rg3 Ba2 39. Nc4 Bxb1 40. Nxa3 Bxa3 41. Rg1) 23... a5 $6 {[%eval -178,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (23... Nd6 {[%eval -211,27] Stockfish 17.1:} 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Kh1 a5 27. Qh4 a4 28. g5 a3 29. g6 Bc5 30. Be4 a2 31. Ra1 b3 32. Ne3 Rfd8 33. Qh5 Rd6 34. Ng4 Nxe2 35. Rf3) 24. Kh1 $6 {[%eval -228,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (24. Nc4 {[%eval -178,28] Stockfish 17.1:} Nc2 25. Qh4 Nbd4 26. e3 Nb3 27. g5 a4 28. Kh1 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 b3 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Qh3 Qe7 32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. Be4 Bf7 34. Rg2 Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Bxg8 36. Na5 Qf8 37. Nc6 Rb6 38. Rg1 a3 39. bxa3) 24... Nb3 $6 {[%eval -177,29] Stockfish 17.1:} (24... Nd6 {[%eval -228,25] Stockfish 17.1:} 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Nc4 Qc7 27. Qh4 a4 28. g5 Nxe2 29. g6 a3 30. bxa3 bxa3 31. Be4 Qa7 32. Qg4 Nf4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. gxh7 Bxc4 35. dxc4 Rb2 36. Bd5 a2) 25. Nc4 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 $6 {[%eval -239,26] Stockfish 17.1:} (26. Nexd2 {[%eval -183,28] Stockfish 17.1:} a4 27. Nf3 Qe8 28. Nh4 Bf7 29. Qg3 a3 30. g5 Bh5 31. g6 h6 32. Nf3 Qd7 33. Qh3 Bxf3 34. Bxf3 b3 35. Qg2 axb2 36. Bc6 Qc7 37. Bxb5 Rxb5 38. Rb1) 26... b3 $1 27. Qg3 $1 a4 28. g5 a3 29. e3 $6 {[%eval -295,24] Stockfish 17.1:} (29. bxa3 {[%eval -227,31] Stockfish 17.1:} Nxa3 30. h4 Qc7 31. Nb2 Qb6 32. e3 Rbc8 33. Rdf2 Nc2 34. Re2 Nb4 35. Nc4 Qb8 36. h5 Nxd3 37. h6 gxh6 38. gxh6 Rf7 39. Nb2 Nxb2 40. Rxb2 Rc2 41. Rfb1 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 Bf8 43. Qh4 Ba3 44. Rb1 b2 45. Bf3 Qd8 46. Qg3) 29... fxg5 $6 {[%eval -224,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (29... a2 {[%eval -295,24] Stockfish 17.1:} 30. Rdd1 Qc7 31. Rc1 Rbc8 32. Qg4 Rfd8 33. Qg3 Qd7 34. Rg1 Qxd3 35. gxf6 Bxf6 36. Nxf6 gxf6 37. Qh4 Qxf5 38. Be4) 30. Nxe5 $6 {[%eval -290,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (30. bxa3 {[%eval -224,28] Stockfish 17.1:} Nxa3 31. Nxe5 b2 32. Qh3 Qe8 33. Rxb2 g4 34. Rxb8 gxh3 35. Rxe8 hxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rxe8 37. Kf3 Bd8 38. Nd7 Nc2 39. Rb1 Re7 40. Nb8 Rc7 41. h3 h6 42. Ke2 Na3 43. Rb2 Bd5 44. Na6 Rc2+ 45. Rxc2 Nxc2 46. Nac5 Bc6) 30... Rb6 $6 {[%eval -215,30] Stockfish 17.1:} (30... a2 {[%eval -290,25] Stockfish 17.1:} 31. Rdf2 Qe8 32. Kg1 Nd6 33. Qh3 g4 34. Qxg4 Nf7 35. d4 Nh6 36. Qh3 Rc8 37. f6 gxf6 38. Nd7 Bc4 39. Nxf8 Qxf8 40. Ra1 f5 41. Qh5 Qg7 42. Nc3 Ng4 43. Rf3 Bg5) 31. bxa3 Nxa3 32. Rb2 Qe8 33. d4 $2 {[%eval -287,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (33. Qh3 {[%eval -179,29] Stockfish 17.1:} Nc2 34. Ng6+ Rxg6 35. fxg6 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 h6 37. Kg1 Ba3 38. Rb1 Qxg6 39. Nf2 Qb6 40. d4 g4 41. Nxg4 Qg6 42. Qg3 b2 43. Rd1 Qb6 44. Qf3 b1=Q 45. Rxb1 Qxb1 46. Nxh6 gxh6 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kf8 50. Qf6+ Bf7 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Qe5+ Kd8 53. Qf6+ Ke8 54. Qc6+ Kf8) 33... Nc4 34. Rbb1 $6 {[%eval -350,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (34. Nxc4 {[%eval -276,29] Stockfish 17.1:} Bxc4 35. Rg1 Rxf5 36. Nd2 Bg8 37. e4 Rf8 38. e5 Qb5 39. Qe3 Rfb8 40. Rd1 g4 41. Nf1 h6 42. d5 Ba3 43. Rbb1 Bc5 44. Qf4 Bh7 45. Be4 Qc4 46. Ng3 Rb4 47. Qxg4) 34... b2 $1 35. Rf2 Qc8 $1 36. Rc2 $6 {[%eval -469,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (36. Nxc4 {[%eval -352,29] Stockfish 17.1:} Qxc4 37. Qe5 Re6 38. Qg3 Qd3 39. Rbxb2 Rxe4 40. