[Event "Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Rc1 $5 ({Theory prefers} 10. Qc2) 10... Qe7 $1 11. b4 $1 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxb4 (13... Nf6 14. a3 Be4 15. f3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. e4 Bf4 19. Rcd1 c6 20. Bc3 b5 21. Na5 Bc7 22. Nb3 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Qb2 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Nd7 26. Nd4 Qf6 27. f4 c5 28. Nxb5 Qb6 29. Nd6 cxb4+ 30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Nc5 32. Rc4 Rb8 33. e5 Na6 34. axb4 Rxb4 35. Ra1 Rxc4 36. Nxc4 Nc5 37. Rxa7 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 h5 39. Nd6 Rd4 40. Ke3 Rd3+ 41. Ke2 f6 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. Ne4 Rd5 44. exf6 Kg6 45. fxg7 Kxg7 46. Nxc5 Rxc5 47. Ra3 Kg6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. g3 Rc1 50. h3 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Rb1 52. Ra5+ Ke4 53. Re5+ {1-0 Bluebaum,M (2668)-Zanan,E (2465) EU-Cup 38th Durres 2023 (6.3)}) 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Rc7 Rab8 17. Qh5 h6 18. d5 Qd8 19. dxe6 Qxc7 20. Qf5 g6 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Rc1 Nc5 24. Bc4 d5 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Be5 Qd8 $6 {[%eval 76,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (27... Qd7 {[%eval 20,32] Stockfish 17.1:} 28. Bb5 Qxb5 29. Bd6+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kxd6 32. Qf4+ Kd7 33. Qxb8 Qb2 34. Re1 Qc3 35. Rf1 Ba6 36. Qxa7+ Kc8 37. Rd1 Be2 38. Rb1 Bd3 39. Qxb6 Bxb1 40. Qxb1 Ne4 41. h4 Qxa3 42. Qd1 Qb2 43. Qg4+ Kd8 44. Qf5 Qa1+) 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Be2 $6 {[%eval 0,47] Stockfish 17.1:} (29. Bb5 Rc8 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Bg3 Rf6 32. Qg7+ Ke6 33. Be2 Rf5 34. Qxb7 c4 {and the position is equal but White can play on.}) (29. Bb5 {[%eval 94,20] Stockfish 17.1:} Rc8 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Bg3 Rf6 32. Qg7+ Ke6 33. Qxb7 c4 34. Bc6 Rxc6 35. Qxc6+ Kf7 36. Qb7+ Ke8 37. h3 Qd7 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Be5 Rb6 40. Qh8 Qe6 41. Qh7+ Ke8) 29... Rc8 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ {White loses 0.04 pawn per move (1 inaccuracy), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move (1 inaccuracy).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 ({Relevant:} 10. h3 Qf6 11. e4 h5 12. Rg2 Bf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Rxg7 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. a4 c5 18. dxc5 Qe5 19. Rg3 Qxc5 20. a5 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. O-O-O O-O-O 23. Rd4 Qf1+ 24. Rd1 Qc4 25. Rd4 Qc5 26. Ne2 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2 e5 28. Rd5 f6 29. f4 Bc6 30. Rc5 Kb8 31. fxe5 Bxe4+ 32. Kc3 fxe5 {½-½ Abdusattorov,N (2731)-Gukesh,D (2732) Norway Chess 11th Stavanger 2023 (5)}) 10... Nf6 11. Rg5 {11.Rg5 scores better than 11.h3.} Qh1 12. f4 Bd7 13. Qf2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 {[#]} 15. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg2 Qd3 {½-½ Mannermaa,J (2501)-Vayser,V (2533) Baltic Sea tt8 B01 email ICCF email 2008}) 15... Be7 16. Rh5 Qg6 17. Qf3 Qc2 18. Qd1 Qg6 19. Ba5 $6 {[%eval -82,20] White should have repeated here with a quick draw as result. Stockfish 17.1:} (19. Qf3 {[%eval -17,29] Stockfish 17.1:} Qc2 20. Qd1 Qe4 21. Qe2 O-O-O 22. Bg2 Qc2 23. Ba5 Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Rdg8 25. Bf3 dxc4 26. Rc1 Be8 27. Rxc4 f5 28. Rh6 Rg6 29. Rh3 h5 30. Rxh5 Rgg8 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Kf1 Rxh2 33. Bg2 Bg6 34. Rc1 Rh7) 19... e5 {Missed by the white player/ Now Black gets a serious advantage.} 20. Bd3 $6 {[%eval -151,25] Abdusattorov was happy to see White allows the queen swap, keeping the queens on would have been more resistant. Stockfish 17.1:} (20. Rxe5 f6 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qb3 {and the game continues, although Black is better.}) 20... Qg1+ $1 21. Kd2 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bg4 $6 {[%eval -112,24] Stockfish 17.1:} (22... exd4 {[%eval -152,25] Stockfish 17.1:} 23. exd4 b6 24. Bc3 Bg4 25. Rh6 Bxd1 26. Kxd1 Rc8 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rh5 Rd8 29. Be2 Kf8 30. Kc2 Rd6 31. Kd3 Kg7 32. Bg4 a5 33. Re5 Bd8 34. Rf5) 23. Rxe5 f6 24. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 25. Rg1 $6 {[%eval -207,20] Stockfish 17.1:} (25. Rc1 {[%eval -125,27] Stockfish 17.1:}) 25... Rag8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. e4 $6 {[%eval -255,18] Stockfish 17.1:} (27. Rg3 {[%eval -206,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Bd7) 27... Bd7 $1 28. Bb4+ $6 {[%eval -302,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (28. Re1 {[%eval -256,27] Stockfish 17.1:} Rg2+ 29. Kc1 Rc8+ 30. Kb1 Kf7 31. exd5 Re8 32. Rc1 b6 33. Bc3 h5 34. h4 Re3 35. Bc4 Bf5+ 36. Ka1 Ke7 37. Ba6 Reg3 38. d6+ Kd8 39. a4 Rg1 40. