[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 $5 {It is surprising that the same line
was employed by Ding Liren against Fabiano Caruana in the A group of the Tata
Steel. Fabiano beat Ding with the black pieces and Shankland failed to get any
concrete advantage here. So maybe this move isn't so good.} (11. Qb3 Nfd7 12.
e3 Nc6 13. Nc3 {was considered as the main line.}) 11... Bd7 (11... Nc6 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Bf5 {was Ding-Caruana.}) 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. c5 Qa6 (13... Qc7
14. Nb5 Qc8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Ne5 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20.
Rfc1 Qa5 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rc4 b5 {0-1 (24)
Dizdarevic,E (2520)-Svidler,P (2690) Bled 2002}) 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Rfc8 16.
Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfc1 (17. Rfd1 {was also possible.}) 17... Ne8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19.
Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc7 22. Rb4 (22. c6 b6 23. Rc3 Rbc8 24. Rbc1
Nd6 $11 {gives White nothing.}) 22... Nf6 $6 (22... Rbc8 23. Nd3 b6 $6 (23...
Nf6 $14) 24. cxb6 Rxc1 25. bxa7 $1 {Not an easy move to foresee.} (25. b7 Nd6
26. Nxc1 Rb8 $11) 25... R1c7 26. Rb8 Rxa7 27. Rxc8 Kf8 28. Nc5 $16) (22... f6
23. Nd3 Kf7 {was the best way for Black to play.}) 23. Nd3 (23. c6 $5 b6 24. a4
(24. Rd4 Rbc8 25. g4 Ne8 26. Rd7 Kf8 $11 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 24... Rbc8 25. Rf4 Rd8
26. e3 {black is under some pressure}) 23... Nd7 24. Rcb1 b6 25. cxb6 Rxb6 26.
a4 Kf8 27. Rxb6 axb6 28. Rb4 Ra7 29. Nb2 Nc5 30. Rxb6 Nxa4 {Nothing much
happened in the game between the two favourites of the group B.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 {This position that the
players have reached via the symmetrical English Opening was quite popular. In
fact it is one of Kramnik;s favourite line. He has had quite some success with
White because it is a kind of technical position that he excels in. There are
two moves in this position b3 and Na5. Kramnik has used both of them. In one
of his encounters he played the move Na5 and guess who was his opponent? David
Navara, the man who is white in this game!} 12. Na5 (12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+
14. Nxd2 Nb4 15. Kd1 O-O-O 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rc1 Kb7 18. Ke1 $1 {Was the famous
game between Kramnik and Leko in Miskolc rapid match in 2007.}) 12... Rc8 13.
Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 (15. O-O {it is now possible to pick up the e2 pawn}
Bxe2 $1 $11) 15... O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 (16... Bxe2 $2 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Bxd5 $18 {
loses a piece.}) 17. Bf3 Bf6 $1 {This is the novelty introduced by Karjakin
against Radjabov in October 2014 which seems to solve all of Black's problems
in this line. It was also tried by Gelfand against Radjabov in November and
that game also ended in a draw. It is interesting to see whether David Navara
had any new ideas prepared in this line.} 18. Rfd1 (18. Rc2 {was played by
Radjabov against Karjakin when the latter solved all his opening problems with}
Nb4 $1 $11) 18... Bb2 19. Rc2 Ba3 20. Nc4 (20. Kg2 {Improving the position and
also making Nb4 not possible. But this doesn't really seem to be an
improvement as Black can just centralise his king.} Kf8 (20... Nb4 $2 21. Bxb4
$1 Bxb4 (21... Rxd1 22. Bxa3 $18) (21... cxb4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc7 $16) 22.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nc6 Rd6 24. a3 $1 Bxa3 25. Ra2 $18) 21. h4 {just improving the
position.} (21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Nb4 (22... Nb6 23. Rb1 $16) 23. Rc3 Bb2 24.
Rb3 Bf6 25. e3 Nxa2 26. Ra3 Nb4 27. Rxa7 {is an academic advantage to white
just like in the game.}) 21... Ke7 {Black seems to be doing just fine.}) 20...
Bxc4 21. bxc4 (21. Rxc4 Nb6 22. Rc2 Bb4 23. e4 Bxd2 24. Rcxd2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 c4
26. bxc4 Nxc4 $11 {This should not be enough for an advantage for White.})
21... Nb4 22. Rc3 Bb2 23. Rb3 Bf6 24. e3 Nxa2 25. Ra3 Nb4 26. Rxa7 g6 {Black
has equalised. White's double bishops do not mean much.} 27. Rb7 Rb8 28. Rb5
Be7 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Bc3 f6 31. Ra1 Kf7 32. Ra7 Rd8 33. Kf1 Rd3 34. Ra3 Rd7
35. Ke2 f5 36. Ra5 Bf6 37. Bd2 Nd3 38. Bc6 Rd6 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. Rd7 Rxc6 41.
Kxd3 Be7 42. Ra7 e5 43. Ba5 e4+ 44. Ke2 Rd6 45. Rb7 Ra6 46. Rb5 h5 47. h4 Kf7
48. Bb6 Ra4 49. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 (11... d5 {was seen in the high
profile game of Topalov vs Andreikin in March 2014.}) 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Be6
14. Bc2 d5 $6 {This seems like a dubious positional decision as now White gets
an excellent position with the help of a small positional trick.} 15. exd5 cxd5
16. d4 $1 {Black would have wanted to play e4 here but unfortunately it is not
possible and hence is left with an isolated d5 pawn.} exd4 (16... e4 17. f4 $1
{[%cal Gf4f5] is a point of White's play.} exf3 18. Qxf3 $16) 17. Qxd4 {White
is positionally better because he has his pieces well placed and the d5 pawn
is weak.} Qd6 (17... g5 {would have only made matters worse.} 18. Bg3 $16) 18.
Bg3 Qb6 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Rad1 {Calm and simple play by Robin. He gangs up on
the d5 pawn.} Rfd8 21. Rfe1 b5 22. Bf5 $5 {A very interesting decision. Why
would White go out of his way to exchange the bad black bishop for his
excellent one on c2. Of course there are tactical justifications for this move.
} Re8 (22... Bxf5 23. Nxf5 $16 {The threat now is Nh6 and also infiltrating
with Re7.}) 23. Bd3 Rab8 24. Re2 a5 25. a3 Qb6 (25... b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. cxb4
Qb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. Nc2 $16) 26. Nc2 Qxd4 27. Nxd4 Bd7 (27... b4 {would have
been desirable but doesn't really work because of} 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Nc6 Rb6
30. Nxb4 $16) 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. b4 $1 {Fixing the b5 pawn.} a4 30. f3 Bd7 31.
Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. h4 Kd6 34. g4 g6 35. Rg1 Ne8 36. g5 h5 37. Re1 Nc7 38.
f4 Rg8 (38... Ne6 39. Nxe6 Bxe6 40. Kd4 Bd7 41. Re5 Be6 42. Be2 $16 {It is
only a matter of time before White will find a way to breakthrough.}) 39. Kd2
Ne6 40. Nxb5+ Bxb5 41. Bxb5 Nxf4 42. Re8 $1 {nicely calculated. White is just
winning this bishop vs knight endgame.} Rxe8 43. Bxe8 Ng2 44. Bxa4 $6 {Taking
the f7 pawn would have won faster.} (44. Bxf7 Nxh4 45. Ke3 Ng2+ 46. Kf2 $18)
44... Nxh4 45. Bd1 Nf5 46. a4 Kc6 (46... Ng7 {relocating the knight to e6 was
the best idea but White still manages to win.} 47. a5 $1 Ne6 48. a6 Kc6 (48...
Nc7 49. a7 Kc6 50. Bf3 Kb7 51. c4 Kxa7 52. Bxd5 Nxd5 53. cxd5 $18) 49. Bf3 Kb6
(49... Nc7 50. c4 Kb6 51. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 52. cxd5 Kxa6 53. d6 Kb6 54. b5 $18) 50.
Bxd5 Kxa6 51. Bxe6 fxe6 52. c4 $18) 47. Bf3 Nd6 48. Kd3 h4 49. Kd4 Nf5+ 50. Ke5
Ne3 51. Kf6 Nc4 52. Bg2 Ne3 53. Bh1 Ng4+ 54. Kxf7 Nf2 55. Bf3 Nd3 56. Ke6 Nf4+
57. Ke5 Nd3+ 58. Kd4 Nf4 59. c4 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. d5 Na5 14. c4 Nb3 15.
Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rfxc1 Rfe8 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 {Nothing special
has happened in this game and Potkin has played well as black in order to
equalise but now he gets greedy and picks up a pawn which gives White a chance
to snatch the initiative.} Qxe5 $6 (19... g6 $11 {was better.}) 20. Re1 $6 (20.
Qh3 $1 {Was not a difficult move to make.} g6 21. Re1 Qc7 (21... Qd4 $6 22. Be4
$1 (22. Rbd1 {is also possible.}) 22... Rac8 (22... Rad8 23. Bc6 Rf8 24. Qxe6+
Rf7 25. Bd5 Rxd5 26. cxd5 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 $16) 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Bd5 $14) 22.
Rxe6 Bf8 23. Be4 Rad8 24. Bd5 $36 {White definitely has the initiative here.})
20... Qf6 21. Qh3 Qh6 $1 {Maybe this was the move that Salem underestimated.}
22. Qxh6 gxh6 {White cannot expect anything more than a draw here.} 23. Rxe6
Bg5 24. Bf5 Rxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kg7 26. Bd5 Re8 27. Kf1 h5 28. Rb3 h4 29. g3 h5 30.
gxh4 Bf4 31. Rf3 Rf8 32. h3 Rf6 33. a4 a5 34. Ke2 Be5 35. Re3 Bd4 36. Rg3+ Kh6
37. Rg2 Rg6 38. Rg3 Rf6 39. f3 Rg6 40. Rxg6+ Kxg6 41. Bc6 Bf6 42. Be8+ Kh6 43.
Ke3 Bxh4 44. Ke4 Be1 45. f4 h4 46. Kd5 Kg7 47. Kc6 Kf6 48. Kxb6 Bb4 49. Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Haast, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nf3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Re1 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15.
Nd2 Nh5 16. Nc4 Rb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. d6 Nb5 19. Nd5 Rxc4 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Bxc4
Nxd6 22. Nxc8 Nxc4 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. b3 Rxc8 25. bxc4 Rc6 26. g4 Nf6 27. Bb2 h5
28. g5 Nd7 29. Red1 Nf8 30. Rd5 Ne6 31. Bxe5 Rb6 32. h4 Rb4 33. Rc1 Bxe5 34.
Rxe5 a5 35. Re3 a4 36. Kh2 Rb2 37. Rf3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Nd4 39. Ra3 Nf5 40. Rh3 Rd2
41. Ra1 Rd4 42. Rxa4 Nxh4+ 43. Kf1 Nf5 44. Rb3 Nd6 45. f3 Nxc4 46. Ke2 Rd2+ 47.
Ke1 Rb2 48. Rxb2 Nxb2 49. Re4 Nd3+ 50. Ke2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, J."]
