[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c4 b4 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Qf3 Bg5 15.h4 Bh6 16.g4 
Bf4 ( 16...f6 17.Rd1 Be6 18.Be2 Rb8 19.Qg3 a5 20.O-O Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Ne7 22.Rb5 
Bf4 23.Qd3 Qc7 24.Rd1 Rbd8 25.h5 g6 26.Ne3 gxh5 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5+ Kh8 29.Rb7 
Qc8 30.Ra7 hxg4 31.Qb7 Qxb7 32.Rxb7 Rg8 33.Kg2 h5 34.Rb6 h4 35.Rbxd6 Rxd6 
36.Rxd6 h3+ 37.Kh1 g3 38.fxg3 Rxg3 39.Rd3 Be3 40.Bf1 Rg1+ 41.Kh2 Rxf1 42.Kxh3 
Rf2 43.Rxe3 Rxb2 44.a3 Rc2 45.axb4 axb4 46.Kg4 Kg7 {0-1 Kamsky,G (2664)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2737) Titled Tuesday intern op 21st Feb Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023
(7)} ) 17.Be2 Be6 18.Nxf4 exf4 19.Qxf4 Ne5 20.Ne3 ( 20.b3 Bxg4 21.Ne3 f5 
22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Nxf5 Qd7 24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Qd2 ) 20...Ng6 21.Qg3 Qf6 22.O-O-O Nf4 
23.Rhe1 $1 Qe5 24.Bf1 Rfe8 25.Kb1 ( 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Qxe1 ( 26...Qf6 27.Re3 
Rac8 28.g5 Qf5 29.Rd4 Nh5 30.Qf3 Qxf3 31.Rxf3 Re1+ 32.Rd1 {also with a winning
advantage for white} ) 27.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28.Kc2 Rxf1 29.Qxf4 Rd8 30.Kb3 a5 31.h5 
{and white wins} ) 25...a5 26.f3 a4 27.Qh2 h5 28.gxh5 a3 29.b3 f5 30.Qd2 fxe4 
31.fxe4 Qxe4+ 32.Nc2 Qf5 33.Qd4 $1 Bf7 34.h6 $1 Re5 35.Rxe5 dxe5 36.Qd7 Qf6 
37.hxg7 Ne6 $1 38.Qb7 $1 Rd8 39.Rxd8+ Nxd8 40.Qg2 Nc6 41.c5 e4 42.Ne3 Qd4 
43.Qf2 $1 Ne5 44.c6 $1 Nxc6 45.Bc4 Ne5 46.Bxf7+ Nxf7 47.h5 Qd3+ 48.Kc1 Qc3+ 
49.Kb1 Qd3+ 50.Kc1 Qc3+ {White loses 0.08 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses
0.08 pawn per move (no errors).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 
9.Bd3 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 9.h4 ) ( {Or} 9.Bc4 ) 9...cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 
11.Be2 {An unusual moce and the black player tried to reconstruct his prep, but
he mixed something up.} 11...Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 $2 {Black had seen this in his prep
but clearly in a slightly different position because here it doesn't work.
Stockfish 17.1: +1.38/15} ( 12...Qxa2 {would have been correct.} ) ( 12...Qxa2 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.21/22} ) 13.Rxb4 $1 Nxb4 14.Qb3 Qxa2 15.Qxb4 a5 16.Qb6 e5 
$2 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.11/20} ( 16...a4 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.06/18} ) 17.Nxe5 
{White has already a winning position.} 17...a4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.97/17} ( 
17...Be6 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.89/21} 18.Nd3 Qa1+ 19.Nc1 a4 20.d5 Bd7 21.O-O a3 
22.Nd3 Qa2 23.Qe3 Rfc8 24.h3 Qc2 25.Ra1 Bb5 26.Nb4 Qb2 27.Ra2 Bxe2 28.Qxe2 Qb1+ 
29.Kh2 ) 18.Qb4 Qa1+ 19.Bd1 a3 20.Bc3 Qc1 21.Nd3 $1 Qg5 22.O-O a2 23.Ba1 $1 Bh3 
24.Bf3 Rfc8 25.d5 b5 26.e5 Ra4 27.Qxb5 Raa8 $1 28.Be4 ( 28.e6 {was even
stronger.} ) 28...Rab8 29.Qa4 Qg4 $1 30.f4 $2 {A bad mistake, throwing away a
completely winning position. Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/35} ( 30.Nf4 Rb1 31.f3 Rxf1+ 
32.Kxf1 {winning for White was one the lines Nguyen showed after the game.} ) ( 
30.e6 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.61/21} 30...f5 31.Ne5 Qxe4 32.Qxe4 fxe4 33.gxh3 Re8 
34.Nc6 Rb1 35.Kg2 Kf8 36.h4 Rc8 37.h5 Rc7 38.Bc3 Ke8 39.Be5 Kf8 40.h4 Rc8 41.h6 
gxh6 42.h5 Ke8 43.Bf6 Kf8 44.Rg1 Ra8 45.d6 Rxg1+ 46.Kxg1 ) 30...Qe2 31.gxh3 Rb1 
32.Bg2 h5 33.e6 Qxd3 34.Qa7 Rxa1 ( 34...Qg6 {and Black can even play foir a win,
but he had only 40 seconds to make the time cointrol, so he missed this.} ) 
35.Rxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 e5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Bb2 f6 ( 7...d6 
8.Nc4 d5 9.Ne3 d4 10.Nc4 Qxe4+ 11.Qe2 Qxe2+ 12.Kxe2 Be6 13.d3 Nf6 14.Nbd2 O-O-O 
15.Rhe1 Be7 16.Kf1 Rhe8 17.Ba3 Nd5 18.Ne4 Nb4 19.Re2 Bxc4 20.bxc4 f5 21.Bxb4 
cxb4 22.Nd2 Bd6 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Nb3 c5 25.a3 {½-½ Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B
(2727) World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10 Moscow 2012 (10)} ) 8.Ng4 Qxe4+ 9.Ne3 d5 
10.O-O Ne7 11.Nc3 Qh4 12.Re1 Kf7 13.Qf3 ( 13.Na4 {was maybe a bit stronger.} ) 
13...Qg5 14.Na4 Ng6 15.Qg3 $1 Qxg3 16.hxg3 Ne5 $1 17.Ba3 c4 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.f4 
Ng4 20.bxc4 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 dxc4 22.Nb2 Be6 23.Rae1 Rfe8 24.Rc3 Bd5 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 
26.Nxc4 Re2 27.Ne3 Rxd2 28.Ra3 Kg6 29.Kf1 h5 ( 29...Be4 {would have been more