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 41. Ka2 Rg4 42. d5 Rxf4 43. Bxf6+ Kd7 44. Kb3 Kxd6 45. Bg5 Rf3+ 46. Kb4 Bd3 47. Bb7) 28... Kf7 29. Rg3 $6 {[%eval -378,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (29. Re1 {[%eval -287,27] Stockfish 17.1:} Rg2+ 30. Kc1 Re8 31. f5 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Rg4 33. Bd5+ Kg7 34. Rf1 Rc8+ 35. Bc3 Rxd4 36. Rg1+ Kh6 37. Bxb7 Rc5 38. Rg2 Bxf5 39. Rf2 Kg6 40. a3 Rd6 41. Bf3 h5 42. Rg2+ Kh6 43. h4 Bg4 44. Be4) 29... Rxg3 30. hxg3 dxe4 31. Bxe4 f5 $1 32. Bd5+ Be6 33. Bf3 Rd8 $6 {[%eval -274,31] Stockfish 17.1:} (33... Bxa2 {[%eval -325,22] Stockfish 17.1:} 34. d5 Rg8 35. Ke3 Rxg3 36. Kf2 Rg8 37. Bh5+ Kf6 38. Bc3+ Ke7 39. Bb4+ Kd8 40. Bf7 Rg4 41. Ke3 b6 42. Be6 Bb1 43. Bf8 Rg1 44. Bh6 Ke8 45. Bg5 Rd1 46. Ke2 Rd4 47. Ke3 Rb4 48. Bf6 a5) 34. Kc3 $6 {[%eval -408,20] Stockfish 17.1:} (34. a3 {[%eval -274,31] Stockfish 17.1:} Rxd4+ 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Be2 Rd8 37. Bh5+ Kg8 38. Be2 Rc8 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Kf2 Bd5 41. Bh5+ Ke7 42. Bd1 Rg8 43. Bh5 Ke6 44. Bd4 b6 45. Bc3 Bc4) 34... Bd5 35. Bxd5+ $6 {[%eval -491,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (35. Bh5+ {[%eval -393,28] Stockfish 17.1:} Ke6 36. Kc2 Rc8+ 37. Bc3 Bxa2 38. b3 Bb1+ 39. Kb2 Be4 40. g4 Bd5 41. g5 h6 42. g6 Kf6 43. Bb4 Rd8 44. Ka3 b6 45. Ka4 a6 46. Be1 Rd7 47. Ka3 Kg7 48. Bh4 a5 49. Ka4 Bc6+ 50. Ka3 b5) 35... Rxd5 36. a4 Ke6 37. Kd3 Rd8 38. b3 Kd5 39. Be1 Rd6 $1 40. a5 Rh6 41. Bf2 Rh1 {White loses 0.21 pawn per move (8 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.02 pawn per move (2 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[Annotator "Abeln, Michiel"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.d3 $5 ( {Theory
prefers} 7.O-O $1 ) 7...O-O 8.Qb3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.40/23} ( {Theoretical
move is} 8.O-O $1 ) ( 8.O-O {Stockfish 17.1: +0.11/25} ) 8...Nde7 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.04/23} ( 8...Be6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.40/23} 9.O-O Bb6 10.Qc2 h6 11.a3 
Qd7 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Be3 Nd4 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.b4 Rfe8 16.a4 a5 17.b5 Re6 18.Rfc1 
Qd6 19.Bh3 Ree8 ) 9.O-O h6 10.a3 Nd4 $1 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Ne4 Bb6 13.Qc2 a5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/23} ( 13...Be6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.36/23} 14.b4 Bd5 15.a4 
a6 16.Bd2 Re8 17.Rac1 c6 18.Bh3 Ba7 19.Nc5 Ng6 20.Rce1 ) 14.Bd2 a4 15.Bb4 Re8 
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 Nf5 18.Be4 Ra6 19.e3 {A risky move to keep the game going,
but Giri had expected this move.He thought the whole white setup is risky, not
something he wpuld normally go for.} 19...dxe3 20.fxe3 Qg5 21.Rf4 b6 22.Qc4 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.89/21} ( 22.Bb4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.12/32} ) 22...Ra7 
23.Bb4 c5 24.Qb5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.81/28} ( 24.Bxf5 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.96/25} 24...Bxf5 25.e4 Be6 26.Qb5 Rd7 27.Bc3 Red8 28.Rd1 Rd6 29.e5 R6d7 
30.Qxa4 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Rxd3 32.Qa8+ Rd8 33.Qe4 Rd5 34.Rf1 Qd8 35.h4 Qd7 36.Kh2 b5 
37.Re1 Bf5 38.Qf4 Rd3 ) 24...Rae7 25.Bd2 Nd6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.24/26} ( 
25...Nxg3 26.hxg3 Rxe4 27.dxe4 Qxg3+ 28.Kh1 {and now Giri missed in his
calculations} ( 28.Kf1 Rd8 29.Be1 Qxe3 {winning.} ) 28...Rd8 {and Black wins} ) 
( 25...Nxg3 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.85/25} 26.hxg3 Rxe4 27.dxe4 Qxg3+ 28.Kh1 Rd8 
29.Qe2 Qh3+ 30.Kg1 Ba6 31.Qh2 Qxh2+ 32.Kxh2 Rxd2+ 33.Kg3 Bc4 34.Rc1 Bb3 35.Rf2 
Rd6 36.Rg1 Kf8 37.Rh2 Re6 38.Kf4 g5+ 39.Kf5 Kg7 ) 26.Qxb6 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Rxe4 
28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Qc6 Qg4 30.Qxc5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.55/25} ( 30.Bc3 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.87/30} ) 30...Rc4 31.Qd6 $4 {Another blunder by Gukesh
Stockfish 17.1: -5.72/24} ( 31.Qd5 {White should have played this and after} 
31...Rc2 32.Rc1 Bf5 33.Rxc2 Bxc2 {and Black is clearly better because of the
weak white king, but it's not over yet.} ) ( 31.Qd5 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.47/26} 
31...Rc2 32.Rc1 Bf5 33.Rxc2 Bxc2 34.Bc3 Be4 35.Qe5 Qd1+ 36.Kf2 Qf3+ 37.Ke1 Qh1+ 
38.Kd2 Qxh2+ 39.Ke1 Qg1+ 40.Ke2 Qg2+ 41.Ke1 f6 42.Qe6+ Kh7 43.Qg4 Qg1+ 44.Ke2 
Qb1 45.Bd4 Qc2+ 46.Ke1 Bb7 47.Kf1 Qc1+ 48.Kf2 Qh1 49.Ke2 h5 50.Qf5+ Kg8 51.Kd2 
Be4 52.Qf2 Bf3 53.Qe1 Qg2+ 54.Kc3 ) 31...Qe4 32.Kf2 Bb7 33.Rf1 Rc6 $1 34.Qd8+ 
Kh7 35.Bc3 Rxc3 $1 36.bxc3 Qg2+ 37.Ke1 Ba6 {White loses 0.24 pawn per move (1
blunder, 4 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.06 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 $5 ({Theory prefers} 10. a3 $1) 10... Qd7 11. a4 Nd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nc3 c5 $146 ({Theoretical move is} 14... Ne6) 15. Qb1 $6 {[%eval -9,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Qa1 Bc6 19. Qa2 g6 20. Ra1 Kg7 21. Qa7 Bc7 22. Nxc7 Nxc7 23. Qb6 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Nxa8 25. Qa5 Qc7 26. Qa2 Nb6 27. Nd2 Qb7 28. c3 d5 29. Bc2 c4 30. Qb1 Nd7 31. b4 cxd3 32. Bxd3 Nf6 33. exd5 Nxd5 34. Bf1 Nf4 35. Qe1 f6 36. g3 Ne6 {�-� Perez Candelario,M (2586)-Svane,R (2625) ESP-chT CECLUB Honor Toledo 2021 (2.4)}) (15. Nd5 {[%eval 28,25] Stockfish 17.1:} Ne6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Nh4 d5 19. f3 Re8 20. Qe2 g6 21. Qe3 Nd7 22. Qf2 Qb6 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. f4 f6 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. Bf4 