[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 $5 ({Theory prefers} 9. Kh1) 9... Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Kh1 Bd6 $1 12. Ne2 Nf8 13. Ng3 c5 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. Nf5 $6 {[%eval -17,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (15. Nc4 {[%eval 33,23] Stockfish 17.1:} f6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. c4 Qc7 18. Nh5 Bd7 19. b3 Bc6 20. f4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Qe7 23. Qf3 Kh8 24. Qg3) 15... Bf8 $1 16. Nc4 f6 $1 17. Qg4 Kh8 $1 18. Qg3 b6 19. h4 g6 20. Nh6 Qd7 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. f3 Ba6 23. b3 Rad8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Nh6 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Bxh6 27. Bxh6 Rg8 28. Qh2 $6 {[%eval -78,23] Stockfish 17.1:} (28. Qh4 {[%eval -41,27] Stockfish 17.1:} Rg6 29. Qxh5 Qd4 30. g4 Kg8 31. Qh2 Kf7 32. f4 exf4 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34. Qxf4 Qd7 35. Qf5 Qe6 36. Rf4 Rdg8 37. Rg1 Qxf5 38. exf5 Rg5 39. Re4 h5 40. Rge1 Rxg4 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. R1e7+ Kh6 44. Rxg8) 28... Rg6 $6 {[%eval -43,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (28... Qd4 {[%eval -78,23] Stockfish 17.1:} 29. Qxh5 Qb2 30. Rac1 Rg6 31. g3 Rdg8 32. Be3 Qa2 33. Rf2 Qxa4 34. Rh2 Qd7 35. g4 a4 36. Kg2 R8g7 37. Ra1 Qc6 38. Qf5 Qe8 39. Rah1 Kg8 40. Ra1 Rf7) 29. Qxh5 Nf4 $6 {[%eval -4,26] Stockfish 17.1:} (29... Qd4 {[%eval -42,24] Stockfish 17.1:} 30. g4 Rd7 31. Rac1 Re7 32. Rce1 Kg8 33. Be3 Qc3 34. Qh2 Qb4 35. Ra1 Reg7 36. Bd2 Qb2 37. Bh6 Qc3 38. Rab1 Qd4 39. Kg2 Rf7 40. Kg3 Qd7 41. Ra1 Nd4) 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. g4 $1 fxg3 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Rae1 Kg7 34. e5 Rh6 35. Qg4+ Rg6 36. Qf5 Rg5 $4 {[%eval 1285,24] It's honestly impossible to know how such an error could happen. Gukesh had over 5 minutes left. He knew what he did straight away.} (36... Rf8 {[%eval 0,55] Stockfish 17.1:} 37. Re4 fxe5 38. Qxe5+ Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Rff6 40. Re7+ Rf7 41. Re4 Rh6 42. Kxg3 Rg6+ 43. Kf2 Rh6 44. Kg3) 37. Qxf6+ {White loses 0.09 pawn per move (2 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.21 pawn per move (1 blunder, 2 inaccuracies).} 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 a4 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. d4 Bb6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bf1 $1 Bc8 $1 {A very strange position, this is black's best.} 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bf1 Bc8 16. a3 {This may not be the best long term.} Bd7 17. Qd3 Na5 18. Be3 Nb3 19. Rad1 exd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Be6 22. d5 {Perhaps a bit inaccurate.} (22. Nd2) 22... Bc8 23. Qc2 Ra5 $1 24. Bc4 Nd7 $1 25. Kh2 Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Qd2 Qd6 28. Rf1 $6 {[%eval -70,26] Stockfish 17.1:} (28. Re2 {[%eval -30,28] Stockfish 17.1:}) 28... Rc5 $1 29. Bd3 Bd7 30. Kh1 Ra5 $6 {[%eval -35,23] Stockfish 17.1:} (30... Rd8 {[%eval -74,21] Stockfish 17.1:} 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Qd2 Qh4 33. Kh2 Ba7 34. Qb4 b5 35. Ne2 Qg5 36. f4 exf4 37. Kh1 Bb6) 31. Bc2 $6 {[%eval -61,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (31. Ne2 {[%eval -35,23] Stockfish 17.1:} Rd8 32. Nc3 Qf6 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 Qe5 35. Rdf1 Rf8 36. Ne2 c6 37. Bc4 Qd6 38. Ng3 Bc7 39. e5 Qxe5 40. d6) 31... Raa8 32. Ne2 $6 {[%eval -90,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (32. Bd3 {[%eval -43,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Qe7 33. Ne2 Qh4 34. Ng1 Ra5 35. f4 exf4 36. Rxf4 Qg3 37. Ne2 Qe3 38. Qc3 Re7 39. Rf3 Qc5 40. Qd2 Qd6 41. Nc3 c6) 32... Re7 $6 {[%eval -43,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (32... c5 {[%eval -90,25] Stockfish 17.1:} 33. dxc6 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Bxc6 35. Nc3 Bd4 36. Bd3 Kf8 37. Nd5 Rec8 38. Rfd1 g6 39. g4 Be8 40. Kg2 Ra5 41. Bb1 Kg7 42. f4 Rac5 43. Nb6 R8c6 44. Nxa4 Rc1 45. Nc3 Bxc3 46. bxc3) 33. Qd3 Ra5 34. Qd2 Ra8 35. Qd3 Qc5 36. Nc3 Ree8 37. Qg3 Qd6 38. f4 $2 {[%eval -162,21] After a really tricky game this is the first real mistake.