precise.} ) 30.Rxa7 ( 30.Ra4 Be6 31.Rxa7 ) 30...Be4 31.Ra3 Rd7 32.Ra4 Bd5 
33.Ke2 Be6 ( 33...Kf7 {was stronger} ) 34.Ra5 Kh6 35.a3 Bg4+ 36.Ke1 {missing the
win} ( 36.Nxg4+ hxg4 37.a4 {is a winning endgame for White} ) 36...Rd4 ( 
36...Re7 ) 37.Rc5 ( 37.Nxg4+ {Again strong.} ) 37...Ra4 38.Rc3 Bd7 39.Nc4 Be6 
40.Nb2 Ra5 41.Nd3 Bd5 42.Kf2 Kg6 43.Nb4 Be4 44.Nxc6 Bxc6 45.Rxc6 Rxa3 46.Rc5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.15"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Ne4 7.Rc1 Nc6 8.Nd2 g5 
9.Be3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Ba3 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 10...Bd6 ) 11.Rb1 f5 12.g3 Bd6 
13.Nf3 f4 14.Bc1 $1 O-O 15.Rb5 $1 g4 16.Nh4 Ne7 17.e3 c6 18.Rb2 ( 18.Rb3 f3 
19.Bd3 Ng6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Qc2 Qe7 22.Bxg6 b5 23.Kd1 Kg7 24.Bd3 Be6 25.Re1 Rh8 
26.e4 dxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxh2 28.Qd2 Qf6 29.Qe3 Bf5 30.c4 Rah8 31.Re5 Bxd3 32.Rxd3 
bxc4 33.Ba3 Rxf2 34.Qxf2 Bxe5 35.dxe5 Rh1+ 36.Kd2 Qh6+ 37.Kc3 Rc1+ 38.Kb4 cxd3 
39.Qxa7+ Kg6 40.Bxc1 d2 41.Qe7 dxc1=Q 42.Qf6+ Kh7 43.Qf7+ Qg7 {0-1 Martirosyan,H
(2624)-Volokitin,A (2656) EU-chT 23rd Terme Catez 2021 (9.2)} ) 18...f3 19.h3 
$1 ( 19.Qc2 b5 ( 19...Nf5 20.Rxb7 ) 20.Bd3 Rf7 21.e4 ) 19...b5 $1 20.Qd3 
{Abdusattorov indicated afterwards he had bette options here} ( 20.a4 a6 21.Ra2 
) ( 20.Bd3 Qe8 21.hxg4 Bxg4 ) 20...Rf7 21.Kd1 Rb8 22.hxg4 Bxg4 23.Bh3 Bxh3 
24.Rxh3 Qd7 25.Rh1 Qg4 26.Kc2 Ba3 27.Rb3 Bxc1 28.Kxc1 Nc8 29.Qf1 Kg7 30.Qd1 $1 
h5 31.e4 ( 31.Kb2 {and Black is still clearly better but it's not over yet.} ) 
31...dxe4 32.d5 Qg5+ 33.Kb1 Qxd5 34.c4 Qxd1+ 35.Rxd1 Nb6 $1 36.cxb5 Na4 37.Rd4 
Nc5 38.Rc3 Rxb5+ 39.Kc2 Rfb7 40.Rcc4 Kf6 41.Kc3 Rb1 ( 41...Ra5 ) 42.Rd2 {missed
by Giri} 42...Rc1+ $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.96/16} ( 42...R7b5 {would still be
winning} ) ( 42...R7b5 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.02/15} 43.Rd6+ Ke5 44.Rdd4 Rc1+ 
45.Kd2 Rxc4 46.Rxc4 Rb2+ 47.Kc3 ) 43.Rc2 Rxc2+ 44.Kxc2 Rb5 45.Kc3 $2 {Stockfish
17.1: -3.04/16} ( {white got a surprising chance to save himself, both players
admitted afterwards they completely missed this} 45.a4 Ra5 46.Kd2 Ke6 47.Ke3 
Kd6 48.Nf5+ Kc7 ) ( 45.a4 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.03/18} ) 45...Ke5 46.Ng6+ Kd6 
47.Kd4 Rb2 $1 48.Rxc5 Rb4+ $1 49.Rc4 c5+ $1 50.Kc3 e3 $1 51.Rh4 $1 Rb1 $1 0-1

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "Abeln,Michiel"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.Bf4 $1 ( {Theory prefers} 
6.N1c3 $1 ) 6...e5 7.Bg5 Bc5 8.N1c3 d6 9.Bxf6 ( 9.Nd5 Nxe4 10.Nbc7+ Kf8 11.Bxd8 
Bxf2+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.Kd3 Nc5+ 14.Kc4 Bxd1 15.Nxa8 Bg4 16.Bc7 Ke8 17.Bxd6 Ne4 
18.Ba3 Kd7 19.Nac7 a6 20.Kd3 Nc5+ 21.Kd2 Ne4+ 22.Kc1 Ba7 23.Bd3 Nf2 24.Re1 Rc8 
25.Kd2 Rxc7 26.Nxc7 Kxc7 27.Bf8 g6 28.Bh6 Nxd3 29.cxd3 Bb6 30.Rf1 f5 31.a3 f4 
32.Rae1 Kd6 33.g3 fxg3 34.hxg3 Nd4 35.Be3 Bf5 36.b4 h5 37.Bxd4 Bxd4 38.Rxf5 
gxf5 39.Rh1 Ke6 40.Rxh5 Kf6 41.Ke2 Bb2 42.a4 Kg6 43.Rh8 Bc3 44.Rb8 Bxb4 45.Rxb7 
a5 46.Kf3 Kg5 47.Rb5 Kf6 48.g4 {1-0 Murzin,V (2534)-Chigaev,M (2641) RUS-ch 75th
Cheboksary 2022 (10)} ) 9...Qxf6 10.Nc7+ Kd8 11.f3 Rb8 12.Qd2 h5 13.N7d5 Qh6 
14.f4 exf4 15.O-O-O Bd4 16.Ne2 $1 Be5 17.Nexf4 Bg4 18.Re1 Be6 $1 19.g3 h4 
20.Rg1 Bd4 ( 20...g5 ) 21.Rg2 h3 22.Rge2 Bg4 23.Re3 $1 {Now Black should have
taken on e3 with only a small edge for white.} 23...g5 24.Ne2 Bxe3 25.Nxe3 Bd7 
26.Nc3 g4 27.Be2 Re8 $1 28.Rf1 f5 $1 29.Rf4 fxe4 30.Nxe4 ( 30.Ncd5 {would have
been stronger.} ) 30...Rf8 31.Nxg4 $2 {not the best move. '?!' Inaccuracy. Rxf8+
was best. Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/16} ( 31.Nd5 Rxf4 32.Nxf4 {and white is a little
better.} ) ( 31.Rxf8+ {Stockfish 17.1: +1.14/18} 31...Qxf8 32.Nd5 Qf5 33.Nxd6 
Qe6 34.Nc3 b5 35.Ndxb5 a6 36.Nd6 Qf6 37.Bxa6 Qd4 38.Qg5+ Ne7 39.Qh6 Nd5 40.Qf8+ 
Kc7 41.Ndb5+ Bxb5 42.Nxb5+ Rxb5 43.Bxb5 ) 31...Bxg4 32.Rxg4 {'?!' Inaccuracy.
Rxf8+ was best.} 32...Qxd2+ 33.Kxd2 Kc7 34.Nc3 $1 Rbe8 $1 35.Nd5+ $1 Kb8 ( 
35...Kd8 {and Black has some advantage.} ) 36.Rf4 Rh8 37.c4 Re5 38.Bd3 Rg5 $1 
39.Nf6 {'?!' Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best.} 39...Ne5 40.Ne4 Nxd3 {Time control made
and where first white had the advantage in the game, things have turned around
and now Black is playing for a win.} 41.Kxd3 Ra5 42.Nc3 Re5 43.Kd2 a6 44.a4 a5 
45.b3 Ka7 46.Rf7 {'?' Mistake. Rf2 was best.} ( 46.Nd5 {and White might be able
to hold the draw.} ) 46...Ree8 47.Rf5 Ka6 {Missing the win '?!' Inaccuracy. Ref8
was best.} ( 47...Ref8 48.Rxa5+ Kb8 49.Ke2 Rf7 50.Nd5 Re8+ ) 48.Nd5 Re4 {'?!'