Kg7 28. Bxe5 fxe5) 15... Ne6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Bc6 19. Qb3 h6 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. Be3 Bf8 22. Ra7 Qc8 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Qa2 Rb7 25. Ra8 Rb8 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Bd2 Ne8 29. g4 Nf6 30. Ng3 Bc8 $1 31. Bb4 Qa6 32. Qb3 Bd7 33. Kg2 Qa8 34. Qc3 Qa7 35. Nh4 Kh7 36. Nf3 Kg8 37. Qb2 Qa8 38. Qb3 Qa4 39. Qb1 Bc6 40. Qb2 Bd7 41. Kf1 Be8 42. Qc3 Bd7 43. Ke2 Be8 44. Nd2 $6 {[%eval 6,31] Stockfish 17.1:} (44. Nf1 {[%eval 33,26] Stockfish 17.1:} d5 45. Bxf8 dxe4 46. Nxe5 exd3+ 47. Nxd3 Qe4+ 48. Ne3 Kxf8 49. Qc5+ Kg8 50. f3 Qc6 51. Qxc6 Bxc6 52. Ne5 Be8 53. Kd3 Kf8 54. Kd4 Ke7 55. Kc5 Nd7+ 56. Nxd7 Bxd7 57. f4 Be8 58. h4 Kf6 59. Kd6 g5 60. fxg5+ hxg5) 44... Bd7 45. Qb3 $6 {[%eval 0,57] Stockfish 17.1:} (45. Ngf1 {[%eval 30,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Kf7 46. Nf3 Be7 47. Ne3 Qa7 48. h4 Be8 49. Qb3 Bd7 50. Ba3 Be8 51. Kf1 Qa6 52. g5 Nh5 53. gxh6 gxh6 54. Ng4 Nf4 55. Nxh6+ Kg7 56. Ng4) 45... Qxb3 46. Nxb3 Kf7 47. f3 Ne8 48. h4 Nc7 49. Ba5 Na6 50. h5 d5 51. Nf1 Bd6 52. Be1 $1 Nb4 53. Ne3 d4 54. Bxb4 Bxb4 55. Ng2 Bd6 $1 56. Nh4 Kf6 57. Kf2 Kg5 58. Kg3 Be8 59. Ng2 g6 60. hxg6 Bxg6 61. Kh3 h5 62. Kg3 Be8 63. Kh3 Bb4 64. Kg3 Bf8 65. Kh3 Bh6 $1 66. Kg3 Kf6 67. Kh4 Bg5+ 68. Kg3 Ke7 69. gxh5 Bxh5 70. Kf2 Kd6 71. Ke2 Kc6 72. Ne1 Kb6 73. Ng2 b4 74. Nd2 Bxd2 ({Afterwards Niemann tried} 74... Kb5 {but Sindarov showed he had calculated to the end} 75. Nc4 Bf6 76. Ne1 Ka4 77. Kd1 Be8 78. Kc1 Bh4 79. Ng2 Bg3 80. Kb2 Bh5 81. Nd2 Bf2 82. Ka2 Bg1) 75. Kxd2 Bxf3 76. Ne1 Bh5 77. Kc1 Kb5 78. Kb2 Ka4 79. Ng2 Bd1 $1 80. Ne1 Kb5 81. Kb3 Kc5 82. Ng2 Kd6 83. Ne1 Kc5 84. Ng2 {White loses 0.04 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move (no errors).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Bg4 $146 ({Theoretical move is} 8... Ng4 $1) ({Or} 8... c6 $1) 9. d5 c5 $6 {[%eval 134,23] Stockfish 17.1:} (9... Nc5 {[%eval 67,27] Stockfish 17.1:} 10. Nd2) 10. a3 Bd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Kh7 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Kg2 Qd7 $6 {[%eval 164,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (16... Qc8 {[%eval 136,26] Stockfish 17.1:} 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rb1 Nac7 19. b4 b6 20. Qc2 cxb4 21. axb4 Nf6 22. Ng1 h5 23. Bd3 a6 24. f3 Bh6 25. Bxh6 Kxh6 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5) 17. Qc2 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Qh3 19. Bf1 Qd7 20. Kg2 h5 21. Qc1 Nf6 22. Bd3 Ng8 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. Bc2 Re7 25. Qd1 Qd8 26. Rb1 $6 {[%eval 145,26] Stockfish 17.1:} (26. f4 {[%eval 172,22] Stockfish 17.1:} Bh6 27. f5 Nb8 28. h3 Nd7 29. g4 Ree8 30. Qc1 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 g5 32. Nb5 Ndf6 33. h4 Nh6 34. hxg5 Rg8 35. Rh1 a6 36. gxf6 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2) 26... Nc7 $6 {[%eval 178,24] Stockfish 17.1:} (26... Nb8 {[%eval 145,26] Stockfish 17.1:}) 27. b4 Ne8 28. Bg5 f6 29. Be3 $6 {[%eval 167,30] Stockfish 17.1:} (29. Bd2 {[%eval 198,23] Stockfish 17.1:} Nh6 30. Kh1 Kg8 31. Qe2 Qc8 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nc3 Nf7 35. Na4 Bh6 36. Bxh6 Nxh6 37. Rb6) 29... Bh6 30. f4 b6 31. Qf3 Ng7 $1 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. f5 Qe8 $6 {[%eval 211,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (33... Bxe3 {[%eval 159,24] Stockfish 17.1:} 34. Qxe3 Nh6 35. Qd2 g5 36. Nd1 Nf7 37. Nf2 Qc7 38. Ba4 Rb8 39. Bc6 Qd8 40. Rb5 a6 41. Rb2 Rxb2 42. Qxb2 g4) 34. Bg1 Bd2 35. fxg6+ Qxg6 $6 {[%eval 219,17] Stockfish 17.1:} (35... Kxg6 {[%eval 175,26] Stockfish 17.1:}) 36. Nb5 Ne8 37. Qe2 Bg5 38. Kh1 $6 {[%eval 155,26] Stockfish 17.1:} (38. Nxd6 {[%eval 239,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Nxd6 39. Bxc5 Rd8 40. Bxd6 Rxd6 41. c5 Rd8 42. d6 Rg7 43. Rbd1 Qe8 44. Qc4 Be3 45. Rf3 Bxc5 46. Ba4 Qg6 47. Qxc5 h4 48. d7 Nh6 49. Qc6 Qh5 50. Qe6 Ng4 51. Qf5+ Qxf5 52. exf5 e4 53. Rc3 h3+ 54. Kg1 Ne5 55. Kf1 Ng4 56. Ke2) 38... h4 $6 {[%eval 211,23] Stockfish 17.1:} (38... Kh8 {[%eval 155,26] Stockfish 17.1:}) 39. gxh4 Bf4 $6 {[%eval 341,21] Stockfish 17.1:} (39... Bxh4 {[%eval 232,23] Stockfish 17.1:} 40. Rb3 Bg5 41. Rh3+ Nh6 42. Rg3 Nf7 43. Kg2 Ng7 44. Bd1 f5 45. exf5 Nxf5 46. Rxf5 Qxf5 47. Bc2 e4 48. Qh5+ Nh6 49. Qxg5 Qxg5 50. Rxg5 Kh8 51. Nc3 e3 52. Bd3 a6 53. Rh5 Kg8 54. Rxh6 Rg7+ 55. Bg6) 40. Bf2 $6 {[%eval 183,25] Stockfish 17.1:} (40. Nxd6 {[%eval 341,21] Stockfish 17.1:} Nxd6 41. Bxc5 Rd8 42. Bxd6 Rxd6 43. Rg1 Qh6 44. c5 Rd8 45. d6 Ree8 46. Ba4 Rf8 47. d7 Ne7 48. c6 Nxc6 49. Bxc6 f5 50. Ba4 Be3 51. Rg3 Rb8 52. Rxb8 Rxb8 53. Qxe3 Rb1+ 54. Kg2) 40... Nh6 41. Rg1 Qf7 42. Qf3 Rg8 43. Nc3 Rb7 $2 {[%eval 340,23] Stockfish 17.1:} (43... Rxg1+ {[%eval 219,26] Stockfish 17.1:} 44. Rxg1 Ng7 45. Ne2 Nh5 46. Ng3 Ng7 47. Bd1 Rb7 48. Be3 Bxe3 49. Qxe3 Rb1 50. h5 Rb2 51. Qf3 Rb1 52. Qe2 Qe7 53. Qc2 Qb7 54. Qd3 Rc1 55. Ne2 Ra1 56. Qc3 Ra2 57. Qg3 Qf7 58. Qb3 Rd2 59. Qc3 Ra2 60. Nc1 Rf2 61. Qg3 Rf4) 44. Ne2 Rxb1 45. Rxb1 Bd2 46. Rd1 Ba5 47. Ng3 f5 $6 {[%eval 382,21] Stockfish 17.1:} (47... Qd7 {[%eval 332,28] Stockfish 17.1:} 48. Be3 Qg4 49. Qf2 Ng7 50. Bxh6 Kxh6 51. Qxf6+ Qg6 52. Qe7 Kh7 53. Rg1 Kh8 54. Qg5 Qxg5 55. hxg5 Rb8 56. Nf5 Rb2 57. Rg2 Ra2 58. Nxd6 Rxa3 59. Rf2 Nh5 60. Nf7+ Kg7 61. Nxe5 Bc3 62. Rf7+) 48. exf5 Nf6 $6 {[%eval 499,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (48... Ng4 {[%eval 402,26] Stockfish 17.1:} 49. f6+ Kh8 50. Ne4 Nexf6 51. Bg3 Qe7 52. Ng5 Bd8 53. Rf1 Qe8 54. Be1 Nh6 55. Ne6 Be7 56. Bd2 Nhg4 57. Qf5 e4 58. Bc3 Qg6 59. Bxe4 Qh6 60. Qf4 Qxf4 61. Nxf4 Kg7 62. Nh5+ Kf7 63. Bd3) 49. Be3 $1 Rg4 $6 {[%eval 549,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (49... Bd8 {[%eval 478,27] Stockfish 17.1:} 50. Bg5 Nhg4 51. h3 e4 52. Qe2 Ne5 53. Nxe4 Nxe4 54. f6 Kh8 55. Qxe4 Qh5 56. Qf5 Rf8 57. Rf1 Nxc4 58. Qd7 Qf7 59. Qe6 Nxa3 60. Bd3 c4 61. Be4 c3 62. Qf5 Nb5 63. Bh6 Qxf6 64. Bxf8 Qxf5 65. Bxf5 Bxh4) 50. Ne4 {White loses 0.05 pawn per move (4 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.14 pawn per move (1 mistake, 10 inaccuracies).