Todas las Victorias del Torneo Tata Steel 2019

[Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 { B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Nbd7 7. O-O-O Nb6 8. g4 Bb7 { LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. h5 Bg7 {1-0 (38) Morozevich,A (2731)-Onischuk,V (2594) Dubai 2014}) 9... Nfd7 10. Be2 ({Better is} 10. Nf4 $14) 10... e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qe3 (12. a3 $11) 12... Bxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Nh3 Qh4 (14... b4 $5 15. Nb1 $8 a5 $11) 15. Nf2 O-O-O (15... b4 $5 16. Nb1 $8 Qg5 $11) 16. f4 (16. Nd3 $11) 16... f5 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 17. Bf3 ({White should try} 17. Bd3 $15) 17... b4 $17 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4c3,Bc3b2][%mdl 32]} 18. exf5 (18. Nb1 $17 { was the only defense.}) 18... bxc3 $19 19. fxe6 (19. Bxb7+ {was worth a try.} Kxb7 20. Qf3+ Nd5 21. fxe6) 19... cxb2+ 20. Kb1 {[#]} Nf6 $1 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 { [%cal Bc8b7,Bb7a7,Ba7b7][%mdl 32]} 22. Qf3+ d5 23. Nd3 Ne4 ({Weaker is} 23... Nxg4 24. Nc5+ Kc6 25. e7 $15) 24. Nc5+ Ka7 {...Nxc5 is the strong threat.} 25. Qa3 $2 {[#]} (25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4) 25... Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Kb7 {Accuracy: White = 5%, Black = 57%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Qc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (5... Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Bh5 12. g3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. h4 Re8 15. Kg2 Nh5 16. Be3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. Qd1 b4 19. a4 Rb8 {0-1 (63) Giri,A (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. h3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Ne5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({ Predecessor:} 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Ne5 e6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nd2 a6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (32) Nuber,H (1978)-Schlinkmeier,K (2119) Germany 2011}) 8... Nc6 9. Bf4 {[#] Nxg6! is the strong threat.} Qb6 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nd3 e6 12. Nd2 Rg8 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 Ne4 15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. b4 Kb8 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Qe3 Ne7 20. f3 Ng6 21. Ne5 $2 (21. Rf2 $15) 21... f4 $19 22. Qe1 Nf5 {[%cal Bd6f5,Bf5e3,Be3g2,Bg2e1][%mdl 32]} 23. Nxg6 (23. c4 { was called for.}) 23... Rxg6 24. Rf2 Rdg8 25. c4 (25. Qe5 $142 Qxe5 26. dxe5) 25... Ne3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 26. cxd5 Nxg2 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. dxe5 Ne1+ {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 72%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Be2 { A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} O-O 9. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bb6 10. a4 {The position is equal.} Re8 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rb1 h6 12. Qc2 a6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Rfe1 b6 {0-1 (59) Svenn,G (2360) -Astrom,R (2468) Sweden 2000}) 11... Qf6 12. Kh1 h6 13. Ng1 Qd6 (13... Na5 $11) 14. f4 Bxg1 15. Rxg1 exf4 16. d4 Ne7 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Raf1 Ng6 $1 19. e5 b6 20. Bf3 Ba6 {[%cal Bc8a6,Ba6c4,Bc4e6][%mdl 32]} 21. Rf2 c5 22. g3 (22. Bxa8 $11 { remains equal.} Qxa8 23. a5) 22... fxg3 (22... Rc8 $17 23. Qd2 fxg3 24. Rxg3 Qd7) 23. Rxg3 $11 cxd4 24. cxd4 {[#] Black must now prevent Qb3.} Rc8 ({Reject } 24... Qxd4 $6 25. e6 $16) 25. Qf5 (25. Qd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 26. Bd6 Be6 27. Qb1 { Hoping for d5.} Nf4 28. d5 Nxd5 29. Qg1 Kh8 30. Rd2 $2 {[#]} (30. Rxg7 $17 Qh4 31. Rf1) 30... Nf4 $19 31. Rd4 Ng6 32. Be4 Rc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Qd4 Be6 35. Bc6 Ne7 36. Be4 Nf5 37. Bxf5 Bxf5 38. Kg1 Be6 39. h4 Qd7 40. Qe4 $2 (40. Rc3) 40... Rc8 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. h5 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qd8 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 63%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2612"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Ngf3 e6 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. O-O Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Rae1 Be7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 13. g3 $146 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} ({Predecessor:} 13. h4 a6 14. a4 Nh5 15. Bh2 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qc7 19. Qxd5 Nf4 20. Qe4 O-O-O {0-1 (40) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 13... O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Nd7 16. h4 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qc6 18. Re3 Qa6 19. Qb1 Rac8 20. Kg2 b5 21. Bg5 Qb7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rh1 a5 24. Qd1 b4 25. Qg4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb8 27. h5 { [%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} g5 28. h6 g6 29. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3d4,Bd4c6] [%mdl 32]} Ne4 30. Re2 Nxc3 31. Rc2 Ne4 32. Nd4 {[#] And now Nc6 would win.} Rbc8 33. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e7]} Qa3 34. Rhc1 Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Qd3. } 35. Qe2 g4 $1 36. Qxg4 {Threatens to win with f3.} Rc7 37. Qf4 Rfc8 38. g4 ( 38. Nd4 $1 $15 g5 39. Qg4 Rxc2 40. Rxc2 Rxc2 41. Nxc2) 38... g5 $17 39. Qh2 { [#]} (39. Qf3 $17 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3) 39... Nd2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for ... Qf3+.} 40. Rc3 $2 (40. Qg3 {is a better defense.} Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3) (40. Rxd2 Qxc1) 40... Qa4 41. Qh5 $2 (41. f3 Nc4 42. Nd4 Qxa2+ 43. Kh3 Qxh2+ 44. Kxh2) 41... Qe4+ 42. Kh3 d4 43. Rg3 Qf4 44. Rd1 Ne4 45. Rxd4 Nxg3 46. fxg3 Qf1+ { Black mates.} 47. Kh2 Rxc6 48. Qxg5 Rc2+ 49. Rd2 Rxd2+ 50. Qxd2 Rc1 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 72%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 { C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {LiveBook: 46 Games. The position is equal.} 13. d5 {[#]} (13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 c6 15. Nd2 g6 16. Qe3 Ng7 17. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (17) Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)-Kramnik,V (2808) Moscow 2016}) 13... b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. Nd2 cxd5 15. Nf3 d6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. g3 {1/2-1/2 (32) Giri,A (2780)-Caruana,F (2827) Batumi 2018}) 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qd2 h6 16. c4 c6 17. Nc3 cxd5 18. cxd5 d6 19. Re1 Nc7 20. Bc4 {[%cal Bf1c4,Bc4b3,Bb3d1][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qf6 22. h3 Rc8 23. Re4 b5 24. Bb3 a5 {Threatening ...a4.} 25. a3 Qf5 26. Rd4 Qb1+ 27. Bd1 $1 b4 28. cxb4 Nb5 {White must now prevent ...Rc3.} 29. Qd3 (29. bxa5 $2 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Rc5 $19) 29... Qa1 30. Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} (30. Qxb5 Qxd4 31. Qxb7 Rc3 $11) 30... Bxd5 {[#]} 31. Re1 $1 ({And not} 31. Qxd5 Nc3 $17) 31... Bc4 32. Qf5 Rf8 (32... Ra8 $16) 33. Kh2 (33. bxa5 $18 Nd4 34. Qe4) 33... g6 $2 (33... Qd4 $16) 34. Qe4 $18 d5 {[#]} (34... Qd4 $142 35. Qxd4 (35. Bxh6 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 d5 $18) 35... Nxd4 36. Bxd6 Ra8 37. bxa5 Nb3 38. Bxb3 Bxb3) 35. Qe7 $1 axb4 (35... Qg7 $142 36. a4 Nd4) 36. Be5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 48%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E03"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 {[%emt 0:00:06] E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 Qxc4} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Nc3 a6 {The position is equal.} 9. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qh4 O-O 10. Nh3 Ra7 11. O-O b5 12. Ng5 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 {0-1 (39) Van Oosterom,J (2732)-Kukk, R (2609) ICCF email 2009}) 9... Ra7 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 b6 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Bd2 Qb5 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 (17... Qxb7 {is more complex.} 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Be3 Ncd7 20. Qb3 Qe4) 18. Nf3 Nce4 19. Rc1 Qd5 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Kg2 Qb5 22. Ba3 h5 23. Rhf1 Rd7 {[%cal Bb7d7,Bd7d2, Bd2c2][%mdl 32]} 24. e3 {[#]} h4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black has the initiative.} 25. Nxh4 (25. Qc6 $1 $11) 25... Rd2 $17 26. Qc4 Qxc4 $1 27. Rxc4 b5 28. Rd4 { [#]} (28. Rb4 $17) 28... Rc2 $1 $19 29. Bb4 e5 ({But not} 29... Rxb2 30. a3 $17 ) 30. Rd3 Rxb2 31. a3 Ng4 {[%cal Re4f2]} 32. Be1 {[#]} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c2] And now ...Rcc2 would win.