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 41. Kg1 Bf6 42. Qf3 Qe7 43. h3 Rd8 44. Rb5 Bc4 45. Rc5 Bd3 46. Rb2 Be4 47. Qg4 h6 48. Kf2 Rf8 49. Rb6 Qa7 50. Re6 Bd3 51. Qf3 Qb8 52. Kg1 Qb1+ 53. Kh2 Qa2+ 54. Kh1) 36... Nxe5 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 39. Be4 Nc4 $1 40. dxc5 Rxc5 41. Qf2 Nd6 $1 42. Bc2 Bd5+ $1 43. Kg1 Ne4 44. Qe2 $2 {[%eval -760,24] Stockfish 17.1:} (44. Qg2 {[%eval -448,26] Stockfish 17.1:} h6 45. f6 Nxf6 46. Qd2 Rb8 47. e4 Ba2 48. Rf1 Rxc2 49. Qxc2 b1=Q 50. Rxb1 Bxb1 51. Qc7 Re8 52. h4 gxh4 53. e5 Ng8 54. Qc4 Rxe5 55. Qxh4 Rg5+ 56. Kf2 Bg6 57. Qb4 Nf6 58. Qe7 Kh7 59. Qf8 Be4 60. Ke1 h5 61. Kf2) 44... Nc3 45. Qd3 Nxb1 46. f6 Rxc2 47. Qxd5 gxf6 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kf5 51. Qd7+ Ke4 52. Qd4+ Kf3 53. Qd1+ Kxe3 54. Qxc2 Nd2 55. Qc5+ Ke2 {White loses 0.2 pawn per move (2 mistakes, 10 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.04 pawn per move (5 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2026.01.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[GameId "2266593974046720"]
[EventDate "2026.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. c5 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be4 Qd6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bf6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Be4 Qb4 19. Qc2 g6 20. a3 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc7 Bxb2 23. Rad1 f5 24. Bd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 b5 26. d6 Nxd6 27. Bxd6 Rd8 28. Bxb5 Rxd6 29. a4 Rd2 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Bd4 32. g3 Kf7 33. Kg2 {½-½ Tsydypov,Z (2529)-Ponkratov,P (2630) Wch Blitz St Petersburg 2018 (8)}) 10... Bg4 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Be2 Bf6 (12... f5 {this was the move Abdusattorov had expected}) (12... b6 13. Nc3 (13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Bb5 Qe8 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 a6 17. Be2) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 bxc5 15. dxc5) 13. h3 (13. Nc3 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 d4) 13... Bxf3 (13... Bh5 14. Nc3 Re8 (14... Nxc5 15. g4 Bg6 16. dxc5 d4 17. g5)) 14. Bxf3 b6 (14... Ng5 15. Nc3 (15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Nxd5 Nxd4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. c6 Nxc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. b3) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxd4) 15. Nd2 (15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 bxc5 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Ne7) (15. cxb6 axb6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na5) 15... Re8 (15... Ng5 16. Qa4 b5) 16. Nb3 a5 17. Rc1 b5 18. Na1 Ne7 (18... Bg5 $5) 19. Nc2 (19. Qd3 Nf5 (19... c6) 20. Nc2 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 c6 22. Ng4 Bg5 (22... h5 23. Bxe4 hxg4 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. hxg4 g6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6) 23. Rcd1 (23. Rc2) 23... f5 24. Ne5 Re6) 19... Nf5 (19... c6 $5 $11) 20. Qd3 $11 (20. Bf4 Bg5 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxg5 Qxg5) 20... c6 $2 {Now this is a mistake.