[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7 12. Na3 Bg6 13. Qa4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5
15. Rfd1 f6 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qxa6 O-O 20. Qe2 Qa4 21.
Bg3 Bxa3 22. bxa3 Qxa3 23. h3 Ra8 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rc6 Qxa2 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27.
Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Kg7 30. Bf4 Rfd8 31. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Qb3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bf3
Rh4 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Qxb7 Rxc4 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 c5 20. Rd1
Rb8 21. Qxa7 Rxb2 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Rxd8+ Kg7 24. Rc8 Rxa2 25. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 e6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 Qe7 14. Be1 Rfd8 15.
b3 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bh4
Rd7 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27.
Rxd5 Re3 28. h4 h5 29. b4 Ra3 30. a5 Ra4 31. Rc4 Rb8 32. axb6 Rxb6 33. Rdd4 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Firouzja,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-23,38,21,22,-7,8,9,17,-15,11,-18,62,75,108,100,83,78,108,108,127,136,136,144,
160,158,156,180,182,180,183,179,194,187,197,216,209,195,204,204,368,489,452,
298,724,783,817,859,991,1189,1189,1247]} 1. e4 {This was a very important game
to me because it was the first round, and I wanted to start with a good mood.}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9.
h3 {Of course until here it's a normal Ruy Lopez.} Bb7 $5 {My opponent
surprised me with this move. Previously he was playing 9...Na5 which is the
so-called Chigorin Defence. But I was not worried about this surprise because
I had enough experience against this line before.} 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12.
a4 $1 {This move, in return, came as a surprise to my opponent because I had
mostly used the a3 system. But I had played this a4 move once before, and I
have a feelling he missed that game in his preparation.} (12. a3 {- the main
move these days!}) 12... h6 $1 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 {
There are a lot of games with this position in the database, the most famous
ones being those from the Kasparov-Karpov match!} c4 $6 {Again it was not
surprise to me that he forgot the move orders because it's a very old line and
almost out of fashion!} (16... Nd7 {is of course the main move and leads to a
very interesting game. I have the privilege of actually having played this on
the black side against non other than Alexei Shirov, who was expert of this
line in the 90s!} 17. Ra3 f5 18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 c4 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. g5 Nbd3 {
Shirov-Firouzja 2017 ended in a draw!}) 17. Nd4 {Now my knight has a very nice
outpost on d4!} Nd7 {Black tries to sacrifice a pawn in order to pressure
White on the light squares with ...Nc5/...Nd3, but it's not enough.} (17... Qb6
{Normal play, the queen on b6 is misplaced:} 18. N2f3 $1 {followed by Be3 and
White has an excellent position.}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nxb5 {
Now I have not only won the b5-pawn, but the c4-pawn is also weak. This is
just a winning position for White.} Qb8 21. Na3 Nd3 22. Re3 $1 {The move that
my opponent probably missed.} (22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Ndc4 f5 {Now we can see why I
need the light-squared bishop.}) 22... Nxc1 (22... Nxb2 23. Qc2 Nd3 24. Naxc4
Nxc1 25. e5 $1 g6 26. e6 $18) 23. Qxc1 g6 24. Naxc4 $18 {A second pawn is
taken, and the rest is an automatic win.} Bg7 25. Ra3 $1 Qc7 26. b4 Bb7 27. Bd3
$1 {Bringing all the pieces in to the game.} Rb8 28. Qd1 $1 {A very nice plan,
the idea is Qa4-Qa5!} Bc8 29. Qa4 Ne5 {Now I calculated a forced line:} 30.
Nxe5 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 $1 Bxe5 32. Nc4 Bd4 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Rf3 $1 {A very nice
move, both attacking and defending the f2 pawn!} f6 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ {
followed by Qc7+ and queen takes rook. A surprisingly easy game. He just made
a one single mistake playing 16....c4, and that mistake was enough for me to
take the point and get off to a very good start!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 Qd7 9. Nbxd4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 Bb7 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Qb3
Ba6 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Bb6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ke2 Rg8 20. g3
O-O-O 21. Nc4 Kc7 22. Rad1 Rd5 23. Rd3 h5 24. Rhd1 Rgd8 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3
Re5+ 27. Kf3 Red5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Rd4 Rb8 30. b3 Kd6 31. Ke3 f5 32. Ra4 Ra8
33. Rh4 Rh8 34. h3 Ke5 35. Kd3 Kf6 36. Ra4 Ra8 37. b4 Ke5 38. Ra6 f4 39. g4
hxg4 40. hxg4 f5 41. gxf5 Kxf5 42. a4 e5 43. b5 e4+ 44. Kd4 Kg4 45. b6 Kf3 46.
Rxa7 Rb8 47. a5 Kxf2 48. Re7 f3 49. b7 e3 50. a6 e2 51. Re6 e1=Q 52. Rxe1 Kxe1
53. a7 Rxb7 54. a8=Q Re7 55. Qf8 Re4+ 56. Kxd5 Re3 57. Qc5 Kd2 58. Kd4 Rd3+ 59.
Ke4 Rxc3 60. Qf2+ Kc1 61. Kd4 Ra3 62. Kd5 Rd3+ 63. Kc4 Ra3 64. Qc5 Kb2 65. Qb4+
Ka2 66. Qd2+ Kb1 67. Kb4 Ra2 68. Qd1+ Kb2 69. Qxf3 Kc1 70. Qf1+ Kc2 71. Qe1
Rb2+ 72. Kc4 Ra2 73. Qe2+ Kb1 74. Qd1+ Kb2 75. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c3 a4
15. Nc4 Qe4 16. f3 Qg6 17. Nb6 Ra5 18. Bd3 f5 19. Qc2 Qf7 20. Nxa4 Bxa2 21. b4
Bb3 22. Qe2 Raa8 23. Nc5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Re8 26. h3 Qe6 27. Re1 Kh8
28. Rb1 Ra8 29. b5 Nb8 30. Rxb3 Qxb3 31. Qxe5 Qf7 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33. Bxf5 Ra5
34. c4 Nc6 35. Bd6 Nd4 36. Be4 Ra4 37. Bxb7 Rxc4 38. b6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40.
Bc5 Ne6 41. Be3 Nd8 42. Be4 Rb3 43. Bf2 Rb2 44. Bg3 Kg8 45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. Bd6+
Ke8 47. Be5 Rxb6 48. Bxg7 Ne6 49. Be5 Kf7 50. f4 Rb5 51. Bf3 Nf8 52. Bd4 Ne6
53. Be5 Nf8 54. Kg3 Ng6 55. Bc3 Ne7 56. Be5 Ng6 57. Bc3 Ne7 58. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d3 d6 9. h3 Rb8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. e5 Nf7 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Bc3 f4 16. Nbd2 Bf5 17. Qa4 Bd3 18. exd6 exd6 19. Re7 Rb7 20. Rae1 Qa6 21. Qxa6
Bxa6 22. Rxb7 Bxb7 23. Re7 Rb8 24. Rc7 a6 25. Nb3 c5 26. dxc5 Bxf3 27. gxf3
dxc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rb1+ 30. Kg2 Nd6 31. Ne6 Nf5 32. Nxf4 Nh4+ 33. Kg3
Nf5+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 35. Kh2 Nxf3+ 36. Kg3 Ng5 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Nd5 Ne4 39. Kf3
Nxf2 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Nxh7+ Ke8 42. Ng5 Rxa2 43. c4 a5 44. h4 a4 45. Nf7 a3 46.
Nd6+ Kd8 47. Ra7 Nd3 48. Ke4 Nb4 49. Nf7+ Ke8 50. Nd6+ Kd8 51. Nf7+ Ke8 52.
Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. a4
b4 9. Nb1 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. e4 a5 13. Nb3 c4 14. dxc4 Nxe4 15.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bb6 Ra8 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Kf1 Nf6 20. Rac1 Bd8 21.
Bxd8 Nxd8 22. Ne5 Kf8 23. Rd6 Ra7 24. Rcd1 Nc6 25. f4 Ba8 26. Bf3 Nxe5 27. fxe5
Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ne8 29. R6d4 Ke7 30. Ke2 g6 31. c5 Ng7 32. Rd6 Nf5 33. Rb6 f6 34.
f4 g5 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. fxg5+ Kxg5 37. Rxe6 Rf7 38. Re4 Rc6 39. Rg1+ Kh5 40.
Re5 Kh4 41. Rf1 Rcf6 42. Rf3 Kg4 43. h3+ Kh4 44. Re4+ Kg5 45. Rg4+ Kh5 46. Kd2
Rd7+ 47. Rd3 Re7 48. Rd5 Kh6 49. Rf4 Kg6 50. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qf4 d6 8. Nf3
Nge7 9. exd6 Ng6 10. Qe4 Qxd6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O f5 13. Qe1 O-O 14. h4 Bf6
15. Kb1 Qe7 16. Bg5 Bd7 17. c5 Rad8 18. h5 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Bxg5 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21.
Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxe6 Be7 25. Na4 Rd8 26. Bxf5 Rd2 27.
Bc8 b5 28. cxb6 axb6 29. Re1 Rxf2 30. Bb7 Nd4 31. a3 Bf8 32. Re8 g5 33. h6 Rf6
34. Nxb6 Rxh6 35. Nd7 Kg7 36. Nxf8 Rd6 37. Be4 h5 38. Nh7 g4 39. Re5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Bf4 Nf6 9. N1c3 Ng4 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Bxc4 c6 12. Nd6 b5 13. Bb3 Nxf2 14. Rf1
Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxb2 16. Rab1 Nc4+ 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rd8+ 19. Kc2 Nb4+ 20.
Kb3 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rbd1 Be7 23. Kc4 Nc2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rf3 Rd7 26.
Ne2 Rd2 27. Nf4 e5 28. Nd3 Na3+ 29. Kb3 Nb5 30. Bxe5 Rxg2 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. Bxg3
Nd4+ 33. Kc4 Nf3 34. Bb8 a5 35. a4 Nd2+ 36. Kd4 Nb3+ 37. Kc4 Nd2+ 38. Kd4 g5
39. Ne5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qd1 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7
Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bxe5 24. Rd7 b6 25. Rxa7 h5 26. Ra6
Rb8 27. Kg2 Kh7 28. Kf3 Bc3 29. Ra7 Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Rc7 Bf6 32. Nf5+ Kg6
33. Ne3 Bd4 34. Nd5 Ra8 35. Nf4+ Kf6 36. Nxh5+ Kg5 37. Nf4 Ra3+ 38. Ke4 Ra4 39.
Kd5 Kg4 40. Rc2 Bc5 41. Rd2 Kf5 42. Ng2 Ra5 43. Kc6 Ke4 44. Ne1 Ra3 45. Rc2 f5
46. Kd7 f4 47. gxf4 Kxf4 48. Ke6 Kg5 49. Kd5 Kf5 50. Re2 Ra4 51. Kc6 Ra3 52.
Nc2 Rf3 53. Ne3+ Ke4 54. Kb5 Kd3 55. Rb2 Bd4 56. Rb3+ Ke4 57. Nd1 Rf5+ 58. Kc4
Rc5+ 59. Kb4 Ra5 60. f3+ Kf4 61. Nc3 Bxc3+ 62. Kxc3 Rxa2 63. Rxb6 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in Round 2. I drew my first game with Black against
Fabiano and then here I was playing the legendary Viswanathan Anand, one of my
biggest heroes in chess. A true living legend, he is one of the most talented
chess players of all time. Before our game I spent some time studying his best
games and they are truly aesthetically pleasing to analyse. The fact that this
man is still one of the best players in the world at the age of fifty is
incredible.} 1. e4 {In India Vishy played the Sicilian against me in blitz,
and won handily. However in classical games he mostly plays 1...e5. He has
tons of experience with 1.e4 e5 with both White and Black.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {
Here I was not sure which line exactly Vishy planned to play against the Ruy
Lopez with 3.Bb5. He usually prepares something new and very solid for Black
in his repertoire. To get an advantage against him and his preparation is
almost impossible...he prepares very deeply. So I decided to play 3.Bc4, the
Giuco Piano.} 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 {With this move-order White gets the
option to delay castling and develop his other pieces first. If Black castles
short, then White gets extra options. For example the pin with Bg5 becomes
more annoying.} d6 ({If Black castles right away} 5... O-O {then 6.Bg5 or 6.
Nbd2 are very serious moves.}) 6. Nbd2 O-O {Of course there is nothing wrong
with this move, but I thought that possibly more precise was 6...a6 or 6...a5.
Black did not have to castle right away but could delay it for the time being.}
7. h3 {Controlling the g4-square, but also in some cases White can actually
attack on the kingside with g4.} a6 {Threatening to win the bishop pair with
Na5. In my preparations I noticed that Vishy has gone for the ...a6 setup more
often recently. So I thought he would play it here. He probably was thinking
that I would castle sooner or later and transpose to normal paths, but for
this game I wanted to try something different.} ({The other main alternative is
} 7... a5 {when after} 8. O-O {there have been played many games and lots of
theory.}) ({Black does not necessarily have to move his a-pawn. Another good
alternative is} 7... Ne7 {a very solid move, regrouping the knight to a better
square on g6. Black wants to play c6 and d5 in the future. This variation is
super solid also.}) 8. Bb3 {Keeping the bishop pair.} (8. a4 {is another good
way to keep the bishop, when Black can play ...a5.} a5 9. g4) 8... Be6 {
Now that White lost a tempo moving his bishop, Black offers a trade. He has
many alternatives here and the position is very flexible. Black is very solid
of course, and as typical in Giuco Piano structures, the position is very
close to equal.} 9. Bc2 ({In my view Black is completely fine after} 9. Bxe6
fxe6 10. b4 Ba7 11. O-O Qe8 {just because White has lost a tempo moving the
light-squared bishop to b3.}) 9... d5 (9... h6 {prevents Ng5, but it gives
White a hook to target on the kingside. So White can play} 10. g4 {right away,
or prepare it first with 10.Qe2.}) 10. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e6,Gg5e4,Gg5h7] This was
the idea of the variation. White threatens to grab the bishop on e6 and win
the bishop pair. If Black retreats his e6-bishop then this knight can aim to
go to e4 instead (after exd5).} dxe4 (10... Nxe4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. Qh5 h6 13.
Nxe4 Be7 14. g4 $14) ({Retreating the bishop was possible when I was going to
take} 10... Bc8 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. O-O {with a small advantage.}) 11. Nxe6 fxe6
12. dxe4 {Still following my preparation. Here I knew that 12...Qe8 was enough
to equalize, but Vishy thought for a really long time and went for it.} Bxf2+
$5 {Objectively a very good sacrifice, but perhaps not practically! Black
makes a draw here, but the problem is he has to be very precise and exact! So
it's a high risk, high reward move.} (12... Qe8 {is the solid alternative.
After} 13. O-O (13. Qe2) 13... Rd8 {White does not have time to regroup and
consolidate his forces. Black is very active and Nh5 is coming next move.}) ({
After the game Vishy mentioned} 12... Nd5 {but here White can simply play 13.
Nf3, with a better ending.} 13. Nf3 Nf4 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. O-O
$14) 13. Kxf2 {The next few moves are forced.} Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Ne3 {Black wins
the piece back, but his knight ends up trapped on c2.} 15. Qe2 Nxc2 16. Rb1
N6d4 $1 {Very precise. Black cannot afford to give White time to consolidate
his position.} 17. cxd4 Qxd4+ ({Not} 17... Nxd4 18. Qe1 Qg5 19. Kh2 {when the
White Queen will come to g3 next, and defend against all the threats.}) 18. Kh2
Rf2 19. Qg4 {This is the only move.} Ne3 20. Qxe6+ {Besides forcing Black to
spend a tempo to defend against the check, I manage to pick up a pawn or two.}
Kh8 21. Rg1 {Defending the crucial g2 spot. Now White wants to get rid of the
knight on e3. He can do this by playing Nf3 or Nb3 next, attacking the Black
Queen and allowing his bishop to capture the annoying knight next.} Qd3 $1 {
This immobilizes White's forces right now. Black is also threatening Qe2.} 22.
Qxe5 {Not only grabbing a pawn, but also the Queen is on the way to g3, where
it will defend crucial squares. Here Vishy has played perfectly so far, and he
has a way to make a draw. Your computer will probably show the drawing line in
seconds, but over the board it's not so simple to see. The problem is Black
does not even have a pawn for the piece, and one mistake immedaitely loses the
game.} Raf8 $2 {The losing mistake. This looks very natural, but after this
White manages to consolidate and defend his king.} ({Black can force a draw by
} 22... Nxg2 $1 {the variation is not that simple though; Black still has to
be very precise.} 23. Kh1 (23. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qe2+ {leads to a perpetual
right away.} 25. Kg1 (25. Kg3 Qe1+) 25... Qe3+ $11) 23... Raf8 $1 (23... Qxh3+
24. Qh2 Qg4 25. b4 {[%cal Gb1b3] followed by Rb3 next move. White is better.})
24. Qc3 Qe2 25. Qg3 {And now Black has to find the only move} R8f7 $1 {
protecting the vital g7 pawn. Black draws in all lines, as your computer can
show you.} 26. Rxg2 (26. Qg4 Ne3) 26... Rxg2 27. Qxg2 Rf2 $11) 23. Qg3 {
[%csl Gf2,Gg1,Gg2,Gh2][%cal Gg3g7] The queen is the best defender for the king.
From g3 it controls so many squares. The game is lost for Black, just with one
mistake.} Qe2 24. b4 {Vishy missed this move. Now White activates the rest of
his queenside and it turns out that Black's threats are not lethal.} Rxg2+ (
24... Nxg2 {is simply met by} 25. Kh1 {[%cal Gg1g7] when the knight cannot
move as it would open up the g-file. Black has no attack.}) 25. Rxg2 Nxg2 {
Here White has a couple of winning moves. My choice was actually not the most
precise.} 26. Qg4 {But here Vishy resigned, although he could have played a
few more moves.} ({Stronger was} 26. Bb2 Nf4+ 27. Kh1 {[%csl Gg7] when it
turns out the counter attack on Black's king is impossible to face.} Nh5 28.
Qg2 Rf2 29. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1f8] and White wins.}) ({After} 26. Qg4 {White forces
the exchange of queens, and Black has to play} Nf4+ 27. Qxe2 Nxe2 {Now White
cannot allow Rf2+, and he has to shed a pawn} 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Nxh3+ 30.
Ke3 Nf2 31. Bb2 {this ending should be easily winning, but at least Black has
two pawns for the piece.  With this win I started the long Tata Steel Chess
journey most pleasantly. Wijk Aan Zee is one of my favorite places to play but
truthfully it is an exceptionally long tournament in the dead of Dutch winter
in a remote though lovely village on the North Sea. You need some good
encouragement early on to keep your focus all the way through. Also, this was
also only my 2nd win against Anand in classical chess and it made me feel like
I am improving!}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 Rfc8 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Ne5
15. Qd2 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 axb5 18. Rad1 b4 19. Qe2 Rc3 20. Bf2 Bf6 21.
Nb5 Rcc8 22. d6 Rab8 23. Nc7 exd6 24. Nd5 Bd8 25. f4 Ng4 26. Bd4 Rb5 27. Qf3
Qf5 28. Rfe1 Bh4 29. Bb2 Bf2+ 30. Kh1 Bh4 31. g3 Nf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rxd5 33. gxh4
Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rc2 35. Qd4 f6 36. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bg5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. c4 Bg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qd3 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rc6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Rd3 Qe7
21. g3 g6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Rc3 Kg7 24. Kg2 Re8 25. Qd3 Rb8 26. Rdc1 h5 27. h4
Qe7 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. Rdc1 Qe7 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 Nb6 9. Na5 Bd6 10. b4 c5 11. a3 O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Nc4 Be7 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 cxb4 17. axb4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Nb8 19. d5 f5 20. exf5 Qxd5 21. Ne3
Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bc2 Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qe3
b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. h4 Na5 18. Bd3 h6 19. g4 Nc6 20. Bb1 Qd7 21.