Inaccuracy. Rhf8 was best.} 49.Rf6 Ka7 50.Rxd6 Rg4 {Now it's equal again.} 
51.Rf6 Rxg3 52.hxg3 h2 53.Rf1 h1=Q 54.Rxh1 Rxh1 55.Kc3 Rg1 56.c5 Rxg3+ 57.Kc4 
Rg4+ 58.Kb5 Rd4 59.Nb6 Rb4+ 60.Kxa5 Rxb3 61.Nc8+ Kb8 62.Nd6 Rb1 63.Nb5 Ra1 
64.Kb4 Kc8 65.Nd4 Kc7 66.Kb5 Rd1 67.Kc4 Rh1 68.Ne6+ Kb8 69.Nd4 Rh4 70.Kd5 Ka7 
71.a5 Rh5+ 72.Kd6 Ka6 73.c6 bxc6 74.Nxc6 Rh6+ 75.Kc5 Rxc6+ 76.Kxc6 Kxa5 77.Kd5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 
9.a3 Be7 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Rb1 c6 12.O-O Bd6 13.Nh4 Re8 14.Nf5 Bf8 $1 15.f3 $1 g6 
16.Ng3 Rc8 17.Bd2 Bg7 18.e4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.02/13} ( 18.Bd3 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.16/16} 18...Nf8 ) 18...c5 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.e5 cxd4 21.exf6 dxc3 22.Bc1 
$1 Qxf6 23.Rxb7 Nc5 24.Rb4 a5 25.Rb5 h5 $1 26.Rd1 h4 27.Nh1 Ne6 28.Rbxd5 Nd4 $1 
29.R5xd4 Qb6 30.Kf1 $1 Bxd4 31.a4 Red8 32.Bb5 Be3 33.Bd3 Bxc1 34.Rxc1 Rd4 
35.Nf2 Rb4 36.Nd1 Qd6 37.h3 Kg7 $1 38.Nxc3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.66/17} ( 
38.Ke2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.69/17} 38...Qh2 ) 38...Rb3 $1 39.Qd2 Qb4 40.Bxg6 
Rbxc3 $1 41.Bc2 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: #-12/38 White loses 0.25 pawn per move (1
blunder, 2 mistakes), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move (no errors).} ( 41.Rxc3 
{Stockfish 17.1: -5.00/20} 41...Qxc3 42.Qxc3+ Rxc3 43.Bf5 Kf6 44.Bd7 Rc1+ 
45.Kf2 Ke5 46.Ke3 Rc3+ 47.Kd2 Rb3 48.Be8 f6 49.Kc2 Rb4 50.f4+ Kd4 51.Bb5 Kc5 
52.Kc3 Rxf4 53.Kd3 Rb4 54.Ke3 ) 0-1

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 h5 8.O-O h4 $1 
9.Bf4 hxg3 10.hxg3 Nh5 $1 11.Be3 Nf6 12.Nd5 O-O 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qd2 Ne5 $1 
15.Rac1 d6 16.Rfd1 Ng4 17.Bg5 e5 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.f3 exd4 20.fxg4 Bxg4 21.Qxd4 
Qg5 22.Kf2 Rfe8 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.exf3 b6 $1 25.Rd2 $1 Re6 26.Rh1 Qe5 27.Qxe5 dxe5 
28.Ke3 Kg7 29.g4 Rf6 30.b3 Rf4 31.Rd7 Re8 $1 32.g5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.13/19} 
( 32.Rxa7 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.23/14} 32...Rd4 33.Re1 Red8 34.Rb7 Rd3+ 35.Kf2 
Rc3 36.Rxb6 ) 32...Rf5 33.Rg1 a5 34.Rd6 Rb8 35.a4 Kf8 36.Rd5 Rc8 37.Rd6 Rb8 
38.Rd7 Rc8 39.Rgd1 $1 Rxg5 40.R1d6 Kg7 41.Rxb6 Rf5 42.Rb5 Rh8 43.Rd2 Rh3 44.Rf2 
g5 45.Ke2 Rh1 46.Ke3 Re1+ 47.Kd2 Ra1 48.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 g6 7.Be2 Be6 8.O-O a6 
9.N5c3 Bg7 10.Nd5 Nf6 11.Nbc3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.15/24} ( 11.Bg5 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.42/23} 11...Bxd5 12.cxd5 Nd4 13.Nd2 h6 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Bd3 O-O 16.a4 h5 
17.Nb3 Ng4 18.Bd2 f5 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.exf5 Qh4 21.h3 Ne5 ) 11...Nd4 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.58/26} ( 11...Bxd5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.15/24} 12.cxd5 Nd4 
13.Bg5 O-O 14.Bd3 Qb6 15.Qd2 Rfc8 16.Rac1 Qb4 17.Nb1 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Nd7 19.Rxc8+ 
Rxc8 20.Rc1 Nc5 21.Bf1 ) 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.Ne2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.02/26} ( 
13.Be3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.57/24} 13...Nc5 14.b4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 O-O 16.a4 f5 
17.f3 fxe4 18.fxe4 Qh4 19.Rf2 Rxf2 20.Bxf2 Qg5 ) 13...O-O 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Nf4 
$1 Re8 16.b3 Nc5 17.Bb2 Bd7 18.Nd5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.35/27} ( 18.f3 
{Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/30} 18...Bc6 19.Rf2 Qg5 20.Nd5 f5 21.exf5 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 
Bxd5 23.cxd5 Re3 24.Qd2 Rae8 25.Rd1 d3 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qc3+ Kf7 28.Rxd3 Re1+ 
29.Rf1 R1e2 30.Rf2 Re1+ ) 18...Bc6 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.Rad1 b5 21.Rfe1 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.58/29} ( 21.cxb5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.09/25} 21...axb5 22.Bb1 Bxd5 
23.exd5 Qb6 24.Qf4 Be5 25.Qh4 d3 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Bxd3 Nxd3 28.Rxd3 Rc2 29.h3 
Rf5 30.g4 Rf4 31.Qg3 g5 32.Rf3 Qd4 33.Rxf4 gxf4 ) 21...Bxd5 22.cxd5 Qa5 23.Bb1 
d3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.16/26} ( 23...f5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.60/22} 24.a3 b4 
25.a4 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Rf8 27.Qg4 Qc7 28.Bxd4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Nxb3 30.Bxg6 Nxd4 
31.Bf5+ Qg7 32.Bxc8 a5 33.Kf1 Qxg4 34.Bxg4 Rb8 35.Rb1 Kg7 36.Ke1 Kf6 37.Bd1 Ke5 
38.Kd2 Kxd5 39.Rc1 b3 ) 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Bxd3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.61/22} ( 
25.h3 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.13/26} 25...f5 26.Bxd3 fxe4 27.Bxe4 Qb4 28.Re2 Nxe4 
29.a3 Qc3 30.Rxe4 Qxf3 31.gxf3 Rxe4 32.fxe4 Kf6 33.f4 Re8 34.Re1 g5 35.fxg5+ 
Kxg5 36.Rc1 Rxe4 37.Rc6 Re3 38.Rxd6 Rxb3 39.Rxa6 Rd3 40.d6 Rd1+ 41.Kg2 ) 
25...Qxa2 26.b4 Na4 $1 27.Qg3 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.22/21} ( 27.h4 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.79/26} 27...h5 28.Rb1 Qd2 29.Qg3 Qc3 30.Re3 Qf6 31.Rf3 Qe5 32.Qxe5+ 
Rxe5 33.Re3 Ree8 34.Kh2 Kf8 35.Kg3 Rc3 36.Kf4 Rec8 37.f3 Ra3 38.Bf1 Ra2 39.e5 
dxe5+ 40.Rxe5 ) 27...Nb2 28.Rd2 Qb3 29.Bf1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.04/20} ( 