} (20... Nxe3 $1 21. Nxe3 c6 22. Ng4 h5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6) 21. Bf4 g6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd5 $6 (23... Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd7 25. Rd1 Re8) 24. Rce1 Rxe4 (24... Re6) 25. Qxe4 Qd7 (25... Rd8 26. Bc7) 26. Be5 Re8 27. Qf4 Bxe5 (27... Bd8 28. g4 Ng7) 28. Rxe5 Rd8 29. Re4 h5 30. b3 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Ne3 {White is now winning.} Nxe3 33. fxe3 $6 (33. Qxe3 {was much better.}) 33... a4 (33... Qe6) 34. e4 $6 Qe6 35. Qf3 a3 $2 {The losing move.} (35... h4 36. Qg4 Qf6 37. Qd1 axb3 38. axb3 Kf8 39. Qd2 (39. d5 $2 Qc3 $11)) 36. Kf2 (36. e5) 36... Qe7 37. Qe3 Qh4+ 38. Ke2 Qd8 $2 (38... Qf6) 39. Kd3 Qd7 40. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[GameId "2267263799664640"]
[EventDate "2026.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 a5 7. Be3 Na6 (7... Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. g5 c6 13. h4 a4 14. f3 Qa5 15. a3 Nc7 16. h5 Bd7 17. h6 Bh8 18. O-O Rf7 19. Kh2 N7a6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 Re7 22. Bh5 Rf8 23. g6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 Bf6 25. Qh5 Kh8 26. Bxf5 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bxc3 28. Bxd7 Rxf4 29. bxc3 Qxc3 30. Rxf4 Qxd2+ 31. Kg3 Re3+ 32. Kh4 Nxd7 33. Raf1 Qh2+ 34. Kg5 Rg3+ 35. Rg4 Rxg4+ 36. Qxg4 Nac5 37. Rf7 Qe5+ 38. Kh4 Qh2+ 39. Kg5 Qd2+ 40. Kh5 Qh2+ 41. Kg5 {½-½ Gledura,B (2620)-Sindarov,J (2674) CrunchLab Masters PlayIn Chess.com INT rapid 2024 (4)}) 8. Bd3 {An unusual move, Be2 would have been more normal.} e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bc2 Re8 12. f3 c6 13. Qd2 a4 14. Rad1 (14. Nde2 {is an interesting alternative to start putting pressure on d6.}) 14... Qa5 15. Bf4 Ne6 16. Be3 Nh5 17. Nxa4 $2 (17. Nde2 {would have been stronger. Instead of having some advantage, White now gets into trouble.}) 17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qg5 20. Rd2 Nf4 $11 (20... Be6) 21. Kh1 Qh6 22. Qxd6 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Re6 24. Qc5 $2 (24. Qd7 {not easy to find} Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg3+ {and it's prepetual check.}) (24. Qb4 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Re5 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Ke3 Qh6 28. Kf2 Qh4+) 24... Nd3 $1 {The white player must have missed this.} 25. Rxd3 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 g5 0-1

