[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,41,15,12,15,21,33,11,28,13,16,27,9,0,0,0,0,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Bd6
9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 c5 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13.
Rac1 a6 14. Bf5 Rc8 15. dxc5 bxc5 {[%cal Od5d4]} 16. Na4 {[#] Black must now
prevent Bxf6.} Rc7 $146 {[%cal Od5d4]} ({Predecessor:} 16... d4 17. Qd3 Bxf3
18. gxf3 Rc7 19. Qf1 g6 20. Bh3 Nd5 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qe5 {
0-1 (23) Weiss,L (2123)-Neborak,Y (2326) ICCF email 2015}) 17. Bc3 {Prevents
d4.} (17. Qd3 $11) 17... Qe7 (17... d4 $1 $15 18. Ba5 (18. exd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Nd5 $15) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5) 18. Ba5 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc6 19.
Bc3 Rc7 20. Ba5 Rc6 21. Bc3 {An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,100,16,10,19,12,14,20,14,14,42,25,29,32,37,25,27,16,25,15,26,28,55,
43,61,62,85,56,87,99,197,37,37,18,37,0,46,46,64,46,29,52,132,70,109,111,206,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-9,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,
-61,-61,-61,-37,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-37,-37,-37]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 {6...Bf5 gains popularity.}
7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 O-O {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 9.
Qc2 b6 10. Rc1 {[#]} g6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7
11. h3 {1-0 (11) Szabo,V (2426)-D'Oliveira,M (2116) LSS email 2015}) 11. Bd3
Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Rfd1 Nc7
15. a3 Ne6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. b4 a6 20. h4 {White is much
more active. Black has bad knights.} h5 21. e4 Kg7 {[#]} (21... Kh7 $16 {
is a better defense.}) 22. Nf3 $2 ({Only move:} 22. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4f5]})
22... Nf6 $14 23. e5 Ng4 24. Qd2 a5 (24... c5 $11) 25. Ng5 axb4 26. axb4 Qd7
27. Ne2 Ra3 (27... Nh6 $14) 28. Rc2 (28. Nxe6+ $16 Qxe6 29. Qg5) 28... Qe7 {[#]
} 29. Rdc1 $1 c5 (29... Rb3 $16) 30. dxc5 $2 (30. bxc5 $18 bxc5 31. Nxe6+ fxe6
32. f3) 30... bxc5 $11 31. bxc5 ({Not} 31. Qxd5 $2 Nxg5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 $19)
31... Nxg5 32. hxg5 Qxe5 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 33. Qd4 Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...
Qh2+.} 34. g3 Qxd4 35. Nxd4 Ne5 36. Kg2 Nc4 37. Nb5 (37. c6 $1 $11) 37... Ra6 {
Black is slightly better.} 38. Nc3 Rxc5 39. Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}
Rxd5 40. Rxc4 Rxg5 41. Rc5 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kg7
43. Rb5 Ra2 44. Rc5 Kh6 45. Rc6 Re2 46. Ra6 Re6 47. Ra8 Rb6 48. Rc8 Rb4 49. Ra8
f5 50. f4 Rb2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.15 
(very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,0,7,0,0,0,7,0,13,6,7,0,0,0,31,25,26,26,22,27,35,35,26,30,29,34,28,
46,41,32,31,48,30,22,29,4,9,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,-6,-6,0,0,0,-6,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4
d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 {[%cal Bd4c2,Bc2e1,Be1f3][%mdl 32] A20: English Opening:
1...e5.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 $1 {7...Qe5 is better than 7...Qh5.} 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O
Be7 {[#]} 10. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d4 exd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qh5 13.
Qe3 Re8 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Nc7 16. Bf4 {½-½ (34) So,W (2772)-Shankland,S 
(2709) Saint Louis 2021}) 10... Nb4 11. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} exf3 12. Nxf3 Qh5 13.
d4 Nbd5 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Re1 f5 (16... Nxc3 $2 {[#]} 17. Rxe7+ $1
{[%mdl 512]} Kxe7 18. Qe1+ Ne2+ 19. Qxe2+ Kd8 20. Bf4 $18) 17. Qb3 {[#] Ne5 is
the strong threat.} Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne5+ Kg8 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 {
[%cal Oe5c6] With the idea Nxc6!} Bf5 22. Re1 {[%cal Oe5c6]} Bf6 $1 {The
position is equal.} 23. Nc4 b6 24. Bf4 h5 25. Nd6 Bg6 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Kf7
28. Rae1 Rad8 29. Be5 Rhe8 30. Bxf6 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KR-KR} 32. Kf2 Rd5 33. Re2 c5 34. Ke3 cxd4+ 35. cxd4 Ke6 36. Kd3+ Kd6
37. Rf2 f5 38. a4 Ra5 39. Kc3 a6 40. Kb4 Ke6 41. Re2+ Kd7 42. Rf2 Ke6 43. Re2+
Kd7 44. Rf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,59,0,-2,2,0,0,0,5,8,12,0,-3,-11,-2,-52,-66,-87,-102,-101,-85,-88,-50,
-48,-48,-87,-86,-164,-174,-161,-170,-160,-177,-193,-205,-206,-208,-205,-197,
-188,-152,-146,-20,-17,-18,-14,-7,-31,-30,-35]} 1. d4 {Mokal,P} d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 7. Ne5 {
[%cal Oc3b5]} a6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 8. O-O Bb7 {[%cal Bc8b7,Bb7a6,
Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 9. b3 b4 {The position is equal.} 10. Na4 {10.Ne4 is more
fashionable.} c3 11. Nc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} a5 $1 12. a3 Ba6
{[#]} 13. Bf4 $146 (13. axb4 $11 axb4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5) ({Predecessor:} 
13. axb4 axb4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 O-O 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5
19. Nb6 {0-1 (41) Gupta,A (2613)-Shirov,A (2676) Al Ain 2015 CBM 170 [Mokal,P]}
) 13... Bb5 $1 $15 14. e4 {[%cal Od4d5] Inhibits Nd5.} Be7 15. Nab6 Ra6 {
[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 16. a4 Rxb6 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Ra2 O-O 19.
Qa1 (19. Be3 $17) 19... Qxd4 $19 20. Rd1 Qa7 {Hoping for ...Nbd7.} 21. Nxa5 {
[#]} Bc5 $1 (21... c2 22. Rc1 $16) 22. Nxc6 {[#]} Bxf2+ {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kh1
Qb6 ({Stronger than} 23... Nxc6 24. Rxa7 Bxa7 25. Qa4 $11) 24. Bxb8 {And now
e5 would win.} Qxc6 25. e5 Ne4 26. Bd6 {[#]} Rd8 (26... Be3 $1 $17 {Strongly
threatening ...c2.} 27. Bxf8 c2) 27. Re2 $11 f5 (27... Rxd6 $2 28. Rxd6 Qc7 29.
Bxe4 $18) 28. exf6 $1 {[#]} c2 $1 29. f7+ (29. Rf1 c1=Q) 29... Kxf7 {( -> ...
Nxg3+)} 30. Rf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.09 
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,15,33,31,21,0,13,18,15,0,12,17,10,8,28,23,37,0,-4,-13,-16,-20,-19,
-13,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,13,0,0,0,64,61,64,58,184,
176,188,174,160,177,171,95,167,160,173,159,198,58,363,361,326,310]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qb3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines,
including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bd6 7. Bg3 {[#]} dxc4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7... Bxg3 8. hxg3 Rb8 9. Nc3 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qc2 h6 {½-½ (31) Dong,Y (1364)-Leblanc,A (1415) Quebec 2018})
8. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Rb8 9. Nc3 b5 10. Be2 (10. Nxb5 $2 Bxg3 11.
hxg3 a6 $19) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 (11. Bxb5 $2 Bxg3 12. hxg3 c6 $19) 11... Qe7 12.
Ne5 {Hoping for Nc6.} b4 13. Na4 (13. Nb5 $14 {was preferrable.} Bxe5 14. dxe5)
13... Bxe5 $11 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Kf2 (18.
e4 Bg6 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. Rd7 a5 20. Rhd1 h5 21. e4 Bg6 22. R1d2 h4 23. gxh4 {
Active counter play!} Qh2 24. Bf1 Qxh4+ 25. g3 Qh5 26. Qe3 c5 27. Kg2 a4 28.
Bc4 a3 29. b3 Qe5 30. Qf4 Qxf4 (30... Qf6 $11) 31. gxf4 $14 Bh5 32. Kg3 {
[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} g6 (32... Rbc8 $14) 33. R2d3 $1 $18 Rbe8 {
[#]} 34. Kh4 $1 Kg7 35. Kg5 Rh8 36. Rc7 (36. Ra7 $18) 36... Rc8 (36... Rh7 $16
37. e5 Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Rh2) 37. Re7 Rce8 38. Red7 Rhf8 {[#]} 39. Rc7 (39. e5 $1
$18) 39... Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 39... Rc8 $14 40. Re7 Rce8) 40.
Rdd7 Rhf8 41. f5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.31}
({Not} 41. Rxc5 Bxf3 42. f5 exf5 $11) 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,145,18,18,11,17,18,32,8,37,25,31,37,34,31,49,33,31,18,31,27,25,24,27,
14,16,16,25,14,33,33,44,34,50,30,35,20,22,14,23,-1,38,0,0,0,0,0,25,6,8,6,28,54,
53,47,100,96,117,116,116,115,218,219,251,256,249,106,140,148,152,159,155,148,
133,150,158,156,222,169,164,0,158,154,314,287,285,311,304,306,276,258,352,347,
426,410,398,0,210,209,202,190,137,58,61,11,12842,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,
12843,12843,12842,12842,12842,12843,12843,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,
12844,12845,12845,12847,12845,12850,12847,12848,12848,12849,12848]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 {D35:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Ne8 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qf3 {[#]
White is slightly better.} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. Nge2 Bxf4 12.
Qxf4 Qe7 13. O-O Nd6 14. Ng3 f5 15. Nh5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {½-½ (34) Tudor,V
(2011)-Spagnoli,L ICCF email 2013}) 11. Nge2 (11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg5 Bxf4 13. Qxf6
Nxf6 $11) 11... Bxf4 12. Nxf4 ({But not} 12. exf4 Bf5 $11) 12... Nd6 13. h4 Re8
14. O-O-O (14. Nfxd5 $5 Qxf3 15. gxf3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 $11) 14... Bf5 15. Bxf5
Qxf5 16. g4 Qf6 17. g5 (17. Rhg1 {feels hotter.} Na6 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. g5 Qf5
20. Nd3) 17... Qf5 18. Qh3 Qxh3 19. Rxh3 Nd7 20. b3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Kd2
Rae8 23. Ne2 R4e6 24. Ng3 g6 25. h5 c5 26. Rdh1 R8e7 27. Rc1 cxd4 28. exd4 Nf8
29. Rc5 Rd6 30. Rc8 {To avoid Re8} Red7 31. Ne2 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 33. Nf4 f6 ({Better is} 33... gxh5 $14 34. Nxh5 (34.
Rxh5 Ng6 $14) 34... Ne6) 34. gxf6 $16 Kf7 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Nd3 $1 Kxf6 (36...
Nd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 37. Rf3+ $18 Ke7 38. Ne5 Ke6 39. a4 (39. Rf7 $1 $18)
39... a5 40. Kd3 Rb8 41. Rf7 g5 {[%cal Of8g6]} 42. Rg7 {To avoid Ng6. White is
much more active.} Kf5 43. Ke3 b6 44. Kf3 g4+ (44... Rd8 $16 45. Ng4 Nd7) 45.
Nxg4 {Hoping for Re7.} ({Less strong is} 45. Rxg4 Ne6 $14) 45... Ne6 46. Ne3+
Kf6 47. Rg4 b5 $2 (47... Nc7 $16 48. Rg1 Kf7) 48. Nxd5+ Kf7 49. Ke4 bxa4 50.
bxa4 Rb2 51. f3 Rb3 52. f4 Ra3 53. Nb6 Rb3 54. Nd5 (54. Nc4 $142) 54... Ra3 $1
55. Ke5 {f5 is the strong threat.} Rxa4 56. f5 Nf8 {[#]} 57. Kd6 {To avoid Nd7}
({White should play} 57. Re4 $1 $16 {And now Kd6 would win.} Nh7 58. Re2) 57...
Nh7 $1 $14 58. f6 (58. Re4 $14 Ng5 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Ke5 (60. Kc5 Ra2 $16))
58... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White stays focused until the end.} (58... Nxf6 $11
59. Rf4 Ra1 60. Nxf6 a4 61. Nd7+ Kg6) 59. Ke5 {White is clearly winning.} Ra1
60. Nf4 Re1+ 61. Kf5 Ke8 62. Rg8+ Nf8 63. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Rf1
64. d6 Rd1 65. Ng6 Rf1+ {[#]} 66. Ke5 $1 Re1+ 67. Kd5 Rd1+ 68. Kc6 {[%csl Gg6]
[%cal Rg8f8]} Rc1+ 69. Kb5 {White wants to mate with Ne5.} Kd7 70. Rxf8 Kxd6
71. f7 Rc5+ 72. Ka4 Ke6 73. Nh8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /
Black=0.17 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,88,27,18,22,15,19,17,16,11,0,6,4,0,28,0,50,36,50,43,92,95,103,85,90,
87,90,47,73,52,31,32,34,27,77,81,72,75,63,15,25,27,19,21,18,16,18,12,13,21,137,
150,147,152,138,153,146,125,121,121,350,337,395,392,345,345,474,465,558,554,
650,650,29985,29986,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6
6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6,
unusual lines.} 10. Nf1 b5 {10...h6 is the fancy move.} 11. Bc2 a5 {[%cal
Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] [#] The position is equal.} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
12. Ne3 a4 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. d4 e4 17. Ng5 f5 18. f3 {
0-1 (92) Chen,R (2085)-Repka,C (2488) Chesterfield 2020}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 a4
14. Ne3 Bb7 15. c4 Nb4 (15... bxc4 $11 16. Bxf6 Qxf6) 16. cxb5 $14 Qd7 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 (17... Nxc2 $14 18. Nxc2 (18. Qxc2 Bxf6 19. b3 Qxb5 $11) 18... Bxf6) 18.
Bxa4 $16 {aiming for b3.} Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxa4 20. Nd1 Rb4 21. a4 (21. Nc3 $1 $16
) 21... d5 $1 $14 22. Qd2 {[%csl LRb4,LRh6]} Qd6 23. exd5 e4 24. Qxh6 Qf8 (
24... Qxd5 $11 25. Ne3 Qd8) 25. Qxf8+ $16 Kxf8 26. Nd2 Bxd5 27. Re3 (27. Nc3
$14 {might be stronger.} Bb7 28. Ra2) 27... Bd4 {This bishop pair is nice.} 28.
Rea3 f5 29. g3 g5 30. Ne3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 {And now Rf1 would win.} Rxb2 32. Nf1
Bc4 (32... Ra8 $11) 33. Rc3 Be2 {...Bf3 is the strong threat.} 34. Rac1 $1 ({
Don't blunder} 34. Rxc7 $2 Bf3 35. Nd2 Rxd2 $19) 34... Ra8 35. R3c2 ({Much
weaker is} 35. Rxc7 $6 Rxa4 36. Rc8+ Ke7 $11) 35... Rxc2 36. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf3 37. Rc4 {Strongly threatening Nd2.} ({But not} 37. Rxc7 $6
Rxa4 38. Rd7 Rb4 $11) 37... Ke7 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (
37... Ra7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Rxc7+ $18 Ke6 {[#]} 39. Rc4 Be2 40. Rb4
Rc8 41. Nd2 Bd3 42. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rc1+ 43. Kf2 {Intending
b7 and mate.} Rc2 {[#]} 44. b7 $1 Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 
(flawless) /Black=0.46} (44... Rxd2+ 45. Ke1) 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2856"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,71,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-26,-24,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,99,110,104,50,
127,150,409,414,401,399,467,376,357,348,358,220,356,367,350,348,356,344,354,
368,368,365,363,345,366,361,346,356,358,337,322,275]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Bd7 9. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4]
Leaves trodden paths. E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Qc2 {
[#] The position is equal.} Nbd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} ({
Predecessor:} 11... Bd5 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. e4 Bc6 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nxc4 Nb6 16.
Nxb6 cxb6 17. Bb2 Qd7 {1-0 (48) Cordova,E (2571)-Slade,T (2124) Saint Louis
2019}) 12. Rac1 a6 13. Qxc4 Nb6 $1 {[%csl LRa4,LRc4]} 14. Qc3 Nxa4 15. Qb3 {
[%cal Oc1c6] Black must now prevent Rxc6!} Qd5 (15... Nb6 $15) 16. Rxc6 Qxc6
17. Ne5 $1 {[%csl LRb7,LRc6]} Qb5 18. Qc2 {aiming for Rb1.} Nd5 (18... Nb6 $1
$11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Rb1 $16 Qa5 {[#] ...Nac3 is the strong threat.}
20. Bxd5 (20. Nc4 $2 Qc3 21. Qxa4 b5 $19) (20. Be4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4h7]} g6 21.
Bxd5 (21. Nc4 $2 Qc3 $17) 21... exd5 22. Bb4) 20... exd5 (20... Qxd5 $14 21.
Qxa4 f6) 21. Rxb7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening Bb4. Black is in
trouble. White is more active.} (21. Bb4 $6 Qb6 22. Bc5 (22. Qxa4 a5 $17) 22...
Qa5 $11) 21... c5 {To avoid Bb4. Loses the game.} (21... Nc3 $16 22. Bb4 Qxa2
23. Qxc3 Qb1+ 24. Kg2 Qe4+ 25. Nf3 Rac8) 22. Qf5 $18 Rf8 23. Nxf7 Qd8 24. dxc5
Qf6 25. Qxf6 {The board is on fire.} gxf6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,
Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 28. c7 Nc3 29. Bb2 d4 {[#]} 30. Nf7+ $1 ({Less strong is
} 30. e3 Nd5 $14) 30... Kg7 31. Nd6 Kg6 32. Kf1 ({Don't take} 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33.
e3 Nd5 34. Bxd4 Rxc7 $18) 32... Nb5 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. a4 Nxc7 35. Bxd4 Ne6 36.
Be3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.25 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,53,15,17,28,32,2,10,9,7,10,6,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 $1 13. Be3 {D46:
Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} exd4 14. Bxd4 Nf6 {
The position is equal.} 15. Bf5 Qa5 16. Bxc8 Rfxc8 17. Qb3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5
19. Rfd1 {[%cal Od4g7]} Rd8 20. Kf1 {[%cal Od4g7]} Nb4 21. Bc3 {[%cal Od1d6]}
Nc6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 (22... Bxh2 $2 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. g3 $18) 23. Rxd4 Bc5 {[#]} ({
Don't do} 23... Bxh2 24. g3 $16) 24. Rg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Re1 Kf8 26. Re5 Bd4 27. Bb4+ Kg8 28. Re2 Bf6 29. Rc2 h5 30. b3 Rd7 31. Ke2
Kh7 32. Bd2 Bd4 33. Bb4 Bb6 34. Rc4 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. Bd2 Kg6 37. f3 {
½-½ (37) Epishin,V (2599)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2521) Seville 2002}) 24... Bf8
25. Rd4 Bc5 26. Rg4 Bf8 27. Rd4 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,80,17,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,2,16,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-10,-12,-7,-6,0,0,0,
-4,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,12,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. Bc4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 12. O-O b6
13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 {The position is equal.} Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Re3 Nf6 17. Qe1 Ng4 18.
Re2 Ba6 19. Red2 {[#] Threatening d5.} Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Bb7 20.
h3 Nf6 21. Re2 Qc7 22. Re3 Red8 23. d5 e5 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Ree1 Nd7 {1-0 (59)
Batsiashvili,N (2491)-Ovod,E (2366) Warsaw 2021}) 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qe2 Rc7 22.
Qd3 Nf6 23. d5 exd5 24. e5 Nd7 (24... Ne4 $2 {[#]} 25. Qxe4 $3 {[%mdl 512]}
dxe4 26. Rxd8 $18) 25. Qxd5 {[#] Qb5 is the strong threat.} Qe7 26. Qb5 {
[%cal Rd2d7]} Nf8 (26... Nxe5 $2 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 $18) 27. h3 h6 28. Rd6
Rec8 29. Qd3 Rc3 30. Qf5 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc5 {[%cal Oe7d6] White
must now prevent ...Qxd6!} 33. Qd3 Qb7 34. h4 Qe7 35. Rd8 {[%cal Bd6d8,Bd8b8,
Bb8b7,Bb7a7][%mdl 32]} g6 36. Rb8 Kg7 37. Qe4 Nd7 38. Rb7 {Hoping for Qd4.} Qe6
39. Rxa7 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Qxe5+ {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,0,0,0,34,26,30,26,35,7,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-29,15,18,30,14,
21,18,25,20,25,25,18,7,11,14,12,12,12,19,19,14,12,18,37,22,32,13,16,15,12,0,6,
2,8,0,8,8,8,9,252,233,750,741,1235,1120,860,385,1269,1149,1158,1151,979,981,
12789,6953,9030,6920,1598,1070,29964,29966,29972,29963]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be6 6. e3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3.
..Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} g6 (6... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 7. Nhf3 g4 $11) 7. b3 Bg7 {
[%cal Oc6c5]} 8. Bb2 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Rc1 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising
side line.} Ne4 {[#]} 10. Nhf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nd7
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Ba3 Bf6 15. h3 Rfc8 16. g4 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 {
½-½ (87) Mamedyarov,S (2756)-Gelfand,B (2747) Jurmala 2015}) 10... Qa5 11. a3
c5 {Inhibits b4.} 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nd7 15. Rc2 Rad8 16. h3
Rfe8 (16... dxc4 $142 17. bxc4 cxd4 18. exd4 Nb6) 17. Ke2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 dxc4
19. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 20. Rxc4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Nb6 22. Rc5 Rc8 23. Rhc1 Rxc5 24. Rxc5
Rc8 {To avoid Rc7} 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 26. Kd3 Nd6
27. f4 f5 28. Nf3 Kf7 29. a4 Ne4 30. Kd4 Ke6 31. g4 Kd6 32. b4 Nf6 33. gxf5
gxf5 34. Ng5 {With the idea Nf7+.} e6 35. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]
} Nd7 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.} (35... fxe4 $11 {and Black has
nothing to worry.} 36. Nxe4+ Ke7) 36. Nxh7 $18 e5+ $2 (36... fxe4 37. Ng5 (37.
Kxe4 Nb6 $16) 37... e3) 37. fxe5+ Nxe5 38. exf5 Nc6+ 39. Kc4 (39. Ke4 $142 Ke7
40. h4) 39... Ke5 $2 (39... Ne5+ 40. Kd4 Nc6+ 41. Ke4 Nxb4) 40. f6 {[#] f7
would kill now.} Ke6 41. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Ne5+ 42. Kd4 a6 43.
Ng5+ Kxf6 44. Ne4+ Kf5 45. Nd6+ Kf4 46. b6 a5 47. Kc5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.42} ({Inferior is} 47. Nxb7 Nd7 $11) 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,52,-42,0,-14,14,3,9,8,7,-45,27,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-77,-79,-66,-83,0,
0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-10,-2,-10,0,-7,6,8,16,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4
d5 4. g5 Ne4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2
c4 b6).} Be7 7. h4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... f6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3
c6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nh3 Nb6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 Bd7 14. exd5 exd5 {1-0 (24)
Napoli,N (2353)-Pienabarca,N (2092) Rome 2009}) 8. Nh3 c6 9. Qc2 (9. Bxe4 $11
dxe4 10. Bf4) 9... e5 ({Better is} 9... Nd6 $1 $15) 10. Nd2 Nxd2+ 11. Bxd2 exd4
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf4 Be6 14. g6 (14. Qb3 $11) 14... Nc6 $17 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16.
Qb3 {[%csl LRb7,LRd5][%cal Rg2d5]} Qd7 ({Black should play} 16... Bxh4 $17 17.
Bxd5 (17. Qxb7 Ne5 $15) 17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Nxd5 Rc8 $11) 18... Qxd5 19.
Nxd5 Rfd8) 17. Bxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} ({Not} 17. Nxd5 $2 Rad8 18.