29.Rb1 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.14/25} 29...Nxd3 30.Qxd3 Qxd3 31.Rxd3 Rxe4 32.g3 Ra8 
33.Kg2 h5 34.Rb2 g5 35.Rc3 Rc4 36.Ra3 Ra7 37.Rba2 Kf6 38.Rxa6 Rxa6 39.Rxa6 Ke5 
40.Ra7 f5 41.Rg7 g4 42.Re7+ Kxd5 43.Rh7 Rxb4 44.Rxh5 Ke5 45.Rh8 ) 29...Qxb4 
30.Qf4 Na4 31.h4 Re5 $1 32.f3 $1 Nc3 $1 33.Rc1 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.67/22} ( 
33.Qe3 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.05/25} 33...Qc5 34.Qxc5 Rxc5 35.Ra1 Na4 36.Rd4 f5 
37.exf5 gxf5 38.g4 Rcxd5 39.Rxd5 Rxd5 40.Kf2 Nc5 41.Ke3 Re5+ 42.Kf4 fxg4 
43.fxg4 h6 ) 33...Nxe4 34.h5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -9.55/28} ( 34.Rxc8 {Stockfish
17.1: -4.79/23} 34...Qxd2 35.Qxd2 Nxd2 36.Rc6 Nxf1 37.Kxf1 a5 38.Rxd6 a4 39.Rd7 
a3 40.Ra7 b4 41.d6 Kf6 42.Ra4 Ke6 43.Rxb4 Ra5 44.Rb1 a2 45.Ra1 Kxd6 46.Ke2 Ke5 
) 34...Rxc1 35.h6+ Kf8 36.fxe4 Rf5 {White loses 0.32 pawn per move (3 mistakes,
6 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.07 pawn per move (2 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 5...Be7 $1 
) 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 $5 ( {Theory prefers} 7.Bc2 $1 ) 7...d6 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 h6 10.Re1 
$5 ( {Theory prefers} 10.Nh4 ) 10...O-O 11.h3 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 
11.Nbd2 $1 ) 11...Ne7 12.Nbd2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.12/29} ( 12.Nh4 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.17/24} 12...Bb6 13.Qf3 Nd7 14.axb5 Nc5 15.Bc2 f5 16.Qg3 f4 17.Qg4 axb5 
18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.Qd1 Qe8 20.d4 Ne6 21.Nd2 Ng5 22.Ndf3 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 ) 12...Ng6 
13.Nf1 Re8 14.Ng3 d5 15.Be3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.44/26} ( 15.axb5 {Stockfish
17.1: 0.00/26} ) 15...Bxe3 16.Rxe3 c5 17.Bc2 Qb6 18.Re1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.80/24} ( 18.axb5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.45/25} 18...axb5 19.Rxa8 Bxa8 20.Re1 b4 
21.Bb1 Bb7 22.Ba2 Qa5 23.Qb3 bxc3 24.bxc3 c4 25.Qxb7 Qxa2 26.dxc4 ) 18...Rad8 
19.Qc1 Bc8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.27/27} ( 19...c4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.75/24} 
20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.Rxe3 d4 22.cxd4 exd4 23.Ree1 Nf4 24.axb5 cxd3 25.Ba4 Re6 26.Kh2 
g6 27.bxa6 Rxa6 28.Ra3 Ra5 29.Nd2 h5 30.Ngf1 h4 31.g3 hxg3+ 32.fxg3 ) 20.axb5 
axb5 21.Qe3 Qc7 22.Ne2 Be6 23.Nh2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.37/22} ( 23.Ra6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.71/31} 23...d4 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.Qd2 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Rc1 
Qd6 28.Ng3 b4 29.Nf5 Qb8 30.g3 Kh7 31.Bd1 b3 32.Kh2 Ra2 33.Kg2 Nd7 34.Kh2 Qb6 
35.h4 Nc5 36.h5 Nf8 37.Nxe5 Na4 ) 23...d4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.76/27} ( 
23...Nh5 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.37/22} 24.Rac1 d4 25.cxd4 exd4 26.Qd2 Ngf4 27.Nxf4 
Nxf4 28.Nf3 c4 29.e5 g5 30.Re4 c3 31.bxc3 dxc3 32.Qe3 Bd5 33.Rxf4 gxf4 34.Qxf4 
Bxf3 ) 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.Qd2 Ra8 26.Rec1 Qd6 27.Nf1 Nh4 28.Kh1 g5 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.34/30} ( 28...Ng6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.77/22} 29.Nfg3 Reb8 30.Bd1 b4 
31.Rxa8 Rxa8 32.Ng1 Nd7 33.Nf5 Qb6 34.Nf3 Nc5 35.h4 Qb5 36.Nd6 Qa6 37.Rxc5 Qxd6 
38.Rc1 b3 ) 29.Bd1 b4 30.Ng1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.45/25} ( 30.Neg3 {Stockfish
17.1: -0.16/28} 30...Qd7 31.Kh2 Ng6 32.Qxb4 Nf4 33.Ba4 Qe7 34.Qd2 Reb8 35.Ne2 
Ng6 36.Bd1 Rxa1 37.Rxa1 Kg7 38.Nfg3 g4 39.Ng1 Qb4 40.Qxb4 Rxb4 41.b3 Nf4 42.Bc2 
gxh3 43.gxh3 Kh7 44.Ra5 Rb7 ) 30...b3 31.Ra5 Nd7 32.Rca1 Rxa5 33.Qxa5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -0.87/26} ( 33.Rxa5 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.57/25} 33...Rc8 34.Ng3 
Nf6 35.Kh2 Qc7 36.N1e2 Nd7 37.Nh5 Ng6 38.Ra1 Qb6 39.Neg3 Nf4 40.Nxf4 ) 33...Nc5 
34.Be2 Ng6 35.Rc1 Rc8 36.g3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.62/25} ( 36.Kh2 {Stockfish
17.1: -1.18/31} ) 36...Kg7 37.Ra1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.44/25} ( 37.Qa3 
{Stockfish 17.1: -1.50/30} 37...Nf8 38.Kg2 Nfd7 39.Nf3 Qb8 40.Qa5 Qc7 41.Qxc7 
Rxc7 42.N1d2 f6 43.Nc4 Ra7 44.Nfd2 Kf8 45.f4 gxf4 46.gxf4 Bxc4 47.Nxc4 Ne6 
48.fxe5 Nxe5 49.Nxe5 Nf4+ 50.Kf3 fxe5 51.Rc8+ Kf7 52.Rb8 Ra1 53.Rxb3 Re1 54.Rb5 
Rxe2 55.Rxe5 ) 37...Rc6 $1 38.Qd2 Ra6 39.Qc1 Ra2 40.Rb1 Na4 41.Nd2 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -3.27/27} ( 41.Kg2 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.57/27} 41...Ne7 42.Bd1 
Qc6 43.Qd2 Ng6 44.Nf3 Qd7 45.Kg1 Nc3 46.Rc1 Nxd1 47.Rxd1 Bxh3 48.Rb1 Be6 49.Qb4 
Qc6 50.Ne1 Qa6 51.Qd2 Ra1 52.Rxa1 Qxa1 53.Kg2 Nf8 54.f4 gxf4 55.gxf4 exf4 ) 
41...Qc5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.19/29} ( 41...Qb4 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.27/27} 
42.Bg4 Bxg4 43.hxg4 Nc5 44.Ngf3 Nxd3 45.Qf1 Nxb2 46.Kg2 Nf8 47.Rc1 Na4 48.Qc4 
Qxc4 49.Rxc4 Nb2 50.Rb4 Nd7 51.Rxb3 Nc5 52.Rb6 Nbd3 53.Kf1 f6 54.Rc6 ) 42.Qxc5 
Nxc5 43.Kg2 Na4 44.Bd1 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.47/22} ( 44.Bg4 {Stockfish 17.1:
-2.18/28} 44...Bxg4 45.hxg4 Nxb2 46.Ngf3 Nxd3 47.Rxb3 Nc5 48.Rb5 Rc2 49.Kf1 f6 
50.Ne1 Rc3 51.Ke2 Nf8 52.Nb1 Rc1 53.f3 Nfe6 54.Rb6 Kg6 55.Nd2 Nf8 56.Rb1 Rc3 
57.Kd1 h5 58.gxh5+ Kxh5 59.g4+ Kh4 60.Rb6 Nfe6 61.Nb1 Rb3 62.Nd2 Ra3 ) 
44...Nxb2 45.Bxb3 Bxb3 46.Nxb3 Nxd3 47.Rf1 Rb2 48.Na5 Rc2 49.Nf3 Nc5 50.Re1 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: -4.49/26} ( 50.Nc6 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.38/29} 50...f6 51.Ncxd4 