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[GameId "2268755468906854"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qf6 12. Bxg4 $6 {[%eval -15,31] Stockfish 17.1:} (12. Nb3 {[%eval 41,28] Stockfish 17.1:} Qh4 13. Bf4 Be5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 c6 19. Re1 cxd5 20. exd5 Nc7 21. Nf3 Qf4 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qc1 e4 24. Qxc7 exf3 25. Bf1 Bf5 26. Qxb7 Kg7 27. Qb3 Rab8 28. Qxf3 Rxb2 29. g4 Bd7 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6) 12... Bxg4 13. Qxg4 Qxd4 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rd1 Qe5 16. Be3 $1 Nxe4 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 21. Rxb7 Ba5 22. Bxa7 Rfe8 23. g3 Re2 24. a3 Ra2 25. Rd3 g5 26. Rf3 Re8 27. Kg2 Re4 28. c5 g4 29. Rf5 Re5 30. Rf4 dxc5 31. Rb5 $1 Bb6 $1 32. Bxb6 cxb6 33. Rxb6 h5 34. Rb8+ $1 Kg7 35. Rb7 Rxa3 36. Rbxf7+ Kg8 37. R7f5 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 c4 $2 {[%eval 226,30] Stockfish 17.1:} (38... h4 {[%eval 0,30] Stockfish 17.1:} 39. Rf4 (39. Rxc5 h3+ 40. Kf1 Kf7 41. Rc4 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. f3 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 gxf3 45. Kxf3 Rxh2) 39... h3+ 40. Kf1 Kg7 41. Rxg4+ Kf6 42. Re4 Kf5 43. Rc4 Ke5 44. Rxc5+ Ke4 45. Rh5 Ra1+ 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Ke1 Kf3 48. Rxh3 Re2+ 49. Kd1 Rxf2 50. Rh8 Rg2 51. Rf8+ Ke3 52. Re8+ Kf3 53. Re1) 39. Rxh5 Kf7 40. Rg5 $2 {[%eval 0,40] Stockfish 17.1:} (40. Rc5 {[%eval 159,24] Stockfish 17.1:} c3 41. h3 gxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Ke6 43. Kh4 Kd6 44. Rc8 Ke5 45. g4 Kd4 46. g5 Ra4 47. Kg4 c2 48. g6 Ra6 49. Rxc2 Rxg6+ 50. Kf5 Rg2 51. Rd2+ Kc4 52. Ke4 Rh2 53. Rc2+ Kb3 54. Re2 Kc4 55. Ra2 Kc5 56. Ke5 Kc4 57. Ra4+ Kb5) 40... Ke6 41. Rxg4 Kd5 42. Rg8 c3 43. h4 Ke4 44. Re8+ $1 Kd3 45. Rd8+ Ke2 46. Re8+ Kd2 47. Rd8+ Ke2 48. Rc8 Kd2 49. g4 c2 50. g5 Ra4 $1 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kg2 Ra4 $1 53. f4 Rxf4 54. Kg3 Rf1 55. h5 c1=Q $1 56. Rxc1 Rxc1 57. h6 Rh1 58. Kf4 Rh4+ 59. Kf5 Ke3 60. Kg6 {White loses 0.03 pawn per move (1 mistake, 1 inaccuracy), Black loses 0.07 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.10/24} ( {Theory prefers} 2.d4 $1 ) ( 2.d4 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.47/26} 2...d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nb5 
Nc6 8.Nbxd4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qg4 Nc5 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Kb1 Qb6 ) 
2...d5 3.Qe2 dxe4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.24/21} ( {Theory prefers} 3...Nf6 $1 ) 
( 3...Nc6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.09/33} 4.Nf3 e5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.d4 Bb4 
8.Bd2 Bg4 9.d5 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qxd5 12.Rd1 Qe6 13.Rg1 g6 14.f4 Nge7 
15.Qe4 Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Kxd8 17.Bc4 Qf5 18.Qxf5 Nxf5 19.fxe5 Ke7 20.Bd5 Nfd4 21.Be4 
Rd8 22.f4 Ne6 23.Rf1 Ncd4 24.Bxb7 Nxc2+ 25.Ke2 Ncd4+ 26.Ke3 c6 27.Ba6 Nf5+ 
28.Ke2 ) 4.dxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 a5 $1 ( {Theory prefers} 6...Nf6 ) 7.Qc2 $1 
Bc5 8.Be2 Nge7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.23/29} ( 8...Nf6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.08/38} 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Nc4 h6 12.Ne3 Be6 13.h3 Rfd8 14.Re1 Nh5 
15.Ng4 Nf4 16.Bb5 Bxg4 17.hxg4 Qf6 18.Be3 Ne6 19.a4 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Rd6 21.Bc4 