} 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 Qb6 $5 ({Theory prefers} 6... Bc5) (6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. e3 Qf6 15. Qxd5 Qxc3 16. Rfc1 Qf6 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Qb5 Qh6 19. Bc5 Rad8 20. Ne4 Bd5 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qxb6 Qg6 23. Nc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rd2 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Rac1 Rxa2 27. Qb1 Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxe3 29. Ra1 Ree2 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Nxb7 {½-½ Ding,L (2762)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) Norway Chess 12th Stavanger 2024 (2)}) 7. Nb3 {[#]} Ng4 $146 (7... dxc4 8. dxc4 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Qxc4 12. Nd2 Qe6 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Rd1 Na6 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. a3 Nc5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. b4 f5 20. bxc5 Kxh7 21. Bd6 Rae8 22. e3 Rf7 23. Bxe7 Rexe7 24. Rab1 Qc4 25. Rxb7 Qxc5 26. Qb2 Be8 27. Rb8 Rf6 28. Rdd8 Rfe6 29. h4 Qe5 30. Ne2 Qxb2 31. Rxb2 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rbb8 Bf7 34. Nd4 Rf6 35. Rbc8 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Rxc6 {½-½ Nihal,S (2610)-Inarkiev,E (2693) TUR-chT Konya 2019 (2.5)}) 8. O-O e3 9. f3 $1 Nf2 10. Qc2 Nh3+ 11. Bxh3 Bxh3 12. Rd1 d4 13. c5 Qd8 14. Qc4 Na6 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxc5 17. Bxe3 O-O-O $1 18. Nc2 Rhe8 19. Kf2 Nb4 20. Nba3 Rxe3 $1 21. Nxe3 Be6 22. d4 Rxd4 $6 {[%eval 7,30] Stockfish 17.1:} (22... Bxd4 {[%eval -23,22] Stockfish 17.1:} 23. Rd2 Rd5 24. f4 Bc5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Rc1 b6 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Nac4 Nxa2 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Nd6+ Kd7 31. Nxf7 a5 32. Ne5+ Ke6 33. Ke3 a4 34. g4 Nc1 35. Kd2 Nb3+ 36. Kc2 Nd4+ 37. Kd3) 23. Ke1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Nxa2 25. Kd2 b5 26. Nc2 a5 27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. bxc3 $1 a4 29. e4 Kc7 30. f4 g6 31. Nd4 $2 {[%eval -113,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (31. Rd1 {[%eval -11,32] Stockfish 17.1:} Kb6 32. Nb4 Bb3 33. Nc2 h6 34. Kc1 a3 35. Kd2 Ka5 36. Kc1 h5 37. Rd8 Kb6 38. Rd2 Be6 39. Nd4 Bc4 40. Nc2 Bb3 41. Kb1 Kc7 42. Ka1 Bc4 43. e5 Be6 44. Rd1 Be7 45. Nd4 Bc4 46. f5) 31... Bc4 $6 {[%eval -14,28] Stockfish 17.1:} (31... Bxd4 {[%eval -113,22] Stockfish 17.1:} 32. cxd4 Kb6 33. h4 c5 34. dxc5+ Kxc5 35. h5 Kb4 36. Rb1+ Ka5 37. Re1 a3 38. f5 gxf5 39. exf5 Bxf5 40. Kc1 Kb4 41. Re3 Bg4 42. Re4+ Kb3 43. Re3+ Ka2 44. Re4 Be6 45. g4 Bd5 46. Rf4 Kb3) 32. e5 $6 {[%eval -61,26] Stockfish 17.1:} (32. Nc2 {[%eval -14,28] Stockfish 17.1:} Be6 33. Rd1 Bg4 34. Re1 Kb6 35. Nb4 h5 36. Kc2 h4 37. Kb2 h3 38. Rf1 Bf8 39. Re1 Be7 40. Ra1 Bd6 41. Nc2 Bf8 42. Re1 Bf3 43. Nb4 c5 44. Nd5+ Kc6) 32... Be7 33. g4 $6 {[%eval -82,27] Stockfish 17.1:} (33. Nc2 {[%eval -49,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Bb3 34. Nd4 Bd5 35. Nc2 Kd7 36. Kc1 h5 37. Kb1 Bc5 38. Kb2 Ke6 39. Nb4 Bxb4 40. cxb4 Kf5 41. Rf1 Be6 42. Ka3 Ke4 43. Rf2 Bc4 44. Rd2) 33... c5 $6 {[%eval -13,33] Stockfish 17.1:} (33... f6 {[%eval -82,27] Stockfish 17.1:}) 34. Nc2 Kc6 35. Ne3 Bb3 36. f5 Bg5 $6 {[%eval -41,31] Stockfish 17.1:} (36... gxf5 {[%eval -79,31] Stockfish 17.1:} 37. gxf5) 37. Kd3 Bf4 38. Ke4 g5 39. h4 $6 Bxe3 40. Kxe3 gxh4 41. Kd2 $1 Bd5 42. Re1 $4 {[%eval -375,18] Stockfish 17.1:} (42. g5 {[%eval -53,25] Stockfish 17.1:} Kd7 43. e6+ Ke7 44. exf7 Kxf7 45. c4 Bxc4 46. Rh1 Kg7 47. Rxh4 a3 48. f6+ Kg8 49. Re4 Bf7 50. Re7 b4 51. Rb7 Bd5 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rxh7 Be4 54. Rc7 b3 55. Rc8+ Kf7 56. Rc7+ Kg6 57. Rg7+ Kh5 58. f7 b2 59. f8=Q b1=Q 60. Qf7+ Kg4 61. Qc4 Kg3 62. Ra7 Bf3 63. Qxc5 a2 64. Qc7+ Kg2) 42... Kd7 $1 43. Re3 $6 {[%eval -492,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (43. Kc1 {[%eval -367,26] Stockfish 17.1:} Ke8 44. Re2 h3 45. Rh2 Bg2 46. Kb2 b4 47. Kc2 Kd7 48. Kb2 Kc6 49. c4 Kd7 50. Kc2 a3 51. Kb3 Ke7 52. Kc2 Kf8 53. Kb3 Kg7 54. Kc2 Kh6 55. e6 fxe6 56. fxe6 Kg6) 43... a3 44. Kc1 $6 {[%eval -608,20] Stockfish 17.1:} (44. c4 {[%eval -491,24] Stockfish 17.1:} a2 45. Ra3 Bxc4 46. Kc1 b4 47. Ra7+ Ke8 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. e6 fxe6 51. Kb2 exf5 52. g5 Bf7 53. Ra6 h3 54. Rh6 Kg7 55. Rh4) 44... Bg2 45. e6+ Ke8 46. exf7+ Kxf7 47. Re6 b4 48. g5 b3 49. Rf6+ Kg8 50. Re6 b2+ $1 51. Kc2 h3 52. Kd3 {White loses 0.21 pawn per move (1 blunder, 1 mistake, 4 