} 33. Nf5 $2 (33. h3 Ngxf2 34. Bxf2) 33... Rcc2 { [%cal Rg4f2]} 34. Rd8+ (34. Rd7 {keeps fighting.}) 34... Kh7 35. Kh3 Ngxf2+ 36. Kh4 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 76%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2813"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 Pavlovic,M} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 { [%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 {LiveBook: 6 Games } Nh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc2 Bg6 14. Bh2 Nh5 15. d4 {1-0 (36) Giri,A (2790)-Eljanov,P (2765) Stavanger 2016 CBM 172 [Pavlovic,M]}) 11. d4 Bb6 12. dxe5 h5 13. h4 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} Bg4 14. Nbd2 Nxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 15. Be2 (15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Bf1 Bxf3 $17) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 gxh4 18. Bh2 h3 19. e5 ({White should try} 19. Bxh5 $14 Kh8 20. Bf4 (20. gxh3 Qh4 $17)) 19... Qh4 $1 $11 20. Qd2 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Rad8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d2]} 22. Qe2 Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Bxb7 {Hoping for g3.} (23. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Rg2g3]} hxg2+ 24. Bxg2 $15) 23... f6 24. Re7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Re1 Kg6 27. Qc2+ $2 (27. b3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 27... f5 $19 28. Qe2 hxg2 $2 (28... f4 $1 $19 {aiming for ...hxg2.} 29. c4 Bc5 30. Qc2+ Kh6) 29. Bxg2 $2 (29. Kxg2 $11 Rb8 30. Bc6) 29... Qg4 $2 (29... f4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4f3] And now ...f3! would win.} 30. Rf1 Rf8) 30. Kf1 $1 $11 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 31. b3 Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} h3 35. Bd5 Ne4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 {KB-KB} 37. Ke2 Kf5 38. f3 {[#]} c6 (38... c5 $1 $17) 39. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. a4 $15) 39... a4 $1 $19 40. c4 Bd4 41. fxe4+ Kxe4 42. Kf1 Kd3 43. b5 cxb5 { Black mates.} 44. cxb5 Kc4 45. Ke2 Kxb5 46. Kf3 Kb4 47. Kg4 Ka3 48. Kxh3 Kxa2 49. Bd6 Kb3 50. Kg2 Bc3 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 65%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 {D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} O-O 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (7. Be2 c6 8. Nc3 c5 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. a4 Nb4 {0-1 (24) Alekseenko,K (2639) -Oparin,G (2624) Sochi 2018}) 7... c6 8. Nc3 {Black has an edge.} Nb4 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 {0-1 (37) Bramajo,R-Gil,R (2250) Pehuajo 2017}) 9... Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bg3 a5 16. Na4 Ba6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bb5 19. Re2 Re8 20. Rec2 Bf8 21. Nxb6 (21. a3 $11) 21... Qxb6 $17 22. a4 Ra8 ({ Much weaker is} 22... f6 $6 23. Bg3 $14) 23. g4 Qd8 24. axb5 a4 25. Qc3 cxb5 { [%cal Bc6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 26. Qc6 b4 27. Bc7 Qg5 ({Better is} 27... Qh4 28. Kg2 b3) 28. f4 (28. Bf4 $17 Qh4 29. Kg2) 28... Qg6 29. e4 h5 30. g5 h4 31. Kf2 (31. Be5 $17) 31... a3 32. b3 (32. bxa3 $142 bxa3 33. Ra2) 32... Rec8 $19 33. Qb7 dxe4 34. dxe4 f6 35. Be5 $2 {[#]} (35. Qc6) 35... Rxc2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Rxc2 Re8 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Kf1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rg2.} Re7 39. Qc6 Rg7 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 40. Qxe6+ Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 79%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2612"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:05] E04: Open Catalan: Nf3} Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 { LiveBook: 9 Games} 18. Rd3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Nb4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bc3 a5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Wojtaszek,R (2737)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Antalya 2017}) 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Rc1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Kf1 Rb8 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Ba3 Be4 26. f3 Bb1 27. Bxc5 Bxa2 28. Bxa7 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Bxb1 {KB-KB} 30. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Kf8 31. Bb8 Ke7 32. Bd6+ Ke8 33. c6 Kd8 34. Kf2 Bc2 35. h4 h5 36. Ke3 Ba4 37. c7+ Kd7 38. g4 g6 {[#]} 39. Kf4 $1 Bb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... f6 $16) 40. Kg5 $18 Ba6 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Bh2 Bxe2 43. Kxh5 f6 44. Kg6 {White mates.} e5 45. Kxf6 Kxc7 46. Bxe5+ Kd7 47. f4 Ke8 {[#]} 48. Bd6 $1 Bh5 49. Kg5 Bf7 50. h5 Bg8 51. Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 99%, Black = 41%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Alkmaar"] [Date "2019.01.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2813"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 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. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 { [%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Bf8 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 15. b4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (15. Nh2 d5 16. Nhg4 dxe4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. dxe4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bc8 20. a4 b4 21. Nd5 Qg6 22. Kh1 Bb7 23. cxb4 cxb4 {1/2-1/2 (36) McShane,L (2669) -Hebden,M (2423) Hull 2018}) 15... cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. a3 {The position is equal.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... a5 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. N3h4 Bd7 22. Bd2 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 (47) Nezhmetdinov,R-Yudovich,M Baku 1964}) 18. Ng4 (18. Nxd5 {keeps more tension.} Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Bb3 Qd6 21. Bb2) 18... Nxg4 19. hxg4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 22. bxa5 Nxa5 ({Reject} 22... Rxa5 23. Bb2 $11) 23. Rb1 Bc6 24. Nd2 Red8 25. Kf1 Nb7 26. Rb3 (26. f3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 26... Bd7 ({Better is} 26... Rac8 $19 { Threatens to win with ...b4!} 27. Rf3 b4) 27. f3 $2 (27. Nf3 $17) 27... Rac8 $19 28. Bb1 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4a3][%mdl 544]} 29. Rb2 (29. axb4 Ba4) 29... Ba4 30. Re1 Rc7 31. Ba2 $2 (31. axb4 {was the only chance.} Rdc8 32. Bd3 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kf2) 31... bxa3 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Rb6 Bc5 33. Rb1 Bc2 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 76%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2813"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 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. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 { [%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Bf8 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 15. b4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (15. Nh2 d5 16. Nhg4 dxe4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. dxe4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bc8 20. a4 b4 21. Nd5 Qg6 22. Kh1 Bb7 23. cxb4 cxb4 {1/2-1/2 (36) McShane,L (2669) -Hebden,M (2423) Hull 2018}) 15... cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. a3 {The position is equal.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... a5 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. N3h4 Bd7 22. Bd2 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 (47) Nezhmetdinov,R-Yudovich,M Baku (Azerbaijan) 1964}) 18. Ng4 (18. Nxd5 {is interesting.} Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Bb3 Qd6 21. Bb2) 18... Nxg4 19. hxg4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 a5 22. bxa5 Nxa5 ({Of course not} 22... Rxa5 $6 23. Bb2 $11) 23. Rb1 Bc6 24. Nd2 Red8 25. Kf1 Nb7 26. Rb3 (26. Bb2 $17) 26... Bd7 (26... Rdc8 $19 {Strongly threatening . ..b4!