Rad8 22.g3 Ng5 23.Qe2 Ne7 24.Nxg5 Qxg5 ) 9.O-O Ng6 $1 10.Na3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.16/28} ( 10.Nbd2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.10/28} 10...Nf4 11.Bb5 Qf6 12.Nb3 Bd6 
13.Bxf4 Qxf4 14.a4 Be6 15.Nfd2 O-O 16.Nc4 f5 17.Rae1 Rf6 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Nd2 
Kh8 20.exf5 Bxf5 ) 10...Bxa3 11.bxa3 h6 12.g3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.51/29} ( 
12.a4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.22/34} ) 12...O-O 13.Nd2 b6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.24/30} ( 13...Bh3 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.51/25} 14.Rd1 Qg5 15.Nf3 Qf6 16.Ne1 
Rfd8 17.Be3 Nf8 18.Rxd8 Nxd8 19.Rd1 b6 20.f3 Nde6 ) 14.a4 Qf6 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: 0.00/28} ( 14...Bh3 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.31/23} 15.Rd1 Qf6 16.f3 Nf4 
17.Bf1 Bxf1 18.Nxf1 Ne6 19.Qe2 Qe7 20.Qb5 Rad8 21.Rxd8 Nexd8 22.Qb3 Qf6 23.Ba3 
Re8 24.Kg2 Ne6 25.Ne3 h5 ) 15.Rd1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.30/29} ( 15.f3 
{Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/28} 15...Rd8 16.Rf2 Bh3 17.Nc4 Kh8 18.Ba3 Qg5 19.Bc1 ) 
15...Ba6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.04/29} ( 15...Rd8 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.30/29} 
16.Ba3 Bh3 17.f3 Nf4 18.Bf1 Qg5 19.Nc4 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 h5 21.Kh1 Ng6 22.Rad1 h4 
23.Bc1 Qf6 24.Kg2 Nf8 25.Ne3 Ne7 26.Kf2 Qe6 ) 16.Nc4 Rfd8 17.Ba3 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 
Rd8 19.Ne3 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Qd8 22.Qb5 Na7 23.Qd5 Qe8 24.Nf5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/43} ( 24.h4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.30/25} 24...Nc8 25.h5 Nf8 
26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.c4 Nd6 28.c5 bxc5 29.Qxc5 Qxa4 30.Qxc7 Ne8 31.Qc5+ Kg8 32.Qxe5 
Nf6 33.Qb8+ Kh7 34.e5 Nxh5 35.Qb1+ g6 36.Nd5 Nxg3 37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.fxg3 Qd4+ 
39.Kg2 Qxe5 40.Ne4 Qd4 41.Nf2 Qd5+ 42.Kf1 a4 ) 24...Nc8 25.h4 c5 26.c4 Nce7 
27.Nxe7+ Qxe7 28.Bb2 h5 29.Qd1 Qe6 30.Qxh5 Qxc4 31.Qf5 Qxa2 32.h5 $1 Qxb2 
33.hxg6 Qc1+ 34.Kg2 fxg6 35.Qxg6 c4 36.Qe6+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kh7 39.Qf5+ 
Kg8 40.Qe6+ Kh7 {White loses 0.1 pawn per move (5 inaccuracies), Black loses
0.08 pawn per move (5 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[GameId "2268760351011381"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Nd2 Nb6 8. Nxc4 c5 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. dxc5 $146 {[%eval 9,31] Stockfish 17.1:} (10. e3 {[%eval 37,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Qc7 11. Qf3 h5 12. O-O h4 13. a4 h3 14. Bh1 O-O 15. g4 Nd5 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Qxh3 Bd7 18. Bd2 Bc6 19. e4 Nb4 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Be4 g6) 10... Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxc5 12. e3 e5 13. Ke2 Ke7 $1 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Rhd1 Bg4+ 16. Bf3 h5 17. h4 Bb4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Nb1 $1 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 $6 (20. Rxd2 {was cleaner. Although this looks like a minor inaccuracy it's from here that Giri quickly becomes worse.