[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"] [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 "2022.01.17"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.20"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.22"] [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"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"] 1-0 [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"] [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 "2022.01.26"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.29"] [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"] [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