} (38. Bd3 {[%eval -52,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Ra5 39. Rd2 Rc5 40. Rc2 Qf6 41. f3 g6 42. Qe1 Kg7 43. Qe2 Ra8 44. Qe1 g5 45. Qe2 Rca5 46. Bb5 c6 47. Bc4 Rd8 48. Qd3 Bd4 49. dxc6 Bxc6 50. Nd5 Bxd5 51. Bxd5 Rd7) 38... exf4 39. Rxf4 $6 {[%eval -182,20] Stockfish 17.1:} (39. Qxf4 {[%eval -152,25] Stockfish 17.1:} Qxf4 40. Rxf4 Be3 41. Rf3 Bc5 42. Bd3 Ra5 43. g4 Bd6 44. Rdf1 f6 45. Kg2 Rc5 46. Ne2 Be5 47. Nf4 Bxb2 48. Rb1 Be5 49. Rxb7 Rc1 50. Bb1 Bc8) 39... Bc5 40. e5 $6 {[%eval -233,20] Stockfish 17.1:} (40. Rdf1 {[%eval -184,23] Stockfish 17.1:} Qe5 41. R4f3 Qxg3 42. Rxg3 Bd6 43. Rgf3 f6 44. Bd3 Ra5 45. R3f2 Rc5 46. Rc2 Kf8 47. Rfc1 b6 48. Ne2 Ke7 49. Nd4 Rb8 50. Nf3 Bf4 51. Rd1 Rxc2 52. Bxc2 b5 53. Bd3 b4) 40... Qxe5 {Black is winning, this looks like it might have been severe time trouble but Niemann had about 8 minutes left at move 40.} 41. Ne4 $1 Be7 42. d6 $2 {[%eval -335,20] This seals white's fate.} (42. Qf2 {[%eval -197,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Rf8 43. d6 cxd6 44. Re1 Rae8 45. Bxa4 Bxa4 46. Nc3 Qc5 47. Qxc5 dxc5 48. Rxa4 Bf6 49. Rae4 Rd8 50. Na4 Bd4 51. R4e2 f6 52. g3 Rf7 53. Kg2 b5 54. Nc3 Bxc3 55. bxc3) 42... cxd6 43. Qf2 $6 {[%eval -440,21] Stockfish 17.1:} (43. Qf3 {[%eval -336,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Qxb2 44. Qf2 Qe5 45. Ng3 Be6 46. h4 Rac8 47. Bf5 b5 48. Re1 Qc5 49. Bxe6 fxe6 50. Qe2) 43... d5 44. Ng3 $1 Bd6 45. Rf3 Rac8 $1 46. Bd3 Re7 $1 47. Rf1 Rf8 48. Qg1 $1 Qxb2 49. Nf5 Bxf5 50. Rxf5 Qxa3 51. Qd4 Qc5 $6 {[%eval -278,29] Stockfish 17.1:} (51... Be5 {[%eval -394,29] Stockfish 17.1:} 52. Qxd5 Bc7 53. g4 Qd6 54. Qxd6 Bxd6 55. Rd5 Bb4 56. Rd4 Re3 57. Bc4 a3 58. h4 Be7 59. g5 hxg5 60. hxg5 Bxg5 61. Kg2 Be7 62. Rd7 Bf6 63. Rxb7 Re4 64. Bb3 Re7) 52. Qxa4 $6 {[%eval -402,24] Stockfish 17.1:} (52. Rxd5 {[%eval -278,29] Stockfish 17.1:} Qxd4 53. Rxd4 Rd8 54. Rxa4 Bc5 55. Bc2 h5 56. Re4 Rc7 57. Rd1 Ra8 58. h4 b5 59. Bb3 Ra3 60. Rd3 Kh7 61. g3 g6 62. Re8 b4 63. Rb8 Kg7 64. Kg2 Bd6 65. Rb6 Rc3 66. Rxc3 bxc3 67. Rxd6 Rxb3) 52... Bc7 53. R5f3 Re3 $1 54. Qd7 Rxf3 55. Rxf3 Qd6 $6 {[%eval -357,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (55... g6 {[%eval -414,26] Stockfish 17.1:} 56. g3 Qc1+ 57. Bf1 Bxg3 58. Qxd5 Bb8 59. Rf6 Qc2 60. Qg2 Qc3 61. Rb6 Rd8 62. Rxb7 Be5 63. Qa2 Qf3+ 64. Qg2 Qf5 65. Re7 Bf6 66. Rc7) 56. Qxd6 Bxd6 57. Kg1 Rc8 58. Kf1 g6 59. Bb5 Kg7 60. Ba4 d4 61. Rb3 Rc4 62. Bd7 Rb4 63. Rf3 $1 Rb1+ $1 64. Ke2 Rb2+ {White loses 0.16 pawn per move (2 mistakes, 7 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move (4 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 $5 ({Theory prefers} 6... d6) 7. dxc3 a5 8. Be3 d6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nce5 13. Nd4 a4 14. Qe1 Ra5 15. c4 Ra8 16. Qc3 Re8 17. b3 h6 $6 {[%eval 14,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (17... axb3 {[%eval -13,26] Stockfish 17.1:} 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qh4 20. Rf1 Ng6 21. Bh2 h6 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Nd4 Nf6 24. c5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 dxc5 26. Nxe6 Rxe6) 18. Nb5 $6 {[%eval -23,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (18. Rae1 {[%eval 14,25] Stockfish 17.1:} axb3 19. axb3 Ra2 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Bd1 Bd7 22. Bc1 b6 23. Nf5 Kh7 24. Qg3 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qa8 26. Qh4 Qa5) 18... axb3 19. cxb3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc5 21. Qf3 f6 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. Rae1 Qf7 $6 {[%eval 3,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (23... Bf7 {[%eval -33,21] Stockfish 17.1:} 24. Re3 Kh7 25. Bg3 Qd7 26. Kh2 Bg6 27. Rfe1 Re6 28. Nd5 Rxa2 29. b4 Na6 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qd1 