[Black "Klein, Da"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. Re1 e5 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. a3 a5 13. b3 Qe8 14. Rb1 Nh5 15. b4 axb4
16. axb4 Na6 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nf4 20. Bf1 h6 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. e5 Qd8 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Qb4 Rac8 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Rb6 Bc3 27. Qb1 Qd7 28.
Rd1 Bg7 29. d6 Rc6 30. Rd5 Rfc8 31. Rb5 Qd8 32. Qc1 Ne6 33. Rxb7 Rxd6 34. Qd2
Rxd5 35. cxd5 Nc5 36. Rb4 Qd6 37. Rxf4 Nb3 38. Qb4 Rd8 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Rb4
Nc5 41. Bc4 Nd7 42. Rb7 Ne5 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Nxe5 Bxe5 45. Re8 Bd4 46. Kf1 Kg7
47. Re7 Bc5 48. Rc7 Bb6 49. Rc6 Rxc6 50. dxc6 f5 51. Ke2 Kf6 52. g3 g5 53. Bd3
Ke5 54. Kf3 Bc7 55. h4 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michiels, B."]
[Black "Gunina, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Rfc1 Qd7
15. Bf1 Rfc8 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. Ne2 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 a5 19. a4 Ne4 20. Be1 Nd6 21.
Bd3 Ndc4 22. Qa2 Bb4 23. b3 Bxe1 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Bb4 26. Bb3 Rc8 27.
Rxc8 Qxc8 28. e4 Qc6 29. f3 g5 30. h3 Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Qa1 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7
34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Nxc1 Bc3 36. Ke3 Nd7 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. gxf4 f6 39. Ne2 Be1 40.
Bc4 Nb6 41. Bb3 Nd7 42. Kf3 e5 43. Bd5 exd4 44. Nxd4 Nc5 45. Ke2 Bb4 46. Nf5+
Kf8 47. Nd4 Nxa4 48. Bxb7 g6 49. Bc6 Nc5 50. Bd5 Ke7 51. e5 fxe5 52. fxe5 Bc3
53. Nb3 Nd7 54. Kd3 Be1 55. Ke4 a4 56. Nd4 Nc5+ 57. Ke3 Bg3 58. Nc6+ Kd7 59.
Kd4 Bf2+ 60. Kc3 a3 61. e6+ Nxe6 62. Ne5+ Kd6 63. Bxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Haast, Anne"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbd7 (12... Nbc6 {is the main
move here.}) 13. Nd5 Nb6 {It is surprising to see Navara repeat the line that
he played a few months ago in EU Cup against Emil Hermansson. It is definitely
possible that his opponent had come prepared for this variation.} 14. f6 $5 {
Only two games have continued with this move previously and that too by not so
famous players. Anne Haast must have prepared thi move at home.} (14. Be2 {was
how Hermansson-Navara continued.}) 14... Nxd5 (14... exf6 {There doesn't seem
anything wrong with this move at all.} 15. Qd4 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qb6 17. O-O-O O-O
18. Qxd6 Qa5 {Black should be more than fine.}) 15. fxg7 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 (16. c3 {
could have been a wiser decision as it makes sense to keep the queen's on the
board.} Rg8 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Bc4 O-O-O 19. Qg4+ e6 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. O-O $11)
16... Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rg8 {Black doesn't have any problems in this endgame.} 18.
Re1 O-O-O 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 {A brave decision. There are no good
discovered attacks with the knight.} f6 21. Re1 Rxg7 22. c3 (22. c4 Nf4+ (22...
Nb4+ 23. Kc3 $14) 23. Kc3 e5 $36) 22... e5 23. Kc2 Rgd7 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bxd5
Rxd5 {The endgame is slightly more dangerous for White but I guess it should
not be a problem to defend it.} 26. Rd1 e4 (26... Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rxd1 28. Kxd1
Kd7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Kd3 Kd5 $11) 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Re1 (28. Rd1 {This exchange
and entering the endgame is not advisable for White has black's kingside
majority is more potent than the White queenside majority.} Rxd1 29. Kxd1 f5
30. Kd2 f4 31. c4 $1 b4 (31... bxc4 32. Kc3 e3 33. fxe3 fxe3 34. Kc2 Kc7 35.
Kd1 Kd6 36. Ke2 Ke5 37. Kxe3 $11) 32. Kc2 Kd7 33. Kb3 a5 34. Kc2 Kd6 35. b3 Kc5
36. Kd2 h5 37. Ke2 Kd4 38. Kd2 h4 39. Ke2 a4 40. Ke1 (40. Kd2 axb3 41. axb3 g4
42. hxg4 f3 $19) 40... f3 41. Kf1 a3 42. Kg1 Ke5 43. Kf1 Kf4 44. Kg1 Kf5 45.
Kf1 Ke5 46. Kg1 $11 {the position looks drawn but I maybe missing something
here as my gut feeling says that Black should win it.}) 28... f5 29. a4 bxa4
30. Ra1 g4 31. hxg4 (31. Rxa4 gxh3 32. gxh3 {would have given White better
drawing chances.}) 31... fxg4 32. Re1 Rf5 $1 33. Re2 h5 34. c4 (34. g3) 34...
h4 35. Kc3 Rf4 36. Kd4 h3 37. gxh3 gxh3 38. Ke3 Rf3+ 39. Kxe4 h2 40. Kxf3 (40.
Re1 Rxf2 $19) 40... h1=Q+ 41. Ke3 Qc1+ 42. Kd3 a3 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 (7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 {would transpose to accelerated dragon.}) 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6
10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 h5 13. O-O Nh7 14. Qd2 h4 15. Nh1 f5 16. Nf2 b6
$6 {Salem's idea is intriguing. He would like to bring his rook into play via
a7. However it was better to just develop his bishop to d7 as MVL did in his
game against Caruana in 2010.} 17. Rae1 Ra7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nh3 {Black's
posi tion is filled with loads of weaknesses. He has to play actively in order
to compensate for it.} Ng6 20. f4 $1 {fixing the pawn on f5. Not only is the
pawn weak but also the c8 bishop lacks scope.} (20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Bd4+ 22.
Kh1 Re7 23. Bc4 $14 {was also possible.}) 20... Bf6 21. Kh1 Rg7 22. Bd3 Ne7 23.
Qf2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxd5 {Black has won a pawn but at the cost of parting away
with his most valuable bishop. Gunina proves that White has excellent play for
the missing pawn.} 25. Bc4 Bb7 26. Ng5 Nxg5 27. fxg5 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bxd5+
Bxd5 30. Qxh4 {The material balance is restored but White has a clear
advantage as his king is safer and in opposite coloured bishop position leads
to some violent attacks as both sides have an extra attacking piece which
cannot be confronted.} Qa8 31. Qg3 Ra7 32. g6 Rf6 33. Qg5 Ra2 $2 (33... Rxg6 $1
{was the move that would have given Black an equal game.} 34. Qxg6+ Rg7 35.
Qxg7+ (35. Qh5 Bxg2+ 36. Kg1 Bh3+ 37. Kf2 Qg2#) 35... Kxg7 36. Rxf5 Bxg2+ 37.
Kg1 Bh3 {Black is not worse.}) 34. Bf2 Rf8 35. Kg1 Be4 36. Qe7 Ra7 (36... Qa7
37. Qxd6 Ra6 38. Qf4 $16) 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qxd6 Re8 39. Bxc5 Ra2 (39... Bxg2
40. Bd4+ $18) 40. Bf2 Qd8 41. Qg3 Kg8 42. Qh3 Qd7 43. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 44. Bd4 Rxd4
45. cxd4 Ra6 (45... Qxd4+ 46. Kh1 Ra7 47. Qxf5 $18) 46. Qxf5 (46. Qxf5 Qxf5 47.
Rxf5 {is a hopless endgame. A nice game by Gunina who played very well right
from the opening. However, Salem had his chance in the middlegame with 33...
Rxg6! which he did not take and after that it went all down hill for him.}) 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bd3 (9. dxc5 {is by far the main move in the position.}) 9... b4 10. Na4 c4
11. Be2 c3 12. Qd1 (12. bxc3 Qa5 $1 $17) 12... cxb2 13. Nxb2 Be7 14. O-O O-O {
The players are following the game Motylev-Wang Hao of 2010
andSvetushkin-Arizm endi of 2014.} 15. Bd3 f5 16. g4 $5 {A bold attacking move
by the Chinese player.} a5 (16... fxg4 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1
Nxd4 $5 20. Bxd4 Qxg5 $44) 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Kh1 a4 20. Rg1 a3 21.
Nd1 Na4 22. Rg3 Rf7 (22... Be6 {was better.}) 23. Qg2 Nc3 $2 {The knight on d1
is not such a great piece. It makes no sense to go out of the way and exchange
it. But it is not so easy to suggest an improvement for Black. White has a
simple plan of Nf2 followed by Rag1, Nh3 and putting a knight on g5.} (23...
Be6 24. Nf2 Nc3 (24... Qd7 25. Rg1 Bd8 26. Bb5 Ra7 27. Bxa4 Rxa4 28. Nd3 $36)
25. Rg1 Qf8 26. Nh3 $1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Nfg5 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 $18) (23... Qd7
24. Nf2 Nd8 25. Rg1 $40) 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Bb5 (25. Rg1 Qf8 26. Bb5 Nd8 (26...
Bd7 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. e6 $18) 27. Be8 $1 {A very nice deflecting move.} Ne6 (
27... Qxe8 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Rg8+ Qxg8 30. Qxg8#) 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Ng5 Nxg5
30. fxg5 g6 (30... f4 31. g6 hxg6 32. Rxg6 $18) 31. Rb1 $16) 25... Qb6 (25...
Nb4 26. Rg1 Bf8 27. Ng5 Rb7 28. Rh3 $18) 26. Rg1 Bf8 27. Rh3 $1 (27. Ng5 {was
also strong.} Qxb5 (27... Rd7 28. e6) 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Rxg7+ Bxg7 30. Qxg7+
Ke8 31. Bf2 $1 $18 Qe2 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Rg7+ Ne7 34. Qxd5+ $18) 27... g6 28.
Ng5 Qxb5 29. Nxf7 Ne7 30. Nh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxh6 Ra7 32. Qh3 Qe2 (32... Nc6 33.
Rgxg6+ hxg6 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Qxg6+ Kd7 37. Qd6#) 33. Rxh7 Qxc2 34.
Rh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Rxg6+ {A beautiful attacking game by Wei Yi.} 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Dale, Ari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Bg6 8. Nh4
Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. O-O Be7 11. g4 Bg6 12. f4 f5 13. c4 O-O 14. g5 Bf7 15. Qb3
Qb6 16. c5 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 {White has more space and should have a pleasant
position. It is surprising how Shankland who is rated nearly 350 points above
his opponent starts to go wrong in such a position.} a5 18. Rfc1 Rfb8 19. Rc2
a4 20. Nd2 b6 21. cxb6 Rxb6 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. Rxc6 $2 {A horrible move by
Shankland.} (23. b3 axb3 24. Nxb3 Ba3 25. Rb1 $14 {White has a small edge.})
23... Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxb2 {Suddenly out of nowhere it is Black who has a nearly
decisive advantage.The a2 pawn is hanging and there are threats like Bb4.} 25.