Bg5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Bxd5 $19) 17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rc1 Kxh7
21. Nd3 Rd5 22. Bf4 Re8 23. Bg3 Bd6 24. Rg1 Re4 25. f3 Re7 26. Bf2 f6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,46,40,42,38,29,21,24,13,43,48,60,50,49,54,56,51,53,43,43,43,43,46,46,
30,39,46,10,10,10,21,21,21]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5
exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 {[%csl LRc5,LRd5]} Bb6 {D33:
Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 sidelines.} 10. O-O ({Reject} 10. Bxd5 Nb4 11. Bf3 Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 O-O $11) 10... d4 11. Na4 O-O {White has an edge.} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Nxb6
axb6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd4 Rd8 {[#]} 17. Qxf6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17. Qxb6 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Qxb2 19. Qxc6 Rdc8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. e3 Bd3
22. Qd1 Bc2 23. Re2 Bxd1 24. Rxb2 {1-0 (41) Tsvetkov,A (2394)-Mischuk,D (2364)
Cheliabinsk 2021}) 17... gxf6 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {Hoping for Rd8+.} Be6
20. Nc1 Bxa2 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 {The position is equal.} 22. Rd6 {[%csl LRc6,LRf6]}
Kg7 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,90,8,13,19,27,3,0,0,10,7,12,7,11,3,25,8,10,-5,-8,-9,-11,-12,-16,-20,
0,0,0,0,-25,-39,0,-52,-28,-52,-54,-79,0,0,47,39,75,54,67,52,94,91,92,95,83,85,
77,70,162,58,64,6,0,13,139,123,139,54,27,0,0,0,0,-41,-41,-97,-97,-101,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 {Marin,M} c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 {[%cal
Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} e5 6. a3 Nge7 $1 {The main line 6...Nge7
scores better than 6...a5.} 7. d3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2
Bg7 5 Nf3.} O-O 8. Nd2 d6 9. Rb1 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. O-O
a5 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Ne4 Kh8 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. Bd2 Rab8 16. Qc1 h5
17. Bh6 Bh3 18. Re1 {½-½ (18) Gelfand,B (2733)-Grischuk,A (2747) Kazan 2011
CBM 143 [Marin,M]}) 10. b4 b6 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. bxc5
dxc5 15. O-O {[%cal Be1g1,Bg1h1,Bh1h2,Bh2g2][%mdl 32]} f5 16. Ned5 {To avoid f4
} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 f4 18. f3 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Rbf7 19. Kh1 fxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. Be3
(21. Kg2 $11) 21... Nf5 $15 22. Rg1 Qd7 23. Kh2 Qd6 ({Black should play} 23...
Nxe3 $17 24. Nxe3 g5) 24. Bg5 $11 Nd4 (24... Bh6 $11 {is more appropriate.} 25.
Bxh6 Nxh6) 25. Kg2 $1 $14 b5 26. Nc3 $1 bxc4 27. dxc4 Qe6 (27... Qc6 $14) 28.
Qd3 $1 $16 Rd7 {[%cal Od4f3] [#]} 29. Rgd1 $1 Rff7 {[%cal Od4f3]} 30. Rb8+ Kh7
{aiming for ...Nc6.} 31. Rd8 Rb7 (31... Rxd8 $14 32. Bxd8 Rb7) 32. Ne4 {
Really sharp!} (32. Rh1 $18 {White threatens Rxh5+ and mate.} Rf5 33. Bd2 (33.
Ne4 Rb3 $14)) 32... Rb3 $14 {[#]} 33. Rxd4 Rxd3 $11 34. R4xd3 Bh6 (34... Qxc4
$2 35. Nd6 Qa2 36. R1d2 $18) (34... Bf8 $1 $11) 35. Rd5 Qa6 36. R1d2 {White is
much more active.} ({Resist} 36. Rxc5 $6 Bf8 37. Rxe5 Qxc4 $16) ({Much less
strong is} 36. Rxe5 Bg7 37. Rxc5 Bf8 $16) (36. Rd7 $16 Qxc4 37. R1d2) 36... Kg7
$14 37. Rxc5 {Threatens to win with Rd6.} Qxa3 38. Rxe5 Bxg5 39. Rxg5 (39. Nxg5
$11 Re7 40. Red5) 39... Rf5 $1 $15 40. Rd5 (40. Rd7+ $15 Kh6 41. Rxf5 gxf5 42.
Rd6+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. Nf2) 40... Rxg5 $17 41. Nxg5 Qe3 ({Better is} 41...
Qb2 $17 42. Kf1 Kf8) 42. Rd7+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44.
Rd7+ Kg8 45. Rd8+ Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /
Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,75,27,24,43,31,35,42,39,22,24,29,22,32,28,29,30,25,18,29,37,21,29,28,
23,40,74,66,52,20,26,19,92,38,43,43,41,25,42,20,39,41,41,41,30,36,30,49,37,26,
34,18,41,0,24,14,22,11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 b4 {C88: Closed Ruy
Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 12. d3 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 $1 {[%mdl 4] [#] White
is slightly better. 13...h6 is the recent fashion.} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 14. Nbd2 Nh7 15. Bc4 Ng5 16. Bd5 Bd7 17. Ra6 Qe8 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf3 Bxc1
20. Qxc1 {0-1 (64) Ter Sahakyan,S (2637)-Duda,J (2760) Warsaw 2021}) 14... Re8
15. Nbd2 Bf8 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. d4 {[#] Threatens to win with d5.}
exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qe8 21. d5 Re7 22. Ra4 Rb2 23. Qxb2 Qxa4 24. Bd4
Nh5 (24... Nxd5 $2 25. Ra1 Qc6 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Be3 $18) 25. Ra1 Qd7 {[#]} (
25... Qe8 $11) 26. Qc3 {White is much more active.} (26. Qc2 $1 $16) 26... Nf4
$14 {White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 27. Qf3 {Inhibits Ne2+.} Ng6 28. Rc1 Qa4
29. Qd3 f5 30. g3 {Inhibits Nf4.} ({Much worse is} 30. exf5 Nf4 31. Qc4 Qxc4
32. Rxc4 Nxd5 $15) 30... fxe4 31. Nxe4 {[%cal Oe4f6] And now Nf6+! would win.}
Qe8 32. Nc3 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe8 35. Qb5 Qc8 36. Qd3 (36. Qc4 $14 {
feels stronger.}) 36... Ne7 37. Qe4 c6 38. dxc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
09 (flawless) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,74,14,12,23,10,13,13,22,21,37,42,33,0,0,0,0,0,38,35,52,71,44,36,52,
54,58,50,43,39,51,47,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-276,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1186,-1164,
-1171,-1155,-1110,-958,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29990,-1990]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 {[#] C54: Giuoco
Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Na3 $146 (8. O-O {is
interesting.} O-O 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Rb8 11. a4) ({Predecessor:} 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9.
O-O g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. a3 Nh7 12. Kh1 Kh8 13. b4 h5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Bxe5+ dxe5
16. Nxe5 {0-1 (34) Adhiban,B (2672)-Vidit,S (2727) Kolkata 2021}) 8... Bxa3 9.
bxa3 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Nb8 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Rb1 g5 13. Bg3
Nxe4 14. Qc2 f5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rfe1 $1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e4 18. g4 Nc5 19. Nd4
$1 Rf8 20. gxf5 Bxf5 {[#]} 21. Rxb7 $1 Rf6 $1 22. Qb1 (22. Rb5 $1 $14 c6 23.
Rb6) 22... Nxb7 $11 23. Qxb7 Rd8 {Hoping for ...Qc5.} 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxe4
Rd1+ 26. Kh2 {[#] Threatening mate with Qc8+.} Re5 27. Qc6+ Kd8 28. Qa8+ Kd7
29. Bb5+ $1 Ke6 $1 (29... Rxb5 $2 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qc6 $18) 30. Qc8+ ({
Avoid the trap} 30. Qc6+ $2 Kf7 31. Rxe5 (31. Rd4 $2 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Rf5 $19)
31... Qxe5+ 32. g3 Kg7 $19) 30... Kf6 (30... Kf7 $5 31. Bc4+ Kg6 32. Qg8+ Kf6
$11) 31. Qh8+ Kf5 {The board is on fire.} 32. f3 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qc8+ $11
Kg6 33. Qg8+ Kf6 34. Qh8+ Kf5 35. Qc8+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37. Qh8+) 32... Rxe4
$19 33. fxe4+ Kxe4 34. Qa8+ Ke3 {( -> ...Qe5+)} 35. Bc6 Qe5+ {Black mates.} 36.
g3 g4 37. Qa7+ Kd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.02 (flawless)} (
37... Ke2 $142 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Qf2+ Kd3 40. Kg1 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Qf5+ 42. Kg2 Ke3
43. Be8 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Kf3 45. Bc6+ Kxg3 46. Be8 Qh2#) 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,139,0,20,31,9,7,10,15,0,7,0,20,15,27,17,36,37,27,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,20,20,
40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,10,0,0,0,8,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 {9...Bd7
deserves study.} 10. Nc3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11.
Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. b3 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ {[#]} Bxd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14...
Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Kc8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 c5 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Bc1 h4 20. Bb2 c4 {
0-1 (36) Crapulli,G (2155)-Herzog,A (2116) LSS email 2016}) 15. Rd1 Be7 16. g3
Rg8 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Nce4 c5 19. c3 b6 20. Re1 {[%cal Oe4f6]} Bd8 {Inhibits
Nf6+.} 21. f3 Rf8 22. Kf2 Ne7 23. g4 {[%cal Oe4f6]} (23. Nf6+ $5 gxf6 24. exf6
$11) 23... hxg4 {The position is equal.} 24. hxg4 Ng6 25. Bg3 Rh8 26. c4 Nf8
27. Kg2 a5 28. Bf4 Bd7 29. Bd2 a4 30. Nc3 axb3 31. axb3 Bxg5 32. Bxg5 Ne6 33.
Be3 Bc6 34. Nd5 g5 {Prevents f4.} 35. Rd1 Kf8 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Ne7 Bb7 38. Nf5+
Kg6 39. Ne7+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kg6 41. Re1 f6 42. exf6 Kxf6 43. Bc1 {[#] aiming for
Bb2+.} Rd8 44. Bb2+ Kf7 45. Re3 Bc8 46. Be5 Rd2 47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Bxf4 {[%cal
Oe3e6] [#] Rxe6! is the strong threat.} Rd1 49. Be5 Kf8 50. Kf2 Rh1 {Prevents
Rh3.} 51. Rd3 {[%cal Oe5c7]} Rh7 52. Kg3 Rd7 53. Re3 Rd1 54. Kf2 Rh1 {Inhibits
Rh3.} 55. Rd3 {[%cal Oe5c7] Threatening Bxc7!} Rh7 56. Rd1 Bb7 57. Bg3 Be4 58.
Re1 Bxf5 59. gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd4 {[%csl LRb3,LRf5]} 60.
f6 Rh6 61. Bxc7 Rxf6+ 62. Kg2 Rc6 63. Bf4 Nxb3 64. Re4 Rf6 65. Kg3 Kf7 66. Kg4
Rg6+ 67. Bg5 $1 Na5 68. Re7+ Kf8 {[%cal Og6g5] White must now prevent ...Rxg5+!
} 69. Rd7 Nxc4 {And now ...Ne5+ would win.} 70. Kf5 {Prevents Ne5.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,0,-28,-20,0,14,7,20,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,31,36,11,41,0,6,24,45,
36,30,33,44,22,29,22,37,30,43,6,2,10,63,55,129,145,156,119,214,206,203,210,206,
161,257,247,249,250,252,257,258,264,259,257,260,217,214,206,198,201,189,175,
172,175,166,160,171,159,209,197,191,202,376,362,534,515,1012,989,1807,1608,
5285,6073,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29978,29978,29979,29986,29986,29986,
29983,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Ne5
{B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Qc7 {[#]} 7. Nxc6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qg5 f6 9. Qg3 Qxe5 10. Qxe5 fxe5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12.
Nxe4 Nb4 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {0-1 (27) Davis,M (1600)-Godat,T (2137) FICGS email
2008}) 7... bxc6 8. Bc4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Kh1 Nf6 (9... Bxh2 10.
g3 Bxg3 11. fxg3 $14) 10. Nc3 e5 (10... Bxh2 11. g3 $14) 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3
O-O 13. d3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Bg5 Qd7 (15... Rab8 $5 {[%cal Rb8b2]}) 16.
Bxf6 (16. Qe2 $14) 16... gxf6 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rae1 {And now Qg3+
would win.} f4 {Prevents Qg3+.} 20. Re4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.}
Rab8 $1 21. b3 Rb4 $1 22. Rfe1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e4,Be4g4][%mdl 32]} Rf5 23. Qe2
{[%cal Re4e5]} Rxe4 24. Qg4+ Kh8 (24... Kf7 $11 25. Rxe4 Qd8) 25. Rxe4 $14 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} f3 {White stays focused until the end.} ({Better
is} 25... Qf8 $14) 26. gxf3 $16 Qf8 27. Qg3 {White is more active.} h6 {[#]} (
27... Rf4 $16) 28. Kg2 $1 $18 ({Not} 28. Rxe5 Rxf3 29. Qg4 (29. Qg1 $2 Rf1 $19)
29... Rf4 $15) 28... Qf6 29. Rg4 Kh7 30. Qh4 {Strongly threatening Qxf6.} Qxh4
(30... Rxf3 $142 31. Qxf6 Rxf6) 31. Rxh4 {KR-KR} Rf4 32. Rg4 h5 33. Rg5 Rf5 34.
Rg3 Rf4 35. Kf2 Rf7 36. Rg5 {[%csl LRe5,LRh5]} Rf5 37. Rg1 c4 38. dxc4 e4 39.
Rg3 h4 40. Rh3 Kg6 41. Ke3 {To avoid Rf4. Hoping for f4.} ({Much less strong is
} 41. Rxh4 $6 Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Kf5 $14) 41... exf3 42. Rxf3 Ra5 (42... Re5+ $16
43. Kf2 Re4) 43. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Re5+ 44. Kd3 {
Threatens to win with Re3.} Rg5 $2 (44... Re1 45. Rf4 Kg5) 45. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,
Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rg1 (45... a6 $142 46. Rf8 Kg7) 46. b5 c5 (46... Ra1 $142 47.
Kd4 cxb5) 47. a5 Rd1+ 48. Ke4 Rd4+ 49. Ke5 Rxc4 50. b6 {White mates.} axb6 51.
axb6 Rxc2 {[#]} 52. Rb3 $1 ({Weaker is} 52. Rf6+ Kg7 53. Rxe6 Rxh2 $11) 52...
c4 53. Rb1 c3 54. b7 Re2+ 55. Kd4 c2 56. Rg1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
06 (flawless) /Black=0.35} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,41,23,24,33,14,60,65,69,72,71,66,63,47,60,26,26,26,31,24,14,35,25,56]
} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Na4 Bb7 11. e4 Rc8 {D47: Semi-Slav: Meran System.} 12. a3
{[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32] [#]} c5 $146 (12... bxa3 $11 13. b4 (13. bxa3 c5
$11) 13... Bxb4) ({Predecessor:} 12... bxa3 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Bxa3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3
c5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qb1 Bc8 19. Rxa7 {½-½ (33) Rets,Y (2213)
-Tkachenko,I (2338) ICCF email 2018}) 13. Nxc5 $14 Nxc5 {White is slightly
better.} 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. axb4 Bb6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Be3 {
[#] Strongly threatening Bxb6.} Bxe4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Ne5 {Black must now
prevent Ra7.} g5 $1 {And now ...Rd5 would win.} 21. Ra7 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,18,8,16,2,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,18,41,25,0,35,0,48,0,39,32,43,30,47,50,
45,36,36,41,26,24,30,30,41,19,64,32,76,50,77,80,68,64,62,44,39,54,238,253,247,
254,252,246,248,239,256,272,247,255,262,262,258,241,427,427,420,408,383,392]} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} d6
6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5
d4 and 5 d3.} 9. a4 {9.Nbd2 is setting a new trend.} a5 10. d4 Bb6 {[%cal
Of6e4] [#] The position is equal.} 11. Bb3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({
Predecessor:} 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Bf4 Nfxd5
16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2758)-Vitiugov,N (2747) Wijk
aan Zee 2020}) 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Na3 Qc8 14. Nb5 Na7 15. Na3 Nc6 $1 {
[%cal Od7h3]} 16. Nb5 Na7 17. c4 (17. Qd3 $14) 17... Nxb5 18. axb5 exd4 19.
Nxd4 c6 20. bxc6 $1 bxc6 21. Bf4 Qa6 22. Bxd6 {[#] Hoping for e5.} Qa7 $1 23.
c5 $1 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd3 g6 (25... a4 $11) 26. Rad1 a4 (26... Rab8 $14
{feels stronger.}) 27. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qg5
28. f4 Qh4 {[%cal Of6d5]} 29. Nf3 Qg3 30. Ne5 Qxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Reb8 $2 {A
mistake that costs the game.} 32. Nxd7 $18 Nxd7 33. Rxd7 Rxb2 34. Re2 a3 {
[#] aiming for ...a2.} 35. Rd1 a2 36. Ra1 c5 37. Kf2 Ra3 38. Ke1 c4 39. Kd2 Rg3
$2 (39... Rb7 {was necessary.} 40. e5 Kf8) 40. Kc1 c3 41. Kd1 h5 42. e5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.24 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,13,30,4,8,0,0,20,10,0,6,-74,15,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-29,-31,
-29,-20,-55,-27,-65,-65,-69,-74,-77,-75,-62,-33,-102,-97,-117,-106,-150,-116,
-144,-33,-474,-454,-1085,-1358,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6
f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3 {
The position is equal.} a6 9. Qd2 Ne5 {[#]} 10. f4 $146 {[#]} (10. h4 $11 {
remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 b5 13. Qe1
Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Bf4 d6 {½-½ (42) Manik,M (2495)-Laznicka,
V (2480) Brno 2005}) 10... Nc4 (10... Bb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Of6e4] And now ...
Nxe4! would win.} 11. fxe5 Nxe4 $1) 11. Bxc4 $11 Qxc4 12. e5 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3
14. Qxe3 b5 (14... Bc5 15. O-O-O $16) 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Ne4 {
[%cal Og1g7]} Kb8 18. Rd3 Rc8 19. Rgd1 Be7 (19... Bd5 20. Nc3 $11) 20. Rc3 Qa4
21. Rcd3 Bxe4 {This bishop pair is nice.} 22. b3 Qa5 23. Qxe4 Rc7 (23... f5 $5
{[%cal Rf5e4]} 24. Qf3 g5 $15) 24. f5 (24. Ne2 $15) 24... Rhc8 $17 25. Rg3 Ba3
26. h4 (26. Qe1 $142 Bb4 27. Qe3) 26... Qb4 {[%cal Oc7c2]} 27. h5 {[#]} Rc3 $40
{[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack. Really sharp!} ({Stronger than} 27... exf5
28. Qxf5 Qc5 29. Re3 $15) (27... Rxc2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rc1+)} 28.
Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Qf4 30. Rxg7 Qxf5) 28. Rxg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move
loses the game for White.} (28. fxe6 $1 $15 dxe6 29. Rxg7) 28... Rh3 $1 $19 ({
Not} 28... exf5 29. Qd5 (29. Qxf5 Rxb3+ 30. cxb3 Qxd4) 29... Rh3 30. Qd6+ Qxd6
31. exd6 $17) 29. Qe1 {[#]} (29. Nc6+ $142 Rxc6 30. Rg8+ Kc7 31. Qxb4 Bxb4 32.
Rg7) 29... Rh1 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rg1 (30. Nc6+ Rxc6) 30... Rxg1 31. Qxg1 Qc3
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.74/Black=0.14 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2856"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,103,14,27,4,29,14,27,21,21,15,15,7,18,15,21,16,23,29,31,22,26,12,48,
55,62,55,84,93,81,69,68,20,33,24,75,60,60,46,50,60,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54,0,
170,159,162,128,221,0,348,352,533,0,0,0,0,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-19,-67,
-21,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,0,-15,-15,-15,0,-15,0,-15,0,-15]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3.
Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 {[%cal Bc1b2,Bb2c3,
Bc3e1][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 9. e3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 9.
Nbd2. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 {White
has an edge.} Be4 12. Qe2 e6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc5 16. Be1 Ne4
{[#]} 17. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a4 f5 18. Qe2 Rf7 19. Bg2 Bf8 20. f3 Nf6
21. Bc3 Bb4 22. Bb2 Qe7 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 {
½-½ (38) Ganguly,S (2644)-Bu,X (2711) Liaocheng 2017}) 17... f5 18. Rac1 g5
19. Qe2 g4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qxg4 Qe8 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rc5 (23. b4 $14) 23...
h5 24. Qh3 Qf7 (24... b5 $11) 25. Qg2 (25. Rb1 {keeps more tension.} Qf3 26.
Rc2 Rf6 27. b4 axb4 28. Bxb4 Qg4 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30. Be7) 25... a4 26. b4 Qd7 27.
b5 h4 28. Rdc1 (28. gxh4 Rf6 $15) ({Better is} 28. g4 $14) 28... Rf6 $1 $11 29.
bxc6 bxc6 30. g4 (30. gxh4 Kh8 31. Qg5 Rg8 $19) 30... h3 31. Qxh3 {And now Qh5
would win.} Raf8 32. Qg2 {g5 is the strong threat.} Rg6 (32... Rh6 $11) 33. g5
(33. h3 $1 $14) 33... Rf5 $2 (33... Rf3 $11) 34. h4 $18 {Hoping for Ra5.} Bf8
35. R5c2 Be7 36. Rb2 $2 (36. Kf1 $1 $18) 36... Bxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} 37.
Kf1 $1 (37. hxg5 $2 Rfxg5 38. Rb8+ Kh7 $19) 37... Qa7 {[#]} (37... Qd6 $142)
38. Qg4 $2 (38. hxg5 $2 Rfxg5 39. Qh1 (39. Qh2 $2 Qa6+ 40. Re2 Rg1+ 41. Qxg1
Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qxe2 $19) 39... Rg1+ 40. Qxg1 Qa6+ 41. Re2 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qxe2
$19) (38. Ke2 $1 $18) 38... Qa6+ $11 39. Kg1 Rg7 40. Rb8+ {[#]} ({Wrong is} 40.
hxg5 $2 Rgxg5 41. f3 (41. Rb8+ {is a self mate.} Kf7) 41... exf3 $19) (40. Rxc6
$5 Qxc6 41. Qxf5 Bxh4+ 42. Kf1 $11) 40... Bd8 $1 41. Rxd8+ Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8
43. Bb4+ Kg8 {[%cal Bf8g8,Bg8g7,Bg7g6,Bg6h5][%mdl 32]} 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 45. a3 (45. Bd6 $1 $11) 45... Kg6 46. Kg2 Kh5 47. Rh1 c5
(47... Qc8 $15) 48. Bxc5 {The position is equal.} Qg6+ 49. Kf1 Qa6+ {[%mdl
1024] Black has compensation.} 50. Kg2 Qg6+ 51. Kf1 Qa6+ 52. Kg2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.37} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,63,33,9,14,11,7,5,10,6,22,0,10,14,22,19,13,14,14,12,13,25,10,20,20,
14,19,7,12,16,50,27,52,13,11,2,4,2,8,0,0,0,0,-22,-29,-40,-38,-40,-32,-67,-33,
-99]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
h3 Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. a4 a5
10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {The position is equal.} 11.
Bb3 {is the new trend.} c6 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16.
Nxd4 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 {[#]} 19. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. b3
Bd7 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Qd2 Bc7 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Nde2 Nh4 24. Kh2 Nf5 25. Bf4 {
½-½ (25) Willmann,B (2345)-Susla,V (2307) LSS email 2020}) 19... Bc7 20. Qd2
Bd7 {Prevents Nb5.} 21. b3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Qe5 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Rf1 f6 25. Re1 Qd6
({Much less strong is} 25... Rxc3 26. Bf4 (26. Bd2 Qxg3 27. Bxc3 Qxc3 $11)
26... Qh5 27. Qd2 $18) 26. Nf5 Bxf5 (26... Qe5 $2 {[#]} 27. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]
} Kxg7 28. Bxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qd2+ Kg7 31. Qxd5 $18)
27. Qxf5 Ne7 28. Qg4 Rxc3 29. Bf4 Qc5+ {Black is slightly better.} 30. Kh2 $1 {
Hoping for Bxh6.} Kh7 31. h4 {Strongly threatening Qd7.} d4 {White must now
prevent ...Qf5.} (31... Rxb3 $2 32. Qd7 Ng6 33. h5 $18) (31... Qc8 $5 {[%cal
Rc8g4]} 32. Qd1 Qd7 $17) 32. Qe6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very
precise) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} (32. Bd2 $15 Rxb3 33. Qd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,31,27,35,30,-10,28,38,31,43,33,22,32,37,41,33,41,32,33,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,33,0,0,-23,-25,-24,29,0,0,-103,-102,-81,-94,-112,-99,-144,-83,-76,
-90,-83,-83,-88,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,19,242,227,236,232,210,205,340,350,331,
316]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {
D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 {now scores
much better than the old 7...Nc6.} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {[%csl LRe4,LRf7]
White has an edge.} Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 h6 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 $1 13. Bxf6+
gxf6 14. Nxe4 f5 {[#]} 15. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc5 Kf6 16. Rd8 Bg7 17.
Rxh8 Bxh8 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Ne5 20. Bd5 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 {½-½ (56) Radjabov,T
(2765)-Carlsen,M (2847) chess24.com INT 2021}) 15... h5 16. Bc4 Nd7 $1 17. Kb1
Ne5 18. Bb3 Kf6 $1 19. Rhe1 Re8 20. Ba4 Re7 21. h4 Ng6 22. Rd4 Rc7 $1 23. Bb3
e5 ({Better is} 23... Rc6 $1) 24. Rd8 (24. Rd5 $5 {[%cal Rf2f4]}) 24... Nxh4
25. Re8 (25. Rh1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg5 26. Bc2) 25... Ng6 $1 $17 26.
Re6+ Kg5 27. Bc2 h4 $1 28. Re3 (28. Nxf5 $2 Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Nxh4 Rxh4
$1 $19) (28. Ne2 $142) 28... e4 ({Resist} 28... hxg3 29. Rxg3+ Kf4 30. Rf3+ Kg5
31. Rxf5+ Kh6 32. Rfxe5 $16 (32. Rff6 Kg7 $16)) (28... Bg7 $142 {And now ...
Nf4 would win.} 29. Rd6 (29. Nxf5 $2 Rxc2 30. Nxh4 Nxh4 $19) 29... Bf6) 29.