Kh2 Qd6+ 22. Kg1 Na5 23. Bd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nc6 25. Bb5 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27.
Nxd4 Rxd4 28. f3 a6 29. Bf1 Rd7 30. a4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Rb1 Rd6 33. e5 Rc6
34. Bd3 g5 35. h5 Bc8 36. Ke3 Rc5 37. f4 Ra5 38. Rxb6 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rxa4+ 40.
Kf3 Ra3 41. Ke4 f6 42. Rb8 Bd7 43. Rb7 fxe5 44. g5 hxg5 45. h6 Kd6 46. Rb6+
Bc6+ 47. Rxc6+ Kxc6 48. h7 Ra4+ 49. Kxe5 Rh4 50. Kf6 g4 51. Kg5 Rh2 52. Kxg4
Kd5 53. Bg6 Rh6 54. Kg5 Rxh7 55. Bxh7 e5 56. Kg4 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Yu Yangyi likes his Petroff, but Fabiano too, is a well
known expert in this opening, so it was to be expected that he would bring
something to the table here.} 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7.
dxe5 Nc5 8. Be3 c6 {Yu Yangyi was likely prepared, because postponing the move
Be7 seems to make sense.} 9. f4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. Nc3 b6 $5 {idea of Ju
Wenjun, and again, I don't know if it was preparation of improvisation, but
developing the bishop to g7 makes a lot of sense here.} (11... Be7 {is a major
tabia that White wanted to get in this game and Yu Yangyi avoided.} 12. Ne2 {
is the main-line if we call a main-line the most played continuation.}) 12.
Rad1 {Fabi improves on the game between the Woman World Champion and her
challenger.} (12. Ne2 Bg7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. c3 c5 15. Rad1 Bb7 {and White was
just getting outplayed here. 0-1 (54) Goryachkina,A (2518)-Ju,W (2575) St
Petersburg 2018.}) 12... Bg7 (12... Bf5 {is an alternative.}) 13. b4 {Using
the fact that the bishop has left the diagonal. But Yu Yangyi responds very
well.} Bf5 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. h3 O-O {b5 can be met with f6, with lots of
simplifications incoming. Black is about to survive the opening test.} 16. g4 {
16.b5 first could also be met with f6.} Be6 17. b5 f5 $1 {Same as f6.} 18. exf6
Bxf6 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 cxb5 21. Nxb5 {Black has an ugly bishop, but
White's knight hasn't yet reached the d4 square. Yu Yangyi uses the
opportunity to further simplify} Bd7 $5 {A very human way to try to solve
things. Black gives up a pawn, but has obvious counterplay against both the
queenside weaknesses and the f4 pawn. In fact, all he now needs is to trade
queens and then any rook endgame would be too drawish not to hold.} 22. Rxd5
Bxb5 23. Rxb5 (23. Qxb5 Qxc2 24. Rd7 Qc5+ {is going to peter, clearly.}) 23...
Qc3 24. Rb3 Qc5+ $2 {This is the main mistake in the game. In fact I walked
right past the board and from the whole demeanor of Fabiano I saw that he
doesn't believe in his position here and rightly so, as the endgame would be
totally holdable for Black.} (24... Qd4+ $1 25. Qe3 (25. Kg2 {just} Rxf4) 25...
Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rac8 27. c3 Rc4 {it's more or less a forced draw, besides just
being drawish in general. Very strange that a defender of Yu's caliber didn't
go for this!}) 25. Kg2 {In fact it is not so easy for Black, as with queens on,
it turns out that Black's king can be a target too, after a well timed f5 push.
} (25. Kh2 $5 {was also interesting, giving the queen space on g2.}) 25... Rae8
$2 (25... Rfe8 $1 {was better.} 26. Qd2 Rad8 {and Black bothers White more
than in the game.}) 26. Qd2 Re4 27. Rf2 Qc6 $2 (27... Rc4 {was better, as
White may want to go Kg3 anyway.}) 28. Kg3 Rc4 29. Rd3 {Now White has sort of
consolidated and it gets very unpleasant for Black.} Rf7 30. Rd6 Qc5 31. f5 (
31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. f5 {was possible too.}) 31... Qe5+ $2 (31... Rf8 $1 {would
keep things together, but for that one needs to calculate very clearly and for
that, a lot of time is needed and preferably no pressure.}) 32. Kg2 Rc3 {
This all doesn't work out as gxf5 is never possible.} 33. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 34. Kxf3
Re7 35. Rd5 $2 {This allows Black to get back onto the defensive track, but in
time trouble Yu Yangyi doesn't manage.} (35. Qd3 {or 35.f6 were cleaner
apparently.}) 35... Qe4+ 36. Kg3 Kg7 $2 (36... gxf5 $1 {A rook or queen
endgame would be a blessing for Black at this point.} 37. Rxf5 (37. Qg5+ Kh8
38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Re8) 37... Qe1+) 37. Rd6 $2 {A gross miscalculation.} (
37. Kh4 $1 {is an elegant prophylactic, when Black, unable to trade queens in
a favourable version, is losing.} Rf7 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. fxg6 Qxd5 40. gxf7 Qxf7)
(37. c4 $1 {anticipating the rook endgame is another brilliant idea of the
engine.} Qe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 39. Kf4 Rxh3 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. fxg6 h6 42. Rxa7)
37... Qe5+ $2 {This is losing by force. There were two ways to try and hold
the game.} (37... gxf5 $1 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Rd8+ Re8 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Qxf5
Qe1+ 42. Kf4 Qc1+ 43. Ke5 Qa1+ 44. Kd6 Qxa2 $1 {is a draw as queen is just in
time to come back to g8 after picking up a vital pawn.}) (37... Qe3+ 38. Qxe3
Rxe3+ {The rook endgame would also hold, likely} 39. Kf4 Rxh3 40. Rd7+ Kf8 $1 {
and the battle continues.}) 38. Kh4 $1 gxf5 (38... Kf7 $1 {would prolong the
game, but it is already very lost at this point.}) 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Rd8+ Re8
41. Rd7 $1 {and it is not hard to see now that White gets a won pawn endgame
by force.} Re7 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Rxe7+ Qxe7 44. Qxe7+ Kxe7 45. gxf5 Kf6 46. Kg4
Ke5 47. Kg5 b5 48. c3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Firouzja,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {This encounter was very important to me, because I had already lost two
times in classical chess against Vladislav. So at least this time I wanted to
get a fighting game. Diese Begegnung war besonders wichtig für mich, da ich
im klassischen Schach schon zweimal gegen Vladislav verloren hatte. Deshalb
wollte ich diesmal zumindest eine Kampfpartie.} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 $5
{A most interesting continuation. The Caro-Kann is known to be a rock-solid
choice for Black against 1.e4, but after 4.h4!? it leads to an ultra-sharp
game! Eine hochinteressante Fortsetzung. Caro-Kann gilt ja als stocksolide
Wahl für Schwarz gegen 1.e4, aber 4.h4!? macht die Sache ultrascharf!} h5 5.
c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Rc1 {Until here it's
all well known theory. But now my opponent was out of the book, and he thought
for a while and came up with something I was not expecting. Bis hierher ist
alles bekannte Theorie. Nun aber war mein Gegner aus dem Buch, und er dachte
eine Weile nach und kam mit etwas, was ich nicht erwartet hatte.} dxc4 $6 (
10... Qxb2 $1 {is main theory: ist Haupttheorie:} 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4
13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qd3 Ned5 15. O-O {This is what I was expecting, and I think
White has enough compensation for the pawn thanks to the very strong bishop on
g5 and the knight on g3 which is putting pressure on the pawn on h5. Dies
hatte ich erwartet, und ich meine, Weiß hat genug Kompensation für den
Bauern dank des bärenstarken Läufers auf g5 und des Springers auf g3, der
gegen den Bauern auf h5 drückt.}) 11. Bxc4 {Now all of my pieces are active.
Jetzt sind alle meine Figuren aktiv.} Nf5 12. O-O $1 {A very interesting move.
Ein sehr interessanter Zug.} Be7 {Solid, but now I found another nice plan to
continue my attack. Solide, aber jetzt fand ich einen anderen schönen Plan,
meinen Angriff fortzusetzen.} (12... Qxd4 {runs into läuft in} 13. Nb5 $3 {
A nice little tactic which I found during the game. Ein feiner kleiner Trick,
den ich während der Partie entdeckte.} cxb5 (13... Qb6 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Nd6+
Bxd6 16. Bxe6 $3 (16. Qxd6 $2 Qc5 $1 $11) 16... fxe6 17. Qxd6 {[%cal Gb6c5,
Gc1c5]} Kf7 18. Qxd7+ Kg8 19. Rcd1 $18) 14. Bxb5 a6 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd7+
Kxd7 17. Rfd1 {with a clear advantage to White. mt klarem Vorteil für Weiß.})
13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2g5] My threat is not only
Qg5+ but... Meine Drohung ist nicht nur Dg5+, sondern auch...} Qd8 16. Nd1 $1 {
Now my plan is very direct: Ne3 followed by f4-f5, when the pawn on f7 is
seriously weak. Danach ist mein Plan sehr direkt: Se3 nebst f4-f5, wonach der
Bauer auf f7 ernsthaft schwach ist.} Nb6 17. Ne3 Kf8 $6 {I don't like this
move because now I can easily open up the game with the e6! break. Dieser Zug
missfällt mir, da ich jetzt das Spiel mit dem Hebel e6! leicht öffnen kann.}
(17... g6 {was what I was worried about, but I think White still has a very
nice position following war das, was mir Sorgen machte, aber ich denke, Weiß
hat trotzdem eine sehr schöne Stellung nach} 18. Nxf5+ gxf5 19. Be2 $1 $16 {
Now the plan is to play Bf3 followed by b3 and a4-a5-a6 and put pressure on
both the c6 and h5 pawn. I think White is just clearly better here. Jetzt
lautet der Plan Lf3 nebst b3 und a4-a5-a6, um Druck sowohl gegen den Bauern c6
als auch den auf h5 zu entfalten. In meinen Augen steht Weiß hier einfach
klar besser.}) 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bb3 $1 {Keeping the bishop at any cost.
Bewahrt um jeden Preis den Läufer.} Qxh4 20. Rfe1 $1 {Again preparing for the
e6 break. Bereitet noch einmal den e6-Hebel vor.} (20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Rd8)
20... Rh6 {A nice way to prevent the white rook from getting active. Eine
schöne Methode, um die Aktivierung des weißen Turms zu verhindern.} (20...
Rd8 21. e6 $1 {Now this is a killer because after Jetzt ist dies ein Killer,
denn nach} fxe6 22. Rxe6 {, with the active rook on e6 and the support of the
bishop on b3, there is no way Black could hold this. , mit dem aktiven Turm
auf e6 und der Unterstützung des Läufers auf b3, kann Schwarz diese Stellung
niemals halten.} Qxd4 23. Qg5 $18) 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Re8 23. Bxf5 $16 {
I have regained the pawn, so now White is very close to a winning position.
Ich habe den Bauern zurückerobert, damit ist Weiß sehr nahe an einer
Gewinnstellung.} Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd8 $2 {A quite understandable move from my
opponent, but he had to bring his knight in to the defence! Ein durchaus
verständlicher Zug meines Gegners, aber er musste seinen Springer in die
Verteidigung einschalten!} (24... Nc4 $1 25. Qb4+ Nd6 26. Be6 Qd8 $16 {Still a
pretty bad position for Black, but at least he has more pieces around his king.
Noch immer eine ziemlich üble Stellung für Schwarz, aber zumindest hat er
mehr Figuren um seinen König herum.}) 25. Qd3 $1 {Threatening the deadly Bg6.
Droht das tödliche Lg6.} Kf7 26. Qf3 Qf6 (26... Kg8 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bf7 $18)
27. Qb3+ $1 {Now we can see why Black needed his knight to be around his king.
Jetzt können wir sehen, weshalb Schwarz den Springer in der Nähe seines
Königs brauchte.} Kf8 28. Qa3+ $1 Qd6 29. Qe3 Qd8 30. Qe4 {Again threatening
Bg6! Droht erneut Lg6!} Rf6 31. Bg6 Kg8 32. Qh4 $3 {What a nice move: the rook
on f6 is pinned, and White threatens both Qxh5 and Re8+. Ein wahrer Prachtzug:
Der Turm auf f6 ist gefesselt, und Weiß droht sowohl Dxh5 als auch Te8+.} Qd5
33. Re8+ Rf8 34. Qe7 Nd7 35. Bc2 $3 {Another brillant move that I was proud of.
The bishop returns, and Bb3 is just crushing. Noch ein brillanter Zug, auf den
ich stolz war. Der Läufer kehrt zurück, und Lb3 ist einfach vernichtend.}
Qxd4 36. Rxf8+ $2 {Still winning but I had a nicer finish: Gewinnt immer noch,
aber ich hatte ein schöneres Finale:} (36. Qe6+ $1 Kh8 37. Qf5 $1 $18 {
threatening both Qh7++ and Rxf8+ and, more important, defending the f2 pawn!
droht sowohl Dh7++ als auch Txf8+ und, noch wichtiger, deckt den Bauern f2!})
36... Nxf8 37. Bb3+ Kh7 38. Qxf8 Qxb2 39. Bg8+ Kh6 40. Qf4+ g5 41. Qd6+ Kg7 42.
Bb3 $18 {Still this is just an absolutely hopeless position for Black. So oder
so, dies ist einfach eine absolut hoffnunglose Stellung für Schwarz.} Qa1+ 43.
Kh2 Qf6 44. Qxf6+ Kxf6 45. Kg3 {And the rest is just an easy win. Und der Rest
ist einfach ein leichter Gewinn.} b5 46. Bd1 h4+ 47. Kg4 c5 48. f4 gxf4 49.
Kxf4 Ke6 50. Kg4 a5 51. Kxh4 a4 52. g4 c4 53. g5 a3 54. Be2 Kf5 55. Kh5 Ke4 56.
g6 c3 57. Bd1 {I was very proud of this game! Ich war sehr stolz auf diese
Partie!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. a4
c4 9. Bf1 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 b4 13. Nxc4 Bxe4 14. d4 Be7
15. Bf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 d5 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Ra1 g5 20. Bg3 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Kg7 22. Ra7 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rc8 24. Bb5 Nf8 25. Be5 Ng6 26. Bd7 Rxc3 27.
Bxe6 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Nh5 30. Rxf7+ Kh8 31. Rf8+ Kg7 32. Rf7+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Van Foreest,J"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {I prepared the Alapin variation for this tournament
hoping it would catch my opponents off guard. Dubov is a renowned expert in
the Sveshnikov, and Rossolimo, while the Alapin is seldom seen at high level.}
Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O g6 {Up to
this point we are following main theory. Instead of the text move, 9...Bg4 was
played by Carlsen and Anand amongst others. The text is slightly less popular
but also seen frequently.} 10. Na3 Bg7 11. b3 {White has to challenge the c4
pawn, it clamps down the white forces on the queen-side. Once gotten rid of
the nuisance, white can aim to build a strong centre.} cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. d4
Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e5 16. Nb5 {We have reached move 16 in the game, but
still there have been a number of games played. Dubov chose the most popular
and logical move. However, I believe it not to be the most accurate one.} Qd7 (
16... Qd5 $1 {I think this move, aiming for an endgame, is better.}) 17. Rd1 $1
{A strong move, leaving Black a difficult choice.} a6 {With this move Black
initiates a small tactical sequence, which turns out favourable for White. I
believe 17. ..exd4 would still have been good enough for equality.} (17... exd4
18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 {It may seem that White has a very pleasant position
due to the advantage of having the bishop pair in an open position. Yet, with
a couple of strong moves Black can still maintain the balance:} Rfe8 $1 20. Be4
Re6 $1 {Nnext is ...Rae8 and Black seems to have just enough activity.} 21.
Bxb7 $6 {It is unwise to take the pawn, since after} Rae8 {both threats of ...
Rf6 and ... Re1+ are difficult to deal with.}) 18. d5 (18. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 $1 $19
{is not advisable.}) 18... Nb4 {The point of Black's previous move.} (18...
axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Be4 {With 2 strong bishops for White, the
black position is very unpleasant here.}) 19. Na3 {Playing it simple.} (19.
cxb4 {This is possible, but I was not sure about the complications after both
19... e4 and even 19...Qxb5.}) 19... Nxc2 20. Nxc2 {Tactical events have come
to an end. It is clear that if White manages to coordinate his pieces and push
c3-c4 he will be on top. It is up to Black to create counterplay, but this is
very hard, mainly because the knight b6 is seriously out of the game.} Rac8 (
20... e4 {trying to disrupt White's plans is ineffective:} 21. Qe3 $1 Nxd5 22.
Qc5 Rad8 23. Ne3 {loses a piece for Black.}) 21. c4 {After some consideration
I decided it was worth giving up the exchange, since in return White gets
wonderful positional compensation.} f5 {Although it is an obnoxious choice, I
think my opponent should have decided to take the exchange since in the game
my pawns will steamroll forward and Black finds it difficult to get anything
in return.} (21... e4 22. Qxe4 Rfe8 23. Qf4 Bxa1 24. Nxa1 {is a line I
calculated during the game. Although White is definitely better, nothing is
clear yet.}) 22. Ba3 Rf7 23. Rac1 Re8 24. c5 e4 25. Qe2 Nc8 {This is quite a
sad square for the knight, but there wasn't anything better.} (25... Nxd5 26.
Qc4 {loses the knight.}) 26. Qc4 Na7 {A clever idea, attempting to get the
knight back into the game via b5.} 27. Nd4 f4 28. Ne6 Nb5 {By this point I
knew my position should be winning. Still Black has chances of creating a mess
because of his far advanced pawns on the kingside.} 29. Bb4 (29. Nxg7 $1 {
would have been the best way to finish black off. I was about to go for it,
but then I noticed a defence, or so I thought.} Nxa3 30. c6 bxc6 31. dxc6 Qc8 {
I saw the correct winning line after 31...Qxd1 but here I was not sure how to
win. Hence I went for 29.Bb4. It turns out I missed an easy way:} (31... Qxd1+
32. Rxd1 Nxc4 33. Nxe8 Nb6 34. Rd8 {wins for White.}) 32. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 33.
Nxe8 Kxe8 34. c7 {and with Rd8+ next White is completely winning.}) 29... e3 {
My opponent sensibly tries to complicate matters, since in the long run my
strong pawns will be decisive.} 30. Ng5 {I decided to go for the most direct
idea, thinking it was basically game over with Black losing material in every
line. However, I had missed the very inventive idea Dubov came up with.} (30.
fxe3 fxe3 31. Rf1 {In hindsight I would say this would have been a more
practical way of playing, limiting the black counterplay.}) 30... exf2+ 31.
