[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"] [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 "2022.01.20"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.22"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.25"] [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"] [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 "2022.01.28"] [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"] {[%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 "2022.01.30"] [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"] [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