Nxf5 Kxf5 30. R3xe4 {[#] Threatening mate with R4e5+.} Rxc2 $1 31. Kxc2 Bc5 (
31... Bg7 $17 {...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 32. Re8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8 Bd4) 32. g4+
$1 $11 Kg5 33. f4+ Nxf4 34. R6e5+ Kxg4 35. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN}
Kf3 36. Rb4 {Threatens to win with Rf5.} h3 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (36... Ng2
$1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 37. Rc3+ $1 $18 Kg4 {White must now prevent ...
h2.} 38. Rcc4 Rf8 {Hoping for ...h2.} 39. Rxb7 h2 (39... Rf5 $142 40. Rg7+ (40.
Rxa7 h2 $14) 40... Kf3) 40. Rh7 Kg3 41. Kb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 
(flawless) /Black=0.19 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,47,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,28,24,25,31,13,-19,-23,-20,-28,-23,-18,
-26,-37,-68,0,-78,0,-70,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5
Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7...Nxe5.} 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32] C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} 10. Qf3
c4 $1 11. Bf5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 {[#]} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 14. Rd1 f6 15. Rxd5 Qb6 16. Be3 fxe5 17. Rxc5 Rxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe2 Rd8
20. g3 {1-0 (65) Van Foreest,J (2621)-Fridman,D (2637) Batumi 2019}) 14... Bxe3
15. Qxe3 b6 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 $11 {KRR-KRR} Rc5
20. f3 Ra5 21. Re7 Rf7 (21... Rxa2 22. Rxd5 Ra1+ 23. Kf2 $11) 22. Re8+ Rf8 23.
Re7 Rf7 ({Of course not} 23... Rxa2 24. Rxd5 Rxc2 25. h3 $11 (25. Rdd7 Rc1+ 26.
Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Kg3 Kh8 $11)) ({Black should try} 23... g6 $15) 24. Re8+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,76,38,10,7,4,12,6,11,4,37,18,11,0,-2,-9,0,-2,25,24,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3
d6 10. c3 Na5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 11. Ba2 {[%cal
Bb3a2,Ba2b1,Bb1c2][%mdl 32]} c5 $1 12. Bg5 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12...
h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 b4 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4
Rac8 19. b3 a5 20. Bb1 Rfd8 21. Qd3 Qg4 22. Rcd1 Rd7 23. Nd2 Bd8 24. Nf1 {
½-½ (24) Marek,S (2381)-Filipek,J (2370) Slovakia 2003}) 13. Nbd2 bxa4 14.
Bb1 Bc6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc2 {The
position is equal.} Nb3 20. Nxb3 axb3 21. Bxb3 {[%cal Of3e5]} Nf6 22. Bc2 Rfb8
23. b3 Bb5 24. Qd2 Nh7 25. Rad1 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. Re3 Rc8 28. dxe5 dxe5 29.
Bd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Qxd2 31. R1xd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc1+ 32. Rd1
Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 {KR-KR} Rb8 34. Rd3 Rb4 35. f3 a5 36. h4 h5 37. Rd5 {[%csl LRa5,
LRe5]} f6 $1 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,27,16,25,6,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2b3][%mdl 32]} c5
8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines
with 7 Nf3.} O-O {The position is equal.} ({Don't take} 9... Qxc3 10. Rc1 Qb4
11. Rc4 $14 (11. Rxc5 O-O $14)) 10. Nb3 {[#]} Qxc3+ $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
relevant novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Nxc5 Nd7 12. Na4 a6 13. Rc1 b5
14. Nb2 Bb7 15. f3 Qa5 16. Qb3 e5 {0-1 (64) Grischuk,A (2776)-Nepomniachtchi,I
(2792) chess24.com INT 2021}) 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qb2 14. Bc1 {
An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.
03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,127,8,20,0,7,0,24,20,26,0,36,37,47,53,46,47,56,54,51,54,61,58,50,41,
52,59,61,62,70,68,74,75,68,62,87,96,99,91,95,71,112,106,106,93,77,89,212,189,
234,232,281,246,307,307,307,304,286,274,294,297,482,633,610,589,608,248,606,
493,692,633,549,526,965,961,839,838,672,639,571,598,656,654,635,514,591,569,
635,629,543,639,639,639,617,0,339,0,594,493,531,479,649,618,5816,5816,29975,
29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 {
D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} c5 10.
Be2 b6 11. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] [#] White has an edge.} e5 $146 {
[%cal Re5d4]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. e5 b5 13. O-O a6 14. Bf4 e6 15.
Rfd1 Rc8 16. h5 gxh5 17. c4 bxc4 {½-½ (45) Burmeister,F (2123)-Cousins,R 
(2288) ICCF email 2020}) 12. d5 Nf6 (12... f5 {feels hotter.} 13. Ng5 Nf6 14.
Qb3 Kh8 15. a4 h6) 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. h5 Bg4 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. c4 Qe7
18. Qc3 Bg7 19. Qe3 f5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} (21.
Qh3 Qf6 $11) 21... Bf6 22. a5 Bg5 23. Qh3 Qg7 {Inhibits Qh8+.} 24. Qc3 Qf6 25.
Bd3 Qe7 26. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bf6 27. Qc2 Rac8 (
27... Rab8 $142) 28. axb6 $16 axb6 29. O-O {White is more active.} f4 30. Ra7
Qd6 (30... Qg7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. Be2 $18 Bd8 (31... Rc7 $142 32. Rfa1
Rb8) 32. Nh2 (32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Rxd7 f3 34. Bxf3 Rxf3 $11) 32... Bc7 33. Rfa1
Kg7 34. Bg4 Bxg4 35. Nxg4 Rf7 36. f3 Rh8 37. Qb2 Rh5 $2 (37... Re8 38. R1a6 Qe7
) 38. Rb7 Qd8 39. Raa7 Kg8 {[%cal Oh5h1]} 40. Kf2 (40. Kf1 $142) 40... Rh1 $2 (
40... Qh4+ 41. Ke2 Qh1) 41. Ra1 Rh4 {[#]} (41... Bd6 $142) 42. Rxc7 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} Rxc7 (42... Qxc7 43. Nxe5) 43. Qxe5 Rf7 44. Qe6 {Black must now
prevent Ra7.} Rxg4 45. Qxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} ({Weaker is} 45. fxg4
Kg7 $18) 45... Kg7 46. Qe6 Qh4+ 47. Ke2 Qg5 48. Kf1 Qh4 {Threatens to win with
...Qh1+.} 49. Kg1 {Prevents Qh1+.} Qf6 50. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {KR-KR} 51. Kf2 Ke5 52.
Ke2 Kd4 53. Rd1+ Ke5 54. Ra1 {Inhibits Ra7. And now Kd3 would win.} Kd4 $1 55.
Rd1+ $2 (55. Rb1) 55... Ke5 $1 56. Kd3 Ra7 57. Kc3 g5 58. Kb3 {Strongly
threatening d6.} g4 59. d6 {White wants to mate with d7.} gxf3 60. gxf3 {
White mates.} ({Avoid the trap} 60. d7 $2 Rxd7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 61. Rxd7 fxg2
$19) 60... Ke6 61. d7 Rxd7 62. Rxd7 Kxd7 63. Ka4 Kc6 {[#]} 64. e5 $1 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.25 (precise) /Black=0.40} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,23,21,32,8,17,-17,16,13,21,16,43,29,37,28,58,43,47,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,
0,0,0,-35,-24,-29,-10,-10,-11,-4,-12,-8,-15,-22,0,2,9,-11,-17,-15,-14,-26,-20,
-25]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 10...Na6
at the moment. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 11.
c5 Bc7 {[#]} 12. Nc3 $146 {[%cal Rc3e4]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Nf1
Na6 14. Ng3 Ba5 15. Re2 Rae8 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Qa4 Bc7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 {
½-½ (81) Aronian,L (2782)-Erigaisi,A (2627) Kolkata 2021}) 12... Re8 (12...
Nxc5 $5 13. Bxf5 Nxb3 14. Bxd7 Nxa1 $11) 13. Be3 Na6 14. Ne2 f6 15. a3 g5 16.
Qc2 h5 17. Rad1 h4 {[#]} 18. Nd2 (18. Nxh4 $1 $14 gxh4 19. f3) 18... Qh7 $1 $11
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Nc3 Re7 23. h3 Rae8 {[%cal Ba8e8,
Be8e7,Be7a7][%mdl 32]} 24. Kf1 Bb8 25. Bd2 Nc7 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. a4 Ne6 28. Ne2
b6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. b4 Ra7 31. Ra1 Kf7 32. Ke1 Ke8 33. Kd1 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,107,19,25,4,26,28,38,21,28,33,27,15,23,17,22,16,29,20,22,29,27,25,29,
26,29,27,85,83,85,19,14,8,0,-56,-39,-48,-54,-51,-48,-44,-61,-44,0,0,0,-43,-50,
-41,-46,-139,-66,-60,-74,-63,-10,-20,0,-70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,-50,-54,
-54,-55,-55,-99,-66,-65,-24,-24,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,27,8,8,0]} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 {B48: Sicilian:
Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. O-O-O {White is
slightly better.} Bb7 10. f3 Rc8 {And now ...b4 would win.} 11. Qd2 $1 {
[%cal Of1b5]} Bb4 {[%cal Od7d5]} 12. Bd4 f6 13. g5 {[#]} (13. a3 $5 {[%cal
Ra3b4]} Bd6 14. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 $11) 13... h6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... Bd6 14. Kb1 Bf4 15. Qg2 Bxg5 16. e5 b4 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18.
fxe4 Qc6 19. Bd3 Ne7 {1-0 (33) Tari,A (2642)-Suvorov,A (2363) Struga 2021}) 14.
gxh6 Nxh6 15. a3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 e5 {[#]} 17. Nxb5 $1 axb5 18. Bb2 d5 (18... Nf7
$1 $11) 19. Bxb5+ $16 Kf8 20. Ba4 {White is more active.} (20. Qb4+ $1 $16 Kg8
21. Qb3) 20... d4 $1 $11 21. Bb3 Nf7 22. Qb4+ (22. h4 $11) 22... Kg8 $1 $15 {
[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 23. Rd2 {[%cal Of3f4]} Ba6 {aiming for ...
Rb8.} 24. f4 Rb8 $1 25. Qa4 Bb5 26. Qb4 Ba6 (26... Rh3 $15 {might be stronger.}
27. fxe5 fxe5) 27. Qa4 $11 {Black must now prevent fxe5.} Bb5 (27... Kh7 $11
28. fxe5 (28. Bxf7 Qxf7 29. fxe5 fxe5 $11) 28... Nxe5 $1) 28. Qb4 $15 Rh3 $1
29. fxe5 fxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Ba6.} 30. Rg1 {[#]} (30. Rf2 $15 Rxb3
31. Qxb3) 30... Be2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qa4 Qb7 33. Qb4 $1 $11
Qc7 34. Qa4 $1 $15 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Bb5 (34... Rxh2 35. Bc3 (35.
Bxd4 $2 exd4 36. Qxd4 Ke8 $17) 35... Bb5 36. Qb3+ Bc4 37. Ba5 $1 Rxb3 38. Bxc7
Rb1+ 39. Kxb1 $11) (34... Bc4 $15 35. Rdg2 Rh7 36. Rf2+ Kg8) 35. Rdg2 $1 $11
Rh7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 36. Qb3+ (36. Qb4 Kg8 37. Qb3+ Bc4
$17) 36... Bc4 37. Qg3 {[%cal Rg3g7] Strongly threatening Qxg7+!} Qb6 38. Qg6+
Qxg6 39. Rxg6 Rc8 ({Resist} 39... Rxh2 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. a4 $14 (41. R7g5 Rc8
$11)) 40. R6g5 (40. Kb1 $11) 40... Bd3 $1 $15 41. Rf5+ $1 Kg8 42. Rf2 Rh6 {
...Rhc6 is the strong threat.} ({Much worse is} 42... Bxe4 43. Rg5 $11) 43. Rd1
(43. Rd2 $15 Bxe4 44. Re1) 43... Bxe4 44. Re1 {[#]} Rh4 (44... Rf6 $1 $15 45.
Rxf6 Rxc2+ 46. Kd1 gxf6 47. Bxd4 Bd3) 45. a4 $11 Rc5 46. Ba3 Rc8 47. Be7 Rg4
48. h3 Rg2 49. Rxg2 Bxg2 50. Rxe5 d3 51. Bc5 Ra8 52. cxd3 Rxa4 53. Kd2 Bxh3 54.
Re4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,125,-3,-3,-4,-62,-40,-65,-32,-38,-35,-92,0,-31,-28,-37,-22,-43,-22,
-11,0,-20,-41,-102,-94,-82,-99,-129,-116,-117,-59,-68,-56,-56,-58,-59,-45,-64,
-41,-65,-65,-108,-39,-113,-102,-126,-133,-127,-134,-110,-114,-145,-146,-140,
-50,-46,-83,-77,-79,-69,-71,-103,-30,-29,-27,-27,-27,-28,-28,-26,-25,-24,-14,
-17,-11,-15,-15,-16,-14,-22,-14,-14,-18,-22,-22,-28,-8,-44,-8,-14,-14,-14,-8,
-14,-22,-50,-50,-50,-56,-64,-44,-71,-71,-78,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 dxc4 {
D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 9. Rg1 (9. Bxc4 $11 b5 10. Be2) 9... b5 $15 10. e4 {
Threatens to win with e5.} e5 {Strongly threatening ...exd4. Black is slightly
better.} (10... Be7 $5 {[%cal Rc8b7]}) 11. O-O-O $1 Qc7 12. Kb1 {[#]} (12. h4
$1 $15) 12... Bb7 $146 (12... exd4 $17 13. Nxd4 Bxh2) ({Predecessor:} 12...
exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxh2 14. Rh1 Be5 15. Bc1 Nxg4 16. f3 Ngf6 17. f4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4
Nc5 {0-1 (48) Palladino,M (2326)-Goins,D (2110) ICCF email 2018}) 13. h4 O-O-O
14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Ng8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 16. g6 f6
17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 (18. Nxe5 $15 fxe5 19. Be3) 18... c5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20.
Bg2 {Inhibits Nf3.} Ne7 (20... Nxg6 $6 21. Nc3 a6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 $11)
21. Nf4 Qb6 {Inhibits Ne6.} (21... N5xg6 22. Ne6 Qe5 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. f3 $16)
(21... Rd6 $17 22. Be3 N5xg6) 22. Be3 $1 Kb8 (22... N5xg6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.
Ne6 $11) (22... b4 {feels hotter.} 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qb5 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26.
Bxh1 Kb8) 23. b4 cxb3 (23... N7xg6 24. Bxc5 Qa6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nxg6 Nxg6
27. Rd1 $11) 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. axb3 Rc8 {Hoping for ...Ng4.} 26. Rc1 {[%cal
Re3c5]} Qa5 (26... N5xg6 27. Nd3 $14) (26... N7xg6 27. Nd5 Qa5 28. f4 $11) 27.
Qa2 (27. Kb2 $15 {deserves consideration.}) 27... Qxa2+ $17 28. Kxa2 c4 (28...
N7xg6 $6 29. Nxg6 Nxg6 30. Rxc5 $15) (28... N5xg6 $6 29. Ne6 $11) 29. bxc4 Nxc4
({Weaker is} 29... Rxc4 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. Ne6 $11) 30. Bd4 Nc6 31. Bc3 N6e5 32.
Bh3 Rh8 {White must now prevent ...Rh4.} ({Much less strong is} 32... Bxe4 33.
Bxc8 Kxc8 34. Kb3 $14) 33. Bf5 {[#]} Rh2 (33... Rh4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4f4]} 34.
Ne6 Bxe4 35. Bxe5+ Nxe5 36. Nxg7 Bxf5 37. Nxf5 Ra4+ 38. Kb3 Nxg6) 34. Ne6 $15
Rxf2+ 35. Ka1 {[#]} Rg2 $1 ({But not} 35... Nd3 36. Rd1 b4 37. Rxd3 bxc3 38.
Rxc3 Rf1+ 39. Ka2 Rf2+ 40. Ka1 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Rf2+ 42. Ka1 $11) 36. Nxg7 Nxg6 37.
Nh5 Ne7 ({Better is} 37... Bc6 $17 38. Be6 Bxe4 39. Nxf6 Bc2) 38. Be6 $1 $11 {
This bishop pair is nice.} Bxe4 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. Bxf6 Nd5 {And now ...Nb4
would win.} 41. Rxc4 Rg1+ 42. Kb2 Bf5 43. Be5+ Kb7 44. Nf4 Nb6 45. Rc7+ Ka6 46.
Bd4 Rb1+ 47. Ka3 Rd1 48. Bxb6 axb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 49. Ne2 b5 50.
Nc3 Rh1 (50... Rd3 $5 {[%cal Ra6b6]} 51. Rc5 Bd7 $15) 51. Rf7 Bd3 52. Rf3 Bf1
53. Rf2 Bc4 54. Rd2 Ka5 55. Kb2 Rh3 56. Rf2 Rh5 57. Rd2 b4 58. Na2 Bxa2 (58...
Rh3 $17) 59. Kxa2 {The position is equal.} Rb5 60. Kb3 Rc5 61. Rd3 Rc3+ 62.
Rxc3 bxc3 63. Kxc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.
14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,88,0,4,0,0,-2,0,-4,0,0,0,-2,7,0,13,0,12,6,14,0,0,-36,-38,-47,-39,-85,
-84,-80,-68,-82,-66,-68,-79,-69,-62,-89,-66,-56,-72,-94,-97,-116,-56,-67,-45,
-46,-45,-45,-45,-58,-45,-45,-41,-220,-211,-222,-205,-454,-431,-450,-410,-532,
-448,-439,-375,-5918,-1917,-4913,-3218,-2633,-1722,-1664,-877]} 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. a4 (9.
c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. Nf1 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 15.
Kg1 Bg4 16. Bg5 Bxf3 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. gxf3 e4 19. fxe4 Ne5 20. Kh1 Nf3 {0-1 (63)
Van Foreest,J (2688)-Mamedyarov,S (2782) Zagreb 2021}) 9... b4 10. Be3 {
C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2.} Be7 11. a5 {[#] aiming for Ba4.}
O-O {[%cal Od5d4]} 12. Qd3 {To avoid d4. The position is equal.} Nc5 13. Bxc5
Bxc5 14. c3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... d4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c4 Rf4
17. Nbd2 Qd7 18. b3 Rf5 19. Rfe1 Raf8 20. Re2 Qf7 {½-½ (27) Louro,E (1906)
-Cabrera Trujillo,C (1876) IECC email 2018}) 15. Nbd2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba7 (16...
Bf5 $5 17. Qe2 c6 $11) 17. Nd4 Bd7 {[%cal Be6d7,Bd7e8,Be8f7][%mdl 32]} 18. N2f3
{[%cal Oe5e6]} c5 $1 19. e6 {[%cal Ob3c2] [#] Threatens to win with Bc2!} Be8
20. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd3h7]} f5 $1 (20... Ng6 $2 21. exf7+ Bxf7 22. Nxf7
Rxf7 23. Nc6 $18) 21. Nf7 Rxf7 $17 (21... Bxf7 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Ne6 $11) 22.
exf7+ Bxf7 23. Nxf5 c4 24. Bxc4 {Nxe7+ is the strong threat.} Nxf5 25. Bxa6 Nd6
26. Qf3 Bc5 27. Bd3 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Qxa5 29. h4 h5 (29... g6 $17 30. Rc1 Qa3) 30.
g3 $15 Ne8 31. c4 ({But not} 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Qxf7 Nf6 $17) 31... dxc4 32.
Bh7+ Kf8 $1 {And now ...Nf6 would win.} 33. Bg6 $1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf3f7]} Nf6
34. Bxf7 Kxf7 35. Rc1 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (35. Qb7+ $1 $15
Kg6 36. Qb1+ Kf7 37. Qb7+ Kg6 38. Qb1+ Kf7 39. Qb7+) 35... Qc7 36. Kg2 Bd4 37.
Qa8 $2 (37. Rb1 Bb6 38. Rc1) 37... c3 $19 38. Qa2+ Kg6 39. Qc2+ Kh6 40. Qd3
Qb7+ 41. f3 $2 (41. Qf3 Nd5 42. Kh1) 41... Qb2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 42.
Rc2 Qb1 {[%cal Of6d5] White must now prevent ...Nd5!} 43. Qf5 {To avoid Nd5}
Be3 {Hoping for ...Qg1+.} 44. Kh3 Qd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/
Black=0.06 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,111,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-25,-18,-32,-42,-40,-44,0,-48,-39,-47,-22,
-42,85,67,96,41,109,83,100,100,95,106,108,83,88,83,87,80,80,77,45,72,92,90,90,
91,84,51,58,53,192,189,201,218,214,203,206,210,478,453,424,351,343,351,327,339,
318,320,386,374,357,368,882,470,433,264,448,303,278,266,473,329,514,506,725,
716,725,708,831,768,1044,1027,831,826,2540,2506,29960,9841,5529,6509]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 {E36:
Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qg3 {9.Qf3 deserves study.
} Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Nf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} e5 $1
11. Rd1 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Re8 12. b4 {To avoid Qa5} a5 13.
Nd2 axb4 14. axb4 {[#]} Kf8 $146 (14... e4 $15 {is superior.}) ({Predecessor:} 
14... Qc7 15. e3 Nh5 16. Qh4 Nf4 17. Ne4 Ng6 18. Qg3 f6 19. Bd3 fxg5 20. O-O
Nf6 {½-½ (35) Lautenbach,W (2260)-Ugrinovsky,A (2167) ICCF email 2011}) 15.
Qb3 (15. e4 $11 {should be considered.}) 15... h6 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has
compensation.} 16. Bh4 e4 $1 17. e3 d3 {[#]} (17... Ne5 $1 $15 {keeps the
upper hand.}) 18. h3 $1 $16 g5 19. Bg3 Ne5 (19... Kg8 $14) 20. Qb2 Qe7 21. Ra1
Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Bf5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. g4 Bg6 26. Bg2 Re8 27. Nb1
Nd7 28. Kd2 Ra8 29. Kc3 ({Reject} 29. Nc3 $6 Ne5 30. Rd1 (30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31.
Nxe4 Ra2+ 32. Kc3 Ra3+ 33. Kd4 Nc6+ 34. Kd5 d2 $11) (30. Nxe4 Ra2+ 31. Kc3 Ra3+
32. Kd4 Nc6+ 33. Kd5 d2 $11) 30... Nxc4+ 31. Ke1 d2+ 32. Rxd2 Nxd2 33. Kxd2 Re8
$15) 29... Ra2 30. Rd1 Rxf2 31. Rd2 Rf6 {This costs Black the game.} (31...
Rxd2 $1 $14 32. Nxd2 Nf6) 32. Kd4 $18 Re6 33. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nf6 34. b5 Kg7
35. Ra2 {Black must now prevent Ra7.} h5 $2 (35... Re8 {might work better.} 36.
c6 bxc6) 36. gxh5 Bf5 37. Rb2 Kh6 38. Rf2 Bh7 39. Nd5 Nxh5 40. Rxf7 d2 41. Nc3
Ng3 {[%cal Og3e2] Hoping for ...Ne2+!} 42. Nd1 {Threatens to win with Kc3.} ({
Wrong is} 42. Rxb7 $2 {[#]} Ne2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Kd5 Nxc3+ 44. Kxe6 d1=Q
$19) 42... Ne2+ 43. Kd5 Re8 {Strongly threatening ...Bg8.} 44. Kd6 ({Weaker is
} 44. Rxb7 Bg8+ 45. Kc6 Bxc4 $18) 44... Bg6 $2 (44... Bg8 45. Rxb7 Bxc4) 45.
Rd7 {aiming for Kc7.} Nf4 (45... Rb8 $2 46. Kc7 Re8 47. Kxb7 $18) 46. Kc7 {
[%cal Oc7b7]} Nxg2 $2 (46... Nd3 {keeps fighting.} 47. Bf1 Nxc5 48. Rxd2 Re7+
49. Kb6 Na4+ 50. Ka5 Nc5) 47. Rxd2 Ne1 (47... Re5 $142 48. Rxg2 Rxc5+ 49. Kxb7
Rxc4) 48. Kxb7 Nd3 49. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Bf5 50. c7 Re5 51. Nb2
Nc5+ 52. Kc6 Nb3 53. Rd8 Rc5+ 54. Kd6 g4 55. hxg4 Bxg4 56. b6 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,46,67,75,128,13,16,12,37,39,64,3,7,-29,-28,-51,-42,-55,0,0,0,22,25,
-75,-62,-80,-78,-109,-109,-108,-106,-111,-104,-101,-79,-88,-60,-92,-22,-7,0,0,
0,0,0,-65,-59,-68,0,-68,-67,-68,-55,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,173,-31,0,0,188]} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted:
3 e3 and 3 e4.} Qb6 (6... a6 $142) 7. Be2 {7.b3 is becoming the main line.} (7.