Kxf2 Qf5 $1 32. Nxf7 Re4 {The sequence of 31...Qf5 followed by 32...Re4 had
escaped my attention. Even though I am a full rook up it is not so easy to
deal with the counterplay Black has created.} 33. c6 {After some thinking I
went for this interesting move sacrificing my queen but trying to promote my
c-pawn.} (33. Qc2 {is the computer suggestion, and with the evaluation of +6
we can be sure White is winning. During the game it was not all that clear to
me what was going on though.} Kxf7 34. c6 $1 {The only move to win.} Nd4 (34...
bxc6 35. Qxc6 Rxb4 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. d6 {is also winning for White.}) 35. cxb7
$1 Nxc2 36. b8=Q Rxb4 37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Qxc2 {is a nice line, in which White
promoted to a new queen and dealt with Black's threats.}) 33... Kxf7 $2 (33...
Rxc4 $1 {Simply capturing the white queen would have made things much more
complicated for me, especially considering I was planning on recapturing 34.
bxc4 here which turns out to be a severe mistake:} 34. bxc4 (34. Rxc4 $1 {
is probably still winning.}) 34... f3 35. cxb7 fxg2+ 36. Kg1 {was the line I
saw during the game, thinking the pawn is unstoppable.} Qf4 $1 {I had missed
this move, stopping the pawn from queening, and threatening ...Bd4+. Suddenly
Black would be very much back into the game.}) 34. cxb7 Rxc4 35. bxc4 $6 {
Not the most exact way, but it should still be good enough for the win.} (35.
Rxc4 $1 {This counter-intuitive recapture would have been immediately winning,
the key difference being that the rook defends a lot of important squares
along the fourth rank, making it impossible for Black to create any
counterplay against my king.} Qe5 36. Re1 $1 Qb2+ 37. Kf1 Be5 38. Rc8 $18)
35... Qe5 $6 {After this, there will be no more chances.} (35... Be5 $1 {
was the last chance of creating a mess. Nevertheless White is still winning
after} 36. cxb5 f3 37. Rc4 $1 {Once again the rook on the 4th rank proves very
useful, covering all check's from the black queen.} axb5 38. g4 $1 Qf6 39. Re4
$18) 36. cxb5 Qb2+ (36... Qe3+ 37. Kf1 f3 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Bc3+ Kf5 40. Rf7+
$18) 37. Kf1 Be5 38. d6 f3 39. gxf3 Qb3 40. Ke2 Qe6 41. Rc7+ {Time control has
been reached, and there should be many ways to win. I chose the most
straightforward one.} Kf6 42. b8=Q Bf4+ {Black has a few checks, but the white
king will find shelter, after which the huge material surplus will tell.} 43.
Kd3 Qd5+ 44. Kc2 Qa2+ 45. Kc3 Be5+ 46. Kd3 Qb3+ 47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rec1 Bd2 20. Bxd2 Rxd2
21. b4 f6 22. b5 a5 23. Bxg2 fxe5 24. Rxc7 Bf3 25. Bxf3 Rxf3 26. Rf1 Rf4 27. b6
Rb2 28. b7 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Re1 Rxb7 32. Rxe5 Rb4 33. Rxa5
Kf7 34. Kg2 h5 35. Kg3 Rg4+ 36. Kf3 Rh4 37. Kg3 Rg4+ 38. Kf3 Rh4 39. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 d5 7. Rc1 Ba6 8. Qa4
c5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 exd5 11. Ke2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Kf1 Rfc8 14. Qa6
Qe6 15. Ne2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Qf5 17. h3 Nf8 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Kg1 Ne6
21. Rc2 Rab8 22. Qb5 a6 23. Qxa6 Ra8 24. Qd3 Rxa2 25. Qf5 Rca8 26. Nc3 Ra1 27.
Rcd2 cxd4 28. exd4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Re8 30. Nf3 Qc4 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Qb3 33. Rd2
b5 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Nh7 36. Nxd5 g6 37. Nf6+ Nxf6 38. Qxf6 Qd5 39. Re2 Rd8
40. Rxe6 fxe6 41. Ne5 Rf8 42. Qxg6+ Kh8 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qc2 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Nd2 c3 10. bxc3 Qc5 11. Rb1 Be7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 14. c4
O-O 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Rxb7 Bg5 18. Ba7 Rfd8 19. f4 Qd6 20. fxg5
Rxa7 21. Rxa7 Qb6+ 22. e3 Qxa7 23. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Bxf4 6. exf4 O-O 7. c3 b6 8. h4
c5 9. h5 h6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Ndf3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc7 15.
a3 Ba4 16. Kf1 Bb3 17. Kg1 Qd6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Rh3 Ba4 21. Bb1 Ne4
22. Qe3 b5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Nd4 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Bd7
28. g4 Rbc8 29. Ree3 Qa5 30. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
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{Back to wild and wonderful Wijk aan Zee. I have been playing this January
tournament ever since i was 14 years old and coming back is always a bit like
coming home. The fact that very little ever changes is comforting. The beach
with the silver sea, the small paths through the tall grass, the local Spar
for cheese pastries, the hot coffee in every shop, fried kibbeling in Juliana
plein, the same dogs or their children, and pony and goatee still grazing in
their small field (honestly how old are those two?).... It's all so comforting
and gives a feeling of happiness for someone who travels constantly for his
job and is always in new places. Even our hotel room doesn't change which is
nice because I know exactly where my few items should go. Before this game
Alireza had just been on a tear, winning two games and leading the tournament
with 2.5/3. What to do? Just try my best I guess.} 1. d4 {Against 1.e4 Alireza
plays many different Sicilians, in particular he also plays the Najdorf. Now
in the Najdorf it's almost impossible to gain an advantage against it these
days, and the positions possibly suit his style very well. Against 1.c4 he
plays 1...e5, so we could get a form of Reversed Sicilian. I decided to keep
it simple and play 1.d4.} d5 {He also plays 1...Nf6. For example against
Caruana he played the King's Indian! I also prepared for the King's Indian,
however after Ding Liren gave it up 4 years ago, it's very rare to see a 2700+
GM play that opening nowadays. The reason behind this is the King's Indian
feels a bit cramped, and White has too many good systems against it. By the
way his King's Indian game with Caruana is a great game so I suggest you take
a look at that game as well (if you haven't already).} 2. c4 dxc4 {He's only
tried the QGA a few times, but he played it against Duda two days earlier. He
got a really good position that game and was even outplaying Duda. So I
suppose why not try it again?} 3. Nf3 ({The QGA is supposed to have a bad
reputation in view of} 3. e4 {White gains a lot of space, the position is
easier to play for him and a clear-cut way to equality still has to be proven.
I suppose if not for 3.e4, there would be many more players who would be
playing the QGA. Duda-Alireza two days ago continued:} e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Qxd4
$6 ({The main line is} 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7
Rb8 10. Qa6 {[%csl Gc4,Gd3] and Black should be okay here, but he has a lot of
weak squares on the board.}) 5... Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Bf4 Nf6 $15 {
and Black has a small initiative.} 9. N1c3 Ng4 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Bxc4 c6 12. Nd6
b5 13. Bb3 Nxf2 14. Rf1 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxb2 16. Rab1 Nc4+ 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4
Rd8+ 19. Kc2 Nb4+ 20. Kb3 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rbd1 Be7 23. Kc4 Nc2 24. Rxd8+
Rxd8 25. Rf3 Rd7 26. Ne2 Rd2 27. Nf4 e5 28. Nd3 Na3+ 29. Kb3 Nb5 30. Bxe5 Rxg2
31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. Bxg3 Nd4+ 33. Kc4 Nf3 34. Bb8 a5 35. a4 Nd2+ 36. Kd4 Nb3+ 37.
Kc4 Nd2+ 38. Kd4 g5 39. Ne5 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 (39) Duda,J (2758)-Firouzja,A (2723)
Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 3... Nf6 4. e3 {Instead of 3.e4, I decided to play this
variation instead. I was not sure how deep his preparation was against 3.e4,
as he does not have enough games and he seemed very confident to face it.} e6
5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 {The main line of the classical QGA. Black has also
played 6...Nc6 in recent games, but I think that line is not as superior. 6...
a6 is definitely more solid.} 7. b3 {White has many moves here, but I played
this move 7.b3 before and it's a playable move. It's not a very concrete
forcing variation, but I like the arising positions after it.} ({There is
another variation here with} 7. Be2 {a prophylactic move, intending to capture
on c5 or occupy the center depending on what Black does. If Black takes on d4}
cxd4 8. exd4 (8. Nxd4 {leads to a different position.}) 8... Nc6 9. Nc3 {
we transpose to my game against Vladislav Artemiev played a few days later on
the 7th round. In that game (I had Black) I did not experience too many
problems.} Be7 10. Be3 Ng4 $1 11. Bf4 Nf6 {This knight manoever was Caruana's
idea actually. He played it against Levon Aronian two years ago. The point is
to keep d4 under control so White cannot jump to e5 with Ne5. It's
surprisingly difficult to get anything here.} 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd3
Nxe3 15. fxe3 b6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Be4 Nd7 20. Qe2 b5
21. Bf3 Rc7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa6 a3 24. bxa3 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Rfxc8 26. Ne2 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Bxa3 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. Bc6 Nb6 31. e4 Ke7 32. e5 Nc4 33.
Kf2 f6 34. Bb5 Nb2 35. Nf4 fxe5 36. dxe5 Nd1+ 37. Kf3 Bb2 38. Ba4 Nc3 39. Bc6
Na2 40. Nd3 Bc3 41. Be4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Artemiev,V (2731)-So,W (2765) Wijk aan
Zee 2020}) ({I guess} 7. Bb3 {might be the sharpest move for White here.}) 7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O {We were both playing fast as we were actually
following my game against Mamedyarov played a few months back. Also current
theory indicates that this is Black's best defense.} 10. Be2 {Preparing to
meet b5 with Bf3.} ({The Mamedyarov game went} 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a4
Nc6 $11 {when White got absolutely nothing from the opening.} 13. Bf3 Nd5 14.
axb5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 axb5 16. Ne4 b4 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Bc5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qc7 20.
Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ra7 Rc8 22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26.
h4 Qc5 27. h5 Kf8 28. g3 Ke7 29. Qd1 f5 30. Qd3 (30. Qa1 Qc3 $11) 30... Kf6 31.
Kg2 Kg5 32. f4+ Kf6 33. g4 fxg4 34. Qxh7 Qc3 35. Qg6+ Ke7 36. Qxg4 Kd6 37. Kf3
Qxb3 38. Qxg7 Qd1+ {1/2-1/2 (38) So,W (2763)-Mamedyarov,S (2765) Riga 2019})
10... Bd7 11. Nd2 ({The problem with} 11. Bf3 $2 {is} e5 {the white knight has
no good squares to go to.}) 11... Nc6 12. Rc1 {We both continue developing our
pieces.} Rc8 ({Here I thought the best move was} 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 {
placing his pieces on solid squares. After} 14. Nc4 Rc8 {Black is very close
to equality. But in the game with 12...Rc8, I was able to keep more pieces on
the board.}) 13. N4f3 {Preventing the minor piece trade. I was still on my
preparation.} b5 14. a3 {Controlling the dark-squares on the queenside.} Qb6
15. Rc2 {[%cal Gd1b1,Gf1c1] Slowly improving the position of my pieces. The
idea of this mysterious rook move is to free squares and swing my Queen and
the other Rook over to the queenside. White is slightly better here as his
pieces control more vital squares (I control d4,e4, and e5 squares) and my
pieces are more harmonious than his. But Black has no weaknesses.} (15. Bd3 {
is an alternative. Putting the bishop on a more active square.}) 15... e5 $5 {
Interesting. Black does not want to play passively and he wants to activate
his pieces right away. I was expecting the more solid 15...Rfd8 or 15...Nd5.}
16. Bd3 {Controlling the e4-square and activating my bishop.} ({However
stronger was} 16. Qb1 {White just wants to double rooks on the c-file.} e4 (
16... Bf5 {does not work due to} 17. Rxc6) (16... Rfd8 17. Rfc1 $14) 17. Ng5
Bf5 18. Rfc1) ({I think Black is okay after} 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxa3 18.
Nf3) 16... Rfd8 17. Qe2 {Preparing Rfc1.} Bg4 (17... Be6 $1 {equalizes
according to the engine. The idea is after} 18. Rfc1 {Black has} e4 $1 {
followed by taking on b3. Therefore 16.Bd3 was not accurate for me.}) 18. Rfc1
{Here I was expecting the solid move 18...Qb7 but Alireza surprised me with
his choice.} Na7 $5 {A very strange move. I would never have considered it!
The knight becomes passive in the corner. However it's not simple to refute it
over the board.} ({I think Black is okay after} 18... Qb7) 19. Rxc8 {Trading
rooks. 19.Bxe5 is possible stronger.} Rxc8 ({If} 19... Nxc8 20. a4 {is better
for White. Black has some weak pawns that needs defending.} bxa4 21. Bxe5 $16)
20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. h3 {Forcing Black to give up the bishop pair.} Bxf3 22. Qxf3
Qd8 {Gaining time by attacking the pieces on the d-file.} (22... Qd6 {allows
the extra option} 23. Qf5 $5) 23. Qe2 Qd5 {Now his queen is very well
centralized in the center.} 24. Bc2 {Preparing to challenge his powerful queen
in the center.} ({But it might be better to play} 24. a4 Nd6 (24... bxa4 25.
Bc4) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ba3 {when White will win a pawn by taking on d6 next
move.}) 24... Nd6 25. Qd3 (25. a4 $5) 25... Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd7 27. g4 {White is
just a bit better in this ending, but nothing special. I have the bishop pair,
but they are not yet too active.} g6 28. Ne4 {Preventing him from playing f5.}
Nxe4 ({Simpler was} 28... f6 {to bring the king to e6 and control the
light-squares. I thought that Black should be okay here.}) 29. Bxe4 Nc5 30. Bc2
e4 $2 {Alireza goes for active play, however he probably miscalculated as now
this pawn is overextended and in great danger.} 31. b4 Nd3 32. Bc3 Kf8 ({After
} 32... Bh4 33. Kf1 {[%cal Gf2f3] is what he probably missed. Now he cannot
take on f2, and White will slowly round up the e4-pawn.} Nxf2 {loses because
of the pin} 34. Be1 {[%cal Ge1h4] winning a piece.}) 33. Kf1 {Slowly
approaching the center.} f5 34. Ke2 $6 {Here I considered other alternatives
too:} ({At first} 34. f4 {fixing the pawn structure, in particular Black's
pawns on the light-squares are very vulnerable. But Black has} Bd8 $1 {with
counterplay on the e3-pawn. So this is not enough.}) ({Apparently best was} 34.
gxf5 $1 gxf5 35. Bb3 Bh4 {when White can attack Black's pawns with Be6 or
Bd5-b7. White has good practical chances to win.} 36. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5b7,
Gb7a6,Ga6b5]}) 34... Bd8 ({After the game Alireza pointed out that} 34... h5 $1
{is enough to hold. And indeed I cannot find a win here. Black sets up a
fortress and holds even down a pawn.} 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Bxd3 exd3+ 37. Kxd3 Kf7
{and Black just puts his king on e6. Unlike in the game White here cannot
invade with his king.}) 35. Bxd3 exd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kf7 37. e4 (37. Kd4 Bf6+ {
forces the king to go back.}) 37... fxg4 $2 {After this unfortunate exchange,
Black loses as White is able to invade with the king.} (37... f4 $1 {[%cal
Gf7e6] was the last chance to try and hold. The point is that my king cannot
approach as 38.Kd4 is met by Bb6+ winning the f2-pawn. After Ke6 it seems that
Black has a fortress. So perhaps it's just a draw!}) 38. hxg4 g5 $2 (38... h5
39. gxh5 gxh5 {gives White two pawns in the center without any obstacles. I'm
pretty confident White should be able to win this, however I do not want to
analyse too deeply, so I'll leave it to you to decide.}) 39. Kd4 {If Black's
king were on e6 he can hold, as now he has Bb6+ preventing my king from
invading. But now Black is helpless as he does not have any counterplay.} Bb6+
40. Kd5 Bxf2 41. Kc6 {[%cal Gc6d7,Gc6b7] Threatening Kd7 or Kb7. Making sure
that Black cannot create a passed pawn on the kingside.} Ke6 42. Kb7 Kd7 43.
Kxa6 Kc6 44. e5 Be3 45. e6 Bc1 46. a4 bxa4 47. Be5 {Now Black cannot prevent
White from queening one of the pawns, so Alireza resigned. This was a nice win
for me. It's clear that my opponent is talented, and I am sure we will see
more exciting games from him in the future. As for me I finished my long walk
through Wijk Aan Zee with +2. It's clear that there are a lot of improvements
necessary for me to become a better player, and find ways to retain energy
until the end of the tournament. I really like Wijk Aan Zee, it's people and
particularly the chess organizers. They all go the extra mile and make a month
long tournament proceed smoothly and graciously. Thank you Jeroen Van den Berg,
Myra Rooselaar, and the focused, efficient and generous Tata Steel Chess team.}
(47. Be5 Ba3 48. Ka5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Nf4 12. O-O Bg4 13. d3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 f5
15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 fxg4 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Nce4 Be7 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Qxg4 Qxg4 21.
hxg4 c5 22. N5e4 Nc6 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Kg2 c4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. f3
Rc6 28. b3 Ba3 29. Rce1 cxd3 30. cxd3 a5 31. Rf2 Bc1 32. Nd2 Bxd3 33. Nc4 Bf4
34. Ne5 Rc3 35. Nxd3 Rxd3 36. Nf5 g6 37. Re4 Bg5 38. Ne7+ Kh8 39. Nc6 Be3 40.
Re2 Rd1 41. Nxa5 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Rc1 43. Kg2 Rg1+ 44. Kh2 Rc1 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2
Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5
b6 21. c5 Ba6 22. c6 Rbc8 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. Rd4 Re8 25. a4 Kf8 26. Re1 Bc8 27. a5
bxa5 28. Re5 Ke7 29. Rxa5 Rd8 30. Rb4 a6 31. Kg2 Ra7 32. c4 Kd6 33. Rb7 Bxb7
34. cxb7 Kc7 35. c5 Rxb7 36. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 Qe7 11. Rc1 Qxc5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3
O-O 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. O-O Nd5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Qd6
21. Nf3 Qe7 22. h3 Nb6 23. Qc7 Qf6 24. Qxb7 Rfb8 25. Qa6 Qxb2 26. Rdc3 Nd5 27.
R3c2 Qb7 28. Rc6 Qxa6 29. Rxa6 Rb6 30. Ra5 a6 31. Nd4 Rab8 32. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 b6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Rh3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. c3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15.