Rc7 (25. Kf2 Rxa2 $19) 25... Be8 {Was this the move missed by Samuel?} 26. Bd3
Rxa2 (26... a3) 27. Bb5 Bb4 $1 {Excellent play by Dale.} 28. Nf3 (28. Bxd7 Bxd7
(28... Bxd2 29. Bxe6+) 29. Rxd7 Bxd2 30. Bxd2 Rxd2 31. Ra7 Rxd4 $19) 28... a3
$1 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30. Rxd7 {Black is a piece down but his a-pawn is extremely
powerful.} Re2 31. Bd2 (31. g6 hxg6 32. Ng5 a2 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. Ra8 Re1+ $19)
31... Rxd2 $2 {Ari goes wrong just when he is close to victory.} (31... Bxd2 $1
32. Ra7 (32. g6 $5 hxg6 33. Ng5 Kf8 34. Nxe6+ Ke8 35. Ra7 a2 $19) (32. Nxd2
Rxd2 33. Ra7 a2 $19) 32... Be3+ 33. Kh1 a2 $19) 32. Nxd2 Bxd2 {Now the
position is almost drawn and if Black goes wrong it will be white who will
have good pressing chances.} 33. Kf2 $6 (33. Ra7 Bxf4 (33... Bb4 34. Kf2 $18)
34. Rxa3 Bxg5 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ra7+ Be7 37. Ke3 g5 38. Rb7 Ke8 39. Kf3 Kf7 $11 {
This should most probably end in a draw.}) 33... Bc3 (33... Bxf4 $11) 34. Rd8+
Kf7 35. Ra8 Bxd4+ 36. Ke2 Bb2 37. Kd2 Kg6 38. Kc2 Kh5 39. h3 Kh4 40. Rh8 Kxh3
41. g6 h6 (41... h5 42. Rxh5+ Kg4 43. Rh7 Kxf4 44. Rxg7 Kg5 45. Re7 Kxg6 46.
Rxe6+ Kg5 47. Re8 f4 48. e6 Kf6 49. Rf8+ Kxe6 50. Rxf4 $11) 42. Rxh6+ (42. Rg8
Kg4 43. Rxg7 Kxf4 44. Ra7 (44. Re7 Bxe5 45. g7 a2 46. g8=Q a1=Q $19) 44... Bxe5
45. g7 Bxg7 46. Rxg7 {Five pawns for a rook should be an interesting ending
but it should end in a draw with accurate play.}) 42... Kg4 43. Rh7 Kxf4 44.
Rxg7 Bxe5 45. Ra7 a2 46. Rxa2 Kg5 47. Ra6 {An interesting battle. Samuel would
be upset that he messed up from a promising opening position and Ari Dale
would be sad that he missed a chance to win the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Michiels, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f5 d4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. f6 Nxe5
15. Qg5 Ng6 16. Bc4 e5 17. Nb3 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 gxf6 19. Qh6 Be6 20. Ne4 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 f5 22. Ng3 Nf8 23. Qg5+ Qg6 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25. Nxf5 Ne6 26. Rde1 f6 27.
Rhf1 Rd7 28. Ne3 Rf8 29. Nd5 Kg7 30. Re3 Rdf7 31. b3 h5 32. Kb2 Kg6 33. h4 Ng7
34. Rg3+ Kh6 35. b4 f5 36. Re3 Re8 37. Ra1 f4 38. Re4 Nf5 39. Kb3 Nxh4 40. Re2
a6 41. c3 Kg5 42. Nxf4 Rxf4 43. g3 Rg4 44. gxh4+ Rxh4 45. Rd1 Re7 46. Rd8 Rf4
47. Rg8+ Kf5 48. Rh8 Kg4 49. Rh2 e4 50. Rg8+ Kf3 51. Rh3+ Ke2 52. Rxh5 e3 53.
c5 Kd2 54. Rd8+ Ke1 55. Rh1+ Kf2 56. Rdh8 e2 57. R8h2+ Ke3 58. Re1 Rf2 59. Rhh1
Ref7 60. Rh8 Re7 61. Rhh1 Kd2 62. Ra1 Rf3 63. Ra2+ Kd3 64. Raa1 Ref7 65. c6
bxc6 66. Rh8 Rf1 67. Rd8+ Ke3 68. Re8+ Kf3 69. Rxa6 Rf6 70. b5 Rb1+ 71. Kc2
e1=Q 72. Rxe1 Rxe1 73. bxc6 Re8 74. Kd3 Rc8 75. Kd4 Kf4 76. Kd5 Kf5 77. c4 Kg6
78. c5 Kf7 79. Rb6 Rc7 80. Ra6 Ke7 81. Rb6 Rh6 82. Ra6 Rg6 83. Rb6 Rg5+ 84. Kc4
Ke6 85. Kb5 Rg1 86. Kc4 Rc1+ 87. Kd4 Rd1+ 88. Kc4 Ke5 89. Rb2 Rxc6 90. Re2+ Kf6
91. Kb5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Klein, Da"]
[Black "Van Kampen, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Qg3 Qb8 16. Rae1 Be6 17. b3 c5 18. Qh4 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Nc3 Qc7 21. Nb5
Qb8 22. Nc3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, E."]
[Black "Timman, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5
15. Bb5 c6 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Ne2 c5 18. O-O c4 19. Bc2 N7f6 20. Rac1 g5 21. Bb1
Rf7 22. h3 h5 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nf4 25. Nxf4 gxf4 26. Rfe1 Kh8 27. Bh4 Nd7
28. Rc3 e5 29. Bf2 Rg7 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Bd4 Re8 32. Rf1 Rd7 33. Bxe5+ Rxe5 34.
Rxf4 Rd1+ 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Bxe4 37. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Michiels, Bart"]
[Black "Klein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 $5 {is a fighting move.} (5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 {leads to normal lines.}) 5... c5 6. d5 (6. e5 cxd4 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ng8 9. cxd4 $14) 6... Qe7 7. Bd2 $6 (7. Be2 {looks the most
logical to meet exd5 with exd5.}) 7... exd5 $1 8. Nxd5 (8. cxd5 $6 Bxc3 9. Bxc3
Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Nb4 11. Qb1 Rg8 12. Bc3 Bb7 $17) 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Bxd2+ {
Something has gone horribly wrong with White. He is forced to recapture with
the king now.} 10. Kxd2 O-O $15 {Black has a clear advantage. In the game
ahead there were many ups and downs but Bart did not play well at all and that
gave David his first of the tournament. It must be mentioned that Michael
played the opening in an atrocius manner.} 11. Nf3 d6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qc3 Nd7
14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nh4 Qa4 17. f3 Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5
f6 21. Rhg1 Ra7 22. Ra1 b4 23. Qc4 Qe8 24. Rg3 Qe5 25. Kc2 a5 26. Rag1 a4 27.
R3g2 Rb8 28. Kd3 Qf4 29. Ke2 Re8 30. Qb5 Qe5 31. Ke3 Rae7 32. Kf2 Qxb2+ 33. Kg3
Qe5+ 34. Kh3 Kf8 35. Qxa4 g5 36. Qc2 Ra8 37. Qb2 Ra3 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Kg4 Re7
40. h4 Rg7 41. Kh5 h6 42. Rf2 Kf7 43. e5 fxe5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 46.
Kxg5 Ra8 47. f4 Rg8+ 48. Kh6 e4 49. Kh7 Rg3 50. Rh2 e3 51. f6 e2 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 $1 {Concretely taking advantage of the
move g6.} exd4 5. Nxd4 (5. Nd5 {is also possible. The line might go something
like} Bg7 6. Bg5 Nce7 (6... f6 7. Bf4 d6 8. Nxd4 $14) (6... Nge7 7. Nxd4 $1
Bxd4 8. Qxd4 $1 {The queen is taboo and taking it would lead to a pretty mate.}
O-O (8... Nxd4 9. Nf6+ Kf8 10. Bh6#) 9. Nf6+ Kh8 10. Ng4+ $3 {And Karjakin
resigned although it must be mentioned that it was just a blitz game.
Andreikin-Karjakin, Moscow Blitz 2010.} Nxd4 11. Bf6+ Kg8 12. Nh6#) 7. Nxd4 h6
$11 {and black is doing quite well here.}) 5... Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O {Though this line is quite popular even at the top level, it
seems that White has a good solid edge.} d6 (9... Rb8 {is the other option in
the position.}) 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. b3 (12. c5 $5 {is also a fine move.}
d5 (12... dxc5 13. Na4 c4 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Nc5 $16) 13. Rd1 $14) 12... Qd7 13.
Bb2 Rae8 14. c5 $1 {By simple means Potkin has put a lot of pressure on
black's position.} dxc5 $2 {A bad positional move by Gunina. White will not
only recover the pawn but it will leave Black with a lot of queenside
weaknesses.} (14... d5 15. Rad1 f5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Ne2 $1 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 $16 {
[%cal Ge2f4,Ge2d4] With a superior bishop and a knight jumping to d4 and f4,
White is clearly better.}) (14... Bh3 {keeping the pawn on d6 seems like the
best decision positionally for Black.}) 15. Rfd1 $1 Qc8 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2
c4 {This could be the only logical idea behind black's play as giving up the
pawn on c5 would have been too depressing.} 18. Nc5 $1 cxb3 19. axb3 {[%cal
Ga1a7] With this nice positional pawn sacrifice White has pressure on the a7
pawn and his knight sits superbly on c5.} Rd8 20. Qf6 $1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Re8 22.
Bf1 $1 {Potkin plays in fine positional style and now threatens Ba6. Look at
the knight on e7. It has absolutely no squares, leave alone good ones, to go
to!} Kf8 23. Ba6 Ng8 24. Qf4 Qb8 25. Bc4 $1 Qc8 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd8+ $1 {A
nice little shot to end the game! This was a pretty one sided game and a nice
win for Potkin who made a good recovery after his loss to Wei Yi yesterday.}
1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

{Wei Yi is known for scoring wins against lower rated players. With a rating
of 2675, he has been able to consistently get better of 2550-2600 opponents.
Today he faced Ari Dale who is rated just 2291. It would be safe to assume
that the Chinese player who was nearly 400 points above his opponent would
have an easy day but it was not to be. Ari Dale played a fantastic game filled
with aggression and resourcefulness.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O
5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 (6... c5 {is the main line but the move b6 leads to less
direct and much more complicated play.}) 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10.