Rb2 32. Qc1 Rxb4 33. Nxb4 Nxb4 34. Qb1) 24. Qg3 Qh5 $6 {[%eval 31,29] Stockfish 17.1:} (24... Kh7 {[%eval 4,31] Stockfish 17.1:} 25. e5 fxe5 26. Be3 Qd7 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxe5 Bf7 29. Kh2 b6 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Rde1 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Qd6 33. Re1 Qxg3+ 34. Kxg3 Rd8 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Nxd1 g5 37. Nc3 Bg6 38. Nd5 Bb1 39. Nxc7 Bxa2 40. Nd5 Bxb3 41. Nxb6 Kg6) 25. e5 $1 fxe5 26. Bxe5 $1 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bd4 Nd3 29. Re3 Nb4 30. Nb5 Bd7 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Nxc7 Re2 33. a3 $6 {[%eval 10,30] Stockfish 17.1:} (33. a4 {[%eval 45,19] Stockfish 17.1:} Nd3 34. Nd5 Be6 35. Kh2 Re4 36. Ba7 Re2 37. Rf3 Nf4 38. Nxf4 gxf4 39. Rxf4 d5 40. c5 Bd7 41. a5 Bc6 42. Kg3 Re3+ 43. Rf3 Re2 44. b4 d4 45. Rf2 Re3+ 46. Kg4) 33... Nc2 34. Bf2 Nxa3 $6 {[%eval 84,26] Stockfish 17.1:} (34... Bc6 {[%eval 18,30] Stockfish 17.1:} 35. Rd1 Nxa3 36. Rxd6 Rb2 37. Rg6 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Kf7 39. Rxg5 Rxb3 40. h4 Nc2 41. Rf5+ Kg6 42. Re5 Rd3 43. h5+ Kh6 44. Bh4 Rd4 45. Bg5+ Kh7 46. Ne6 Rxc4 47. Nf8+ Kg8 48. Ng6 Nd4 49. Ne7+ Kh7) 35. Rd1 $6 {[%eval 17,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (35. Ra1 {[%eval 84,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Nc2 36. Rd1 Re7 37. Rxd6 Bxh3 38. gxh3 Rxc7 39. Kf1 Re7 40. Rg6 Na1 41. Rb6 Nc2 42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Kf3 g6 44. Bc5 Rc7 45. Rb5 Kh6 46. Bf2 Rf7+ 47. Ke2 Kh5 48. Rd5) 35... Bc6 36. Rxd6 Rb2 37. Rg6 $1 Kf7 $2 {[%eval 280,20] The players had a couple of minutes left each. It's fascinating neither player spotted this trivial, but probably key to them missing it, long distance tactic.} (37... Rb1+ {[%eval 39,33] Stockfish 17.1:} 38. Kh2 Kf7 39. Rxg5 Rxb3 40. h4 Rd3 41. Rg4 Bd7 42. Rf4+ Kg6 43. Bc5 Nb1 44. Nb5 Nd2 45. Nd6 Nb3 46. Bb4 Na5 47. Ne4 Nc6 48. Bc3 Nd8 49. Nc5 Rxc3 50. Nxd7 Re3 51. g4 Ne6 52. Rf5 Kh7 53. h5 Nd4 54. Rd5 Ne6 55. Re5) 38. Rxg5 $2 {[%eval 23,32] Stockfish 17.1:} (38. Rxg7+ {[%eval 280,20] and it's over!} Kxg7 39. Bd4+ Kg6 40. Bxb2 Nc2 41. g4 Nb4 42. Bc3 Nd3 43. b4 Bd7 44. Kg2 Nf4+ 45. Kh2 Kf7 46. Bd2 Ne6 47. Na8) 38... Rxb3 39. Rf5+ Ke7 $2 {[%eval 314,24] Black had 40 seconds left when he played this which is losing.} (39... Kg6 {[%eval 15,29] Stockfish 17.1:} 40. Rf4 Nc2 41. Bc5 b6 42. Bf2 Ne3 43. Bxe3 Rxe3 44. Rd4 Kf5 45. Rd6 Be4 46. Rxb6 Re2 47. g4+ Kg5 48. Ne8 g6 49. Re6 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Bf3 51. Nd6 Rc2 52. Ke1 Kf4) 40. Bc5+ Kd8 {Time control has been made and black is lost.} 41. Ne6+ {Played after 10 minutes thought.} (41. Rf7 $1) 41... Kd7 42. Nd4 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Nxc4 44. Rf7+ Kd8 $2 {[%eval 443,16] Stockfish 17.1:} (44... Ke8 {[%eval 250,30] Stockfish 17.1:} 45. Re7+ Kd8 46. Nxc6+ bxc6 47. Rxg7 Nd2 48. h4 Rb5 49. Bd4 Ne4 50. Rg4 Nd6 51. Rf4 c5 52. Be5 Ke7 53. g4 Rb4 54. Kg3 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Nf7 56. Bf6+ Ke6 57. Bg7 Rb4 58. Kg3 Rb3+ 59. Rf3 c4 60. Kf4 Nd6) 45. Ne6+ Kc8 46. Ba7 {White loses 0.11 pawn per move (1 mistake, 3 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.27 pawn per move (3 mistakes, 4 inaccuracies).} 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. h3 Bg7 7. g4 Bc8 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. e4 e5 13. d5 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. Be3 $6 {[%eval 55,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (15. h4 {[%eval 82,25] Stockfish 17.1:} a5 16. Kh2 f6 17. Rg1 Qd8 18. Bh3 fxg5 19. Nxg5 Bc8 20. f3 Nc5 21. Qg2 Nxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxh3 23. Qxh3 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7) 15... Qd8 16. b4 Bc8 $1 17. Rac1 $6 {[%eval 17,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (17. h4 {[%eval 51,26] Stockfish 17.1:} f6 18. Qd2 a5 19. a3 fxg5 20. Nxg5 Ndf6 21. f3 