} 27. Bb2 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. axb4 Ba4) 27. f3 $2 (27. Nf3 $17) 27... Rac8 $19 28. Bb1 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4a3][%mdl 544]} 29. Rb2 (29. axb4 Ba4) 29... Ba4 30. Re1 Rc7 31. Ba2 $2 (31. axb4 Rdc8 32. Nb3 Bxb3 33. Rxb3 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Ke2) 31... bxa3 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Rb6 Bc5 33. Rb1 Bc2 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 89%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2835"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Qb8 { B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (11... Bf5 12. h4 a6 13. h5 Nf4 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Be3 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. h6 O-O 18. Rd1 a5 19. Qb5 { 1-0 (45) Kramnik,V (2779)-Roganovic,M (2527) Batumi 2018}) 12. h4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} h5 13. Be3 a6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nc3 f5 15. O-O-O $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15. g3 Be7 16. Be2 f4 17. gxf4 exf4 18. Bd4 {1-0 (51) Bhat,V (2411)-Wang,P (2306) Dallas 2002}) 15... Be7 16. g3 O-O 17. Be2 e4 18. Bd4 (18. Bxh5 $16 Ne5 19. Be2) 18... Bf6 $11 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qb6 Ne5 21. Kb1 Be8 22. Rd2 Nd7 23. Qd4 Qc7 24. Nd1 Ne5 25. Ne3 ({White should try} 25. Rc2 $15) 25... f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 26. gxf4 Rxf4 27. Rg1 {[#]} Bg6 $1 ({ Resist} 27... Rxf2 28. Qxe4 Rf6 29. Rdd1 $15) 28. Ka1 Raf8 ({And not} 28... Rxh4 29. Ng2 $11) 29. c5 Rxf2 ({But not} 29... dxc5 30. Qc3 $17) 30. Qc3 (30. c6 $17) 30... Qxc5 $19 31. Qxc5 dxc5 32. d6 Kh7 33. d7 $2 {[#]} (33. Rc2) 33... Nf3 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 73%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nc4 Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:07] D2: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (13... Bd5 14. Nfe5 b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Rxd7 bxc4 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Bxc4 a5 20. a4 Bc6 21. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Li,C (2720)-Wang,Y (2706) China 2017}) 14. Ne1 Bd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nd3 Be7 17. Nce5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nf4 Ba8 18. Ne5 Nc5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bd4 {1-0 (65) Wang,R (2497)-Skripchenko,A (2423) Moscow 2006}) 17... Bb7 18. Nc4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd5 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Kf1 h6 21. Bf3 Nd5 22. Nc4 b5 23. Na5 {[%cal Bc4a5,Ba5b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Ba8 24. a3 g5 25. h3 f5 26. b4 Kf7 27. Nb3 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. Nbc5 N5b6 30. Be2 Nc4 31. a4 Ndb6 32. a5 Nd5 33. Nxa6 Ndxe3+ 34. fxe3 Nxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kg1 { Hoping for Rxc8.} Nxd1 36. Rxd1 Rc2 37. Bf3 Be4 38. Nac5 Bxd3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Nxd3 e5 $1 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32] ...e4 is the strong threat.} 41. Bb7 e4 42. Nc5 {Threatens to win with a6.} Ke5 43. a6 Ra2 44. Bc6 h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... e3 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 45. Kf1 Kd4 46. Bxb5 f4) 45. Bxb5 $18 {And now Ba4 would win.} g4 (45... e3 {is a better defense.} 46. Nb3 g4) 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a2]} Ra1+ {[#]} 48. Kh2 $1 f4 {[#]} 49. b5 $1 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} f3 50. b6 Kf4 {[#]} 51. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 51%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.18"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c4 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 f5 (10... Nc5 $11) 11. exf5 $14 gxf5 12. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Nf6 {0-1 (52) Narciso Dublan,M (2530)-Berkes,F (2659) Rijeka 2010}) 12... Nc5 13. O-O Ne6 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 14. Nd5 (14. Ne2 $11 {remains equal.}) 14... f4 $1 $17 15. gxf4 Ncd4 $1 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qa5 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 18. Qe1 c6 19. Ng5 (19. f5 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rxf5 20. Nb4) 19... Re8 $19 20. Qd1 (20. Qd2 $142 Nxg5 21. fxg5 cxd5 22. f4) 20... Nxg5 21. fxg5 cxd5 ({Not } 21... Qxg5 22. Nc7 $14) 22. Bxd5+ Be6 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Qh5 {[#]} Bf5 $1 25. Rad1 Re5 26. Rd2 $2 (26. b3) 26... Qd8 27. h4 Bh3 28. Qf3 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 h6 30. gxh6 Bxh6 31. Re2 Qe7 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Qf3+ Kg7 34. Qg4+ Kf7 (34... Kh7 $17 35. Qf5+ (35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. Qf5+ Kg7 $17) 35... Kg8 36. Rxe5 dxe5) 35. Qf3+ $1 ({ Reject} 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. Qh5+ Kg7 $17) 35... Qf6 36. Qb7+ Kg6 37. Rxe5 dxe5 38. Ke2 (38. b4 $142) 38... Qf4 {White must now prevent ...Qd2+.} 39. Kf1 Kh5 40. b4 Qc1+ ({And not} 40... Qxh4 41. Qf7+ Kg5 42. Qe7+ Kg4 43. Qe6+ Kg5 44. Qe7+ Kg4 45. Qe6+ Kf4 46. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg4 47. Qe6+ $11) 41. Kg2 Kxh4 42. Qxa7 $2 {[#]} (42. Qf3) 42... Qg5+ $1 43. Kf1 Kh3 44. Qh7 Qh5 { Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 70%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.18"] [Round "6.7"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. a3 (5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kf8 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kxf7 13. Qxg4 Bxd4 14. Bd2 Qf5 15. Qxf5+ gxf5 16. Nb5 Bb6 17. O-O-O Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (38) Nakamura,H (2769)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} O-O 7. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} d5 8. e5 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf5 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 f6 13. O-O Bh6 14. Bc1 fxe5 15. fxe5 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 e6 17. Qh6 Qe7 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. Rf6 { 1-0 (19) Kilpela,P (2142)-Liitiainen,E (2180) Helsinki 2002}) 10. O-O e6 11. Be3 b6 12. Ng5 (12. Qe1 $14) 12... Nxg5 $11 13. fxg5 f4 (13... Nxe5 $15 { keeps the upper hand.} 14. dxe5 d4) 14. Rxf4 $16 Rxf4 15. Bxf4 Nxd4 16. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} hxg6 17. Qxd4 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bb7 {Black wants to play ...d4.} 19. Bg3 Qxg5 20. Qd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg4 21. Nb5 Rf8 22. Nxc7 Bc8 23. Qe7 Qf5 24. Qd6 $2 (24. h4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 24... Bh6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh6e3]} 25. h3 Be3+ $1 26. Kh2 Bc5 27. Qc6 Qxc2 28. Qb5 Be7 ( 28... Be3 $19 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Qxd5+ Kh7) 29. Na6 $17 d4 30. Nb4 Bxb4 (30... Qxb2 $17 31. Qd3 Kg7) 31. Qxb4 $11 Bb7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc2g2]} 32. Rg1 d3 ( 32... Qe4 $11) 33. Qg4 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} d2 34. Qxe6+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ $1 Rf7 (35... Kg8 $16 36. e6 (36. Qxb7 d1=Q $14) 36... Bc6) 36. Qd4 $18 { Threatens to win with e6+.} Kg8 (36... d1=R $142 37. Qxd1 Qxd1 38. Rxd1 Bc6) 37. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Rf8 38. e7 {Threatening mate with Qh8+!} Re8 {[#]} 39. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d2][%mdl 512]} Qc6 $2 (39... Qxd1 $2 {perishes.} 40. Qc4+ Bd5 41. Qxd5+ Kg7 42. Be5+ Kh6 43. Qf7 $18) (39... Qe4 {was called for.} 40. Qxe4 (40. Qxd2 Qxe7 41. Re1 Qf7 $16) (40. Rxd2 Qxd4 41. Rxd4 Rxe7 $16 ) 40... Bxe4) 40. Rxd2 Rxe7 41. Qg4 $2 (41. Bd6 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Re8 42. Qg4) 41... Qe4 $16 42. Qg5 Rd7 {[#]} 43. Rf2 $1 {Strongly threatening Qf6.} Rf7 44. Qd8+ Kg7 {( -> ...Rxf2)} 45. Bf4 (45. Rd2 $18 Qe3 46. b4 (46. Rd7 Qe4 $16)) 45... Qd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Kh7 $16 46. Qg5 Bc6 47. Qh4+ Kg8) 46. Qb8 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 49%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nd5 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} h6 (6... Nxd5 7. Bxd5 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. a4 h6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. O-O Kh8 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 (56) Karjakin,S (2782)-Aronian,L (2764) Leuven 2018} ) 7. c3 d6 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Ba7 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Bb8 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bd5 Ba7 14. Qd2 Bxd4 15. cxd4 { 1-0 (22) Brath,Z (1480)-Podjavorinsky,P (1694) Slovakia 2015}) 9... Be6 10. a5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. g4 (14. O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... Nexd5 $17 15. Kf1 Qd7 16. h4 (16. Qd3 $17) 16... Bxd4 (16... Rae8 $19 17. g5 Bxd4 18. Bxd5 (18. gxf6 $2 Nxf6 19. Qxd4 Re4 $19) 18... Nxd5 19. Qxd4 Qc6 20. gxh6 Ne3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 21. Bxe3 Qxh1+ 22. Ke2 Qg2 23. hxg7 Qxg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kh7) 17. Qxd4 Ne7 18. Be2 Qc6 ( 18... Nc6 $17 19. Qd1 d5) 19. Rh3 Qd5 (19... d5 $17 20. g5 Qe6) 20. Qxd5 $11 Nfxd5 21. Bf3 c6 22. Ra4 b5 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Re4 Rfe8 25. g5 hxg5 $1 26. Bxg5 f6 27. Bc1 d5 28. Rg4 Nc4 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Rf4 Kf7 31. h5 Rh8 32. Ra4 a5 33. b3 Rab8 34. Bd1 Rb5 35. Bc2 c5 36. Rah4 (36. c4 $11 dxc4 37. bxc4) 36... c4 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 37. bxc4 Nxc4 38. Kg2 Rc5 39. Rg3 { [#]} ({Better is} 39. Rh1 $15) 39... Rcc8 (39... a4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Rh1 (40. Rhg4 $2 a3 $19) (40. Bxa4 Nf5) 40... Ra5) 40. Rhg4 Rcg8 41. Rh3 Ra8 42. Rhg3 (42. Ba4 $15) 42... Rxh5 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 43. Rxg7+ Ke6 $1 44. Ba4 Rah8 {aiming for ...Ne5.