Nb5 (10. f4 c5 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Qh3 g6 13. Kh1 {is one of the main lines.})
10... Be7 11. f4 c5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Qf3 Re8 $146 (13... cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
exd4 Qd7 {looks very logical. White has no traces of an attack and Black
should be more than ok.}) 14. g4 {This is too ambitious but Black has to be
accurate in order to keep the advantage.} cxd4 15. g5 $5 dxc3 (15... Ne4 16.
Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 $16) (15... Nd7 $2 16. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 17. Qh5+ $18) 16. gxf6
Bxf6 17. Bxh7+ $1 {When you say A you have to say B.} Kf8 (17... Kxh7 18. Qh5+
Kg8 19. Qxf7+ Kh7 20. Qh5+ $11 {is an instant draw.} (20. Rf3 Nxe5 $19)) 18.
bxc3 {Ba3 is the threat now. Black has a few good ways to meet it.} g6 $5 {the
most logical move making a luft for the king on g7.} (18... Qd6 19. a4 Nxe5 20.
fxe5 Qxe5 21. Ba3+ Re7 $15) 19. Ba3+ Kg7 20. Nxf7 $1 {Ari Dale knows that the
only way to keep the fire going is to throw more wood into it. Will he run out
of wood or will his opponent get burnt?} Kxf7 21. Qg4 Ne7 {The only way to
defend g6.} (21... Kg7 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6 Bg7 24. Qh5 $18) 22. f5 $1 g5 (
22... Kg7 23. Bxg6 Rh8 $1 {An extremely difficult move to make.} 24. Bh7+ Kf8
25. Qg6 Rxh7 26. Qxh7 Qc7 $15) 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. Rf3 $1 {Once again the only
move. White needs to defend his bishop against Rh8.} Rh8 25. Rh3 {now there is
no way to prevent the draw with Qh6+} Rc8 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Bg6+ Kg8 28. Bh7+
Kf7 29. Bg6+ Kg8 30. Bh7+ Kf7 {Not the best opening play by Ari but his
middlegame play was imaginative and fearless.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

{This game is especially interesting because in the recently concluded World
Junior Championships in October 2014, Erwin was the head of the Dutch delegate
that had Robin Van Kampen. So it is safe to assume that Erwin would have known
the style of Robin pretty well.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 $5 {
A very sharp line and one that is not played so much recently because it seems
to give White a clear edge. Erwin wants to bank on the surprise value of the
opening variation.} 5. d4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 (7... Qd5 8. Qh5+ g6 9.
Qe2 Bd6 10. Nd2 $14) 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Rd4
h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Rxe4 b6 {Though black is a pawn down,
he has a wonderful blockader on e6.} 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Re3 O-O-O 19. Ne4 c5 20.
bxc5 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxc5 22. Rd4 Ne6 23. Rdd1 Kb7 24. f3 Kc6 25. Kf2 Kc5 26. Ke3
Kc4 27. Be1 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Kxd5 29. c4+ Kxc4 30. Rc1+ Kd5 31. Rd1+ Kc6 32. g3 Rf8
33. Bf2 Nc5 34. h3 a5 35. Be1 Ne6 36. Bf2 Nc5 37. Be1 Ne6 38. a3 Rf7 39. Bf2
Nc5 40. Be1 Rd7 41. Rd4 Rxd4 42. Kxd4 {An interesting endgame has arisen.
Thanks to pawn majorities on different flanks , white should have an edge as
his bishop is superior than knight.} Kd7 43. Kc4 Ne6 44. Bf2 Ng7 45. g4 Ne6 46.
Be3 Kc6 47. a4 Kd7 48. Kb5 Kc8 49. Kc6 {White seems to have made a lot of
progress but breakting through is not an easy task.} Kd8 50. Kd5 (50. Bf2 Ke7
51. h4 $36) 50... Ke7 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Ke4 Kf7 54. Bf2 b5 {A bold
decision but L' Ami has it all covered.} 55. axb5 a4 56. Kd3 Nf4+ 57. Kc4 Ke6 (
57... Nxh3 58. Ba7 $11) 58. h4 Ng6 59. hxg5 Nxe5+ 60. Kb4 hxg5 61. Bg3 Nxf3 62.
Bxc7 Kd7 {Inspite of mass exchanges the position is still a draw.} 63. Bg3 Nd2
64. Kxa4 Kc8 65. Kb4 Ne4 66. Be1 Kb7 67. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Haast, Anne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {The Queen's Gambit Accepted is a rare guest at top level
tournaments. Though neglected, it has quite a solid reputation and remains an
extremely viable opening variation as Anne Haast proves in this game.} 3. e4 e5
4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ (5... Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7
Rb8 10. Qa6 {is one of the main lines.}) 6. Bd2 {is popular but Nbd2 should be
preferred according to me.} (6. Nbd2 {is definitely the main move and much
better than Bd2 as played in the game.} Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10.
Bb5 Qd5 11. Nbxd4 $14) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 (7. Qxd2 c5 $15) 7... Nc6 8. O-O Qf6
9. e5 (9. b4 $5 {is an interesting move tried by Aronian against Bacrot.}) 9...
Qg6 10. Re1 (10. Nb3 $5 Bh3 11. Nh4 Qg5 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qh3 $14)
10... Nge7 11. Qb3 O-O {Black has come out of the opening without any problems.
White has to find a way to win back his pawn now.} 12. Bd3 Qh6 (12... Qh5 {was
also possible.}) 13. Ne4 Bf5 (13... b6 $6 14. Neg5 $1 g6 15. Be4 Bb7 16. Rac1
$16 {With a lot of pressure.}) 14. Rac1 (14. Qxb7 $5 Qf4 $5 (14... Rab8 15.
Qxc7 Rxb2 16. Rac1 $14 {White is doing well here.}) 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Qxc7 Rb6
{With a complex position.}) 14... Rab8 15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Be4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 (17.
Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Qg3 N7g6 $15) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxb7 N7g6 (18... d3 $5 {threatening
d2.} 19. Rcd1 Ng4 20. h3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Qf6+ 22. Kg1 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxc5 $17 {
Black ends up with a clearly better position.}) 19. Rcd1 Rfe8 (19... Qh4 $15)
20. Re4 $6 (20. Na6 Rbd8) 20... Qg5 21. g3 $2 (21. Na6 Rxb7 22. Qxb7 Nh4 23.
Rxh4 (23. g3 Qh5 $19) 23... Qxh4 24. Nxc7 Rd8 $17 {Black is better but there
is still some fight left. In the game it is just one way traggive after 21.g3?}
) 21... d3 $1 22. Re3 Nf4 $5 (22... Qh5 $1 {was strong threateing Nf3+ and
also movess liek Rxb7.} 23. h3 Rxb7 24. Nxb7 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+ 26. gxf4 Rxe3
27. fxe3 Nh4+ 28. Kg3 Nf5+ 29. Kh2 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 Nh4 $19 {a brilliant variation.
}) 23. h4 Qg4 24. Rf1 d2 25. Qd1 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Nxf2 27. Qxd2 (27. Qxg4 Nfxg4 $19
) 27... Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Neg4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxf2 Qxg3+ (30... Qxg3+ 31. Kf1 (
31. Bg2 Nxf2 32. Qxf2 Re1+) 31... Ne3+ $19 {A very well played game by Anne
Haast.}) 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Kh1 Bc5
15. Qd2 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bd7 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Rf1 Bc5 19. Bg4 Qh4 20. Qd1 Rf8
21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Nxd5 h5 23. Bh3 Qe4 24. Nc3 Qxe5 25. g3 Be8 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27.
Nxe2 Kf7 28. Bg2 b6 29. Nf4 Ke7 30. Be4 g5 31. Ng6+ Bxg6 32. Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nd5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. O-O Be7 14. Nde4 Nxc3 15. bxc3
c5 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rc8 21. Rfd1
O-O 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. h4 Qc8 24. hxg5 Rxg5 25. Ra7 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qh3
Rg5 28. Qxh6 Rg6 29. Qh3 Qc5 30. Rd4 Qe5 31. Rh4 Qxf6 32. Rb7 Qe5 33. Rg4 Rxg4
34. Qxg4+ Qg7 35. Qh5 Qxc3 36. Rxb5 Ra8 37. Qh6 e5 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Rxe5 Qa1+
40. Kh2 Ra6 41. Re4 Rh6+ 42. Rh4 Qa6 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Klein, David"]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 (4... Nxe4 5. Qa4+ $18) 5. O-O Bg7 6.
Bb5+ (6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 {is the other way to play in such positions.}) 6...
Nfd7 {This is not a very common move but not at all bad.} (6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+
Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 {gives White a very nice position.}) 7. d4 O-O 8. Re1 Nc6
9. d5 (9. Be3 {maintaining the center also looks good for White.}) 9... Nce5
10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bf1 b5 12. h3 Qb6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 c4+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 {[%cal
Gd7c5] The knight will come to a good square on c5.} 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Be3 Qc7
18. Bd4 Bh6 19. f5 gxf5 $1 {A bold decision and one that can be expected from
Salem who always plays exciting and ambitious chess.} 20. Bxc5 {trying to
clear the d4 square for the knight but turns out to be not such a great
decision.} Qxc5 (20... dxc5 $1 21. e5 {looks scary but who is going to defend
the d5 pawn?} Bb7 22. d6 Qd7 23. dxe7 Qxe7 $17 {Inspite of the broken
structure Black has a clear advantage thanks to his two powerful bishops.}) 21.
Nd4 fxe4 22. Qh5 Bg7 23. Rxe4 e5 $1 {A very nice move based on discovered
attack. It is very possible that Klein missed this move.} 24. Nc6 (24. dxe6
Qxh5 {sometimes it is easy to overlook such tactics in your calculation.}) (24.
Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qxd5 26. Rg4 {leads to a very strong attack.} f6 (26... Kh8
27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ $11) 27. Rh4 $1 h6 28. Be2 Qc5 29. Bf3 d5
30. Rd1 Rad8 31. Bxd5+ Kh8 (31... Rxd5 32. Qe6+ $16) 32. Qg6 Rxd5 33. Rxh6+
Bxh6 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ $11) 24... Re8 (24... f5 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rh4 $1 h6
27. Qg6 $18 {With a crushing attack}) 25. Rd1 Qf2 {very accurate defensive
skills shown by Salem. The position is sharp and inspite of his lack of
development he is defending wonderfully.} 26. Be2 Bf5 $1 27. Bf3 $2 {This
takes away the fun from the game and let's black consolidate. Pretty much
forced was} (27. Rf1 $1 Qxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Bxe4 29. Qh4 Bg6 30. Be2 $15 {With some
fight although it must be mentioned that Black is better.}) 27... Bg6 28. Qg5
f6 29. Qc1 f5 30. Ree1 e4 {White is run over by the black pawns.} 31. Be2 Kh8
32. Qg5 f4 33. Bh5 Bxh5 34. Qxh5 Qxb2 35. Qf5 f3 36. gxf3 exf3 37. Qxf3 Qxc3
38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Qg4 Qe3 40. Nb4 a5 41. Nc2 Qe4+ 42. Qxe4 Rxe4 {A tense game
and well contested till a certain point and then David played an uncertain
move after which Salem took over and won the game with ease.} 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O (7...