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Nh7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rf4 25. Ne2 Rf7 26. Rac1 Ba6 27. Re1 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Bf8) 17... f6 18. gxf6 $6 {[%eval -26,24] Stockfish 17.1:} (18. h4 {[%eval 24,26] Stockfish 17.1:} a5 19. a3 fxg5 20. Nxg5 Ndf6 21. f3 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Nh7 23. Qd2 Rf4 24. Ne2 Rf7 25. c5 axb4 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. axb4 Rfa7 28. Nc3 Bd7 29. Kh1 Ra3 30. Bf1 Bf8 31. Nb5 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Nxg5 33. Nc7) 18... Bxf6 19. Qd2 Rf7 $6 {[%eval 31,23] Stockfish 17.1:} (19... g5 {[%eval -17,31] Stockfish 17.1:} 20. Ne2 a5 21. a3 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Nh2 Kh8 24. Ng3 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Rc3 Rg8 27. Nxg4 Rg6 28. c5 axb4 29. axb4 Nf6 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Kf1 dxc5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Qe3 Nh3 34. Bxh3 Bxh3+ 35. Ke2) 20. Kh1 $6 {[%eval -18,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (20. Ne2 {[%eval 31,23] Stockfish 17.1:} a5 21. a3 Be7 22. c5 bxc5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. f4 Bd6 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Bf4 Bxf4 28. Nxf4 Qg5 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. dxe6 Re7 31. e5 Rf8 32. Rxc5 Qh4 33. Qe1 Qxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Ng5 35. Rc6 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 Rxf3) 20... Ndf8 $6 {[%eval 30,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (20... a5 {[%eval -18,25] Stockfish 17.1:} 21. a3 g5 22. Nh2 Kh8 23. Ne2 g4 24. f3 Ndf8 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Bg5 27. Rf1 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rg7 29. c5 axb4 30. axb4 bxc5) 21. c5 g5 $1 22. Nh2 Ng6 23. Bf3 $6 {[%eval 0,32] Stockfish 17.1:} (23. cxd6 {[%eval 38,25] Stockfish 17.1:} cxd6 24. Rg1 Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Qd1 Rg7 27. Qxh5 Bd7 28. Bf1 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Rc8 30. Be2 Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Bxe8 32. Ba6 Rc7 33. Kg2 Bd7 34. Nf3 Ng5 35. Nxg5 Bxg5 36. f3 Bh4 37. Ne2 Rxc1 38. Nxc1) 23... g4 $6 {[%eval 82,25] Based on a miscalculation and black soon gets into trouble.} (23... Nf4 {[%eval 0,32] Stockfish 17.1:} 24. Rg1 Rg7 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Rxg7+ Bxg7 27. Bg2 Ng5 28. Rg1 a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Qe2 Rc5 32. Na4 Ra5) 24. hxg4 Ng5 $1 25. gxh5 Nxf3 26. Nxf3 Bg4 $6 {[%eval 142,21] Stockfish 17.1:} (26... Rh7 {[%eval 86,25] Stockfish 17.1:} 27. h6) 27. hxg6 Bxf3+ 28. Kh2 Rg7 29. Rg1 Bh5 $2 {[%eval 367,19] Now black is definitely lost.} (29... Qe8 {[%eval 112,24] Stockfish 17.1:} 30. Bh6 Rxg6 31. Qe3 Bg7 32. Qxf3 Rxh6+ 33. Kg2 Rf6 34. Qh3 bxc5 35. bxc5 Qf7 36. Nd1 Rf8 37. Kh1 Rf3 38. Qe6 Kh7 39. Qxf7 R8xf7 40. Kg2 Bh6 41. Rc3 Rxc3 42. Nxc3) 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Nb5 Qd7 $1 32. Rc6 (32. Nc7 $1) 32... Rxg6 33. Rxd6 $2 {[%eval 1,25] This is already wrong.} (33. Rxg6+ $1 {[%eval 283,20] Stockfish 17.1:} Bxg6 34. f3 Qh7+ 35. Kg1 Qh5 36. Qg2 Kh8 37. Nxd6 Rg8 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Nxc8 Bh7 40. Nxa7 Bxe4 41. fxe4 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qh5+ 43. Qh3 Bh4 44. Qf5 Bg5+ 45. Kg3 Qh4+ 46. Kg2 Bf4 47. Bxf4) 33... Qf7 34. Bg5 $1 Bg7 $4 {[%eval 492,21] Stockfish 17.1:} (34... Qh7 $11 {[%eval 8,25] Stockfish 17.1:} 35. Rg3 Rf8 36. Kg1 Bf3 37. Bh6 Bxe4 38. Qe3 Rxg3+ 39. fxg3 Be7 40. Rd7 Rf3 41. Rxe7 Rxe3 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Nd6+ Kg6 44. Re6+ Kh5 45. Bxe3 Kg4 46. Rh6 Qc7 47. Nxe4 Kf3 48. d6 Qc6 49. Nd2+ Kxe3 50. Rh2 Qd7 51. b5 Kd4 52. Nf1 Kc4 53. Rd2 Kc3 54. a3 e4 55. Kf2 Qf5+ 56. Ke1) 35. Rxg6 Bxg6 36. Bh4 $6 {[%eval 337,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (36. Nd6 {[%eval 505,20] Stockfish 17.1:} Qf3 37. Rg3 Qh5+ 38. Kg2 Rf8 39. Qe3 a5 40. b5 a4 41. f3 Bh7 42. Bh6 Rf6 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Rg3 Rxd6 45. Bg7+ Kg8 46. Bxe5+ Rg6 47. Qc3 Rxg3+ 48. Bxg3 Qg5) 36... Bxe4 37. Qg5 $2 {[%eval 69,25] Losing much of white's advantage.