exd4 52.Nxd4 Rb2 53.Nf5+ Kf8 54.Nxh6 Nxe4 55.Ng4 f5 56.Ne3 f4 57.gxf4 gxf4 
58.Ng4 Nd2 59.Ra1 Nh4+ 60.Kg1 Rb5 61.Nh2 Kf7 62.Rd1 Ndf3+ 63.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 64.Kg2 
Nh4+ 65.Kh2 Rb2 66.Kg1 Ke6 ) 50...f6 51.Kg1 h5 52.Nh2 d3 53.Kg2 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -5.78/24} ( 53.Nf1 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.16/28} 53...Re2 54.Rd1 Nxe4 
55.Rxd3 Nxf2 56.Rb3 Nxh3+ 57.Kh1 g4 58.Nc4 Kh6 59.Nd6 Re1 60.Kg2 h4 61.Rb6 
Ngf4+ 62.gxf4 Nxf4+ 63.Kf2 Re2+ 64.Kg1 g3 65.Nf5+ Kg5 66.N5e3 f5 67.Rb5 Nh3+ 
68.Kh1 Nf2+ 69.Kg1 ) 53...Nxe4 $1 {White loses 0.21 pawn per move (1 mistake, 11
inaccuracies), Black loses 0.07 pawn per move (4 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Roebers, Eline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Nf3 Nf6 
9.Nh4 Bg4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.45/23} ( 9...Bg6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.19/25} 
10.g3 Nbd7 11.Bg2 Nb6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qc2 O-O 15.O-O Rae8 16.Ne2 Nc4 
17.Nf4 a6 18.b3 Nd6 19.Bh3 Qe7 ) 10.Qb3 Nbd7 11.h3 Be6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O c5 
14.Qa3 Rfc8 15.Nf3 Qb6 16.Rfc1 cxd4 17.exd4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.26/24} ( 
17.Nxd4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.71/21} 17...Ne5 18.Na4 Qa5 19.b4 Qd8 20.Nc5 Qe7 
21.Rc2 Nfd7 22.Be2 Nxc5 23.Rxc5 Rxc5 24.bxc5 g6 ) 17...h6 18.Rc2 Rc6 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.88/20} ( 18...Ne4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.26/25} 19.Re1 Ndf6 
20.Na4 Qd6 21.Nc5 b6 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Qxa7 Qb4 25.Re2 Ng5 26.Nxg5 
hxg5 27.Qb7 Rc1+ 28.Kh2 Qd6+ 29.g3 g6 30.Re3 Kg7 31.Kg2 Rd1 32.b3 Rd2 33.Qa7 ) 
19.Rac1 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.44/30} ( 19.Na4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.88/20} 
19...Qd8 20.Rxc6 bxc6 21.Rc1 Qc7 22.Rc2 Rc8 23.b4 Qd6 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.Rxc5 Ne4 ) 
19...Rac8 20.Na4 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qd8 22.Nc5 Nxc5 23.dxc5 a5 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.b4 axb4 
26.Qxb4 Qe7 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.75/20} ( 26...Qc7 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.37/25} 
27.a4 Ra8 28.Ra2 Rc8 29.Nb3 d4 30.Bc4 d3 31.Bxd3 Nd5 32.Qd4 Nf4 33.Rd2 Nxd3 
34.Rxd3 Re8 35.Rg3 g6 36.a5 Re1+ 37.Kh2 Rf1 38.Qd6 Qxd6 39.cxd6 Rxf2 40.Nc5 ) 
27.Qxb7 Qe1+ 28.Bf1 Re8 29.c6 Bc8 30.Qb2 Ne4 31.Rc1 Qa5 32.c7 {White loses 0.06
pawn per move (2 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.23 pawn per move (1 blunder, 2
inaccuracies).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 Be7 8.f3 Be6 
9.Qd2 h5 10.a4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.22/28} ( {Theory prefers} 10.Be2 $1 ) ( 
10.Be2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.55/23} 10...O-O 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.O-O a5 
14.a4 Nd7 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Bf6 17.Kh1 Re8 18.Bb5 Bxb2 19.Rab1 ) 10...O-O $146 
( {Theoretical move is} 10...Nbd7 $1 ) 11.Be2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 
14.Qxd5 Bxd5 15.O-O-O Bxb3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.85/21} ( 15...Bc6 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.41/27} 16.a5 Nd7 17.Bc4 Rac8 18.Bd5 Ba4 19.Kb1 Rc7 20.Bb6 Nxb6 21.axb6 
Rd7 22.Na5 Bc5 23.Bxb7 Bxb6 24.Rxd7 Bxd7 25.Nc4 Rb8 26.Nxb6 Rxb7 27.Nc4 Rb5 
28.Rd1 Be6 29.Nd6 Rb6 30.c4 h4 ) 16.cxb3 h4 17.Kb1 Nc6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+1.89/22} ( 17...Rc8 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.33/24} 18.Bc4 Kf8 19.g3 Nc6 20.gxh4 
Bxh4 21.Rd7 Be7 22.Bb6 Rab8 23.Rg1 g6 24.h4 e4 25.f4 Ke8 26.Rd5 Bd8 27.Bf2 Bf6 
28.Re1 Rd8 29.Rxe4+ Kf8 30.Bc5+ Kg7 31.b4 Rxd5 32.Bxd5 Bxh4 ) 18.Rd7 Rab8 
19.Bb6 Rfe8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.24/22} ( 19...Bb4 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.70/26} 
20.Bc4 e4 21.fxe4 Ne5 22.Rd4 Nxc4 23.bxc4 Rbc8 24.Rc1 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.b4 
Rg5 27.Rc2 Rg4 28.h3 Rg3 29.Kb2 Re8 30.Rd7 Rb8 31.Rcd2 Re3 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 
33.Rxd8+ Kh7 34.c5 Rxe4 ) 20.Bc4 Kf8 21.Rhd1 Rec8 22.g3 Ke8 $1 23.R7d5 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +1.34/24} ( 23.f4 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.17/20} 23...hxg3 24.hxg3 
exf4 25.gxf4 Nd8 26.Bc7 Ra8 27.a5 g6 28.Bb6 Rc6 29.Bf1 Rac8 30.Bh3 f5 31.R7d2 
Rb8 32.Bg2 Rf6 33.Rd7 ) 23...Bf6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.08/23} ( 23...Bd8 
{Stockfish 17.1: +1.34/24} 24.Bf2 Be7 25.gxh4 Rd8 26.h5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Rd8 
28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.Bd5 Be7 30.Be3 f5 31.Be6 Nd4 32.Bc8 f4 33.Bf2 Nxf3 34.Bxb7 e4 
35.Ba7 Bb4 36.Bxa6 Kd7 ) 24.f4 exf4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.32/19} ( 24...Bd8 
{Stockfish 17.1: +2.08/27} 25.Be3 f6 26.Be2 Be7 27.Bg4 Rd8 28.Bd7+ Kf7 29.Bb6 
Rh8 30.f5 hxg3 31.hxg3 Rh2 32.Be6+ Ke8 33.Bc7 Ra8 34.g4 Bd8 35.Bd6 Be7 36.Bxe7 
Nxe7 37.Rd7 Rb8 38.Rc1 Nc6 39.Rxg7 Rd8 40.Rxb7 Rdd2 41.Rxc6 Rxb2+ 42.Ka1 ) 
25.gxf4 Ne7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +4.30/23} ( 25...Kf8 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.26/25} 
26.Rd7 Be7 27.a5 Ke8 28.R7d5 Rd8 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Rxd8+ Nxd8 31.Rg1 g6 32.Bd5 