Ne2 Nb8 16. Nf4 g6 17. g4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Nd7 19. Rc1 Rg8 20. h5 gxh5 21. Qxh5
Qc4 22. Ne2 Rc8 23. Rf3 Rc6 24. Ng3 Ke8 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rxf5 Rcg6 27. Kd2 Nf8
28. Be3 Ne6 29. Qe2 Qa2+ 30. Rc2 Qb1 31. c4 Rg4 32. cxd5 Rxd4+ 33. Bxd4 Qxc2+
34. Kxc2 Nxd4+ 35. Kd3 Nxe2 36. Kxe2 Rg4 37. f4 Rg3 38. Rg5 Rxa3 39. Rg8+ Kd7
40. Rf8 Ke7 41. Rb8 Kd7 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. d6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. a4
Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 b6 12. a5 Ba6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Qc3 Nd7 15. axb6
axb6 16. Nbd2 f5 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Qb3 fxe4 19. Nfd2 exd3 20. cxd3 e4 21. Nxe4
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qd5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qc2 Ne5 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Nc3 Qd7 27. b3 Qf5
28. Ne4 Rd5 29. Nc3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Qxd3 31. Qxd3 Nxd3 32. Na4 c4 33. bxc4 b5 34.
cxb5 cxb5 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Bxc5 Kg8 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. Bb4
Bd4 41. f4 Bc5 42. Bd2 Bf8 43. g4 b4 44. h4 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Bxb4 Bxb4 47.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d3
Ng4 9. O-O g5 10. dxe4 gxh4 11. Bf4 hxg3 12. Bxg3 Bd6 13. Qd3 Bxg3 14. Qxg3 Be6
15. exd5 Bc8 16. Nb5 Na6 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Rc4 Rg8 20. Qa3 Kg7 21.
Rf4 Ne5 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. Rf3 Kf8 24. Rg3 Qe7 25. Nxb7 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Rc8 27. Qe3
Ng4 28. Qf4 Qe5 29. Bf3 Qxf4 30. gxf4 Rc2 31. Rb1 h5 32. b4 Rc4 33. b5 Nc5 34.
Nxc5 Rxc5 35. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 exd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfe1 Be6
15. Re5 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Qd2 Bd8 18. Bc2 Qc8 19. Bh6 Ne7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21.
Bxg7 Nxe4 22. R1xe4 Nxg7 23. Qh6 f5 24. Rg4 Bf6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Qd7 27.
d5 cxd5 28. Ba4 Qf7 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qxe6+ Qf7
33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Kf1 Ke6 35. Ke2 f4 36. g4 fxg3 37. fxg3 Ke5 38. Ke3 d4+ 39.
Kf3 Kf5 40. g4+ Kg5 41. Kg3 d3 42. h4+ Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke5 44. Ke3 d2 45. Kxd2 Kf4
46. g5 Kg4 47. Ke3 Kxh4 48. Kf4 a6 49. a3 b6 50. a4 a5 51. b3 Kh3 52. Kf3 Kh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5
Nd7 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. Nge2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 O-O
15. O-O Kh8 16. e4 d4 17. Nf4 Be5 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Ne2 h4 20. h3 Qe7 21. e5 Rd8
22. f4 Bf5 23. Kh2 Qe6 24. Ng1 Bh6 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Kh1 Bxf4 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28.
Nxc5 Bc2 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Be3 31. Nce6 Bg6 32. Rf3 Bh6 33. Nf5 Bxf5 34.
Rxf5 Be3 35. Rf3 Re8 36. Rxe3 Rxe6 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Re4 Re7 40. Kf3
Kf5 41. Rxh4 Kxe5 42. Re4+ Kf6 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. g4 a5 46. a4 h6
47. h4 Ke6 48. g5 hxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Kf7 50. Kf5 b5 51. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[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 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. a4 d5 14. a5 Nd6
15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Nd2 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 c6 21. Qd1
Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Nc3 Qc8 13. Qd1 Qb7 14. e4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bd3 17. Rc3 Qa6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Qd3 Qxd3
21. Bxd3 Nf6 22. Ba6 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 Nb4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bd6 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qd6 Nf5 20. Qa3 Qb8
21. e4 Qe5 22. exf5 Qxe2 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. fxe6 Qxd4 25. exd7 Rd8 26. g3 Rxd7 27.
Re1 Kh7 28. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Rc1 Kf8 13. g3 g6 14. O-O Kg7
15. Na4 Rh8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qd7 18. Rfc1 Rhc8 19. Qc3 a5 20. a3 a4 21.
Ne1 Qe7 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Kg2 Rc7 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Qd1 Rd7 26. Ng5 Ra6 27. g4 Qh8
28. Qf3 Rb6 29. gxh5 Qxh5 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Ra5 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Nd8 33. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The 2020 edition of Wijk aan Zee hasn't been easy for me and after a slow
start of four draws I lost a painful game to Firouzja after commiting a few
mistakes that a player of my level shouldn't be committing. I played this game
a day after that and was hoping to finally get things going.} 1. e4 e5 {
Once before Vlad Kovalev surprised me with an obscure Sicilian, but this time
he decided to stick to his lifelong weapon.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Italian is a
frequent guest on the highest level and theory keeps growing in all sorts of
directions. I have played it a lot before, but hardly ever with the idea of
developing the bishop to g5 early on, which is what I did in this game.} Bc5 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 {A very risky, but highly interesting idea which has
gained in popularity a lot lately. White almost forces black to weaken his
kingside with h6-g5, but in return white ends up with a burried bishop on g3.
The victories in this line, be it by white or by black are often crushing.} h6
7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 g5 11. Bg3 {This position has been
reached in quite a few high level games, with various move orders. Black has a
huge choice of options or setups, the most popular move here being Nh7
preparing h5. The move Vlad chose is also not new and has been played by
theoreticians such as Peter Leko, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura.} Kg7 12. Re1
Nh7 {Following Van Forees J-Leko from 2016 and Anand-Nakamura from Tata blitz
2019.} 13. b4 {Following in footsteps of Vishy Anand. He is as massive an
authority on the opening theory as ever.} h5 14. h3 h4 (14... g4 {is another
way to try and develop the kingside initiative.}) 15. Bh2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17.
b5 Ne7 18. d4 Ng6 {I don't know whether my opponent was aware that we are
still following Anand-Nakamura or if he was long improvising, but one way or
the other, it all took him a lot of time. Here Vishy played the natural Be2,
but after some further mutual inaccuracies got nowhere and had to settle for a
draw. I had prepared a more direct continuation, not fearing the potential
doubling of the f-pawns.} 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Nf1 $5 {This was the new idea. Now
over the board I had expected Black to quickly play Ng5, which to me seemed
the most natural, but my opponent came up with a surprising, but a cool
looking alternative.} exd4 (20... Ng5 21. Ne3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Ngf4+
24. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 25. Kh2 {is the position I had expected to get. Black has a
juicy square on f4, but with h4 pawn shielding the white king nicely, it is
White who has most of the trumps here, which is what the computer insists on.
These days, the computers are almost always right in such cases.}) 21. cxd4
Bxf3 22. gxf3 $1 (22. Qxf3 {was a little bit tempting, to keep the kingside
pawn structure neutral, but I quickly realized that after} Bxd4 23. Rad1 Be5 {
Black has pretty easy play and is likely to get away here, thanks to all the
dark squares and for now an extra pawn.}) 22... f5 $6 {This move frankly
shocked me, but I kind of liked the look of it after a while. The computer,
though, realizing that chess is not all about the pawn structure, but much
more about the king's safety and initiative is shouting that white has a
winning advantage now and in more than one way too.} 23. Ne3 {I had a lot of
time on the clock after blitzing out most of my opening moves, so I figured I
may use some of it to calculate some sort of a long variation. It wasn't
really needed.} (23. exf5 $1 {is sort of very clean, but one has to understand
chess on a very high level to realize that it is time to sacrifice the
beautiful pawn structure in the center to gradually switch to the attack on
the king.} Rxf5 24. Kh1 {it doesn't help Black that even if he attacks f3 pawn
one more time, it is still not hanging in view of Bd5 and so Ne3 and Rg1 are
coming, when White's attack will quickly develop itself.}) 23... fxe4 24. fxe4
Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Rxf2 26. Nf5+ $6 {I have to say I was quite mesmerized by the
forced line that ends with 31.Qg1!. I didn't realize I had much better
alternatives at this point, but fortunately the continuation in the game
worked out perfectly too.} (26. Bg1 $5 {was an idea I simply didn't consider,
now one of the possible lines could be} Rb2 27. Qc1 Rab8 28. Bb5 $1 Rb3 29. Qc2
Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Qg3 31. Bf1 {when White is up an exchange for the pawn and does
well.}) (26. Ra2 $1 {first was even stronger, but then again it is important
to see the Bg1 motive later on.} Raf8 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 28. Bg1 $1 Rb2 {now there
seem to be two ways to play, one going directly for the king and another for
positional domination.} 29. Qc1 (29. Rf1 Kh8 30. Ng4 Rd2 31. Qf3 Bxd4 32. Qf7
Ne7 33. Be6 {with a deadly mating attack.} Bxg1 34. Qe8+ Ng8 35. Rxg1 $1) 29...
Rb8 30. Nf5+ Kh8 31. Bh2 {and Black can trade into an engame, but there
despite being a pawn up for now, he is completely dominated and lost.}) 26...
Kh8 27. Rg1 {From now it's all forced.} Rxh2+ $1 28. Kxh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh3 Ng5+ 30.
Rxg5 Qxg5 31. Qg1 $1 {I was too fascinated with the idea of trading the queens
in order to force a pretty checkmate and also I noticed a nice motif after 31.
Qg1! Nf4+ 32.Kh2 Qxg1 33.Rxg1 d5 34.Bxd5 Nxd5 35.exd5 Rd8 and now 36.Rg4! when
Black can't ever capture on d5, also not after 36...Kh7 37.Kh3!. However, upon
reaching closer to the position I realized that while the domination does work
in some of the lines, in reality Black also has many defensive resources in
the endgame that I so happily went for.} (31. Qf3 {has a pretty threat of Rg1,
but it is strongly met with} Bxd4 $1 32. Nxd4 Ne5) 31... Nf4+ (31... Qh5 {
seemed insanely risky and is simply losing after} 32. Qe3 {followed by Rg1.})
32. Kh2 Qxg1+ 33. Rxg1 d5 $5 ({My opponent didn't have much time, but while he
spent the remainder of it, I thought I found a draw for him. Fortunately it
wasn't as easy as I thought it was.} 33... Rb8 $5 34. Rg4 Rb2+ 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36.
Kf1 $1 {I hadn't considered this option, missing 37.Ke1!.} (36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37.
Rxh4+ Kg8 38. Ne7+ {and here I noticed the precise} Kg7 $1 {point being that
after} 39. Nc6 Bb6 40. a5 Rc2 $1 41. axb6 Rxc6 {I don't have any Rh7/Rh8+
things.}) 36... Ng3+ 37. Ke1 $1 Nxf5 38. exf5 {here Black has to still show
some resourcefulness not to lose on the spot-} d5 $1 39. Bxd5 Rb6 $1 40. Rxh4+
Kg7 {and the line continues, but while white keeps the extra pawn and winning
chances, objectively it should be within for Black.}) 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 $1 (34...
Rb8 {here looked quite shaky and indeed there is no easy save here, contrary
to what my opponent had suggested after the game-} 35. Bc4 Rb2+ 36. Kh1 {
here Vlad pointed out} Nh5 {but missed that there is a pretty refutation-} 37.
e5 $1 Ng3+ 38. Rxg3 $1 hxg3 39. e6 $1 {and White will win the rook for the
passer.}) 35. exd5 Re8 $2 {The natural 35...Rd8 fails to the aforementioned 36.
Rg4! idea, based on a fork. Instead, however Black could force a draw brutally
here.} (35... Rg8 $1 {I thought trading rooks was incredibly dangerous for
Black and most likely losing, which is evidently what my opponent thought too,
but we missed some important saving resources here.} 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Kh3 Kf7
38. Kxh4 {now it seems that White is in time to block the Black king from
bothering his central configuration, but Black has a forced solution-} Kf6 39.
Kg4 Bxd4 $1 40. Nxd4 Ke5 {and it is not that hard once in this position, to
realize that Black is just in time to capture both remaining pawns.}) 36. Kh3
$5 {It is logical to assume that if Black didn't trade the rooks on the
previous move, he isn't going to do it now and at the same time I wasn't sure
if the natural 36.Rg4 doesn't allow Black a miraculous escape after he
activates his rook.} (36. Rg4 Re1 $1 {the computer defends very precisely, in
fact White wants to activate his king anyway, so there is no need to rush it
with check.} (36... Re2+ {is what I wasn't sure about.} 37. Kh3 Ra2 38. Kxh4
Rxa4 39. Kg5 {here White actually creates a mating net with the remaining
forces.}) 37. a5 h3 $1 {This is just math.} 38. Kxh3 Ra1 39. Rh4+ Kg8 40. Ne7+
Kf7 41. Nc6 Rh1+ $1 {the point of h3!} 42. Kg3 Rxh4 43. Kxh4 Bxd4 {here it is
particularly miraculous that Black is saving it, but he does.} 44. Nxd4 Ke7)
36... Bb6 $2 {Black really had to trade rooks.} (36... Re4 $1 37. Rg4 Rxg4 38.
Kxg4 Kg8 39. Kxh4 Kf7 40. Kg5 {here Black doesn't draw by the bishop sac on d4,
but he can still setup the final line of defense.} Ke8 41. Kf4 Kd7 42. Ke4 c6
$1 {it is essential to push this quickly. When I was thinking about this
endgame during the game, I assumed Black wouldn't help white in creating the
passed pawn, but then white would actually win by means of endless knight
jumps provoking a5 and so on, although it is all not obvious even after all
that.} 43. dxc6+ Kxc6 44. Ne7+ Kd7 45. Ng6 Kd6 46. Ne5 Bb8 {and Black sets up
some sort of a defense, which it seems can not be broken.}) 37. Kxh4 Rd8 38.
Rg5 $5 {It was incredibly tempting to try and mate the Black king and it seems
it was possible to do so. The move I made keeps the position winning and is a
lot more prosaic.} (38. Kh5 $5 Bxd4 {was my issue and now I calculate a few
moves further-} 39. Rh1 Kg8 40. Kg6 Bc5 {I thought this was key. Here I didn't
find a mate, but I actually stopped looking just a tad too early.} 41. Rh7 Rxd5
42. Rxc7 $1 {and white mates after all. The position after Black sacs the
exchange is not a draw, by the way.} Rxf5 43. Kxf5 Bb4 {Black king is cut off
very badly here, the easiest win would be-} 44. Kf6 a5 45. Rf7 Bc3+ 46. Kg6 {
also possible is to bring the king to b5, with king cut off on the f-file it
is too far to come back in time to c8.} Bb4 47. Rf5 {with a zugzwang.}) 38...
Kh7 {loses, but otherwise Kh5-Kg6 was a threat. Black's position seems lost
already.} 39. Rh5+ Kg6 40. Ne7+ Kf6 41. Nc6 {It was tempting to dominate the
bishop with the knight like that, but it was only after I saw that I win by
force that I had decided to go for this. Sometimes positions are too pretty to
be won, but this was fortunately not the case here.} Re8 42. Re5 Rh8+ 43. Kg4
a5 (43... Bxd4 {is met with the intermezzo} 44. Re6+) 44. Rf5+ $1 {At first I
was tempted to try and push the Black king down to the 8th rank, but after
further searching I found a more forcing way to win.} Kg6 {This loses on the
spot, but the only alternative lost by force too.} (44... Kg7 45. d6 $1 {
As so often, you have to free the dominated opponent briefly, in order to
convert the positional advantage into some concrete gain.} cxd6 46. Rb5 Bd8 {
and here I intended the simple} 47. Nxd8 $5 Rxd8 48. Kf5 {with an easily won
rook endgame.}) 45. Ne5+ Kg7 46. Rg5+ Kh7 47. Rh5+ Kg7 48. Rxh8 Kxh8 {with
Black king so far from the action the endgame is dead lost.} 49. Nc4 {the
quickest path to resignation.} Kg7 50. Kf5 Kf7 51. d6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
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[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. a4
Bd6 9. a5 Nb4 10. Na3 Bb5 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Ndxc4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. f3 Be7
15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Bc3 b5 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nc2 Qc8 20. e4 b5 21. Na5
Nxa5 22. Bxa5 Qb7 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. Ne3 Nd7 25. h4 Bf8 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Rc8 28. Rc3 Nb8 29. Bb4 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Qc6 31. Bxf8 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Kxf8 33. Kf2
Ke7 34. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
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[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8.
Nf3 Qe7+ 9. Kf1 Nxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. dxc6 Re8 12. Qe2 Qd8 13. Qd1 bxc6 14. d3
Rb8 15. h3 Be5 16. Bb3 c5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Re1 c4 20. dxc4 Bxc4+ 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4+ 22. Qd3 Qxd3+ 23. cxd3 Rxb2 24. d4 Bc7 25. Re2 Rbb8 26. g3 Ba5 27.
Na4 Nd5 28. Nc5 Bc3 29. Nb3 a5 30. Bc1 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 a4 32. Nc5 Bxd4 33. Ne4
Re8 34. Kf3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. b4 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. b5 axb5 15.
axb5 Ne7 16. Nc4 Ng6 17. b6 Bxb6 18. Rxb6 cxb6 19. Nxb6 Qc6 20. Nxa8 Re8 21. c4
Rxa8 22. Qb3 Ra1 23. Be3 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Nd7 25. Nc2 Nc5 26. Qa3 Na6 27. Qa5 Nf8
28. Na3 Ne6 29. Nb5 Nac5 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qb8 Nxd3 32. Nxd6 f6 33. Nf5 Qd7 34.
Qd6 Qxd6 35. Nxd6 Ndc5 36. g4 g6 37. Ne8 Nxe4 38. f3 N4g5 39. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
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[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. a5 h6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c4 Nd7 15.
b4 Rac8 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. f3
Bf5 22. c5 Qb5 23. Qc4 Bd3 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. Ne4 Rfd8 26. cxd6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Bxd6 28. Bb6 Rd7 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Bc5 Bc7 31. Kf2 f5 32. Nc3 Bc4 33. d6 Bd8 34.
Na4 Bb5 35. Nb6 Bxb6 36. axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
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[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 a6 8. Bd3
d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. dxc5 Bg4 11. Be2 Nc7 12. Nbd2 a5 13. h3 Bc8 14. Bd3 Ne6 15.
Nb3 a4 16. Nbd4 Nxc5 17. Bc2 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rd8 19. Qc1 Ne6 20. b4 Qc7 21. Nxc6
bxc6 22. Be3 c5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qa3 Ne6 25. Rab1 d4 26. Nxd4 Bxe5 27. Nb5 Qc6
28. Rb4 Bb7 29. Be4 Qd7 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxa4 Bf4 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Qb3 Bxe3
34. Rxe3 Nf4 35. Rf3 Qe4 36. Kh2 Nd5 37. c4 Qe5+ 38. g3 Nf6 39. a3 Ne4 40. Qc2
Ng5 41. Re3 Qc5 42. h4 Ne6 43. Qe2 Rc8 44. Rc3 h5 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. Qe4 Kg8 47.
Qd5 Qb6 48. a4 Qa6 49. c5 Qxa4 50. c6 Rd8 51. Qc4 Qxc4 52. Rxc4 Rb8 53. c7 Rc8
54. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
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[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd3 Nxe3
15. fxe3 b6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Be4 Nd7 20. Qe2 b5 21.