} (37. Nc7 {[%eval 305,23] Stockfish 17.1:} Qh5 38. Qg5 Qxg5 39. Rxg5 Rf8 40. d6 Bc6 41. Ne6 Rf7 42. Nd8 Bd7 43. Nxf7 Kxf7 44. Rg3 a5 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. Bg5 a4 47. Kg1 Ke6 48. Bd2 Bf6 49. Bb4 Bd8 50. Rf3) (37. Qe3 {Is winning too.}) 37... Rf8 38. Nd6 $6 {[%eval 31,37] Stockfish 17.1:} (38. Nc3 {[%eval 77,22] Stockfish 17.1:} Qf4+ 39. Qg3 Qxg3+ 40. Rxg3 Bf3 41. Bg5 Kh7 42. d6 Bc6 43. b5 Bd7 44. Ne4 Bxb5 45. f3 Bd7 46. Kg2 a5 47. Be7) 38... Qf4+ 39. Qxf4 Rxf4 40. Bg3 Rg4 41. Nxe4 Rxe4 42. Rc1 Rxb4 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Rxa7 Bf6 46. a4 Kf5 47. Kg2 Rd4 48. a5 bxa5 49. Rxa5 Bh4 50. Bxh4 Rxh4 51. Ra8 Rd4 52. Rd8 e4 53. d6 Ke6 54. Kg3 Rxd6 55. Rxd6+ Kxd6 56. Kf4 Kd5 57. f3 $1 exf3 58. Kxf3 {White loses 0.14 pawn per move (2 mistakes, 7 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.18 pawn per move (1 blunder, 1 mistake, 4 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 $6 ({Theory prefers} 5. Bg5 $1) ({Or} 5. e3 $1) 5... Nbd7 $6 ({Theory prefers} 5... dxc4 $1) 6. Bg2 $6 ({Theory prefers} 6. Qd3 $1) 6... dxc4 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. e4 b5 $6 ({Theory prefers} 9... e5) ({Or} 9... b6) 10. axb5 cxb5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxb5 Bb7 13. Nd2 $1 a6 14. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb6 17. Ne4 a5 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Qc7 21. Rb1 $6 {[%eval 39,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (21. Qf3 {[%eval 65,24] Stockfish 17.1:} Qc6 22. Rfa1 a4 23. Nc5 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Ra7 25. Ne4 h5 26. Ke2 Rfa8 27. Nd6 Rc7 28. Kd2 h4 29. gxh4 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Ne4 e5 32. dxe5 fxe5) 21... Qc6 22. Kh3 $6 {[%eval -37,21] Stockfish 17.1:} (22. Kg1 {[%eval 41,23] Stockfish 17.1:} Nd5 23. Nd6 h6 24. Rb7 Kg8 25. Qe4 a4 26. Qb1 Ra5 27. Rb8 Ra8 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 g5 30. Kg2 Ra6 31. Ne4 Raa8) 22... Nd5 $6 {[%eval 0,38] Stockfish 17.1:} (22... a4 {[%eval -37,21] Stockfish 17.1:} 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Nd2 Rac8 25. Ne4 Rb8 26. Rba1 f5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. f3 Rxf3 30. Rxa4 Rf6 31. Ra5 Rh6+ 32. Rh5 Rxh5+ 33. Qxh5) 23. Nd6 Ra7 24. Rb5 f5 25. Qh5 $2 {[%eval -160,19] Stockfish 17.1:} (25. Qg5 {[%eval 0,42] Stockfish 17.1:} h6 26. Qg6 Ne7 27. d5 Qxb5 28. Nxb5 Nxg6 29. Nxa7 Nxe5 30. f4 Nd3 31. dxe6 Re8 32. Rxa5 Rxe6 33. Rxf5 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Nd1 35. Rc5 Re2+ 36. Kh3 Nf2+ 37. Kg2) 25... a4 26. Rc5 $6 {[%eval -240,19] Stockfish 17.1:} (26. Rb1 {[%eval -168,28] Stockfish 17.1:} h6) 26... Qa8 27. Rxc4 $6 {[%eval -264,17] Stockfish 17.1:} (27. f4 {[%eval -233,22] Stockfish 17.1:} h6) 27... h6 $1 28. Qe2 $1 g5 29. f3 f4 $1 30. Rc5 $1 Ne3 (30... h5 $1) 31. c4 Rg7 32. d5 Qa7 33. Ne4 h5 34. gxf4 gxf4 (34... g4+) 35. Rxe3 $1 fxe3 (35... Qf7 {is of course insane and much better because it launches a decisive attack on the king.} 36. Ra3 Qf5+ 37. Kh4 Rfg8) 36. Qxe3 Rg6 $2 {[%eval 0,38] and suddenly white is almost equal.} (36... Qf7 {[%eval -125,21] Stockfish 17.1:} 37. Qh6+ Rh7 38. Qf6+ Qxf6 39. exf6 exd5 40. cxd5 Ra8 41. Ng5 Rha7 42. Rc2 a3 43. Ra2 Rb7 44. Kh4 Rb2 45. Ra1 a2 46. d6 Rxh2+ 47. Kg3 Rd2) 37. Nf6 exd5 38. cxd5 $2 {[%eval -202,21] White is back in deep trouble again.} (38. f4 {[%eval -3,27] Stockfish 17.1:} a3 39. f5 d4 40. Qxd4 a2 41. fxg6 a1=Q 42. g7+ Kxg7 43. Rc7+ Qxc7 44. Qxa1 Qxc4 45. Qa7+ Rf7 46. Qg1+ Kh6 47. Qe3+ Kg6 48. Qg1+ Kf5 49. Nxh5 Qd3+ 50. Ng3+ Kg6 51. Qb6+ Kh7) 38... a3 39. Qe4 $4 {[%eval -605,23] Stockfish 17.1:} (39. Rc3 {[%eval -176,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Qxe3 40. Rxe3 Ra8 41. Re1 a2 42. Ra1 Kg7 43. d6 Kf7 44. Nd5 Ra3 45. Kh4 Ra4+ 46. f4 Ke6 47. d7 Rg8 48. Nf6 Rb8 49. Kxh5 Ke7 50. Nd5+ Kxd7 51. Nc3 Ra3 52. Rxa2 Rxc3 53. Kg6 Rb6+ 54. Kf7 Rc7 55. f5 Kc8+ 56. Kf8 Rh6 57. Kg8 Rc5 58. f6 Rxe5 59. Rc2+ Kd7) 39... Rgxf6 $1 40. exf6 a2 $2 {[%eval 0,57] Seconds left on the clock and black blows it.