Nd5 $16 Qc6 8. Bf4) 7... e6 $11 8. Nh3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb4
9. O-O Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Nf4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nf8 {
0-1 (55) Tsolakidou,S (2377)-Lin,D (2222) Charlotte 2021}) 9. O-O Nf6 10. e5 (
10. Be3 $1 $14) 10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Nf4 Nc6 13. Be3 {[%cal Ob2b3]} Rd8
(13... Be7 $15) 14. b3 Bb4 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Qc2 (16. Nh5 $11 {remains equal.})
16... O-O $17 (16... Nxd4 $2 17. Bxd4 Qc6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxa7 $18) 17. Rfd1
Ne7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} a5 20. f5 f6 21. e6 g6
22. g4 Kh8 23. Kh1 Rg8 (23... Rb8 $17 24. Rdb1 Qc7) 24. Rf1 $1 $11 gxf5 25.
gxf5 Bd6 26. Rab1 $1 Qc7 27. Bh5 {Active counter play!} (27. Bd1 $1 $11) 27...
Rb8 $1 $15 {[%cal Ob8b3]} 28. Qf2 {Hoping for Rxb8.} c3 (28... Rxb1 $1 $15 29.
Rxb1 c3) 29. Bh6 ({Better is} 29. Rxb8 $11 Qxb8 30. Bf7) 29... Rxb1 30. Rxb1
Qc4 31. Be2 {[#] Inhibits Qd3.} Qa2 ({Black should try} 31... c2 $1 $15 32. Rc1
(32. Rf1 Qb4) 32... Qb4) 32. Rc1 $1 $11 {[%cal Of2h4]} Nc6 33. Rg1 {White
wants to mate with Rxg8+.} Ne7 {Threatens to win with ...Rxg1+.} 34. Rc1 {
[%cal Of2h4] Black must now prevent Qh4!} Rg4 {Prevents Qh4.} 35. Be3 $2 {
[#] This bishop pair is nice.} ({Weaker is} 35. Rxc3 Qb1+ 36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37.
Bxf1 Nxf5 38. Rc8+ Rg8 $17) (35. Rf1 $1 $18 Re4 36. Qg1) 35... Rg7 (35... Ba3
$1 $15 36. Re1 Rg8) 36. Bh6 $18 Rg4 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/
Black=0.25 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,73,12,17,11,17,10,10,19,0,0,21,0,0,-16,-32,-32,0,-35,0,-70,0,0,0,0,0,
-12,26,39,47,42,77,50,48,75,60,27,33,43,36,35,40,35,37,43,38,41,45,37,32,25,25,
15,17,23,37,43,35,21,25,0,14,0,0,-10]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+
5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc1 {7.Qc2 is becoming the main line. E11: Bogo-Indian.
} Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 c6 10. Bf4 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11.
Ne5 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qb5 Nh5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17.
Nc3 Ne8 18. Qd3 Nd6 19. b3 f5 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Nxd6 {½-½ (22)
Gelfand,B (2663)-Cheparinov,I (2664) Warsaw 2021}) 11. h4 h6 12. Ne5 Nh5 13.
Be3 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 $11) 15... Nhf6 (15... Nxe5 $15 16. dxe5
f6) 16. Nd3 Nb6 17. c5 Nbd7 18. Bb4 b6 19. cxb6 Bxb4 20. Qxc6 ({Of course not} 
20. Nxb4 Qxb6 21. Nc2 c5 $15) 20... Ba5 {[#]} 21. b7 {White is more active.} ({
Reject} 21. Qxa8 Qxb6 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 $15) 21... Bxb7 22. Qxb7 Qe7
23. Qb5 a3 24. Nxa3 Rfb8 25. Qc6 Rc8 26. Qa4 {Threatens to win with Qb3.} Bc3
$1 27. Qb3 {Strongly threatening Nb5.} Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Qxa3 29. Qxa3 (29. Rdc1 {
is interesting.} Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Nb6 31. Bf1 Nc4 32. e3) 29... Rxa3 30. Rdc1
Rca8 31. Nb4 R3a4 32. Rab1 g5 ({Resist} 32... Rb8 {[#]} 33. Nxd5 $1 exd5 34.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rxb8 $16) 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rb3 Nb6 35. Rc2 Kg7 36.
e3 Nc4 37. Rc1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.09 
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2856"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,61,0,0,0,27,9,7,0,12,12,18,17,14,6,7,8,6,10,6,6,8,6,5,7,5,0,20,14,16,
0,56,83,127,120,145,151,234,239,226,226,356,362,504,504,890,864,952,927,858,
812,875,812]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 $1
7. Be3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Bd6 {
[#]} 8. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nfd2 O-O 9. Nxc4 Ne7 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. e4 f6
12. Be3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 {1-0 (47) Mulyar,M (2385)-Zeng,S (1863)
Philadelphia 2018}) 8... b5 9. b3 {The position is equal.} Bb7 10. bxc4 bxc4
11. Qxc4 Nb4 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17.
Qa4 c5 18. Qxa7 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 cxd4 20. Ra2 ({Not} 20. Qxd4 Be5 21. Qe3 Bxa1 22.
Rxa1 Qa5 $17) 20... Qe7 (20... Ne5 $11) 21. a4 $1 $14 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5b6,
Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} ({Reject} 21. Qxd4 Bxa3 22. Rc6 Bc5 $11) 21... Rfd8 (21... Rb4
$142) 22. Qxd4 $16 Rb4 23. Qc3 {White is more active.} Nb6 (23... Ne5 $16 {
is a better defense.}) 24. a5 $18 Qa7 25. Qe3 {[#] aiming for Rc6.} Be7 (25...
Rc8 {was necessary.} 26. Rca1 Bc5 27. axb6 Qxb6) 26. Rcc2 Bg5 27. Qc5 {White
is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 27. axb6 Qxa2 28. Rxa2 Bxe3 29. fxe3
Rxb6 $16) 27... Be7 {[#]} (27... Qe7 $142 28. Qxe7 Bxe7 29. axb6 Rxb6) 28. axb6
$1 Qxa2 (28... Qd7 29. Qc7) 29. Qxe7 Qxc2 30. Qxd8+ Kh7 31. b7 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.29 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,9,8,6,18,0,0,7,20,22,10,0,0,0,10,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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.
Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 {The position is equal.} Rc8 {D41:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17.
Qf4 {[%cal Od4d5]} Qc7 18. Ne5 Re7 19. Qh4 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19...
Qd8 20. f3 h6 21. Qf2 Rec7 22. h4 Rc3 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. Qd4 R3c5 {
0-1 (73) Aronian,L (2773)-Grischuk,A (2777) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 20. Rd3 {
Black should prevent Rf3.} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rg3 {[#]
aiming for Qxf6.} Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 {Dancing on a razor blade.} a4 $1
24. Bd1 {Black must now prevent Qh4.} f6 25. Nd3 Qd6 26. Nc5 Rxc5 27. Qa8+ Kf7
28. dxc5 Qxd1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. Kh2 {[#] And now Qh8
would win.} Qd4 30. c6 Rc7 31. Qh8 $36 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 2048]
White has some pressure.} f5 32. Qxh7 b4 ({Don't play} 32... Qf6 33. Qh5+ g6
34. Qe2 $14 (34. Qh7+ Qg7 $11)) 33. Qh5+ Ke7 34. Qh8 Kf7 35. Qh5+ Ke7 36. Qh8
Kf7 {An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /
Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,31,17,24,10,22,0,0,9,9,6,8,-13,0,-50,0,-8,0,0,-10,-22,-22,-6]} 1. Nf3
c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 {B13: Caro-Kann:
Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Be6 8. Be2 (8. c5 {seems
wilder.} g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Qb3 Ra7 11. Be2) 8... g6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. O-O Bg7
11. c5 O-O {[#]} 12. b4 $146 (12. Qd2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 f5 13. Qd2 h6
14. Rad1 g5 15. Rfe1 g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 d4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxe5 {
0-1 (46) Mchedlishvili,M (2639)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Leon 2012}) 12... f5 (
12... g5 $15) 13. Qd2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qf6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 14.
Rfd1 g5 {Threatening ...g4.} 15. Nxg5 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 {A balanced but
interesting game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.06
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,84,4,10,12,16,19,6,8,15,18,16,17,35,45,33,45,42,5,50,48,45,44,58,58,
54,60,48,56,69,58,58,53,78,91,81,85,90,37,37,40,37,35,79,13,9,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,-29994,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O
6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5
13. Nc3 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bd6 {
This bishop pair is nice.} 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 {[#]} 18. Nc6 $1 {[#]} Qe8
$146 (18... Bxf4 19. Nxd8) ({Predecessor:} 18... Bxf4 19. Nxd8 Rfxd8 20. gxf4
c5 21. a4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nb6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 {½-½ (31)
Elyoseph,H (2428)-Schmidt,T (2433) ICCF email 2019}) 19. Qf3 f5 20. b4 e5 (
20... Nf6 $11 {feels stronger.}) 21. dxe5 $14 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rac1 c6
24. Nb1 Rf6 25. Nd2 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Rc5 {[%cal Od2c4] [#] Black must now
prevent Nc4!} Ra6 28. Qe3 Re6 {Hoping for ...Bd6.} 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. e4 (30. e3
$16) 30... f4 31. Nf3 Ra8 32. Rdc1 h6 {Inhibits Ng5.} (32... Ra6 $1 $14 {
should be considered.}) 33. g4 (33. Nxe5 $16 Rxe5 34. Rxc6) 33... Bc7 $11 34.
Qc2 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Bb6 35. Rxc6 Rxa2 $1 36. Qxa2 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. e5 b4
39. Qf7 Qc5 {Prevents Qf8+.} 40. Kh3 {Strongly threatening g5.} Qxf2 41. Qe8+
Kh7 42. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.06 (flawless)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,102,0,2,10,0,0,0,9,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,10,-33,-48,-78,-67,-110,-66,-71,
-56,-64,-35,-51,47,34,35,38,40,43,52,-5,16,12,26,16,18,18,116,0,0,-9,0,-87,-80,
-136,-138,-149,-161,-150,-121,-216,-56,-47,-47,-38,0,-751,-637,-702,-749,-714,
-703,-762,-365,-377,-376,-939,-939,-939,-939,-1961,-1952,-1314,-846,-29982,
-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29972]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5.
Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. a3 c6 10. Re1 Bh7 11. e4 Nbd7 $1 {
[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 11...Na6. A07: Réti Opening: New
York and Capablanca Systems.} 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. a4 {[#]} Rfc8 $146 {The position
is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. e5 Nd5 17.
Nd4 Rfd8 18. h4 Nb4 19. Na3 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 {0-1 (73) Ternault,M (2324)-Flom,G 
(2499) Europe Echecs INT 2020}) 14. Rac1 Bc5 15. e5 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,
Bc7a6][%mdl 32]} 16. Nf1 Qd8 17. Ne3 Nc7 18. Kh1 (18. d4 $11 {feels stronger.}
Be7 19. Nd2) 18... b5 $15 19. Nd4 bxa4 20. bxa4 (20. Nxc6 $15 Qe8 21. c4 (21.
bxa4 Nb6 $17)) 20... Nb6 (20... Na6 $17) 21. Ra1 Na6 22. Nb3 Be7 23. f4 {
[%cal Of4f5]} (23. Nxa5 Nc5 24. Nb3 Nbxa4 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 $17) 23... Qd7 (23...
Nb4 $15) 24. f5 $1 $14 (24. Nxa5 Nc5 25. Bc3 Nbxa4 $17) 24... exf5 25. Qf3 Nc5
26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. d4 (27. Bh3 $1 $14) 27... Be7 28. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Re3f5]} g6
29. g4 {[%cal Rg4f5] Prevents h5.} f4 30. g5 Qa7 {[#]} (30... Qe8 $1 $11 {
keeps the balance.} 31. e6 (31. Qxf4 Bxg5 32. Qf2 Bxe3 $11) (31. Bxc8 fxe3 32.
Bh3 Nc4 $11) 31... fxe3 32. Rxe3 Bxg5 33. exf7+ Qxf7) 31. Bxc8 ({Don't play} 
31. Qxf4 $6 Bxg5 32. Qf2 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Nc4 $14) ({Better is} 31. Ng4 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rg4h6]} hxg5 32. Ba3) 31... fxe3 $11 32. e6 Bxg5 33. Bd7 (33. Qxf7+ $11 {
remains equal.} Qxf7 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Bb7) 33... fxe6 $17 34. Bxe6+ (34. Bxc6
$142 Rf8 35. Qg4) 34... Kh8 35. Ba3 {[#]} Nc4 $1 (35... Nxa4 $2 36. Bd6 Bg8 37.
Be5+ Kh7 38. Bxg8+ Kxg8 39. Rxa4 $18) 36. Bc5 Qg7 {White must now prevent ...
Nd2.} 37. Qg4 (37. Bh3 $17) 37... Bf6 $2 ({Black should try} 37... Re8 $19 {
aiming for ...Qf6.} 38. Rad1 Bg8 39. Bxg8 Kxg8) 38. Rab1 $15 g5 39. Bf5 {
Inhibits Be4+.} Re8 (39... Bxf5 {seems wilder.} 40. Qxf5 Qf7 41. Rf1 Nd2 42.
Rb7 Qxb7 43. Qxf6+ Qg7) 40. Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Nxb6 41. Bxb6 Bxf5 42. Qxf5
Bxd4 43. Bxa5 Bc3 (43... Rf8 $142 44. Qg4 Rf2) 44. Bxc3 $19 Qxc3 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQR} 45. Kg2 $2 (45. Re2 Re4 46. Qf7) 45... Qd2+ ({Weaker is} 45...
Qxe1 46. Qf6+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qf6+ $11) 46. Kf1
Kg7 {( -> ...Rf8)} 47. Qd7+ Kf6 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rd2f2]} 48. Qd6+ Kf5 {[%csl
Ge3][%cal Rd2f2]} 49. Qd7+ Re6 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rd2f2] Black mates.} 50. Qh7+
Kg4 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rd2f2]} 51. Qf7 Re4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.64/
Black=0.39} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,129,27,21,25,7,39,11,13,10,0,1,11,20,2,21,21,33,29,20,25,24,32,16,51,
35,60,59,59,65,56,55,73,74,106,83,114,113,102,92,116,118,140,128,145,86,84,0,
143,145,141,122,141,135,132,127,126,129,141,137,137,129,149,149,150,148,148,
148,148,148,148,148,142,142,173,154,196,186,211,206,211,156,156,156,197,201,
201,201,201,201,208,201,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,219,237,237,254,
244,259,213,220,0,360,360,529,534,535,528,528,521,887,870,799,650]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6,
main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. Re1 (7. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rd3d4]}) 7... Ba7 8.
Na3 h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nb5 {[#]} Bb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb6
10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Bd7 13. a4 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Qb3 Qb8 {
½-½ (36) Marbourg,D (2477)-Fabri,L (2392) ICCF email 2021}) 10. d4 O-O 11. h3
Re8 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Be3 c6 15. Nc3 Ba7 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bf1 Qf6 18.
d5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 c5 20. g3 a4 21. Nd2 Qg5 22. Nb5 {And now Qxg5 would win.} Rd8
23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. b4 b6 25. Rab1 Kf8 26. Re3 Ke7 27. Nc7 (27. Ra3 $142) 27...
Ra7 $16 {[#]} 28. Nb5 {White is more active.} (28. bxc5 $142 $1 bxc5 29. Nb5)
28... Ra8 $1 29. Ra3 Bd7 30. Nc3 Ra7 31. b5 Rda8 32. Be2 Nf6 33. Kg2 Kd8 34.
Rh1 Kc7 35. Bd1 Ng8 36. Rxa4 Rxa4 37. Bxa4 Nh6 38. Bd1 Ra3 39. Ndb1 Ra8 40. a4
f6 41. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3g4][%mdl 32]} Ng8 42. Nf1 N8e7 (42...
Nh6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 43. Nd2 Ne7) 43. Ne3 $18 Rh8 44. Bg4 Bxg4 45. Nxg4
Ra8 46. Ne3 Rh8 (46... Kd7 $16 47. Kf3 Kc7) 47. Ra1 Ra8 48. Nb1 Nf8 49. Nd2 Nd7
50. Nb3 Rh8 51. a5 bxa5 52. Rxa5 {Threatens to win with Ra7+.} Nc8 {To avoid
Ra7+} 53. Ra6 {Rc6+ is the strong threat.} Ndb6 54. Na5 Rf8 55. Nf5 Rf7 56. h4
gxh4 57. Nxh4 ({Don't play} 57. gxh4 $6 g6 $18) 57... Rf8 58. Kh3 Rh8 {Hoping
for ...g5.} 59. Kg2 $2 (59. Kg4 $18) 59... Rh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Rf8 $1
$11) 60. Ng6 Nd7 (60... Rh6 {was called for.}) 61. Nc6 {White is clearly
winning.} Ndb6 62. Nf8 Rh8 63. Ne6+ Kd7 64. Na7 Nxc4 {[#]} 65. Rc6 $1 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.21 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,55,31,10,33,36,41,30,37,36,64,49,43,57,42,30,58,26,27,8,8,15,17,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 $1 Qb8 {
B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 12. h4 {And now h5 would
win.} h5 13. Be2 a6 {White has an edge.} 14. Nc3 Be7 15. g3 {White is more
active.} b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. a4 {Black should prevent 0-0.} f5
19. Bxh5 {aiming for Bg5.} Bxb5 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxg6 {[#]
Threatens to win with Bg5.} Bd8 {[#] Hoping for ...Ba5.} 21. Qb3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 21. Bd2 Qb7 22. Qb3 Qb6 23. Qc3 Qb7 24. Qb3 Qb6 25. Qc3 Qb7 {
½-½ (25) Arjun,K (2503)-Ivic,V (2571) Riga 2021}) 21... Ba5+ 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ $1
23. Kxd2 Qa7 {[%csl LRa4,LRf2] [#] ( -> ...Qd4+)} 24. Qe3 ({Avoid the trap} 24.
Qxb5 $2 Rab8 25. Qd3 Qxf2+ 26. Kd1 Qxb2 $19) 24... Qa5+ 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Qe3
Qa5+ 27. Qc3 Qb6 28. Qe3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.
03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,68,23,17,16,15,10,29,11,20,24,28,14,13,20,28,37,24,47,-2,20,17,15,15,
14,2,0,-36,-36,-70,-46,-58,-67,-66,-46,-177,-158,-177,-174,-187,-164,-210,-192,
-201,-212,-291,-95,-230,-257,-956,-913,-1150,-1153,-1173,-1164,-1295,-1291,
-1171,-1110]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O c5 7.
b3 {7.Re1 is the recent fashion.} b6 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical
main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} 8. Ba3 Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 {White has an edge.} 10.
Bxd5 Rb8 11. Bb2 Be7 $1 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qc2 {[#]} b5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Strongly threatening ...b4. New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14.
Rad1 b5 15. Be4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rbe8 {
1-0 (47) Romig,J (2141)-Domingo Gadea,J (1892) FICGS email 2018}) 14. Rfd1 Qc7
15. a4 (15. Ng5 $14 {might be stronger.}) 15... h6 (15... b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]}
16. Ne4 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Bb7 $11) 16. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 17.
Qe2 Qb6 18. e4 Re8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Qf4 b4 21. Na4 {[#]} Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qe6 {
Threatens to win with ...Bb7.} 23. Rad1 (23. Nxc5 $15 Bxc5 24. Rxc5) 23... Ra8
{[%cal Oc5c4]} 24. Qc1 Qxe4 25. h3 ({Don't play} 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Rxd7 Rad8)
25... Ra7 26. Qd2 (26. R5d4 {might work better.} cxd4 27. Re1 Qxe1+ 28. Nxe1)
26... Qg6 {[%cal Oc5c4]} 27. Nh4 Qe6 28. Nf5 {[%cal Ob2g7] [#]} c4 $2 (28...
Bb7 $1 $19 29. Nxh6+ Qxh6 30. Rxd7 (30. Qxh6 $2 Bxd5 31. Qg5 Bxb3 $19) 30...
Qg6) 29. Qd4 (29. Bxg7 $17 Bxg7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Rd6) 29... Nf6 $19 30. Nb6 (
30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Qxf6) 30... c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3b2][%mdl 32] Black is
clearly winning.} 31. Nxc8 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Nxa7 cxb2 34. Rb1 Re2 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.09 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,57,0,13,0,7,10,0,2,8,10,12,21,23,13,16,16,11,14,11,17,33,0,0,0,23,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d5 7. exd5 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nxc6 {[#]} Qxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... bxc6 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11.
Bf4 Bc5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 a5 15. b3 Bc6 {0-1 (36) Rak,J (1428)
-Janeczko,J (1532) Warsaw 2018}) 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc5 12. O-O-O {[#] Hoping
for Bxc5.} Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Rc8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc6c2]} 14. c3 {Active counter
play!} Qc5 $1 15. Qg3 ({Don't play} 15. Qd2 Ba4 16. Re1 O-O $15) 15... g6 16.
Bd3 Ba4 17. Rd2 b5 18. Qf4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32] The position is
equal.} 19. Qf6 O-O {White must now prevent ...b4.} 20. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh2h4,
Bh4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32] And now h5! would win.} b4 21. h5 $1 h6 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3,
Bh7h6,Bh6g5][%mdl 32]} (21... bxc3 $2 {[#]} 22. h6 $1 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qc3+ 24.
Qxc3 $18) 22. axb4 {Really sharp!} axb4 23. c4 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. hxg6 Bb3
26. Rh5 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 28. Kd1 fxg6 29. Rxg5 {A balanced but interesting
game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,23,17,18,32,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-40,0,0,0,0,94,-8,-26,-45,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,18,12,21,446,450,
460,437,908,921,924,919,877,870,754,757,699,650]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36:
Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} Bb7 10. Ne5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting
side line.} Qd6 11. e3 {[#] The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
11... Bd5 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. f3 h6 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd4
Rfe8 18. e4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qxf4 20. Qxd5 Qxf3 {0-1 (20) Radovic,G (1837)
-Milovanovic,S (2069) Nis 2019}) 12. Bf4 {[%cal Oe5g6] Strongly threatening
Ng6!} Qe7 13. dxc5 Rc8 {To avoid c6} 14. Be2 Rxc5 15. Qd4 Nd5 16. Bg3 f6 (16...
Nc6 $11 17. Nxc6 Rxc6) 17. Nc4 (17. Nd3 $14) 17... Ba6 {aiming for ...Nc6.} 18.
b3 $1 Nc6 19. Qb2 {Bd6 is the strong threat.} e5 20. Rd1 Na5 21. O-O Nxc4 22.
bxc4 Nc7 23. Qb3 Qe6 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Re8 {[#]} (25... Rc8
$11) 26. Bf2 (26. Rfd4 $1 $16) 26... Qf7 27. Rfd4 Bc8 ({Better is} 27... Ne6 $1
$15 28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7) 28. Bg3 Ne6 29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Nc5 31. Qc3
Ne4 32. Qd4 Bd7 33. Bf4 g5 34. Bc7 Kg7 35. Rf1 Qe7 36. Bh5 Rc8 {[%mdl 8192]
This move loses the game for Black.} (36... Rf8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing
to worry.}) 37. d6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qe6 38. Bf3 {[%cal Bh5f3,
Bf3d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32]} Nc5 (38... Nxd6 $142 39. Bxd6 Rc4) 39. Bd5 Qe5 40. Qxe5
fxe5 41. Rf7+ Kg6 {[#]} 42. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd7 43. Be6 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.28 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,102,35,23,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,14,16,14,16,11,18,15,9,10,12,
12,12,12,6,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,58,60,104,116,138,89,106,81,113,
106,141,96,302,67,55,32,64,38,34,49,42,45,45,39,32,65,21,20,19,11,10,0,8,8,6,8,
8,8,8,8,8,8,9,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 {[%cal
Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 {B48: Sicilian:
Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Ne2 Qxe4 11. Rg1 Qc4 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Nh5
{[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nd5 15. Bd4 Rg8 (15... Qxh2 $2 16. Rg3
Bb7 17. Bg2 $18 (17. Nxg7+ Bxg7 18. Bxg7 Rg8 $14)) 16. Qd3 {[#]} g6 $146 {[#]}
(16... Qxh2 $2 17. Qxh7 $1 Qxg1 18. Qxg8 $18) ({Predecessor:} 16... b3 17. Qxb3
Rb8 18. Qc4 Qa5 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qe2+ Kd8 22. Bd4 Bc5 23. Bxg7
Rxg7 24. Nxg7 {0-1 (28) Raja,H (2484)-Gledura,B (2652) Dulles 2022}) 17. Bg2 $1
gxh5 (17... Bb7 18. Bxd5) 18. Bxd5 Bb7 (18... exd5 $2 19. Rde1+ Be7 20. Qxh7
Qf4+ 21. Be3 Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 $18) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. gxh5 Rxg1 21. Rxg1 Qd5 22.
b3 f5 23. Qe3 Qe4 24. Qd2 Rc8 {[%cal Of8h6] Strongly threatening ...Bh6!} 25.
Kb1 $1 f4 26. Qd1 d6 27. f3 Qd5 28. Qd3 {[%csl LRa6,LRh7]} Rc7 29. Re1 Re7 (
29... Be7 $11) 30. Re4 $1 $14 e5 {[#]} (30... a5 $14 {is more appropriate.})
31. Qxa6 $1 $16 Kf7 {[#]} 32. Bb2 (32. Qc8 $142 $1) 32... Qd1+ 33. Bc1 d5 {[#]}
34. Re2 ({Stronger than} 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 e4 $17) 34... Rc7 {[#]} 35. Rf2
(35. h6 $142 $1) 35... d4 $2 (35... Qd4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 36. Rf1 Qc5) 36.