Bf3 Rc7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa6 a3 24. bxa3 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Rfxc8 26. Ne2 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Bxa3 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. Bc6 Nb6 31. e4 Ke7 32. e5 Nc4 33. Kf2
f6 34. Bb5 Nb2 35. Nf4 fxe5 36. dxe5 Nd1+ 37. Kf3 Bb2 38. Ba4 Nc3 39. Bc6 Na2
40. Nd3 Bc3 41. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qc1 Rb8 12. b3 Qa5 13. dxc5 Rxb3 14. axb3 Qxa1
15. b4 Qa4 16. Nd4 Bxe5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3 Re8 20. Bg5 Bxd4+ 21.
cxd4 Kg7 22. b5 Bd7 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Bd2 a6 25. Nc2 Bb5 26. Ra1 Nd7 27. Nb4 e6
28. Bf4 Ra8 29. Ra5 Nb8 30. g4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. g5 Nd7 33. Bc7 f6 34. h4 Ra7
35. Bd6 Ra8 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. f4 Kg7 38. Kd2 h5 39. Kc3 Kf7 40. Nd3 Bc6 41. Kb4
Ra7 42. Ra3 Kg7 43. Nc1 Kf7 44. Nb3 Bb5 45. Na5 Ra8 46. c6 Nb6 47. c7 f5 48.
Re3 Rc8 49. Nb7 Nc4 50. Re1 Bd7 51. Kc5 Ke8 52. Be5 Kf8 53. Ra1 Bb5 54. Bd6+
Ke8 55. Na5 Nd2 56. Be5 Kd7 57. Kb6 Nc4+ 58. Nxc4 dxc4 59. Kc5 Re8 60. Rd1 Ba4
61. Ra1 Bb5 62. Ra2 Kc8 63. Kd6 Kb7 64. Bf6 Kc8 65. Bd8 Kb7 66. Ke5 Rf8 67. Ra3
Kc8 68. Kxe6 Re8+ 69. Kf7 Re4 70. Kxg6 Rxf4 71. Kxh5 Rxd4 72. g6 Rd6 73. Kg5
Rd3 74. g7 c3 75. Kxf5 Rg3 76. Bg5 Bc4 77. Rxa6 c2 78. Rc6 Bb3 79. h5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Bc2 Qg6 18. Nd2 Bg4 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. a4 h6
22. axb5 axb5 23. h3 Bf5 24. Rd4 Qh5 25. Rh4 Qg6 26. Rd4 Qh5 27. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Kh8 14. Qc2 Rd8
15. h3 Bh5 16. Nh4 exd4 17. Bxd6 d3 18. Qxd3 cxd6 19. f4 Bf7 20. Ndf3 Bg8 21.
Nd4 c5 22. Ndf5 Qd7 23. b3 d5 24. e5 Be6 25. Ng3 f5 26. Nf3 h6 27. b4 d4 28.
bxc5 dxc3 29. Qxc3 Nd5 30. Qd2 Qa4 31. Ne2 Nb4 32. Ned4 Nc6 33. Rad1 Bxa2 34.
Qc3 Rd5 35. e6 Re8 36. Rd2 Qc4 37. Qxc4 Bxc4 38. Nxc6 bxc6 39. Rd4 Bb3 40. Re3
Ba2 41. e7 Kg8 42. Ra3 Rxd4 43. Nxd4 Bd5 44. Nxf5 g6 45. Nxh6+ Kg7 46. Ng4 Rxe7
47. Ne3 Be4 48. Kf2 Rd7 49. Nc4 Rb7 50. g4 Bd5 51. Ne3 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Rb3 53.
Rxa7+ Kf6 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Kf1 Be4 56. Rd7 Rh2 57. Rd4 Bf3 58. Rd6+ Kg7 59. f5
gxf5 60. Nxf5+ Kf7 61. g5 Bh5 62. Rf6+ Kg8 63. g6 Rxh3 64. Ne7+ Kh8 65. Rf8+
Kg7 66. Rf7+ Kh6 67. Rh7+ Kg5 68. g7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. a4 Nd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 c6 17. Ba2 d5 18. Re1 Qd6 19. d4 dxe4 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21.
Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Ng5 Re8 23. Nxe4 Kf8 24. Kf1 Bc7 25. h4 h6 26. c3 Nb7 27. g3 Nd6
28. Nc5 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Ke8 30. Nd3 Nc8 31. Ke2 Nb6 32. g4 Bd6 33. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Nf4 Qa5 10. Bd3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qh5 f5 13. O-O Nxe5 14. cxd4 Nc6
15. Be3 Bf6 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Rc5 Rxc5 21.
dxc5 Qc6 22. Nd4 Qa4 23. Ra1 Be8 24. Qh3 Ng6 25. Bc2 Qa6 26. Rb1 Bf7 27. f4 Qc4
28. Bb3 Qc3 29. Rd1 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Bxd4 31. Qxc3 Bxc3 32. Bd6 Rc8 33. b5 Bb2 34.
a4 Ba3 35. a5 Bxc5 36. Rc1 b6 37. g4 fxg4 38. Rxc5 bxc5 39. b6 axb6 40. axb6
Rc6 41. Bc7 Rxb6 42. Bxb6 c4 43. Bd1 Bg6 44. Bxg4 Bf5 45. Bf3 c3 46. Kg1 Kf7
47. Bd4 c2 48. Bb2 d4 49. Kf2 e5 50. Bd5+ Kf6 51. h4 Kg6 52. Kg3 Bd3 53. Bc1 e4
54. Bb2 Kf5 55. Bg8 h6 56. Bc1 e3 57. Bb2 Be4 58. Bc1 g5 59. h5 g4 60. Bh7+ Ke5
61. Bg8 e2 62. Kf2 d3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Ba2 Ne7 14. Nh4 g5 15. Nf3
Ng6 16. Nh2 c6 17. Ne2 d5 18. Ng3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rb7 20. Qf3 Nf4 21. Rad1 Rd7
22. Be3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qe7 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Rd8 26. Re1 c5 27. Nf5 Qc7 28.
g3 Ne6 29. Qh1 f6 30. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 a4 12. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qe5
Qc6 15. c4 Nb3 16. Qxf5 Nxa1 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qf4 Nb3 19. O-O Qd6 20. Qh6 Qf6 21.
c5 b6 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. f4 Rc1 25. Rxc1 Nxc1 26. Bc4 Ra7 27. Ng4
Qd6 28. Qg5 Qe7 29. Qb5 Kg7 30. f5 f6 31. Qd5 Qf8 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. e4 Qc8 34.
h3 Rd7 35. Qe6 Qd8 36. e5 f5 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. exf6+ Kh7 39. Ne5 Rd6 40. f7 Kg7
41. Nf3 Nb3 42. Ng5 Nd2 43. Be6 Rd8 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Bd7 Ne4+ 46. Nxe4+ fxe4 47.
Be8 Ke7 48. Ke3 Rb8 49. Bxa4 b5 50. Bb3 Ra8 51. Kxe4 Rxa3 52. Be6 Ra1 53. d5
Rd1 54. Ke5 Rf1 55. d6+ Kf8 56. Kd5 Rf6 57. d7 Ke7 58. Kc6 Rf2 59. Kxb5 Rb2+
60. Kc6 Rb8 61. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. c4
Be6 15. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Be2 Ba6 14. c4 Qxd2+
15. Nxd2 Ne7 16. f3 Rc8 17. O-O Nf5 18. Bf2 cxd4 19. exd4 O-O 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
g4 Ne7 22. Bg3 f5 23. a4 fxg4 24. fxg4 Nf6 25. Bf2 Ng6 26. h3 e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5
28. Bg3 Nd3 29. Rc2 Nc5 30. Bf2 Bb7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Ra1 a4 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34.
Rxa4 Re5 35. Bf1 a6 36. c5 Rc8 37. Nb3 Bd5 38. Nd4 Be4 39. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 Nc6 7. g4 g6 8. g5
Nd7 9. h4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Kd1 Rg8 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Qb4 Rb8 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Qb6 Qxb6 16. Nxb6 Bg7 17. c3 f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Kd7 20. Rh1 Bg4+ 21. Be2
Bxe2+ 22. Kxe2 b5 23. Be3 Bg7 24. Rad1 b4 25. e5 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb2+ 27. Kf3 Rf8
28. exd6 exd6 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rxb5 axb5 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rg1 Bh8 34.
Rg5 Ne7 35. Nxe7 Kxe7 36. Rxh5 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 h5 6. Be2 Bh6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bxh6
Nxh6 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nb3 Nb6 14. Na5 Qc7 15.
f3 Be6 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rac1 f5 19. b5 c5 20. Nc6 Rd7 21. a4 f4
22. a5 Nc8 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Qc3 Kh7 25. Rd2 Rg7 26. Rb1 g5 27. a6 Qa8 28. Nxa7
Qxa7 29. Qa5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nb6 31. Rxd6 Rg6 32. Rc6 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Nxc8 34. Qd8
Nb6 35. Rd1 Nf7 36. Qe8 Kg7 37. g3 Qc7 38. Ra1 Qd6 39. Rd1 Qc7 40. Ra1 Qd6 41.
Rd1 Qf6 42. Rd3 fxg3 43. hxg3 h4 44. Qc6 Qxc6 45. bxc6 Rxc6 46. a7 Rc7 47. Ra3
Na8 48. Ra6 Rb7 49. Ra2 Kf6 50. Kg2 hxg3 51. Kxg3 Nd8 52. Ra5 Nc6 53. Rxc5 Nd4
54. Rc8 Nxe2+ 55. Kf2 Rxa7 56. Kxe2 Nc7 57. Rf8+ Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kf6 59. Rf8+ Ke7
60. Rf5 Ra5 61. Kf2 Ne6 62. Kg3 Nd4 63. Rxg5 Kf6 64. Rg8 Ra3 65. Kg2 Ra2+ 66.
Kg3 Ra3 67. Kg2 Rc3 68. Rc8 Kg5 69. Rf8 Rxc4 70. Kh3 Rc6 71. Kg3 Rc3 72. Kg2
Rc6 73. Kg3 Rf6 74. Rg8+ Kh5 75. Re8 Nxf3 76. Re7 Kg6 77. Kg4 Rf4+ 78. Kg3 Kf6
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nd5 Re8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Bd7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. Kf2 e5 18. Ke3 exf4+ 19. Rxf4 Be6 20. Rd1
Bxb3 21. axb3 Re7 22. Rd5 b6 23. Kd3 Rae8 24. b4 cxb4 25. cxb4 Kg7 26. Rd4 Rc7
27. Rf1 Re6 28. Rf2 Rec6 29. e5 Rc1 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Ke4 Rf1 32. Kd3 h5 33. g3
Rf3+ 34. Ke4 Rb3 35. Rf2 Re7 36. Kf4 Kh6 37. Ke4 f5+ 38. Kd5 Rd7+ 39. Kc4 Rxb4+
40. Kxb4 Rxd4+ 41. Kb5 Rd5+ 42. Ka6 Ra5+ 43. Kb7 Rxe5 44. Kxa7 Rb5 45. h4 Rb3
46. Rc2 b5 47. Kb6 b4 48. Kb5 Rxg3 49. Kxb4 Rg4+ 50. Kc5 Rxh4 51. b4 Re4 52. b5
Re8 53. Rb2 g5 54. b6 g4 55. b7 Rb8 56. Kd4 Kg5 57. Ke3 h4 58. Rb5 h3 59. Kf2
h2 60. Kg2 g3 61. Kh1 Kg4 62. Rb6 f4 63. Rg6+ Kh4 64. Rh6+ Kg5 65. Rb6 Rh8 66.
Rb1 f3 67. Rb5+ Kg4 68. Rb4+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. dxc5 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qxc5 14. Be3
Qc6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qb5 17. Bd4 e6 18. a4 Qd7 19. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Qa4 Qa5 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Rd1 Bf5 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. h3 Nge5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. g4 Be6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bd6 Bg7 20. e4 f5 21.
gxf5 gxf5 22. e5 Kf7 23. f4 Bh6 24. Rd4 Rg8+ 25. Kf2 Rg6 26. Rg1 Rxg1 27. Kxg1
Rd8 28. Kf2 Rd7 29. Ke3 Rb7 30. Rd2 Rb4 31. Rg2 Ke8 32. Rf2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Kg6 34.
Kg3 Kf7 35. Rd2 Bc8 36. Bc7 Be6 37. Kf3 Bf8 38. a3 Rb7 39. Bd6 Bh6 40. Ke3 Kg6
41. Ne2 Rb3+ 42. Nc3 Rb7 43. Kf3 Kh5 44. h4 Kg6 45. a4 a6 46. a5 Kf7 47. Ke3
Ke8 48. Rg2 Kf7 49. Rc2 Ke8 50. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3
Ne7 9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 O-O 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Re1 Bb7
15. h3 b5 16. Ba2 Qd7 17. Nh2 d5 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 d4 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. cxd4
exd4 22. g3 a5 23. Kg2 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Rh1 a4 26. Qf3 h6 27. Qf5 Bc8 28.
Qxb5 Ba6 29. Qf5 Bxd3 30. Bd5 Ra6 31. g5 Qxg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. Rhd1 Be2 34.
Rxd4 g4 35. Rdxa4 Rh6 36. e5 Rh5 37. Rf4 Rxe5 38. Bxf7+ Rxf7 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40.
Rxf7 Bc4 41. Rd7 Bd5+ 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Ra4 Rd2 44. Rb4 Kh6 45. Kf1 Kg5 46.
Rb5+ Kf6 47. Rb7 Rc2 48. Ke1 Kg6 49. Rb8 Kg5 50. Rb4 Kh5 51. Rb5+ Kg6 52. Rb7
Kf6 53. Rb8 Kg5 54. b4 Rb2 55. b5 Kg6 56. b6 Kg5 57. Rb7 Kf6 58. Kd1 Rxf2 59.
Rc7 Rb2 60. b7 g6 61. Kc1 Rb6 62. Kd2 Ke5 63. Kc3 Kd5 64. Rg7 Rb1 65. Kc2 Rb6
66. Kd3 Rb3+ 67. Kd2 Rb6 68. Ke3 Ke5 69. Re7+ Kf6 70. Rc7 Ke5 71. Kd3 Kd5 72.
Rd7+ Ke6 73. Rh7 Kd5 74. Rg7 Rb3+ 75. Ke2 Ke5 76. Kd2 Kd5 77. Kc2 Rb6 78. Kc3
Rb1 79. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,8,34,37,37,10,25,12,12,12,22] Firouzja had made a marked impression,
at this point leading the tournament with 5 rounds to go. It could be said
that someone experienced should have told Alireza to take it easy and aim for
a draw, but that would ruin the chance to gain experience and the young
Iranian ( FIDE?) stays true to his aggressive instincts and goes for it!} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Aiming for a battle.} (4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {
would be going in the other direction.}) 4... d6 $5 {4...Bc5 by far being the
main-line these days, Magnus chooses a solid line known to give White a
moderate edge, but keeping all the pieces on the board.} 5. c3 {In the World
blitz he had played 5.c4, but here he chooses the main line.} a6 6. Ba4 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 {After a lot of typical
"Spanish" moves, its worth noting the bishop going to c2 instead of b3, as
that would allow ...Na5 followed by ...c5.} Bb7 12. d4 {Would Magnus now play
12...h6, then after 13.a4 a famous position from the Kasparov-Karpov matches
would arise by transposition, with white having played d4 in 2 moves, but Bc2
instead of Bb3-c2. The line has gone out of fashion, except for the detail
that Firouzja brought it back to people's attention by beating Kovalev with it
in the first round! Magnus, however, knows his classics, and that Karpov had
exploited that White now has no threat of Ng5 meaning ...h6 is unneccesary,
and thus makes a more useful move:} g6 $5 {Quite interestingly Karpov in 2019
in the legends rapid tournament deviated agianst Ljubojevic, and played 12...
Nb8. Or maybe he exactly remembered that he had lost against the same player
with 12...g6 28 years earlier!} 13. a3 $6 {The move in itself is good enough,
but the plan is wrong.} (13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4 Nbd7 16. a4 Qc7 {has been
played numerous times, and transposes into the game, with the exception that
here it is White to move!}) 13... Nb8 14. d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (14. Nb3 $5 {
[%cal Gb3a5] would be an interesting move, threatening Na5.} exd4 {is the
typical reply, as now e4 is hanging, but} 15. Bg5 $5 {renews the threat of Na5,
and} dxc3 $2 (15... h6 $1 {, however, is fine for Black.}) 16. e5 $1 {wins a
piece.}) (14. b4 {would be more in line with 13.a3, when after} Nbd7 15. Bb2 {
we have a typical Breyer position.}) 14... c6 15. c4 Nbd7 16. a4 Qc7 $1 17. b3
{The above-mentioned position, but with Black to move. Magnus uses the given
extra tempo to regroup.} Rec8 $1 18. Ra2 bxc4 19. bxc4 a5 $1 20. Nf1 $2 {
A logical and typical move, but a mistake.The problem for White is that
optically we would tend to asses it as White being slightly better. After all,
he has the centre, and can regroup behind it. The game exemplifies why that is
very far from the truth, and thus} (20. Nb1 $1 {, strange as it looks, would
be a much better move, trying to land the knight on b5, and at least put up
some resistance to Black's plans.}) 20... Ba6 $1 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Nd2 cxd5 23.
cxd5 Rab8 24. Ba3 Qd8 $5 {A good move, also for illustrative purposes, as
Magnus retreats his queen to the back rank but clears the c-line for his rook.}
25. Qf3 h5 $1 26. Raa1 Bh6 $1 {A beautiful geometrical motif, with Black's
bishops literally playing around White's centre. The a5 and h5 pawns provide
excellent cover, meaning the bishops becomes untouchable, and dominate till
the end.} 27. Rab1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Kg7 $1 29. Nef1 h4 $1 {Black just keeps
improving his postion, as White can literally not do anything active without
immediately losing material.} 30. Ne3 Bf4 31. Nef1 Qc7 32. g3 $6 {Alireza
loses patience, an in order " to do something", just weakens his position.} (
32. Ne3 {, staying loyal to the back and forth concept, could have led to this
beautiful line:} Ncd7 33. Rc1 Qc3 34. Nb1 Qa1 $1 {when White is completely
dominated and loses material!}) 32... hxg3 33. fxg3 Bh6 34. h4 Qd7 {Simplicity
at its best, eyeing the a4 pawn, which white really can do nothing about.} 35.
Kg2 Nxa4 36. Bxa4 Qxa4 37. Bxd6 Qd4 $1 {The knight on d2 is hanging, there is
a threat of 38...Ne8 as bxa3 Rc3 then wins a piece, etc. White position is
collapsing.} 38. Qf2 (38. Z0 Ne8 39. Ba3 Rc3) 38... Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Bxf1 {
And here Alireza, being very short of time resigned, as 40.Nxf1 Nxe4+ loses
the bishop on d6. However, with 40.Kxf1 Bxd2 41 Bxe5 he could have prolonged
the game somewhat. Magnus was planning 41...Bc3 42.Rc1! Bxe5 43.Rxc8 Nxe4, and
while the win will take some moves, the result is not in doubt. A great
strategical game by Magnus, outplaying his young opponent by positional means.
One could even make the statement that absolutely no tactical remedies were
used by Black at all in tis game, he only further and further strengthened his
own position until his opponent's camp collapsed!} (39... Bxf1 40. Kxf1 (40.