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move (4 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 9. Be2 Nb4 10. Qb1 c5 $5 ({Theory prefers} 10... dxc4) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Nb5 Red8 19. a3 Nd3 20. Qxd3 Nc5 21. Qe2 Nxe4 22. Rfd1 a6 23. Nc3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 h5 25. h3 b5 26. Rad1 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 b4 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Qd4 a5 30. Ne4 h4 31. Rc1 Be7 32. Qa4 Rb8 33. b3 Bb4 34. Qc6 Rd8 35. Qc7 Rf8 36. Qf4 Qh5 37. Ng5 Be7 38. Nf3 Qb5 39. Nd4 Qd5 40. Nc6 Bg5 41. Qc4 Qd2 42. Qc2 Qxc2 43. Rxc2 Ra8 44. Rc5 Bd8 45. Kf1 Bb6 46. Rb5 Bc7 47. Rb7 Bd6 48. Ra7 Rc8 49. Nxa5 Rc1+ 50. Ke2 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Bb4 52. g3 Be1 53. gxh4 Rxf2+ 54. Ke4 Rb2 55. Nc4 Rxb3 56. h5 Rb4 57. Rc7 Bg3 58. Rc8+ Kh7 59. Kf3 Bh2 60. h4 Rb5 61. Kg2 Bb8 62. Rf8 Rc5 63. Nb6 Ba7 64. Nc8 Rc7 65. Nxa7 Rxa7 66. Kg3 f6 67. Re8 e5 68. Rb8 Ra4 69. Rc8 Re4 70. Rc3 Kh6 71. Ra3 Kxh5 72. Ra7 Rg4+ 73. Kf2 Kxh4 {0-1 Narayanan,S (2662)-Navara,D (2682) Prague Cez Trophy m rapid 2022 (8)}) 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rd1 Qe7 $1 14. Qc2 (14. Be1 Rd8 15. a3 d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. b4 Rxd1 19. Qxd1 Bd6 20. Bf3 a6 21. Qd3 Rb8 22. Rd1 Bc7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 h6 25. b5 f5 26. Bf3 a5 27. a4 b6 28. Bc3 e5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Re1 Bd7 31. Qg3 Re8 32. Qg6 Rf8 33. Qg3 f4 34. Qf3 Qg5 35. Bb2 Bd6 36. h3 Qe7 37. Qe2 Qg5 38. Qf3 Qe7 39. Qe2 Qg5 40. Qd3 Bf5 41. Qf3 Bg6 42. Qg4 Qxg4 43. hxg4 Re8 44. Rd1 Bc5 45. Bc6 Re7 46. Rd5 Bb4 47. Bxe5 Bc2 48. Bd4 Bxa4 49. Bxb6 Bb3 50. Rd8+ Kh7 51. Bd5 a4 52. Bd4 a3 53. b6 a2 54. b7 Bc5 55. b8=Q Bxd4 56. Bg8+ Kg6 57. Qd6+ {1-0 Pashikian,A (2595)-Goganov,A (2527) Tsaghkadzor op 2022 (9)}) 14... Bd7 15. Rac1 Bb6 16. Na4 $1 Ba5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxa5 Nxa5 19. Nc3 Rac8 $6 {[%eval 123,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (19... Be6 {[%eval 55,26] Stockfish 17.1:}) 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. Nd4 Qb4 22. Ne4 (22. b3 Bd7 23. Bf3 {and it is diifficult to defend d5, white can also increase the pressure with nde2, Fedoseev was afraid of this.}) 22... Qxd2 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rxd2 Bd7 25. Rdc2 Nc6 26. Nb5 Red8 27. Rc5 a6 $1 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. exd4 Rb8 30. Rc7 Bf5 31. R1c3 Rd6 $1 32. Kf1 Re6 33. Rc8+ $6 {[%eval 28,31] Stockfish 17.1:} (33. Bf3 Be4 34. Bg4 Rb6 35. Rb3 Rxb3 36. axb3 {was a line the white player considered and would have been stronger than the game continuation}) (33. Bf3 {[%eval 120,24] Stockfish 17.1:} Be4 34. g3 b5 35. Bg4 f5 36. Bh5 Rf8 37. R3c6 f4 38. gxf4 b4 39. Rxe6 fxe6) 33... Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. Rc5 $6 {[%eval -7,34] Stockfish 17.1:} (35. Rc3 {[%eval 24,28] Stockfish 17.1:} Be4 36. Bd1 f5 37. a3 a5 38. f3 Bb1 39. Kf2 f4 40. Rb3 b6 41. Rc3 Rh6 42. h3 Ba2 43. Be2 Bb1 44. Bb5 Re6 45. g3 fxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Rg6+ 47. Kf4 Re6 48. h4 Ba2 49. Rc7 Bb1 50. Rd7 Ba2 51. Bd3 Bc4 52. Bxc4 dxc4) 35... Be4 $6 {[%eval 44,29] Stockfish 17.1:} (35... Rb6 {this would have been difficult for white to deal with considering he had only 1 minute left.} 36. b3 Bb1 37. Ra5 Rb4 {and now what? White may have panicked here, but there is a way to maintain the balance but you have to see that the pawn endgame after} 38. Ra4 Rxa4 39. bxa4 Bxa2 40. a5 Bc4 {is ok.}) (35... Rb6 {[%eval -7,34] Stockfish 17.1:} 36. b3 Bb1 37. Ra5 Rb4 38. Ra4 Rxa4 39. bxa4 Bxa2 40. a5 Bc4 41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Ke1 Kf8 43. Kd2 Ke7 44. Kc3 Kd7 45. Kxc4 b6 46. axb6 Kc6 47. b7 Kxb7 48. Kc5 Kc7 49. g4 a5 50. h3 a4 51. Kb4 Kd6 52. Kxa4 Kd5 53. Kb5 Kxd4 54. Kc6 Ke4 55. Kd7 Kf3 56. Ke7 Kxf2 57. Kxf7 Kg2) 36. f3 Bb1 37. a3 Ba2 38. Kf2 Bb3 $6 {[%eval 96,22] Stockfish 17.1:} (38... f5 {[%eval 50,26] Stockfish 17.1:} 39. Rc7 b5 40. f4 Re4 41. Bd3 Rxf4+ 42. Ke3 Rh4 43. h3 Bc4 44. Bxf5 Bf1 45. Rc2 Bc4 46. Rf2 a5 47. Rf4 Rh6 48. Rg4+ Kh8 49. Kf4 Rb6 50. Rg3 a4 51. h4 h6 52. Ke5 b4 53. Bd7 bxa3 54. bxa3 f6+ 55. Kf5 Rb3 56. Rf3 Kg7 57. Bxa4 Rb2 58. Ke6) 39. Rc3 $6 {[%eval 19,26] Stockfish 17.1:} (39. Bd3 {[%eval 96,22] Stockfish 17.1:} b5 40. Bf5 Re7 41. Rc3 Ba2 42. h4 a5 43. Rc5 Bc4 44. b3 Bxb3 45. Rxb5 a4 46. Bd3 h6 47. Rc5 Ba2 48. Ra5 Bb3 49. g4 Rc7 50. Rc5 Re7 51. Bb5 Re6 52. h5 Re7 53. Bc6 Bc4 54. Bxd5) 39... Rb6 40. Ke3 f5 $1 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Rc5 Bc4 $1 43. Bxc4 dxc4 44. Rxf5+ Ke6 45. Rc5 Rxb2 46. Rxc4 Kd6 47. a4 b6 48. g4 $1 Rxh2 49. Rb4 Kc6 50. Rc4+ Kd7 51. Rb4 Rh6 $1 52. d5 b5 $1 53. Ke5 bxa4 54. Rxa4 Rb6 55. g5 h6 56. Rf4 Ke7 57. gxh6 Rxh6 58. d6+ Rxd6 59. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 60. Kxd6 Kf6 61. Kc5 Kf5 62. Kb6 Kf4 63. Kxa6 Kg3 64. f4 $1 Kxf4 {White loses 0.06 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.06 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.h4 $6 ( {Theory
prefers} 7.Nd2 $1 ) ( {Or} 7.Bf4 $1 ) 7...h6 8.d5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.06/24} 
( 8.e3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.46/23} 8...c5 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Bc3 O-O 11.g4 d5 12.g5 