Qc7 {is the other main line.}) 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6
12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 {White pieces have retracted but they have created a hook
on g6 which can now be attacked by pushing the h pawn forward!} Nd7 14. Nf3 c4
15. Be2 Nc6 16. h4 (16. Ng5 {was played by Karjakin against Carlsen in Bilbao
Grand Slam 2012.}) 16... Nf6 17. h5 Ne4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rh4 Rh7 20. Rxh7 Kxh7
21. Kf1 Bd7 {Black looks pretty comfortably placed in this position.} 22. Qe1
Kg7 23. Ng5 Rh8 (23... Nxd4 24. Nxe4 Nxc2 25. Qc1 Rh8 $1 26. Ng3 Nxa1 $15) 24.
Kg1 Qc7 25. g3 Nxg5 26. Bxg5 e5 27. Qd2 Bf5 28. g4 Be4 29. f3 exd4 30. Bf4 (30.
fxe4 Qg3+ $19) 30... Qe7 31. cxd4 (31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Bh2 Rh3 $44) 31... Bxc2 $6
(31... Qh4 {was a better option.}) 32. Qxc2 g5 33. Bg3 {White is clearly
better here. He just needs to consolidate his extra piece now.} Qe3+ 34. Bf2
Qf4 35. Qf5 $5 (35. Qc1 $1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 $16) 35... Nxd4 36. Qd7+ $2 {Shankland
would have won had he found the beautiful combination.} (36. Qxd5 $1 Nxe2+ 37.
Kf1 Ng3+ (37... Qf6 38. Rd1 Nf4 39. Qxb7+ Kg8 40. Bd4 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rh2+ 42. Kg1
Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Qh6 44. Qc8+ Qf8 45. Qxc4+ $18) 38. Kg2 Ne2 39. Re1 Qh2+ (39...
Rh2+ 40. Kf1 $18) 40. Kf1 $18 {unbelievably White is not just surviving but
also winning!}) 36... Kg6 {Now it's just a draw.} 37. Bd1 (37. Qxd5 Nxe2+ 38.
Kf1 Nc3 $11) 37... Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Kd2 Qh2 41. Bc2+ Kf6 42.
Rf1 Qe5 43. Bd1 Rh2 {It's a narrow path between draw and defeat but both the
players are walking on the drawn path carefully.} 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46.
Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qa5 Qf4+ 48. Ke1 Qe5+ 49. Kd2 Qg3 50. Kc3 Rxf2 51. Rxf2 Qxf2 52.
Qxd5 Qe3+ 53. Kxc4 Nc6 54. Qd7+ Kf6 55. Qd6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

{Ari Dale yesterday drew against Wei Yi with the White pieces and today again
has the same colour.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3
b6 {Navara plays the same opening tried by Wei Yi. As was shown in the
analysis yesterday Black had the possibility to come out of the opening with
an advantage. This is a good strategy by Navara. It isn't easy to fully
correct one's preparation in just one day.} 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 {Ari is the first
one to deviate and wisely so.} (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 {was played yesterday.})
8... Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 {Unlike yesterday, today Ari chooses a safe
positional line.} a6 $5 11. Ne5 $5 {The engines favour this move but it hasn't
been played much.} (11. Qb3 {is the main line.}) 11... Nbd7 12. f4 c5 {This is
the right way to play. Black is fully developed and now has to strike in the
center.} 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Rf3 {Too ambitious.} Nf8 17.
Rg3 Ne6 {Navara has made a a very successful knight journey from d7 to e6 in
order to put pressure on the d4 pawn.} 18. Ng4 cxd4 19. Rxb7 {One has to
praise the tactical acumen of the young Ari Dale. He takes his chance in the
inferior position but the resulting complications end in black's favour.} Rxb7
20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. e4 Nc5 $1 {Navara has it all covered.} 23. Qc2
Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Bb8 25. Bb4 Re6 (25... f5 $1 {was very strong.} 26. Qc4 Kh8 27.
exf5 Rd7 $19) 26. Kf1 Ba7 27. f5 Rc6 28. Rg4 (28. f6 $5 Rxf6+ (28... g6 $5 29.
Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxc6 Qxf6+ 31. Rf3 Qxc6 $17) 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6+ $17) 28... Qc8 29.
Bd2 Rc2 30. Ke2 Kh8 31. Nb4 Rb2 32. Qxa6 Qc1 $1 33. Qd3 Rc7 34. e5 Rc3 35. Rxd4
Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Qc4 37. Kf3 h5 {A nicely played game by David Navara who was not
intimidated by the sacrifices made by his opponent.} 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. g5 Qf7 15.
Na5 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bh5 17. Nxb7 Nc8 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxb7 20. Qh5+ Qf7 21.
Qxh4 Nd6 {It might seem unusual that I start my annotation from move 22
onwards but all of these moves have been seen in the game between
Khalifman-Sjugirov, European Championship 2013.} 22. Qh3 $146 {The first new
move of the game. Kalifman had preferred Bb4. How do we assess this position?
It's an imbalanced position and an excellent one for us to take into
consideration the various factors which go into correctly assessing the
position. Materially White is a solid pawn up. But positionally there are a
few trumps in Black's favour. His knight is excellently posted on d6 and has
two wonderfully squares as outposts, f5 and e4. At the same time after 0-0 the
rook of f8 stands quite well and also the rook on b8 will stand on the half
open file. According to me Black has decent compensation. The debate is of
course whether it is sufficient or not. Let's have a look.} Qf5 $5 {I find
this move interesting. Black is even ready to go into a pawn down endgame on
the basis of a superior minor piece.} (22... O-O $2 23. Bb4 $1 $16) (22... Rb8
$1 23. Rae1 Ne4 24. Qa3 h6 (24... Nxd2 25. Qd6 $18) (24... Qe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7
26. Bc1 a5 {could be another way to play.}) 25. Rxe4 $1 (25. gxh6 Qg6+ $1 26.
Kh1 Qxh6 $40) 25... dxe4 26. Qd6 Rd8 27. Qxc6+ Qd7 28. Qxe4 hxg5 (28... Qxd4+
29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Bc3 $14) 29. Qg6+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. fxg5+ Kg6 $11 {And
the game should be equal.}) 23. Qxf5 exf5 24. Rf3 Kd7 25. Re1 Ne4 26. Bb4 a5
27. Bc5 h6 $1 28. gxh6 Rxh6 29. Re2 Rg6+ 30. Rg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Re8 32. a4 Re6
(32... Nxc5 33. dxc5 Re2+ 34. Rf2 Re3 $11 {is a drawish endgame.}) 33. h3 Nd2
34. Rf2 Ne4 35. Rf3 Nd2 36. Rg3 g5 $5 37. Rxg5 Re2+ 38. Kg3 Ne4+ 39. Kf3 Rxc2
40. Rxf5 Rxb2 (40... Rf2+ 41. Ke3 (41. Kg4 Rg2+ 42. Kh4 Rxb2) 41... Rxb2 {
might be more accurate as later the king cannot go to g4.}) 41. Re5 Rb3+ 42.
Kg4 Rg3+ 43. Kh4 Rg7 $2 (43... Rc3 $1 {It was imperative to remain active.})
44. f5 Rh7+ 45. Kg4 Rg7+ 46. Kh5 Rh7+ 47. Kg6 Rxh3 48. Re7+ Kd8 49. Ra7 Ke8 50.
Ra8+ Kd7 51. Rxa5 Rg3+ 52. Kf7 Ng5+ 53. Kf6 Nh7+ 54. Ke5 {White is just
winning now. The a-pawn will prove to be too strong.} Re3+ 55. Kf4 Re4+ 56. Kf3
Nf6 57. Ra7+ Ke8 58. a5 Nd7 59. a6 Re1 60. Rb7 Ra1 61. a7 Kd8 62. Rb8+ {Gunina
assessed the opening position correctly. Black has enough compensation to hold
the balance. She even showed it till move 40 by making perfect moves. But
imperceptibly everything started going downhill for her and finally Wei Yi's
a-paawn gave him the full point.} 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Haast, Anne"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 {This same opening
was tried by Anne Haast in her match recently against Elisabeth Paehtz and not
just once but twice. It is commendable that she is ready to try it once again.
It takes tremendous faith in one's preparation to do that.} Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O g5 {A new move by Robin and the computer approves of this
choice. Below are the two games played by Anne in her match against Paehtz.} (
9... a6 10. Re1 g5 (10... O-O 11. Ne2 f5 12. Ned4 g5 13. Bc1 Bd7 14. Bf1 Ne4
15. c4 Bb4 16. Rxe4 dxe4 17. Nxg5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. Nh3 Bc6 20. a3 Rad8 21.
Qe3 Bc5 22. Qh6 Rde8 23. Bg5 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rd1 a5 26. Be2 h6 27. Bd2
a4 28. Nf4 Re7 29. Bc3 e3 30. Kf1 Kh7 31. Nd3 Ba7 32. Bb4 Ree8 33. Bxf8 Rxf8
34. Nb4 Be8 35. Rd6 Bc5 36. Rxe6 Bd7 37. Rf6 Rxf6 38. exf6 exf2 39. Nd3 Bd4 40.
Bf3 Bc6 41. Bd1 b5 42. b3 bxc4 43. bxc4 Kg6 44. Nxf2 Kxf6 45. Nd3 Be4 46. Nf4
Bc6 47. Nd3 Be4 48. Nf4 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 (48) Haast,A (2360)-Paehtz,E (2485)
Groningen NED 2014}) 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 Qb6 13. a3 Bd7 14. b4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 g4
16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nh2 Qd4 18. Rad1 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Rg8 20. Nd1 Na7 21. Ne3 Ba4
22. Rd2 Nb5 23. Nexg4 Nxa3 24. Ra1 Nc4 25. Re2 Bb5 26. c3 O-O-O 27. f3 d4 28.
cxd4 Rxd4 29. Bf2 Rd7 30. Nf6 Bxf6 31. exf6 Rgd8 32. Ng4 b6 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34.
Rxe5 Kb7 35. Rg5 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Kc6 38. g4 Rd5 39. Rxd5 Kxd5 40.
Bxb6 Ke5 41. g5 Kf5 42. f4 Kg6 43. Kg3 {1/2-1/2 (43) Haast,A (2360)-Paehtz,E 
(2485) Groningen NED 2014}) 10. Bg3 h5 11. h3 Qb6 12. Rb1 Bd7 (12... Nxd3 13.
Qxd3 Bd7 $15 {seems like a better choice.}) 13. b4 $6 (13. Be2 {preserving the
bishop could well have been a better choice.} g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. Nh2 $13)
13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nh2 Rh5 $1 {An excellent rook lift
putting pressure on the e5 pawn.} 17. Rfe1 (17. Nxg4 O-O-O $1 18. Ne2 Rdh8 19.