Nxf1 Nxe4+) 40... Bxd2 41. Bxe5 Bc3 42. Rc1 $1 Bxe5 43. Rxc8 Nxe4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nxe5 Qa5 12. f4 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 b5 14. Qxe7
Re8 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 Ng4 17. Nd5 Nf2 18. Nc7 Bg4 19. Nxe8 Bxd1 20. Nxg7
Rc8 21. c4 Nxh1 22. Kxd1 Nf2+ 23. Ke1 Ne4 24. cxb5 Nxg5 25. fxg5 axb5 26. Nh5
gxh5 27. Bxb5 Rc5 28. a4 Rxg5 29. Kf2 h4 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kg1 Kf6 32. Kh2 Rg3 33.
Bc4 Rc3 34. Bd5 Rd3 35. Be4 Ra3 36. Bxh7 Rxa4 37. Bd3 Rxa2 38. Be4 Ke5 39. Bf3
f5 40. Bb7 Kd6 41. Bf3 Rb2 42. Ba8 Rb3 43. Kg1 Ra3 44. Bb7 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Rb1 46.
Bf3 Rb8 47. Kg1 Rb3 48. Ba8 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 Rf1 50. Bb7 Kc7 51. Ba8 Rd1 52. Bf3
Rd3 53. Ba8 Kb6 54. Kg1 Kc5 55. Kh2 Rb3 56. Kg1 Kd4 57. Kh2 Ke3 58. Bd5 Rb4 59.
Bf3 Re4 60. Kg1 Kd2 61. Kh2 Kd3 62. Kh1 Kc2 63. Kh2 Kd2 64. Kh1 Rf4 65. Ba8
Rf1+ 66. Kh2 Ke3 67. Bb7 f4 68. Bc6 f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Qb4
Rxc6 15. Qxb7 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. O-O a5 18. b3 f6 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Bg6
21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rc2 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxa2 26. Ra1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Rd5 28. Rc1 Rb5 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3 fxg3 17. hxg3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Raxd1
Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 a5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Bf4
Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Re5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rd1 Be4 21. d5
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qd4 24. Rce1 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 Qd2 26. Bc3 Qc2 27. Re2
Qb1+ 28. Re1 Qc2 29. Re2 Qb1+ 30. Re1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Bg3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. Ba2 a6 14. Rd1 Qa5 15.
Bb1 f5 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bf6 18. e4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxa3 20. exf5 exf5 21.
Rfe1 Qa5 22. g4 Qc7 23. Nh4 g5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Rf6 26. Re6 Raf8 27. Rxf6
Rxf6 28. Ba2+ Kf8 29. Qd3 Ne5 30. Qe4 Rd6 31. Qb4 Ke7 32. f6+ Kd7 33. Re1 Rxf6
34. Qd4+ Qd6 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Rc6 37. Re3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,95,19,34,29,0,43,33,44,50,31,40,36,18,54,28,32,29,22,15,38,56,67,66,
57,44,49,66,52,18,45,-12,-16,-22,-22,-14,0,-21,-21,-52,-52,-29,-40,-38,-17,-53,
-39,-52,-41,-36,-56,-47,-47,-47,-40,-34,-44,-44,-49,-49,-31,-30,37,30,15,67,54,
71,106,35,38,70,205,248,234,209,209,215,215,207,250,239,266,283,703,750,869,
1187,1269,1217,1248,1011,1011,1011,1011,1139,1322,1348]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 {This line is currently quite popular and it
certainly helps that it has lately become Caruana's weapon of choice aginst
the KID.} (6. Nf3 {leads to the Makogonov system, which can be already
considered a mainstream choice. In our game White is in no hurry to decide the
future of the Ng1, often developing it differently.}) ({After} 6. Bg5 {a
plausible reaction is} c6 7. Nf3 d5 $5 8. cxd5 (8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10.
Nxd5 f5 $44 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb8c6,Yc8e6]}) 8... cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. exd5 b6
11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Bc4 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ne4 f5 20. Ned2 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Qxb4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bd5
24. Qc3 Qb6 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Gg7] Caruana,F (2807)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis
2017 Maybe this game prompted Caruana to look for a slightly modified set-up.})
6... Nc6 {A provocative reaction. We'll check the more standard replies:} ({
The most often played} 6... e5 7. d5 {is featured in roughly half of the games
and leads to a typical KID situation and structure:} {Maybe a cleverer choice
is the immediate} Na6 {and now:} (7... a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 ({
White has been successful with} 10. Ng3 Ndc5 (10... Bf6 {or maybe}) (10... Qh4
$5 {are alternatives to reckon with.}) 11. h4 $5) 10... Ndc5 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2
cxd5 13. cxd5 (13. exd5 $5 f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. O-O-O Kh8 17.
Rhg1 f4 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc2 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Rd2 f3 23. Bd3
Qh6 $44 {Grandelius,N (2691)-McShane,L (2688) Eskilstuna 2019 For more details
see the notes to this game in CBM 191 Extra by McShane.}) 13... a4 14. h4 Bd7
15. h5 Rc8 16. Kf1 a3 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rc1 f6 19. Kg2 Nb4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6
Rf7 22. Rh2 Bxh6 (22... Re8 $16) 23. Qxh6 Rg7 24. Rch1 Rf8 {Caruana,F (2832)
-Nakamura,H (2746) London blitz 2018} 25. g5 $1 {/\} fxg5 26. Nf5 $3 Bxf5 (
26... gxf5 27. Qxd6 $18 (27. Bh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6h8]})) 27. exf5 Nbd3 28. f6
Rxf6 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Rh7 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 $18) {Here} 8. g4 {gives the game an
independent twist:} (8. Nf3 Nh5 9. a3 (9. Nh2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nf4 ({or} 10... f5 {
leads to positions from the Makogonov, we won't go into detail here.})) 9... f5
10. b4 Nb8 11. Qb3 (11. c5 $5) 11... Nd7 12. c5 Qe7 13. Rd1 Ndf6 14. Bg5 b6 15.
Nd2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bc4 Kh7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Ba6 Rf7 21. Rfe1
Rg8 22. Rc1 Bg5 23. Qd1 Nf6 $132 {/=/+, Houdini 6.03 (3820)-Stockfish 19092522
(3883) Internet 2019}) 8... Nc5 9. f3 c6 ({Black has problems after} 9... Ne8
10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. O-O-O $14 {|^}) (9... h5 {White has also the
simple} 10. Qd2 (10. g5 Nh7 $5 (10... Nfd7 11. b4 Na6 12. a3 Nab8 13. h4 a5 14.
Rb1 Na6 15. Kf2 Qe8 16. Kg2 axb4 17. axb4 Qe7 18. Qd2 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. b5
cxb5 21. cxb5 Nac5 22. Nd5 $16 {Szczepanski,Z (2549)-Neagu,L (2560) email 2013}
) 11. h4 f6 12. Qd2 fxg5 13. hxg5 Rf4 $5 $44 {is a typical exchange sacrifice
for play on the dark squares.}) 10... Nh7 11. O-O-O h4 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3
f5 14. Rh2 Kh8 15. Rg2 Bd7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. g5 f4 18. Bf2 Qe8 19. Ne4 Bf5 20.
Bxh4 Qh5 21. Bf2 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nxg5 23. Rg4 Nh7 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. c5 $36 {
Caruana,F (2811)-Jones,G (2640) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10. Qd2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7
12. Nge2 h5 13. Nc1 (13. Rg1 $5) 13... Rc8 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Bd3 Nh7
17. O-O-O h4 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Re8 21. Rhf1 Be5 $11 {/=/+,
Grandelius,N (2691)-McShane,L (2688) Eskilstuna 2019 Black has a comfortable
position and has at the very least resolved any opening problems.}) (6... c5 {
gives White a wider choice:} {However, White mostly aims for the Benoni with}
7. d5 ({1a)} 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 dxc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 Rd8 (10... f6 $5) 11.
Nf3 (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 $1 {comfortably regains the
material back:} 14. fxe5 cxd4 15. Bd2 dxc3 {½, Miroshnichenko,E (2642)-Markos,
J (2565) Plovdiv 2008} 16. Bxc3 Qb6 17. O-O-O Be6 $15) {Black also has the
tactical operation} 11... Nxe5 $142 (11... Nc6 12. Qb1 $5 (12. O-O Nb4 $132)
12... Nb6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Ne4 Qa4 {Lalic,B (2418)-Bates,R (2358)
Hastings 2019} 16. b3 Qc6 17. Nfg5 h6 18. g4 $16) 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Bf5
14. O-O Rxd3 $1 ({More sensible than} 14... Bxd3 15. e6 $1 f5 16. Nd5 Bxf1 17.
Nxe7+ $1 Kf8 18. Qf3 $16 {-> and despite being a R down, White has a powerful
attack.}) 15. Qe2 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 $1 $13 (16... Be6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rf4 Nd7
19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Rh4 Qxe5 {Romero Holmes,A (2514)-Guseinov,G (2552) Mallorca
2004} 21. Re4 $1 Qxc3 22. Bf4 Qxf3 23. gxf3 $14) {and there is no need to
worry about the counter-sacrifice} 17. Rxf5 gxf5 18. Rf1 Qxc3 19. Rxf5 Nxe5 $15
) ({After} 7. Nf3 {the ambitious} Qa5 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Bd7 {leads to a more standard Maroczy structure, but even here White's
5th move is useful after} 11. O-O a5 12. Qc2 Bc6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Bg4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yc4c5,Yg4d7] White either swaps his B on d7, or gets
in a central break with c5, or e5, retaining an nagging initiative. His score
in this position is well over 75% from over 100 games.} Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4 17.
hxg4 Qc8 18. cxd6 Qxg4 19. dxe7 Rfe8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. exd5 Rxe7
23. d6 $16 {Cheparinov,I (2711)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 8. Bd3 (8. Nd2 cxd4
9. Nb3 {can be met by the inspired} Qxc3+ $5 10. bxc3 dxe3 $44 11. f3 Nh5 12.
Qc1 Bh6 13. g4 Nf4 14. Kd1 Ne6 15. Kc2 Nc6 16. h4 Bf4 17. Qd1 Ne5 18. Nc1 Bd7
19. a4 Rac8 20. Ne2 Bh6 21. g5 Bg7 22. Bh3 Nxf3 23. Qd3 Ne5 24. Qxe3 Nxc4 $17 {
Firouzja,A (2682)-Karthikeyan,M (2593) Xingtai 2019}) 8... Nfd7 9. O-O Nc6 10.
Be2 {will anyway sooner or later force Black to resolve the central tension:}
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. b3 a6 16. Qe3 (
16. f4 $5 Nc6 17. Qd2 $14) 16... b5 17. f4 b4 18. Nd5 (18. Na4 $2 Nxc4 $17 {
Pechac,J (2473)-Mazur,S (2426) Ruzomberok 2019}) 18... Nc6 19. Bf3 $14 {
[%cal Re4e5] /+/-}) 7... e6 8. Bd3 exd5 (8... Na6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4
Na6 12. Nd2 (12. Rc1 $142 Nb4 13. Bb1 $14 {is more natural}) 12... Nb4 13. Be2
b6 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rae1 Ra7 16. Qd1 Rae7 17. Qb1 Qc7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 Nd7 20.
Bg4 Rf8 21. Kh1 Ree8 22. Be2 Qd8 23. Nf3 Kh8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 Bh6 $132 {
Adhiban,B (2671)-Ponomariov,R (2686) Linares 2018 For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 186 by Adhiban.}) 9. exd5 (9. cxd5 {can be met with
the tactical} b5 $5 10. Nxb5 Re8 {/\} 11. Nc3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 $132) 9... Na6 (
9... Re8 10. Nf3 $1 Bh6 11. O-O {transposes to E90 and is long known to be
pleasant for White.}) 10. Nf3 Nb4 (10... Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4
fxe4 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Qg4 $1 f5 16. Qh5 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. f4 Bh8
20. g4 $40 {Postny,E (2672)-Summerscale,A (2418) London 2015}) 11. Be2 (11. Bb1
$143 b5 $1 12. a3 (12. Nxb5 Ba6 {/\} 13. a4 Nfxd5 $1 $17) 12... Qa5 13. O-O
bxc4 $15) 11... Bf5 12. Rc1 Ne4 ({Also after} 12... Qa5 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. a3 Bxb2 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Rd1 Bc2 19. Rd2 Bc3 20. Bd4
Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 $36 {the engine prefers White.}) ({Maybe Black should limit
himself to the modest} 12... Re8 13. a3 Na6 $14) 13. g4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxa2 15.
gxf5 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qf6 17. fxg6 Qxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 19. Kd1 hxg6 20. Kc2 Bg7
21. Rb1 b6 22. h4 Rfe8 23. Bd3 Kf8 24. h5 gxh5 (24... a5 25. h6 Bf6 26. Kb3 a4+
27. Ka3 $16 {Amin,B (2704)-Fedorov,A (2566) Brest 2019}) 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. fxe3
Be5 $14 {Cuenca Jimenez,J (2513)-Amin,B (2709) Sweden 2019 Although in the end
Black managed to set up a fortress, I suspect White's play can be improved.
Amin probably has a similar opinion, as in the later game with Fedorov he
repeated the whole line with White.}) (6... c6 7. Nf3 d5 {is the idea from
Caruana-Nakamura,2017, above. Without the B on g5 White gets a comfortable
pull with the simple} 8. e5 Ne4 9. Qb3 $5 $36 {()}) 7. d5 {White accepts the
challenge.} (7. Nf3 {allows Black to play} e5 8. d5 Nd4 $1 9. Nxd4 exd4 10.
Bxd4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 (11. Bxg7 Re8) 11... Qh4 12. g4 Re8 13. Bg2 Bf5 14. O-O Bxe4
15. Bxg7 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Qf6 {with mass simplification and sterile
equalty after} 18. Qxf6+ Kxf6 19. Rfe1 {½, Lutz,C (2580)-Finkel,A (2465)
Leeuwarden 1994}) 7... Ne5 {Black's main move.} (7... Nb4 8. a3 (8. Nf3 c6 (
8... e6 $142 $5) 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe5
14. a3 Na6 15. b4 c5 16. Rb1 Qd8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. b5 Nc7 20. f4 exf4
21. Qxf4 Ne8 22. e5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Yankelevich,L (2484)-Corvi,M (2253)
Cattolica 2019}) 8... Na6 9. Bd3 e6 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 Nac5 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Qe2
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nba4 14. Bh6 Re8 15. e5 e6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Bf6 exd5 18. Qd2 Qe6
19. O-O dxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. cxd5 Qf7 22. Bd4 Qxd5 23. c4 Qf7 24. Rfe1 $44 {
|^, Parligras,M (2616)-Zelbel,P (2458) Germany 2018}) 10. Nge2 Nc5 (10... Re8
11. b4 $5 $14 {and the N won't even get to c5.}) 11. Bc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13.
f3 Nh5 14. g4 Nf6 15. Nd4 a5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. O-O-O ({White wants more than the
simple} 17. O-O $5 $14) 17... Rb8 18. h4 b5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 {Jones,G 
(2660)-Maze,S (2614) Porticcio 2017} 21. Na2 $1 $36 {and White's play on the
>> should be faster.}) (7... Nb8 {is rather passive, White built up an
impressive position after} 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. O-O Nbd7 12.
Ng5 Re8 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. b3 a6 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Rad1 h6
19. Nf3 Nh7 20. Ne2 $16 {(), Arnaudov,P (2441)-Petenyi,T (2449) Antalya 2017})
8. f4 {If anything, White is consistent.} (8. Qd2 e6 9. f4 Ned7 10. dxe6 fxe6
11. g4 b5 12. cxb5 Bb7 $5 (12... a6 $143 13. Nf3 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. Qc2 d5
16. e5 d4 17. Nxd4 $1 Bxh1 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. O-O-O Bb7 21. Nxg7 Nb6
22. Bb3 $18 {Repka,C (2519)-Manik,M (2400) Banska Stiavnica 2018}) 13. Bg2 (13.
Bd3 d5) 13... a6 14. bxa6 Rxa6 $14 {[%cal Yd8a8] /~~}) ({Straightforward
development with} 8. Be2 e6 9. Nf3 {give Black good counterplay after} Nxf3+
10. Bxf3 Nd7 $132) 8... Ned7 9. g4 {Another expansive pawn-move! Although
White builds up an impressive pawn phalanx, he meust realize he is falling
behind in development.} (9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe6 (10. f5 gxf5 11. exf5 e4 $1) 10...
fxe6 11. Nge2 b6 $13 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Ng3 a5 16. Rae1
Nfd7 17. b3 Qh4 18. Nge2 Nf6 19. Bf2 Qh6 $132 {Studer,N (2546)-Cheparinov,I 
(2686) Caleta 2020}) 9... c6 $1 {The best reaction, Firouzja was still
following his preparation.} (9... e5 $6 10. f5 Nc5 11. Qc2 gxf5 $6 12. exf5 h6
13. O-O-O $16 {Rychlik,H (2032)-Turlej,L (2146) Polanica Zdroj 2006}) (9... e6
10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bg2 $36 {also isn't ideal. Contrary to Cheparinov above,
here Black can't fianchetto his Bc8 and he is under pressure.}) 10. Nf3 cxd5
11. cxd5 (11. exd5 Nc5 ({or} 11... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge7e6] prepares e6 with
counterplay.})) 11... b6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({A concrete novelty, which is far
stronger, than} 11... Nc5 $2 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nd2 Nb6
16. a3 Nd7 17. O-O-O {This is strategic murder, White converted his attacking
position into a won endgame after} a6 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. d6 e6 20. h4 b5 21. h5 b4
22. Nc4 Qd8 23. hxg6 $1 bxc3 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 (24... Kxf7 25. Qxc3 $18 {[%csl
Rf7] ->}) 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Bxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxf4 29. b3 Rxb3
30. Kc2 Rb8 31. Kxc3 $18 {Jones,G (2662)-Pavlidis,A (2546) Heraklion 2017}) 12.
Nd4 Nc5 13. Qf3 (13. Bg2 Ba6 $132 {[%cal Rc5d3] suits Black.}) ({After} 13. Qc2
{White must reckon also with} Ncxe4 (13... e6 $5 $132 {is probably objectively
stronger}) ({Similar is} 13... Bb7 14. Bg2 e6 15. O-O exd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Bf2
Qd7 18. Rfe1 Na6 19. Nc6 Nc7 20. Rad1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. b4
a6 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qd3 Ncxd5 $1 $11 {Rodshtein,M (2628)-Rechlis,G 
(2498) Israel 2020}) 14. Nxe4 (14. g5 Nxc3 15. gxf6 Nxd5 16. fxg7 Re8 $1 $36)
14... Nxd5 $14 {/~~ with 2 P and interesting compensation.}) ({An engine
suggestion is} 13. Nc6 $5 Qe8 14. Bg2 Ba6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qd2 $14 {, but
even for an elite GM it's not simple to consider and decide for a voluntary
swap of the strong dark-squared Be3.}) 13... Bb7 (13... Ncxe4 $2 {fails to} 14.
g5 Nxc3 15. gxf6 {The Pd5 is protected and Black has insufficient compensation
after} Bxf6 16. bxc3 $16) ({However, an interesting alternative was} 13... e6
$5 14. g5 Nh5 $13 {, e.g. after} 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 (16. Nxd5 Bb7 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Rh5g3]}) 16... f6 $132 {and Black makes use of the bishop on
c8.}) 14. g5 $8 ({Practically forced, as after} 14. O-O-O $6 e6 $36 {White's 
[+] falls apart.}) 14... Nfxe4 {[%mdl 64] The courage of youth, but it seems
that Alireza might have overestimated his position after the following
tactical operation.} ({The engine favours the more mundane} 14... Nh5 $5 15. f5
Be5 $13 ({or} 15... Rc8 {Even this position is far from clear.})) 15. Nxe4 Bxd5
16. Nf6+ exf6 17. Qxd5 Re8 18. Nc2 {Is this the best?} ({The alternative was} 
18. Qf3 $5 fxg5 (18... Qe7 19. Nc2 fxg5 20. O-O-O Qf6 {also deserves attention,
but after} 21. Bd4 Qxf4+ 22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Bb5 $5 $14 {the engine prefers
White.}) 19. O-O-O gxf4 20. Qxf4 Re4 21. Qf3 $13 {Black's pieces are more
active, but he has only 3 P for the piece. It's difficult to evaluate this
position unequivocally.}) 18... fxg5 19. O-O-O gxf4 20. Bd4 ({White can't
afford} 20. Bxf4 $2 Qf6 21. Qd4 Qf5 22. Qxd6 (22. Qd2 Na4 $19 {->}) 22... Ne4
$19) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Ne6 ({Both sides have alternatives almost on evey
move, for example} 21... Qh4 $5 $132) 22. Qd2 $1 (22. Qxd6 Qf6 {open the
position for Black's rooks. Therefore Fabiano prefers to leave Black with 4 P,
but they don't present a serious danger and the unopposed light-squared Bf1
can be a strong trump in the near future.}) 22... Qf6 23. Kb1 Rac8 24. Bb5 Red8
25. Nb4 d5 $1 {Black correctly prevents Nd5.} 26. Rhf1 (26. Nxd5 $2 {fails to}
Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Rxd5 $1 28. Qxd5 Rc1+ $19) ({However, interesting was} 26. h4 $5)
26... Rc5 27. a4 d4 28. Nd3 Rf5 29. Rf3 {White has set up a blockade on the
light squares and has a safer K. His position is easier to play in a prectical
game and this will quickly show.} g5 $6 {Weakening the >> is a step in the
wrong direction.} (29... h5 $142 $1 30. Bc4 (30. Rg1 $2 Ng5 {[%csl Rf4] /\} 31.
