[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. h3 Nf7
9. c5 dxc5 10. dxe5 Nfxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc5 Bf8
15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. O-O Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Nd5+
Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Ke6 22. f3 c6 23. Rd3 Rf7 24. Kf2 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. h4 c5 27.
g3 b5 28. b3 Ke6 29. Ke3 h6 30. f4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. a5 Ba7 12. Nd2 Ke7 13. b3 Bc5 14. b4 Bd6
15. Re1 Rd8 16. Bf1 Kf8 17. Nc4 Ne8 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Bxf4 Be6 21.
Rad1 Rd7 22. c4 Rad8 23. c5 Nb5 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rd1 Ke8 26. Bc4 Be6 27. Rxd8+
Kxd8 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. c6 bxc6 30. Be3 Kc8 31. Bc5 Kb7 32. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. f5 gxf5 10. exf5 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bc4 h6 14. Bh4 Nb6
15. Bb5 Re8 16. Qd3 d5 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nbd7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. b3 Qa5 21.
h3 Qb4 22. Bf2 Nh5 23. Na4 Nhf6 24. Qa6 Qb5 25. Qxb5 cxb5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27.
Bxc5 Rc8 28. Bxa7 Rxc2 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Ra2 31. Rb1 Rxa4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33.
Rb7 Kg8 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nb5
Nb6 9. c3 a6 10. Na3 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. O-O f6 15.
exf6 Qxf6 16. Rc1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Qc2 Bd7 21.
Qc7 Qf6 22. Qxb7 Rfb8 23. Qc7 Qxb2 24. Qd6 Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rc5 Rc8 27.
Ra5 Rc3 28. Rb1 Na4 29. Bb5 Bf5 30. Rb3 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nc3 32. Bc6 Rd8 33. Rc5
Nxa2 34. Rxd5 Rf8 35. Rd6 Nc3 36. Nc4 Nb5 37. Bxb5 axb5 38. Ne3 Rc5 39. Nd5 Kh8
40. Nxf6 Re5 41. f3 Re6 42. Ne4 Rb8 43. Rb4 Rxd6 44. Nxd6 Bd7 45. Kg3 Kg7 46.
Kf4 Kf6 47. g4 Ra8 48. Rb3 Rb8 49. Ne4+ Ke7 50. Nc5 Bc6 51. Na6 Rf8+ 52. Kg3
Bd5 53. Re3+ Kd6 54. Rd3 Rd8 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 g6 7. Be3 Be6 8. N1c3
a6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. Na3 Nc6 15.
Re1 Nd4 16. f3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Qb4 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. c5 Qa5 21. Rxd6
Bf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe2 Bxc5 24. Nc2 Bd4 25. Qe1 b5 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Bg5
dxc3 28. Qxc3 Qxc3 29. bxc3 Bxa2 30. Bxf6 Rd6 31. Be5 Re6 32. Ra1 Rxe5 33. Rxa2
Re6 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. g4 Kd7 37. f4 Rc6 38. Kd4 Kc7 39. f5 Rc4+ 40.
Kd5 Kb6 41. Ra3 a5 42. e5 Ra4 43. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nb3 Rac8
15. e4 Be6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Re1 c5 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. Re3 Rb8 20. Ra3 Qb6 21. Rb3
Qc7 22. f4 Nb6 23. Rb1 Rbd8 24. Bc3 Qd7 25. Bf1 Bf5 26. Ra1 f6 27. exf6 exf6
28. Rb5 Na4 29. Nb3 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Be4 31. f5 Qxf5 32. Re1 Rfe8 33. Rxc5 Qd7 34.
Qc1 f5 35. Qf4 Re7 36. h4 a5 37. Rxa5 Bc3 38. Rd5 Qa7+ 39. Kh2 Rxd5 40. cxd5
Bxe1 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Be2 g6 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. Rae1 O-O 15.
c4 Rc8 16. h3 Nh7 17. Na1 a5 18. Nc2 Bf6 19. Na3 Bh4 20. Rb1 f5 21. Nb5 f4 22.
Bf2 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nc5 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. b3 Ng5 26. Bd3 Kg7 27. a3 Nf7 28. b4
Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rc2 Kf6 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Na7 Rb8 34. Rb5
a4 35. Nc6 Rbc8 36. c5 dxc5 37. Rb6 Nd6 38. Na5 Ke7 39. Nc6+ Kf6 40. Na7 Rcd8
41. Rxc5 e4 42. Ra5 Rd7 43. Raa6 Ke5 44. Nc6+ Kxd5 45. Ra5+ Ke6 46. fxe4 fxe4
47. Rxh5 Rf6 48. Nd4+ Ke7 49. Nc6+ Ke6 50. Nd4+ Ke7 51. Re5+ Kf7 52. Rd5 Ke8
53. Rb8+ Kf7 54. Nb5 Ke6 55. Nc3 f3 56. Rb6 Rg6 57. g4 Rh6 58. Kh2 f2 59. Rf5
e3 60. Kg2 Rc7 61. Nd5 Kd7 62. Re5 Rc5 63. Rb1 Nc4 64. Rf5 Kd6 65. Rb8 Re6 66.
Rd8+ Kc6 67. Rc8+ Kd6 68. Rd8+ Kc6 69. Rc8+ Kd6 70. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8
15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 18. O-O Rab8 19. Qd6 Bh3 20. Nf4 Bg4 21.
Bxg4 Be5 22. Qd7 Qxf4 23. g3 Qf6 24. Rad1 {The first move in which either side
took a serious amount of time to think. Black has good chances to hold an
endgame in which the opposite colored bishops will be a big factor. That is
precisely what happened here.} Bxb2 25. Qa4 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxa7 Kg7
28. Be2 Rd2 29. Qe3 Qc3 30. Qxc3+ Bxc3 31. Bc4 Bd4 32. Kh1 Rc2 33. Bb3 Rxf2 34.
Rd1 Bb6 35. h4 Bc7 36. Rd3 h5 37. a4 Kh6 38. Bc4 f5 39. exf5 Rxf5 40. Kg2 Rc5
41. Bb5 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kh3 Be5 44. Re3 h4 45. gxh4+ Kf4 46. Rg3 Rc1 47.
a5 Rh1+ 48. Kg2 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Saric, Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 {The Zaitsev Variation of the Spanish is not exactly
topping the popularity rankings nowadays, but it remains fully playable.} 11.
Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 {Both players were playing rather
quickly up to this point. The main line and a move that has been tried more
than 100 times is 14...Nc5, but Saric felt like deviating.} a5 {Actually this
move has only been seen twice in grandmaster play.} 15. a4 {Perhaps Caruana
was not familiar with the Saric game from 2010, because he spent a significant
amount o time fron this move forward. However his moves were good and
strategically sound.} (15. Qf3 h6 16. Be3 c6 $132 {Brkic-Saric, 2010!}) 15...
b4 16. cxb4 axb4 {In the long term Black will have problems with this passed
pawn on a4, but for now he can hope to put pressure on e4 and break the center
with c6.} 17. Bg5 {With the impending central breaks and potential weakness on
e4, it makes sense to trade this bishop off.} Be7 18. Bc4 Nc5 {Threatening 19..
.Nxd5, as unlike 18...Nxd5 the bishop on b7 is now defended at the end.} (18...
Nxd5 $4 {This standard trick doesn't work.} 19. Bxd5 Bxg5 (19... Bxd5 20. Bxe7
$18) 20. Bxb7 $18) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bb5 Rf8 21. Nd2 Ba6 22. Nb3 $1 Bxb5 23.
Nxc5 Be8 24. Nd3 $14 {White's pair of knights is not that much inferior than
the pair of bishops yet, and with the protected passed pawn on a4 White has a
long term s trategical advantage. Black has to hurry up and open the game.} Qb8
25. b3 Bg5 26. Nf1 (26. Nf3 {was maybe more cautious.}) 26... c6 27. Nb2 f5 $1
{Certainly the correct approach.} 28. dxc6 Bxc6 (28... fxe4 29. Nc4 Qa7 $13)
29. exf5 d5 $2 {But this is way too ambitious. Black's play does not 
compensate the lack of a pawn, and he will soon be forced into the defensive.}
(29... Rxf5 30. Qc2 Qc8 31. Ng3 {and both sides still have chances.}) 30. Ne3
$1 Qb7 (30... Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rxf5 32. Rc1 Bb7 33. Nd3 {the pawn center yields
nothing to Black while his pieces look misplaced. White would hold a strong
advantage in this line.}) 31. Nd3 Rae8 32. Qg4 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Bd7 34. Qxb4 {Two
free pawns, the rest just requires some accuracy in time pressure.} Qa8 35. g4
{why not be greedy?} Qa6 36. Nc5 Qd6 37. e4 Rc8 38. Rac1 Rfd8 39. exd5 e4 40.
Re3 Qh6 41. Qe1 Bxf5 42. gxf5 Rxd5 43. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O Re8 11. b3 h6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bb2
Bb4 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Bd6 18. Re1 Nbd7 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nb8 21. Ra2 Na6
22. Rae2 Re7 23. Ne5 Nb4 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd5
28. R4e3 b5 29. Ng4 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Qe4 31. Ng4 Qc2 32. Ne3 Qe4 33. Ng4 Qc2 34.
Ne3 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Ba"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Be6 14. b3
Qxc3 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. h3 Bd4 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Be3 Bd4
21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Be3 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. b3 g6 5. c4 bxc4 6. bxc4 c5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Rb1
Bc6 9. d4 Bg7 10. d5 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Bc8 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Ne8 15.
Qc2 Rb8 16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Rb7 18. Nd2 a6 19. Nc3 Rxb2 20. Qxb2 e5 21. dxe6
fxe6 22. f4 g5 23. Ne2 gxf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Nexf6 26. Bf3 Bb7 27. Kf2 Bc6
28. Rd1 e5 29. Nb3 Bxe4 30. Rxd6 exf4 31. Nxf4 Bxf3 32. Kxf3 Ne5+ 33. Ke2 Nfg4
34. Nd3 Nxc4 35. Re6 Nxh2 36. Nbxc5 a5 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 Rf2+ 39. Kxf2 Ng4+
40. Kf3 Nxe5+ 41. Ke4 Nc6 42. a4 Kf7 43. Kf5 h6 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Kh4 Nd4 46. Nb7
Nb3 47. Kg4 h5+ 48. Kh4 Kh6 49. Nd6 Nd4 50. Nf7+ Kg7 51. Ne5 Kf6 52. Nc4 Nb3
53. Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nge2 dxc4 8.
Nf4 Nxd4 9. Nxe6 Nxe6 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 a6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O h6 14.
Bc1 g5 15. f4 g4 16. Na4 Rc8 17. b4 Kf7 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Be3 b5 21.
Ne5+ Nxe5 22. fxe5+ Kg6 23. Rd7 Bg7 24. Rxe7 Rhe8 25. Ra7 Rc6 26. Rc1 Rec8 27.
Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Bd4 h5 29. a3 Bh6 30. Bc5 Bf4 31. h3 gxh3 32. gxh3 Bxe5 33. Rd7
Bb2 34. Rd3 e5 35. Kf2 e4 36. Rb3 Bc1 37. Rc3 Bb2 38. Rb3 Bc1 39. Rc3 Bg5 40.
Ke2 Kf5 41. a4 Be7 42. axb5 axb5 43. Ke3 Bxc5+ 44. bxc5 Ke5 45. Rc1 Kd5 46.
Rd1+ Kxc5 47. Kxe4 Re6+ 48. Kf4 b4 49. Rc1+ Kb5 50. Rb1 Rg6 51. Re1 b3 52. Re5+
Kb4 53. Re8 b2 54. Rb8+ Kc3 55. Rc8+ Kb3 56. Rb8+ Kc2 57. Rc8+ Kb1 58. Rh8 Rb6
0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. Re1 Qb6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Bg5 h6 $5 {The start of an
amazingly complex game. This fighting signal will pit the pair of bishops and
active pieces against White's solid structure and center. Both sides have
interesting chances.} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nc3 Bc8 $5 16. d5 Bc5 17. Qd2 $1 {
Preventing Black from castling.} Ne5 (17... O-O 18. Qxh6 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Bxe1 20.