Bb4 33.Rg4 Bxa5 34.f5 gxf5 35.Rxh4 Ke7 36.Rh8 Bb6 37.h4 Bd4 38.Rg8 b6 39.b4 ) 
26.Rd7 Kf8 27.a5 g6 28.R1d6 Kg7 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +4.82/23} ( 28...Rc6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +4.10/24} 29.Rd3 Kg7 30.Ba7 Re8 31.Rxb7 h3 32.Rdd7 g5 33.fxg5 
Bxg5 34.Ka2 f5 35.Rd3 f4 36.Bb6 Kf6 37.Rxh3 Kf5 38.Rd3 Ng6 39.Bxa6 Ne5 40.Rd1 
f3 41.Bb5 ) 29.Ba7 Ra8 30.Rxb7 Rd8 31.Bc5 Rxd6 32.Bxd6 Re8 33.b4 $1 h3 34.b5 
Rc8 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +5.75/23} ( 34...axb5 {Stockfish 17.1: +4.63/27} 
35.Bxb5 Ra8 36.Bxe7 Bxe7 37.Rxe7 Rxa5 38.Re5 f6 39.Rc5 Kf8 40.b4 Ra3 41.Kb2 Rf3 
42.Ba4 Rf2+ 43.Rc2 Rxf4 44.Ka3 g5 45.b5 Rf3+ 46.Kb4 Rf4+ 47.Ka5 Rf5 48.Rc4 Ke7 
49.Rc3 Rxb5+ 50.Bxb5 Kd6 51.Ka6 Ke5 52.Rxh3 Ke4 ) 35.Bb3 Ng8 36.Rxf7+ Kh6 37.b6 
$1 Rd8 38.b7 Rxd6 39.b8=Q Rd2 40.Bc4 Rxh2 41.Qf8+ Kh5 42.Rh7+ Kg4 43.Qc8+ $1 
{White loses 0.04 pawn per move (2 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.18 pawn per move
(1 mistake, 7 inaccuracies).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "278"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nc3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.16/27} ( {Theoretical move is} 6.Nbd2 $1 ) ( 6.b3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.13/24} 
6...c5 7.Bb2 Qc7 8.e3 Nc6 9.c4 dxc4 10.dxc4 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Nc3 Rad8 13.Rad1 
Rxd1 14.Rxd1 a6 15.e4 h6 16.e5 ) 6...c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.a4 d4 9.Nb1 e5 10.Na3 Bg4 
11.Bd2 Nd7 12.Qe1 a6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/29} ( 12...b6 {Stockfish 17.1:
-0.27/25} 13.h3 Be6 14.h4 f6 15.Qe2 Bg4 16.Qe1 a6 17.Nh2 Be6 18.Qe2 b5 19.axb5 
axb5 20.Nxb5 Qb6 21.Na3 c4 22.dxc4 Bxa3 23.bxa3 Qb2 24.Rfc1 Rxa3 25.Rxa3 Qxa3 
26.Qe1 Nc5 27.Bf1 Qb2 28.Qd1 Rb8 29.Ra1 ) 13.a5 Nb4 14.Bxb4 cxb4 15.Nc4 Qc7 
16.Nfd2 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.f4 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Be6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.36/25} ( 
19...f6 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/42} 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.Rf5 a5 22.Nxe5 Bxf5 23.exf5 
Bg5 24.Bd5+ Kh8 25.Bxa8 Be3+ 26.Kg2 Rxa8 27.Nc4 Qc6+ 28.Kh3 Qh6+ 29.Kg2 ) 
20.Nxe5 f6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.67/28} ( 20...a5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.39/27} 
21.Nc4 Bxc4 22.dxc4 Qxc4 23.e5 Ra7 24.Be4 a4 25.b3 Qc5 26.bxa4 d3+ 27.Qf2 Qc3 
28.Kh1 Bc5 29.Qf3 d2 30.a5 Bd4 31.Qe2 Qc8 32.Qxd2 Bxa1 33.Rxa1 Qc4 34.Qe3 Rd8 
35.Kg2 Rd4 36.Kf3 ) 21.Nf3 Qxc2 22.e5 Rae8 23.exf6 $1 Bxf6 24.Qd2 b3 25.Rfc1 
Qxd2 26.Nxd2 Rc8 27.Rc6 Rxc6 28.Bxc6 g5 29.Rxa6 gxf4 30.gxf4 Bh4 31.Ba4 Bg4 
32.Bxb3+ Kh8 33.Ne4 Rxf4 34.Ra8+ Kg7 35.Rg8+ Kh6 36.Ng3 Bg5 37.Bd5 Rf6 $4 
{Stockfish 17.1: +5.68/24} ( 37...Bf5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.67/24} 38.Be4 Bh3 
39.Bg2 Be6 40.Rb8 Rf7 41.b4 Be3+ 42.Kh1 Kg5 43.b5 Rc7 44.Rf8 Rc1+ 45.Rf1 Rxf1+ 
46.Nxf1 Bf4 47.b6 Bb8 48.Be4 h5 49.Kg1 Kf4 50.Kf2 Kg4 51.b7 h4 52.Nd2 Bxh2 
53.Nf3 Bc7 ) 38.Rxg5 $1 Kxg5 39.Ne4+ Kf5 40.Nxf6 Kxf6 41.Kf2 Ke5 42.Be4 h6 
43.b4 Bd7 44.Bh7 $1 Bb5 45.Ke2 h5 46.Bg8 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/60} ( 46.h4 
{Stockfish 17.1: +4.63/25} 46...Kf4 47.Bg8 Ba6 48.Bc4 Bc8 49.b5 Ke5 50.b6 Kd6 
51.Kf3 Ke5 52.Bf7 Bg4+ 53.Kg3 Kd6 54.Kf4 Kc6 55.Ke4 Kxb6 56.Kxd4 Bf5 57.Bc4 Kc6 
58.Ke5 Bg4 59.Bf7 Bf3 60.Be8+ Kc7 61.Bg6 Bd1 62.Kf6 Kd6 63.d4 Kd5 64.Kg5 Kxd4 ) 
46...h4 47.Bc4 Bc6 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.52/30} ( 47...Be8 {Stockfish 17.1:
0.00/63} 48.Ba6 Bh5+ 49.Kf2 Kd6 50.Kg2 Bg4 51.Bb7 Be2 52.Be4 Bg4 ) 48.Ba6 Kd6 
49.Kd2 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/61} ( 49.b5 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.57/26} 49...Bg2 
50.b6 Kc6 51.b7 Kc7 52.Kd1 Kb8 53.Kc2 Bf1 54.Kb3 Bxd3 55.Bxd3 Kxb7 56.Kc4 Kc6 
57.Kxd4 Kd6 58.Bc4 Kd7 59.Ke5 Ke7 60.Bd5 Kd7 61.Bf7 Ke7 62.Bc4 Kd7 63.Kf6 Kd6 
64.Be6 Kc5 65.Ke7 Kd4 66.Kd6 Ke4 67.Bd7 Kf4 68.Ke6 Ke4 69.Bc6+ Kd4 70.Kd6 Kc4 
71.Be4 Kb5 72.Bd5 Kb6 73.Bc6 Ka7 74.Kc7 Ka6 75.Bd7 Ka5 76.Kc6 Ka4 77.Kc5+ Kb3 
78.Bf5 Ka4 79.Be6 Ka5 80.Bd5 Ka6 81.Bf3 Ka7 82.Kc6 Ka6 83.Be2+ Ka5 84.Kc5 Ka4 
85.Bc4 Ka3 86.Bd5 ) 49...Kc7 50.Bc4 Kb6 51.Kc2 Ba4+ 52.Kb2 Bd1 53.Be6 Be2 
54.Bf5 Bd1 55.Bd7 Kc7 56.Be8 Kb6 57.Kc1 Bb3 58.Kd2 Ka6 59.Ke2 Bd5 60.Kd1 Bb3+ 
61.Kd2 Kb6 62.Kc1 Ka6 $1 63.Bd7 Kb6 64.Kd2 Kc7 65.Be8 Kb6 66.Ke2 Bd5 67.Kf2 Ka6 
68.b5+ Kb6 69.Bc6 $1 Bb3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.93/37} ( 69...Bf7 {Stockfish
17.1: +0.03/47} 70.Kf3 Bg6 71.Kf4 Bxd3 72.Ke5 Bxb5 73.Bxb5 Kxb5 74.Kxd4 Kb6 
75.Kd3 Kc5 76.Ke3 Kc6 77.Kf4 h3 78.Kg4 Kc5 79.Kg5 Kb4 80.Kh5 Kc3 81.Kg4 Kc4 
82.Kxh3 Kd5 83.Kg4 Ke6 84.h3 Kf6 85.Kh5 Kf5 86.Kh6 Kf6 87.h4 Kf5 88.Kh5 Kf6 
89.Kg4 Kg6 90.Kf4 Kh5 91.Kg3 Kg6 92.Kg2 Kg7 ) 70.Kf3 Bc2 71.Ke4 Kc5 72.Be8 Bb1 
73.Bg6 Bc2 74.b6 $1 Kxb6 75.Kxd4 Kc6 76.Ke5 Kd7 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: +10.59/19} 
( 76...Bxd3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.86/29} 77.Bxd3 Kd7 78.Bb5+ Ke7 79.Bc4 Kd7 
80.Bb3 Kc6 81.Ke6 Kc5 82.Ke7 Kb4 83.Be6 Kb5 84.Kd6 Kb4 85.Kc6 Kc3 86.Kd5 Kb4 
87.Bf5 Kb3 88.Kc5 Kc3 89.Bb1 Kb2 90.Bd3 Kb3 ) 77.Bf5+ Ke7 78.d4 Bb3 79.Be4 $1 
Be6 80.Bg2 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.86/39} ( 80.Kf4 {Stockfish 17.1: +9.04/21} 
80...Kf6 81.Bf3 Bc4 82.Bg4 Kg6 83.Bf5+ Kf6 84.Bc8 Be2 85.Bb7 Bb5 86.Kg4 Bd7+ 
87.Kxh4 Kf5 88.Kh5 Ba4 89.Bg2 Bb3 90.Kh6 Bg8 ) 80...Bd7 $4 {Stockfish 17.1:
+8.35/24} ( 80...h3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.86/39} 81.Bf3 Bc4 82.Bg4 Bf1 83.Kd5 