Rxf4 Nf3 $17) (30. Rdf1 $5 g5 31. Bc4 $13 {might be better}) 30... Rc8 $132)
30. Rg1 Kf8 $2 {Another, more serious error.} ({Black should have prevented h4
with} 30... h5 $5 {Although} 31. Bc4 ({or even} 31. Bc6 $5 {already seems
promising for White, in the game it will be much worse.})) 31. h4 $1 h6 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. Rh3 $18 {[%mdl 128] White has opened the kingside and now
pounces on the poor Kf8 from all sides. The game is decided.} f3 34. Bc4 {
First of all prevents any ides with Rxb5, but White was already spoiled for
choice.} ({Strong is} 34. Qh2 $40) ({or also} 34. Rgh1 {/\} f2 35. Nxf2 $1 Rxf2
36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Qb4+ Nc5 38. Re1+ Kd6 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Qxd4+ $18) 34... Ke7
35. Bxe6 (35. Re1 {or}) (35. Qh2 {win as well, but White goes for a more
concrete solution.}) 35... Kxe6 36. Qh2 $1 {[%cal Rh3h6]} f2 ({Black already
has no good defence:} 36... Rg8 37. Rc1 $18) 37. Rf1 Kd7 38. Rh6 Qe7 39. Rxf2
Rxf2 40. Qxf2 Kc8 41. a5 $1 {By dropping his o^f3 Black managed to escape with
his K and prolong his resistance. But he remains in terminal trouble, as
White's attack still continues!} bxa5 ({The superior coordination of White's
forces is nicely illustrated by the line} 41... Rd6 42. Qc2+ Kb7 (42... Kb8 43.
Rh8+ Rd8 44. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5c6]}) 43. a6+ Kxa6 44. Qc8+ Ka5 45. Qf5+ Ka6
46. Nb4+ Kb7 47. Qf3+ $18) 42. Qc2+ Kb8 43. Nc5 Rd6 (43... f6 44. Rh7 $18) 44.
Rh8+ (44. Qb3+ Rb6 45. Qg3+ $18 {wins even faster.}) 44... Rd8 45. Qb3+ Kc7 46.
Qb7+ Kd6 47. Rh6+ f6 48. Ne4+ (48. Ne4+ Ke6 49. Nxg5+ {costs Black too much
material.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Ndb5 Nec6 10. g3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Na6 12. Bg2 Ke7 13. O-O Rd8 14. a3
Bd7 15. Nd6 Rab8 16. Rd2 Be8 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nxe8 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rxe8 20. Nb5
Rc8 21. Rc2 Na4 22. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 Qd7 9. Nbxd4 Nd5 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O
c5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18. Rfe1 O-O 19. b3 Rb6 20. Qe2 Rd8
21. Bc2 Be7 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qe5 Rbd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Qe3 Bf6 26. h3 Bb7 27. b4
cxb4 28. c5 Rc6 29. Bb3 Bc8 30. Rc1 Kh7 31. Nd4 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Nxe6 Qd6
34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. Nf8+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 a5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Ba3 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc4 Qd3 17. Qxd3 exd3 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Rxd3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd3
21. Rxd3 Rc8 22. g4 Bf6 23. Rd5 b6 24. Rb5 Bh4 25. Rxb6 Rc2 26. f3 Bf2+ 27. Kh1
Bxe3 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Bxe7 f5 30. Rb7 Kg8 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Rb5 f4 33. Rxa5 Kf7
34. Re5 h5 35. Bg5 Kg6 36. Bh4 Rb2 37. Rb5 Bd4 38. a5 Ra2 39. b4 Be3 40. Rg5+
Kh6 41. Rd5 Kg6 42. Bd8 Rf2 43. Bh4 Ra2 44. Bd8 Rf2 45. Rd1 Rb2 46. Be7 Ra2 47.
Bc5 h4 48. Bd4 Ra4 49. Ra1 Rxb4 50. Bxe3 fxe3 51. Kg1 Rd4 52. Kf1 Rd2 53. a6
Rxh2 54. Kg1 Rd2 55. a7 e2 56. a8=Q Rd1+ 57. Kg2 e1=Q 58. Qc6+ Kh5 59. Qc5+ Kh6
60. Ra6+ Kg7 61. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxb2 14. Rb1
Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qe5 16. f4 Bxd1 17. fxe5 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rb7 Rac8 20. Rxc7 Rfd8
21. Rf4 Be6 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxa2 24. Rxa7 Be6 25. Ra5 g6 26. Kg1 Rc7 27.
Kf2 Bb3 28. Bxg6 Bxc2 29. Bh5 Bg6 30. Bf3 Rdc8 31. h4 Rc5 32. Rfa4 Bc2 33. Ra3
Bf5 34. Bd5 Kg7 35. Ke3 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Re8 37. Kf4 Be6 38. Bxe6 Rxe6 39. Ra7 h5
40. Ra3 f6 41. Re3 Kg6 42. Rg3+ Kh6 43. Kf5 Rxe5+ 44. Kxf6 Re4 45. Rg6+ Kh7 46.
Rg7+ Kh6 47. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 g5 8. h3
Be6 9. a3 f5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Nf6 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. d4
exd4 16. Qxd4 Be7 17. Nb5 c6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Nd4 Bc8 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21. Rd2
Bf6 22. Rad1 Nb6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Be6 Be5 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Ne6
Rg8 28. Nxg5 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Ne5 30. Ne6 Rge8 31. Nd4 Rcd8 32. Rbb1 Nc4 33. Nxf5
Nxa3 34. Rbc1 Kg8 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Nf5 Red7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. g4 Kf7 39. Kg2 Rd2
40. h4 Nc2 41. Nd6+ Rxd6 42. Rxc2 Ke6 43. h5 Rd5 44. f4 Rb5 45. Rc4 c5 46. bxc5
bxc5 47. g5 Kd5 48. g6 hxg6 49. hxg6 Ra5 50. Rc2 Ra8 51. f5 c4 52. f6 c3 53. f7
Ke6 54. Rf2 c2 55. Rxc2 Kf6 56. Rf2+ Kg7 57. e4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Duda,Jan Krzysztof"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game was played on 11th round, and after a free day which felt no fun at
all. Magnus had just overcome a drawing crisis and had scored 3/3 in the last
rounds. Still he was down to Caruana by half a point, so I assumed he would go
for an even higher winning streak. Furthermore the free day made me paranoic
about his opening preparation. After much thought I decided to stay loyal to
my 1.e4 and see what happens, without certainity though.} 1. e4 e5 {So after
all this hours spend on repeating all kinds of Sicilian variations, French
Defence, Modern, Scandinavian and even Alekhine Defence, he just played 1...e5.
A true surprise.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 ({Not even going for} 3... Nf6 {
as he played against Van Foreest a couple of rounds earlier}) 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3
d6 {So the Italian game. The only prep I had done was that I wasn't going to
play a set up with Bg5. Not a brilliant stuff, but at least I had played the
Italian 32 times in my recent years.} 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Nf1 {Pretending to save a
tempo on Re1 later on, but most importantly avoid ...Ng4/...f5 stuff.} (7. Bb3
h6 8. Nf1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nf6 13. h3 Be6 14.
Bc2 Bd5 15. Nh4 Qd7 16. Nhf5 Bf8 $1 {That's the point!} 17. f4 Rad8 18. fxe5
Nxe5 19. d4 Ng6 20. Rf1 Qc6 21. Rf2 Ne4 $11 {1/2 (43) Duda,J (2739)-Mamedyarov,
S (2820) Batumi 2018; with comfortable equality for Black.}) 7... h6 8. Ng3 O-O
9. O-O {I didn't remember the exact move order from my game against Mamedyarov.
Obviously I wasn't willing to allow Bf8 anymore. Luckily here Black can hardly
play d5, because his e5-pawn would be too weak. My opponent's next move
deprives him of this option once and for all.} Ba7 10. Bb3 {I spent some time
choosing between the game continuation and the more positional 10.a4.} Re8 11.
h3 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 {By transposition we have arrived to a position
which is quite tricky for unprepared Black player to face, and was popular
some time ago. The good thing was I had analysed this stuff a couple of years
ago, back in times, when setups with a4 or Bg5 hadn't been yet so well known.
The bad thing was that I couldn't have recalled anything and I was facing the
World Champion} Nxd5 {Black has other recaptures as well:} (13... Qxd5 14. Re1
Rad8) (13... Bxd5 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Nh4 (15. Be3 $5 {is a slower approach}) 15...
Rad8 16. Nhf5 Kh8 17. d4 {this is a 'forced draw' when Black defends right}
exd4 18. Nxg7 Rxe1+ (18... Kxg7 $2 19. Bxh6+ Kh8 20. Qd2 $40 {with a very
powerful attack 1-0 (29) Ganguly,S (2660)-Kollars,D (2436) Caleta 2016}) 19.
Qxe1 Kxg7 (19... Bxg2 $5 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ (20... d3) 21. Kf1 Qb5+ 22. Kg2 Qd5+ 23.
Kf1 {1/2 (23) Laine,J (2311)-Gerhards,G (2304) ICCF email 2018}) (19... d3 $5)
20. Bxh6+ Kh8 (20... Kxh6 $2 21. Qd2+) 21. Qd2 (21. Bg5) 21... Rg8 (21... Nh7)
22. Qf4 Qd6 $4 {Vishy didn't handle it well, but it was a blitz game after all.
} (22... Nh5 $1 23. Bg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxh5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Re1+ Kd8 27. Nf6
Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 d3+ 30. Re3 Bxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Qe6+ 32. Kxd3 $11) 23.
Qh4 Qxg3 24. fxg3 {1-0 (26) Giri,A (2773)-Anand,V (2804) Stavanger 2015}) 14.
Re1 Qd6 15. Nh4 Qe7 16. Nhf5 ({On the correspondence level, the following
endgame is quite common:} 16. Qh5 Rad8 17. d4 Nf4 (17... exd4 $2 18. Bxh6 gxh6
19. Qxh6 $40) (17... Nf6 18. Qf3 Bd5 (18... exd4 19. Nhf5 Qf8 20. Nxh6+) 19.
Qd3 $36) 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nf1 (19. Ngf5 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Nf3 g6 22. Nh6+
Kg7 23. Ng4 f6) 19... Rd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 {Maybe in corr chess
this is an easy draw, but to my eyes it looks as comfortable edge for White,
at least in terms of OTB chess.}) 16... Qf6 17. Qf3 $2 {As it turned out - the
bluff. But in the game I was pretty confident, I guess I mixed up variations.
The other logical continuation is probably better, but it involves a queen sac.
} (17. Qg4 {with the following line in mind:} g6 18. Nxh6+ Kf8 19. Ne4 $1 Bxf2+
20. Nxf2 Bxg4 21. Nhxg4 {with a crazy game ahead. Objectively my choice was
bad, but it's refutation was anything but easy.}) 17... g6 $2 {Frankly I
didn't see this. But both alternatives are better:} (17... Kh7 18. d4 g6 {
and the engine suggests} 19. Ne4 {which feels entirely wrong} (19. Be4 exd4)
19... Qxf5 20. Ng5+ Qxg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. dxe5 {and in general terms three
pieces should be better than the queen, but thanks to Qh5+ White is only
marginally worse.}) ({or} 17... Kh8 $1 18. d4 (18. Re4 g6 19. Nh4 {is a
disaster. After} Qg7 {the black pawns will start rolling.}) 18... g6 19. Be4 {
Magnus calculated this far, but he either didn't see or misevaluated the next
move} exd4 $1 {The refutation. White has to go for a sad endgame after} 20.
Nxh6 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Kg7 22. Bd2 {which might be holdable but no more than that.}
) 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 19. Qxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne4 (20. Bd1 {is the alternative mentioned
by Magnus, but Black obviously has some compensation for the missing pawn:}
Rad8 21. Be2 Nd5 22. Ng4 Nf4 $5 (22... f5 23. Nh2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Ngf1
$14 {1/2 (74) Harikrishna,P (2737)-Sethuraman,S (2640) Baku 2015})) 20... Nh7 (
{In the game I also wasn't entirely sure about} 20... Nxe4 21. dxe4 Rh8 22. Ng4
Bxg4 23. hxg4 Rh4 {but here both} 24. Kf1 ({and} 24. Bd1 {should lead to some
edge for White})) 21. g4 (21. h4 {is probably better, but I was a bit unease
about my h6-knight.} Rf8 $5 {A sophisticated move.} (21... f5 22. Ng5 Bd5 23.
Nxh7 Kxh7 24. g4) (21... Rad8 22. g4 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (75) Rabiega,R 
(2498)-Feller,S (2573) Germany 2017} 24. Ng3 $1 {is a far better version of my
game.}) 22. g4 f5 {Now with the f5-pawn safely guarded, White has to go Ng5
and the position becomes a complicated one with h6-knight indeed being hanging.
}) 21... f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Ng3 f4 24. Ngf5+ Kg6 {For some reason I was
expecting only} (24... Kf6 {which according to engine doesn't change much:} 25.
d4 Ng5 26. Ng4+ Kf7 27. Kg2 Bd5+ 28. Kf1 {with similar equality.}) 25. d4 Ng5
26. Kg2 $1 Bd5+ 27. Kf1 {Black has a perpetual but apparently nothing better.
Of course at this moment I didn't expect Magnus to take repetition.} Nf3 28.
Rd1 (28. Re2 {I calculated this valid alternative as well, but it felt a bit
unnatural with the potential ...Bc4 in the air.}) 28... Rad8 29. Ne7+ $1 {
The simplest, and I think he missed it} Kxh6 30. Nxd5 Nfxd4 $1 {Luckily for
Magnus he had this escape. Now the game should peter out to a draw.} 31. cxd4
Rxd5 32. dxe5 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Kg5 34. h4+ Kf5 35. Bc2+ $6 {Played based on a
miscalculation.} ({After the normal} 35. Bd2 {it's Black who would have to
work for a draw.} Bd4) 35... Kg4 36. Bd1+ $6 (36. Bd2 {was still a lesser evil.
}) 36... f3 37. Bg5 Nxe5 38. Bc2 $1 {Luckily I have this move, which with a
correct follow-up guarantees draw.} ({In the intended variation} 38. Rc1 Nd3
39. Rc4+ {I completely forgot Black has} Kh3 $1 {and he is already winning now.
}) 38... Nc4 39. Re1 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 Nxb2 41. Bf6 $1 Nc4 42. Bg6 Bc5 {It seems
as if Black is going to stop the h-pawn, but my next move disturbs his
coordination.} 43. Bf7 $1 (43. h5 Bf8 $15 {would be very unpleasant to defend
even if defensible.}) 43... Kf5 {Offering a draw.} (43... Bb4+ 44. Kd1 $1 Nd6
45. Be6+ Kh5 (45... Kf4 46. h5 Ne4 47. Bd4 Kg5 48. Bd5 $11) 46. Bd5 Kg4 47.
Be6+ {with a draw.  An interesting battle, and my first draw in classical
chess against Magnus!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. dxc5 Nxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 14. Ne4
Bc7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. O-O-O Nxf3 18. gxf3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 f6 20. Rhg1 Kf7
21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 g5 23. Rf1 a6 24. Kc2 Rhd8 25. Kd2 e5 26. Ke3 Rxd6 27.
cxd6 Ke6 28. c5 b6 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. cxb6 Rb8 32. Rd1 Rxb6 33. Kf2
Ba4 34. Rd2 Rb8 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Kg3 Rc8 38. Kf2 Rh8 39. Kg3 Rh1 40.
Kg2 Rb1 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Kg3 Rf1 44. Rd3 Ke6 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Rd2
Rg1+ 47. Kh3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g3 Qd7 13. Kg2 Bg6 14. Bf4 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 a6 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Re2 Bd8 18. Rfe1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 f6 20. h4 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qf5 Ne7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. Qg4 g6 26. Nb3 b6 27. Nc1
Kf7 28. h5 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Kxe6 30. g4 f5 31. f3 fxg4 32. fxg4 Nc6 33. Nd3 g5 34.
Bg3 Kd7 35. Kf3 Bf6 36. Ke3 Be7 37. b3 Bf6 38. Bh2 Bg7 39. b4 Bf8 40. a4 Be7
41. Bg3 b5 42. a5 Nd8 43. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Bc2 Ng6 19. b4 c6 20. Na3 c5 21. bxc5
dxc5 22. Nc4 cxd4 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. cxd4 Rd6 25. Ra4 Ne5 26. f3 Nc6 27. e5 Rxd4
28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. Be4 Qh4 30. Rg1 Rd8 31. Qf1 g6 32. Rg4 Qe7 33. Rxf4 Qxe5 34.
Rh4 Ne6 35. Rh3 Nf4 36. Rg3 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. f3 e6 8. g4
h6 9. h4 Ne5 10. Rg1 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. b3 O-O 12. Rxe7 Qxe7 13. Ba3 Qg5 14.
Bxf8 Bh3 15. Qf1 Kxf8 16. Nc3 axb3 17. cxb3 Re8 18. Kh1 Qd2 19. Nxd5 Bxg2+ 20.