Rxe1 $1 {Is simply unplayable; the attack is too strong.}) 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. b3
$5 {An interesting idea. White opens up files for the attack on the queenside
while Black's rook on h8 is stuck on the other side.} cxb3 20. Rab1 Bd4 21.
Rxb3 a6 22. Nd1 {This seems a little passive, deeper analysis might reveal a
better move. 22.Rc1 springs to mind.} exd5 23. exd5 O-O {Black has creatively
defended h6 now that the path of the queen has been opened by removing both
the f6 and e6 pawns.} 24. a4 Bd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nc3 Rc8 27. Reb1 Bxc3 (27...
Qg6 $1 $15 {A strong move missed by Wojtaszek. This would be awkward to meet
as Nxb5 is not a possibility.} 28. Nxb5 Rc2 $19) 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Qd6 {
The passed pawn on d5 is blockaded, but so is the one on b5.} 30. h4 Rc8 31.
Qb2 Rb8 32. Re1 f6 {I'm not a fan of weakening the king.} (32... Re8 $11) 33.
Qc2 Kg7 $2 {The start of Wojtaszek's problems.} (33... f5 34. Qb2 e4 $11) 34.
h5 $1 Be8 35. Ra1 $1 {Despite being low on time Van Wely started playing with
vigor and accuracy.} Rd8 36. Bh3 $5 {Really pushing for Ra7.} Qb6 $2 (36... Qe7
37. Qe4 $16) 37. Be6 $1 Bxh5 38. Rc1 $2 {Missing the first of many wins.} (38.
Ra6 $1 Qxa6 39. Qc7+ Kg6 40. Qxd8 {And Black's king is completely helpless
against the multiple threats from White.}) 38... Be8 39. Qe4 h5 40. Qb4 Qd6 41.
Qa5 Kf8 $2 (41... Kg6 $1) 42. Qa7 $1 Bd7 43. Rc6 $1 {Powerful play!} Qe7 44.
Rc7 Ke8 45. Qa6 (45. Qb6 {was just a touch more exact.}) 45... b4 46. Qb6 b3
47. Qxb3 (47. Rb7 $1 $18 {Would have prevented the game continuation.}) 47...
Qd6 48. Qc2 e4 $8 49. Bxd7+ Rxd7 50. Qxe4+ (50. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 51. Qxe4 Qxd5 52.
Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qh8+ Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kf5 55. Qxh5+ Ke6 56. Re8+ Kd6 57. Qe2 {looks
very gloomy for Black.}) 50... Kd8 51. Rxd7+ Qxd7 52. Kh2 Qg4 {probably some
psychological warfare, using the fact that the opponent was low on time.} 53.
f3 $2 (53. Qxg4 hxg4 54. Kg2 Kd7 55. f3 gxf3+ (55... Kd6 56. fxg4 Kxd5 57. Kf3
Ke5 58. Ke3 Kd5 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. g5 $18) 56. Kxf3 Kd6 57. Ke4 $18) 53... Qg5 54.
Kh3 $2 (54. f4 $1 Qg4 55. d6 $18 Kd7 56. Qe7+ Kc6 57. d7 $1 Qxd7 58. Qxf6+ {is
pretty hard to hold, if not just lost.}) 54... Qc1 $1 {Here finally Wojtaszek
has strong counterplay. The king feels unsafe on h3.} 55. f4 Qf1+ 56. Kh4 Qd1
57. f5 Qd2 58. Kh3 Qd1 59. Kh2 Qd2+ 60. Kg1 Qd1+ 61. Kg2 Qd2+ 62. Kh3 Qd1 63.
d6 Qxd6 64. Qf3 Ke7 65. Qxh5 Qd5 (65... Qd3 $1) 66. Qe2+ Kf7 67. Kg4 Qd4+ 68.
Kh5 Qd5 69. Qc2 Qf3+ 70. Kh4 Kg7 71. Qc7+ Kh6 72. Qc1+ Kg7 73. Qc7+ Kh6 74.
Qf4+ Qxf4+ 75. gxf4 Kg7 76. Kg3 Kg8 77. Kf3 Kf7 78. Ke4 Ke8 79. Kd4 Kd8 80. Kc5
Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 h6 {This idea of playing Bf5 and h6 is
very uncommon, and usually not successful. A similar idea was employed by
Jobava against Mamedyarov in Tromso, but the Georgian player was annihilated
there as well.} 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 c6 7. d5 c5 8. O-O g5 $6 {Sometimes Jobava's
creativity produces spectacular and awe-inspiring games. Sometimes he shoots
himself in the foot.} 9. h4 g4 10. Ne1 Bg7 11. e4 Bh7 12. Nd3 {Black's
kingside is too weak. If he castled kingside he will slowly die.} a6 13. a4 Qc7
14. Be3 O-O-O {However castling queenside is even more suicidal.} 15. Rb1 e6 $6
(15... a5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. b4 $5 axb4 18. e5 $1 {with a strong attack.}) 16. b4
$1 exd5 17. bxc5 $1 {Black is already completely lost.} dxc4 (17... dxc5 18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 $18 {One would think White has sacrificed something to
reach this position, but he hasn't...}) 18. e5 (18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. e5 $18) 18...
Nxe5 19. Rxb7 Qa5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qa1 {White is preparing Qb2, Rc1, Rfb1,
Rxf7, c6...} Rd3 22. Qb2 (22. Qb2 Rxc3 23. Rxf7 {leaves Black defenseless
against Rxg7, Qb7+, etc etc.}) 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {Van
Wely started to think about how to combat this Qe2 system. In his thought
process he must have over-thought and confused himself, as the system employed
in the game must be much better for White.} a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. Kb1
Qc7 11. Nb3 $1 {Avoiding the knight trade denies Black the option of capturing
on d4 and playing e5 with a tempo.} (11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 $2 e5 $17) 11... b5
12. g4 b4 13. Na4 e5 (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Bb6 {is impossible.}) 14. g5 Bg4 15.
Qg2 Bxd1 16. Bxa6 $1 {This is a very good line for Ivanchuk. He will recover a
piece, leaving him down the exchange for a pawn but with complete board
domination.} Nd7 17. Rxd1 (17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Rxd1 Qa6 {seems to trap the
knight, but White has a miraculous resource.} 19. Qh3 $1 Qxa4 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7
21. Nc5+ {and White remains up a pawn. Although this is nice, I prefer the
variation in the game as it is more annoying for Black to play against.}) 17...
Ra8 18. Bb5 Be7 19. f5 $1 Qb7 20. c4 {Black has basically no moves. His
counterplay is squashed.} O-O 21. f6 Bd8 22. Rxd6 Ncb8 {Once you play this
move, you know the game is over. Ivanchuk's finishing technique was not the
most precise, technically, but far more than good enough to finish the
position off.} 23. Qg4 g6 24. h4 h5 25. Qf3 Bc7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxd7 Rad8 28.
Nbc5 Qa8 29. Qd1 Qa7 30. Qd5 Ra8 31. Bd2 Rfd8 32. Bxb4 Ba5 33. a3 Qc7 34. Nc3
Bxb4 35. axb4 Qa7 36. Kc2 Rac8 37. Nb5 Qa1 38. Nd6 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1
Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. c6 Nf6 11. a3 a5 12. Rc2 Ne4 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. Nd7 Bxf4 17. Nxf8 Bxe3 18. Nd7 Bg5 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. a4 Nf6 21. h4
Bh6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. h5 Bg5 24. O-O Qf4 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. g3 Qg4 27. Qe2 Qh3
28. Rc3 Be7 29. g4 Qh4 30. f4 Bd6 31. Rf1 Qf6 32. Qf2 Rb8 33. Rb3 g6 34. hxg6
hxg6 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Rh3 Ke7 37. b3 Rh8 38. g5 Qg7 39. Rxh8 Qxh8 40. Rh1 Qg8
41. Rh3 Qg7 42. Kf3 Qg8 43. Kg2 Kd8 44. Qh4 Qe8 45. Rc3 Kc8 46. Kf3 Kb8 47. Qh7
Qf8 48. Kg4 Ka7 49. Rf3 Qe8 50. Qg7 Qxc6 51. Qxf7 Qc1 52. Qxe6 Qg1+ 53. Rg3
Qxd4 54. Qe3 Qh8 55. Rh3 Qc8+ 56. Kh4 Qf8 57. Rf3 Qh8+ 58. Kg3 Qh5 59. Kg2 Qg4+
60. Kf1 Bc5 61. Qd3 Qg1+ 62. Ke2 Bb4 63. Rf1 Qg4+ 64. Qf3 Qf5 65. Rd1 c6 66.
Rh1 Bc5 67. Kf1 Bd6 68. Rh7+ Kb8 69. Qe3 Qxf4+ 70. Qxf4 Bxf4 71. Rg7 Bxg5 72.
Rxg6 Be7 73. Rxc6 Bc5 74. Ke2 Kb7 75. Rg6 Kc7 76. Kf3 Kd7 77. Kf4 Bd4 78. Kf5
Ke7 79. Rg4 Bc3 80. Rg3 Bb2 81. Rg2 Bc3 82. Rc2 Ba1 83. Rc6 Bd4 84. Rh6 Kd7 85.
Re6 Kc7 86. Kf4 Kd7 87. Rh6 Kc7 88. Kf3 Kd7 89. Ke2 Bc5 90. Kf3 Bd4 91. Rh4 Bc5
92. Rg4 Kd6 93. Rg6+ Kd7 94. Rh6 Bd4 95. Kf4 Kc7 96. Kf5 Kd7 97. Rh4 Bc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 {A delayed dutch.} 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 a5 6. b5 a4 $5
{This brave pawn will be weak, but it does restrict White a little. Carlsen
has to be very careful not to lose it though.} 7. e3 Nf6 8. Be2 c6 9. bxc6 bxc6
10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Nc3 a3 13. Bc1 {White has a nice edge. His central
control and possibility to attack a3 makes Black's position very shaky. The
best he can do is sacrifice the a3 pawn and try to gain counterplay using the
open a-file, but that seems to be easier said than done.} Nbd7 14. Rb1 Ne4 {
This uses a nifty tactical resource, but Wojtaszek smartly sidesteps the
complications.} 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 (16. Qxe4 Nc5 $1 17. dxc5 (17. Qh4 Bf5
$132) 17... Bf5 {skewers the queen to the rook on b1.}) 16... Nf6 17. Rb3 {
White is now going to win the b3 pawn and in some lines e4 is under attack.
Black really has no compensation.} Bf5 18. Rxa3 h5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. a3 h4 {
Initiating operations on the kingside is the only way to go, but it is
insufficient.} 21. Bb2 h3 22. g3 {Ignoring the pawn pushes is fine for White
as there is no way to force the trade of the bishops, the knight on d2 AND get
a queen to f3.} Qc8 23. Re1 (23. Ra1 Bg4 $1) 23... Rb8 (23... Bg4 24. Nxe4 {is
no good. Re1 is prophylaxis against Bg4.}) 24. Bc3 Nh7 25. a4 Ng5 26. Rb1 Ra8
27. Qd1 (27. Rb6 $16) 27... c5 28. Rb6 Qe6 $2 {This leads to a forced win for
White.} (28... Kh7 {still keeps Black's chances alive, though there is no
doubt that White is better.}) 29. g4 $1 {Simply put the bishop on f5 is
trapped. Black has some tricks, but that's it.} cxd4 30. Bxd4 {There is no
rush in capturing on f5, so this is more precise.} Bxd4 31. exd4 e3 32. gxf5
gxf5 (32... exf2+ 33. Kf1 $1 Qxf5 34. Qb1 {is kaput.}) 33. Nf1 exf2+ 34. Kxf2
Ne4+ 35. Ke1 {White's king is a little exposed, and with time trouble looming
the situation is tricky, but Wojtaszek handles it very well.} Qf6 36. Qd3 Rxa4
37. Rb1 $1 {Covering the first rank removes counterplay.} Qh4+ 38. Ng3 Kf7 (
38... Nxg3 39. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 40. hxg3 h2 41. Kf2 $18) 39. Qf3 $1 Kg7 40. Qf4 $1 {
A very human reaction. The computers will tell you there are better moves out
there, but simplifying into an endgame up a piece is the simplest.} Qxf4 41.