}) 20... Rdc8 21. Rdb1 $6 {[%eval -44,31] Stockfish 17.1:} (21. Nb1 {[%eval -8,31] Stockfish 17.1:} Ne4 22. f3 Nxg3+ 23. Kf2 Nf5 24. fxg4 Rc2+ 25. Rd2 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 Nxh4 27. Nc4 Ke6 28. Nxb6 Rd8 29. Re1 e4 30. Na4 Nf3 31. Rc1 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 b5 33. Nc5+ Ke5 34. Nb3 Rxb2 35. Rc5+ Kf6 36. Rf5+ Kg6 37. Rxb5 Rxa2 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. exd4 Ra4) 21... Ke6 22. a4 Rc2 23. Kd3 $6 {[%eval -90,33] Stockfish 17.1:} (23. Kd1 {[%eval -63,30] Stockfish 17.1:} Rc6 24. Ke2 Rac8 25. Ra3 Nd7 26. Rb3 Rc2 27. e4 g6 28. Rb4 f5 29. exf5+ gxf5 30. Kd1 e4 31. Rb5 Kf6 32. Ra1 R2c6 33. b3 Rc2 34. Ke1 Nc5 35. Rxb6+ Kf7) 23... Rac8 24. e4 R2c6 25. Ke3 Rd6 26. Rc1 Rcd8 27. Rc2 Rd3+ 28. Ke2 R3d4 29. Ke3 Rb4 30. b3 $2 {[%eval -236,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (30. Ra3 {[%eval -83,35] Stockfish 17.1:} Rdd4 31. Rd3 Rxd3+ 32. Kxd3 Rxa4 33. Rc4 b5 34. Rc8 g6 35. b3 Ra6 36. Ke3 Nd7 37. f3 gxf3 38. Nxf3 Kd6 39. Rc3 Nf6 40. Rd3+ Ke6 41. Rd8 Rc6 42. Ng5+ Ke7 43. Rb8 Rc7 44. b4 Ne8 45. g4 f6 46. Ne6 Rc4 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Nd6 49. Nc5 Rxb4) 30... Rdd4 31. Rc4 $1 Rxb3+ $1 32. Nxb3 Rxc4 33. Nd2 Rb4 $6 {[%eval -151,39] Stockfish 17.1:} (33... Rc3+ {[%eval -202,32] Stockfish 17.1:} 34. Ke2 Nd7 35. h5 Kf6 36. Rb1 Kg5 37. a5 f6 38. axb6 Kxh5 39. Rb4 Nc5 40. Nc4 Nxe4 41. Nxe5 Nxg3+ 42. Kd2 Ra3 43. Nxg4 Ra2+ 44. Kd1 Nf5 45. Ke1 Rc2 46. Nh2 g5 47. Nf1 Kg6 48. Nd2 Nd6 49. Kd1 Rc6 50. Nb3 f5 51. Na5 Rc5 52. Rd4 Rxa5 53. Rxd6+ Kh5) 34. a5 bxa5 35. Rxa5 g6 $6 {[%eval -96,35] Stockfish 17.1:} (35... Ne8 {[%eval -133,25] Stockfish 17.1:} 36. Ra8 Nd6 37. h5 Kf6 38. Rh8 Rd4 39. Ra8 b5 40. Rg8 Ra4 41. Rd8 Ra3+ 42. Ke2 Ra6 43. Rg8 Ra2 44. Kd3 Ra3+ 45. Kc2 Ra4 46. Kd3 Nb7 47. Rb8 Nc5+ 48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 Ne6) 36. Ra8 b5 $6 {[%eval 0,39] Stockfish 17.1:} (36... Rb2 {[%eval -85,32] Stockfish 17.1:} 37. Kd3 Rb5 38. Ke3 Rb6 39. Rc8 Rb2 40. Ra8 Rb5 41. Rc8 Ra5 42. Rb8 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 Ra7 44. Rc8 Ra4 45. Kd3 Nd7 46. Nc4 b5 47. Rc6+ Ke7 48. Nb6 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Nxb6 51. Rxb6 Rb2 52. Rb7+ Kf6 53. Rb8 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 Rb4 55. Rb6+ Ke7) 37. Ra6+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Nd7 39. f3 gxf3 40. Nxf3 f6 41. g4 Kd6 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Ra7 Ra4 44. Rb7 Ra5 45. h5 g5 $1 46. h6 Ra8 $1 47. Ng1 Rh8 48. Ne2 Rxh6 49. Ng3 $1 Rh2 50. Rxb5 Rc2 51. Rb3 Nc5 52. Ra3 Rc4 53. Kf3 Ke6 54. Ra7 Rc3+ 55. Kg2 Re3 56. Kf2 Rb3 57. Kg2 Rc3 58. Rh7 Rc4 59. Kf3 Nb3 60. Ke2 Ra4 61. Rb7 Ra2+ 62. Ke3 Ra3 63. Kf2 Nd2 64. Rb6+ Kf7 65. Rb7+ Ke8 66. Rb2 Rd3 67. Ra2 Kd7 68. Rc2 $1 Ke8 69. Rc8+ Ke7 70. Rc2 Kd7 71. Kg2 Nf3 72. Ra2 Nh4+ 73. Kh2 Rd6 74. Nh5 Nf3+ 75. Kg2 Nd2 76. Nxf6+ Rxf6 77. Rxd2+ Ke6 78. Ra2 Rf4 79. Ra6+ Ke7 80. Kg3 {White loses 0.04 pawn per move (1 mistake, 3 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.03 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44599790"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 