Nc6 13.gxh6 cxd4 14.exd4 Qc7 15.hxg7 Rfd8 16.Bd3 Qf4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 ) 8...Qf6 
9.Nd2 $1 exd5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qd5 Nc6 12.Qxe4+ Qe6 13.Qxe6+ $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.11/24} ( 13.Qc2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.33/23} 13...Rd8 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 cxd6 
16.g3 Ne5 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.b3 O-O 19.Bg2 b5 20.Bd5 Qf6 21.Qd1 bxc4 22.bxc4 Ng4 
23.O-O Qf5 24.Bf3 Ne5 25.Kg2 Nxf3 26.exf3 ) 13...dxe6 14.Bd2 Nd4 15.O-O-O Nb3+ 
16.Kc2 Nxd2 17.Rxd2 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Kxd8 19.g3 Bc5 20.e3 a5 21.Bg2 Ke7 22.Rd1 Rd8 
23.Rxd8 Kxd8 24.Bc6 Ke7 25.Kd3 Kd6 26.Be8 Ke7 27.Bc6 Kd6 28.Be8 Ke7 29.Bc6 Kd6 
{White loses 0.05 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move
(1 inaccuracy).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nc6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 $6 ( 
{Theory prefers} 8.cxd5 $1 ) 8...dxc4 9.Bg2 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.f4 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.13/24} ( {Theory prefers} 11.Qd4 $1 ) ( 11.Qd4 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.18/25} 11...Nb6 12.O-O Rb8 13.b3 O-O 14.bxc4 Rd8 15.Qf4 Bd7 16.Rfc1 
Qc5 17.Rab1 h6 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Nf6+ gxf6 20.exf6 Qf8 21.c5 Nd5 22.Qh4 Bc6 23.Rc4 
) 11...Nb6 12.O-O Rb8 13.a4 $1 a5 $1 14.Ne4 Bd7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.71/23} ( 
14...Ra8 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.14/27} 15.Rfc1 Bd7 16.Qe3 Bc6 17.Nd6+ cxd6 
18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Qxb6 O-O 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Rxc4 Rfb8 22.Qxc6 Qxc6 23.Rxc6 Rxb2 
24.Rac1 g6 25.Rc8+ Rxc8 26.Rxc8+ Kg7 27.Kf1 ) 15.Qxa5 Ra8 16.Nd6+ $2 {Stockfish
17.1: 0.00/26} ( 16.Qc5 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.01/20} 16...Bxa4 17.Rfc1 h6 18.Kf2 
Rd8 19.Nd6+ Rxd6 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Qe3 O-O 22.Bxb7 Qb4 23.Qa3 Qb5 24.Bf3 Bb3 
25.Qa5 Qd7 26.Qc5 ) 16...cxd6 17.Qxb6 d5 18.e4 dxe4 $1 19.Bxe4 O-O 20.a5 Rab8 
$6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.30/24} ( 20...Bc6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.03/26} 21.Bxc6 
bxc6 22.Qxc6 Rfc8 23.Qd6 Qb7 24.Qb6 Qe4 25.a6 Rcb8 26.Qf2 Qc6 27.f5 exf5 
28.Qxf5 Ra7 29.Rf2 h6 30.h3 Qc7 31.Kh2 Qb6 32.Qf4 Rba8 ) 21.Rac1 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.02/25} ( 21.Qd6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.30/24} 21...Qxd6 22.exd6 Rfd8 
23.Kf2 Bb5 24.Rfd1 Kf8 25.Ke3 Ba6 26.Ra4 f5 27.Bf3 Rbc8 28.Ra3 Rd7 29.Rc3 Rcd8 
30.Be2 b5 31.b3 Rc8 32.g4 Rc6 33.bxc4 bxc4 34.g5 Rc5 ) 21...Rfc8 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.71/21} ( 21...Bc6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.02/25} 22.Rfe1 Rfd8 23.Rxc4 Qd7 
24.a6 Bb5 25.a7 Bxc4 26.axb8=B Rxb8 27.Qd6 Qe8 28.Rd1 Bb5 29.f5 exf5 30.Bxf5 
Qf8 31.Qb6 Bc6 32.Bd7 Bxd7 33.Rxd7 Re8 34.Qxb7 ) 22.Rfd1 Ba4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.99/22} ( 22...Bc6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.65/26} 23.Rxc4 ) 23.Rd6 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.54/24} ( 23.Rd4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.99/22} 23...Bc6 24.Rdxc4 Rd8 
25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Qf2 Qc7 27.b4 Qe7 28.Qe1 g6 29.Kg2 Rd7 30.Kh3 Kg7 31.Ra1 Qd8 
32.Rxc6 Rd2 ) 23...g6 24.Qb4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/31} ( 24.Qa7 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.56/29} 24...Qc7 ) 24...Bc6 25.Rxc4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Rc1+ $6 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.40/20} ( 26...Qc7 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.07/29} 27.Re2 Ra8 28.Rb6 Qc1+ 
29.Re1 Qc7 30.Rd1 Qc2 31.Rbd6 Qe2 32.R6d2 Qf3 33.Rd3 Qe2 34.Qxb7 Rcb8 35.Qe7 
Qxb2 36.R3d2 Qb3 37.a6 Qb6+ 38.Kg2 Qxa6 39.Qf6 Qb7+ 40.Kh3 ) 27.Kf2 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.05/25} ( 27.Kg2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.40/20} 27...Rc2+ 28.Kf3 
b5 29.Rb6 Qa7 30.Re2 Rcc8 31.Rd6 Qa8+ 32.Kg4 h5+ 33.Kh3 h4 34.Qd2 hxg3 35.Kxg3 
Rc4 36.b3 Re4 37.b4 Rxe2 38.Qxe2 Kg7 ) 27...Qc7 28.Rd2 Rd8 $1 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 
30.Rd4 Qc7 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.Kh3 h5 33.Rd2 Rc5 34.Rd7 Qxd7 35.Qxc5 Qd3 36.b4 Qf1+ 
37.Kh4 Qd1 38.Kh3 Qf1+ 39.Kh4 Qd1 40.Kh3 Qf1+ {White loses 0.11 pawn per move (1
mistake, 5 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.15 pawn per move (5 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 
Nbd7 10.O-O-O $6 ( {Theory prefers} 10.Nd5 $1 ) 10...Rc8 $5 ( {Theory prefers} 
10...Be7 $1 ) 11.Kb1 Be7 12.h3 h4 13.f4 b5 14.Bd3 b4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.70/27} ( {Theoretical move is} 14...Qc7 ) ( 14...Qc7 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.32/25} 15.a3 Nb6 16.f5 Bc4 17.Bg5 d5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 
21.Rhe1 Rd8 22.Qe2 Qb7 23.Qg4 Bxg2 24.Nd2 Kf8 25.Be4 Bxe4 26.Nxe4 ) 15.Nd5 $1 
Bxd5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bxa6 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Rb8 19.Rhe1 Qb6 20.Qxb6 Rxb6 21.fxe5 $1 