Nh5+ Kf7 42. Nxf4 Ng5 43. d5 {The rest is relatively easy. White just needs to
untangle and put his pieces in the correct spots. f5 and h3 will eventually
work by themselves.} Kf6 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Bd3 Ra2+ 46. Kg3 Ra3 47. Re1 Ne4+ 48.
Kf3 Ng5+ 49. Ke3 Ra2 50. Re2 Ra3 51. Rf2 Ne4 52. Rf3 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qe2 Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17. c6 Qxc6 18. Nxb5 Rc8 19. Rac1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21.
Kg2 Ra8 22. f5 Rc6 23. h4 a4 24. h5 h6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Bc5
28. Qg4 d4 29. Qf3 Rcc8 30. Nc7 d3 31. Nxa8 d2 32. Qd3 Rxa8 33. Qxd2 Bxa3 34.
Qa2 Bc5 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qc6 Ra7 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40.
Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Rb8 $5 {Actually an interesting alternative to modern theory. It just
shows how there is so much unexplored territory in so many openings.} (8... a5
{is a normal move.}) (8... g6 {is the most popular.}) 9. c4 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ng6 11.
f4 f6 12. Qxa7 Rb7 13. Qf2 fxe5 14. f5 Nf4 {A weird position, to say the least.
} 15. Qf3 (15. g3 Nh5 {was also possible.}) 15... Qf7 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf6
18. g4 $5 {Hyper aggressive! It's hard to say who is better or what is going
on, but it would be fun if this variations is repeated a few more times at the
top level.} d5 19. g5 e4 (19... Ng8 {was what Aronian thought he should have
played, but this also looks dubious at least.}) (19... Ne4 $5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bb4+ 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 O-O {is incredibly complicated.}) (19... Nd7
20. Qh3 Kd8 {is not human.}) 20. Qh3 Ng8 $4 {Simply a big blunder.} (20... Nd7
21. Bh5 g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxh8 Nc5 $1 (23... gxf5 {is not as convincing.})
24. O-O Bxf5 {and Black seems to have good compensation for the missing
exchange.}) 21. Bh5 g6 22. fxg6 {the c8 bishop is hanging, so Black is forced
to capture on h3.} Bxh3 23. gxf7+ Kd7 24. fxg8=Q Rxg8 25. Rg1 (25. Nb3 $1 {was
easier as So pointed out after the game.}) 25... Bd6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Bf7 Rf8
28. Bxd5 {Black is simply down a piece and a pawn. Aronian made it complicated
by finding some accurate and annoying moves, but it never changed the
evaluation of the game.} Rb4 29. g6 hxg6 30. Rxg6 Rd4 31. Bxe4 Re8 32. Kf2 Rf8+
33. Ke2 Re8 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Ke3 c5 36. Rg7+ Kd8 37. Ke2 Bc8 38. Bf3 Ba6+ 39.
Kf2 Rh4 40. Nf1 Kc8 41. Be3 Rh3 42. Nd2 Rxh2+ 43. Kg1 Rxd2 44. Bg4+ Kb8 45.
Bxd2 Be5 46. Re7 Bd4+ 47. Be3 Rg8 48. Bxd4 Rxg4+ 49. Kf2 Rxd4 50. Rh1 Bb7 51.
Rh8+ Ka7 52. Ke3 Rb4 53. b3 c4 54. Rh4 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 d5 10. exd6 Bf5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O exd6 13. Rxd6 Qc8 14. Qb5
Re8 15. h4 h5 16. a4 $2 {A weird decision.} Bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Re4 $1 {Obviously
strong, White's position is collapsing.} 18. Be3 Qf8 $2 {Almos inexplicable.} (
18... Rxa4 $1 19. Nd4 Ne5 $3 {Is winning. We will leave the variatinos for the
reader to figure out. This is, however, not the only way to win for Black,
simply the most exact and prettiest. 18...Ra1+ followed by 19...Ra5 is good
enough as well.}) 19. Bc5 Qh6+ 20. Be3 Qf8 21. Bc5 Qh6+ 22. Be3 Rxe3 23. fxe3
Qxe3+ 24. Rd2 a6 25. Qb3 Na5 26. Qb4 Nc6 27. Qa3 Na5 28. Qb4 Nc6 29. Qa3 Na5
30. Qb4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Ba"]
[Black "Saric, Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. e4 $5
{Even though this idea looks bizarre, to play e3 and only then e4, it has been
employed in the past by a very strong player...} dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ {White's
point is that the only way to punish the e4 advance is with this check, but in
that case the move g6 might not be desirable.} 10. Ke2 Qe7 (10... Qf4 11. Qd3
Be7 12. g3 Qc7 13. Bg2 {Gave White a slight edge in the game Kramnik-Leko,
2009. Though admittedly that was a blitz game.}) 11. c5 O-O 12. Qa4 {part of
the point is that Black's bishop is nearly trapped, so White will try to use
the time while Black saves it to improve his position.} Na6 13. a3 b5 (13... e5
$5 14. axb4 exd4 15. Kd3 Bf5 16. Nfd2 Nc7 {Gives Black compensation, but it is
hard to say exactly how much.}) 14. Qb3 Ba5 15. Ne5 Nb8 {Black has kept all
his material, but it feels something has gone wrong. He was unable to exploit
the king position on e2 and White now has a nice bind all over the place.} 16.
Qg3 (16. Qe3 $1) 16... Bc7 17. Ke3 $2 {Sometimes, however, Jobava just
oversteps his limits...} (17. f4 $1 Rd8 18. Rd1 Bb7 19. h4 $1 h5 20. Qg5 $16 {
White's bind is strong. The bishop on b7 is garbage and the rest is suffering
for Saric.}) 17... g5 $1 {Creating swift counterplay. The threat of f5 is very
real.} 18. f4 f5 19. h4 {A valiant attempt, but it doesn't come close to
working.} Bxe5 20. dxe5 fxe4 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rh5 Rf5 {White simply lacks
enough pieces to form an attack.} 23. Be2 Qg7 24. fxg5 Nd7 25. Rah1 Nf8 {Now
there is no chance of creating a threat.} 26. Rh8+ (26. Qh2 Ng6 27. g4 Rf7 28.
Rh6 Kf8 29. Rh7 Qxh7 30. Qxh7 Rxh7 31. Rxh7 {was perhaps the best hope, though
White remains down a piece.}) 26... Qxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kxh8 28. Kxe4 Bd7 29. Ke3
Rf7 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qe4 Rc8 32. a4 bxa4 33. Qxa4 Rb8 34. b4 Rf5 35. Bf3 Rxe5+
36. Kd4 Rxg5 37. Kc3 Rc8 38. Qxa7 Rg7 {perhaps an odd time to resign, but
Black does have a winning position.} 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 (8. f3 {is another way of side-stepping the repetition, but it does cut
off some of White's ideas in certain variations of the English attack.}) 8...
Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. Nb3 b5 15. a4
{A novelty. It avoids some ideas of Nc4, so it does make some sense to play
this.} (15. Nd5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be5 $6 {was the nice
positional game Adams-Vallejo Pons in 2005 which was won by the Englishman.})
15... b4 16. Nd5 {One of the next three Black moves is a dubious one, as after
Ivanchuk castles he holds an advantage. However, which one and why is beyond
my comprehension on the complexities of this Najdorf variation and its
subtleties.} e6 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Kb1 {The problem
for Black is that it is harder for him to transfer his pieces to the queenside
and create threats than it is for White to do the same. If Black expands on
the kingside he has no real targets to hit, so the question is... what does he
do?} Kb8 21. f3 a5 22. h4 $1 {Playing in both sides taxes Black's position.
Someone will now have to defend the g5 pawn as trading it would leave him a
structural weakness and pushing it would allow f4, dislodging Black's best
piece.} Na7 23. Nd4 Ng6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rxh8 Bxh8 26. Bc4 Nf4 (26... Be5 27.
Bf2 d5 {shouldn't work, but it at least made things somewhat uncelar.} 28. exd5
Nf4 $16) 27. Bb3 Qc5 28. Nc4 Ba6 $2 {A blunder in a bad position.} (28... Qxd4
29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nc6 {is not something anyone wants to play.} 31. Rxd6
$16) 29. Bf2 $1 Bxc4 30. Nb5 Qc6 31. Bxa7+ Ka8 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33. Bb6 {is
completely hopeless. White will pick up a5 and b4 while Black is still
planless.} (33. Bb6 Rd7 34. g3 Ng6 35. b3 Qc6 36. Bxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Nb8 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. d4 a5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Be3 c5 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bb5 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. c3 bxc3
22. bxc3 Kh8 23. Nd2 Nd5 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. Nc4 Bf6 26. f3 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28.
Nd2 c4 29. Ne4 Rd3 30. Nxf6 Qb6+ 31. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. h3
Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Bf5 12. Re1 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Nc3 Nb4
15. Rxe5 Nxc2 16. Ra2 Bd6 17. Re2 Nb4 18. Ra1 Nc2 19. Ra2 Nb4 20. Ra1 Nc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rfd1
Qc7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qb1 Qb8 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. f3 O-O 20. Nce4
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qb8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Nc5 hxg5 25. Nxd7 Qc7 26. Nxf8
Kxf8 27. Qd3 a5 28. Qe3 Qd8 29. Kf2 Kg8 30. Ke1 Kf8 31. Qe5 Kg8 32. h3 Kf8 33.
Qe3 Ke8 34. Qd2 Qf6 35. Qc1 Kd7 36. Qd1+ Kc7 37. Qc2+ Kd6 38. Qd3+ Kc6 39. Qc4+
Kd6 40. Qb5 Kc7 41. Qc4+ Kd6 42. Qb5 Kc7 43. Qe8 Qxb2 44. Qxf7+ Kd6 45. Qf8+
Kd7 46. Qf7+ Kd6 47. Qf8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Nb3 b6 14. a5 bxa5 15. e5
dxe5 16. fxe5 Rd8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. Be4
Rac8 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Be3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd4 Rcc8 27. Nxe6
Rxe6 28. Rxa5 Rxe5 29. Bf4 Re2 30. Rxb5 Rcxc2 31. Rb8 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. h3
f6 34. g4 Kf7 35. Bg3 Bc5 36. g5 Ke6 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Re1+ Kf5 39. Rf1+ Kg6
40. Rf4 Rd2 41. Rg4+ Kf5 42. Rf4+ Ke6 43. Rh4 Rd7 44. Re4+ Kd5 45. Re2 Rb7 46.
Kg2 Bd4 47. Bf2 Be5 48. Kf3 h5 49. Rd2+ Ke6 50. Rd3 Kf5 51. Ra3 Rb4 52. Rd3
Rf4+ 53. Kg2 Ke4 54. Re3+ Kd5 55. Rd3+ Kc4 56. Rf3 Re4 57. Rf5 h4 58. Rh5 Kd3
59. Rxh4 Rxh4 60. Bxh4 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Re1
Na6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc5 12. Ng5 d5 13. Nh3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Be6 15.