Bg2+ 84.Kc5 Kf6 85.Kd6 Kg5 86.Bd7 Kf6 87.Be6 Bf1 88.Bb3 Bg2 89.d5 Bf3 90.Kd7 
Bxd5 91.Bxd5 Ke5 92.Be6 Kf6 93.Kd6 Kg7 94.Ke7 Kh8 95.Kf8 Kh7 96.Bd5 Kh8 97.Bf3 
Kh7 98.Be2 Kh8 99.Bf1 Kh7 100.Kf7 Kh8 101.Bxh3 Kh7 102.Bg4 Kh8 103.Be6 ) 81.Bf3 
$2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.83/47} ( 81.Kf4 {Stockfish 17.1: +8.35/24} 81...Kf6 
82.Bf3 Bb5 83.Bg4 Kg6 84.Be6 Be2 85.Bd5 Kg7 86.Be4 Kf6 87.Bg2 Ke6 88.Kg5 Bb5 
89.Kxh4 Kf5 90.Kh5 Be2+ 91.Kh6 Kf6 92.Be4 Ba6 93.h4 Be2 94.h5 Bd1 95.d5 Bg4 
96.Bd3 Bd7 97.Bc4 Kf5 98.Kg7 Be8 99.h6 ) 81...Be6 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: +8.37/22} 
( 81...Bh3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.83/47} 82.Be2 Bg2 83.Bc4 h3 84.Be6 Bf1 85.Bf5 
Bg2 86.Bg4 Bf1 87.Kd5 Bg2+ 88.Kc5 Bf1 89.Kc6 Bg2+ 90.Kc7 Kf6 91.Bd7 Kg5 92.Kd6 
Kf6 93.Be6 Bf1 94.d5 Bc4 95.Bc8 Bb3 96.Kc6 Bxd5+ 97.Kxd5 Kf7 98.Be6+ Kg7 99.Kd6 
Kf6 100.Bd5 Kg6 101.Ke6 Kg7 102.Ke7 Kh8 103.Kf8 Kh7 104.Bf3 Kh8 105.Kf7 Kh7 
106.Bh1 ) 82.Be4 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.78/44} ( 82.Kf4 {Stockfish 17.1:
+8.37/22} 82...Kf6 83.Bg4 Bf7 84.Bf5 Bc4 85.Bc8 Be2 86.Bb7 Ke6 87.Kg5 Bc4 
88.Bg2 Bb5 89.Kxh4 Kf5 90.Kh5 Bc4 91.Kh6 Kf6 92.Bf3 Ba2 93.h4 Bf7 94.d5 Kf5 
95.h5 Kf6 96.Kh7 Be8 97.h6 Ba4 ) 82...Bd7 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: +7.97/22} ( 
82...Bh3 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.78/44} 83.Bd3 Bg2 84.Bc4 Bh3 85.Ba6 Bg2 86.Be2 h3 
87.Bg4 Bf1 88.Bf5 Bg2 89.Bc8 Bf1 90.Bg4 Bg2 91.Bf5 Bf1 92.Kd5 Bg2+ 93.Kc5 Bf1 
94.Bc8 Kf6 95.Kd6 Bg2 96.Bg4 Kg5 97.Be6 Kf4 98.d5 Bf3 99.Bxh3 Bxd5 100.Kxd5 Kg5 
101.Ke6 Kg6 102.Bf5+ Kg7 103.Ke7 Kh8 104.Kf6 Kg8 105.Kg6 Kh8 106.h3 Kg8 107.Kf6 
Kh8 108.Be4 Kg8 109.Kg6 Kh8 110.Bc2 Kg8 111.Bb3+ Kh8 112.Kf6 Kh7 113.Kf7 Kh8 
114.Ba2 Kh7 115.Bd5 Kh8 116.Bc4 Kh7 117.Bd3+ Kh8 118.Kg6 Kg8 119.Ba6 Kh8 
120.Kh6 Kg8 121.Bc8 ) 83.Bf5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.06/38} ( 83.Kf4 {Stockfish
17.1: +7.97/22} 83...Kf6 84.Bf3 Kg6 85.Bg4 Bc6 86.Be6 Bb7 87.Kg4 Kf6 88.Bd7 Ke7 
89.Bf5 Kf6 90.Kf4 Ba6 91.Bh3 Bc4 92.Bc8 Be2 93.Bb7 Ke6 94.Kg5 Bc4 95.Bg2 Ke7 ) 
83...Bb5 84.Be6 Ba4 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: +7.81/25} ( 84...Bf1 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.85/33} 85.Bg4 Bb5 86.Bh3 Bc6 87.Kf4 Kd6 88.Kg5 Kd5 89.Bg2+ Kxd4 90.Bxc6 Ke5 
91.Bf3 Ke6 92.Kg6 Kd6 93.Kf7 Ke5 94.Bd1 Kd5 95.Ke7 Ke5 96.Bb3 Kf5 97.Kf7 Ke5 
98.Be6 Kd6 99.Bc4 Kc5 100.Kf6 ) 85.Bc8 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.88/29} ( 85.Bd5 
{Stockfish 17.1: +7.81/25} 85...Bd7 86.Kf4 Kf6 87.Bf3 Kg6 88.Bg4 Bb5 89.Be6 Be2 
90.Bd7 Kf6 91.Bg4 Ba6 92.Bh3 Bc4 93.Bc8 Bb5 94.Kg4 h3 95.Kh4 Kg6 96.Bxh3 Kf6 
97.Bg4 Be8 ) 85...Kd8 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: +7.81/28} ( 85...Bb5 {Stockfish 17.1:
+0.88/29} 86.Bh3 Bc6 87.Kf4 Kd6 88.Kg5 Kd5 89.Bg2+ Kxd4 90.Bxc6 Ke5 91.Ba4 Ke6 
92.Bb3+ Ke7 93.Bc4 Kf8 94.Kf6 Ke8 95.Be6 Kd8 96.Kf7 Kc7 97.Ke7 Kc6 98.Bg4 Kc5 
99.Bd7 ) 86.Bb7 Kc7 87.Bf3 Kb6 88.Kf4 $1 Kb5 89.Kg4 Kc4 90.d5 h3 91.Kf5 $1 Kd4 
92.d6 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.63/37} ( 92.Kf6 {Stockfish 17.1: +8.40/26} 
92...Bd7 93.d6 Kc5 94.Ke7 Bf5 95.Bh5 Kd4 96.Be8 Bd3 97.d7 Bf1 98.d8=Q+ Kc3 
99.Qd6 Kb2 100.Bd7 Bc4 101.Bxh3 Bg8 102.Kf6 ) 92...Ke3 93.Bd1 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: 0.00/71} ( 93.Be4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.51/31} 93...Kf2 94.Kg4 Be8 95.Kxh3 
Ke3 96.Bf5 Kf4 97.d7 Bxd7 98.Bxd7 Kg5 99.Kg3 Kh6 100.Kg4 Kg6 101.Bc8 Kg7 
102.Kg5 Kh7 103.Bf5+ Kg7 104.Bd7 Kg8 105.Kh6 Kh8 106.Bh3 Kg8 107.Kg6 Kh8 
108.Bf1 Kg8 109.Ba6 Kh8 110.Bc8 Kg8 111.Bb7 Kh8 112.Be4 Kg8 113.Bf5 Kh8 114.Bd3 
Kg8 115.Be2 Kh8 116.Bg4 Kg8 117.Bh5 Kh8 118.Bd1 Kg8 119.Kh6 Kh8 120.Be2 Kg8 
121.Bb5 Kh8 122.Bf1 Kg8 123.Kh5 Kf7 124.Bb5 Kf8 ) 93...Bb5 94.Bg4 Kf2 95.Kg5 
Kg2 96.Kh4 Kxh2 97.Bxh3 Ba4 98.Bf5 $1 Kg2 99.Kg4 Kf2 100.Kf4 Bb5 101.Bd3 Bc6 
102.Bc4 Bd7 103.Ba6 $1 Ba4 104.Bb7 Bb5 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: #21/53} ( 104...Be8 
{Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/61} 105.Ke5 Ke3 106.Kd5 Kf4 107.Ke6 Ba4 108.Bc8 Ke4 
109.Bd7 Bb3+ 110.Kf6 Kd5 111.Ke7 Ke5 112.Bg4 Ba4 113.d7 Bxd7 114.Bxd7 Kd4 
115.Ke6 Kc5 116.Be8 Kb6 117.Kd6 Ka6 118.Kc6 Ka5 119.Kc5 Ka6 ) 105.Ke4 Kg3 
106.Kd5 $1 Bd7 107.Bc6 Bg4 108.Ke5 Kf2 109.Be4 Bd7 110.Bf5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1:
0.00/62} ( 110.Kf6 {Stockfish 17.1: #20/44} 110...Ba4 111.Bg6 Bd7 112.Ke7 Bb5 
113.Be8 Bd3 114.d7 Be4 115.d8=Q Kf3 116.Bf7 Ke3 117.Kd6 Kf4 118.Qh4+ Kf3 
119.Ke5 Ba8 120.Bd5+ Ke2 121.Bxa8 Kd2 122.Bc6 Kc3 123.Qe4 Kb3 124.Qe2 Kc3 
125.Kd6 Kb3 126.Qd2 Kc4 127.Qe3 Kb4 128.Qd3 Ka5 129.Qb5# ) 110...Ba4 111.Bc2 
Bb5 112.Bd3 Ba4 $1 113.Kf4 $1 Bc6 114.Be4 $1 Ba4 115.Bf3 Bb5 116.Bb7 Ba4 $1 
117.Ba6 Bc6 118.Bc4 $1 Ba4 119.Bf7 Bb5 120.Bh5 Ba4 121.Bd1 Bb5 122.Ke4 Ke1 
123.Bg4 Kd2 $4 {Stockfish 17.1: #20/48} ( 123...Kf2 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/67} 
124.Bc8 Ba4 125.Bb7 Kg3 126.Kd5 Kf4 127.Bc8 Kf3 128.Kc5 Kf4 ) 124.Kd4 Ba4 
125.Bc8 $1 Be8 126.Ba6 $1 Bd7 127.Kc5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: 0.00/63} ( 127.Bb7 
{Stockfish 17.1: +9.95/33} ) 127...Kc3 128.Bf1 Bf5 129.Bb5 Bg4 130.Be8 Bf5 
131.Bf7 Bd7 132.Kb6 $1 Kd4 133.Kc7 Bf5 134.Bg6 Bg4 135.Be8 $1 Kc5 136.Bd7 Be2 
137.Ba4 Bg4 $1 138.Bb3 $1 Bf5 139.d7 Bxd7 {White loses 0.2 pawn per move (10
mistakes, 2 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.27 pawn per move (9 blunders, 1
mistake, 4 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.a3 
Nbd7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 b5 12.O-O-O Rb8 13.Bd3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.47/20} ( 