dxe5 22.Bc4 f5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.21/22} ( 22...Rd6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.56/26} 23.c3 bxc3 24.bxc3 Kd8 25.a4 Nb6 26.Bb5 Kc7 27.Rxd6 Bxd6 28.Kc2 f5 
29.Rd1 Rd8 30.a5 Nc8 31.Rb1 Ne7 32.a6 Nd5 33.Na5 Ne3+ 34.Kd3 Nxg2 ) 23.Rd5 Rd6 
24.Red1 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/35} ( 24.Rb5 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.25/23} 
24...g6 25.Rxb4 e4 26.Rb5 Kf8 27.Be2 Kg7 28.c4 Kf6 29.a4 Rc8 30.a5 Kg5 31.c5 
Rd5 32.c6 Rxb5 33.cxd7 Rcb8 34.Bxb5 Rxb5 35.Kc2 ) 24...Rhh6 25.Bb5 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 
Rd6 27.Rxe5 $1 Rd1+ 28.Nc1 g6 29.c4 bxc3 30.Re3 Kd8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.86/21} ( 30...cxb2 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/34} 31.Kxb2 Kf8 32.Rd3 Rxd3 33.Nxd3 
Ne5 34.Nxe5 Bf6 35.Kc3 Bxe5+ 36.Kd3 Ke7 37.Ke2 Bf4 38.Kf3 Bc7 39.Ke3 Bb8 40.Kf3 
) 31.Rd3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.06/36} ( 31.Rxc3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.86/21} 
31...Bf6 32.Rc2 Bg5 33.b4 Nb6 34.Kb2 Nd5 35.a3 Ne3 36.Rc6 Nxg2 37.Nd3 Be3 38.a4 
g5 39.Kc2 Rh1 40.a5 Nf4 41.Rd6+ Kc7 ) 31...Rxd3 32.Nxd3 cxb2 33.Kxb2 Ne5 $1 
34.Nxe5 Bf6 35.Kc3 Bxe5+ 36.Kc4 g5 37.Kd5 Bf4 38.Bd3 Kc7 39.Bxf5 Kb6 40.Be4 Ka7 
{White loses 0.09 pawn per move (1 mistake, 1 inaccuracy), Black loses 0.11 pawn
per move (3 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.O-O Ne4 
9.Nc3 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 O-O 11.Rfd1 Rb8 $1 12.a3 a5 $1 13.e4 dxe4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.24/27} ( 13...dxc4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.09/22} 14.e5 b5 15.Bxc6 Ba6 16.a4 b4 
17.Nb5 Rc8 18.Qe4 Nb8 19.Bb7 Bxb7 20.Qxb7 c3 21.bxc3 bxc3 22.Ne4 Bb4 23.Rdc1 
Rc6 24.Nexc3 Bxc3 25.Nxc3 Qxd4 26.Nb5 Qxe5 27.Na7 Rc5 ) 14.Qxe4 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.16/25} ( 14.Ndxe4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.24/27} ) 14...b5 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.48/24} ( 14...e5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.16/25} 15.dxe5 Nc5 16.Qe3 Qd3 
17.Nf1 Qxe3 18.Nxe3 a4 19.Be4 g6 20.Bc2 Ra8 21.Kg2 Re8 22.Re1 f6 23.exf6 Bxf6 
24.h4 Be6 25.Rad1 Bf7 26.Rd2 Bg7 27.Red1 Be6 28.Ne4 Nxe4 ) 15.c5 $1 Nf6 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.94/27} ( 15...b4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.57/25} 16.axb4 Rxb4 
17.Qxc6 Bf6 18.Ne2 e5 19.Ne4 exd4 20.Qd5 Ne5 21.Qxd8 Rxd8 22.c6 Bg4 23.c7 Rc8 
24.Rxd4 Rxc7 25.Rxa5 Rxd4 26.Ra8+ Rd8 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Rxd8+ Kg7 29.Nc3 Be6 
30.f4 Nc4 31.Nb5 ) 16.Qf4 Bd7 17.Nf3 Nd5 18.Qd2 Qc7 19.Re1 b4 20.Nxd5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.42/24} ( 20.Ne4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.97/24} 20...Rfd8 21.Ne5 
h6 22.Qc2 Nf6 23.Nd2 Be8 24.Ndf3 Nd5 25.Nc4 Bf6 26.Rad1 Ne7 27.Bh3 Rd5 28.Nfe5 
Rbd8 29.Nd6 R5xd6 30.cxd6 Qxd6 31.Bg2 bxa3 32.bxa3 Qxa3 ) 20...cxd5 21.b3 bxa3 
22.Rxa3 Rb4 23.Rea1 Rfb8 24.Rxa5 Rxb3 25.Ra7 R3b7 26.Rxb7 Qxb7 27.h4 Qc7 28.Bf1 
Bf6 29.Qe3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.20/26} ( 29.h5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.47/24} 
29...h6 30.Qe3 Qc8 31.Ba6 Qd8 32.Bd3 Ra8 33.Rc1 Bc6 34.Kg2 Rb8 35.Ra1 Ra8 
36.Rb1 Rb8 37.Re1 Qa5 38.Ne5 Qc7 39.Ng4 ) 29...h5 30.Ra6 Bc8 31.Ra4 Bd7 32.Ra6 
Bc8 33.Ra4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.15/29} ( 33.Ra3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.55/21} 
33...Bd7 34.Bd3 Be8 35.Ra6 Qc8 36.Kg2 Ra8 37.Rb6 Bd8 38.Rb1 Rb8 39.Re1 Bf6 
40.Ra1 Ra8 41.Rxa8 Qxa8 42.Qf4 Qc8 43.g4 hxg4 44.Ng5 Bd8 45.Qxg4 Bf6 46.Bh7+ 
Kf8 47.Bc2 Ke7 48.Nh7 ) 33...Bd7 {White loses 0.14 pawn per move (4
inaccuracies), Black loses 0.11 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nd5 $6 ( {Theory
prefers} 7.b3 ) ( {Or} 7.Be2 ) 7...Nge7 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 7...g6 ) 8.Re1 $1 
d6 9.Ne3 Ng6 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Nge5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.a4 Rb8 $1 14.g3 b5 15.Qe2 
O-O 16.h4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.71/22} ( 16.axb5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.38/29} 
16...axb5 17.d3 Qc7 18.Nf1 Na5 19.Be3 Bb7 20.Nd2 c4 21.Qh5 Rfd8 22.dxc4 bxc4 
23.Qe2 Ra8 ) 16...f5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qh5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.12/22} ( 18.Ng2 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.56/26} 18...Bd6 19.exf5 exf5 20.d3 Bb7 21.Bb3+ Kh8 22.f4 c4 
23.Bc2 cxd3 24.Bxd3 exf4 25.Bxf4 Ne5 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Qxe5 Qxd3 28.Rad1 Qf3 
29.Rd2 Rbd8 30.Rf2 Qc6 ) 18...f4 19.Nd5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.46/21} ( 19.Ng2 
{Stockfish 17.1: -1.11/26} ) 19...Bd6 $1 20.d4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.69/19} ( 
20.Nxf4 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.57/22} 20...g6 21.Nxg6 Qe8 22.d3 Qxg6 23.Qxg6+ hxg6 
24.Be3 Bb7 25.Ra2 Be7 26.Rea1 Ra8 27.Kg2 Rxa2 28.Rxa2 Ra8 29.Rxa8+ Bxa8 30.Kh3 
Kf7 31.Bd1 Bb7 32.Bd2 Ba6 33.b3 Bf8 34.c4 bxc4 35.bxc4 ) 20...fxg3 21.fxg3 cxd4 
22.Bg5 Qe8 23.Qxe8 Rxe8 24.Bb3 Kh8 25.Nb4 $1 Nxb4 26.cxb4 Bxb4 27.Rf1 $2 
{Stockfish 17.1: -3.95/21} ( 27.Red1 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.11/32} 27...Kg8 28.Bc2 