Nf4 Bf7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nd3 a5 18. a4 b5 19. axb5 Qb6 20. e3 Rfb8 21. Bf1
Qxb5 22. Ra3 Qe8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Qa1 g5 25. Bc3 g4 26. f4 Ne4 27. Bxa5 h5 28.
Rc1 h4 29. Be1 Bf6 30. Nc5 hxg3 31. hxg3 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 e5 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Qb1
exd4 35. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 36. Bf2 Qe6 37. Bd3 Qxf5 38. Bxf5 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 d3 40. Bxd3
d4 41. b4 Bb3 42. b5 Be7 43. Rh5 Rd1 44. Be2 Rd2 45. Bxg4 Rb2 46. Bf3 Bb4 47.
b6 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. g3 g6
9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a4 a5 13. Ba3 c5 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1
Rac8 16. Nb5 Ne4 17. Nd2 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. Bb2 Bg7 26. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, W."]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qh5 Nc6 14. Nb3 Be8
15. a3 f5 16. Qe2 Bxa3 17. bxa3 fxe4 18. Nc5 Ne5 19. Ba2 Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21.
gxf3 Bh5 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bg4 exf3 24. Qb2 Bxg4 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Qd4 h5 27. Nd3
Rd8 28. Qe4 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Nf4 Kh7 31. Rc5 g6 32. h3 Bf5 33. Nxh5 Bxh3
34. Kh2 Bf5 35. Nf6+ Kh6 36. e4 Rf8 37. e5 b6 38. Rd5 Kg7 39. Kg3 Be6 40. Rh1
Bg8 41. Kf4 Rc8 42. Rd4 b5 43. Re1 a5 44. Kxf3 Rc3+ 45. Kf4 Rxa3 46. Nxg8 Kxg8
47. e6 Ra4 48. Rxa4 bxa4 49. Ke5 Kg7 50. Kd6 Kf8 51. Rc1 Re8 52. Ke5 a3 53. Kf6
a2 54. Ra1 Rb8 55. f4 Rb4 56. f5 gxf5 57. Rxa2 Rh4 58. Rd2 Rh6+ 59. Ke5 Rh1 60.
Kd6 Ke8 61. Rg2 Rd1+ 62. Ke5 Rh1 63. Rg6 Ke7 64. Rg7+ Ke8 65. Kf6 Rh6+ 66. Ke5
Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Jobava, Ba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 {The KID always
promises a complex fight.} e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 (10...
f5 {is considered to be the main line, but Nf4 is an old and playable
alternative.}) 11. Bf1 f5 12. a4 (12. Bxf4 exf4 13. e5 {is considered to be
the "refutation" of this variation. White scores about 83% from this position.
Giri surprisingly did not go for it, maybe fearing some Jobava preparation.})
12... h6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Ra3 g4 15. a5 h5 16. c5 h4 {With both sides mounting
the attack the tension is on! It is difficult to say always who is faster in
these kinds of positions. The computers always like White, but as Nakamura
once pointed out computers are not usually right in these types of position.}
17. Nc4 Neg6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Rf6 20. g3 {This important move sets Black
back by a few tempi. Clearly he will not withdraw the knight, but he cannot
break on g3 any more.} hxg3 21. hxg3 a6 22. Nc3 (22. Nb6 $5 axb5 $1 23. Nxa8
fxe4 {is very murky.}) 22... Nh4 $1 {Marching forward! Neither knight can be
taken with impunity.} 23. Ne2 (23. gxh4 Rh6 {and Black's attack is too strong.
The threat of Qh4 is too fast.}) (23. gxf4 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Rh6 {is clearly over.})
23... Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 gxf3 26. Bxf3 {Giri sacrifices the exchange
and therefore diffuses most of the attack. However his own pressure has
somewhat dissipated as well.} Bh6 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Kg2 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 f4 (29...
Qf8 {was maybe a touch more precise. Closing the position with f4 is always
strategically dangerous.}) 30. Rh1 Rg6 31. Rh5 Qf8 32. Qh1 Qf6 33. Qh2 Bg4 $4 {
Simply not the right time to do this.} (33... fxg3 34. fxg3 Qg7 {leaves the
game wide open. Black will trade on g4 eventually.}) 34. Bxg4 Rxg4 35. Qh3 Qg6
(35... Qg7 36. Nd7 $18 {the threat is Qxg4 and Black has no good response.})
36. Kf3 $1 {oops! The rook is trapped as it cannot go to g5.} (36. Kf3 Rg5 37.
Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rxb8 {with mating threats.}) (36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rxb8 Qxe4+ {leads
to a perpetual!}) 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 {The Ragozin!
This incredibly popular opening is played by both players on both sides, so
they are definitely well versed in the variations. Look out for an upcoming
ChessBase DVD in this opening!} 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qa4+ {The idea of this move is
to force Nc6+, preventing a future c5.} Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6
12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. Qd1 {The drawback of the position. The queen is not well
placed on a4 and must retreat. Black is solid, but somewhat passive. His pair
of bishops gives him good chances to equalize.} Ne7 14. a3 Rfd8 (14... c5 $5 {
gives Black an isolated pawn but good chances of equalizing. It was seen in
the game Jobava-Efimenko 2010}) 15. b4 Nc8 16. Na4 b6 {Black's plan is
somewhat strange as he will be left with many passive pieces and only one good
piece: the bishop on d6. The pressure on the c-file will be felt soon.} 17. Nb2
Ne7 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. a4 a5 20. b5 Re8 21. Rc3 Bf5 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Nd2 Rd7 24.
g3 Nf8 25. Bg4 {Black is passive, though Solid. His position is uncomfortable
to play as he doesn't have a good plan, but on the other hand it is still hard
for White to break through.} Nh7 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Qf3 Qg5 (27... Qxf3 28. Nxf3
{is kind of a sad endgame.}) 28. h4 Qe7 29. Rc6 Nf6 30. Nf4 g6 $2 {This move
is absolutely horrible. Aronian clearly underestimated the threats after 31.h5}
(30... Bb4 {and then back to d6 continues the uncomfortable fight.}) 31. h5 $18
(31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Ba3 {doesn't work yet.}) 31... Kg7 (31... g5 {
Unfortunately for black this weakening of the sixth rank proves to be fatal.}
32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Ba3 (33... Bxg3 34. Qf5 Bd6 35. Nc4 $18) 34. Qf5 Bxc1
35. Rxh6 f6 36. Qg6+ {is a deadly attack.}) 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34.
Qxd5 Bxg3 (34... Ba3 35. Qxd7 Qxd7 36. Rxc7 {is simply no good.}) 35. Qg2 Bd6
36. Nc4 {Black's position keeps the material balance, but he has no
coordination and White's mounting pressure is too strong.} Rf8 37. Ne5 $1 Bxe5
38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. dxe5 {The rest is very, very simple.} Qxe5 41.
Rg6+ Kf7 42. Rc4 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Rh8 44. Rf4+ Ke8 45. Re6+ Re7 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 47.
Re4+ (47. Re4+ Kd8 48. Rd4+ Qxd4 49. Qg5+) 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saric, Iv"]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 Bd6 13. g3 g6 14. Nh4 b5
15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. a4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Qe2 Rfb8 21.
Nf3 Rb4 22. Nd2 a5 23. c3 Rb2 24. Rdb1 Rab8 25. Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Rb1 Rxb1+ 27.
Nxb1 Bc5 28. Bh6 Nb6 29. Nd2 Nxa4 30. Nb3 Nxc3 31. Qd3 Bd4 32. Nxa5 Qg4 33.
Nxc6 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Kg2 Nd6 36. c5 Bxc5 37. Nxe5 Nf5 38. Bd2 f6 39. Nd7
Bd4 40. Ba5 c6 41. Nb8 c5 42. Nc6 Bb2 43. Bb6 c4 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. g4 Nd6 46. Ke3
Ke6 47. f3 Nb5 48. Nb4 Bc1+ 49. Kf2 Bd2 50. Nc2 Kd5 51. Ke2 Bf4 52. h4 Kc6 53.
Bd8 Nc3+ 54. Ke1 Nd5 55. Ke2 Kb5 56. Nd4+ Kb4 57. Ne6 Be5 58. Kd2 c3+ 59. Kd3
Kb5 60. Kc2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. Ngf3 e6 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Rb1 g6 8. Ne5
Bg7 9. f4 Ng8 10. Nb3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. Qf3 a5 14. h4 a4 15.
Nd2 a3 16. b4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 18. g4 Ba4 19. g5 Bf8 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Rf1 Be7
22. Qxf7+ Kd7 23. Nb3 Bxb3 24. Rxb3 Rhf8 25. Qxh7 Rh8 26. Qxg6 Rcg8 27. Qf7 Rf8
28. Qg7 Rfg8 29. Qf7 Rf8 30. Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Ba"]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 {The Italian Game has a lot of
similarities with the Spanish, but due to the reduced pressure on the center
it gives Black freer development.} a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Bd5 {A strange move for
sure. It's as if White is taking the long way on playing the Spanish!  The
simple move 7...d6 looks acceptable, but So has other ideas.} Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7
9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nf3 Nxd5 {Black does have the pair of bishops, but White has a
very slight initiative. He has to use these few moves to create something.} 11.
Bg5 f6 12. Re1+ Kf7 {Brave! The point is simply that once Black finishes
development he will enjoy the pair of bishops.} 13. Qb3 Be6 14. c4 $6 (14. Rxe6
$5 Kxe6 15. Nbd2 c6 16. Bh4 {gives White some obvious compensation as the king
is on e6 and there are threats against b7 and potentially d6. However it is
unclear if it really justifies being down the exchange.}) (14. Bd2 $13) 14...
fxg5 15. cxd5 Bd7 {After Jobava's decision Black's king looks exposed, but he
is only a couple of moves away from safety. Once Black plays Rf8 and Kg8 he
will have a strong initiative with his bishops and a weak f2 pawn.} 16. Nc3 (
16. Qxb7 Bb6 {simply traps the queen with Ra7 next move.}) 16... g4 {precise.}
(16... Rf8 $6 17. Ne4 g4 18. Nfg5+ Kg8 19. Ne6 $1 {is nowhere near as clear.})
17. Nd2 Rf8 18. Nce4 Kg8 19. Rac1 b5 {Simply defending the b-pawn and
restricting White's knights. Black is clearly better.} 20. Qc3 Bb6 21. a4 bxa4
22. Nc4 Ba7 23. Na5 Qh4 {The attack on the kingside rages on. The pressure is
mounting slowly.} 24. Rc2 Rf7 25. Qxc7 Bb5 $2 {Actually a serious mistake.
Wesley must ha ve underestimated the simple retreat here.} (25... Bf5 $1 {it's
strange why Black did not go for this line.} 26. Qxf7+ {looks forced.} (26.
Qxd6 Bxe4 27. g3 Rxf2 $1 28. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ {and White is not
totally lost yet, but very close to that.}) 26... Kxf7 27. Nxd6+ Kf8 28. Nxf5
Qd8 {and even though technically White has enough material for the queen, his
coordination just is not there and Black will take both the d5 and d3 pawns.})
26. Qxd6 $2 (26. Qc3 $1 {asks the simple quesion: how is Black going to defend
d6? bringing the queen back looks too passive as it loses the pressure on f2,
but what else to do?}) 26... Bxd3 {Now the attack crashes through.} 27. g3 Qh5
28. Rc7 Re8 $1 {The pin on the e4-knight is deadly.} 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nc6 Rf7
31. Qb4 Ref8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. f4 gxf3 {White is down too much material and he
has no real th reats.} 34. Nf2 Be2 35. d6 Qb5 36. Qd4 Qd7 37. Rc1 Rf6 38. Rc6
Bb5 39. Rb6 Qe6 {Despite the one inaccuracy from So, it was a very nice game.}
0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

{The duel between the number one and number two in the World. Both players
have yet to prove that they are in tip top shape at this event, so the battle
was on!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3
b6 {Pretty unusual, actually this move hasn't been seen for a few years. The
much more normal plan is} (7... e5 {with the follow up of Nd7-f8-d4.}) 8. Be3
e5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Qe7 11. Qb1 $5 {Not a very subtle move, as  White
obviously wants to break the queenside with b4, but one that is not so easily
met.} Nh5 {Carlsen decides that the best way to fend off an attack on the
queenside is with his own counterattack on the kingside.} 12. b4 f5 {
Signalling the fight!} 13. bxc5 f4 14. Bd2 bxc5 15. Qb3+ Be6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17.