13.g4 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.53/25} 13...b4 14.axb4 Rxb4 15.h4 e5 16.Nb3 Bb7 
17.Re1 exf4 18.Qxf4 Be7 19.Bd4 Ne5 20.Kb1 O-O ) 13...b4 $1 14.axb4 Rxb4 15.Rhe1 
Be7 16.Nd5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.64/21} ( 16.g4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.49/25} 
16...Nc5 17.h4 h5 18.gxh5 Bb7 19.Kb1 Qa5 20.f5 e5 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.cxb3 Rxb3 
23.Bc2 Rb4 24.Na2 Rc4 25.Rc1 O-O 26.h6 gxh6 27.Nc3 Kh7 28.Ba7 Qb4 29.Rg1 ) 
16...exd5 17.exd5 Nb8 18.h3 h5 19.Re2 Ra4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.47/21} ( 
19...O-O {Stockfish 17.1: -1.28/19} 20.c3 Rb7 21.c4 Bd8 22.Rg1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ 
Nxe8 24.g4 Qb6 25.Qe2 Re7 26.Qf3 Kf8 27.gxh5 ) 20.Kb1 $2 {Stockfish 17.1:
-1.56/23} ( 20.c4 {Stockfish 17.1: -0.47/21} 20...O-O 21.b3 Ra1+ 22.Bb1 a5 
23.Kb2 Rxb1+ 24.Rxb1 Na6 25.Nc6 Bd8 26.Bd4 Nc5 27.Rg1 Bd7 28.g4 Bxc6 29.dxc6 
Qb6 30.Rd1 a4 31.g5 Ne8 32.Bxc5 Qxc5 33.Qd5 Qb6 34.Qb5 axb3 35.Qxb6 Bxb6 ) 
20...Qa5 21.Nb3 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -2.43/20} ( 21.c4 {Stockfish 17.1: -1.71/27} 
21...Ra1+ 22.Kc2 Qa4+ 23.b3 Qa2+ 24.Kc3 Qa5+ 25.Kc2 Ra2+ 26.Kb1 Rxe2 27.Qxe2 
Kf8 28.Be1 Qc7 29.Bc3 Bd7 30.Kb2 h4 31.b4 Ng8 32.Nf3 Bf6 33.Bxf6 Nxf6 34.Re1 
Qd8 35.Qe3 g6 36.Ra1 ) 21...Qxd5 22.Qg3 Kf8 23.Rxe7 Kxe7 24.Re1+ $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -4.09/19} ( 24.Be2 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.16/24} 24...Qe4 25.Nd4 Re8 26.Bf3 
Qg6 27.Qh4 Kf8 28.g4 hxg4 29.hxg4 Bxg4 30.Rg1 Qh6 31.Qxh6 gxh6 32.Bxg4 Ne4 
33.Be3 Nd2+ 34.Bxd2 Rxd4 35.Kc1 Nc6 36.b3 ) 24...Kf8 25.Qe3 g6 $6 {Stockfish
17.1: -3.04/23} ( 25...Nc6 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.17/21} 26.Rd1 Rb4 27.Qd2 h4 
28.Qc3 Bf5 29.Nd4 Rxd4 30.Bxd4 Nxd4 31.Bxf5 Qxf5 32.Rxd4 Kg8 33.Rxd6 Kh7 
34.Rxa6 Rc8 ) 26.Bxg6 Bf5 $1 27.Bxf5 Qxf5 28.g4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: -4.14/22} ( 
28.Nd4 {Stockfish 17.1: -3.32/27} 28...Qd5 29.b3 Rxd4 30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.Bxd4 Nbd7 
32.c4 Rg8 33.Re2 Rg3 34.Kc2 Ng8 35.b4 Ne7 36.b5 axb5 37.cxb5 Nd5 38.Rd2 Ke7 
39.Re2+ Kd8 40.Bf2 Rc3+ 41.Kb2 ) 28...hxg4 29.hxg4 Qxf4 30.Qe7+ Kg7 31.Be3 Nc6 
32.Qc7 Qg3 $1 {White loses 0.27 pawn per move (2 mistakes, 4 inaccuracies),
Black loses 0.06 pawn per move (2 inaccuracies).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Black "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 $6 
{Stockfish 17.1: +0.05/25} ( 8.exd5 {Stockfish 17.1: +0.40/26} 8...Nce7 ) 
8...dxe4 9.Bxe4 Bb7 $1 10.Nbc3 Nf6 11.Bf3 O-O 12.O-O-O Rb8 13.g4 Ne7 14.d5 $1 
c6 $1 15.d6 Ned5 $1 16.g5 Ne8 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd6 19.Nc3 Qc8 20.Bxb7 Nxb7 
21.Rhe1 Qf5 22.h4 g6 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.11/24} ( 22...f6 {Stockfish 17.1:
0.00/34} 23.Re7 Rbd8 24.Qe3 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Nc5 26.Qd4 Qd3+ 27.Qxd3 Nxd3 28.Ke2 
Nf4+ 29.Kf1 fxg5 30.hxg5 Rf7 31.Re8+ Rf8 ) 23.b3 Qc5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+2.07/23} ( 23...Qa5 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.10/29} 24.Kb2 Rfd8 25.Qf4 Qf5 26.Qxf5 
gxf5 27.Nd5 Kf8 28.b4 Nd6 29.Kb3 a5 30.f3 axb4 31.Kxb4 Ne8 32.a4 h5 33.Nf6 Nxf6 
34.gxf6 Ra8 35.Rxd8+ Rxd8 36.Kb5 Rd6 37.Rc1 ) 24.Kb1 Qf5+ $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+2.69/26} ( 24...Qa5 {Stockfish 17.1: +1.91/27} 25.Qd4 Qc5 26.Qd3 Qf5 27.Qxf5 
gxf5 28.Nd5 Rfd8 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Nxf5 Nc5 31.f4 Ne6 32.Rf1 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Rc8 
34.Nh6 Nxf4 35.Rf1 Nd3 36.Rxf7+ Ke8 37.Rf1 Ke7 38.h5 Ne5 39.Rf6 Rc5 40.b4 Rd5 
41.Nf5+ Kd8 42.h6 Kd7 43.a4 Ng4 44.Rf7+ Ke6 ) 25.Kb2 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+2.32/26} ( 25.Ka1 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.69/26} 25...Qa5 26.Qb2 Rfd8 27.Rxd8+ 
Rxd8 28.b4 Qf5 29.Ne4 Qf3 30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Nxh7+ Kg8 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.Qd4 Qc6 
34.Nd5 f6 35.Qxf6+ Qxf6+ 36.Nxf6 a5 37.bxa5 Nxa5 38.h5 gxh5 39.Nxh5 Rd5 40.Re8+ 
Kf7 41.g6+ Kxe8 42.Nf6+ Kf8 43.Nxd5 Kg7 44.Kb2 Kxg6 45.Nxb6 Kf5 46.a4 Kg4 
47.Kc3 Kf3 48.Nc4 ) 25...Qa5 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.10/19} ( 25...Rbd8 
{Stockfish 17.1: +2.32/26} 26.Nd5 Rxd5 27.Qxd5 Qxf2+ 28.Ka3 Nc5 29.Qd4 Qf5 
30.Kb2 Ne6 31.Qe4 Qf2+ 32.Re2 Qg3 33.Red2 Qb8 34.Rd5 Qh2+ 35.R1d2 Qg3 36.Qc4 
Qe3 37.a3 a6 38.Re2 Qh3 39.Rd3 Qf1 40.Rc2 Nc5 ) 26.Qf4 $6 {Stockfish 17.1:
+2.24/27} ( 26.Qd4 {Stockfish 17.1: +3.10/19} 26...Qc5 27.Qf6 Rbc8 28.Nd5 Rfe8 
29.Ne7+ Rxe7 30.Rxe7 Qc2+ 31.Ka3 Qc5+ 32.b4 Qc4 33.Qxf7+ Qxf7 34.Rxf7 Kxf7 
35.Rd7+ Ke6 36.Rxb7 Rc4 37.Rxa7 Kd6 ) 26...Nc5 $2 {Stockfish 17.1: +4.39/19} ( 
26...Qf5 {Stockfish 17.1: +2.24/27} 27.Qd4 Rbd8 28.Nd5 Rxd5 29.Qxd5 Qxf2+ 
30.Ka3 Nc5 31.Qd4 Qg3 32.Re3 Qg2 33.Rd2 Qg1 34.Kb2 Ne6 35.Qe5 b5 36.Re1 Qg4 
37.Qe4 Qg3 38.Rc1 a5 39.Rcc2 ) 27.b4 Qa6 $6 {Stockfish 17.1: +5.63/24} ( 
27...Na4+ {Stockfish 17.1: +4.25/26} 28.Ka1 Qf5 29.Qxf5 gxf5 30.Nxa4 Rfc8 
31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Rxc1 Rd8 33.Rc7 Rd2 34.f3 Rf2 35.Nc3 Rxf3 36.Nd5 Kg7 37.Rc6 f4 
38.h5 h6 39.gxh6+ Kh7 40.Rf6 Rh3 41.Nxf4 Rf3 42.Rxf7+ Kxh6 43.Kb1 Rf1+ 44.Kc2 ) 
28.Nd5 $1 f6 29.Nxf6+ Kh8 30.Re7 $1 Rb7 31.Rxb7 Na4+ 32.Kb3 Qxb7 33.Kxa4 Qf7 
34.Ka3 a5 35.Kb2 $1 {White loses 0.07 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies), Black
loses 0.26 pawn per move (2 mistakes, 4 inaccuracies).} 1-0