} 45. Bf4 Rh2+ 46. Kf1 Rh1+ 47. Ke2 (47. Rg1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 47... Ra1 (47... Rb1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rhh1. } 48. Rg1 Rb2+ 49. Kf1 Ne5 50. Bxe5 fxe5) 48. Bb5 (48. Bb3 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 48... Ra2+ 49. Kf1 (49. Kf3 $142) 49... Rh1+ $19 50. Kg2 {[#]} Raa1 $1 51. Bxc4 {[#] And now Re3+ would win.} Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h4] Black is clearly winning.} ({Inferior is} 51... dxc4 52. Re3+ Kf5 53. Bh2 $11) 52. Bxd5+ Kxd5 {[%cal Rf5h4]} 53. Kf3 Nxg3 54. fxg3 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] } 55. Kg4 a3 56. Ra7 a2 57. Kf5 Rh2 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 67%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Re8 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. h3 a6 10. a3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. g4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13. O-O e5 14. Rae1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (53) Aronian,L (2793)-Giri,A (2771) Stavanger 2017 CBM 179 [Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro]}) 13... e5 (13... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 14. Ba2 b4 $11) 14. g5 {And now gxh6 would win.} b5 15. Ba2 { Hoping for gxh6.} exd4 (15... Nxd4 $11 16. exd4 exd4+ 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nfxd4 hxg5) 16. gxh6 (16. Rg1 $1 $16) 16... dxc3 (16... Bf4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Bxc3 $16 Be6 {...Bxa2 is the strong threat.} ({But not} 17... Ne5 $2 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. O-O-O $18 (19. Qg6 Nd5 $15)) 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 {[#]} 19. Rg1 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Ne8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Nh5 $16 ) 20. Bxg7 $1 $18 Nxg7 21. Rxg7+ Kf8 22. Qh7 {Intending Qg8+ and mate.} Qf6 23. Ng5 Rxe3+ {[#]} 24. Kf1 $1 ({Weaker is} 24. fxe3 Bg3+ 25. Kd1 Qf1+ 26. Kc2 Qe2+ 27. Kc1 (27. Kb1 Qd1+ 28. Ka2 Nb4+ 29. axb4 Qa4+ 30. Kb1 Qd1+ 31. Ka2 Qa4+ 32. Kb1 Qd1+ 33. Ka2 $11) 27... Qf1+ 28. Kc2 Qe2+ 29. Kc1 (29. Kb1 Qd1+ 30. Ka2 Nb4+ 31. axb4 Qa4+ 32. Kb1 Qd1+ 33. Ka2 Qa4+ 34. Kb1 Qd1+ 35. Ka2 $11) 29... Qf1+ 30. Kc2 $11) 24... Nd8 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. h7 Bg3 {[#]} 27. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6][%mdl 512]} Rxe4 28. Rxg3 Rh4 29. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Re3+.} Rxh7 30. Re3+ Ne6 31. Qxa8 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Ra8d8]} Rh8 32. Qc6 Kf8 {[#]} 33. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ f6 36. Qxc7+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 52%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2612"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 (4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. a3 Bc5 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Bg4 {1-0 (54) Karjakin,S (2782)-Caruana,F (2816) Leuven 2018}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} a5 7. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bd6 8. b3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Kh8 10. Bb2 f5 {1-0 (51) Ilic,Z (2286)-Danchevski,O (2427) Struga 2005}) 9... f5 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. g3 Kh8 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rfe1 e4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd3 17. Qxd3 Bxa3 18. Bf3 Nb4 19. Qc3 Nc6 $1 {White must now prevent ...Bb4.} 20. Bxg7+ Qxg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxa3 f4 23. Be4 fxe3 24. Rxe3 Rf6 25. Ra1 Bf5 26. Rc1 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rf5 29. Kg2 Kf7 (29... Rb5 $11) 30. Nc5 $1 $16 Nb4 31. Nxb7 Rxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 32. Kxf2 Nd3+ 33. Ke3 Nxc1 34. Nxa5 {KN-KN} Ke6 35. g4 Na2 (35... Ke5 $16 {might work better.}) 36. Kd4 (36. h4 $18) 36... Nb4 (36... Nc1 $16 37. b4 Kf6) 37. h4 $18 Nd5 38. Nc4 Nf4 39. Ne3 Ng6 $2 (39... Ne2+ $16 {is tougher.} 40. Kd3 Nc1+ 41. Kc4 Ne2) 40. Nf5 Kf6 41. Ke4 Nf8 42. Ne3 c6 43. Nc4 (43. b4 $142 Nd7 44. Nc4) 43... Ng6 $2 ( 43... Nd7 44. Na5 Ne5 45. g5+ Ke6) 44. g5+ Ke7 45. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Nf8 46. Ne5 Ne6 47. Nxc6+ Kd6 48. Kf5 Ng7+ {[#]} 49. Kg4 $1 Kxc6 {[#]} 50. h6 $1 {White mates.} ({And not} 50. g6 h6 $11) 50... Ne8 {[#]} 51. g6 $1 { [%mdl 512]} Kd7 (51... hxg6 52. Kg5) 52. Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 36%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 Rb8 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (10... Bb7 11. c4 c5 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. f4 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. g4 Nc6 18. g5 {1/2-1/2 (71) So,W (2765)-Movsesian,S (2629) chess.com INT 2019}) 11. c4 c5 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Qe1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. h3 Nd7 17. Kh2 Bc6 18. Nc3 { 0-1 (77) Gantar,J (2134)-Mazi,L (2375) Aschach 2010}) 14... Nd7 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} Bf6 17. Qd2 Be7 18. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} Bf6 19. Qd2 Be7 $1 20. f4 e5 21. Bc3 Bc6 22. Ba5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c7]} Qb7 23. Nc3 exf4 24. gxf4 Rfe8 25. e5 $1 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 dxe5 27. Nd5 e4 28. Bc3 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg2g7][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} (28. Qxe4 $6 Nf6 $14) 28... f6 29. Kh1 ({Don't play} 29. Qxe4 $6 Nb6 $16) 29... Kh8 30. Rg1 $1 { [%csl Gg1][%cal Rg2g7]} (30. Qxe4 Bf8 $14) 30... Bf8 {[#]} 31. Ne3 $1 Qc6 32. Rd5 Qe6 {[#]} 33. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Bd5h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h7][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with Nf5.} Qf7 34. Qh3 g6 $2 (34... h6 {keeps fighting.} 35. Rh4 Rb7) 35. Rh4 $18 Rb6 (35... Qg7 $142 36. Nd5 Rb7) 36. f5 (36. Nd5 $142) 36... Ne5 37. Nd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} (37. Rxe4 Nd3 $14) 37... Rd6 $2 ( 37... g5 38. Rxe4 (38. Nxb6 gxh4 39. Qxh4 e3 $16) 38... Rd6 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5 fxe5) 38. fxg6 {White is clearly winning.} Nxg6 39. Bxf6+ Rxf6 {[#]} 40. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 57%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 { B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 11 Games} 9. Nbd2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 {1/2-1/2 (38) Vitiugov,N (2735)-Anand,V (2776) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 11... fxg6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Re1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e3,Be3d3,Bd3d5][%mdl 32]} a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. a4 Rc8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nf5 18. Rd3 g5 19. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} b6 {[#]} (19... h5 $14) 20. c4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc4 {[#]} 21. Rxd5 $1 { [%mdl 512]} Rf7 (21... exd5 22. Qxd5+) 22. Rd3 g4 (22... h6 $16) 23. Nfd2 Rb4 24. hxg4 Ne7 25. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nd5 26. Nbd4 Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Rf8 $16) 27. Nc2 $18 Rbe4 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Qxd5+ { Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 36%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h5 13. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5] [#]} h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 {0-1 (27) Topalov,V (2760)-So,W (2794) London 2016}) 14. Bh2 {[%cal Rd4e5]} g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Re5d4]} 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} h3 $2 (17... Re8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 18. b5 (18. gxh3 $18 Bxh3 19. Kh1) 18... Ne7 (18... Na5 $16) 19. gxh3 $18 (19. bxa6 hxg2 20. Kxg2 Ng5 $16) 19... Bxh3 (19... Bh5 $142) 20. Nxe5 (20. Bxe5 Ng6 $11) (20. bxa6 $18 {Threatens to win with Kh1.} bxa6 21. Nxe5) 20... Kg7 21. Nxf7 ( 21. bxa6 $18 bxa6 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxf7 (23. Be5+ Rf6 $11) 23... Bxf1 24. Bb3) 21... Rxf7 $14 22. Bxf7 Bxf1 23. Bb3 {Be5+ is the strong threat.} Bh3 {And now ...Ng6 would win.} 24. Be5+ Nf6 $1 25. Bxf6+ $1 ({Don't go for} 25. Qf3 $2 Ng6 $19) 25... Kxf6 26. Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 26... Kg7 $14 27. Qf7+ (27. Qxh3 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 29. Kg1 Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 axb5 $11) 27... Kh6 28. Qf4+ Kg7) 27. Rd1 $18 ({Less strong is} 27. Qf4 Qd6 $16) 27... Qc8 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Ne4+ Kg7 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rxc7 Bb8 34. Rf7 Nh4 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Kf1 Ra7 37. Rb6 Be5 38. Bd5 Ng6 39. c4 Bd4 40. c5 Nf4 (40... Rc7 $142 41. Rxa6 Bxc5 42. Nxc5 Rxc5) 41. Bb7 {aiming for Rb1.} Nd3 42. Bxa6 ({Only move:} 42. Rd6 $18 Rxb7 43. Rxd4) 42... Bxc5 $2 {[#]} (42... Nxc5 $16 43. Nxc5 Bxc5) 43. Re6 $1 Nf4 44. Nxc5 Rc7 $2 (44... Nxe6 45. Nxe6+ Kf6) 45. Re4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 54%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Shankland, Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Re1 Bh7 10. e4 a5 11. a3 Na6 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 12. Qe2 {LiveBook: 20 Games} b5 (12... Rc8 13. Ne5 Nc5 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15. Ng4 Nf6 16. h3 b5 17. Kh2 Nxg4+ 18. hxg4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 { 1/2-1/2 (47) Sasikiran,K (2682)-Tomashevsky,E (2745) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 13. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Ng4 Qd8 15. c4 Nc5 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. exd5 cxd5 18. d4 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 bxc4 {0-1 (40) Miguel Lago,V (2275)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2495) Mondariz 1996}) 13... Qb6 {The position is equal.} 14. Bh3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Rad8 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. Bg2 Nb8 19. c4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nd3 {[%cal Be5d3,Bd3b2,Bb2a4][%mdl 32]} Bxb2 22. Nxb2 c5 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Bf3 Qe7 25. Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Na6 26. h4 { [%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 27. Kh2 Qe5 28. Bg2 Bg6 29. f4 Qc7 30. Bf3 Qa7 (30... Rxd1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Rxd1 Rd8) 31. h5 $16 Bh7 {[#]} 32. Rd3 $1 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Nb8 34. Qd6 Rc8 35. Rd1 Kh8 {[#]} 36. Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a7]} Qe7 {[#]} (36... Nc6 $142 37. Qxa7 (37. Qxc5 Qxc5 38. Nxc5 Na5 $14) 37... Nxa7) 37. Nxc5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} e5 (37... Rxc5 38. Qxb8+) 38. Qd6 ({Less strong is } 38. Qxb4 exf4 39. Rd5 (39. gxf4 Qh4+ 40. Kg2 Qxf4 $14) 39... fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 f5 $14) 38... Qa7 39. Bg4 f5 (39... Re8 {keeps fighting.} 40. fxe5 Qa2+ 41. Rd2 Qb1) 40. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening f6.} exf4 41. gxf4 Na6 (41... Rxc5 42. Qf8+ Bg8 43. Rd8 Qa2+ 44. Kg1 Qa1+ 45. Kf2 Qb2+ 46. Be2 Qd4+ 47. Rxd4) (41... Qf7 $142 42. f6 Rg8 43. fxg7+ Qxg7) 42. f6 ({Weaker is} 42. Nxa6 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Re8 $11) 42... Rg8 43. Qxa6 Qxc5 44. fxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack, Overworked Piece} Rxg7 45. Rd8+ Bg8 46. Qxh6+ Rh7 47. Qf6+ Rg7 48. Rd4 {White threatens h6 and mate.} Qe7 49. Qxe7 Rxe7 50. Rd8 Re3 51. h6 Re1 52. c5 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 { [%cal Bf3e5,Be5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. Threatens to win with Nd5. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 7. c3 $146 {Hoping for Nd5.} ({Predecessor:} 7. Nd5 Nd4 8. Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Na3 Ne6 11. f3 N4c5 {1/2-1/2 (80) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 7... Nc5 ( 7... Nf6 $11) 8. d4 $14 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Ne6 10. d5 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 12. Na3 Bf5 13. Nb5 O-O-O 14. Nxa7+ Kb8 15. Nb5 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3 17. a4 Bc4 18. O-O-O Bb3 19. Rd2 Bxa4 20. Nd4 Be7 21. b3 $36 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4c5,Bc5b6,Bb6a7][%mdl 2080] White is more active.} Be8 22. Ra2 Bf6 23. Rd1 (23. Be3 {seems wilder.} Bxd4 24. Bxd4 f6 25. Kd2 Kc8 26. c4) 23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Bd7 25. c4 b6 26. b4 Kb7 {[#]} (26... Rhe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5c6]} dxc5 28. bxc5 c6 $1 29. cxb6 {Rda4 is the strong threat.} cxd5 30. Be3 {aiming for Ra7+.} Ra8 {[#]} 31. Ra7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa7 32. bxa7 {KRB-KRB} Bc6 33. Rg4 Rg8 34. Kd2 Kc7 (34... Ka8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 35. Rb4 $18 Bb7 36. Bb6+ Kc6 {[#]} (36... Kd7 $142 37. Ba5 Ba8) 37. Ba5 $1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 64%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "168"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 { D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e6 {White has an edge.} 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 {0-1 (40) Romanov,E (2636)-Malakhov,V (2712) Sochi 2017}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 13. Na4 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Bd3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. O-O f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Be6 22. b3 Raa8 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Rfe1 Kg7 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Rd8 28. Qc2 Qd4 29. h3 Qb4 30. Re2 Bf7 31. Bf3 Rd4 32. g3 Qd6 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. h4 a5 35. Qb2 b6 36. Qc3 c5 37. Qe3 Qf6 38. Qc3 Qd8 39. Qe3 Qd6 40. Qg5 Kg7 41. Qe7 Rd3 42. Qb7 Qf6 43. Bc6 Kf8 44. Qb8+ Rd8 45. Qb7 Rd6 46. Bf3 h5 47. Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qb7 Kf8 49. Qa8+ Qd8 50. Qb7 Rd7 51. Qc6 Kg7 52. Qe4 Rd3 53. Qb7 Qd7 54. Re7 (54. Qa6 {keeps more tension.} Qd8 55. Re1 Rd2 56. Qb7 Rd7 57. Qe4) 54... Qxb7 55. Rxb7 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with Be2. KRB-KRB} Rd6 56. Be4 Kf6 57. Kf3 c4 58. bxc4 Bxc4 59. a3 Ke5 60. Ke3 {aiming for Rg7.} Bd5 61. f4+ Ke6 62. Rb8 Bxe4 63. Kxe4 {KR-KR} Rc6 64. a4 Rc4+ 65. Kf3 Rc3+ 66. Ke4 Rb3 67. Rg8 Kf7 68. Rb8 Kf6 69. Rf8+ Ke7 70. Rg8 Rxg3 71. Ke5 Re3+ 72. Kd4 Rg3 73. Ke5 $1 Kf7 74. Rb8 Re3+ 75. Kd4 Re6 76. Kd5 Ke7 77. Rg8 Rd6+ 78. Ke5 {Strongly threatening Rg7+.} Kd7 79. Rg7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (79. Rb8 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 79... Kc6 $19 80. Rg8 {[#] intending Rc8+.} Kc5 $1 81. Rc8+ Rc6 82. Rxc6+ $2 ( 82. Rd8 $19) 82... Kxc6 {Black mates.} 83. Kf6 b5 84. axb5+ {[#]} Kd6 $1 { Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 83%.} ({Not} 84... Kxb5 85. Kxg6 a4 86. f5 $11) 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} dxc6 7. d3 { LiveBook: 6 Games} Qd6 (7... O-O 8. Qe2 Re8 9. h3 Nd7 10. Nd1 Nf8 11. Ne3 { 1/2-1/2 (11) Rapport,R (2675)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi 2017}) 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. Be3 $146 (9. O-O {keeps more tension.} h6 10. a3 Nh5 11. Nh4 Nf6 12. Nf3) ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 g5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (54) Leon Fernandez,J-Carcavilla Ledesma,J Alfaro 2008}) 9... Nd7 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. O-O-O Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ne5 17. f4 Nc4+ 18. Kc1 Ke7 19. b3 Nd6 20. e5 Nf5 21. Ne4 b6 $1 22. g4 Nh4 23. Rhf1 {Black must now prevent f5.} Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. f5 exf5 26. gxf5 {Rf4 is the strong threat.} Rf8 27. f6+ $1 gxf6 28. exf6+ Kf7 29. Rf4 Ng6 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Rf1 h6 32. Ne6 Rf7 33. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rd1d8] [#]} Rxf6 34. Nxc7+ Kf8 35. Nxa6 Nf4 36. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ng6 37. Rh1 Rf7 38. h5 Nf4 39. a4 Ke7 40. Nc7 Kf6 $1 41. Nb5 Kg5 42. Nd6 Re7 43. Kb2 Re6 44. Nf7+ Kf5 $1 45. Rd1 Kg4 46. Kc3 Kxh5 47. Rh1+ Kg6 48. Nxh6 Re4 49. Kb2 Re2 50. Ng4 Nd3+ 51. Kc3 Nb4 { [%csl Gb4][%cal Re2c2]} 52. Rh2 Rxh2 53. Nxh2 $14 {aiming for Nf3. KN-KN} Kf5 54. Nf3 Ke4 55. Ne1 Kd5 56. Nd3 Nc6 57. Nf4+ Kd6 58. Kc4 {And now Kb5 would win.} Na7 59. Nd5 Kc6 60. Ne7+ Kd6 61. Nf5+ Kc6 62. Kd3 Kc7 63. Ke4 Nc6 64. Ne3 Kd6 65. Nc4+ Kc7 66. c3 Ne7 67. Ke5 Ng6+ 68. Kf5 Ne7+ 69. Ke6 Ng6 70. a5 b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (70... bxa5 $14 71. Kd5 (71. Nxa5 Nf4+ 72. Kf7 Nd5 $11) 71... Nf4+ 72. Kxc5 Ne2) 71. Ne3 $2 (71. Nb6 $18) 71... Nf4+ $1 72. Ke5 Ne2 73. Nd5+ Kc6 $1 74. b4 {Threatens to win with Ne7+.} Nxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74... Nc1 $14 75. Ne7+ Kc7) 75. Nxc3 cxb4 {[#]} 76. Ne2 $1 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 63%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Nd2 c6 6. Ngf3 { LiveBook: 6 Games. D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... f5 7. c4 Nd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 g6 {1-0 (30) Kveinys,A (2535)-Markowski,T (2548) Glogow 2001}) 7. a4 b4 8. a5 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. c4 bxc3 $1 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Be2 f5 12. O-O Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4] [%mdl 32]} 13. Qa4 c5 14. c4 Nf6 15. Nb3 Ne4 {White must now prevent ...Nc3.