Qa5 g5 18. Na4 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxc5 {White has won a pawn, but Black has
opened some dangerous lines on the kingside that he swiftly intends to use for
the attack. Despite the fact that Caruana is up material it is probably mcuh
easier to play this with Black. The attack looks very menacing.} Qf6 21. Nh2 (
21. Rfb1 Qg6 22. Kf1 {and making a run for it might have been the best option.}
) 21... f3 $1 {Very powerful. Suddenly White is in real trouble.} 22. Nxg4 Qg6
{The knight on g4 cannot be defended, as it is suicide to bring it back to e3.}
23. Qe7 (23. Ne3 Nf4 24. Rfe1 (24. g3 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Qh5#) 24... Nxg2 $19) 23...
fxg2 $1 24. Rfb1 Qxg4 25. Qg5 Qe2 26. Qe3 Qg4 27. Qg5 Qxg5 {Black must
exchange queens, but his initiative is not dead.} 28. Bxg5 Nf4 $1 {This
annoying knight is not so easily dealt with. If White captures it the bishop
on g7 becomes a monster, if it is ignored the g2 pawn remains defended.} 29.
Bxf4 (29. Kh2 $1 {was probably the only chance to keep the game going. Black
still looks to be better after a move like 29...Kh8, but White has some
chances.} Kh8 $1 $17) 29... exf4 30. Kxg2 f3+ 31. Kf1 Rf4 $1 {Black doesn't
take the exchange! Instead he is using this time to set up some mating threats.
} 32. c3 Rd8 33. d4 (33. Ke1 Rxd3 {is too horrible to be played.}) 33... Bh6 {
Winning, but not as good or as pleasing as...} (33... Bxd4 $1 34. cxd4 Rh4 35.
Kg1 (35. Ke1 Rxd4) 35... Kh8 $1 {Leads to a swift checkmate.}) 34. Ke1 Rxe4+
35. Kd1 c5 36. Kc2 cxd4 37. Kd3 Re2 38. c4 Rxf2 39. Rd1 (39. Rb2 Rxb2 40. Nxb2
Rb8 {would have kept the game goi ng, but with two extra pawns I can't believe
Caruana would have saved this.}) 39... Re2 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. exd6 Nb6 12. Qf4 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 14. O-O
Nc4 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Bxb2 Nxb2 17. Rfb1 Na4 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Na6 Ra8 20. Bxb7
Bxb7 21. Rxb7 Rfc8 22. Re1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Ree7 Rf5 25. Rbc7 a5 26. Kg2
Rb8 27. a3 Rbb5 28. f4 h5 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. Ke3 Rb1 31. Kf3 Rf1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33.
Kf3 Rf1+ 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Kf3 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {These
variations with the queen on f3 are gaining some popularity. The idea is to
quickly 0-0-0 and maybe g4-g5.} Ne5 8. Qg3 h5 {Black plays to cause discomfort
for the White queen. It also prepares Ng4 in case of a quick f4.} 9. O-O-O h4
10. Qh3 b5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 {White has lost the pair of bishops but
has a huge advantage in development. What exactly he can accomplish with this
will determine who stands better.} 13. f5 Bb7 {Sacrifices on e6 are looming
after this mo ve, but nothing seems to work just yet.} 14. Rhf1 Rc8 {Giri
continues his own develompent without yet paying attention to any of White's
threats.} 15. fxe6 (15. Nf3 $5 {with the idea of Ne5 looks somewhat illogical,
but it might not be so easy to meet.} f6 $1 {Is the computer suggestion, and
computers are very good in these positions, so it might  worth a look.}) 15...
dxe6 16. Rxf7 $5 {An interesting sacrifice. Clearly this rook must be taken.
Black is being punished for his lack of development, but his pieces are still
very close to his king, providing good chances to set up a good defense.} (16.
Rd3 $5) 16... Kxf7 17. b3 (17. Nf3 {threatens Ne5+. Black has only one good
move, but it seems to be sufficient.} Rh5 18. Rd7+ Be7 19. Rxb7 Qf1+ $1 20. Nd1
Qd3 $1 {with a very murky position.}) 17... Ba3+ 18. Kb1 Qxc3 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20.
Rf1+ Nf6 21. Rxf6+ {Now the game is a forced draw. White is getting mated and
he is running out of pieces to attack with, but his queen alone can force the
perpetual check.} gxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 (24... Ke8 25.
Qg6+ Kd7 26. Qe6+ Kd8 27. Bg5+ Kc7 28. Bf4+ $11) 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Saric, Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba5 14. Bg2 c5
15. Rb1 b6 16. O-O O-O 17. f4 Rc8 18. Rc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qe7 21.
e5 Qa3 22. Kh2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 24. Rc3 Qa5 25. Rc2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Kf8 27. Kg3
b5 28. Bc6 b4 29. d5 Nb8 30. Bb7 exd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 Nd7 33. Kf3 g5 34.
fxg5 Nxe5+ 35. Ke4 Ng6 36. Bc4 a5 37. Kd4 a4 38. Kc5 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. Bxb3
Nf4 41. h4 Ng2 42. h5 Ne3 43. Kd4 Nxg4 44. Bc2 g6 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Bxg6 Kg7
47. Bf5 Nh6 48. Be6 Kg6 49. gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5
d4 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Rd1 Ng6 11. Nc3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 Kf7 14. g4 Bxg4 15.
Ng5+ fxg5 16. Bxg4 Nce5 17. Bxg5 Bxc5 18. Nf6 Qc6 19. Bh5 Kg7 20. Qg3 Raf8 21.
Re1 Rxf6 22. Rxe5 Rf7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Bf4 Be7 25. Re2 Qxc4 26. Rae1 d3 27.
Re4 Qd5 28. Rxe6 Bf6 29. Rd6 Qf5 30. Re5 Qh3 31. Ree6 Qxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rh5 33. b3
Ra5 34. a4 g5 35. Be3 b6 36. Rxd3 Rc7 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Re4 Bf6 40.
Kg4 Re7 41. Rxe7+ Bxe7 42. Bd2 Re5 43. Rd7 Kg6 44. Rxa7 Bc5 45. f4 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nb1 Nb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 a4 14. O-O O-O 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Bg5 Nd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nh2 Ne6 19. Ng4 Qg5 20. Re3 Qg6 21. Qd1
Kh8 22. Rg3 Qh5 23. Qd3 Qg6 24. Qd1 Qh5 25. Qd3 c6 26. Ne3 f5 27. exf6 gxf6 28.
Nf5 Nc4 29. Qc2 b5 30. Rg4 Rae8 31. Ne2 Qf7 32. Neg3 Qd7 33. Re1 Nc7 34. Rxe8
Nxe8 35. Qc1 Rg8 36. Rh4 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, W."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5
15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxc5 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc1 Bg4 21.
Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne5 24. Rb1 Rac8 25. h3 Rfd8 26. Rff1 Nd3 27.
Rb7 Nc5 28. Re7 Bf8 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rexf7 Rxc3 31. Nb1 Rc2 32. Kh1 Bg7 33.
Na3 Rxa2 34. Nc4 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. e5 Bc5 37. g4 Rc2 38. Nd6 Re2 39. Ra1
Rxe5 40. Nb7 Be7 41. Rxa6 Kg7 42. Nd6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Jobava, Ba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 {Even though this move has been played thousands
of times, it is irregular. It is safr for Black, if he is trying to play the
Benoni, to go for the 3...e6 move order.} 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 e6 7. h3
exd5 8. exd5 {This is what is uncomfortable. It is hard to create counterplay
without a target on e4.} (8. cxd5 Re8 {might allow Black to save a tempo on d6
and immediately pressure e4.}) 8... a6 9. a4 a5 $6 {Rather dubious. These
plans of locking down the queenside are not comfortable for Black. He gets a
knight to b4, but as we will see this doesn't necessarily translate into
counterplay.} 10. Nge2 Na6 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Bb1 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Nb5 h6 15.
Bc1 {Black's position is already difficult. He has no space, which means it is
difficult for his queenside to connect with his kingside.} Bxb5 16. axb5 Ne8
17. Ra3 {Meanwhile, White easily swings over to one side or another as he
pleases.} Nd6 18. Rg3 Nxc4 {Aronian was surprised that Jobava took the pawn,
but it seems uncomfortable to do anything else. Suffering for free is not fun!
This, however, is refuted swiftly.} 19. Nf4 $1 Ne5 20. Nh5 $1 {White's attack
simply unfolds itself. The knight is very clearly taboo, but losing the g7
bishop is unacceptable as well.} Qh4 (20... gxh5 21. Qxh5 $1 $18 (21. Bxh6 {is
strong also.})) 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Re1 {And now the other rook swings into
action. Notice how useless Black's knight on b4 is.} d6 23. Re4 Qd8 (23... Qf6
{kept Jobava alive only a little longer. White has a way to crash through:} 24.
f4 Nd7 25. f5 g5 26. h4 $18) 24. Qh5 {Black simply can't keep the kingside
together. For example:} (24. Qh5 Rh8 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Bxg6 {is completely
crushing.}) 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {An Anti-Berlin that has done well this
tournament. MVL beat Giri with it.} Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
h3 h6 {The game will be quite strategical. White has the structural advantage
but Black can remain solid and in the long run he has the pair of bishops.} 9.
Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 a5 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. b3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Ra8 $6 {Black's last few
moves are difficult to understand. Now White gets a slight edge by building up
his center.} 14. c3 Bc5 15. d4 Bb6 (15... exd4 16. cxd4 Bb6 {changes the
character of the position to something more agreeable with the pair of bishops,
but it still looks more pleasant to be White.}) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. c4 Nh7 18.
Qe2 Nf8 19. Be3 c5 {Even though this is (some) engines recommendation and the
move that Radjabov chose... it is so painful to see this bishop on b6 trapped
as it is.} (19... Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qe7 {at least there is no entombed bishop on
b6 here.}) 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Nh5 Qe7 22. Nh2 {White starts a slow but standard
attack on the kingside. And why not? It's not like Radjabov's pieces on the
queenside are doing much at the moment.} Kh7 23. Qf3 f6 (23... a4 24. Ng4 Ng6 {
was a better choice, probably.}) 24. Ng4 {Already White threatens nasty
sacrifices} Bxg4 (24... a4 25. Ngxf6+ gxf6 26. Nxf6+ Kg6 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28. Rd5
{with a strong attack.}) 25. Qxg4 Red8 $2 (25... g6 $1 {Black absolutely
needed to take control over some lightsquares!}) 26. Qf5+ Kh8 27. f4 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Qe6 30. Rd3 Re8 {Missing White's blow, but Radjabov's
position was already delicate.} 31. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 32. Qh5 {Black cannot hope to
hold his kingside together, much less with that bishop stuck on b6.} Nh7 33.
Bxh6+ Kh8 34. Qg6 Qg8 35. Bg7+ Qxg7 36. Qxe8+ {The rest is easy. For all
practical purposes White is up the echange.} Qf8 37. Qe6 Qh6 38. e5 Qc1+ 39.
Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Rg3 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Qe6 14. a3 O-O 15.