Nh2 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 $17) 17... Nxb4 $1 {A bold decision by Robin. It is not
easy to enter into a pin voluntarily. But nothing terrible is happening and
the queen can go to a5 on the next move.} 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Ne2 Nc6 20. Qxa5 Nxa5
21. Nxg4 $17 {Materially it is all even but positionally Black is just better.
White pawn structure has too many pawn weaknesses which can be easily attacked.
Robin Van Kampen does not play in the most accurate fashion but the sustained
pressure forces her opponent into making a big mistake.} Rc8 22. c3 Rc4 23. f3
Rh8 24. Bf2 b6 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Kf2 Kd8 27. Rec1 Ba3 28. Ne3 Ra4 29. Rc2 Ke7 30.
g4 Rc8 31. f4 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Kf8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. f5 Ba6 35. Rb3 $6 {most
probably due to time trouble.} (35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Nf4 {And White has very good
prospects.}) 35... Be7 {Now both a2 and d4 pawn are hanging.} 36. Nc3 $2 Rxd4
0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Potkin, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4
Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nb3 Nc4
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Na5 Bd7 17. Bd4 Rc8 18. Nxb7 Bc6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Rb1 Kd7 21.
Ke2 f5 22. Ke3 h6 23. h4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Nxg5 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rb4
Rh4 28. Nxc4 f4+ 29. Kf2 Ne4+ 30. Ke2 Ng3+ 31. Kd2 Bxg2 32. Nb6+ Ke8 33. Bf2
Rh5 34. Rxf4 Ne4+ 35. Kd3 Rh3+ 36. Kd4 Nxc3 37. Rf6 Ke7 38. a4 Bc6 39. Be1 Nxa4
40. Nc4 Bd5 41. Nd6 Rf3 42. Rh6 Rf4+ 43. Ke3 Rf3+ 44. Kd2 Nb6 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46.
Rc7 Rf4 47. Kd3 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Rf4 49. Bd2 Bc4+ 50. Kd1 Rf1+ 51. Be1 Rf4 52. Bg3
Rd4+ 53. Ke1 Ba2 54. Bf2 Rb4 55. Be3 Kg8 56. Bg5 Rg4 57. Bf6 Nd5 58. Ra7 Rf4
59. Rxa6 Bb1 60. Ra8+ Kh7 61. c4 Nxf6 62. exf6 Rxf6 63. c5 e5 64. Rd8 Bd3 65.
c6 e4 66. Kd2 Rf2+ 67. Ke3 Re2+ 68. Kd4 Rc2 69. Rd7+ Kg6 70. c7 Ba6 71. Nxe4
Bc8 72. Re7 Bh3 73. Ke5 Bf5 74. Kd6 Rc1 75. Nc5 Rd1+ 76. Kc6 Rc1 77. Re2 Bh3
78. Rh2 Bc8 79. Rh8 Bf5 80. Rf8 Bh3 81. Rf3 Bc8 82. Kd6 Rc2 83. Rf8 Bh3 84. Nd3
Kg7 85. Rf3 Bc8 86. Ne5 Rc1 87. Rf7+ Kh6 88. Rf8 Rd1+ 89. Ke7 Bb7 90. Rb8 Rb1
91. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "L'Ami, E."]
[Black "Michiels, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 Nd5 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 a5 14. Bg2
O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Nd3 Ra7 19. h4 f6 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 Qb6 22. Nc5 Bf7 23. Rb1 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Qf5 Qc7 26. Be4 g6 27. Qg4
Qc8 28. Qe2 Ra2 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Bd5 31. Bg2 b6 32. Na4 Qb7 33. Bf1 Kg7
34. Nc3 b5 35. Rc1 Bxb4 36. Nxd5 cxd5 37. Rb1 Be7 38. Rxb5 Qd7 39. Qb3 Qd6 40.
Rb6 Qa3 41. Qb1 Rf8 42. Re6 d4 43. exd4 exd4 44. Qe4 Bf6 45. h5 gxh5 46. Bd3
Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qh6 48. Ra6 Qg6 49. Qf3 Qg5 50. Rb6 Re8 51. Rb5 Qg4 52. Qc6 Rf8
53. Qd5 Kh8 54. Qxh5 Qxh5 55. Rxh5 Rf7 56. f4 Be7 57. Kf3 Bb4 58. Rd5 Bc3 59.
g4 h6 60. Rd6 Kg7 61. Rg6+ Kf8 62. Bc4 Rc7 63. Bd3 Rf7 64. f5 Bd2 65. Bc4 Rc7
66. Bd5 Rd7 67. Ke4 Rg7 68. Ra6 Rxg4+ 69. Ke5 Bg5 70. f6 Bxf6+ 71. Kxf6 Rf4+
72. Ke5 Rf1 73. Bc4 Rf2 74. Bd3 Kg7 75. Rg6+ Kf7 76. Rg3 Ke7 77. Rg7+ Rf7 78.
Rg6 h5 79. Ra6 Kf8 80. Bg6 Rd7 81. Bf5 Rd8 82. Rh6 Kg7 83. Rh7+ Kg8 84. Rxh5
Kg7 85. Rg5+ Kh6 86. Rg6+ Kh5 87. Kf4 d3 88. Rg7 Rh8 89. Rg5+ Kh6 90. Rg6+ Kh7
91. Rd6+ Kg7 92. Kg5 Rf8 93. Bg6 Rf2 94. Rd7+ Kf8 95. Bf5 d2 96. Kf6 Ke8 97.
Rd3 Rf3 98. Rxd2 Rf1 99. Rh2 Kd8 100. Rc2 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salem, AR."]
[Black "L'Ami, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Nd3 b6 13. b4 Ba6 14. b5 Bxb5 15.
Nxb5 cxb5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. f4 a6 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Bb2 Qb7 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Rf3
Nf8 22. Rh3 Ne4 23. Qh5 Rad8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Ng4 f6 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. d5 Qe7
28. Qf5 Qd7 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Nxf6 Qg7 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Nxe8+ Kf7 33. Nf6 Be7
34. Nxe4 Rxd5 35. Kf2 Ne6 36. Ke2 Nc5 37. Nc3 Rh5 38. Rh1 Bf6 39. Ba1 Nb3 40.
Bb2 Rc5 41. Kd3 Rc4 42. Ne4 Rxe4 43. Kxe4 Bxb2 44. Rd1 Nc5+ 45. Kf5 Bxa3 46.
Rd6 b4 47. Rxb6 b3 48. e4 b2 49. e5 a5 50. e6+ Ke7 51. Ke5 Bb4 52. f5 Nd7+ 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Kampen, R."]
[Black "Shankland, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O c5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Neg5 Nb6 13. Bd3 h6 14. h4 Nd5
15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qh5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 f6 19. Be4 Nf4 20. Qf3 fxg5 21.
hxg5 Bd7 22. gxh6 g6 23. g3 Nh3 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Michiels, B."]
[Black "Haast, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 Qd5 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Qd5 14. Rac1
c6 15. Qb4 Qd8 16. Nfxd4 Nd5 17. Qc5 Qe7 18. f4 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 O-O 20. Ne4 Rd8
21. Nd6 Nc7 22. Rfd1 Ne8 23. Nxc8 Raxc8 24. Nb3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke3 Nc7 27.
Na5 Nd5+ 28. Ke4 Rc7 29. f5 Rcd7 30. Rd4 Nb6 31. Rcd1 Nd5 32. R1d3 g6 33. g4
Rg8 34. f6+ Ke6 35. g5 Rgd8 36. Nb3 b6 37. Rh3 c5 38. Rc4 Rc7 39. Rxh7 Nb4 40.
Rh3 Rd5 41. Re3 b5 42. Rcc3 Nxa2 43. Rcd3 Rcd7 44. Rxd5 Rxd5 45. h4 Nb4 46. Rc3
Rxe5+ 47. Kf3 c4 48. Nd4+ Kd7 49. Re3 Rxe3+ 50. Kxe3 a6 51. Ke4 Nd3 52. Kd5
Nxb2 53. h5 gxh5 54. g6 fxg6 55. Nc6 Nd3 56. f7 Nf4+ 57. Ke5 Ne6 58. Kf6 c3 59.
Nd4 Nf8 60. Kg7 Ke7 61. Nc6+ Kd7 62. Kxf8 Kxc6 63. Ke7 b4 64. f8=Q Kb5 65. Kd6
b3 66. Kd5 c2 67. Qa3 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gunina, V."]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Ng3 Bc5 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nde4 Nh7 19. Qh5 Be6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. f4
f5 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rf8 24. Rf1 g5 25. fxg5 f4 26. Ne4 Nxg5 27. Qg6+ Qg7
28. Qxd6 fxe3 29. Nxg5 Qxg5 30. Qxc6 e2 31. Rf3 e4 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qxe4 Rxf3
34. Qxf3 Re8 35. Re1 Qd2 36. Qg3+ Kh7 37. Qf2 Kg8 38. d4 Qxb2 39. Qg3+ Kf7 40.
Qf4+ Kg7 41. Qc7+ Kf8 42. Qc5+ Re7 43. d5 Qd2 44. Qf2+ Ke8 45. c4 bxc4 46. bxc4
a5 47. Qg3 a4 48. Kh2 Qe3 49. Qg6+ Kd8 50. Qd6+ Ke8 51. Qc6+ Kf7 52. d6 Qf4+
53. Kg1 Qe4 54. d7 Qd4+ 55. Kh1 Qxd7 56. Qxh6 Qf5 57. Kh2 a3 58. Qd2 Qe5+ 59.
Kh1 Qe3 60. Qd5+ Kg7 61. Qf5 Qg3 62. Qa5 a2 63. Kg1 Kh6 64. Qb6+ Kh7 65. Qa5
Qxe1+ 66. Qxe1 a1=Q 67. Qxa1 e1=Q+ 68. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 69. Kf2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, V."]
[Black "Klein, Da"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. g3 e5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O h6 8. Nh4
Bh7 9. d5 e4 10. Bh1 Be7 11. Ng2 Ne5 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. b4 h5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b5
cxb5 16. cxb5 h4 17. Ncd5 Bg6 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Ba3 Rh5 20. Qd4 Rah8 21. Rad1
hxg3 22. fxg3 Ke8 23. Bxd6 Qh3 24. Rf2 Qxg3+ 25. Rg2 Rxh2 26. Rxg3 Rxh1+ 27.
Kf2 R8h2+ 28. Rg2 Neg4+ 29. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 30. Kg3 Rxd1 31. Qc5 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Kd7
33. Bf4 Nf6 34. Qxa7+ Ke6 35. Qc7 e3 36. Qe5+ Kd7 37. Qc7+ Ke6 38. Qc6+ Ke7 39.
Bg5 Bb1 40. Bxf6+ gxf6 41. a4 f5 42. Qc5+ Kd7 43. Qxe3 Be4+ 44. Kf2 Rd5 45.
Qa7+ Kc8 46. Qa6+ Kb8 47. Qb6+ Ka8 48. Qc6+ Ka7 49. Qc7+ Ka8 50. b6 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, J."]
[Black "Dale, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8.
Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. e3 Nf6 12. exd4 O-O 13. Bc4 Re8+ 14. Be3
Qxb2 15. O-O Bf5 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Rc5 Be6 18. d5 Bg4 19. Bc1 Qb1 20. Bf4 Qf5
21. Bc7 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qf4 23. f3 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Nd3 25. Bxd8 Qxd4 26. Rc2 Rxd8 27.
fxg4 Re8 28. h3 h6 29. Qa1 Qe3 30. d6 Rd8 31. Kh2 Rxd6 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rf3 Qe2
34. Bc2 Nd7 35. Rxf7 N7e5 36. Qf1 Qd2 37. Qf5+ Rg6 38. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, D."]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nc7 Nc6 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. Rc1 f5 14. e5 Nd5
15. Bd2 Nxe5 16. Nxd4 Bf7 17. Be2 Nb6 18. b3 Qd8 19. Nf3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21.
Qxa7 Bb2 22. Qxb6 Bxc1 23. Bxc1 Rd8 24. Nd2 Rd6 25. Qa7 Bd5 26. f3 Re6+ 27. Kd1
Ra6 28. Qc5 Rxa2 29. Qxe7 Bxb3+ 30. Ke1 Bf7 31. Kf2 f4 32. g4 Qd4+ 33. Kg2
Rxd2+ 34. Bxd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kh3 Qd5 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. fxe4 g5 38. Kg2 b5 39. h4 h6
40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rh6 Kg7 42. Rb6 Bc4 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Rd6 Be6 45. Rb6 Bc4 46.
Kf2 Bd3 47. e5 Bc4 48. Rf6+ Ke7 49. Rb6 Kf7 50. Kg2 Ke7 51. Kf3 Bd5+ 52. Ke2 b4
53. Rxb4 Ke6 54. Kd3 Kxe5 55. Rb5 Ke6 56. Kd4 Bf3 57. Rxg5 Kf6 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59.
Rxf4 Bd1 60. Ke5 Kg5 61. Rf1 Bxg4 62. Rg1 Kh5 63. Kf4 Be6 64. Rg5+ Kh6 65. Rf5
Bxf5 66. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Van Kampen, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bb2 f5 14. Bf1 Rf6 15.
Ne5 Rh6 16. f3 Qh4 17. fxe4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qh2+ 21.
Bg2 Bxe4 22. Rg1 Rg6 23. Kf1 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, D."]
[Black "Timman, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Nb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qd5 16. Nf3 g5 17. Nxg5 f5 18. Rh3 Qxg2 19. Bf1 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 b6 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. h4
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxb5 Bxe4 19. Ncxd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21.
Qxd6 Bf5 22. Rd1 Qa4 23. c4 g6 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. Kh2 Qa1 26. Qc7 Qa8 27. Rxd7
Bxd7 28. Qxd7 Rxb2 29. Bf3 e4 30. Bxe4 Qb8+ 31. Kg2 h5 32. Bd5 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shankland, S."]
[Black "Michiels, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Re1 Rae8 16. Na4 Bc8 17. Ne5 Qb8 18. Bf4 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd4 Ne4 21.
Bg3 Rf5 22. Nf3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bd7 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qd6 26. Ne5 g5 27. g4
Rf4 28. Qd3+ Kh8 29. Qg6 Re7 30. Rc3 Rh7 31. Qxg5 Re4 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Qd8+
1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Haast, A."]
[Black "Salem, AR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

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 Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. f5
O-O-O 15. Qh6 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Qh5 Rhf8 18. Ng3 d5 19. Qxh7 Kb8 20. Qh5 a5 21.
Qe2 a4 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Bc4 Ra5 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. h4 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. Bxb3
Qb7 28. Rhe1 Bb4 29. h5 Bxe1 30. Nd6 Qb4 31. Qxe1 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 Rg8 33. h6 Bd7
34. g4 Ra6 35. Rd1 Rxg4 36. Bxf7 Rh4 37. Be6 Ba4 38. b3 Bc6 39. Nc4 Kc7 40. Rg1
Be4+ 41. Kb2 Kc6 42. Rd1 Kc5 43. a3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, E."]
[Black "Potkin, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Na4 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Rfc1 h6
15. Bf4 g5 16. Be5 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e3 e6 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. Bf1 Nc7 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Nd7 23. Na4 Ne8 24. Ne5 Nef6 25. Nd3 Ne4 26. Rc2 h5 27. Kg2 Rh8
28. h3 a6 29. Re1 Nd6 30. Nac5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Klein, David"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. c4 O-O
15. Bf4 Rad8 16. Qc2 Qa6 17. Nf1 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Bd2 b4 20. Ne3 N7f6 21. Ne5
Qb7 22. N3c4 Qb5 23. Rh3 Nh7 24. f4 f5 25. g4 fxg4 26. Rg3 Ndf6 27. Bc1 Nxh5
28. Rxg4 Rf5 29. Rg6 N7f6 30. Qg2 Bxc5 31. Ne3 Rxf4 32. dxc5 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Rf5
34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Nxc6 Rxc5 36. Nxb4 a5 37. Nd3 Rd5 38. Kc2 Kf7 39. Rg1 g5 40.
Ne3 Rd8 41. Nc4 a4 42. Bd2 Ng7 43. Bc3 Nf5 44. Nde5+ Kg8 45. Ng4 Nd5 46. Re1
Rc8 47. b3 axb3+ 48. axb3 Nd6 49. Nf6+ Nxf6 50. Nxd6 Rc7 51. Rxe6 Nd5 52. Nc4
Kh7 53. Bd2 Ne7 54. Ba5 Rd7 55. Ne5 Ra7 56. Bc3 Nd5 57. Ng4 Ra2+ 58. Bb2 Nb4+
59. Kb1 Ra6 60. Re7+ Kg6 61. Ne5+ Kf5 62. Rf7+ Ke4 63. Rd7 Kf5 64. Nf3 Rb6 65.
Nd2 g4 66. Rf7+ Kg6 67. Rg7+ Kf5 68. Nc4 Re6 69. Bc3 Nd5 70. Bd2 Re2 71. Kc1 h5
72. Rg5+ Ke6 73. Kd1 Re4 74. Rxh5 Nf6 75. Rg5 Rd4 76. Kc2 Rd8 77. Bc3 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Klein, Da"]
[Black "L'Ami, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

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 10. Nc3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Rg8 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Bg3 Bc5 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Nd4
Bc5 21. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Kampen, R."]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd3 Nd7
15. b3 Rac8 16. Rab1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Kh1 h6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qc5 22. Qxd6 Ne5 23. Qxc5 bxc5 24. a5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rb8 26. Rb1 Nc6 27.
Na4 Nxa5 28. Nxc5 Nxc4 29. Nxa6 Rb5 30. b4 Rb6 31. Ra1 Ne5 32. Kg1 Nd3 33. Ra4
Rc6 34. Ra1 Rb6 35. Ra4 Rc6 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. Ra3 Ne5 38. Kg1 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+
40. Kg1 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gunina, V."]
[Black "Shankland, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qc1
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nd5 12. Bg3 Bh6 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Bh4 Nf4
15. Bf1 Nb4 16. Qd1 Nbd3 17. Re3 Nxb2 18. Qe1 Bf5 19. Bxe7 Nfd3 20. Qe2 Bxe3
21. Qxe3 Rfe8 22. Nh4 d5 23. Qg3 Bd7 24. Bd6 Rc6 25. Rb1 Rxc3 26. Bc5 Nxc5 27.
Qxc3 Nca4 28. Qb3 Qxd4 29. Qxb7 Nc5 30. Qxa7 Qxd2 31. Qxc5 Nc4 32. Nf3 Qxa2 33.
Rb7 Be6 34. Ng5 Qa6 35. Rc7 Qd6 36. Qb5 Re7 37. Rc6 Qe5 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Rc8+
Kg7 40. Bxc4 dxc4 41. Qxe5+ Rxe5 42. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michiels, B."]
[Black "Timman, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qb6
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qb2 d6 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qf6 Bg6 20. h4 Nd7 21. Qe7
Qc7 22. O-O Ne5 23. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxc7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bxd6 Rd7 27. Bc5
Bc2 28. Rfc1 Ba4 29. Bd4 Rd5 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. bxc5 Rc8 32. Rc1 Bb3 33. f4 gxf4
34. exf4 a6 35. Rc3 Bd5 36. Rh3 f6 37. Rh6 Be4 38. f3 Bf5 39. Kf2 a5 40. Rxf6
b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Haast, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 h5 8. O-O
h4 9. Re1 hxg3 10. hxg3 d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 d5 13. Na4 Bb7 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Nc3 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Bg5 Bb4 18. Re2 Kf8 19. a3 Be7 20. Rd2 c5 21. Rd7 Qb6
22. Bxe7+ Nxe7 23. Qd2 Bd5 24. Qg5 Re8 25. Nd6 Bxg2 26. Nxe8 Nf5 27. Rd8 f6 28.
exf6 Bf3 29. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salem, AR."]
[Black "Navara, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 Bg4 14. h5
Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. d6 b6 18. Qd5+ Kg7 19. Qxe5+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+
Rxf6 21. e5 Rf5 22. f4 Rxf4 23. Rh3 Re4 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Re8 26. Rd1 Kf7
27. Rd5 Ke6 28. e4 h5 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Bb5 a6 31. Bxa6 Nc6 32. d7 Nxe5 33. Ke3
Nxd7 34. Bb5 Ke7 35. Kf4 Nf8 36. Rxd8 Ne6+ 37. Ke5 Nxd8 38. a4 h4 39. Kf4 Nf7
40. e5 h3 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Potkin, V."]
[Black "Dale, Ari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. Nfd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nc3 d4 14. Na4
O-O 15. Bb2 Bd5 16. e4 Bb3 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. e5 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Bd5
21. f4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 a5 23. b5 Rd5 24. bxc6 Qxb2+ 25. Kf3 Rc5 26. Rab1 Qc3 27.
Qxc3 Rxc3+ 28. Ke4 bxc6 29. Kxd4 Rxa3 30. f5 a4 31. e6 fxe6 32. fxe6 Rb3 33.
Ke5 Reb8 34. Rbd1 Kf8 35. Rd7 R3b7 36. Rf1+ Ke8 37. Kd6 a3 38. Ra1 Rb3 39. Rxg7
Rd3+ 40. Kxc6 Rb2 41. Ra7 Rc2+ 42. Kb5 Rb3+ 43. Ka4 Rcb2 44. Rxa3 Rb4+ 45. Ka5
Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Klein, Da"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. d5 Bb7 14. Re1 a6 15.
a4 Qd6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Qf4 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Qb3 f5 20. Re7 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxb5 Qc1+ 24. Kh2 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qc1+ 27. Kh2
Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kg1 Ba6 31. Qc6 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1
Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, J."]
[Black "Gunina, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 g5 10. h4 Bg7 11. Bb4 g4 12. Ne1 h5 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Bd3 Bg6 15.