} 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. c6 {Hoping for Rac1.} Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Rxc6 21. cxd5 Bxd5 {Black wants to play ...Bc4.} 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Qd2 Qg5 { [%csl Gd5][%cal Rg5g2]} 24. f3 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 g6 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rb1 h5 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Re8 Qf6 30. Rb8 (30. h3 $11) 30... Qa6 ({Black should play} 30... Qe5 $1 $15 31. Rb1 Qc7) 31. Nb3 $11 Bxb3 32. Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qb2 $11 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Qxb3 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kf1) 32... Rc1+ $19 33. Kf2 { [%csl Gb8][%cal Rd8h8]} Qf1+ 34. Kg3 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rd8h8] [#]} f4+ $1 35. Kxf4 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rd8h8] [#]} (35. exf4 Qe1+) 35... Rc4+ $1 36. Kg3 { [%csl Gb8][%cal Rd8h8]} Qe1+ 37. Kh3 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rd8h8] [#]} Rc8 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 38. Rxc8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rd8h8]} Be6+ 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. fxg4 { [%csl Gc8][%cal Rd8h8]} Qxe3+ 41. Kh4 Qf2+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 80%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Rb8 9. f4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Ne8 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} 10. a4 Nd4 11. O-O Nc7 {The position is equal.} 12. g4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Bf2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Ne6 14. Qd1 b6 15. Ra2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Wang, Y (2718)-Giri,A (2745) Tromsoe 2014}) 12... a6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Ng3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nce2 b4 17. f5 e6 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. Kh2 b3 22. Ra1 Bb5 23. Ra3 bxc2 24. Qxc2 Na6 {[%cal Bc7a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 25. b4 Bg5 26. Rf3 Rb6 27. Qa2 Bf4 ({Black should play} 27... Bxd2 $15 28. Qxd2 Qh4) 28. Bxf4 $11 exf4 29. Ne2 Nxb4 30. Qd2 d5 {White must now prevent ...dxe4.} 31. Nxf4 Nxd3 32. Nxd5 (32. Raxd3 $11 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 (33. Rxd3 dxe4 34. Rxd4 Qb8 $15 ) 33... dxe4 34. Qxe4) 32... Qd6+ $15 33. Rg3 {Hoping for Qh6.} Qxa3 34. Nxb6 { Nd5 is the strong threat.} Qd6 35. Nd5 {[#]} ({White should try} 35. Qa5 $1 $15 Qe5 36. g5) 35... Bc4 $1 $17 36. f6 {[#]} (36. Qa5 $17) 36... Bxd5 $1 $19 37. Qxd3 Be6 38. Kg1 $2 {[#]} (38. Qd2 Qe5 39. Qh6 Qxf6 40. Rf3 Qe5+ 41. Qf4) 38... Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3][%mdl 512]} 39. Qf3 $2 (39. Qa3 Qb6 40. Kh1) (39. Qxc4 Qxg3 ) 39... d3 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. e5 Qxe5 41. Qe3 Re8 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 59%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E25"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 c4 { [%emt 0:00:07] E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 cxd5} 9. Ne2 Nc6 { [%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 10. g4 Na5 11. Bg2 Nb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 {[%cal Bf3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32] White wants to play Bg5.} Nxc1 16. Qxc1 {aiming for e5.} Bxg4 17. Nf4 {Threatens to win with e5.} Rb8 18. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bd7 19. e5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ne8 20. Qe3 {Strongly threatening e6.} Rb6 {[#]} 21. d5 $1 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Nc7 (21... g6 $16) 22. d6 $18 Ne6 23. Nd5 Ra6 {[#]} 24. Rf5 $1 Qh4 $2 ({But not} 24... Rxa3 $6 25. Rh5 $14) ( 24... Kh8 {might work better.}) 25. Rbf1 Rxa3 (25... Nd8 $142 26. R1f4 Qh6) 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Qh5 {[#]} 29. Qf4 $3 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 95%, Black = 18%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5 } 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. g4 { [%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Qg3 {1-0 (59) Bok,B (2613)-Barski,R (2346) Warsaw 2016}) 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qe3 Rac8 15. Kb1 (15. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb4 $11) 15... Rfe8 16. h4 ( 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bxg5 $15) 16... b5 17. Qg3 ({Much worse is} 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bxg5 $15) 17... Nce5 {aiming for ...b4.} 18. Nd4 Nb6 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Qxh3 Nec4 {White must now prevent ...Nxb2!} 21. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nxd5 22. exd5 Nb6 23. Bc1 Nxd5 24. h5 Bf8 {[#]} 25. g6 $1 {[%mdl 512] } h6 (25... fxg6 26. hxg6) 26. Qg2 (26. Qf3 $16 Re5 27. Rde1) 26... Nf6 $2 {[#] } (26... Ne3 $11 27. Bxe3 Rxe3) 27. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 (27... gxh6 28. gxf7+) 28. Rdf1 (28. Qxg6 Qf7 $14) 28... Qc4 {[#]} 29. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 (29... gxf6 30. Qxg6+) 30. Rxg6 Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rc7 $16) 31. Bc1 {And now h6 would win.} Qe4 {[#]} 32. h6 $3 {[%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 512]} Qxg6 33. hxg7+ Kxg7 34. Bh6+ Kf7 35. Rf1+ Qf6 36. Qd5+ ({Not} 36. Rxf6+ Kxf6 37. Be3 Ke6 $16) 36... Ke7 37. Bg5 ({Less strong is} 37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. Bg5+ Kg6 $16) 37... Qxg5 38. Rf7+ Kd8 39. Qxg5+ Be7 40. Qd5 Rg8 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 41. a3 Rg1+ 42. Ka2 Re1 43. Qb7 Rxc2 44. Rh7 {White threatens Rh8+ and mate.} Rc7 45. Qxa6 Re5 46. Rh8+ Kd7 47. Qa8 Bf6 48. Rf8 Bg7 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Qb8 Rec5 51. Rg8 Ke6 52. Qe8+ Kd5 53. Qe2 Be5 54. Rb8 Kc6 55. Qe4+ Kd7 56. Qd3 Kc6 57. Qf3+ d5 ( 57... Kd7 $142 58. Qg4+ Kc6 59. Qf3+ Kd7) 58. Qh5 (58. Qf5 $142 Re7 59. Qg6+ Kd7 60. Qf5+ Kd6 61. Qg5) 58... d4 59. Qg6+ Bd6 60. Qe4+ {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 48%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a3 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (7. e3 b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. a4 c6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 b4 15. Qc2 {1-0 (63) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Le,Q (2737) Huaian 2017}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nbd7 9. e3 { The position is equal.} b5 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb1 c6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O Nd5 13. a4 Nxc3 14. Qe1 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 {1/2-1/2 (139) Cichocki,A (2292) -Krzywda,A (2186) Szklarska Poreba 2017}) 10... c6 11. Qb1 a6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qe8 14. Re1 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. e4 N5f6 17. Bf1 c5 18. Rab1 Qc8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxb5 {[#]} ({White should play} 20. e5 $15 Nd5 21. Rxb5) 20... Bxe4 $1 $17 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qc6 23. Bxc4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Rfc8 25. Rb4 (25. Bd3 $17) 25... Qxf3 $19 26. Bg3 Ra3 27. Rc1 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 ({Resist} 28... Qxd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Rd1 $17) 29. Rd1 Nf6 ({ Don't take} 29... Rcxc3 30. Qxd5 Nc5 31. Qxf3 $17) ({But not} 29... Qxc3 30. Qxc3 Rcxc3 31. Rxd5 $17) 30. Be5 $2 {[#]} (30. Qd3 Qh5 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Bxb8) 30... Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 88%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Shankland, Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Qe7 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (6... Bb6 7. a3 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bd2 h6 13. g3 d5 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qg6 16. Rae1 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxf3 19. Bf4 exf4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Motylev,A (2661)-Xiong,J (2675) Saint Louis 2018}) 7. a3 Be6 8. Bxe6 Qxe6 {The position is equal.} 9. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qe1 c4 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. dxc4 Nd4 14. Qa5 Kb8 15. Be3 Nxc2 16. c5 Nxe3 17. c6 {1-0 (17) Braun,M (2350)-Pitschka,C Germany 1991}) 9... Bb6 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rc1 c5 (14... c6 {is more complex.