[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"] [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 "2022.01.18"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.21"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.23"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.28"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.30"] [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"] [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