Qb6 $2 ({White should play} 36. Qb5 $18 Ke6 37. Qe8+ (37. Re2 Bc5 $16) 37...
Be7 38. Qg8+ Kd6 39. Qxh7) 36... Rc3 $14 37. Qb7+ Be7 38. Qe4 Ke6 {[%cal Bf7e6,
Be6f6,Bf6g7,Bg7g6][%mdl 32]} 39. Qxh7 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Qg1 40. Qg6+
$1 Qxg6 41. hxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf6 42. Bd2 Rc8 43. Rg2 {
g7 is the strong threat. The position is equal.} Kg7 $1 44. Re2 Bd6 45. h4 Rh8
46. Be1 {Hoping for Rg2.} Kxg6 47. Kc1 Ra8 48. Kd2 Rxa2 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. h5 {
And now Bh4 would win.} Bf8 51. h6 Bxh6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 
(very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,106,-12,6,6,14,0,11,-1,16,20,38,31,32,31,68,24,32,21,47,55,57,59,65,
56,70,35,44,0,0,-27,0,-52,-33,-51,-19,-39,-22,-44,-45,-52,-57,-53,-49,-146,
-149,-158,-167,-185,-85,-129,-120,-193,-128,-158,-167,-134,-175,-156,-141,-135,
-150,-147,-31,-47,-37,-60,0,0,0,0,0,-50,-49,-339,-334,-334,-339,-335,-325,-325,
-302,-301,-293,-277,-276,-343,-332,-568,-568,-560,-544,-1161,-1045,-927,-912,
-1043,-854]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7.
c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} b6
8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32] [#] The position is equal.
} Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... f6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e4 Bb7 12. h5 Rd8 13.
hxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3 e6 15. e5 f5 {1-0 (37) Parramon Ros,F (2067)-Medina Masdeu,R
(1923) Girona 2012}) 10. Bxe5 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h5 Qd6 13. Qa4 (13. dxc5
$14 bxc5 14. Qa4) 13... cxd4 $1 $11 14. exd4 Bf5 15. Nf1 g5 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. h6+
Kh8 {[%cal Oa7a6]} 18. Qb3 e6 19. Rd1 (19. Qd1 $14) 19... Rac8 20. Qc2 f5 21.
c4 (21. Rh5 $11) 21... Ne7 22. Qc3 Ng6 23. b3 Qe7 24. g3 Bc6 25. Rh5 Qf6 26.
Rd2 Ne7 (26... f4 {feels hotter.} 27. Ng4 Qf5 28. Nh2 fxg3 29. fxg3 Qf2+) 27.
Nc2 (27. Qb2 $15) 27... f4 28. gxf4 gxf4 (28... Qxf4 29. Qg3 $11) 29. Kd1 Be8 (
29... dxc4 $19 {has better winning chances. Strongly threatening ...Nd5.} 30.
bxc4 Bd5 $1) 30. Rh3 (30. Re5 $142) 30... Bg6 31. Ne1 (31. Rh1 $17) 31... Bf5 (
31... Nf5 $19 32. Bd3 Nd6 33. Bxg6 hxg6) 32. Rh1 $17 dxc4 33. bxc4 b5 {[%cal
Oe7d5]} 34. c5 Nd5 {[%cal Be7d5,Bd5c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32]} 35. Qb2 {[#]} b4
$1 {Black is much more active.} 36. Bd3 a5 ({Black should try} 36... e5 $17 {
aiming for ...e4.} 37. Bxf5 Qxf5) 37. Kc1 $15 Nc3 {Threatens to win with ...
Na4.} 38. Nf3 Rfd8 (38... Ne4 $1 $15) 39. Qc2 $11 Bxd3 {Dancing on a razor
blade.} (39... Bg4 $5 40. Ne5 Rxc5 41. dxc5 (41. Nxg4 $2 Nxa2+ 42. Kb1 Rxc2 $19
) 41... Qxe5 $11) 40. Rxd3 Rd5 41. Ne5 (41. Rxc3 $11 bxc3 42. Qe4) 41... Nb5 $1
$15 42. Rhd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Now White is beyond hope.} (42. Qb2 $1 $15)
42... Nxd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Rxd4 Rcxc5 ({Stronger than} 43... Rxe5 44.
c6 Rd5 45. Rxd5 exd5 46. Rxd5 (46. c7 Qa1+ 47. Kd2 Qe5 $11) 46... Rxc6 47. Rd8+
Qxd8 48. Qxc6 $11) (43... Qxe5 44. Rxd5 exd5 45. Rxd5 Qa1+ 46. Kd2 $16) 44.
Rxd5 {White wants to mate with Rd8+.} (44. Rc4 Qxe5 45. Rxd5 Qa1+ 46. Kd2 Rxd5+
47. Ke2 Re5+ 48. Re4 f3+ 49. Kxf3 Qh1+ 50. Ke3 Qxh6+ 51. Ke2 Qh5+ 52. Ke3 Qg5+
53. Kd3 Rc5 54. Qb2+ Rc3+ 55. Qxc3+ bxc3 $19) 44... Rxc2+ 45. Kxc2 {White
threatens Rd8+ and mate.} exd5 46. Rxd5 {[%cal Od5d8][%mdl 4096] Endgame [#]
Rd8+! is the strong threat. KQ-KRN} Kg8 $1 47. Rxa5 {Threatening mate with
Ra8+.} Qf5+ ({Inferior is} 47... Qxh6 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. Ra8+ Kg7
51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Ra8+ $11) 48. Kb3 {Ra8+ would kill now.} Qb1+ 49. Kc4 $2 (49.
Ka4 Qxa2+ 50. Kxb4 Qd2+ 51. Ka4) 49... Qe4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Kb3
f3 51. Nc4 Qb1+ 52. Ka4 Qxa2+ 53. Kb5 {[#]} b3 $1 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.37/Black=0.12 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,74,13,3,-2,7,0,-10,-12,-5,-12,-15,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-9,-191,-29,
-33,-41,-20,-20,-20,-20,-22,-18,-108,-31,-153,-155,-145,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-14,-8,-5,-20,-45]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 $1 {7.Be3 is better than 7.Bf4.} Nd7 8.
Qd3 {[#] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nc5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. h3 c5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Qxb5 Bd7 13. Qa6
Rb8 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Ne4 {½-½ (84) Zhao,J (2638)-Xu,Y (2527) Xinghua 2021}
) 9. Bxc5 (9. Qe2 {with more complications.} O-O 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Kb1 Bd7 12.
Qc4) 9... dxc5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 {Prevents Ne5.} 13.
Rhe1 Rxe1 14. Rxe1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Bd7 {To avoid Re8+} 15. h4 Kf8 16. Ng5 b5 17.
Nxh7+ Kg8 18. Bd3 Bxh4 19. g3 Bd8 {...Bc6 is the strong threat.} 20. f4 $1 {
[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} f6 21. Bg6 c6 22. c4 {[#]} (22. g4 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 22... bxc4 ({Black should play} 22... Bc7 $1 $17 23. Re4 (23. Re7
Rd8 $17) 23... Bh3) 23. c3 {[#]} ({Better is} 23. f5 $1 $15) 23... Bc7 $1 $17
24. Re3 Rd8 (24... Bh3 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rd8.} 25. Re7 Bd6) 25. f5
$1 $11 {The position is equal.} Bc8 26. Kc2 Be5 {[%cal Od8d3]} 27. g4 $1 Rd3
28. Re4 {[%cal Oh7g5]} (28. Rxd3 cxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Ba6+ 30. Ke4 Bc4 $19) 28... Rd5
29. a4 a5 30. Re2 Bd7 31. Re4 Bd6 32. Re3 Re5 33. Rxe5 Bxe5 ({But not} 33...
fxe5 34. Ng5 $16) 34. Kb1 Bf4 35. Kc2 Bc8 36. Kb1 Ba6 37. Ka2 Be3 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,69,50,42,47,28,30,40,35,35,35,25,41,41,35,30,51,29,52,36,90,25,35,14,
17,12,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-9,-10,-21,-17,-15,-24,-24,-26,-9,-14,-11,
-64,0,0,0,-1,-1,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7
6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 {seems to push 7...Nc6 aside. D32: Tarrasch Defence:
Sidelines and lines without g3.} 8. Qb3 Na6 9. Nf3 {Ng5 is the strong threat.}
({But not} 9. Qxb7 $2 Nb4 10. e4 (10. Rb1 $2 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Bc8+ 12. Kxc2 Bxb7
$19) 10... Bc5 $19) 9... Nc5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qc2 Rc8 $1 {
[%cal Oc5e4]} 11. e3 Nce4 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 {[#]} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
13... Bd6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Bb2 Bc6 16. Bf5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rd8 {1-0 (26) Nita,C 
(1800)-Mosshammer,M (1873) ICCF email 2008}) 14. O-O {With the idea Ne5.} Nxc3
({Weaker is} 14... Rxc3 15. Qb1 $16) 15. Bb2 Bb4 {[%cal Bf8b4,Bb4c3,Bc3f6,
Bf6e7,Be7c5][%mdl 32] [#]} 16. Bxc3 (16. Ne5 $1 $16 {Hoping for Qb3.} Ba4 17.
Qd2) 16... Bxc3 17. Rab1 Bf6 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 18. Qe2 Rc7 19. e4 O-O
20. e5 Be7 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. e6 Bxe6 (22... Bxd4 $2 23. e7 Qc8 24. Qe4 (24.
exf8=B Kxf8 25. Qe4 Bf6 $16) 24... Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 $18) 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+
Kh8 $1 25. Qh3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh3h7] [#]} h6 26. Qg3 Rd7 27. Rb3 {Black must
now prevent Qg6.} Rf6 {Prevents Qg6.} 28. h3 b6 29. Be2 Rd2 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31.
Bxd3 (31. Qxd3 $11 Qxd3 32. Bxd3) 31... Qd6 (31... Qd5 $15) 32. Qxd6 $11 {
The position is equal.} Rxd6 33. Rd1 g5 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Bc2 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,20,8,10,6,10,8,0,3,16,2,4,43,34,37,38,64,59,84,63,137,115,113,53,
178,184,243,232,241,192,184,179,168,175,169,172,164,176,214,195,186,148,217,
136,142,85,85,98,124,83,205,204,202,202,199,205,291,299,350,375,428,500,507,
490,502,497,477,474,599,542,691,727,948,989,955,888,777,888,1979,1912,1845,
1646,1307,1169]} 1. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4d5][%mdl 32]} e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4.
Qa4 d5 5. cxd5 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} (5... Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Nxe4
$16) 6. Qb3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nf6 {[#]} 7. Bg5 $146 {Hoping for
Nc3.} ({Predecessor:} 7. Bg2 cxd5 8. Bg5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 b4 10. Qa4+ Qxa4 11. Nxa4
Nbd7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 {0-1 (27) Eccles,A-Sherwood,R (2361) ICCF email
2019}) 7... Qa5+ 8. Nc3 {aiming for Bxf6. The position is equal.} b4 $1 9. Nd1
{Black must now prevent Bxf6.} (9. Bxf6 $2 bxc3 10. bxc3 gxf6 $19) 9... Nxd5
10. Bh3 Bxh3 (10... Nd7 {is more complex.} 11. f3 exf3 12. e4 N5f6 13. Bxf6
Nxf6 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Nxf3 Be7) 11. Nxh3 Nd7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. f3
N7f6 (14... exf3 $14 15. Qxf3 N5b6) 15. Nhf2 $1 $16 exf3 16. e4 (16. Qxf3 $16
Qxa2 17. e4) 16... Nb6 (16... Qb5 $1 $14 17. Qxf3 Nc7) 17. O-O $1 $18 Be7 {[#]}
(17... h5 {was called for.} 18. e5 (18. Qxf3 Qxa2 19. e5 Qd5 $16) 18... Ng4 19.
Qxf3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 (20. Nxg4 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 hxg4 $16) 20... Nxd5) 18. Ne3 $1 (18.
Qxf3 Qxa2 19. e5 Nh7 $16) 18... Qa4 19. Qd3 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} Qb5
20. Qxb5 cxb5 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. e5 Nd7 23. Nf5 g6 {[#]} 24. Rc1 $1 Ndb6 25.
Nxe7 Nxe7 (25... Kxe7 $16 26. Nd3 (26. Bxb4+ Ke6 $16) 26... Ke6) 26. Bxb4 Nbd5
27. Bxe7 ({White should play} 27. Bd6) 27... Kxe7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRN-KRN} 28. Ne4 g5 29. h3 (29. g4 $142) 29... f6 (29... f5 $16 30. Nd6 f4) 30.
Rc5 $18 {[%csl LRb5,LRd5]} f5 31. Nd2 ({Inferior is} 31. Rxd5 fxe4 32. Rxb5 (
32. Kf2 $2 Rf8 $19) 32... Ke6 $17) 31... Rd8 32. Nxf3 b4 (32... f4 $142 33. g4
(33. Rxb5 fxg3 34. Rb7+ Ke6 $16) 33... Rd7) 33. Kf2 Nb6 34. Rc6 Rc8 35. Rxc8 {
White is clearly winning.} Nxc8 {KN-KN} 36. h4 g4 37. Ne1 Nb6 38. Ng2 Na4 39.
Ne3 Nxb2 40. Nxf5+ Ke6 41. Nxh6 Nd1+ 42. Ke1 Nc3 43. Nxg4 Nxa2 44. h5 Nc3 45.
Kd2 Ne4+ 46. Kc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,98,15,10,10,6,13,19,13,16,12,20,0,18,18,16,16,16,21,17,23,18,18,18,
29,22,15,16,14,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-3,-4,-25,-29,-18,-18,
-18,-20,-30,-16,-9,-4,-75,-70,-80,-65,-74,-58,-60,-72,-82,-31,-44,-24,-59,-61,
-74,-63,-610,-602,-585,-547,-1629,-1738,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9.
Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Nb6 10. h3
Bh5 11. Bb3 {The position is equal. is more profitable than 11.Bb5 at the
moment.} Qxd3 {[#]} 12. Nxe5 $1 Qf5 13. Nef3 $1 ({Wrong is} 13. Ndf3 $2 Nxe5
14. Rxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxd1 16. Bxd1 Rfe8 $19) 13... Rfe8 $5 {[%mdl 4] A
promising side line.} (13... Rae8 $5 {[%cal Rc6e5]}) 14. g4 $1 Bxg4 15. hxg4
Qxg4+ 16. Kh1 Ne5 {...Qh3+ is the strong threat. Really sharp!} 17. Nh2 Qg6 18.
Bc2 ({Don't go for} 18. Ne4 $2 {[#]} Rad8 $1 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 $19) 18... Nd3 19.
Bxd3 Qxd3 {[#]} 20. Ndf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Nb3 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxf2 22.
Ng4 Bh4 23. Rg1 Kf8 24. Kg2 Be7 25. Rh1 Kg8 26. a4 {½-½ (51) Rohs,R (2318)
-Larsson,M (2287) ICCF email 2016}) 20... Qxd1 21. Rxd1 {[%cal Be1d1,Bd1d2,
Bd2f2,Bf2f5][%mdl 32]} Bxf2 22. Bf4 c6 23. Rd2 Be3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Nd4 Nc4
26. Rf2 Rae8 27. Raf1 Nd6 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Rxf5 f6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Rd1 h5 32.
Rf2 g5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 33. Rd7+ R3e7 34. Rd6 Re6 35. Rd7+
R8e7 36. Rd8 g4 37. Rh8 (37. Nf1 $1 $11) 37... Kg6 $17 {Threatens to win with .
..Re8.} 38. Rg8+ Rg7 39. Rf8 Kg5 40. Nf1 h4 $1 {Prevents Ng3.} 41. a4 a5 ({
Black should try} 41... b6 $17) 42. b4 $1 $15 b6 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. Ra8 Re5 45.
Nd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (45. Rf8 $15) 45... g3 $19 {
[%cal Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32] And now ...Kg4 would win.} 46. Nf3+ Kf4 {White
must now prevent ...h3+.} 47. Rf1 h3+ $1 ({Stronger than} 47... Re2+ 48. Kg1 g2
49. Rf2 Rxf2 50. Kxf2 $11) 48. Kxh3 g2 49. Rf2 Ke3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.39/Black=0.03 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,45,6,17,30,24,25,20,29,23,22,20,27,20,27,23,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. h4 Nf5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
Bxf5 exf5 9. cxd4 Be6 10. Nc3 Bb4 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} 11. Bd2
Bxc3 12. Bxc3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qd2 Qa6
15. b3 Rc8 16. Ng1 Kd7 17. f4 Rc7 18. Ne2 Rhc8 {½-½ (42) Kholmov,R (2465)
-Vasiukov,E (2460) Moscow 1984}) 13. O-O h6 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. a4 O-O 16. Rfb1 {
[%cal Bf1b1,Bb1b5,Bb5c5][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 17. b4 {[%cal Rb4a5] The position is
equal.} b6 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Bxa5 ({Don't blunder} 19. Rxb6 $2 Nc4 20. Rxe6 (
20. Bb4 $2 Qa7 $19) 20... fxe6 $19) 19... bxa5 20. Rb5 Qc7 21. Rc5 Qb6 22. Rb5
Qc7 23. Rc5 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /
Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,0,-2,6,0,0,-8,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,10,12,11,27,51,36,50,45,50,
16,97,66,76,53,66,12,118,94,123,46,129,132,140,126,136,133,149,131,145,132,147,
138,180,152,162,169,459,464,474,464,695,669]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7
4. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 5. e5 Nh5 6. g4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3
g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Nf4 7. Ne4 d5 8. Ng3 {The position is
equal.} Ne6 {[#]} 9. Nf5 $1 c5 10. Nxg7 Nxg7 11. h3 cxd4 {[#]} 12. Bh6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Bg2 Nxe5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bh6 e5 17.
Nxc6 bxc6 18. c4 {1-0 (64) Doluhanova,E (2264)-Dolzhikova,K (2161) Kharkov 2021
}) 12... Qa5+ 13. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nc6 15. f4 f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. O-O-O
Re8 18. Nb3 Ne6 (18... Bf5 $11) 19. Bg2 Nc7 20. f5 gxf5 21. Rhf1 (21. g5 $14)
21... Kf7 (21... fxg4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. Rxf6 Ne5) 22. gxf5 $16 Rg8
23. Rd2 {White is more active.} (23. Bh1 $16) 23... Ne5 ({Better is} 23... Bxf5
$14 24. Rxf5 Kg6) 24. Nxd4 {[%cal Od4b5] [#] And now Nb5! would win.} Bd7 {
Inhibits Nb5.} 25. b3 Rae8 26. a4 a6 27. Bf4 {This bishop pair is nice.} Re7
28. Rff2 Bc6 29. Kb2 Rd7 (29... h5 $16 30. Bf3 Rh8) 30. Ka3 Ne8 31. c4 $1 {
[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4d5,Bd5c6][%mdl 32]} Ng7 $2 (31... Nc7 {keeps fighting.} 32. Bf1
Ra8) 32. Nxc6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} bxc6 33. cxd5 Rgd8 (33... c5 $142
34. d6 Re8) 34. dxc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.
38} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,11,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,10,-8,-8,-4,-13,-11,0,
0,0,0]} 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 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 {The position is
equal.} 13. Nf1 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 13.exf6. C82:
Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 without 9...Be7.} Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 {[#] White must now
prevent ...e4.} 15. Kg1 {[%cal Oc2h7] And now Bxh7+! would win.} Qd6 16. Be3
Rad8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 17. Qe1 Bf5 {[#]} 18. Bxf5
$146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bb3 Na5 19. Qf2 Nb7 20. Re1 Bg4 21. Qg3 Bxf3 22. gxf3
Na5 23. Bc2 Nc4 24. Bc1 {1-0 (69) Roy,R (2184)-Nurtawa,S (2027) ICCF email 2020
}) 18... Rxf5 19. Rd1 h6 {Prevents Bg5.} 20. Bf2 Rf7 21. Bg3 Qc5+ 22. Bf2 Qd6
23. Qe2 Rdf8 {[#] Hoping for ...e4.} 24. Bg3 Qc5+ 25. Bf2 Qd6 {...e4 is the
strong threat.} 26. Bg3 Qc5+ 27. Bf2 {A balanced but interesting game. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,94,12,14,27,17,27,16,8,8,4,9,13,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-104,-43,-131,-131,-131,-131,-170,-143,
-115,-110,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4
Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 Bc6 13. Bxc6+
Rxc6 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Be3 O-O {[#]} 16. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd3 a6 17.
Rad1 Be7 18. Bd4 b5 19. Be5 Rc4 20. Qf3 Qc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. f3 {0-1 (56)
Kachar,V (2373)-Kanko,I (2265) Naumburg 2002}) 16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Re8 {
[#] Hoping for ...e5.} 18. Rd6 Rxd6 19. Qxd6 Rd8 20. Qf4 h6 21. Rc1 Qc6 {
To avoid Ne4} 22. Qe3 a6 23. f3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KQR-KQR} 25. b3 Qd2 26. Qxd2 Rxd2 {KR-KR} 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Kf2 ({White should
play} 28. a4 $11) 28... b5 $1 $15 ({Don't play} 28... Rxa2 29. Rc7 $11) 29. a4
bxa4 30. bxa4 Rd4 $1 31. h4 Kg6 (31... a5 $17 32. Ra8 Rxa4) 32. Rc5 ({Better is
} 32. a5 $15) 32... Rxa4 $17 33. h5+ Kf6 34. f4 a5 35. Kf3 Ra1 36. g4 a4 (36...
Ra3+ $17 37. e3 g5 38. hxg6 Kxg6) 37. g5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Ke7 {
Threatens to win with ...a3.} 38. Rc7+ Ke8 39. g6 fxg6 40. hxg6 a3 {[#] aiming
for ...a2.} 41. Kf2 a2 (41... Rd1 $5 42. Ra7 Rd7 43. Rxa3 Ke7 $11) 42. Ra7 Kd8
43. Kg2 $1 Ke8 44. Kf2 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 45. Kg2 $1 h4 46.
e4 h3+ 47. Kh2 Re1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.05 
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2856"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,53,24,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,19,8,0,35,35,37,39,58,57,58,49,102,
103,95,107,116,118,116,120,141,141,269,292,365,352,369,331,311,286]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O {[%mdl 1024] White
has compensation.} O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 8. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,
Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Ra6 {[#]} 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 c5 10. Qc2 cxd4
11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nb5 Be6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. N1a3 Rc8 15. Rac1 h5 16. b3 Bxa3 {
0-1 (16) Skatchkov,V (2242)-Korobov,A (2688) Chess.com INT 2020}) 9... b5 {
The position is equal.} 10. a4 c6 11. Nc3 Rb6 12. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is
pushing.} Be7 13. e5 Nd5 14. axb5 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} cxb5 (14... Nb4
$5 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 15. Qe4 cxb5 $14) 15. Nxd5 ({But not} 15. Rxa5 Bb7 $11) 15...
exd5 16. Bxa5 Nc6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Ra8 h6 {[#]} (18... Be6 $1 $14 19. Rxf8+
Bxf8) 19. Rfa1 $1 $16 Be6 20. Qd1 b4 21. b3 {Black must now prevent bxc4.} c3
22. R8a6 Qc7 23. Ne1 f6 {[#]} (23... Rb8 $16 {was necessary.} 24. Nc2 Bd8) 24.
Nd3 $1 $18 {aiming for Nf4.} fxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe6 c2 27. Qe1 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.21 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,117,0,46,48,39,37,57,39,33,45,50,23,29,31,29,32,58,60,57,51,44,55,52,
48,44,43,46,33,35,0,39,41,48,22,20,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,4,5,8,8,8,8,9,8,8,8,6,8,8,6,
8,16,45,45,44,44,52,52,113,63,115,115,111,111,111,111,111,106,115,114,125,125,
125,125,125,125,166,125,127,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,
125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,0,125,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5
4. c4 cxd4 5. Nf3 dxc4 (5... Qa5+ $11 {might be stronger.} 6. Bd2 Qb6) 6. Qxd4
$14 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Bd7 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 {White is slightly
better.} Nc6 9. Qxc4 Rc8 {[#]} 10. Qf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Be7 11.
Rfd1 Qb6 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Ne4 14. Be3 a6 15. Nfd4 axb5 16. Bxe4 {½-½ 
(44) Matnadze,A (2412)-Ozturk Orenli,K (2293) Belgrade 2013}) 10... h6 11. Nb5
Nb4 12. Rd1 {aiming for Ne5.} Nbd5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Bb5 {[%csl LRd6,LRe2]
} 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nd4 Ba6 17. Bd2 O-O $1 18. a4 Rd7 19. Nb5 Rfd8 20. Be1 b6
21. Rdc1 Ne7 $1 22. e4 Ng4 23. Bc3 (23. f4 $5 {[%cal Rg2f3]}) 23... Nc6 24. Bf1
Nge5 25. Be2 Bb7 26. Rd1 {[%cal Ob5a7]} a6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[#]} 28. Rd1 $1 Rxd1+
(28... axb5 29. axb5) 29. Bxd1 {A strong pair of Bishops.} axb5 30. axb5 Ne7 {
Hoping for ...Nd7.} 31. Bxe5 {Black should prevent f3.} Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KBB-KBN} 32. Be2 f6 33. Bd4 Nd5 34. f3 Bc2 35. Bc4 {Inhibits Bb3.} Kf7
36. Kf2 h5 (36... Bd1 $14) 37. Ke2 $16 Ke8 (37... Bf5 $1 $14) 38. Kd2 Bf5 39.
Bxd5 exd5 {[#] KB-KB} 40. Kc3 $1 ({Don't do} 40. Bxb6 Bd7 $14) 40... Bh3 41.