} 15. c5 dxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 b5) 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Ne4 cxb4 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. axb4 Qg6 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qf3 Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 23. Qd5+ Kh8 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxg2!} 24. f4 {Strongly threatening Bxe5!} h6 25. Qe4 ({Don't play} 25. Qxb7 Qxd3 26. Qc8+ Kh7 $15) (25. c5 {seems wilder.} bxc5 26. bxc5 Rf5 27. cxd6 exf4 28. Qxb7 Rg5 29. Qa8+) 25... Qxe4 26. dxe4 { And now f5 would win.} Rxf4 27. Rxf4 exf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 28. e5 dxe5 29. Bxe5 Ng6 30. Bc7 b5 31. cxb5 Kg8 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Nh4+ 34. Kxf4 Nxg2+ 35. Ke5 {Black must now prevent Kd6.} Ke7 $1 36. Bd6+ Ke8 37. Ke6 g5 38. Kf6 Kd7 (38... Nh4 $11) 39. Bf8 $16 {White is better.} Nh4 40. Bxh6 Nf3 41. h3 Ng1 42. Bxg5 {h4 is the strong threat.} ({Much weaker is} 42. Kxg5 $6 Nxh3+ 43. Kg4 Nf2+ 44. Kf5 Kc7 $11) 42... Nxh3 43. Be3 Kd6 44. Kf5 Kd5 {[#]} 45. b6 $1 { Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 67%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2612"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Qe1 {A08: King's Indian Attack} (6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Nfd2 Nb6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 f5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 f4 15. a5 {1-0 (33) Ding,L (2791)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 6... Be7 7. e4 d4 8. a4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Na3 Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. f4 Ne8 12. Nf3 f6 13. Nc4 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (48) Gu,T (2197)-Guo,Q (2396) Shenzhen 2017}) 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. b3 b6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Qe2 f6 14. Nh4 Nd6 15. f4 Rae8 16. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd7 17. Ng6 Rf7 (17... hxg6 $2 18. fxg6 Nf7 19. Qh5 $18 (19. gxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qh5 Ref8 $14)) 18. Qh5 Bd8 (18... Nxc4 $11 19. bxc4 Nb4) 19. g4 ({Don't take} 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. g4 Bc8 $14) (19. Nh8 $16 Rfe7 20. Ng6) 19... Ne7 (19... Nxc4 $14 20. dxc4 Nb4) 20. Rf3 ({White should play} 20. Nxd6 $18 Qxd6 {[#]} 21. Nh8 $1 { [%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxh8 22. Qxf7) 20... Nxg6 $14 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Qc8 24. Rg3 $1 Be6 25. Rf1 Qd7 $1 26. Bf3 Qxa4 27. Bd1 Qd7 $1 ({ Much weaker is} 27... Kf8 $6 28. g5 $16) 28. Rh3 Kf8 29. Rh7 $1 Ke7 $1 30. Rxg7 Rxg7 (30... Kd6 {with more complications.} 31. Rxf7 Bxf7 32. Qh6 Rg8 33. h3 Kc7 ) 31. Qxg7+ Kd6 32. Qxd7+ Bxd7 33. Kg2 a5 34. h4 a4 35. Bc1 Be7 36. Kg3 Ra8 37. Ba3 Rg8 38. Be2 Bd8 39. h5 Be8 40. Kh3 Rh8 41. Bc1 Be7 42. Bd2 Bd7 43. Kg3 Ra8 44. Rb1 b5 45. cxb5 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 46. b6 {Threatens to win with b7.} a2 47. Ra1 {And now b7 would win.} Kc6 48. g5 fxg5 49. Bg4 Be8 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (49... Bxg4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 50. Kxg4 Kxb6) 50. Be6 $18 {Black must now prevent Bd5+.} Kxb6 51. Kg4 ({Not} 51. Bxa2 Bxh5 52. Rb1+ Kc7 $11) (51. h6 $142) 51... c4 (51... Kc7 {is a better defense.}) 52. h6 (52. Bxc4 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Bd7+ 53. Kg3) 52... cxd3 (52... Bb5 $16) 53. cxd3 Bb5 54. Rxa2 Rxa2 55. Bxa2 Bxd3 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} (55... Bd7+ $18 56. Kg3 Bf6) 56. Kf5 Bf8 57. h7 Bg7 58. Bxg5 Bc2 59. Bd5 d3 60. Kg6 Bh8 61. Kf7 Kc5 62. Kg8 {[%mdl 64] [#] Trapped Piece} Bf6 63. Bxf6 d2 64. h8=Q d1=Q 65. Kf7 (65. Qg7 $142 Bb3 66. Qc7+ Kd4 67. Qxe5+ Ke3 68. Qc3+ Kf2 69. Qxb3 Qg4+ 70. Kf7 Qh5+ 71. Ke7 Qh7+ 72. Kd6) 65... Bd3 66. Qh2 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 48%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 h6 6. Be2 { B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a4 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 9. O-O g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg6 10. b4 Nc8 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. c4 b6 13. Nb3 Ra8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ne1 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (50) Kosteniuk,A (2559)-Girya,O (2462) Satka 2018}) 10. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Qb6 11. Nd3 Bg7 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nbc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qc7 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 b6 17. Nd3 c5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Be3 Rac8 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rfe8 (21... Rg8 $16) 22. Kh1 (22. Qe3 $18) 22... Ng6 $16 23. Bd4 (23. Bd6 {seems wilder.} Qb6 24. Rac1 Qd8 25. Rce1 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Kg1) 23... Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3+ f5 28. Rae1 Qg7 29. Qa6 Ra8 30. Qd6 Rad8 $1 { [%cal Rd8d6]} 31. Qc5 Ra8 32. Re2 Qd7 33. Rfe1 Ra6 34. h3 Rg8 35. b4 axb4 36. cxb4 {[%cal Bc3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with b5.} d4 (36... Re8 $1 $14) 37. b5 Rd6 38. b6 d3 39. Rd2 Rd5 40. Qb4 $1 e5 {[#]} (40... Rc8 $16 { was necessary.}) 41. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc1c7] aiming for Rc7.} Rd4 42. Qa5 { Hoping for Rc7.} Rxa4 $2 (42... Rc8 43. Rxc8 Qxc8 44. Qxe5 Re4) 43. Qxe5 { And now Rc7 would win.} Re4 {[#]} 44. Qf6 (44. Rc7 Rxe5 45. Rxd7+ Rg7 $16) (44. Rxd3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe5 (44... Qxd3 45. Qxf5+) 45. Rxd7+ Rg7 46. Rxg7+ Kxg7 47. Rb1) 44... Rg6 $2 {[#]} (44... Re6 {is a better defense.} 45. Qxf5+ ( 45. Rxd3 Qg7 $18) 45... Kh8) 45. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rxf6 (45... Qxd3 46. Rc7+) 46. Rxd7+ Kg6 47. Rb1 Rfe6 {If only Black now had time for ...Re1+....} 48. Rdd1 Re8 49. b7 Rb8 50. Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 43%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.26"] [Round "12"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 { [%emt 0:00:04] D2: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rb8 10. Rd1 $146 {Strongly threatening d5.} (10. d5 {is interesting.} exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Bf4) ({Predecessor:} 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 (28) Aronian,L (2764)-Caruana,F (2822) Stavanger 2018}) 10... O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxa7 Bd7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rh4 h6 {[#]} 17. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 18. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nh7 19. Qxh6 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh6h7]} Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh6h7]} Qf6+ 21. Qxf6 {Intending Rg4+ and mate.} Rxb2+ 22. Kg1 {White wants to mate with Rg4+.} Nxf6 23. Rf1 Kg7 24. Rf3 {Rg3+ is the strong threat.} Rg8 25. Rhf4 Bc6 26. Rxf6 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rd8 28. Rf2 Rb4 29. Bb5 Ra8 30. a4 c6 31. Be2 Ra5 32. Rf3 f5 33. Kf2 Rc5 34. Bd1 e5 35. Ne2 Kf6 36. Ra3 Rb1 37. Ke1 e4 38. g3 Ke5 39. h4 Ra5 40. h5 c5 41. Kd2 c4 {White must now prevent . ..Rd5+.} 42. Kc2 Rb8 43. Kc3 ({White should play} 43. Nf4 $16) 43... Rb1 $11 44. Kc2 (44. Bc2 $11 Re1 45. Kd2) 44... Rb8 $1 $16 45. Kc1 Rb6 46. Bc2 Rd6 47. Nf4 Rc5 48. Re3 (48. Ra1 $16) 48... Kd4 ({Black should try} 48... Rc8 $14) 49. Re1 {And now Rd1+ would win.} Rh6 50. Kd2 Re5 51. Ne2+ Kc5 {[#]} 52. Rh1 $1 Re8 53. Kc3 Rg8 54. Rb1 {aiming for Rb5+.} Rxh5 {[#]} 55. Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re8 (55... fxe4 56. Rb5+) 56. Nf4 Rg5 57. Rb5+ Kd6 58. Bxf5 Rxg3+ {[#]} 59. Kd4 $1 Rg1 (59... Ra8 $142 60. a5 Ra3) 60. Rb6+ $18 (60. Kxc4 Rc1+ 61. Kb4 Rf1 $18) 60... Ke7 61. Ng6+ ({Resist} 61. Kxc4 Ra8) 61... Kf7 62. Ne5+ ({Don't play} 62. Kxc4 $6 Rg5 $18) 62... Kg8 63. Nxc4 Ra8 64. a5 Ra1 65. Rb5 Ra7 (65... Rf8 { keeps fighting.} 66. Kc3 Kg7) 66. Be4 Rc7 67. Rf5 Kg7 68. Bc2 Rc1 69. Kc3 Rf7 $2 (69... Rc8 70. Rf4 Rf8) 70. Rxf7+ Kxf7 71. Na3 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.26"] [Round "12"] [White "Shankland, Samuel"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 e6 (5... Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O b6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 {1/2-1/2 (63) Caruana,F (2799) -Grischuk,A (2782) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Bd3 $146 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} ({Predecessor:} 6. Be2 b5 7. e5 b4 8. Bf3 c6 9. exf6 bxc3 10. b3 a5 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nxc3 Bb4 13. Qd2 a4 14. a3 axb3 15. cxb3 Qa5 16. Rc1 Qxa3 17. O-O O-O 18. Bh6 Rd8 19. h4 {1/2-1/2 (19) Byrne,M-Bloesl,S (2114) ICCF email 2017}) 6... Nbd7 7. Nf3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 8. e5 { White is slightly better.