} (40... Qxc5 {[%eval -492,22] Stockfish 17.1:} 41. Qf4 Rf7 42. d6 Kg8 43. Qe4 Qxd6 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qh6+ Ke8 46. Qe3+ Kd8 47. Kg2 Rxf6 48. Qe2 Rg6+ 49. Kh1 Kd7 50. Qb5+ Ke7 51. Qb3 Re6 52. Qc2 Rf6 53. Qh7+ Rf7 54. Qe4+ Kf8) 41. Qg6 a1=Q {White loses 0.35 pawn per move (1 blunder, 2 mistakes, 4 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.13 pawn per move (2 mistakes, 1 inaccuracy).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 h6 $5 ({Theory prefers} 5... c6 $1) 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 $5 ({Theory prefers} 8. Qc2) 8... Bf5 9. Ne5 $6 {[%eval -10,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (9. Nh4 {[%eval 19,27] Stockfish 17.1:} Bh7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. Ng3 Rfe8 15. Rac1 h5 16. Nge2 Nd8 17. f3 Ne6 18. h3 Rad8) 9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Ne4 $6 {[%eval 13,24] Stockfish 17.1:} (14... c5 {[%eval -19,29] Stockfish 17.1:} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qc2 a4 21. Rfd1 d4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Qxd4 24. h3 Qd7 25. Qc4 a3 26. b6 Rd8 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nf4 Nf6 18. Rc1 Rfb8 $6 {[%eval 43,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (18... a4 {[%eval 0,27] Stockfish 17.1:} 19. Rc5 Rfb8 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Rxc6 Nb4 22. Rxd6 Nxc2 23. Nd5 Rb2 24. Nb6 Ra7 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Nd7 a3 27. Nf8+ Kg8 28. d5 Rxa2 29. d6 Nb4 30. d7 Nc6 31. Re8) 19. Qa4 $6 {[%eval 0,34] Stockfish 17.1:} (19. a4 {[%eval 43,22] Stockfish 17.1:} Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rc5 Rb4 22. Qc2 h5 23. Qa2 h4 24. h3 Qe6 25. Ra1 Rc4 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. R1xc4 dxc4 28. Qd2 Rxc5 29. dxc5 Qc6 30. Qd8+ Kh7) 19... Rb5 20. h3 $1 Rab8 21. Rc3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Rfc1 Rb2 24. a3 $1 Qb5 25. Qd1 Qe2 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27. Rc5 $6 {[%eval 0,36] Stockfish 17.1:} (27. Rxc6 {[%eval 47,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Rbb2 28. Rf1 Ra2 29. h4 Rxa3 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Kg6 32. h5+ Kxh5 33. Rxf7 Kg6 34. Rf4 a4 35. Rc1 h5 36. Rc6+ Kh7 37. Rf5 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rf1 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Rh3) 27... Rbb2 28. Rf5 g6 29. Rf4 g5 30. Rf5 Rb5 31. Rcc5 Ra2 32. Rxb5 cxb5 33. Rxb5 Rxa3 34. Re5 f6 35. Re7 Kf8 36. Ra7 h5 37. g3 a4 38. h4 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 a3 40. d5 a2 41. d6 gxh4 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. d7 Rd1 44. gxh4 Rxd7 45. Rxa2 Kg6 46. Kg3 Rd1 47. Kf4 Rh1 48. Kxe4 Rxh4+ 49. f4 Rg4 50. Ra8 h4 51. Rg8+ Kh5 52. Rh8+ Kg6 {White loses 0.06 pawn per move (3 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 "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. a3 $5 (5. cxd5 $1) ({Or} 5. Bg5 $1) ({Or} 5. Bf4 $1) 5... dxc4 $146 ({Theoretical move is} 5... c6) 6. e4 b5 $1 7. Nxb5 Nxe4 8. Bxc4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qa4 $6 {[%eval 49,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (13... Qxe2+ {[%eval -8,27] Stockfish 17.1:} 14. Kxe2) 14. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qc2 16. Ke2 $1 Rd8 17. Rhb1 Qg6 18. Qg3 Bd6 $1 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. h3 $6 {[%eval 2,29] Stockfish 17.1:} (20. Rb7 {[%eval 59,27] Stockfish 17.1:} Rd7 21. Rab1 Rxh2 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Rb7+ Ke8 24. a4 Rxg2 25. Rxa7 Rg1 26. Be1 Rg5 27. a5 Rb5 28. Bd2 e5 29. Kd3 exd4 30. cxd4 Rb2 31. a6 Ra2 32. Bc3 Ra3 33. Kc2 g5) 20... Rd7 21. a4 Ke7 22. a5 c5 23. a6 Rc8 24. Be3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rc6 $6 {[%eval 40,24] Stockfish 17.1:} (25... Kd8 {[%eval 7,27] Stockfish 17.1:} 26. h4 Rb8 27. Kd3 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bc7 29. Rb7 Bb6 30. Rb8+ Kc7 31. Re8 Kd6 32. g4 Kd5 33. Rb8 Bd8 34. g5 Bb6 35. f3 Kc6 36. Kc4 Bc7 37. Rb7 Bg3 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 39. Kb5) 26. Rb5 Rdc7 27. Kf1 Rc2 28. Rb8 Rc8 29. Rb7+ R8c7 30. d5 Rxb7 31. axb7 Rb2 32. dxe6 Rxb7 33. exf7 Bb8 34. Ke2 Kxf7 35. Kd3 Bc7 36. Bxa7 Bb6 37. Bxb6 Rxb6 {This pawn structure is known to be a good defensive one in Rook and Pawn endgames.} 38. Ra5 Rb2 39. Ke3 Rc2 40. Kf3 Rb2 41. Kg3 Kg8 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. Ra4 Rc2 44. Rh4+ Kg8 45. Rg4 Kh7 46. Rh4+ Kg8 47. Rf4 Ra2 48. Kg4 Ra5 49. Rc4 Ra2 50. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 51. Rf8 Rb2 52. Kh4 Ra2 53. Kg3 Rb2 54. Ra8 Rc2 55. Ra5 Rb2 56. Re5 Ra2 57. Kf3 Rb2 58. Re2 Rb4 59. Ke3 Ra4 60. Rd2 Rb4 61. Rd5 Rb2 62. Rd4 Ra2 63. Rb4 Kg8 64. Rb7 Kh7 65. Rc7 Kg8 66. Rd7 Kh7 67. Rd2 Ra4 68. Kf3 Rb4 69. Rd5 Rb2 70. Re5 Ra2 71. Re2 Ra4 72. Re8 Ra2 73. Kg3 Rb2 74. Ra8 Rc2 75. Rb8 Ra2 76. Rb6 Rc2 77. Rd6 Ra2 78. Re6 Rb2 79. Re4 Ra2 80. f4 Rb2 81. Kf3 Ra2 82. Re3 Rb2 83. Re7 Ra2 84. Re8 Rb2 85. Re6 Ra2 86. Re4 Rb2 87. Re1 Ra2 88. Re2 Ra3+ 89. Re3 Ra2 90. Re1 Rb2 91. Re2 Rb3+ 92. Kg4 Rb5 93. Rc2 Ra5 94. Rb2 Rc5 95. Rd2 Ra5 96. Re2 Rb5 97. Re5 Rb2 98. Kg3 Rb3+ 99. Kh4 Rb4 100. Kg4 Rb2 101. Kf3 Rb3+ 102. Re3 Rb2 103. Re2 Rb3+ 104. Kg4 Rb5 105. Kh4 Rh5+ 106. Kg3 Ra5 107. Re5 Ra2 108. Rc5 Rb2 109. Ra5 Rc2 110. Rb5 Ra2 111. Rc5 Rb2 112. Rd5 Ra2 113. Rd3 Rb2 114. Ra3 Rc2 115. Rb3 Ra2 116. Rb8 Rc2 117. Rd8 Ra2 118. Rd3 Rb2 119. Kf3 Ra2 120. Rc3 Rb2 121. Ra3 Rc2 122. Re3 Rb2 {White loses 0.01 pawn per move (1 inaccuracy), Black loses 0.01 pawn per move (2 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 a5 7. Nf3 Ng4 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nf6 10. h3 a4 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Nh7 13. Nf3 Nhf6 14. O-O e5
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qc2 c6 17. Nxa4 g5 18. Bg3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxa4 20. Qc2 Ra5
21. Rad1 Qb6 22. Rd6 e4 23. Qxe4 Nc5 24. Qe3 Qxb2 25. Rd2 Qc3 26. Qe7 Bf6
27. Qc7 Rxa3 28. Bd6 Na6 29. Qb6 Rb3 30. Qa7 Re8 31. Rfd1 Rb2 32. Rxb2 Qxb2
33. Bf1 Kg7 34. Bg3 Qb4 35. Bd6 Qb2 36. Bg3 Qb4 37. Bd6 Qa4 38. Rd2 Qa5 39.
Rd3 c5 40. Rd5 Be6 41. Rd1 Bc8 42. Rd5 Be6 43. Rd1 Qb4 44. Be5 Bxe5 45.
Nxe5 Bf5 46. Ng4 Qb3 47. Ra1 Qb2 48. Rd1 Qb3 49. Ra1 h5 50. Ne3 Rxe3 51.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 52. Kh1 Be4 53. Qb6 Qxh3+ 54. Kg1 Qe3+ 55. Kh1 Qh3+ 56. Kg1 Qe3+
57. Kh1 Qd4 58. Re1 Nb4 59. Qc7 Nc2 60. Rc1 Qb2 61. Kg1 Qxc1 62. Qe5+ Kg8
63. Qe8+ Kg7 64. Qe5+ Kf8 65. Qxc5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Roebers, Eline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Qd2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Be7 10. a3 Qc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxd3+ 14.
Qxd3 Bxf6 15. O-O O-O 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. f5 d4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20.
Qxd4 exf5 21. Nd5 Qd6 22. Rbe1 Kh8 23. Re7 Rg8 24. c4 Rac8 25. c5 Qc6 26.
Nb6 Qb5 27. Rfe1 Rxc5 28. Nxd7 Rd5 29. Ne5 Rxd4 30. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d5 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qc8 14.
Nd2 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Rfd8 19. Rac1
Kf8 20. g4 Rac8 21. Bg3 Nd5 22. Ne5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bc5 24. Rd1 f6 25. Nc6
Rc8 26. Nxa7 Ra8 27. e4 Rxa7 28. exd5 exd5 29. a4 Rd7 30. Bf4 Kf7 31. Rc1
Ke6 32. Re1+ Kf7 33. Bd2 Bd6 34. h3 Rc7 35. Rc1 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 Ke6 37. Be3
Bc5 38. Ke2 d4 39. Bf4 Kd5 40. Kd3 g6 41. Bc1 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Bb2 f5
44. f3 h4 45. Bc1 Be7 46. Bd2 Bd6 47. Be1 Bg3 48. Bb4 Ke5 49. Bd2 Kd5 50.