O-O Rfc8 16. Re1 Rab8 17. Re2 Nb6 18. Qe1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. b3 Nbd7 21. h4 d5
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 N5f6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bg5 Qf5 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Qa5
Rbc7 28. Qxa6 Rxc2 29. Be3 Nf6 30. Qxb5 Ng4 31. Rf1 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Rc2 33. Qd1 {
Black has sacrificed her queenside pawns for an initiative on the queenside.
White is tied up, but the pawns are rolling and Black doesn't have a clear
threat yet.} Rb2 (33... Nxe3 34. fxe3 Qe4 35. Qf3 Qxf3 36. Rxf3 Rc3 $11) 34.
Bc5 e4 35. Bd4 Ra2 (35... e3 {again leads to a draw:} 36. fxe3 $1 Rf2 $1 37. a4
Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Qc2 39. Qf3 {and Black has nothing more than a perpetual with
Qh2+ and moving the queen somewhre on the second rank, threatening Nh2+}) 36.
a4 Kh7 {A move that reminds me of Kasparov: always improving the king before
looking for final blows.} 37. b4 Ra3 {An interesting idea.} (37... Qd5 38. Bc3
Qf5 $11) 38. a5 $2 (38. Qc2 Qf3 39. a5 Rd3 40. Bb6 Ne5 $13) 38... Rf3 $2 (38...
Rd3 $1 {This move is a winner!} 39. Qa1 Qf3 {threatening e3.} 40. Qb2 $8 g5 $1
{Black's attack on the kingside is too fast and too strong. White collapses.}
41. Bh8 (41. hxg5 h4 42. gxh4 Qf4 $1 $19) (41. a6 gxh4 42. a7 h3 {is too slow
for White.}) 41... f6 $19) 39. Qb1 Rd3 40. Qb2 Qd5 41. Bc5 $6 (41. Be3 {is
worse for White, bur survivable.}) 41... Ne5 (41... f5 $1 {Black threatens e3.}
42. a6 e3 43. fxe3 Rd2 {and there is no check on b1.}) (41... e3 42. fxe3 Rd2
43. Qb1+ Kg8 44. e4 Qc4 45. Rd1 $11) 42. Be3 (42. a6 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 e3 $1 $19)
42... Nf3+ (42... f5 $1 {This move first! It would have prevented the
counterplay in the game.} 43. Rc1 f4 44. Bxf4 Nf3+ 45. Kf1 (45. Kg2 e3 $19 46.
Bxe3 Nxh4+ 47. Kh3 Qg2+ 48. Kxh4 Kg6 $3 {And White is helpless against Qh2
mate. A very difficult thing to see, for sure.}) 45... Rd1+ 46. Kg2 Ne1+ 47.
Kh2 e3 $1 48. Qb1+ Kg8 49. Rc8+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Ke8 $1 51. Qg6+ Kd8 $19) 43. Kg2
f5 44. Rc1 $1 {The only move. White's counterplay hits right on time to save
him.} f4 45. Rc7 Nxh4+ $1 {Black is also right on time to force a draw.} 46.
gxh4 (46. Kh2 fxg3+ 47. fxg3 Nf5 $19) 46... f3+ 47. Kg3 Qd6+ 48. Bf4 Qg6+ 49.
Bg5 Qd6+ {A fascinating draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saric, Iv"]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Ne2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. a4 Be6 14. axb5 cxb5
15. Qa5 Rfc8 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Nc3 Bc4 18. Ra5 Bxd3 19. cxd3 b4 20. Na2 Bf8 21.
Rc1 Rd7 22. Rc6 Nh5 23. Nc1 Ng7 24. Kf1 Ne6 25. Ke2 Bh6 26. Rc4 Bf8 27. g3 h5
28. b3 Bd6 29. Na2 Rad8 30. Nxb4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Rxd3 32. Rxe5 a6 33. Ra5 R3d6
34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Rb7 Nd4 36. Bf4 R6d7 37. Rb6 Nf3 38. g4 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 R8d3 40.
Be3 Ne1+ 41. Kg3 h4+ 42. Kxh4 Ng2+ 43. Kg5 Nxe3 44. fxe3 Rxe3 45. e5 Rxh3 46.
Rbxa6 Re1 47. Rf6 Rhe3 48. Kf4 Re4+ 49. Kf3 R1e3+ 50. Kf2 Rxb3 51. Ra7 Kh6 52.
Raxf7 Rxe5 53. Rc6 Re4 54. g5+ Kh5 55. Rf3 Rb2+ 56. Kf1 Rh4 57. Rf2 Rh1+ 58.
Kg2 Rbb1 59. Kg3 Rh4 60. Rc5 Rg1+ 61. Kf3 Rh3+ 62. Ke2 Ra1 63. Rc8 Rg3 64. Rc5
Kg4 65. Rd5 Rb3 66. Rg2+ Kh3 67. Rf2 Kg4 68. Rg2+ Kh3 69. Rf2 Kh4 70. Rf4+ Kh5
71. Rf2 Rg3 72. Rh2+ Kg4 73. Rf2 Rgg1 74. Ke3 Ra3+ 75. Ke2 Kg3 76. Rd2 Rh1 77.
Rc2 Rh8 78. Kf1 Rh1+ 79. Ke2 Rh8 80. Kf1 Ra1+ 81. Ke2 Re8+ 82. Kd3 Rd1+ 83. Kc3
Rc8+ 84. Kb2 Rxc2+ 85. Kxc2 Rd5 86. Rf6 Rxg5 87. Kd3 Rg4 88. Ke3 g5 89. Rg6 Kg2
90. Rg7 Rg3+ 91. Ke4 g4 92. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O Qe8 12. b3 Nh7 13. f3 h5 14. a3 Bh6 15. Rb1 Nc5
16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nd1 g5 20. Bf2 g4 21. fxg4 Bxd2 22.
Qxd2 f4 23. gxh5 Ng5 24. Bh4 Nxe4 25. Qc2 Bf5 26. g4 Ng3 27. gxf5 Nxf1 28. Kxf1
e4 29. f6 Kh8 30. Nf2 f3 31. Bd1 Qxh5 32. Qxe4 Nc3 33. Qd4 Rf7 34. Qxc3 Qxh4
35. Bxf3 Ra2 36. Rb2 Rxb2 37. Qxb2 Qxf6 38. Qxf6+ Rxf6 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. b5 Kg7
41. Ne4 b6 42. h4 Ra8 43. h5 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Kh6 45. Be2 Ra8 46. Kf2 Rf8+ 47. Ke3
Rf7 48. Bf3 Rf8 49. Kf2 Ra8 50. Be2 Ra3 51. Nf6 Ra8 52. Ke3 Rf8 53. Ne4 Ra8 54.
Kf4 Rf8+ 55. Kg3 Ra8 56. Nf2 Ra2 57. Bd1 Rb2 58. Ne4 Rb1 59. Be2 Rb2 60. Kf2
Ra2 61. Ke3 Ra8 62. Bg4 Ra4 63. Kf4 Rxc4 64. Bd7 Kxh5 65. Kf5 Kh6 66. Bc6 Kg7
67. Ng5 Rh4 68. Ke6 Kg6 69. Nf3 Rf4 70. Nd2 Kg5 71. Ke7 Rf5 72. Ne4+ Kf4 73.
Nf6 Ke5 74. Nd7+ Kd4 75. Kd8 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

{The Ragozin employed by Carlsen gave him easy equality. Ivanchuk repeated
moves in a position where he already had nothing.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5
4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4
11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6
17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Bxh4 9. Qb3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bh2 Bxg4 12. Qxb7 Qe7 13. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 14. Be2
Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 Bh4 16. Qxb8+ Kf7 17. Nd1 Bxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qxe2 20.
Bg3 Qg4 21. Kg2 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Qg4 23. Kg2 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Black "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

{This game actually promised to be very exciting. White castled queenside and
sacrificed two pawns to keep his opponent's king in the center! Unfortunately
he was forced to cash in his initiative soon after that. The resulting
opposite colored bishop endgame was very clearly heading towards a draw.} 1. c4
Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 Nc6
9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qa4 Kd8 14. d6 Bxd6 15. O-O-O
b6 16. Bd3 f5 17. g4 Qxg4 18. Qc6 Rb8 19. Rhg1 Bb7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Nxe5+
Bxe5 22. Bxf5+ Ke7 23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Bxg4 Rd8 25. f4 Rxd7 26. Bxd7+ Kxd7 27.
fxe5 Rh7 28. c5 Ke6 29. Rg4 Kxe5 30. Ra4 a6 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

{Amazingly, the game's novelty came in move 32. The stem game was
Polgar-Aronian, back in 2008. That game ended in a draw and Radjabov's
improvement does not cause a real impression on the evaluation of the position,
which is that White is a tiny bit better but it will very likely end in a draw.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20. h3 Bh5 21.
Bf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Bf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25. Kg3 Rfxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4
27. f3 Re5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 a5 30. Rc1 Rg5+ 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Bd3 Nb4 33.
Bxh7 g6 34. Rd1 Nxa2 35. Ra1 Nb4 36. h4 Rh5 37. Bxg6 Rxh4 38. Kg3 Rd4 39. Rxa5
Rd2 40. b3 Rb2 41. Ra3 Kg7 42. Be4 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ke6 44. Ke3 Nc2+ 45. Bxc2 Rxc2
46. Kd4 Rd2+ 47. Kc5 Rc2+ 48. Kb6 Rc3 49. f4 Kd6 50. f5 Rf3 51. f6 Rxf6 52. b4
Kd5 53. Ra5+ Kc4 54. Rc5+ Kxb4 55. Rxc6 Rxc6+ 56. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qh4 f6 12. Nc3 Ne6 13. Ne4 fxe5 14. Nfg5
Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Qb6 16. c5 Qxb2 17. Rad1 d5 18. cxd6 exd6 19. Rxd6 Bf5 20. Nf6+
Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rab8 22. Qc4+ Rf7 23. Red1 Qb1 24. h3 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saric, Iv"]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

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. f4 h4 10. Qh3 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. O-O-O b5 13. f5 Bb7 14. Rhf1 e5
15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Rf2 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rfd2 Nf6 20. a3 Rh6 21.
Qe3 Kf8 22. Kb1 Kg8 23. Rg1 Ng4 24. Qf3 Qb6 25. Re1 Nf6 26. g4 hxg3 27. Qxg3 d6
28. Rg2 Rh7 29. Qg5 Kf8 30. Qd2 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Nxe4 32. Qd3 Nc3+ 33. Qxc3 Bxg2
34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Qg8 Qf2 36. Rd1 Be4 37. Rd2 Qg1+ 38. Ka2 Bxf5 39. Qb8 Rh6 40.