} b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 d5 11. Bd3 c5 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qa3 15. Qe2 Bh6 16. Rb1 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 c4 18. Bc2 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Nxb8 20. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 (20... Qxa2 $14 21. h5 gxh5) 21. h5 $16 g5 (21... gxh5 $16 22. Bd1 (22. Rxh5 Qxa2 23. g4 Rg8 $14) 22... Nd7) 22. Nh2 $18 Nc6 (22... Qxa2 $142 23. O-O Nc6) 23. Ng4 Na7 24. Bd1 Nb5 {[#]} 25. Rh3 $1 Bd7 26. f4 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Qf8 28. Qf6 Bc6 (28... Na3 $142 29. Kf1 Bc6) 29. a4 Na7 $2 (29... Na3 {keeps fighting.} 30. Rf3 a5) 30. Rf3 {White is clearly winning.} Nc8 31. Bc2 {[%cal Bd1c2,Bc2g6,Bg6f7][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {[#]} 32. Bg6 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Qxe6.} Kd8 (32... fxg6 33. Qxe6) 33. Bxf7 Kc7 34. Qxe6 Nc8 35. Qf6 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.26"] [Round "12"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Re2 {LiveBook: 25 Games} Nc4 $146 {[%cal Bd6c4,Bc4b6,Bb6c8,Bc8e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} ({ Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. c3 Rxe2 12. Qxe2 Nf5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Qc2 d5 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nd2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. h3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (20) Aronian,L (2765)-Sargissian,G (2689) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. b3 Nb6 {The position is equal.} 12. c3 d5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. a4 Be6 16. Na3 { [%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} Nc8 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Bd3 c6 19. Nc2 Ne7 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Nb4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Re8 23. a5 h5 24. h3 h4 25. Bh2 Bxd3 26. Nxd3 Qf5 27. a6 b6 28. Bd6 Bg5 29. Qd1 Qe4 30. Ra2 Qe6 31. Bc7 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qg4 (32. dxc5 bxc5) 32... Qe7 33. dxc5 bxc5 34. Ba5 (34. Ra1 $1 $11 { remains equal.} Bd2 35. Ba5) 34... Ne5 $17 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Ra1 Re6 37. Rd1 Bd2 (37... Be7 $1 $19 38. f4 Qe4) 38. Qxh4 $11 Rxa6 39. g3 $2 (39. Qd8+ $11 { and White stays safe.} Kh7 40. Bc7) 39... f6 $2 (39... Rf6 $1 $19 40. Rf1 (40. Qg4 $2 Be1 $19) 40... Bxc3 41. Bxc3 Qxc3) 40. Bc7 $2 (40. Qa4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 40... Qxc7 $19 41. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (41. Qh5 $142 Bh6 42. Qxd5+ Kh8 43. h4) 41... Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Qe5 $1 { [%cal Re5e1]} 43. Qf4 {aiming for Qxe5.} Qe1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Re1h1]} 44. Kf3 Qh1+ $1 45. Kg4 Re1 46. Qd6 $2 (46. f3 Re5 47. h4) 46... Qe4+ 47. Qf4 {White wants to play Qxe4.} Qh1 $2 (47... f5+ $1 $19 48. Kh4 g5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 49. Kxg5 Qe7+ 50. Kh5 Qe8+ 51. Kg5 Qe7+ 52. Kh5 Qe8+ 53. Kg5 Re6 54. Qxf5 Re5 55. Rxd5 Qe7+ 56. Kf4 Rxf5+ 57. Rxf5 Qe1) 48. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Qd6 $1 $11) 48... Re5 49. h4 a5 50. Rd3 $2 (50. Rf2 {was worth a try.}) 50... Kf7 $1 51. Qd2 {[#]} Kg6 $1 52. Re3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxe5.} Rg5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Kf4 (53. hxg5 Qh5+) 53... Rf5+ 54. Kg4 {[#] Threatening mate with Qd3.} Rg5+ $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] Black mounts an attack.} 55. Kf4 {[#]} (55. hxg5 Qh5+) 55... Qh3 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh3g3][%mdl 512]} 56. g4 Qxh4 {[%csl Gg6] [%cal Rg5f5]} 57. Qc2+ $2 (57. Re2 Rf5+ 58. Ke3 Qh6+ 59. Kd3 Rxf3+ 60. Kc2) 57... Kf7 {( -> ...Rf5+!)} 58. Re2 g6 (58... Qh3 $142 {White must now prevent . ..Rxg4+.} 59. Ke3 Rxg4) 59. Qd1 Re5 60. Rxe5 Qh2+ 61. Ke3 Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KQ-KQ} 62. Kd3 d4 {Hoping for ...Qe3+.} 63. Qd2 $2 (63. Kc2 f5 64. g5) 63... dxc3 64. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 65. Kxc3 {KP-KP} Ke6 66. Kc4 Kd6 67. f4 Kc6 68. f5 gxf5 69. gxf5 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 68%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.27"] [Round "13"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Shankland, Samuel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Qa4 d4 (4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. h4 h6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nf5 11. Ne4 Na6 12. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 (31) Gordievsky,D (2615)-Paravyan,D (2629) Moscow 2018}) 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 { A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nd7 7. O-O Nh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e5 8. Re1 Ne7 9. Na3 Nc5 10. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 (32) Pham,M (2354)-Rajlich,I (2407) Budapest 2002}) 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. b4 e5 10. c5 a6 (10... f5 $11) 11. Nc4 $16 f6 12. Qb3 Nf7 13. e3 dxe3 14. Bxe3 Kh8 15. Rae1 Re8 16. Na5 Re7 17. d4 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 18. Nd2 f5 19. d5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Qe8 21. c6 ({Wrong is} 21. Nxb7 $2 Nf6 $19) 21... Nf6 22. Qc5 (22. Qb3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... bxc6 $17 23. Ndc4 Be6 24. Rc1 Bd5 {...Nd7 is the strong threat.} 25. Bd4 Rb8 (25... Nd7 $17 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Nde5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5) 26. a4 (26. Ne3 $15) 26... Re6 (26... Nd7 $17 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qd4+ Nde5) 27. Nb6 Bf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8c5]} 28. Qc3 Kg8 29. Nac4 Nd7 {Strongly threatening ... Bxc4.} 30. a5 Nd6 (30... Bxc4 $1 $17 31. Qxc4 Nde5 32. Qxa6 Bxb4) 31. Nxd6 $11 Bxd6 (31... Rxd6 {keeps more tension.} 32. Rfd1 Bh6 33. Rb1 Nxb6 34. axb6 Rbd8) 32. Rfd1 Nxb6 33. axb6 Be5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Qe3 Qf7 36. Ra1 Qb7 37. Qd4 Re7 38. b5 cxb5 ({Black should try} 38... Qxb6 $15 39. Qxb6 Rxb6 40. bxa6 Ra7) 39. Qxd5+ $14 Qxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxb6 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Ra8 Ree6 43. Ra7+ Kf6 $1 44. Rxh7 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32] aiming for ...Rec6.} 45. Rc7 b3 {And now ... a5! would win.} 46. Bf1 {[#]} Rec6 (46... a5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Rc4 (47. Rxa5 b2) 47... Re7) 47. Rxc6+ $11 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 48. Rb1 Rb6 {White should prevent ...a5.} 49. Bc4 b2 50. Ba2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3] [%mdl 1056] [#] Black has compensation.} 51. Kf1 (51. f3 $1 $15) 51... a4 $17 52. Ke2 a3 53. Kd2 Rc6 54. h4 $2 (54. Re1 $17) 54... Ke5 $2 (54... Kg7 $19 { and Black stays clearly on top.} 55. Rg1 Kf6) 55. Re1 Kd4 56. Bb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Rd1 $15) 56... Rc3 $19 57. Rh1 {[#]} Rd3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Kc2 { intending Rd1.} (58. Bxd3 exd3) 58... Rc3+ $2 (58... Kc4 59. Ba2+ Kd4) 59. Kd2 {White hopes to continue with Rd1.} Rf3 60. Ke2 {[#]} Rd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 61. h5 {[#]} (61. Bxd3 exd3+) 61... gxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 62. Ke1 (62. Rxh5 Rc3) 62... Rc3 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 63. Kd2 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4e3][%mdl 544]} 64. Ba2 (64. gxf4 Rc1) 64... e3+ {Black mates.} 65. fxe3+ fxe3+ 66. Ke2 Rc2+ { Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 54%.} 0-1 [Event "81st Tata Steel Masters 2019"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.27"] [Round "13"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2612"] [Annotator "M.I. Boudy"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8. Qc2 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. d5 exd5 12. O-O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} d4 $146 (12... Nc5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Tregubov,P (2612)-Van Wely,L (2687) Warsaw 2005}) 13. Nxd4 $16 Nh5 14. Be3 c5 15. Nf5 g6 16. Be2 Ng7 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qe7 19. Rhd1 $18 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3,Rf6,Rh6][%cal Gd1d7,Yh1d1] Pareja de alfiles, columna abierta el rey en el centro del tablero y casillas negras débiles.} Bc6 $2 {[#]} (19... Nb8 20. Bg4 Ne6 21. Qb3 {[%csl Re6]} c4 22. Qa3 O-O 23. Nd5 $18) (19... Nf6 20. Bg5 Ne6 21. Bg4 $18 {con festival de clavadas.}) 20. Rxd7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Desviación de la defensa de d5.} Bxd7 21. Nd5 (21. Nd5 Qe6 (21... Qe5 22. f4 Qe6 23. Qc3 O-O 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxd7) 22. Qc3 O-O 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nxd7) 1-0