Bg5 Be1 51. Bf6 Bf2 52. b4 Be1 53. Bxd4 Bxb4 54. Bxb6 Be1 55. Bd8 Bf2 56.
Bg5 Be1 57. Be3 Bg3 58. a5 Kc6 59. a6 Bd6 60. Kc4 Bg3 61. a7 Kb7 62. Kd5
Ka8 63. Ke6 f4 64. Bd4 Be1 65. Kf5 Bd2 66. Ke4 Kb7 67. Bf2 Ka8 68. Bxh4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6
8. Bg5 Bg7 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14.
h4 Rc8 15. Rd2 Nc5 16. Qe3 Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rh3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Qb4 20. e5
dxe5 21. Qb6 Bc6 22. a3 Qxf4 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24. Rxh8 Bxh8 25. Qxa6 Rc7 26.
Nxb5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 e4 28. c3 Rc8 29. Rh1 Qe5 30. Rf1+ Kg8 31. Qd7 Rb8 32.
Bc4 Bg7 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qxe5 Bxe5 35. Kc2 Bg3 36. Rh1 Rf8 37. a4 e3 38.
a5 Rf4 39. Be2 Ra4 40. a6 e5 41. b4 Ra2+ 42. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qc1 Rc8 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 c5 17. Qe1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd7 19. Ba5 e5 20. Nb3 Nb6
21. Rd1 Qc7 22. e4 Qc6 23. Bb4 Qe6 24. Na5 Ba8 25. b3 Rc7 26. Qe3 Nd7 27.
Rd2 Bxb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Rfd1 Qxb4 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Qxa5 32. h4 Bc6
33. Rd6 Be8 34. Qc5 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 a5 36. Bh3 Bf7 37. Rd7 Qxe4 38. Qc7 Qf3
39. Rxf7 Qxf2+ 40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qd2+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
d3 h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 b4 14. d4 Ba7
15. h3 Re8 16. Bc2 c5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. b3 Be6
21. Qe2 a5 22. Nd2 c4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nf4 26. Bb3 Reb8
27. Ra3 Ne6 28. Nf5 g6 29. Ba2 Nf4 30. Ng3 Rb2 31. Ne2 Rd8 32. c5 Rc2 33.
Bb3 Nxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Qxc5 36. Qf3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Ra2 Qb1
39. Rc2 Rd1 40. g3 Rc1 41. Rxc1 Qxc1 42. Qe2 Qc3 43. Bd5 Nxd5 44. exd5 Qd4
45. Qa2 Qd3 46. Kg1 Kf8 47. h4 Ke7 48. Qb2 Qxd5 49. Qb8 h5 50. Kh2 Qc5 51.
Kg1 Kf6 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qb8 Qc3 54. Qe8 Qc7 55. Qb5 Kf8 56. Qd5 Ke7 57.
Qb5 Qc3 58. Kh2 Kf6 59. Qe8 Qc5 60. Kg1 Qd5 61. Kh2 Kf5 62. Qc8+ Ke4 63.
Qc3 Kf5 64. Qc8+ Kf6 65. Qa6+ Kg7 66. Qb5 Qd4 67. Kg1 Qc3 68. Qe8 Qc1+ 69.
Kg2 Qc7 70. Qb5 e4 71. Qd5 f5 72. Qd4+ Kf7 73. Qd5+ Kf6 74. Qa8 Qb6 75. Qe8
Qa6 76. Kg1 Qd6 77. Kh2 Kg7 78. Kg2 Qc7 79. Kh2 Kh7 80. Kg2 Qg7 81. Kh2 Qf6
82. Qb5 Qd8 83. Qe5 Kg8 84. Qe6+ Kg7 85. Qe5+ Kf7 86. Kg2 Qb6 87. Qd5+ Kf6
88. Qa8 Ke5 89. Qh8+ Kd5 90. Qc3 Qb4 91. Qf6 Qd6 92. Qc3 Qc5 93. Qf6 Qd6
94. Qc3 Qb6 95. Qd2+ Kc6 96. Qa2 Kd6 97. Qd2+ Ke6 98. Qh6 Kf7 99. Qh7+ Kf6
100. Qh8+ Ke6 101. Qh6 Kd5 102. Qd2+ Kc6 103. Qa2 Kb7 104. Qf7+ Ka6 105.
Qc4+ Ka7 106. Qc3 Kb7 107. Qg7+ Ka6 108. Qc3 Qe6 109. Qc5 Qd7 110. Qc4+ Kb6
111. Qb3+ Ka7 112. Qe3+ Ka6 113. Qb3 Qc6 114. Kg1 Qc1+ 115. Kg2 Qc7 116.
Qe6+ Qb6 117. Qc4+ Ka7 118. Qc3 Kb7 119. Kg1 e3 120. fxe3 Qb1+ 121. Kh2
Qa2+ 122. Kg1 Qxa4 123. Qg7+ Kc8 124. Qxg6 Qd1+ 125. Kf2 Qc2+ 126. Kf1 a4
127. Qxh5 Qd3+ 128. Kg2 a3 129. Qe8+ Kc7 130. Qf7+ Kc6 131. Qa2 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. Qc2 Nb4 14.
Qb1 Qa6 15. Bf1 Qb6 16. Be2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. a3 Nd5 19. b4 Nd7 20. Nxd5
exd5 21. Qb3 Qe6 22. Rd1 O-O-O 23. Bc3 Nf6 24. Bd4 Kb8 25. Qa4 b6 26. Rc1
Ne4 27. Rc7 Kxc7 28. Qxa7+ Kd6 29. Qxb6+ Kd7 30. Bb5+ Kc8 31. Qa7 Rd6 32.
O-O 1-0