O-O 9.d4 Ne8 10.d5 Bc5 11.Re1 d6 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Bd3 Qf6 14.Be3 Qg6 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 
16.h3 Nf6 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Re7 Qf4 19.d6 $1 Qxd6 20.Qxd6 cxd6 21.Rxb7 Rfb8 
22.Rxb8+ Rxb8 23.b3 Kf8 24.Rd1 Ke7 25.g4 g5 26.f4 h6 27.Re1+ Kd7 28.fxg5 hxg5 
29.Rf1 Ke6 30.Re1+ Kd7 31.Rf1 Ke6 32.Rf5 Rb4 33.Kf2 Rd4 34.Ke3 Nd5+ 35.Nxd5 
Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Kxd5 37.c3 Kc6 38.a3 d5 39.Kd3 Kb5 40.Kc2 a5 41.Kd3 Kb6 42.Kd2 Kc6 
43.Ke3 Kb5 44.Kd3 Kb6 {White loses 0.02 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses 0
pawn per move (no errors).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "8618020"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Re1 Qh4 12. g3 Qh5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
Bxd6 Rxd6 16. Nf4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bd7 18. f3 g5 19. Ng2 Re6 20. Rxe6 Bxe6 21. Kf2
Rc8 22. Ne3 Nxd4 23. Bb1 Nb3 24. Nxd5 Kg7 25. Ne3 Rc5 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Rc1
28. Rxc1 Nxc1 29. f5 Bd7 30. Ng4 f6 31. Bc2 h5 32. Ne3 Bb5 33. b4 Bd3 34. Bd1
Kh6 35. Bf3 b6 36. h4 Nb3 37. Kg3 Nd4 38. Kf4 b5 39. Bd1 Bb1 40. Nd5 Nxf5 41.
Nc3 Bd3 42. Be2 Bc2 43. Nxb5 Nxh4 44. Nxa7 f5 45. b5 Be4 46. b6 Ng6+ 47. Kg3 f4+
48. Kf2 Ne5 49. Nc8 Nd7 50. Bb5 Nb8 51. Nd6 Bc6 52. Bxc6 Nxc6 53. b7 Kg6 54. a4
Kf6 55. a5 Nb8 56. Ne4+ Ke7 57. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "13708694"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qa4
Nb6 9. Qh4 e5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. d3 c4 12. dxc4 Nxc4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Rad1 Nc6 15.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. b3 Nd6 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Rd1 Nc6 19. Bc5 Be6 20. Nb5 Rc8 21. g4 Nh6
22. g5 Nf5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd2 b6 25. Ne4 Bh4 26. Bd6 Ncd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28.
Ba3 a5 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 a4 31. bxa4 Bxa2 32. Bf4 Bb3 33. Bc7 Bxa4 34. Bxb6
Bb5 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Nc5 Bc4 37. e4 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 Nd6 39. f3 Nc4 40. Bc7 Bf6 41.
Ke2 g5 42. Bg3 h5 43. Bf2 Be5 44. h3 Nb2 45. Nd3 Nc4 46. Nxe5+ Nxe5 47. Bxd4 Ng6
48. Kf2 h4 49. Be3 Kf6 50. Bc1 Nf8 51. f4 gxf4 52. Bxf4 Ne6 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. Bc1
Kf6 55. Bd2 Kg6 56. Kg4 Kf6 57. Bc3+ Kg6 58. Kxh4 Ng5 59. e5 Kf5 60. Bb2 Ne6 61.
Ba1 Nf4 62. Bc3 Ng6+ 63. Kh5 Nf4+ 64. Kh4 Ng6+ 65. Kg3 Nxe5 66. Bxe5 Kxe5 67.
Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "30953499"]
[BlackFideId "1048104"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bg2 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Qa4+ Qb5 13. Qa3 Be6 14. b3 a5
15. O-O Qb4 16. Nxc4 O-O 17. Qb2 a4 18. Ne5 axb3 19. axb3 Qb6 20. Qc3 Ra2 21.
Bf3 c6 22. Nd3 Re8 23. Nc5 Bg4 24. Rfe1 Bxf3 25. exf3 Raa8 26. Qd4 h6 27. h4 Qc7
28. Kg2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd8 30. Qa1 b6 31. Ne4 Nd5 32. Nd2 Nf6 33. Nc4 Rd3 34. b4
Rd8 35. Ne3 Qc8 36. g4 Re8 37. Rd1 Qe6 38. Nf5 Qe5 39. Qxe5 Rxe5 40. Rd6 h5 41.