Bxb6 Bf1 42. Kb4 g6 43. Bd4 f5 44. f4 Kd7 45. Kc5 Kc7 (45... Bg2 $16 {was
worth a try.} 46. Bh8 Be4) 46. Bf6 (46. b6+ $18 Kb7 47. Kxd5) 46... Bg2 47. Be7
d4 48. Kxd4 Kd7 49. Bh4 Ke6 50. Kc5 Kd7 51. Bf6 Bf3 52. Kb6 Bg2 53. Ka7 {
Kb8 is the strong threat.} Kc8 54. Bc3 Bf3 55. Ba5 Bg2 56. Bb6 Bf3 57. Ka6 Bb7+
58. Ka7 Bf3 $1 59. Ka6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.
07 (flawless)} (59. Bd4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,1,0,30,28,34,25,30,26,34,28,29,31,22,25,31,
27,23,20,30,28,35,33,52,45,40,57,51,56,139,141,187,190,198,181,297,297,324,293,
398,398,598,595,1443,866,1279,1360,1158,946]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4.
O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 {[#] Black must now prevent exd5.} dxe4 {A07: Réti
Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bg4 {...Nd4 is
the strong threat. The position is equal.} 9. c3 {Prevents Nd4.} Nf6 10. Nbd2
$5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} O-O-O {[%cal Of6e4]} 11. Re1 {[#]} Bh6
$146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nfd2 Nb6 15. Nxb6+
axb6 16. Bf1 h5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 {1-0 (62) Santos Latasa,J (2639)
-Gumularz,S (2539) Warsaw 2021}) 12. Nc4 {[%csl LRe5,LRh6]} Bxc1 13. Raxc1 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Ne8 15. Rcd1 {Strongly threatening Bg4+.} Nd6 16. Bg4+ Kb8 17. Nxd6
Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 19. Re3 Kc7 20. Rf3 Nd8
21. h4 d5 22. exd5 {Threatens to win with Rf6.} f5 23. Bh3 Kd6 24. c4 b6 (24...
e4 $14 25. Re3 Kc5) 25. g4 $16 Nf7 (25... fxg4 $16 {might work better.} 26.
Bxg4 Re8) 26. gxf5 $18 g5 27. Ra3 gxh4 (27... Ra8 $142 28. Bg2 gxh4) 28. Rxa7
Ng5 29. Kg2 Rc8 {[#]} 30. b3 b5 (30... Rf8 $142 31. Rb7 e4 32. Rxb6+ Ke5) 31.
Ra6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd7 32. f6+ Nxh3 33. Kxh3 bxc4 34. Rc6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.28 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,10,18,8,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,12,21,13,34,40,16,10,77,87,
83,71,83,79,110,100,116,72,84,33,29,-20,56,58,54,0,191,193,187,187,179,156,203,
223,155,51,51,51,58,43,38,8,20,8,8,8,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-12]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 {[#] A50: Queen's
Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d5 7. e3
O-O 8. Nf3 h6 9. c5 Ne4 10. Qc2 g5 11. Bg3 f5 12. Bd3 Rf7 {1-0 (46) Othman,O 
(1039)-Tuor,E (1468) Locarno 2018}) 7. O-O-O Qe7 8. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3d4,
Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} e5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qe1 exd4 13. exd4 Nxg3
14. hxg3 Bf5 15. Nf3 {[%cal Of3g5]} O-O-O 16. d5 Ne5 17. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6]
[%mdl 32]} Kb8 (17... g4 $11 18. Nxe5 Qg5+ 19. Qd2 dxe5) 18. c6 $1 $16 {
Hoping for Nd4.} Bc8 (18... bxc6 $2 19. Nd4 $18) 19. Nd4 $1 b6 20. f3 $1 Rhe8
21. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Ng6 22. Bc4 {White is much
more active.} (22. Rxh6 $142 Qe5 23. Ne2) 22... Qe5 23. Ne2 ({But not} 23. Rxh6
Qxg3 24. Rh7 Ne5 $11) (23. g4 $16) 23... Rh8 $14 24. Rd4 (24. Rh5 $142) 24...
Rde8 (24... h5 $1 $11) 25. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 26. Qd3 (26. Re4
$14 Qxc3+ 27. Nxc3) 26... Ka7 $2 {[#]} (26... Qf6 $11 {and Black has nothing
to worry.} 27. Nc3 Ne5) 27. a5 $1 $18 {And now Re4 would win.} Qe3+ 28. Qxe3
Rxe3 {[#]} 29. Kd2 $1 Re7 (29... Rhe8 $16 {might work better.}) 30. axb6+ Kxb6
31. b4 (31. Ba2 $16) 31... Ne5 $14 32. Bb3 h5 33. Bc2 f5 34. Nc3 h4 $1 {
[%cal Oh4h3] Strongly threatening ...h3!} 35. gxh4 Reh7 36. Ne2 Ng6 37. g3 gxh4
{The position is equal.} 38. gxh4 Nxh4 39. Rf1 Ng6 40. Rf2 Ne5 41. Rf4 Ng6 42.
Rd4 Ne5 43. Rf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.18 
(very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,68,7,12,0,0,0,0,4,25,21,27,18,22,28,30,16,25,9,40,36,33,25,33,32,35,
32,65,63,60,79,87,73,97,79,76,55,57,57,57,57,57,56,57,57,57,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3
Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 12. h3 {
[%cal Od3d4] C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} Re8 13. a4
b4 14. Nc4 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. Bb3 h6 16. a5 bxc3 17.
bxc3 Qc7 18. Ba4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nh7 20. Qd5 Rec8 {½-½ (51) Marbourg,D (2303)
-Johansen,A (2369) ICCF email 2018}) 15. Bb3 {[%cal Bc2b3,Bb3c4,Bc4d5,Bd5c6,
Bc6b5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Nd5 h6 18. Bc4 Bf8 19. Nh2 Nd7 20. Ng4 Ne7
21. Nge3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nb6 25. Bc6 {This bishop
pair is nice.} Re6 26. Rb1 Qc8 27. Bb5 {White is more active.} Rg6 28. Kh2 d5
29. Bd2 dxe4 30. dxe4 c4 31. Qe2 Bc5 32. Red1 Qc7 33. Be3 (33. Be1 $14) 33...
Bxe3 $11 34. Qxe3 Rd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.05
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,106,-2,19,21,12,21,41,35,38,44,55,44,53,10,25,12,10,0,0,-5,27,41,38,0,
0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-94,-60,-97,-85,
-106,-106,-106,-106,-105,0,-50,0,-108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,12,5,58,59,-508,-172,
-350,-315,-912,-711,-1204,-1204,-1197,-1197,-1190,-1190,-1109,-1164,-970,-1142,
-1142,-1142,-1131,-1116,-1109,-892,-12287,-11243,-29974,-29975,-29971,-29971]} 
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl
32]} Nh5 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...
Nf6 3 Bf4.} Nxf4 7. exf4 g6 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. Bb5 Qc7 {
[#]} 10. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13.
Rfe1 Rac8 14. Nb3 Be4 15. Nfd2 Bd3 16. Re3 {½-½ (58) Karlik,V (2277)-Jirka,J
(2339) Czech Republic 2002}) 10... a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 11.
Bxc6+ (11. Be2 $1 $14 {might be stronger.}) 11... bxc6 $11 12. Qd2 O-O 13. h4
Bg4 14. h5 a5 15. Nbd4 Bxh5 {[#]} 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Qe3 a4 18. O-O-O $1 e6 {
Prevents Nf5.} 19. Rh1 Rfb8 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Nd3 {Pair of Knights!} Qa6 22. a3 (
22. Nb4 $2 Rxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. cxb4 Qc4+ 24. Nc2 Qxa2 $19) 22... Qc4 23.
Rxh5 ({White should try} 23. Kd2 $1 $11) 23... Bxd4 $15 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. cxd4
$11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} f6 {Inhibits Ne5.} 26. Kc2 Rb3 27. g4 Rab8
28. Rh3 Kg7 29. Re3 Kf7 30. Rh3 Kg6 31. Re3 Kf7 (31... Re8 $17) 32. Rh3 $1 $15
Kg6 (32... Rh8 $15) 33. Re3 $1 $17 h5 (33... Re8 $1 $17) 34. gxh5+ $1 $11 Kf5
35. Nb4 Rxe3 36. fxe3 {KR-KN} Ke4 37. Nxc6 Rc8 (37... Rh8 $11) 38. Na7 $1 $14
Ra8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 39. Nb5 Kxe3 40. c6 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (40. h6 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}
Rc8 41. Nd6) 40... e5 $2 (40... Rc8 41. c7 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. dxe5 d4) 41.
dxe5 $2 (41. fxe5 {was forced.} Rc8 42. Kd1 (42. exf6 Rxc6+ 43. Kb1 Rxf6 $17) (
42. c7 fxe5 43. b4 exd4 $19) 42... Rxc6 43. Nd6 (43. h6 $2 fxe5 44. dxe5 Rxh6
$19) 43... fxe5 44. dxe5) 41... Rc8 $19 42. Kd1 $2 ({Of course not} 42. exf6
Rxc6+ 43. Kd1 (43. Nc3 $2 d4 $19) 43... Rxf6) (42. c7 d4 43. Kc1 (43. exf6 $2
d3+ 44. Kc1 d2+ 45. Kc2 Rxc7+ 46. Nxc7 Ke2 $19) 43... d3) (42. Kc3 Rxc6+ 43.
Kb4 fxe5 44. fxe5) 42... Rxc6 43. Nd6 {[#]} fxe5 $1 ({Weaker is} 43... Kxf4 44.
h6 Rc7 45. exf6 $11) 44. fxe5 {[#]} Kd3 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Rc2.} 45.
Ke1 Rc7 {White must now prevent ...Re7.} 46. Kf2 Re7 47. Kg3 Rxe5 48. Kg4 Re6
49. Nf5 Ke4 50. Ng3+ Ke5 {aiming for ...Rf6.} 51. Kg5 Re8 52. h6 Rg8+ 53. Kh4
Rg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.29 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,88,26,14,28,14,13,0,31,22,29,16,26,19,20,21,17,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,-47,-49,-55,-50,-64,-52,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-21,-8,-58,-18,-36,-39,
-231,-248,-322,-322,-306,-318,-302,0,-420,-409,-4710,-4710,-4662,-4598,-3178,
-2279,-1073,-827,-827,-804,-804,-804,-793,-770,-725,-643]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 {C02: French:
Advance Variation.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 {[#]} a5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] The
position is equal. New and interesting.} (10... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6b2]}) ({
Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb6 15.
b3 Bb5 16. Qd1 Bb4 {0-1 (52) Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)-Caruana,F (2791) Chess.
com INT 2021}) 11. a3 a4 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Qe2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,
Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. g3 Qb6 16. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] h5 is the
strong threat.} (16. Bxb5 Ncxe5 $1 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 $17) 16... Rfc8 17. Nf1 {
[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1h2,Bh2g4][%mdl 32]} (17. Bxb5 Ncxe5 $1 18. Nxe5 Bxb5 19. Nxg6
fxg6 $17) 17... b4 18. N1h2 {Hoping for h5.} Rab8 19. h5 Nf8 20. Ng4 {[%cal
Oe3h6] Black must now prevent Bxh6!} bxa3 21. bxa3 {Strongly threatening Rab1.}
Qb2 22. Nd2 (22. Qf1 $11) 22... Kh8 $1 $15 (22... Bxa3 $2 23. Nxh6+ $1 {
[%mdl 512]} Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. h6 $1 $18) 23. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Og4h6]} Be8 $1 (
23... Bxa3 $2 24. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (24. Qxf7 Be8 $15) 24... Nh7 25. Qxf7
$18) (23... Nxd4 $2 24. Qxf7 Nf5 25. Bxf5 (25. Nxh6 Nxh6 26. Qxe7 Qc3 $16)
25... exf5 26. Reb1 $1 $18 (26. Qxe7 Re8 $14)) 24. Nf6 {[%cal Of3g4]} Nxd4 (
24... gxf6 25. exf6 Nd7 26. fxe7 Nxe7 27. Qf4 $16 (27. Bxh6 Qxd4 28. Rac1 Ng8
$16)) 25. Qg4 Nf5 {The board is on fire.} (25... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 26. Bxh6
Bxf6 27. exf6 Qxf6 $15) 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Qxf5 d4 29. Bf4 Ne6 (
29... Bxa3 $2 30. Nc4 Qb3 31. Nxa3 $18) 30. Ne4 ({White should play} 30. Reb1
$1 $11 Qc3 31. Ne4) 30... Nxf4 ({Don't take} 30... Bxa3 31. Bxh6 Bb4 32. Rec1
$1 $16) 31. Qxf4 d3 32. Rad1 $2 (32. Nd6 $1 $15) 32... Bxa3 $19 33. Nd6 Bxd6
34. exd6 {And now d7 would win.} Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#]
Intending d7 and mate. KQR-KQR} Qc3 $2 (35... Qb5 $1 $19 {aiming for ...a3.}
36. Ra1 Qd5 37. Qxa4 Rd8) 36. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Rc1 $1 $11 {and White
has nothing to worry.} d2 37. Rd1) 36... Qc2 37. Qd2 (37. Rd2 $142 Qc6 38. Kh2)
37... a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 38. d7 a2 39.
Qe1 Qe2 40. Kg2 Kh7 41. Qxe2 dxe2 42. Ra1 Rd8 ({Weaker is} 42... Rb1 43. d8=Q
e1=Q 44. Qd3+ g6 45. hxg6+ Kh8 46. Qd4+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ (47. gxf7+ Kf8 $11) 47...
Kg7 48. Qd4+ f6 49. Qd7+ Kxg6 50. Qg4+ Kh7 51. Qd7+ Kh8 52. Qc8+ Kh7 53. Qd7+
Kh8 54. Qc8+ Kh7 55. Qd7+ $11) 43. Kf3 Rxd7 {( -> ...Rd1)} 44. Kxe2 Ra7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.18 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,32,16,18,25,5,3,3,8,2,14,10,12,10,11,0,4,0,0,0,12,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1e1,Be1e5][%mdl 32]} Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6
6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 8. c3 Nxe5
{The position is equal.} 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qf3
Nh4 14. Qg3 Nf5 15. Qf3 {[#]} Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qd6
17. Qxd6 Nxd6 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. f3 f6 21. Kf2 Kf7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23.
Re1 {½-½ (36) Lu,S (2628)-Le,Q (2739) Ashkhabad 2017}) 16. Qg3 Nf5 {A rather
calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.26"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,10,20,11,18,-20,-25,-20,-18,-16,-23,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-21,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-31,-33,-20,-33,-24,-33,-31,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6
dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System
(1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4).} Bd7 {is the legacy move (8...Nc6).} 9. Be4 Bc6 10.
Qc2 {Black has an edge.} Bxe4 11. Qxe4 Nc6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. d4 $1 Qg6 14. Qxg6
hxg6 15. Be3 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be7 16. Ke2 Bf6 17. Rhd1 cxd4
18. cxd4 Rh5 19. d5 Ne5 20. dxe6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 fxe6 22. Bxa7 Nxc4 {1-0 (55)
Javakhadze,Z (2417)-Stukopin,A (2574) Dallas 2015}) 16. Ke2 g5 17. h3 Be7 18.
dxc5 e5 {Inhibits Nd4.} 19. Rbd1 Na5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 20.
Nd2 Rd7 21. Rb1 f5 22. f3 Rhd8 {[#] ...f4 is the strong threat.} 23. Rb2 Rd3
24. Rc2 {The position is equal.} Bf6 25. g4 g6 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rg1 e4 28.
Bxg5 Bxg5 29. Rxg5 e3 30. Nb3 Nxc4 {And now ...Na3 would win.} 31. f4 {[%cal
Og5g8]} Na3 32. Rc1 {[%cal Oc5c6]} Nb5 $1 ({But not} 32... Nc4 33. Rxf5 Nb2 34.
c4 $18) 33. Nd4 $1 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Nxc3+ 35. Kxe3 Nd1+ 36. Kd3 {[#] Black must
now prevent Rg2.} Nb2+ 37. Kc3 Nd1+ 38. Kc4 Nb2+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.26"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,58,17,14,12,11,18,6,20,54,39,42,43,55,39,43,33,57,29,37,29,50,32,48,
54,52,41,50,46,50,53,50,54,58,53,61,14,33,19,6,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,14,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 {E04: Open Catalan:
5 Nf3.} Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 b5 9. b3 c3 10. Nb1 Bb7 {[#] aiming for ...b4.} 11. Nxc3
b4 12. Na4 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Na6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nb2 c5 15.
axb4 axb4 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. e3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 {0-1 (53) Connolly,C 
(1904)-Lawrence,R (2181) ICCF email 2006}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 Be4 15. Qb2 Qb8
16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1g2,Bg2f4][%mdl 32]} Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rfe8 19.
Nf4 bxa3 20. Rxa3 e5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Nd3 Re7 23. Nc3 (23. Qc2 $14) 23... Ne5
$11 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 {The position is equal.} 25. Rca1 h5 {[%cal Oh5h4]} 26. Ra4
Qb6 27. Rc4 Rae8 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Qc2 Qh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 
(flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.26"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,156,8,0,0,6,17,6,4,0,12,23,19,16,19,2,5,8,15,14,16,11,3,6,13,11,20,
18,38,25,23,16,71,64,75,62,70,22,25,25,45,31,28,39,36,44,120,79,104,81,115,33,
63,64,59,-264,-264,-264,-264,-341,-326,-292,0,-522,0,-57,-56,-96,-84,-145,-152,
-143,-131,-204,-204,-208,-196,-271,-235,-239,-237,-246,-241,-233,-224,-585,
-565,-497,-177,-162,-172,-177,-179,-208,-196,-223,-219,-189,-187,-220,-220,
-218,-218,-218,-215,-212,-211,-203,-160,-160,-158,-141,-134,-1604,-1597,-1589,
-1589,-1565,-1565,-1558,-1558,-1550,-1531,-1510,-1495,-1495,-1488,-1488,-1488,
-1473,-1473,-1441,-1358,-1466,-1452,-1441,-1441,-1407,-1411,-1378,-1371,-1342,
-1342,-1251,-1154,-766,-462]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. dxc5
d4 9. Qf3 {outshines the older 9.Qg3.} Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 10. e3 h6
(10... Nxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. b4 $14 (13. exd4 Nb3 $14)) (10...
d3 $5 {[%cal Rd3d2]}) 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Re3d4]} d3
14. Nc3 Bg4 {[#]} 15. Rxd3 $1 Qa5 16. Qg3 Qxc5 {[%cal Ob7b5]} 17. Rd2 {[#]
Black should prevent Nd5.} Be6 $146 {To avoid Nd5} ({Predecessor:} 17... Rac8
18. Bd3 Be6 19. Rhd1 Qa5 20. Kb1 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qf3 b5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24.
Qxd5 Re8 25. g3 a6 26. Qd7 {½-½ (26) Woelfelschneider,P (2277)-Silva,R (2352)
ICCF email 2017}) 18. b4 Qc8 {Strongly threatening ...a5.} 19. Qxe5 {next Qd4
is good for White.} Bxc4 {[%cal Oa7a5] aiming for ...a5!} 20. Kb2 a5 {And now .
..Bxf1 would win.} 21. b5 Bxf1 (21... a4 $1 $11) 22. Rxf1 $16 Qc4 23. Rc1 a4 $1
24. Nb1 (24. Qe7 $1 $14) 24... Qb3+ $11 25. Ka1 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qf5 Qc4
28. Rd4 Qc7 ({Black should try} 28... Qc1 $14) 29. g3 (29. Rxa4 $142 Nd7 30.
Rf4) 29... b6 30. Rxa4 Nd7 31. Re4 (31. Rd4 $16 Nf8 32. Qd3) 31... g6 32. Qf4
Qc5 $1 (32... Qc1 $2 33. Re7 Qc4 34. Rxd7 $18) 33. Qxh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33.
Rb4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 33... Qxb5 $19 34. a4 Qc6 {( -> ...Nc5)}
35. Qf4 Nc5 $1 36. Rc4 Rd8 $2 ({Not} 36... Nb3+ 37. Kb2 Qxc4 38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39.
Kxb3 $11) (36... Ra8 $1 $19 {...b5 is the strong threat.} 37. Kb2 b5) 37. Rc2
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rb4 $1 $11) 37... Qh1 $2 (37... Ra8 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra8a4]}
38. Ra2 Nb3+ 39. Kb2 Qc1+ 40. Kxb3 Qxb1+ 41. Rb2 Qd1+ 42. Ka3 b5 43. Rxb5 Qa1+
44. Kb3 Qb1+ 45. Kc3 Rc8+ 46. Kd2 Rc2+ 47. Kd3 Qd1+ 48. Ke4 Rc4+ 49. Ke5 Rxf4
50. gxf4 Qxa4) 38. Qb4 {[#]} (38. Qc4 $1 $11) 38... Nxa4 $1 $15 {[%cal Ob6b5]}
39. Rd2 {White is on the road to losing.} (39. f4 Ra8) 39... Rc8 {[%mdl 1024]
Black has strong compensation.} 40. Qe7 ({White should play} 40. Qxa4 Ra8 41.
Qxa8+ Qxa8+ 42. Kb2) 40... Qa8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Nc3+. White
is under strong pressure.} ({Don't play} 40... Qxh2 41. Rd8+ Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kh7
43. Qf6 $16) 41. Ra2 b5 42. Qb4 (42. f4 $17) 42... Qh1 $19 43. Ra3 {Prevents
Nc3.} Qxh2 44. Qd2 ({Wrong is} 44. Qxb5 $2 Qh8+ 45. Ka2 Rc2+ 46. Kb3 Rb2+ 47.
Kxa4 Rxb5 48. Kxb5 Qb2+ 49. Kc4 Qxb1 $19) (44. f4 {was the only defense.})
44... Qh5 45. f4 Qf5 46. Qd3 Qf6+ 47. Qd4 Qe7 48. Rb3 $2 (48. g4 {is tougher.})
48... Ra8 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5+.} 49. Ra3 Rd8 {Prevents Qd5.} (49...
b4 50. Ra2 Rd8 $1) 50. Qe5 Qxe5+ 51. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re8 52.
Rb3 Rxe5 53. Na3 Nc5 54. Rxb5 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 55. Nc4 Re1+ 56. Kb2 Ne4 57. g4
Re2+ 58. Kc1 Nf2 59. g5 Kg7 60. Nd2 Re8 61. Kb2 Rc8 {Black is more active.} 62.
Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Kb3 $17) 62... Nd1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 63.
Ka3 Ne3 64. Rd3 {[#]} Nc4+ $1 65. Kb4 Nxd2 66. Rxd2 {KR-KR} Rc1 67. Ra2 Kg8 68.
Ra8+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 69. Ra2 Kg7 70. Ra5 Kf8 71. Ra7 Ke8 72. Ra5 Kd7 73. Ra6 Ke7
74. Ra2 Ke6 75. Ra5 Rf1 76. Ra6+ Ke5 77. Ra5+ Kf4 78. Kc3 Kg4 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.41/Black=0.23 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.26"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,18,16,7,12,8,21,-10,0,-13,0,12,12,15,17,14,23,25,21,22,23,23,24,
21,32,27,22,0,14,0,0,-59,-72,-77,-56,-48,-55,-70,-46,-35,-38,-53,-48,-48,-33,
-47,-49,-45,-37,-76,-29,-42,-27,-38,-39,-41,-16,-67,-68,-105,-91,-179,-167,
-165,-139,-282,-253,-920,-902,-853,-826,-4837,-4825,-29984,-6111]} 1. c4 e6 2.
Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qf4 {is currently scoring
better than 7.Qe4. A19: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System with 3...c5.} d6
8. Nf3 Nh6 {[#]} 9. exd6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd2
dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Nxc6 Bxf4 12. Nxd8 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Kxd8 14. Bd3 Ke7 15.
Rhe1 {1-0 (84) Dubov,D (2710)-Pichot,A (2630) chess24.com INT 2021}) 9... Bxd6
10. Qg5 Qxg5 11. Bxg5 f5 12. O-O-O Bc5 {[#]} 13. Ne5 $1 {Strongly threatening
Nxc6.} Nf7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. fxe3 Ke7 17. Be2 g5 18. Na4 {
[%cal Oe3e4]} h5 19. Nc5 h4 20. g4 Ne5 21. Rd4 ({White should play} 21. Rhg1
$11) 21... Nxg4 $15 22. Bxg4 e5 23. Rd2 {Black must now prevent Be2.} fxg4 24.
Nd3 Rh6 25. Nxe5 Re6 26. Nxg4 Re4 {[%csl LRc4,LRg4]} 27. Nf2 $1 Rxc4+ 28. Rc2
Rxc2+ 29. Kxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be6 30. Rg1 Rf8 (30... Rg8 $17)
31. Nd3 $11 g4 32. Nf4 {aiming for Ng6+.} Bf5+ 33. Kd2 {[%cal Oe3e4]} Rd8+ 34.
Ke2 (34. Kc3 $11) 34... Kf6 $15 35. b3 a5 36. Ke1 (36. Rc1 $17 {was called for.