Qxg2 Re1+ 21. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 22. Qg1 Qe4+ 23. Qg2 Qe1+ 24. Qg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 d6 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. f4 O-O 10. Bb3 d5 11. Kh1 Re8 12. e5 Ng4 13. Nf3 f6 14. h3 Nh6 15.
c3 Nf5 16. Qe1 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rf8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. Be2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Na6 14. Be3
Bg4 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 f5 17. Kf3 Rac8 18. h4 Nb4 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. Rb1 a5 22. a3 Nd5 23. Rb5 e6 24. Rxa5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rc3 26. Ke2 Nxe3
27. fxe3 Rb3 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. g3 Kg6 30. a4 Rb4 31. Ra7 h6 32. Ra8 Re4 33. Ra5
Rb4 34. Ra7 Kh5 35. Ra8 Re4 36. Ra5 Rc4 37. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Nc3 Nc5
15. Qc2 b4 16. Nb1 Ba6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. a3 Rb8 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Be3 Qb7 21.
Nd2 Rxb2 22. Qc3 Rb5 23. Ra3 Qb8 24. Rda1 Bb7 25. Rxa7 Nd7 26. Nc4 Rd8 27. Be4
c5 28. Qc2 h6 29. Bd2 Nf8 30. Bd3 Rd7 31. Nd6 Rb6 32. Qxc5 Bd5 33. Rxd7 Nxd7
34. Qc8+ Nf8 35. Qxb8 Rxb8 36. f4 Bd8 37. Kf2 Nd7 38. Be3 g5 39. Bd4 Rb4 40.
Ke3 gxf4+ 41. gxf4 Kf8 42. Bb5 Nf6 43. exf6 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Bxf6 45. Rc7 Bh8 46.
Rc8+ Ke7 47. Rxh8 Rb4 48. Nc8+ Kf6 49. Bd3 Be4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qa3 b6
15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 Ra7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qb4 Nd7 19. Qd6 Rf8 20. Rd2 Nc5 21.
Rad1 Qe7 22. b4 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb7 24. R6d2 f6 25. h4 h5 26. Be4 e5 27. Rc1 Ra8
28. Rc6 b5 29. Rb6 Kh8 30. Rc2 Rf7 31. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 a5 14. Rfe1 Be6
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe2 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
Rad1 Rfe8 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Kf8 24. Kh2 c5 25. Ba6 Red8 26. Re2 d4 27. c3
dxc3 28. Nxc3 Nb6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Ne4 c4 31. Ng5 cxb3 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33.
axb3 Ke7 34. Rc2 Rd4 35. Rc5 Rd5 36. Rc6 Rd6 37. Rc5 Rd5 38. Rc6 Rd6 39. Rc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 b5 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Bd3 Nh5 19. b4 Ngf4 20. Bf1 f5 21. exf5 Nf6
22. c4 bxc4 23. Nxc4 N4xd5 24. Na5 Qb6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Bc4 Kh8 27. Bxd5 Nxd5
28. Ra5 Nxb4 29. Qxd6 Rad8 30. Qg6 Nd3 31. Nxe5 Nxe1 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxd8
Qxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bd2 Nh5 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5
15. g3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nf6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Qb6 20. Nb5 Rbd8
21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 c4+ 23. d4 Rd5 24. Qe3 e5 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. c3 a6 27. Na3
exd4 28. Nxc4 Qc6 29. cxd4 Qxc4 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rxf6 Qxd4+ 32. Rf2 Rf8 33.
Raf1 Rdf5 34. Qe2 R5f6 35. Qc2 Kg8 36. a5 h6 37. Qb3+ R8f7 38. Qc2 Rf5 39. Kg2
Rxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Qd5+ 42. Qf3 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Qxb2 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45.
Kg4 Qb4+ 46. Kf3 Qc3+ 47. Ke4 Qe1+ 48. Kd4 Qd2+ 49. Ke5 Qg5+ 50. Kd4 Qd2+ 51.
Ke5 Qb2+ 52. Qd4 Qa3 53. Qb6 Qe7+ 54. Kd5 Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kf8 56. Qc8+ Kf7 57. h4
g6 58. g4 Kg7 59. Qe6 Qd8+ 60. Kc4 Qc7+ 61. Kd3 Qg3+ 62. Ke2 Qg2+ 63. Ke3 Qg1+
64. Ke2 Qg2+ 65. Ke3 Qg3+ 66. Ke2 Qf4 67. Qe7+ Qf7 68. Qe5+ Kg8 69. Qb8+ Kh7
70. Qd6 Qc4+ 71. Ke3 Qc3+ 72. Ke2 Qc8 73. Ke3 Qe8+ 74. Kd4 Qa4+ 75. Ke3 Qb3+
76. Kd4 Qb2+ 77. Kd3 Qb1+ 78. Ke3 Qe1+ 79. Kf3 Qh1+ 80. Ke3 Qh3+ 81. Kd2 Qg2+
82. Ke3 Qg1+ 83. Kf3 Qh1+ 84. Ke3 Qc1+ 85. Ke2 Qc2+ 86. Ke3 Qc3+ 87. Ke2 Qc8
88. Ke3 Kg7 89. Qe5+ Kf7 90. Qf4+ Ke7 91. Qb4+ Kf7 92. Qf4+ Kg8 93. Qd6 Qc3+
94. Kf4 Qc1+ 95. Ke4 Qe1+ 96. Kf3 Qh1+ 97. Ke3 Qh3+ 98. Kd2 Qg2+ 99. Ke3 Qg1+
100. Kf3 Qf1+ 101. Ke3 Qe1+ 102. Kf3 Qc3+ 103. Kf4 Qc4+ 104. Ke3 Qc1+ 105. Ke4
Qb1+ 106. Ke3 Qb3+ 107. Ke4 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4 a6 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8.
O-O e6 9. d3 Be7 10. a4 c5 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Bg5 O-O
15. Ra1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc8 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Nce4 Be7 21.
Kg1 f5 22. Nc3 Ne5 23. h3 h5 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. exf3 Bf6 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Ne2 g5
28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. fxg4 Qd6 31. Ng3 Qd5 32. Qc2 Bd4 33. Qe2 Rh8 34.
Ne4 Qe5 35. Qf3+ Kg7 36. b3 Rf8 37. Qe2 Qd5 38. Rf1 Kg6 39. Qd1 c4 40. bxc4
bxc4 41. Kg2 Ba7 42. f3 cxd3 43. Qa1 Be3 44. Rd1 Qc4 45. Qc3 Qa2+ 46. Nd2 Qc2
47. Qe5 Bxd2 48. Qxe6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Rf7 50. Qe5+ Kf8 51. Qb8+ Ke7 52. Qe5+ Kd8
53. Qb8+ Kd7 54. Qb7+ Kd6 55. Qb6+ Ke5 56. Qb5+ Kd4 57. Qb6+ Kc4 58. Qe6+ Kc3
59. Qe5+ Kb3 60. Qd5+ Kb2 61. Qb5+ Bb4+ 62. Kg3 Qxd1 63. Qxb4+ Qb3 64. Qd2+ Kb1
65. Qe1+ Kc2 66. Qf2+ d2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. Be4 Rd8 14. f4 c5
15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Bd3 f5 17. a4 Kf7 18. Be3 Rc7 19. Rb5 Be7 20. a5 Rd8 21. Ra1 g6
22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. dxc5 Nxf4 7. exf4 g6 8.
c3 Bg7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O d4 11. Bxc6 dxc3 12. Be4 cxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2
Bxb2 15. Rab1 Ba3 16. c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {I didn't know what to expect from Jorden, I mean I did, but
he also did that I did, so I knew I didn't.} 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 {This obscure
line screams surprise weapon.} Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 {A very solid way to handle it,
I expected something far more forcing from Jorden.} 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 {
Now we have a position that resembles some sort of a trompowsky. Initially I
was thrilled with the fact that we got a playable position where I even seem
to have a small edge, but I soon realized that it wasn't that easy to play for
white, once the initial opening moves are completed.} e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nf3 (9.
Nge2 {felt more natural, but then I realized my knight's only future is on f4,
where it will be captured, so I decided to place it on f3, having in mind some
abstract maneuvre of Nh4-g2, Ne2 and only then Nf4.}) 9... f5 10. g3 Bd7 11.
O-O Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O {So far all moves seemed too natural not to be made and
here I had to choose a plan. The idea of Nh4-Ng2 and Ne2 started seeming a
little too far fetched, as Black would start bothering me somewhat on the
queenside with moves like Nb4 and Qb6 and so on. I decided for now to give
Black a move and see what happens.} 13. a3 (13. Ne2 {was nevertheless possible.
} Qb6 (13... Nb4 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Bb1 Bb5 {was something I was slightly
hesitant to allow, but already two moves in, I realized a position like the
one White gets after eventually Bxe2 is a dream for White here.}) 14. Qd2 Qa5
15. Nc3 {would trick Black into making a weird move Qa5.}) 13... Kh8 {Clever
waiting move. I was hoping for Na5, which I would meet with Nd2. Already here
I started getting tempted with allowing this Nc4 business, but obviously here
it would be a much better version for me than what I eventually got in the
game.} (13... Na5 14. Nd2) 14. Qe2 {This I already played after some serious
hesitation. The alternatives didn't seem to give me anything clear either and
so I decided to keep the tension and at the same time I am once again ready to
meet Na5 with Nd2.} (14. b4 a5 15. b5 Ne7 16. Qb3 b6 {didn't look like much,
upon closer look.}) (14. Na4 $2 Nxd4 $1 {is what them kids live for.}) (14. Ne2
{would allow} Qb6) 14... Rg8 15. Kh1 ({For fun I like to sometimes consider
some suicidal lines, here is one.} 15. b4 f4 $5 16. e4 $2 {positionally the
right way to meet the f4 push, but there is a minor tactical issue here-} fxg3
17. fxg3 Bxg3 $1 18. hxg3 Rxg3+ 19. Kf2 Nxd4 $1 20. Nxd4 Qh4 21. Nf3 {and here
...Rxf3+ is obviously an issue, but even more painful is} Rg2+ $1) 15... Na5 {
A clever idea to do this after including Rg8 Kh1, as there will now be Qc6+
further down the line.} 16. Nd2 {I sort of realized that what I am about to do
with my position is very much uncalled for, but on the other hand, I saw some
potential for counterplay against Black king in some lines and decided that
there will be chances. Also, I didn't fancy any of the alternatives.} ({
I considered bailing out with} 16. Nb5 {but I didn't think I had anything
after both ...Bxb5 as well as the simple retreat} Bb8 $1 (16... Bxb5 17. Bxb5
a6 18. Bd3 b5 $6 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. a4 $1) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Nc3 a6) 16... Qb6
17. b4 $5 {Somewhat dubious, but playing it solid at this point looked a
little sad.} (17. Rc2 Nc4 18. Rb1 (18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Kg1 {was another version,
but actually I was kinda happy to have my pawn on b4. Not sure, as in both
cases Black has very clear plans on the queenside.})) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4
19. Kg1 {I wasn't actually sure if and when I want to push e4, but if I wanted
to do it, I could have done it immediately.} (19. e4 $5 {Black shouldn't
capture the pawn and stick to his idea - remove the queen, go b5 and a5. In
the meantime White's play in the center is not so dangerous, as Black's
bishops control most of the key squares.} Qc7 $1 (19... Qxd4 20. Rfd1) (19...
Qa6 $5)) 19... Qa6 {I thought this was some sort of a mistake, but then I
realized that the planned b5 is not what I want to play.} (19... Qc7 $5 {
is where I felt my position would be really suspect.} 20. e4 b5 {not clear how
to develop something out of this, as} 21. Nf3 {is well met with} fxe4 $1 22.
Nxe4 Bc6 $1) 20. Ra1 {Pathetic move played with great confidence.} (20. b5 Bxb5
21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 (22... Bxa3 23. Rb1 {wins White back the pawn, but
didn't seem too tempting.}) 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 {This endgame looked very
fine for Black.}) (20. Rb1 {I wasn't sure about 20...b5 21.a4!?, but also} Qxa3
21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Rb3 Rxc4 24. Rxa3 a5 $5 {is a mess, but I
rather be the one pushing pawns.} (24... Bxb4 25. Rxa7 Bxc3 26. Rxb7 Bc6 27.
Rxf7 Bb4 {holds the balance too.})) 20... b5 21. Nf3 $5 {I had given up on my
queenside and hoped for counterplay and tricks. Otherwise I could have
considered a4, trying to weather the storm there.} Qb6 22. e4 {White probably
can't do anything without this push.} a5 $5 {Rushing the counterplay is often
a safe thing to do, but I actually felt it gives me some concrete play that I
was looking for. Still, Black's position is excellent.} (22... f4 $5 {was
interesting and even more ambitious.}) 23. exf5 $1 axb4 24. fxe6 {I was mostly
choosing between this and capturing on b4 first. Finally I decided to take and
see how Black reacts. I for some reason expected fxe6 back.} (24. Ne4 $5 exf5
25. Nf6 {is a complete, yet relatively balanced mess.}) 24... Bxe6 $5 (24...
fxe6 25. axb4 Bxb4 {here I was planning to go for the vague} 26. Ne4 ({while
the following line leads to a semi-forced perpetual -} 26. Qe5+ Rg7 27. Ng5 Rf8
$5 28. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ {Of course, being a top player I spot
such repetitions instantly.})) 25. axb4 Bg4 $5 (25... Bxb4 $5 26. Qe5+ Rg7 {
was what I had assumed we are going for, when taking on b5 is bad, but
bringing the knight to the center would give White adequate play in return for
the queenside passers.} 27. Ne4 $1 (27. Nd5 {also an option.})) (25... Rce8 $5
{is another cunning idea, with unclear play -} 26. Qb2 Bg4 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28.
dxe5 Qd4 {with equality is a likely scenario.}) 26. Qe3 (26. Ra5 {Had suddenly
entered my mind, but fortunately I didn't trust it-} Rce8 27. Qd1 Bxb4 28. Rxb5
Qf6 29. Rxb4 Bxf3 {is a disaster for white, as the queen comes to h3.}) (26.
Qe4 $5 {to be frank allowed so many options, I didn't really understand what
was going on.} f5 27. Qd5 Bxb4 28. Qe5+ Rg7 29. Nd5 Qb8 30. Nxb4 Bxf3 {is one
of the possible variations, with a balanced position.}) 26... Rce8 $6 {Black
decides to play for a draw and although he eventually succeeds, it was only
due to walking down a very narrow path.} (26... Bxb4 27. Nd5 Qb7 {was what I
felt was the strongest.}) (26... f6 $1 {was too strong a move for me to see,
but covering e5 square, now it actually is up to White to make a good move.})
27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Bh5 $1 (29... Rxe5 {wasn't better -} 30.
Rxf7 Bh5 31. Rc7 {and the endgame like this seems like a fifty-fifty to me.})
30. Nxb5 (30. Ra5 {was possible, but at this point going for a 3 vs 2 seemed
like selling it too cheap.} Rxe5 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxb5 Rb8 33. Rf5 Bg6 34. Rc5
c3 35. Nxc3 Rxb4) 30... Rxe5 31. Nd6 Rxe3 32. Nxf7+ {Objectively not a mistake
as such, as probably Black can also hold it after 32.Ra5, but there his path
was a little more vague and in hindsight, that was a better try.} (32. Ra5 $5
Bg6 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 $1 {This option wasn't there in the game, but even here it's
still not easy -} (33... Bxf7 34. Rxf7 Re2 {To be very honest it didn't seem
obvious to me that having rook on a5 is in my favour, but now I realize that
it was -} 35. Rc5 $1 Rd8 36. Rf2 {and the difference is that now after trading
one pair of rooks, Black won't be able to trade the c-pawn for b-pawn. Had the
white rook been on c1, he'd manage.}) 34. Ra7 Rb8 (34... c3 {is losing -} 35.
Kf2 $1) 35. Ne5+ Kh8 36. Nxg6+ (36. Nxc4 Rb3 37. Ne5 Be4 {holds too, as Black
regains the b-pawn and has to defend a 2 vs 1, which he should manage.}) 36...
hxg6 {and Black should hold this endgame too, but it is probably not as
straightforward as in the game.}) 32... Bxf7 33. Rxf7 Re2 $1 {Played after
some hesitation, but in fact it is strictly the only move. Cutting the white
king is essential.} (33... Rd8 {was what I was hoping for and a move my
opponent was about to make, but here White wins after securing the freedom of
the king -} 34. Kg2 $1) (33... c3 {also loses -} 34. Raa7 Rd8 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36.
Kf2) 34. Rc7 {To be honest even here I wasn't yet sure that I am not winning,
as Black can't double on the second rank after giving up the c4 pawn, but I
underestimated the quiet 35...Rb2!} Rd8 $1 35. Rxc4 Rb2 $1 (35... Rdd2 $2 36.
Rc8+ Kg7 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Ra5+) 36. Rc7 {I actually do win the
second pawn, but it is not enough to win the game because my own king will now
be caged in.} Rxb4 37. Raa7 h5 $1 {Strictly in this order, but having made so
many precise moves already, this one was no longer too big a challenge.} 38.
Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rxh5 Rb2 {From afar I calculated till here and saw Ra1 back, but
already few moves into the line I realized this was a dead draw, but there no
longer was a sensible way to deviate.} 40. Rg5+ Kh8 41. Rh5+ Kg8 42. Rg5+ Kh8
43. Ra1 Rdd2 44. Rh5+ Kg7 45. Kh1 {White has no way of improving this position.
A peculiar draw, though given that both black rooks enjoy the second rank, it
isn't all too surprising.} Rf2 46. g4 Kg6 47. Rg1 Rb8 48. Rh3 Kg5 49. Rhg3 Rbb2
50. Rh3 Rb8 51. Rh7 Kg6 52. Rh5 Rc8 53. Ra1 Rcc2 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ne4 Be7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 a6 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Rc1
Rd8 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe4 Qxb2 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14.
Rb1 Qxb1 15. Qxb1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 Rd8 17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Rb8 Re8 19. h4 Ba6 20. Rb3
Be2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Rc3 Re7 23. f3 Ke8 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Ra3 Re5 26. Rxa7 Rc5
27. Ke3 Rxc2 28. g4 h5 29. gxh5 Rc4 30. Ra5 Rxh4 31. Rg5 Ke6 32. Rc5 Ra4 33. h6
gxh6 34. Rxc7 Kf6 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. Rc2 Kg6 37. Kf2 h5 38. Kg3 Kg5 39. Rc7 h4+
40. Kh3 f5 41. Rh7 Rc4 42. Rh8 Rc1 43. a3 Kf4 44. Rh5 Ra1 45. a4 Ra2 46. Rxh4+
Kxf3 47. Rb4 f4 48. Rb3+ Kf2 49. Kg4 Rxa4 50. Rf3+ Kg2 51. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 52. Kxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7
9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nxb6 11. a4 Bg4 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qc7 14. a5 Nc8 15. Nc4
Nd7 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Na4 Qb7 18. Bc3 Na7 19. Nab6 Nc8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 Ncxb6
22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nc6 Nd7 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Rfb1 Qa5
28. e5 Qc3 29. exd6 exd6 30. h3 a5 31. Rxb8 Qxa1+ 32. Kh2 Qd4 33. Ra8 Nd3
1/2-1/2