Rxc6 hxg4 42. fxg4 Nxg4 43. Nd6 f5 44. Kg3 Rd5 45. Rxb6 g6 46. Nc8 Rd3+ 47. Kf4
Kf7 48. Kg5 Nxf2 49. Rf6+ Kg7 50. Rxg6+ Kh7 51. Rb6 Ne4+ 52. Kxf5 Nc3 53. Ne7
Rd7 54. Nc6 Rd6 55. Rb7+ Kh6 56. Ne5 Rd5 57. Rb8 Rd4 58. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Roebers, Eline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "1058401"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Re8 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Re2 Qe7 14. d3 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rec2 Rcd8 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 c5 19. d4 Ne4 20. Nf4 Qf6 21. Rbc2
cxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Re7 24. Rc7 Kf8 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Rc7+ Rd7 27. Rxb7
Rxb7 28. Nxd5+ Kd6 29. Bxe4 Rb8 30. Ne3 g6 31. Kf1 Rc8 32. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "36083534"]
[BlackFideId "950122"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be3 g6 8. Qf3
Rc8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Rad1 Qb4 14. Bb3 Be6 15.
Rfe1 a5 16. e5 dxe5 17. a3 Qb7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Na4 Qb5 20. b3 c5 21. Qe2 c4
22. Nb6 Rc6 23. a4 Qa6 24. Nxc4 Nd5 25. Bd2 Rfc8 26. Rc1 Rc5 27. Qd3 Nb4 28.
Bxb4 axb4 29. Re4 Rd5 30. Qe3 Rcc5 31. h4 Rd4 32. Re1 Rcd5 33. Qf3 Bf6 34. g3
Qc6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. a5 h5 37. Kg1 Qa6 38. Kg2 Qc6 39. Rxd4 exd4 40. Nb6 Qb5 41.
Nxd5 exd5 42. a6 Qxa6 43. Qxd5 Qc8 44. Re2 Qc7 45. Qe4 Qd7 46. f3 Qa7 47. Qd3
Qa1 48. Re4 Qa5 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 g5 51. h5 Qd5 52. Qf3 Qc5 53. Re2 Qc8 54.
Qe4 Qc7 55. Rf2 Qd7 56. Rf1 Qc8 57. Ra1 d3 58. Ra8 Qxc2+ 59. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Qb3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qd7 10. h4 Nh5 11. Bh2 c5 12. Nxd5 cxd4 13. Nc7 Nc6 14. Nxa8 Rxa8
15. O-O-O a5 16. a3 a4 17. Qc2 Na5 18. Kb1 Nb3 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Qe2 e5 21. f4
exf4 22. Bxf4 Qe6 23. Rhg1 Nc5 24. Rg5 Nxf4 25. exf4 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Bf6 27. Rd5
Bxh4 28. R1xd4 Bxf2 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. f5 Kf6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Rd5
Ke6 34. Rg5 Kf6 35. Rg2 Be3 36. Kc2 Ke5 37. Rg3 Bf4 38. Rh3 g5 39. Rh7 f5 40.
Bf3 g4 41. Bxb7 Nxb7 42. Rxb7 Ke4 43. c5 g3 44. Rb4+ Ke5 45. Rb8 Ke4 46. Rb4+
Ke3 47. Rxf4 g2 48. Rxf5 g1=Q 49. Rf8 Qg6+ 50. Kc1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "35033018"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3
d6 9. O-O a6 10. Ba4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Bh2 b5 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. g4
Bg6 16. d4 Nd7 17. Re1 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Bb1 c5 20. d5 a5 21. a3 Na6 22. a4
bxa4 23. Nc4 Nb6 24. Nfd2 Nb4 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Nc4 Qa6 27. Qe2 Rfe8 28. Rxa4
Qb5 29. Ra3 Ra6 30. Re3 Bf8 31. Rd1 a4 32. h4 f6 33. f4 Bf7 34. Kf2 Be7 35. Rc1
Rf8 36. f5 Rb8 37. Bf4 Kf8 38. Rg3 Qb7 39. Rcg1 Ke8 40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 Kd8 42.
gxf6 gxf6 43. Rg7 Bf8 44. Rh7 Qe7 45. Rd1 Rb7 46. Qe3 Rd7 47. Qc3 Rc7 48. Bg3
Kc8 49. Bh4 Kb7 50. Bxf6 Qe8 51. Qf3 Qb5 52. Na3 Qb6 53. Bd8 c4+ 54. Kg2 Ra8 55.
Nxc4 Rxd8 56. Nxb6 Kxb6 57. Qe3+ Kb5 58. Rc1 Rdc8 59. Rxf7 1-0