}) 36... Ke5 37. Ng2 Rh8 {...g3 is the strong threat.} ({Inferior is} 37... g3
38. Nxh4 gxh2 39. Rh1 $11) 38. Nf4 {This costs White the game.} (38. Kf2 $17 {
was the only defense.}) 38... g3 $19 39. Rg2 $2 (39. Kd2) 39... Be4 40. Rd2 h3
41. a3 {[#]} Rd8 $3 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rxd2)} 42. Rb2 (42. Nxh3 Rxd2) 42...
Bf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.88/Black=0.04 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.26"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,119,1,8,0,0,0,-15,-21,-23,-23,-17,-28,-28,-13,-18,-10,-12,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,31,23,31,0,31,0,31,37,38,34,33,31,52,36,56,54,45,54,104,100,252,251,242,
245,253,247,414,139,139,139,139,108,113,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,94,81,118,
92,91,91,91,113,113,104,423,412,411,556,548,504,463,441,355,328,543,547,476,
449,460,353,354,454,422,403,687,601,4520,4444,3671,3829,3952,3368,5118,1787,
1288,787]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nd5
d6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 8. h3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 {[#]} Na5
$146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Nd2 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Qg5 15. Qf3 Be6 {0-1 (43) Muniz,H (1279)
-Faris,R (1720) Sao Paulo 2022}) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O {
[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8f5,Bf5g5][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qe1 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Qb4
c5 17. Qe4 Be6 18. Nh4 Rg5 19. Qf3 a6 20. e4 Rd8 21. Rf2 Kh7 22. Kh2 Qc7 23.
Qe2 a5 24. Raf1 b5 25. Rf8 a4 26. bxa4 bxa4 27. c4 Qe7 ({Black should play} 
27... Qb8 $14 28. R8f2 Qa7) 28. Qf3 $1 $16 Bg8 $2 (28... Re8 $16) 29. Rxd8 $18
Qxd8 30. Qf8 Qa5 31. Rf2 {Prevents Qd2.} (31. Qxd6 Qd2 $14) 31... Be6 $2 (31...
a3) 32. Re2 $2 (32. g4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 32... a3 $16 33.
bxa3 Qxa3 34. Qxd6 Bxc4 35. dxc4 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 $1 Qxh4 37. Qxc5 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf4 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 38. Qe3 {Active counter play!} Qf1+ 39.
Kh2 Rg6 40. c5 Rc6 41. Rc2 Qd1 42. Qf2 Qd3 43. Qf5+ Rg6 44. Rf2 {Rf3 is the
strong threat.} Qc3 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Qg3+ $16 {is more resistant.} 45. Kg1
Qe3) 45. Rf3 $18 Qxc5 {[#]} 46. h4 $1 {White threatens h5 and mate.} h5 47. Rg3
Qd6 48. Rg5 (48. Qxh5+ Rh6 49. Qg5 Qf8 $16) 48... Qc6 49. g3 {Black must now
prevent Kg2.} ({Weaker is} 49. Qxe5 Rxg5 50. Qxg5 (50. hxg5 Qc4 $16) 50... Qxe4
$16) 49... Qa6 $2 {[#]} (49... Qe6 50. Rxh5+ Kg8 51. Qxe5 Qa2+ 52. Kh3 Qe6+ 53.
Kg2 Qa2+ 54. Kh3 Qe6+ 55. Kh2 Qxe5 56. Rxe5 Kf7 57. Rf5+ Kg8) 50. Kh3 $1 ({
Less strong is} 50. Rxh5+ Kg8 51. Qf3 (51. Qxe5 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe2+
54. Kh3 Qf1+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) 51... Re6 $16) 50... Qc6 51. Rxh5+ Kg8 52. Qxe5
Rd6 53. Qc5 Qd7+ 54. Qf5 {Threatens to win with Qxd7.} Re6 (54... Qe6 $142 55.
Kg4 g6) 55. Qd5 {White is clearly winning.} Qxd5 56. exd5 Re4 57. Rg5 Rd4 58.
h5 {Strongly threatening h6.} Rd3 59. Kh4 (59. h6 $142 Rd1 60. Kg4 Rd4+ 61. Kf3
) 59... Kf7 60. Rf5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.
32} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.26"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,164,14,16,14,8,7,7,8,6,15,0,0,0,0,-20,-19,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,-27,-94,-111,-112,-119,-160,-105,-157,-44,-83,0,-136,-138,-173,-123,-231,
-237,-225,-231,-235,-208,-222,0,-223,-213,-245,-225,-217,-202,-315,0,-159,-81,
-74,-82,-68,-75,-72,-77,-81,-77,-85,-65,-54,-34,-94,-86,-242,-250,-252,-266,
-261,-255,-289,-264,-243,-215,-266,-250,-275,-271,-278,-245,-264,-256,-233,
-134,-134,-129,-133,-125,-133,-135,-518,-516,-498,-491,-506,-490,-462,-423,
-420,-415,-461,-461,-461,-461,-461,-454,-446,-433,-380,-365,-345,-70,-70,-70,
-70,0,0,0,-70,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-1515,-1515,-1508,-1508,
-1063,-1031,-1512,-1080,-1035,-1020,-1015,-866,-29980,-29981]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4
d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6,
Miscellaneous.} 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 {The position is equal.} 9. e5 Bb4+ 10.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 Ng8 {[%cal Bf6g8,Bg8e7,Be7c6][%mdl 32] [#]} 12. O-O-O $146
({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Ne7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Qb5 Nb6 15. Rc3 Nc6 16. a3 Rc8 17.
Rfc1 h6 18. h3 {1-0 (72) Riazantsev,A (2634)-Matlakov,M (2674) Warsaw 2021})
12... Ne7 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. h4 Qb6 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. h5 h6 17. g4 Qb5 18. Rc1 O-O
19. a3 {Inhibits Nb4.} Ne7 $1 20. Nh4 Nb6 21. Ka2 (21. f4 $11 {remains equal.})
21... Nc4 $17 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rb5b2]} (21... Na4 22. b3 $11) 22. Qb3 Qa6 23.
Nhf3 ({White should play} 23. Qd3) 23... Rc6 (23... Rc7 $142 $1 24. Qd3 Rfc8)
24. Qd3 (24. Qb4 $142 Re8 25. Nb3) 24... Qb5 ({Black should try} 24... Rfc8 $17
25. Nb3 Rb6) 25. Qb3 $1 $15 Qa6 (25... Qxb3+ $142 26. Nxb3 f6) 26. Qd3 $1 $17
Rfc8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 27. Rc3 Nxd2 (27... b5 $19 {
White must now prevent ...b4.} 28. Rg1 b4) 28. Qxd2 (28. Qxa6 $17 {might work
better.} bxa6 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Nxd2) 28... Rxc3 $19 29. bxc3 Qc4+ 30. Kb2 Qb5+
31. Ka2 Qc4+ 32. Kb2 $1 Rc6 33. Qc2 Rb6+ 34. Kc1 Ra6 35. Kb2 (35. Qb2 $142)
35... Rb6+ (35... Nc6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rb6+.} 36. g5 Qb5+ 37. Ka2
Qc4+ 38. Kb2 Qb5+ 39. Ka2 Na5) 36. Kc1 $17 Qb3 (36... Nc6 $142 {Hoping for ...
Qa6.} 37. Kd2 Na5) 37. Qxb3 Rxb3 {[%cal Bb6b3,Bb3a3,Ba3a4,Ba4b4][%mdl 4128]
Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Kc2 Rxa3 39. Kb2 {Prevents Ra2+.} Ra4 40. Nd2 Nc6 41. Nb3
b5 42. Rc1 Na5 43. Nd2 (43. Nxa5 $15 Rxa5 44. f4) 43... b4 44. cxb4 (44. c4 $17
) 44... Rxb4+ $19 45. Kc3 Nc6 46. Kd3 Nxd4 ({Not} 46... Rxd4+ 47. Ke3 $11) 47.
Rc8+ Kh7 48. Rc7 a5 49. Rxf7 Nc6 {[%csl LRe5,LRg4]} 50. f4 a4 $1 51. Rc7 Rb6
52. Rc8 a3 53. Ra8 Nb4+ (53... a2 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Nb4+.} 54.
Kc3 Rb4) 54. Kc3 $17 Na6 55. Nb3 a2 {[%cal Ob6b3] aiming for ...Rxb3+!} 56. Na1
Rb1 57. Nc2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Rxa6 $17 Rxa1 58. Kc2) 57... a1=Q+ 58. Nxa1 Rxa1
$19 {KRN-KR} 59. f5 exf5 60. gxf5 Rc1+ 61. Kd2 Rf1 {...Nc5 is the strong
threat.} 62. f6 Nc5 63. Ra7 {[#]} Kg8 $1 64. Rxg7+ Kf8 65. Rc7 Ne6 66. Rb7 Ng5
({Inferior is} 66... Rf5 67. Rb8+ Kf7 68. Rb7+ Kg8 69. Rb8+ Kh7 70. Rb7+ Kh8
71. Rb8+ Kh7 72. Rb7+ Kh8 73. Rb8+ Kh7 $11) 67. Ke3 Rf5 $2 ({Better is} 67...
Re1+ $19 68. Kf4 d4) 68. Rb8+ $15 Kf7 69. Rb7+ Kf8 (69... Ke8 $5 {[%cal Rf5e5]}
70. Re7+ Kf8 $15) 70. Rb8+ Kf7 71. Rb7+ Ke8 72. Re7+ Kf8 73. Kd4 Nf7 $1 74.
Kxd5 Rxh5 75. Ke4 {Inhibits Rf5.} Rg5 76. Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (76. Re6 $15
) 76... Nh8 $1 $19 77. Ke4 Ng6 78. Rh7 Rxe5+ 79. Kd4 h5 80. Rg7 Rg5 81. Rh7 Ne5
{( -> ...Nf7)} 82. Rg7 Nf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /
Black=0.24 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2856"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,102,19,6,6,6,15,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-16,9,15,10,5,13,18,14,15,22,17,17,-4,0,
0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,7,7,11,95,83,83,83,420,415,389,368,312,
362,359,308,272,206,162,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 {
C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 7. a4 {7.Be3 is a critical line.
} d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
11... Nb8 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 Nbd7 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. a5 Rac8 16. Qc4 Kh7 17.
Rad1 exd4 18. exd4 {1-0 (45) Aronian,L (2772)-Giri,A (2772) Warsaw 2021}) 12.
exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd6 15. Nd2 f5 {Inhibits Ne4.} 16. Bxe6+ Qxe6
17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 e4 19. d4 f4 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. exf4 Nxd4 22. Nxe4 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne2+ 23. Kf2 Nxf4 24. Rb1 b6 25. c5 Rf8 26. cxb6 {
Threatens to win with b7.} cxb6 27. c4 Nd5+ 28. Ke2 Re8 29. cxd5 $16 Rxe4+ {
KR-KR} 30. Kd3 Rxa4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rf4 $16 {is a better chance.}) 31. d6
$1 $18 Kf7 32. Re1 Ra5 33. Kd4 {To avoid Rd5+. Hoping for d7.} Ra2 {[#]} 34.
Kd5 $1 {And now d7 would win.} ({Stronger than} 34. Re7+ Kf6 $11) 34... Rd2+ (
34... Rxg2 $2 35. d7 $18 (35. Re7+ Kf6 $16)) 35. Kc6 b5 {[#]} 36. d7 $2 (36.
Re7+ $1 $18 Kf6 37. Re4) 36... Rc2+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Kb6 Rd2
38. Kc7 {White threatens Re8 and mate.} Rc2+ 39. Kd8 b4 $1 (39... Rxg2 $2 40.
Rf1+ Kg8 41. Rd1 $18) 40. Re7+ Kf8 41. Re3 Kf7 (41... Rxg2 $2 42. Rf3+ Kg8 43.
Rd3 $18) 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Re5 {Black must now prevent Rf5+.} g6 {Inhibits Rf5+.
} (43... Rxg2 $2 44. Rf5+ Kg8 45. Kc7 $18) 44. Re6 {Strongly threatening Rf6+.}
b3 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Ke7 {Intending Rf7+ and mate.} Re2+ 47. Re6 Rxe6+ 48. Kxe6
b2 49. d8=Q {Qe7+ would kill now.} b1=Q {( -> ...Qe1+)} 50. Qc7+ Kg8 {...Qf5+
is the strong threat.} 51. Qd8+ Kg7 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.21 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.28"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,83,-16,-27,-26,-29,-27,-15,-20,-38,0,17,36,38,42,30,33,18,31,0,0,0,
76,79,63,0,0,0,0,16,11,0,8,31,48,44,102,98,98,98,98,98,270,254,252,225,485,494,
720,731,727,720,705,668,602,357,355,354,436,413,714,662,610,734,700,706,765,
780,1522,1474,2887,1722,3870,3162,2133,1867]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 {E24: Nimzo-Indian:
Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines.} 7. e4 Na5 8. Bd3 Ba6 {
The position is equal.} 9. Qe2 d6 ({Better is} 9... c5 $15) 10. f4 $11 Qd7 11.
Nf3 $1 Qa4 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 12. Nd2 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O-O 13.
O-O Nd7 14. Rb1 Nb8 15. Rb5 c5 16. Rb1 Rd7 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Nbc6 {0-1 (56)
Deze,V (2220)-Aleksic,N (2420) Barcelona 1991}) 13. O-O (13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rb1
(14. fxe5 Nd7 $17) 14... Nc6 $15) 13... O-O 14. fxe5 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rb1 (
15. fxe5 Nd7 $17) 15... Qc6 $17) 14... dxe5 15. Rb1 (15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Rae8
$17) 15... c5 {[#]} (15... Nd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Rxf6 $1 $16 gxf6 {[#]}
17. Qf3 (17. Nb3 $1 $14 {feels stronger.}) 17... Qc6 $11 ({Don't do} 17... cxd4
18. Nb3 $1 Qc6 19. Nxa5 (19. Bh6 f5 $11) 19... bxa5 20. Bh6 $14) (17... exd4
18. e5 Rfe8 19. exf6 $18) (17... Bxc4 $2 18. Nxc4 h6 19. Bxh6 $1 $18) 18. d5
Qd6 19. Nf1 Kh8 {[%cal Of6f5]} (19... Bxc4 $2 20. Ne3 (20. Bh6 f5 $14) 20...
Kh8 21. Bxc4 $18) (19... Nxc4 $2 20. Bxc4 (20. Bh6 f5 $16) 20... Bxc4 21. Ne3
$18) 20. Ne3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bc8 21. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,
Bd2e1,Be1h4][%mdl 32]} Rg8 22. Be1 Rg6 {[#]} (22... f5 $1 $14) 23. Bh4 $1 $16
Rh6 {[#]} 24. Qf2 {White is more active.} Bd7 25. Rf1 Kg7 $2 {Black cannot
hold the game after this.} (25... Nb7 $16) 26. Be2 $18 Rg6 {Inhibits Bg4.} 27.
h3 Bxh3 $2 (27... Rg8 28. Bh5 Rh6) 28. Bh5 Bd7 (28... Rf8 $142 29. Bxg6 fxg6
30. gxh3 h5) 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Bxf6+ ({Not} 30. Qxf6+ Qxf6 31. Bxf6+ Kg8 $16)
30... Kg8 31. Qh4 {Threatens to win with Be7.} Rf8 32. Rf3 {Black must now
prevent Be7.} Rf7 {Inhibits Be7.} 33. Qg5 Qf8 34. Qxe5 {Strongly threatening
Qg5.} Nb7 (34... h6 $142 35. Rf2 Nb7) 35. Qf4 {White is clearly winning.} Nd6 {
[%cal Od6e4]} 36. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5f6][%mdl 32]} Ne8 37. d6 Nxf6 38. exf6 Qe8
39. Nd5 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qd1 41. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#]} 42. Rh3 $1 {
[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.37} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.28"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,-14,-11,-9,0,0,0,-12,-30,-24,0,0,0,0,4,
0,0,0,9,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7.
Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4
and 5 d3.} Bg4 {[%cal Bc8g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6,Bg6e4][%mdl 32]} 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 O-O
12. g4 Bg6 13. O-O f5 {[#] With the idea ...f4.} 14. exf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bg5 Qd5 16. Ba4 Kh8 17. Bb3 Qa5 18. d5 exf3 19. dxc6 Qxe5 20.
Qxf3 fxg4 21. Qxg4 {0-1 (60) Reshef,O (2429)-Mindlin,A (2412) Kiryat Ono 2016})
14... Qxf6 {[#] ...Nxc3 is the strong threat.} 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Qh4 17.
Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Kh2 c5 (18... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 19. f4 (19. f3 c5 $15) 19...
c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 19. dxc5 {[#] Strongly threatening Qd4.
The position is equal.} Qe7 $1 {[%csl LRc5,LRe5]} 20. Nc6 Qd7 $132 {[%mdl 2048]
Black is fighting back} 21. Ne5 Qe7 {[%csl LRc5,LRe5]} 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Ne5 Qe7
$1 {[%csl LRc5,LRe5] An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 
(flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.28"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,74,4,10,4,7,4,9,24,31,39,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,13,16,27,27,70,56,50,47,
58,38,24,19,21,17,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,42,60,37,33,23,24,12,12,0,45,0,10,0,
43]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,
Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently
scoring better than 9.Re1.} Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4
5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. Be3 Bd7 {[#]}
15. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nfd2 g6 16. c4 b4 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Nbd2 a5 19.
Kh2 a4 20. Rc1 axb3 21. axb3 {0-1 (48) Ivic,V (2620)-Berkes,F (2676) Terme
Catez 2021}) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 {Inhibits g4.} 17. c4 fxe4 18. Nfd2 bxc4
19. bxc4 Na4 20. Nxe4 Rab8 (20... Nb6 $11 {might be stronger.}) 21. Nbd2 $14
Bf5 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Qd7 24. Raf1 Rbe8 25. Qf3 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Bg6 (25... g6
$2 26. g4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 $18) 26. Qg3 Nb2 {[%cal Ba4b2,Bb2d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]}
27. Ng5 Rxf4 28. Bxf4 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Nd3 30. Rf3 {[%cal Bf1f3,Bf3a3,Ba3b3][%mdl
32]} Ne5 31. Ra3 Qb7 32. Rb3 Qc7 33. Bf4 Qa5 34. Qc3 Qd8 35. Qg3 Qa5 36. Qc3
Qd8 ({Don't do} 36... Qxa2 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rb6 $14) 37. Qg3 Qa5 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.28"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,92,0,0,0,18,4,12,4,4,4,4,0,16,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,16,-8,-2,-20,-31,-115,
-60,-47,-56,-64,-75,-112,-103,-120,-120,-125,-127,-128,-137,-250,-248,-234,
-252,-205,-193,-192,-192,-247,-224,-257,-229,-407,-410,-397,-354,-393,-389,
-515,-504,-495,-294,-285,-270,-518,-489,-6089,-578,-6075,-5214,-2200,-703,
-1927,-1512]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7.
b3 O-O 8. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2d3,Bd3b1][%mdl 32]} b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11.
a4 a5 12. Bd3 {[#] D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} Bb4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.}
({Predecessor:} 12... Rac8 13. e4 e5 14. Rfe1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 g6 16. Rad1 exd4
17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. h3 Rfd8 {1-0 (40) Ding,L (2791)-Yu,Y (2709) Chess.com INT 2020
}) 13. Rac1 h6 14. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Rad8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Bb1 Bd6
17. Re1 Bb4 18. Red1 Rc8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Qc2 {White wants to
mate with Qh7+.} Nf8 {Prevents Qh7+.} 22. Ne2 b5 23. Nd4 (23. cxb5 $15 cxb5 24.
Qd3) 23... dxc4 ({Black should try} 23... bxa4 $17 24. bxa4 Ba6 25. cxd5 cxd5)
24. bxc4 $15 bxa4 25. Qxa4 {[%cal Oc4c5]} c5 26. Ne2 {Black keeps a firm grip
on the game.} Red8 {To avoid Rd6} 27. Qc2 {To avoid Bd2} Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 {[#]}
Rd8 $1 {[%cal Ob7e4]} 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Nc3 {To avoid Be4} (30. Ng3 $17) 30...
Bxc3 $19 31. Bxc3 {[#]} Be4 $40 {[%mdl 640] Black goes for the king.} 32. Qc1
Bxb1 33. Qxb1 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 34. h3 (34. h4 $142) 34...
a3 35. Kh2 Qa8 {aiming for ...a2.} 36. Qb3 (36. Qb6 {was necessary.}) 36... a2
37. Ba1 Qa5 38. Kg3 g5 39. h4 gxh4+ 40. Kxh4 Ng6+ (40... Qe1 $142 41. Qxa2 Qh1+
42. Kg3 h5) 41. Kg3 h5 {...Qe1 is the strong threat.} 42. Qb2 $2 (42. Kh2 {
was the only chance.}) 42... Qd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. f4 (43. Kh2
$142 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qxc4 45. Kh2) 43... Qh4+ 44. Kf3 Qe1 {( -> ...Nh4+)} 45. Qxa2
Nh4+ 46. Ke4 Qf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.65/Black=0.10 (very precise)}
0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.28"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,19,-3,3,19,19,21,21,7,6,11,20,7]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3
c5 5. Nbd2 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 6. Rb1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines,
including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the
older 6...Nc6.} 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 8. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Ne5 Nc6 9.
Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. f3 f6 14. Nd3 {1-0 (60) So,
W (2770)-Vidit,S (2726) chess24.com INT 2021}) 8... Qxc5 9. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,
Bc4d5][%mdl 32]} O-O 10. cxd5 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.28"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]

{[%evp 25,43,26,79,83,62,11,20,-2,31,0,561,554,589,559,1103,1090,1182,1149,
1758,1724]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Qb6 7. b4
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 f6 (
13... Rac8 $11) 14. exf6 $16 {White is more active. C02: French: Advance
Variation.} Bxf6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 15. Rc1 (15. Na4 $14 Qd8 16. Nc5) 15... Ne7 $11
{[#]} 16. h4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Kh1
Kh8 18. Qe1 Be8 19. Qg3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Qh3 Qa6 22. Rfd1 Qxa3 {½-½ (39)
Schmidt,P (1628)-La,Q (1436) Braunschweig 2019}) 16... h6 17. Bb1 e5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17... Be8 $11) 18. dxe5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qxe3+
19. Kh1 d4 {[%cal Of6h4]} 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Re1 Qf2 22. Ne4 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=1.54} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.29"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,98,12,11,19,19,16,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,17,12,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-10,0,0,17,-41,0,-10,3,-60,-67,-66,-63,-69,-69,-77,-75,-104,-106,-152,-149,
-145,-133,-145,-135,-129,-118,-138,-125,-151,-137,-157,-157,-169,-164,-155,
-154,-214,-207,-218,-195,-225,-158,-214,-241,-245,-215,-229,-233,-263,-234,
-329,-323,-405,-405,-400,-408]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3
Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 7...cxd4.
} 8. e5 Ne4 9. Be3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Qe2
{The position is equal.} Bd7 {[%cal Oc6e5]} 12. Ba4 Rac8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Qd8 {[%cal Oc6d4]} 15. Bb3 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf5 16. Nh4 Be6
17. Bd2 Na5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. f5 gxf5 21. Rf1 f4 22. Rxf4 {½-½ 
(44) Brundisch,V (2067)-Taksrud,V (2090) ICCF email 2019}) 16. Rac1 Nxb3 17.
axb3 Qb6 18. Qa2 a5 19. Qa3 Rfe8 20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Qa6 22. c5 Bc6 23. Rb1 a4
24. Rec1 (24. Rb4 $11) 24... Rcd8 (24... b5 $1 $15) 25. Nd2 Qe2 {[%cal Od8d4]}
26. f3 {[#]} ({Better is} 26. Re1 $11 Qh5 27. f3) 26... Rxd4 $1 $15 27. Bxd4
Qxd2 28. Rd1 Qf4 29. Qb4 {Black continues to play with concentration.} e6 30.
Bc3 Qxb4 31. Bxb4 ({White should try} 31. Rxb4 Bf8 32. Bd4) 31... Bxe5 $17 32.
Ba3 Bf6 33. Kf2 Be7 34. Rb6 Rc8 35. Rd2 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]}
36. f4 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Re2 Rf8+ 39. Ke1 Rf5 40. Rb1 (40. Rd2 $17 {keeps
fighting.}) 40... e4 $19 41. Rc1 Bh4+ 42. g3 Bg5 {Threatens to win with ...Rf3.
} 43. Rb1 (43. Rc4 $17) 43... Rf3 44. Bc1 Bf6 45. Rb6 Rf5 46. Ba3 Kf7 47. Rf2 (
47. Bb4 $142) 47... Rf3 48. Rxf3 exf3 49. Kf1 Bd4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.29"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,43,33,27,42,19,19,27,17,33,26,28,33,34,25,27,21,29,31,24,30,29,44,
39,36,33,30,33,40,37,33,32,37,47,48,41,77,42,54,52,44,51,57,43,54,66,68,10,10,
10,10,11,12,12,12,12,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
4. d3 Ne7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bc4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual
lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d6 7. O-O h6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Nh4 {[#]} g5 $146 {[#]
Prevents f4.} ({Predecessor:} 9... g6 10. f4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bg7 12. e5 dxe5 13.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. fxe5 Rd8 15. Qf4 Be6 16. exf6 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf6 {½-½ (35)
Saric,I (2689)-Fedorchuk,S (2626) Rio Achaea 2018}) 10. dxe5 $1 dxe5 {[#]} 11.