h6 29.Bc1 Bd7 30.Bd3 Ra8 31.Rxa8 Rxa8 32.Rf1 Be8 33.Kg2 Ra1 34.Kf3 Be7 35.Bd2 
Ra2 36.Bc1 Ra4 37.Bd2 Bb4 38.Bc1 Kh7 39.Kg2 Be7 40.Bd2 Ra2 41.Bc1 Ra8 42.Kf3 b4 
) 27...Bb7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.22/31} ( 27...h6 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.95/21} 
28.Bc1 d3 29.Be3 Bb7 30.Ra7 Bxe4 31.Rff7 Rg8 32.Rac7 d2 33.h5 Rbf8 34.Bd1 Rxf7 
35.Rxf7 Rd8 36.Kf2 Bd3 37.g4 ) 28.Bc2 h6 29.Bc1 Ra8 30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Bd3 Kg8 
32.h5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.34/25} ( 32.Kf2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.03/31} 
32...Bc6 33.Ke2 Be8 34.g4 Ra1 35.h5 Kh7 36.Rd1 g6 37.hxg6+ Kxg6 38.Rh1 Bf8 
39.Kf3 Bg7 40.Kg2 Bc6 41.Kf3 b4 42.Re1 Ba4 43.Rh1 Bb3 44.Kg2 Ra7 45.Bd2 Ra2 
46.Rb1 Bf8 47.Kf3 Be7 48.Ke2 Kg7 49.Be1 Bg5 50.Bxb4 Ra7 51.Bd6 Bf4 ) 32...Be7 
33.Kf2 Kf7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.79/29} ( 33...Ra2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.17/31} 
34.Ke2 Bc6 35.g4 Bf6 36.Bb1 Ra1 37.Bd3 Kf7 38.Bd2 Ra2 39.Rc1 Bd7 40.Rc7 Ke8 
41.Rc2 Be7 42.Kf3 b4 43.b3 Ra3 44.Bc4 Ba4 45.Rb2 Kd7 46.Be1 Bc6 47.Bg3 Bd6 
48.Bd3 Kc7 49.Bh4 Ra1 50.Rb1 ) 34.Ke2+ Bf6 35.Bd2 Ra2 36.Rb1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-2.07/23} ( 36.Rc1 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.36/28} 36...Rxb2 37.Rc7+ Kg8 38.Kd1 Ba6 
39.Kc1 Ra2 40.Bc2 Ra4 41.Bxa4 bxa4 42.Kc2 Be2 43.Ra7 Bxh5 44.Rxa4 Be2 45.Ra5 
Kf7 46.Bb4 Bg5 47.Bd2 Bd8 48.Ra7+ Kg6 49.Rd7 Bf6 50.Bb4 Bg5 51.Bf8 d3+ 52.Kc3 
Be3 53.Rxd3 Bxd3 54.Kxd3 Kf7 55.Bd6 Bd4 56.g4 Kg6 57.Ke2 h5 58.Kf3 Kg5 59.gxh5 
Kxh5 ) 36...Ke7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.43/32} ( 36...Bc6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-2.07/23} 37.Bc2 Ra8 38.Rf1 b4 39.Bd3 Ra2 40.Rc1 Ba4 41.Rb1 b3 42.Bc4 Ke8 
43.Kd3 Kd7 44.Bb4 Be7 45.Be1 Kc7 46.Bxe6 ) 37.Bb4+ $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.64/24} 
( 37.Kd1 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.43/32} 37...Bc6 38.Kc2 Ke8 39.Rc1 Ra7 40.Kb1 Bd7 
41.g4 Bd8 42.Rg1 Be7 43.Rf1 Rc7 44.Be2 Rb7 45.b3 Ra7 46.Bd3 Ra8 47.Rc1 Ra3 
48.Kb2 Ra7 49.Rf1 Bc6 50.Kb1 Bh4 51.Rc1 Bd7 52.Rf1 ) 37...Kd8 38.Bd2 Kc7 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -1.79/31} ( 38...Be7 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.56/30} 39.Bc2 Kd7 
40.Kf3 Bc6 41.g4 Ra8 42.Rf1 b4 43.Bd3 Ra2 44.Rb1 b3 45.g5 Bxg5 46.Bxg5 hxg5 
47.Kg4 Ke7 48.Kxg5 Kd6 49.Kg6 Be8+ 50.Kg5 Kc5 51.Rc1+ Kb6 52.Rc8 Bc6 53.Rb8+ 
Bb7 ) 39.Bb4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.66/25} ( 39.Kd1 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.79/31} 
39...Bc6 40.Kc2 Be7 41.Rf1 Be8 42.g4 Kb6 43.Kb1 Ra8 44.b3 b4 45.Rf2 Rd8 46.Rf3 
Rc8 47.Rf1 Bc5 48.Bc4 Bb5 49.Bxb5 Kxb5 50.Rf3 Ra8 51.Kb2 Bb6 52.Be1 d3 53.Rxd3 
Be3 ) 39...Bc6 40.Bd2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.37/27} ( 40.Kd1 {Stockfish 17.1:
-2.58/30} 40...Ra7 41.Bc5 Ra4 42.Ke2 Ra2 43.Bf8 Kd7 44.g4 Ke8 45.Bb4 Be7 46.Bd2 
Kd7 47.Bc2 b4 48.Bd3 b3 49.Kf3 Kc7 50.Bc4 Ra8 51.Bxe6 Kb6 52.Rc1 Rf8+ 53.Bf5 
Bb5 54.Ra1 Bg5 55.Bxg5 hxg5 56.Ra3 Kc5 57.Rxb3 ) 40...Be7 41.g4 Kb6 42.Kf3 Be8 
43.Ke2 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.72/21} ( 43.Be1 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.08/29} 
43...Ra8 44.Bg3 Bd6 45.Rg1 b4 46.Bc4 Bd7 47.b3 Rc8 48.Ke2 Bb5 49.Bxb5 Kxb5 
50.Rd1 Rc2+ 51.Rd2 d3+ 52.Kxd3 Rc3+ 53.Ke2 Rxb3 54.Bf2 Bc5 55.Bxc5 Kxc5 56.Rd7 
Ra3 ) 43...b4 $1 44.Be1 b3 45.Bg3 Bd6 46.Bc4 Bb5 47.Kd3 Ra7 48.Bh4 Rf7 49.Bd8+ 
Kc5 50.Bxb5 Kxb5 51.g5 Rf8 $1 52.gxh6 gxh6 53.Bh4 Rf3+ 54.Ke2 Re3+ 55.Kf2 Rxe4 
56.Bg3 Rg4 57.Ra1 Rg5 58.Ra8 Bc5 {White loses 0.17 pawn per move (4 mistakes, 7
inaccuracies), Black loses 0.06 pawn per move (4 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Roebers, Eline"]
[Black "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 a6 5.Ne2 e6 6.Ng3 Ne7 7.Nd2 c5 8.Nb3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 
Nbc6 10.Ngxf5 Nxf5 11.Nxf5 exf5 12.Bd3 Qd7 13.O-O Be7 14.Re1 g6 15.g3 h5 16.a3 
O-O 17.b3 Qe6 18.Bb2 Rfd8 19.Qf3 Rac8 20.Re2 Rc7 21.Qf4 b5 22.Rae1 Nb8 23.f3 
Nd7 24.b4 Rdc8 25.Rg2 Nf8 26.Kh2 Rc4 27.Bd4 Qd7 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Qd2 Ne6 30.c3 
f4 31.gxf4 Bxh4 32.Reg1 Nxd4 33.cxd4 Qf5 34.Qe3 Be7 35.Re2 Kf8 36.Kg2 Qe6 
37.Qd3 Bd8 38.f5 gxf5 39.Kh2 Bb6 40.Rg5 Bxd4 41.Rxf5 Qg6 42.Rg2 Bxe5+ 43.f4 
Bxf4+ 44.Kh3 Qe6 45.Re2 Re4 46.Rxe4 Qxf5+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 cxd4 
9.exd4 Re8 10.a3 Bf8 11.b4 Nc6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Bd2 g6 14.Rc1 Bg7 15.Nc3 d6 16.Bg5 
Ne7 17.h3 Qd7 18.Bf4 Nf5 19.d5 exd5 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.cxd5 Rc8 22.Bb5 Qd8 23.Qd3 
h6 24.Bc4 Nh5 25.Bd2 Nf6 26.Bf4 Ne7 27.Bb3 a6 28.a4 Qd7 29.Be3 b5 30.axb5 axb5 
31.Bd2 Ba8 32.Re1 Rb8 33.Bf4 Nf5 34.Rd1 Ne8 35.Ra1 Nc7 36.Ra7 Rb7 37.Ra5 Rb8 
38.Ne4 Ne8 39.Qd2 g5 40.Bh2 Rc8 41.g4 Ne7 42.Ra6 Bb7 43.Rb6 Ra8 44.Nxd6 Nxd6 
45.Rxd6 Qc8 46.Qe2 Ng6 47.Qc2 Qe8 48.Bg3 Rc8 49.Qd1 Qe4 50.Rd7 Ba8 51.Ra7 Rf8 
52.Bd6 Re8 53.Bg3 Rf8 54.Kh2 Nf4 55.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 56.Kg2 Kh8 57.d6 f5 58.Be6 fxg4 
59.Bxg4 Be4 60.Re7 Be5 61.Kf1 Bxf3 62.Bxf3 Bxd6 63.Re6 Rf6 64.Rxf6 Qxf6 65.Be2 
Bxb4 66.Bxb5 Bc5 67.Qe2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