Qd2 Bh6 16. Qb4+ Ke8 17. f4 Qb6 18. Qc3 Be4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qe3 f5 21. exf6
Nxf6 22. Nd3 a5 23. a4 Kd8 24. Ndc5 Re8 25. g3 Kc7 26. Kh2 Rad8 27. Nxe4 Nd5
28. Qe2 Kb8 29. Nec5 Bg7 30. c3 Ne7 31. Rae1 Nf5 32. Qc2 Rd6 33. Ne4 Rd5 34.
Ng5 c5 35. dxc5 Qc6 36. Re4 Qd7 37. Rf2 e5 38. Rd2 Rd8 39. Rxd5 Qxd5 40. Re2
Nxg3 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shankland, S."]
[Black "L'Ami, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be2 c5 13. d3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bb7
15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Be3 f5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rf6 19. d4 Rg6 20. Rfd1 e4 21.
Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qg5 23. g3 f4 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Qf7 Bc6 26. Qe7 e3 27. Qxg5
Rxg5 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Re1 h5 30. Bxa7 Bf3 31. e6 Rg6 32. c3 h4 33. Rd4 hxg3 34.
fxg3 fxg3 35. Rxe3 gxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Bc6 37. e7 Re8 38. b4 Rg2+ 39. Kh3 g5 40. b5
1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Haast, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8.
Qg3 h5 9. O-O-O h4 10. Qh3 b5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. f5 Bb7 14. Rhf1 e5
15. Nb3 Qc7 {So far we have been following the game Saric-Giri, played but a
few days ago in the same room these two players are battling. Saric continued
Bg5, Kb1 seems to be Wei Yi's novelty.} 16. Kb1 (16. f6 Nxf6 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18.
Bb6 Bh6+ {is a very, very important check. Now there is no mate on d7 and the
queen can take the bishop on b6. When telling my students how to analyze
openigs, sometimes it is not so important to memorize your lines - but
understand WHY these moves are being played. 16.Kb1 had the threat of f6!})
16... Rc8 $2 {One move played on her own, and already a decisive mistake! This
is not necessarily any fault of hers, but the character of the positoin is
incredibly sharp.} (16... Nf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 {is simply complicated.
}) 17. f6 Nxf6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Bb6 {Now it is all over. The queen has no
good places to go to.} Qc6 20. Na5 Qe6 21. Nxb7 {all this is forced, and White
is ahead in material. The two pieces will dominate the rook in any endgame, so
Black tries to keep the queens at least.} Rb8 (21... Qxh3 22. gxh3 Rb8 23. Nd6+
Bxd6 24. Rxd6 $18) 22. Nd5 $1 Rxb7 23. Qc3 $1 {However, Wei Yi continues to
onslaught.} Qc6 24. Nxf6+ Ke7 25. Bd8+ Ke6 (25... Kxd8 26. Qxc6 {is a nasty
pin.}) 26. Qh3# {Oops! Checkmate on the board!} 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Navara, D."]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nge2 h5 8.
O-O h4 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. b3 Na6 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. Qf3 Qd6 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. Qxf5 Qe6 16. Qxe6 Nxe6 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Nd2 hxg3 20. hxg3 Nb6
21. Rab1 O-O-O 22. f4 Bc5 23. Kf2 f5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8
27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Bh3 g6 29. Be5 Ke7 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bxg4 Kf7 32. a4 Be7 33.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 34. Bc7 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. axb5 a4 37. Be5 Kd5 38. Ke2 Kc5 39. Kd3
Kxb5 40. e4 a3 41. Kc3 a2 42. Kb2 Kc4 43. f5 gxf5 44. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Michiels, B."]
[Black "Salem, AR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Qe7 9. b3 O-O 10. g3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bg2 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. O-O a4 15. b4
Be6 16. Nd2 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bb2 Rfc8 19. b5 Nd4 20. Qe4 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Rxc3
22. e3 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Nf3 f6 25. Qxa4 Rc4 26. Qa7 Nc3 27. a4 Rcc8 28. Qa5
Qc5 29. Rfc1 b6 30. Qxc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Ne1 Bb3 33. Bf3 Rc4 34. a5 bxa5
35. Rxa5 e4 36. Bg4 Rc1 37. b6 Rxe1+ 38. Kg2 Bc4 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Kampen, R."]
[Black "Potkin, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Qe2 Qa5+ 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1
a6 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. Rfe1 a5 21.
g3 Ra6 22. Ne5 Bc8 23. Rd4 Kh7 24. Red1 Be7 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Qh5 Bf6 27. Qg6+
Kg8 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Ng6 Qc6 30. Nf8+ Kg8 31. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Timman, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Bg7 6. f4 Qb6 7. Qc1 Na6 8. a3 Qa5
9. b4 Qc7 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Bd3 Ng3 12. Rg1 c5 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. g4 Nf6 15. e5 Nd7
16. Nd5 Qb8 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. f5 Nc7 19. c4 Nxd5 20. cxd5 cxd4 21. e6 Ne5 22.
Bb5+ Kf8 23. Nxd4 h5 24. g5 gxf5 25. Qc2 Qd6 26. Rc1 fxe6 27. Qxc8+ Rxc8 28.
Rxc8+ Kf7 29. dxe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Nf3+ 31. Kd1 Rxc8 32. Rg3 Kxe6 33. Rxf3 a6
34. Bd3 Rf8 35. Bc2 Ke5 36. Be1 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "L'Ami, E."]
[Black "Dale, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Qb3 Re8
15. e3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Be4 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 f6
21. Rdc1 Ne7 22. Nd4 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Ne6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nb6
27. Kf3 Nc4 28. a4 Nb2 29. a5 Nd3 30. b5 Ne5+ 31. Ke2 Nc4 32. a6 bxa6 33. bxa6
Nb6 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. Nc7 Ke7 36. Kd4 Nd7 37. Kxd5 Nb8 38. Ne6 Nxa6 39. Nxg7 Nb4+
40. Kc4 Nc6 41. Nf5+ Kd7 42. f4 a6 43. Kc5 Na5 44. Kb6 Nc4+ 45. Kxa6 Ke6 46. g4
Nd2 47. Kb6 h5 48. Ng7+ Kf7 49. Nxh5 Nc4+ 50. Kc5 Nxe3 51. h3 Nd1 52. f5 Nf2
53. Nf4 Kg7 54. Kd4 Kh6 55. Ke3 Nd1+ 56. Kf3 Nc3 57. h4 Nb5 58. Nh5 Nd4+ 59.
Ke4 Nc6 60. Nxf6 Kg7 61. g5 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gunina, V."]
[Black "Van Kampen, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Qa4 c6 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. d6 exd6 14. Rxd6 Qe7 15.
c5 Nb7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Nxc5 18. Qxa7 g5 19. Rad1 gxf4 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7
Qc5 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Nh4 Qc1+ 24. Bf1 Rcd8 25. f3 Bb1 26. Kg2 fxg3 27. hxg3
Rg8 28. Qc7 Qxb2 29. Re7 Qd2 30. Kh3 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rb7 b5 33. a3 Ba2
34. f4 Be6+ 35. f5 Rd7 36. Rb6 Bd5 37. Bg2 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rc8 39. Nf3 Kg7 40.
e4 Re7 41. Nd4 Rxe4 42. Nxc6 Kh6 43. Na7 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Rce2 45. Rxf6+ Kg5 46.
Re6 R2e3+ 47. Kf2 Rxe6 48. fxe6 Rxe6 49. Nxb5 Kg4 50. Nc3 Kh3 51. Ne2 Ra6 52.
Nf4+ Kg4 53. Nd5 Rxa3 54. Nf6+ Kf5 55. Nd5 Ra5 56. Nc3 Rc5 57. Ne2 Kg4 58. Kg2
Rc2 59. Kf2 Ra2 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Kf2 Rd3 62. Kg2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Klein, Da"]
[Black "Navara, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Bd6 13. Ne4 Ndf6 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6
15. Bd2 Ne7 16. h5 Qd5 17. c4 Qxg2 18. O-O-O O-O 19. Bb4 Nf5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
Qf3 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Ne3 23. Rde1 Nxc4 24. f5 exf5 25. Nh4 Nd6 26. Rhf1 f4 27. Re5
Nc4 28. Rc5 Nd5 29. Rxc4 Ne3 30. Rxf4 Nxc4 31. Nf5 Rd8 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Rxf7
Rd7 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salem, AR."]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
b6 9. Qc1 Bb7 10. O-O d5 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. b4 dxc4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Kxg2 cxd3 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Re1 O-O 18. Ne4 dxe2 19. Qc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5
21. Nxc5 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nb3 Bc3 24. Rxe2 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Kf7 26. Nc5 Rb5
27. Ne4 Rb4 28. Re2 g5 29. Nc5 Nc7 30. Re3 Rb5 31. Ne4 Ra5 32. Re2 Nd5 33. Rb2
Kg6 34. h3 Kg7 35. Kh2 Kg6 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Haast, A."]
[Black "Shankland, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. a5 Be7 12. O-O g6 13. Qd2 Kf8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Kg7 16. Ra4 b5 17. Raa1 Qc7 18. c3 Qb7 19. Rfd1 h4 20. Nc1 Bd8 21. Ra3 Bc7
22. Na2 Bb8 23. Rb3 Nc5 24. Rb4 Bc7 25. Bg5 Bxa5 26. Rxh4 Rxh4 27. Bxh4 Bb6 28.
Kh1 Rh8 29. Qe1 Qd7 30. Nb4 Qf5 31. Bf2 a5 32. Nd3 Nxd3 33. Bxd3 Bxf2 34. Qxf2
Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Ng4+ 36. Kg1 Nxf2 37. Kxf2 Qc8 38. Ke2 Qc5 39. b4 Qxc3 40. bxa5
Qxa5 41. Rb1 b4 42. Bc4 Qc5 43. Bb3 f5 44. Kf1 Qb5+ 45. Kg1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Potkin, V."]
[Black "Michiels, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Qe2
Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. h4 Rfe8 19. h5 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. d5
Qc8 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Qc2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qg4 25. Qb3 Bc7 26. Qb5 Qd7 27. Qxd7
Rxd7 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. g3 Rd3 30. Kg2 Rb3 31. Rf8 Rxb2 32. a4 Re2 33. Rxf7 Bd8
34. Kf1 Re6 35. Rd7 Bf6 36. Rd3 Kg8 37. Re3 Rd6 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Re4 Bc3 40. g4
g6 41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. hxg6 Kxg6 43. Rf5 Bf6 44. Rd5 Re6+ 45. Kd3 Bg5 46. Ne5+ Kf6
47. Nf3 Kg6 48. Rd7 Bf4 49. Rb7 h5 50. gxh5+ Kxh5 51. Ng1 Bh6 52. Ne2 Rd6+ 53.
Ke4 Re6+ 54. Kf3 Rf6+ 55. Kg2 Rg6+ 56. Kf1 Rg4 57. Ng3+ Kg5 58. Rxb6 Rxc4 59.
Rb5 1/2-1/2