Qf3 $1 Bg7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Rd8 14. Bd3 Ned5 (14... O-O {seems wilder.}
15. Ne4 Ned5 16. a4 a5 17. c3 Rfe8) 15. Nxd5 (15. Ne4 {is more complex.} O-O
16. c3 a5 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Re1) 15... Nxd5 16. Be4 Nf6 17. c3 {To avoid Rd4} O-O
18. h3 Qb6 19. Qe2 Rd7 (19... Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qb5 21. Be3 $11) 20. a4 Rfd8 {[#]}
21. Be3 $1 Qc7 (21... Qa5 22. Bc2) 22. Qc4 Rd6 ({Much weaker is} 22... Nxe4 23.
Qxe4 Rd5 24. h4 $11) 23. b4 {White is more active.} b6 24. b5 {[%cal Re4c6]}
Nxe4 25. Qxe4 cxb5 26. axb5 Qxc3 27. Rxa7 Qb3 28. Qb7 (28. Rc1 $1 $14) 28... e4
$11 {The position is equal.} 29. Kh2 ({And not} 29. Bxb6 Rd1 30. Qxf7+ (30.
Bxd8 {gets mated.} Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. g3 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1 Qh2#)
30... Qxf7 $17) 29... Rf8 30. Qxe4 {Strongly threatening Rb1.} Qxb5 31. Rb1
Qe5+ 32. Qxe5 Bxe5+ 33. g3 Rb8 34. Rb5 Bd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Ra3 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.29"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,76,27,3,15,22,17,16,14,6,6,0,0,-18,22,14,32,0,-9,0,0,-11,19,20,16,5,
67,4,18,-8,0,-16,7,0,35,22,10,11,28,22,43,-441,-404,-549,-417,-521,-444,-437,
-450,-440,-441,-512,-549,-553,-560,-565,-548,-532,-506,-491,-478,-485,-504,
-483,-484,-1016,-1006]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6.
O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.}
8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. h3 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 Nc6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. a4
{[#] Black must now prevent d5.} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. Ba2
exd4 13. Nc4 dxc3 14. Nxb6 c2 15. Qxc2 cxb6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 {½-½ 
(59) Alekseenko,K (2698)-Caruana,F (2842) Ekaterinburg 2021}) 12. cxd4 d5 (
12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb3 $11) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. b3 (14. Ne4 $14 {
is superior.}) 14... Be6 $11 (14... Nxd4 15. Ba3 c6 16. Bxd5 (16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17.
a5 Bc5 $16) 16... Qxd5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. a5 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 $16)
(14... Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Ba3 $16) 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Bb2 Na5 17. Ne5 c6 18.
Qf3 f6 (18... Bc7 $11) 19. Nd3 ({White should play} 19. Ng4 $1 $14 Nxc4 20.
bxc4) 19... Bf7 20. Re2 Bc7 21. Rae1 b6 22. Bc1 {[%cal Oc1h6] And now Bxh6!
would win.} Re6 23. Bd2 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Ne7 {[#]} 25. Bxh6 $1 {Hoping for Bf4.}
Qxd4 (25... Ng6 26. Bxg7) 26. Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} f5
$19 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 ({Weaker is} 27... fxg4 28. Bxd4 Kf8 {[#]} 29. Be3 $1 $14 (
29. hxg4 Rd8 $11)) 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Ng5 Rxe2 30.
Rxe2 Ng6 31. Ne6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Rd8 33. Rxc6 Bb8 ({Worse is} 33... Rxd3 34.
Rxc7+ Kf6 35. c5 $17) 34. Ne1 Ne5 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rh6 Rd1 37. Kf1 Nxc4 {
aiming for ...Bd6.} 38. Rh4 {[#]} (38. Rc6 $142 Ne5 39. Rc3) 38... Ne3+ $1 {
[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.18 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.29"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,49,20,27,13,37,41,37,35,35,22,37,38,44,47,45,34,68,55,59,21,20,22,25,
21,34,35,20,23,60,46,85,0,-15,-52]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5.
Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 {[#] D78:
Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a5 11. Re1 Ne4
12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Nh4 Nd6 14. Bxd6 Be6 15. Qd3 exd6 16. Nf3 d5 17. e3 Bf5 {
1-0 (56) Grunberg,M (2397)-Dolana,A (2297) Novi Sad 2016}) 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 {
White is slightly better.} axb6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Qd3 Bf5 15. Qa6 h6 16. Rfd1 Nd5
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qb7 g5 19. Bd2 ({But not} 19. Qxd5 $2 Be6 20. Qe4 Nf6 $19)
19... g4 20. Ne1 e6 21. Bf4 {Black must now prevent Bd6.} Nf6 22. Ra7 Rc4 23.
Bf1 Rb4 {[#]} 24. Qc6 {White is more active.} ({White should try} 24. Rda1 $1
$16) 24... Ne4 $11 ({Don't play} 24... Rxb2 25. Rda1 $14) 25. Nd3 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.29"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,-2,-20,-8,15,0,0,10,41,33,37,28,31,28,26,43,56,58,68,67,68,59,66,
56,64,52,94,96,86,77,75,92,99,106,101,93,95,85,229,231,380,370,346,328]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4
f3.} d6 {is recently more successful than 6...bxc4.} 7. Bd2 a6 8. a4 {The
position is equal.} bxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bxe6 Ne5 12. Bxc8 Qxc8
13. Bf4 $1 c4 {[#] And now ...Nd3+ would win.} 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Nh3 {[#]} (15.
Nge2 Qc5 16. Qc2 Rd8 $17) 15... Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc5 16. Nf2
Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qe3+ 18. Kf1 Qxc3 19. Rc1 Qa3 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Qc3 Qxa4 22. Qxe5+
{0-1 (42) Basso,P (2538)-Alsina Leal,D (2500) Cattolica 2021}) 16. Qe2 Rb8 17.
Nf2 Qb7 (17... Nh5 $14 18. Nd5 Bd4) 18. O-O $16 Qxb2 19. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qb3
{[#]} 21. Qc7 ({Not} 21. Qc6+ Kf7 22. Qc7+ (22. Rxf2 $2 Rhc8 $19) 22... Kg6 $17
) 21... Qb6 22. Qxe5+ Kf7 {Threatens to win with ...Bd4.} 23. Nd5 Nxd5 (23...
Rhe8 $16 {might work better.} 24. Qf5 Qa7) 24. Qxd5+ $18 ({Weaker is} 24. exd5
Rhd8 25. Qf5+ Kg8 $17) 24... Ke7 (24... Kf8 {keeps fighting.} 25. Qf5+ Qf6) 25.
Qe5+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Rhd8.} 26. Rac1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 
(flawless) /Black=0.25 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.29"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,87,23,25,24,-4,9,7,11,6,0,5,4,6,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,7,7,8,14,16,22,9,
14,0,10,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,6,0,2,0,0,0,19,-27,0,-135,-137,-147,-64,-66,-60,-71,-69,
-61,-40,-47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3
e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Bb4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5
Bg5 h6.} 10. Qc2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qe7 11. a3 {[#]} Bd6
$146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Qxc4 e5 14. e3 e4 15. Nd2 Nf6
16. Qc5 Re8 17. b4 Bg4 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 {1-0 (43) Feibert,F (2211)-Kennel,C (2239)
Mehlingen 1999}) 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Nce4 e5 $1 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 exd4 16.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Qa4 O-O 19. Rxd4 Qe5 {[%cal Oe6b3]} 20. e3 Rfd8 21.
Rad1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qc7 23. h3 Qb6 24. Rb4 Qc7 25. Rd4 Qb6 26. Rd2 a5 27. Qh4
Re8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8d8,Bd8d7][%mdl 32] Inhibits Qe7.} 28. Kh2 Kf8 29. e4 f6 30.
Qf4 Rd8 31. Re2 (31. Rxd8+ $142 Qxd8 32. e5) 31... Qb5 32. Qc7 Rd7 $17 33. Qb8+
{[#]} Kf7 (33... Ke7 $1 $17 34. Rc2 Qd3) 34. Bf3 $15 Qd3 $1 35. Qf4 g5 36. Bh5+
Kg7 (36... Ke7 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 37. Qc1 (37. Qb8 Bf7 $17) 37... Bf7 38. Qc5+
Qd6 39. Qxd6+ Rxd6 40. Bxf7 Kxf7 $15) 37. Qb8 g4 (37... Bf7 $15 {should be
considered.} 38. Bg4 h5 39. Bxd7 Qxe2) 38. Re1 {The position is equal.} Qd2 39.
Rf1 Bc4 40. Qe8 Bxf1 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Qe8+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.29"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]

{[%evp 18,86,-11,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-33,-24,-13,-25,-35,-37,-41,-45,-53,-41,-53,
-26,-75,-47,-95,-100,-84,-92,-102,-99,-102,-102,-140,-47,-30,-39,-76,-25,-46,
-16,-178,-174,-335,-343,-319,-335,-401,-389,-484,-500,-488,-425,-579,-537,-584,
-568,-579,-580,-631,-614,-701,-697,-877,-857,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,
-29992,-29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7.
Bg2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Nge2 a6 10. a4 Qc7 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.
A60: Modern Benoni: Early Divergences.} 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 {The position
is equal.} 13. a5 Re8 {[#]} 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh2 b5 15. axb6
Rxb6 16. f4 Nb8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. f5 Bb5 19. g4 Nfd7 20. g5 {1-0 (52) Aperia,J 
(1893)-Akdag,D (2095) Reykjavik 2008}) 14... b5 15. axb6 $1 Qxb6 16. Rb1 Qb3
17. Qxb3 Rxb3 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Nc1 Rb8 20. Rd1 (20. Bxe5 $11 {is more
appropriate.} Rxe5 21. Nd3) 20... Nfd7 {Black is more active.} 21. Nd3 (21. b3
$15) 21... Nxd3 $17 22. Rxd3 Ne5 23. Rdd1 h6 24. Bf1 g5 25. Be3 Nf3+ (25... Rb4
$17 {aiming for ...f5.} 26. g4 Bd7 27. Bxa6 Reb8) 26. Kg2 $15 Nd4 27. f3 Nc2 (
27... Rb6 $17) 28. Bf2 Bd4 29. Bxd4 $2 {This costs White the game.} (29. Rd2 $1
$11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Ne3+ 30. Bxe3 Bxe3 31. Rc2) 29... cxd4
$19 30. Rdc1 $2 (30. Kf2 dxc3 31. bxc3) 30... Ne3+ (30... dxc3 31. Rxc2 f5 32.
Bd3 $16) 31. Kf2 Nxf1 ({Less strong is} 31... dxc3 32. Kxe3 cxb2 33. Rc2 $16)
32. Kxf1 dxc3 33. Rxc3 Bxh3+ 34. Kf2 Rec8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxc3.}
35. Ra3 Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Bc8 37. b4 Rc4 38. Rab3 Bd7 39. g4 Rc2 40. Kd3 Rbc8 {
[#] ( -> ...Bb5+)} 41. e5 Bb5+ {Black mates.} 42. Ke4 Re2+ 43. Re3 Rc4+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.11 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,27,12,27,30,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2b3][%mdl 32]} Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines
with 7 Nf3.} O-O 10. Nb3 {[#]} Qxc3+ $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The position is equal.
A relevant novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Nxc5 Nd7 12. Na4 a6 13. Rc1
b5 14. Nb2 Bb7 15. f3 Qa5 16. Qb3 e5 {0-1 (64) Grischuk,A (2776)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) chess24.com INT 2021}) 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1 Qc3+ 13.
Bd2 Qb2 14. Bc1 {White got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.30"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,25,22,15,58,34,45,33]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4
O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 {
[%cal Od3h7]} h6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} (11... Bb6 $11) 12. O-O
Qf6 13. b4 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Bb6 $146 14. b5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rb1 Bb6
17. Qh5 Be6 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rac8 {½-½ (33) Alexandrova,O (2409)-Ordaz
Valdes,L (2350) Mexico City 2012} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.30"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,117,-36,0,-14,-8,-12,-10,-10,-4,-8,0,-22,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,20,20,25,25,20,25,142,87,315,310,282,267,373,368,369,376,356,349,662,647,
1107,347,334,304,298,301,416,428,426,387,392,401,382,374,502,332,332,332,332,
332,332,323,300,300,330,300,300,300,391,383,387,343,376,294,335,298,357,294,
294,253,278,429,448,454,454,443,405,278,794,635]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11.
f4 f5 12. exf5 {E29: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...0-0 6 e3 c5 7 Bd3 Nc6.} exf5
13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be3 {The position is equal.} d6 15. Ng3 {[%cal Be2g3,Bg3f1,
Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32] [#]} 16.
Qf3 $146 {[%cal Og3f5]} ({Predecessor:} 16. Qa4 Nc7 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Qc2 Rb8
19. Re1 Qf7 20. Bf2 Rbe8 21. Qa4 Ng6 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 {0-1 (28) Chiong Zacarias,R
(2373)-Zarnicki,P (2536) Dos Hermanas 2003}) 16... Nc7 (16... g6 {deserves
consideration.}) 17. Rab1 Qd7 18. Rfe1 g6 19. Bf2 Nc8 20. Nf1 Nb6 21. Ne3 Rae8
22. Bh4 Qg7 23. Rbc1 {[%cal Oa3a4]} Re6 24. a4 Nxa4 25. Nd5 Bb7 $1 26. Rxe6
Nxe6 27. Re1 Qd7 (27... g5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Qg3 {White is more
active.} ({White should try} 28. Ne7+ Qxe7 29. Bxe7 Bxf3 30. Bxf8 (30. Rxe6 Re8
$15) 30... Nxf8 31. gxf3) 28... Rf7 $2 {Loses the game.} (28... Bxd5 $16 29.
cxd5 Ng7) 29. Nf6+ $18 Rxf6 30. Bxf6 Kf7 31. Qh4 h5 32. Bg5 {[%cal Od3f5] This
bishop pair is nice.} ({Not} 32. Bh8 Qd8 33. Qxd8 Nxd8 $18) ({Don't take} 32.
Bc2 Nb6 33. Bg5 (33. Bh8 Qd8 $16) 33... Nxg5 $18) 32... Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal
Rc6g2] [#]} 33. Qh3 {The board is on fire.} Nxg5 (33... Qe8) 34. fxg5 Bc8 35.
Qe3 $2 (35. g4 d5 36. gxf5) 35... Qd7 36. Qe2 (36. Bc2 Nb6 37. h3 Kg7 38. Qe7+
Qxe7 39. Rxe7+ Kf8 40. Rxa7 Be6 $18) 36... Qd8 37. Qa2 Bd7 38. Bc2 Nb6 39. Qxa7
Nc8 40. Qb7 Ne7 41. h4 Be6 42. Ra1 {[#] Strongly threatening Ra7.} Qc8 43. Qxc8
Nxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 44. Bb3 Ke7 45. Ra6 Kd8 46. Kf2 Kc7 47. Ra1
Bf7 48. Ke3 Be6 49. Kf4 Kd8 50. Ra8 Kc7 51. Ra2 Bf7 52. Ra1 Kd8 53. Ke3 Be6 54.
g3 Kc7 55. Kf4 Bf7 56. Ba4 Nb6 57. Bb5 {Black must now prevent Ra7+.} Nc8 {
Prevents Ra7+.} 58. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Ra8.} Be6 $2 (58... Kd8 59. Ra8
Kc7) 59. Be8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.30"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,127,0,6,5,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,4,4,2,24,21,31,28,27,
27,25,12,13,13,57,64,65,64,55,58,125,132,112,116,141,141,139,127,131,124,125,
117,114,109,108,101,104,102,103,105,179,104,115,105,108,104,100,64,216,213,270,
270,270,270,263,256,249,241,985,985,920,725,597,563,5065,5065,4133,3589,4133,
4133,4133,2363,1747,416,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,
29979,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3e4,Be4c6]
[%mdl 32]} d5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four
Knights with 4 g3.} 10. Bxc3 dxe4 {is currently scoring better than 10...Nxe4.}
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxe4 Qxb2 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Rb1 Qxb1
15. Qxb1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 17. Bf3 Kf8 18.
Rb8 Re8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 19. h4 Ba6 20. Rb3 {[#]} Re5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20...
Re1+ 21. Kh2 Re5 22. Rc3 Be2 23. Bxe2 Rxe2 24. Kg3 Re4 25. Rxc7 Ra4 26. c4 Rxa2
27. c5 a5 28. Ra7 a4 29. c6 Rc2 30. c7 Ke8 31. Rxa4 {½-½ (31) Mastrovasilis,
D (2619)-Grischuk,A (2773) Terme Catez 2021}) 21. Rc3 Re7 22. Ra3 Re6 23. Bd5
Rb6 24. Bb3 c5 25. Ra4 {Prevents c4.} g6 (25... Be2 $1 $11) 26. f3 $14 Rd6 27.
c4 Ke7 28. Ra5 Kd8 ({Better is} 28... Rc6 $1 $14) 29. Rxc5 $16 Bc8 30. Kf2 Rd2+
31. Kg3 h6 {[#]} 32. h5 $1 Rd6 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Kf4 g5+ 35. Ke5 Re6+ 36. Kd4
Re2 37. g4 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Rd6 (38... Rh2 $16 39. Ra5 Rh3) 39. Ra5 ({White should
try} 39. Bc2 $18) 39... Re6+ 40. Kd4 Rf6 41. Bd1 a6 42. Be2 Rf4+ $2 {Loses the
game.} (42... Bb7 $14) 43. Ke3 $18 Bb7 44. Rf5 Rxf5 45. gxf5 {KB-KB} Ke7 46. c5
{[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32] aiming for Bd3.} Kf6 {[#]} 47. Bd3 Ke5 (
47... a5 48. f4 g4) 48. Be4 Bc8 49. c6 h5 50. c7 a5 51. a4 Kf6 52. Kf2 h4 53.
Kg2 Ke5 54. Kh2 Kf6 55. Bd3 {Threatening mate with Bf1.} Ke5 (55... Bb7 $18 56.
Be4 Bc8) 56. Bf1 {White mates.} Kf6 57. Bh3 Bd7 58. Bg4 Bc8 59. Kg2 Bd7 60. Kf2
Bc8 61. Ke3 Bd7 62. Kd4 Bc8 63. Kc5 Kf7 64. Kb6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
03 (flawless) /Black=0.27 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.30"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,137,0,0,11,16,13,38,43,40,37,43,36,68,73,67,62,61,41,91,72,71,72,60,
60,59,48,56,37,67,38,41,40,63,42,55,50,50,21,26,34,33,30,37,37,26,0,40,35,27,
27,34,0,12,12,8,22,31,32,33,25,51,51,51,51,51,15,15,15,19,16,29,8,56,56,65,16,
27,15,15,15,15,6,6,12,26,22,29,25,28,0,28,0,25,30,33,20,26,32,405,222,801,759,
712,523,12828,12831,12830,12831,3163,529,12832,2627,12843,12840,12841,12839,
12840,12839,12840,12840,12844,12845,12848,12846,12847,12848,12850,12849,12850,
12848]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3d4][%mdl 32]} c5 5.
Be2 Nc6 6. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...
Nf6 3 Bf4.} cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 {White is slightly better.} Qxd6 9. c3 O-O
10. Re1 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Nbd2
Qf4 14. g3 Qh6 15. a4 Nd7 16. Nh4 Rac8 {0-1 (24) Cros Goma,A (2108)-Lecha
Gonzalez,J (2198) ICCF email 2016}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf3 Ne4 (
13... Qc7 $14) 14. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2d4][%mdl 32]} Bf5 15. Nc2 (15. Nb5
{feels hotter.} Rfe8 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. Rad1) 15... Rfe8 16. Qd4 Qxd4
17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. c4 Kf8 19. h4 Rac8 20. cxd5 (20. Rac1 {seems wilder.} Re5 21.
b4 Rce8 22. c5 a6 23. Red1) 20... Nd6 21. Rxe8+ (21. Red1 {keeps more tension.}
h6 22. h5 Rc5 23. g3 Ne4 24. Nb3) 21... Bxe8 22. Rd1 Bd7 23. Kh2 Ke7 24. g4 h6
25. h5 Kf6 26. Kg3 Rc4 27. Kf4 Rc5 28. Rd2 g5+ 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rd1 Ra5 31. a3
Nc4 32. Nb3 Rb5 33. Nd2 $1 g5+ 34. Kg3 Nxd2 35. Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRB} Rb3 {[%cal Oh6h5]} 36. Kg2 Ke5 37. Re2+ Kf6 $1 38. Rc2 Ke5 39. Rc7 Kd6
40. Rc1 Rb6 ({But not} 40... Rxb2 41. Rh1 $16) (40... Ke5 $1 $11 {might be
stronger.}) 41. b4 $14 Ke5 42. Rc7 (42. Kg3 $14) 42... Kd6 $11 43. Rc3 a5 44.
bxa5 Rb5 45. Rc1 {Strongly threatening Rh1.} Rxa5 46. Rh1 Rxa3 47. Rxh6+ Kc5 $1
48. Rh7 Kd6 49. Rh6+ Kc5 $1 50. Rh7 Kd6 51. Rg7 b5 52. Rxg5 b4 53. Rg8 {
Hoping for Rb8.} Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (
53... b3 $1 $14) 54. g5 (54. Rb8 $142) 54... b3 $2 {[#]} (54... Ke5 55. g6 Ra7)
55. g6 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} b2 {[#]} 56. Rb8 $1 {g7 is the
strong threat.} Rb5 57. Rxb5 Bxb5 {KB-KB} 58. g7 b1=Q 59. g8=Q Qf1+ 60. Kg3 Qd3
61. Qe6+ Kc7 62. Qe5+ Kd7 63. Qe3 Qb1 64. Qe6+ Kd8 65. d6 {White wants to mate
with Qe7+.} Qh7 {To avoid Qe7+} 66. Qf6+ Kd7 67. Bg4+ Ke8 68. Qe5+ Kd8 69. Qg5+
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.26 (precise)} ({
Inferior is} 69. Qxb5 Qh2+ 70. Kf3 Qf4+ 71. Ke2 Qe5+ 72. Qxe5 $11) 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.30"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,80,3,60,29,24,24,31,26,28,31,45,19,20,17,81,75,82,7,14,-43,4,-39,-57,
-57,-61,-61,-68,-63,-55,-62,-71,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 Qb6 (11... d5 $11) 12.
Bc4 {B66: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 h6.} (12. Bxd6 O-O-O 13. e5
Bxd6 14. exd6 Rd7 $11) 12... Rd8 13. Bb3 Be7 14. Be3 {White is slightly better.
} Qc7 15. Qf2 {[#]} Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd7 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. Ne2 Rc8
18. Kb1 Nc5 19. Bd4 Rg8 20. e5 d5 21. Qf2 b6 {½-½ (32) Unzicker,W-Pustina,Y
Siegen 1970}) 16. Bb6 Rc8 17. g4 O-O (17... Nd7 $11) 18. h4 $16 Nd7 19. Bd4 {
White is much more active.} (19. g5 $16) 19... Nc5 $1 $11 20. Rhg1 ({White
should try} 20. g5 $11) 20... b5 $15 21. h5 (21. Ne2 $1 $11) 21... b4 22. g5 {
[%cal Og5h6] [#] aiming for gxh6!} Bxg5+ (22... bxc3 23. gxh6 cxb2+ 24. Kxb2
Nxb3 25. axb3 $18) 23. f4 Nxb3+ ({And not} 23... bxc3 24. fxg5 Nxe4 25. Qe3
Nxg5 26. Bxc3 $17) 24. axb3 f6 (24... bxc3 25. fxg5 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Bxe4 27. Rd2
hxg5 28. Bxg7 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Bxc2 30. Kxc2 Kxg7 31. Rxg5+ Kh7 32. Qf6 $11) 25.
fxg5 fxg5 (25... bxc3 $2 26. gxh6 Bxe4 27. Rxg7+ (27. hxg7 cxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Rf7
$16) 27... Kh8 28. Bxf6 cxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Rxc2+ 30. Qxc2 Bxc2 31. Rb7+ Rxf6 32.
Rxb8+ Kh7 33. Kxc2 $18) 26. Qe3 {[%cal Od4g7] [#] Threatens to win with Bxg7!}
bxc3 (26... Qb7 $15) 27. Bxg7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} cxb2+ $1 28. Kxb2
Kxg7 {[%cal Bg8g7,Bg7f7,Bf7e8,Be8d8,Bd8c7,Bc7b7][%mdl 32]} 29. Rxg5+ $1 hxg5
30. Qxg5+ Kf7 31. Rf1+ Ke8 32. Qg6+ Kd8 33. Rxf8+ Kc7 34. Rxc8+ Qxc8 (34...
Kxc8 $2 35. h6 $18) 35. h6 Bxe4 $1 36. Qxe4 {Threatening mate with Qc4+.} Qh8+
37. Ka2 $1 Qxh6 38. Qc4+ Kb7 39. Qb4+ Kc7 40. Qc4+ Kb7 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.30"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2856"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

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