Rd5 Bd7 41. Qb7 Qg4 42. Na5 Kf6 43. b3 Rxh2 44. Rxd6+ Be6 45. Kb2 Qf4 46. Nc6
Rh1 47. Qe7+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Ba"]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bd6 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 Be7 11. h3 Nc6 12. g4 Rc8 13. Qd2 a6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Rad1 Qa5 16. Nc1 c4 17. N1e2 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Qc1 Nd7 20. g5 Bf8 21. h4 g6
22. h5 Bg7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nh2 e5 26. Bg3 Ne7 27. Ng4 e4 28. f4
Nf5 29. Bf2 Rb8 30. Rd2 Qe6 31. Bh3 Qc6 32. Bg2 Qe6 33. Red1 Nh4 34. Bh3 Nf3+
35. Kg2 Qd6 36. Rxd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Qb6 38. Rxc5 Qxc5 39. Nxe4 Qc6 40. Nef6+
Bxf6 41. Nxf6+ Kg7 42. e4 Nd2 43. Bg4 c3 44. b4 Rd6 45. Qe1 Rbd8 46. Qh1 {As
strange of a position as it gets. Black is up two exchanges (!) but White has
two pawns and he is currently threatening checkmate on h6.} Rxf6 (46... Rh8 $1
47. Qe1 Qc4 48. Bc5 Rdd8 {keeps the material, and although White's position
retains compensation it is unclear if it is enough.}) 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. gxf6
Qxf6 49. Bh4 Qd4 50. Bxd8 {White recovers all of his material.} Qxe4+ 51. Kg3
$4 {An absolute blunder... and White still had plenty of time to calculate!} (
51. Kf2 Qd4+ 52. Ke2 $1 (52. Kg2 Qxd8 53. Be6 Qa8+ 54. Kh2 Qe4 {is bad for
White.}) 52... Qxd8 53. Be6 $1 {is fine for White. If the bishop is taken then
a perpetual follows, if it isn't the bishop can retreat to d5 and put pressure
on f7.} (53. Qh3 {is worse for White, but still would make Black work for it.})
53... Qf6 54. Bd5 $11) 51... Qe1+ {Now White is simply getting mated.} 52. Kg2
Qf1+ 53. Kh2 (53. Kg3 Ne4+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qg3#) 53... Qf2+ 54. Kh1 Nf1 {
There is no way to avoid Ng3+ except with Bh4, but that allows Qh2#. oops.} 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Kb1 g6 16. a3 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. h4 Bd8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6
Qxc6 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Qxd6 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Nf4 25. Bg4 b4 26. Rc1 Qb3 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. Rxc7 bxa3 29. Rg2 Bxc7 30. Qxc7 Rb8 31. Rd2 axb2+ 32. Kb1 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 O-O 10. Rb1 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. d3 Qd7 15.
Nb1 Na6 16. Bxe5 Naxb4 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Nc3 a6 19. Ra1 Bh3 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21.
Qd2 Qf5 22. Kg2 a5 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Rfc1 a4 25. Kg1 h6 26. h4 Bb4 27. Qd1 Bf8
28. Rcb1 Nb6 29. Bc1 Nc4 30. Nc3 Bb4 31. Na2 Be7 32. Nc3 Bb4 33. Na2 Be7 34.
Nc3 Nb4 35. Kg2 Na5 36. Bd2 Nb3 37. Rxb3 axb3 38. Rb1 Nc6 39. e4 Qh5 40. Nd5
Rxd5 41. exd5 Qxd5 42. Qxb3 Qxb3 43. Rxb3 b4 44. Kf1 f6 45. Rb1 Kf7 46. Ra1 Rb8
47. Be3 b3 48. Nd2 b2 49. Rb1 f5 50. Nc4 Bf6 51. Bc5 Bc3 52. Ke2 Nb4 53. d4 Ke6
54. Bxb4 Bxb4 55. Rxb2 g5 56. h5 g4 57. Kd3 Bd6 58. Re2+ Kd7 59. Ne3 Rf8 60.
Ra2 f4 61. Nxg4 fxg3 62. fxg3 Bxg3 63. Nxh6 Rf4 64. Rg2 Bf2 65. Rg4 Rf3+ 66.
Ke2 Rf8 67. Re4 Kd6 68. Ng4 Bg1 69. Kd3 Rf3+ 70. Kc4 Ra3 71. h6 Ra4+ 72. Kc3
Ra3+ 73. Kb4 Rh3 74. Kc4 Rh4 75. d5 Be3 76. Nf6 Rh3 77. Re6+ Kc7 78. d6+ Kb7
79. d7 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 c5 8. b3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rad1 a6
15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb1 b5 18. cxb5 d5 19. Nc6 Qb6+ 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Qf2
Nfg4 22. Bxc5 Qxb5 23. Na7 Rxa7 24. Qd4 Raa8 25. a4 Qc6 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Ne4
Qxd4+ 28. Bxd4 Nxh2 29. Rf5 Rad8 30. Nc5 Nhf3+ 31. gxf3 Nxf3+ 32. Kf2 Rxd4 33.
Rxd4 Nxd4 34. Nxb7 Re2+ 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Rd5 Rxb1+ 37. Kf2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Be2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. b3 h6 16. h3 Qa7 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. Ne3 Nc6 19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc2
Nxc2 22. Rxc2 Rd7 23. Qe2 Rad8 24. Rd3 Qc5 25. Na4 Qc6 26. Re3 b6 27. Nb2 Rf7
28. Rd2 Nd7 29. Nd3 a5 30. Nb2 Nc5 31. Nd1 Rdf8 32. Qe1 Rd8 33. Nc3 Rfd7 34.
Qd1 Na6 35. Qh5 Nc7 36. Rg3 Kh8 37. Rdd3 Re7 38. Rg6 Qe8 39. Rdg3 Rdd7 40. Nd1
Rf7 41. Qe2 Rf4 42. Qe3 b5 43. Nb2 Rdf7 44. c5 Qc6 45. Nd3 b4 46. Qe2 Rh4 47.
R6g4 Rxg4 48. Qxg4 Kg8 49. Qh5 Nb5 50. Rg4 Nc3 51. Qxh6 Nxe4 52. Qxe6 Nxf2 53.
Nxe5 Nxh3+ 54. Kh2 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a5 e5 11. Rd1 a6 12. d5 Nc5 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e4 17. Bg2 Nb3 18. Ra4 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe6 20. Rd1 Rfe8 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. e3 Rac8 23. Bf1 Re7 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxb3 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Qxh3 27. Qb4
Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxe4 Qc7 30. c4 Kg7 31. Kg2 h6 32. Qd5 Qe7 33. e4 Qb4 34.
e5 fxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kg6 36. Qd4 Kh7 37. Qg4 Qb1 38. Qf4 Kg6 39. Qd6+ Kf5 40. Qd5+
Kg6 41. Qd6+ Kf5 42. Qf4+ Kg6 43. Qd4 Kh7 44. Qd5 Kg7 45. Kf3 Qe1 46. Qd4+ Kg8
47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qd5 h5 49. Kg2 Qe2 50. c5 Qb5 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53.
Qg5+ Kf8 54. Qxh5 Qxa5 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qe5+ Kf8 57. Qb8+ Kg7 58. Qxb7 Qxc5 59.
Qxa6 Qd5+ 60. Kg1 Qd1+ 61. Qf1 Qf3 62. Qc4 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qd2 64. Qg4+ Kf8 65.
Qe4 Qb2 66. Kf3 Kg7 67. Qg4+ Kf8 68. Qf4 Kg7 69. Kg4 Qe2+ 70. Kg5 Qb5+ 71. Kh4
Qc6 72. Qe5+ Kg6 73. Qg5+ Kh7 74. Qf5+ Kg7 75. f3 Qh6+ 76. Qh5 Qc6 77. Qe5+ Kg8
78. Kg4 Kf8 79. Qg5 Qd7+ 80. Kh4 Qd4+ 81. Kh5 Ke8 82. f4 Qh8+ 83. Kg4 Qh2 84.
Qe5+ Kf8 85. f5 Qd2 86. f6 Qd1+ 87. Kh4 Qh1+ 88. Kg5 Qc1+ 89. Qf4 Qb1 90. Qd4
Qg6+ 91. Kf4 Qh6+ 92. Kf3 Qh5+ 93. g4 Qh1+ 94. Kf4 Qf1+ 95. Kg5 Qc1+ 96. Qf4
Qb1 97. Qf3 Kg8 98. Qc3 Qg6+ 99. Kf4 Qh6+ 100. Kg3 Qg5 101. Qf3 Kh7 102. Qe4+
Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfc8 16. Bf1 g6 17. Bg2 Rab8 18. f4 b5 19. Ne2 Nce4 20. R6d4
Nc5 21. Bf3 Kf8 22. Kg2 h6 23. b3 a6 24. h3 Ke7 25. e4 Kf8 26. Ng3 Ng8 27. Rd6
a5 28. f5 gxf5 29. exf5 Ne7 30. Bg4 Nd5 31. fxe6 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Ncxe6 33. Ne4 a4
34. Rd7 Rb6 35. Bxe6 Nxe6 36. h4 axb3 37. axb3 Nc5 38. Rc1 Rbc6 39. Nxc5 Rxc5
40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Bb5 h6 15.
Bh4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. c4 Qh5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. d5 exd5 20. c5 Nc4 21. Qd4
Rxc5 22. Qxf6 Qg6 23. Qe7 Bc8 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rc3 Qg7 26. Nd4 Rg5 27. Rg3 f6
28. Qe2 Qf7 29. Nb5 Qe6 30. Qc2 Bb7 31. Nd4 Qe4 32. Qxc4+ Bd5 33. Qc3 Rxg3 34.
Qxg3+ Kh7 35. f3 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rg8 37. Qc7+ Kh8 38. Qc2 Bf7 39. h3 Rd8 40. Nf5
Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Qg5 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qc7 Kg6 44. Nd6 Bxa2 45. Qc2+ f5 46. Nc8
Qe3 47. Nxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt
0:00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {237} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} c5 {116} 5.
e3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} cxd4 {112} 6. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 7.
Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} h5 {[%emt 0:
00:48]} 9. Bb5 {501} Qd6 {271} 10. Nge2 {860} Bh6 {197} 11. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} Bf5 {386} 12. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} Rc8 {73} 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} O-O {672} 15. Bxc6 {103} bxc6 {935}
16. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 17. O-O {77} e5 {[%emt 0:00:42]}
18. c3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} h4 {153} 19. dxe5 {258} Rxe5 {271} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Rce8 {348} 21. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h3 {372} 22. g3 {580} Bc8 {97} 23. Nc5
{71} Nd7 {69} 24. Nd3 {83} R5e7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 25. Rfe1 {109} c5 {412} 26.
bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Nf4 {460} Rxe1+ {134} 28. Rxe1
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 30. Nfxe6 {525} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. Qb1 {131} Qc7 {289} 33. Qb3 {71} Bc8 {84} 34. a3 {335} a5 {
70} 35. Qb2 {75} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Nc2 {328} Qa7+ {644} 37. Ne3 {[%emt
0:00:16]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 38. f4 {78} Kh7 {209} 39. g4 {303} Qe7 {113} 40.
Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. f5 {562} Qf4+ {353} 42. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} gxf5 {376} 43. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd3 {200} 44. Qe1 {490}
Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 45. Nxf5 {771} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 46. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 47. Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf3 {213} 48. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 49. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf6 {60} 50. Qd8+ {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt
0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 6. Nxd4 {79}
Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. c3 {74} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:48]}
O-O {371} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 11. Nxb6 {296} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Bg5 {360} Bg4 {535} 14. Qd2 {407} Nd7 {249} 15.
d4 {635} exd4 {82} 16. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {331} 17. Bf4 {239} Qd7 {140}
18. Be5 {348} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 19. Bxf6 {198} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 20. d5
{172} c6 {210} 21. Qh6 {413} cxd5 {463} 22. Rad1 {490} Qe7 {1747} 23. Bd3 {188}
f5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 24. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ra4 {207} 25. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 26. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {300} 27. Bxe6 {126}
fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 29. Qxe7
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:
00:21]} 31. g3 {72} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 32. b3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} d4 {161} 33.
Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 8. h3
{[%emt 0:00:22]} Be7 {172} 9. g4 {94} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Nxg6 {70} hxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g5 {249} 12. O-O {488} Nbd7 {172} 13.
Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rd8 {962} 14. cxd5 {667} exd5 {191} 15. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:
59]} Nf8 {80} 16. e4 {85} Ne6 {121} 17. Be3 {832} Kf8 {514} 18. e5 {737} Nh7 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} 19. b4 {403} Kg8 {193} 20. b5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nf4 {570} 21.
Bxf4 {137} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxc6 {540} 23. Qb3 {
196} f3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 24. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Bg2
{68} Nxh3+ {1692} 26. Bxh3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 27. Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 28. Qxh3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 29. Rac1 {301} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Rc3 {286} Bf4 {156} 31. Qd3 {
108} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 32. Qf5 {151} Bxe5 {75} 33. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} f6 {
104} 34. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:38]
} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Qb3+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke6 12. Qxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 13. Qxf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 14. f3 {623} Ng5 {224} 15. Nc3 c6 16. h4 {595} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 17.
Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd6 {102} 18. Kf2 {118} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 19. g3 {717}
Ne6 {408} 20. Ne2 {224} a5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Ndf4 {205} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:18]}
22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Re1 {350} Nxf4 {862} 25. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc4 {[%emt
0:00:16]} 26. a3 {492} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. Re3 {573} b6 {331} 28. Rb3 {661
} b5 {479} 29. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 30. Ne2 {123} h5 {242}
31. Ke1 {535} g6 {319} 32. b3 {576} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 33. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. a4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bf5 {1009} 35. Nf4 {92} Rc8
{121} 36. Kd2 {279} c5 {302} 37. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38.
Rxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. g4 hxg4 {111} 40. fxg4 {[%emt
0:00:00]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nxg6+ {771} Kf6 {336} 42. Rxd4 {474} Be6 {
394} 43. Rd6 {158} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 45. Rd3 {289} Kf6 {60} 46. Nf3 {278} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 47. Ng5 {237}
Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 48. Nf3 {120} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 49. h5 {284} Rc5 {117}
50. h6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh5 {95} 51. Rd6+ {124} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 52. Ra6 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxb3 {172} 53. h7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 54.
Rxa5 {336} Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasil"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt
0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt
0:00:00]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 12. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 13.
Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Nf3 {541} Nxg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
15. Kxg2 {251} a5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Rxe7 {1438} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. c3
{[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra6 {127} 18. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf6 {1160} 19. d5 {1165} a4
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Qe1 {[%emt
0:00:05]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Ng5 {328} h6 {1280} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Ng3 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Qxd5 {74} 26. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qf3 {927} 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. h3 {[%emt
0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Nde2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8.
Bg5 {833} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Nd5 {125} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Nec3 {564
} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. Nxf6+ {1519} Nxf6 {357} 12. a4 {96} b4 {301} 13. Nd5
{178} Be7 {2020} 14. Bxf6 {101} Bxf6 {64} 15. Nxb4 {151} O-O {915} 16. c3 {239}
Bxe4 {344} 17. Bxa6 {88} Rc5 {109} 18. O-O {137} Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Re1 {
442} d5 {191} 20. Bf1 {576} e4 {129} 21. Nc2 {115} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Nd4
{76} Bb8 {96} 23. g3 {110} Qb6 {610} 24. Qe2 {442} Rcc8 {492} 25. a5 {[%emt 0:
00:24]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 26. Qg4 {163} Qh6 {99} 27. h4 {243} Kh8 {322} 28.
Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qd6 {68} 29. Nf5 {232} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. f4 {250}
h6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Qxh6+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. fxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Be2 {75} Rb8 {75} 34. Ra2 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Kh7 {254} 35. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rb3 {325} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:43]}
Rfb8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 37. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg6 {64} 38. Ne7+ {82} Kf6 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} 39. Nxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxb2 {760} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 42.
Ke3 {184} Bxg3 {1277} 43. a6 {994} Bh2 {200} 44. Bc4 {90} Rc2 {388} 45. Kxe4 {
144} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {231} 47. Rxf7+ {228}
Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. Bd5 {305} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 49. Rf1 {558} Bc5 {160}
50. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ra3 {87} 51. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh5 {376} 52. Rf4 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} 54. Be4+ {62} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 55. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} h5 {103} 56.
Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf8 {548} 57. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
58. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 59. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt
0:00:00]} 3. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {78} 4. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qa5 {170}
5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. b4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {243}
7. Bb2 {108} Bg7 {138} 8. c4 {825} d6 {132} 9. g3 {131} b6 {515} 10. Bg2 {290}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. O-O {104} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 12. e4 {1427} Nbd7 {
1087} 13. Qe2 {624} Rac8 {87} 14. Rac1 {246} Qb8 {163} 15. Ne1 {77} e6 {911}
16. Nd3 {79} Rfd8 {278} 17. Rfd1 {204} Qa8 {286} 18. f3 {112} Bc6 {118} 19. Nf1
{396} Qb8 {148} 20. Ne3 {124} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. Rc2 {303} Ba6 {242} 22.
Qe1 {865} Bh6 {436} 23. Nf2 {179} Bg7 {229} 24. Nd3 {64} Re8 {124} 25. Qd2 {205
} Bh6 {460} 26. Nf2 {65} Bxc4 {184} 27. f4 {125} Bb3 {93} 28. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e5 {270} 30. Nfg4 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} Bg7 {86} 31. fxe5 {123} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
Rd8 {113} 33. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Ba2 {119} 34. Rd1 {64} Nxe4 {110} 35. Qc6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 36. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Be6 {65} 37. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 38. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 39. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf8 {75} 40. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Nf6+ {760} Bxf6 {67} 42. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxd7 {134} 43. gxf6
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxf6 {201} 44. Qb5 {165} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 45. Bc6 {[%emt
0:00:09]} e4 {78} 46. Kg2 {468} Qd6 {77} 47. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qd2+ {169}
48. Kh1 {343} Qd1+ {322} 49. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 50. Kg1
{[%emt 0:00:19]} Qb1+ {86} 51. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxb2 {95} 52. Bxe6 {[%emt
0:00:07]} Qd4+ {224} 53. Kh2 {173} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 54. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 55. Kg1 {92} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Kh2 {162}
Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 59. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 60. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Qxa7+ {640} Kf6 {[%emt
0:00:21]} 62. Qxb6 {186} Qxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 63. Kh1 {172} Qh3+ {70} 64. Kg1
{[%emt 0:00:13]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 65. Qd4+ {233} Kf5 {543} 66. Qd2 {228} Qh8
{598} 67. a4 {217} Qa1+ {249} 68. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxa4 {161} 69. Kxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Qb3+ {96} 70. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e3 {118} 71. Qd4 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} Qc2 {60} 72. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ke5 {70} 73. Qg3+ {348} Kd4 {[%emt
0:00:12]} 74. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kc3 {102} 75. Qc5+ {437} Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 76. Qd4+ {79} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 77. Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ke1 {[%emt 0:
00:27]} 78. b5 {74} e2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 79. Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kf2 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} 80. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 81. Qd4+ {107} Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Saric, Iv"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. fxe6 axb3 17. cxb3 fxe6 18. Bh3 Rxa2 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng3 Nc7 21. Bc4
Qa8 22. Rhf1 Ra1+ 23. Kc2 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Rxf1 25. Bxf1 d5 26. h4 g6 27. Qf2 Kg7
28. Kb1 Qf8 29. Qc2 Nc5 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Bc4 Ne3 33. Qe4 Qe7 34.
Qf3 Nxc4 35. bxc4 Qd7 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Kc2 Qa4+ 38. Qb3 Qc6 39. Qd3 Qa4+ 40. b3
Qa2+ 41. Kd1 Qg2 42. Qd5 Qh1+ 43. Kc2 Qh2+ 44. Nd2 Qg3 45. Nf3 Qf2+ 46. Kd3 Bd6
47. Nd2 Qg3+ 48. Ke2 Qg4+ 49. Qf3 Qe6 50. Qe4 h6 51. Nf3 hxg5 52. Nxg5 Qf6 53.
Qb7+ Be7 54. c5 e4 55. Qxb4 Qb2+ 56. Ke3 Qc1+ 57. Kxe4 Qc2+ 58. Kd5 Qf5+ 59.
Kc6 Qc8+ 60. Kb5 Qb8+ 61. Ka4 Qa8+ 62. Qa5 Qc6+ 63. Qb5 Qd5 64. Qb6 Kh6 65. c6
Kh5 66. Nh7 Qe4+ 67. Ka5 Kxh4 68. c7 Qa8+ 69. Qa6 Qd5+ 70. Qb5 Qa8+ 71. Kb6 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. Na3 e5 10. c5 Bxc5 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nfxe5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Rxe5 Qb6 16. a4 a5 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Rb5 Qe6 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Bd5 Qf6 21. Rxb7
Rac8 22. Qd1 Be6 23. Rb6 Rfe8 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rc1 Rce8 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd2
Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qf5 29. Rc4 Qd5 30. b4 axb4 31. Qxb4 h5 32. Rxd4 Qf3 33. Re4 Rd8
34. Re3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Qxd3 37. h4 g5 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ f6 40.
Qe3 Qc4 41. hxg5 Qd5+ 42. Qf3 Qxg5 43. Qb7+ Kh6 44. Qa8 Kg7 45. Qa7+ Kg6 46.
Qa8 Qf5 47. Qf3 Qe5 48. Kh2 Kf7 49. Qb3+ Kg7 50. Qb4 Qc7 51. Qe4 Qc5 52. Kg2
Qg5 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kh6 56. Qd6 Kg6 57. Qd3+ Kg7 58. Qe4 Qc5
59. Qb7+ Kg6 60. Qb1+ Kg7 61. Qe4 Qg5 62. Qe7+ Kg6 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64. Qb5 Qg4 65.
Qb7+ Kg6 66. Qb1+ Kg7 67. a5 h4 68. Qd3 Qc8 69. a6 Qc6+ 70. Kh2 Qb6 71. Kg2 h3+
72. Kxh3 Qxf2 73. Qc4 Kg6 74. Qf4 Qg1 75. Qe4+ f5 76. Qg2 Qa1 77. Qc6+ Kg5 78.
Kg2 Qa2+ 79. Kf3 Qa3+ 80. Ke2 Qa2+ 81. Kd3 Qb3+ 82. Qc3 Qd5+ 83. Qd4 Qb5+ 84.
Qc4 Qb1+ 85. Kd2 Qb2+ 86. Ke3 Qa3+ 87. Kf2 Qa5 88. Qf4+ Kg6 89. Qd6+ Kh5 90.
Ke3 Qa4 91. Kd2 Qb3 92. Qd3 Qa2+ 93. Ke3 Kg5 94. Kf3 Qa1 95. Qd8+ Kh5 96. Qe8+
Kg5 97. Qe7+ Kg6 98. Qe6+ Kg5 99. Qe3+ Kf6 100. a7 Qf1+ 101. Qf2 Qh1+ 102. Ke2
Qe4+ 103. Qe3 Qc4+ 104. Ke1 Qb4+ 105. Kf1 Qb1+ 106. Kg2 Qb7+ 107. Kh2 Kf7 108.
Qa3 Qa8 109. Qb3+ Kg7 110. Qb8 Qf3 111. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nxc4 Rd8 11. Be3 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Bd2
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd7 17. f4 Kf8 18. Kf2 Ke7 19. Rhc1 f6 20. a3 Rab8
21. Nd2 Nd4 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Rdc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. g4 h6 26. h4 b6 27.
Rc3 Kd6 28. Rd3+ Kc7 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Bb7 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. e4 fxg5 33.
fxg5 Kc6 34. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Qc2 Be4 14. Qc1 Bb7 15.
Bg5 Nbd7 16. Nbd2 c5 17. e4 Be7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne4 cxd4 21. Qd2
Rad8 22. Rac1 Qb4 23. Qd3 Qxb2 24. a3 Nc3 25. Neg5 g6 26. Nxd4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Na4 28. Rcd1 Ndc5 29. Qe3 Qc3 30. Qf4 Nd3 31. Qh4 Nxe1+ 32. Rxe1 h5 33. Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. O-O c5 11. Nb5 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nce4
15. Nfd4 Rac8 16. a3 Nd5 17. Bd3 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Nxf4 19. exf4 Nf6 20. f5 exf5
21. Bxf5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 a5 23. Rc7 Qd5 24. Bd3 Bd8 25. Bc4 Qg5 26. Rxf7 Qc1+ 27.
Qf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rxf7 29. Nd6 axb4 30. Nxf7 Be7 31. Nd8+ Kf8 32. Ne6+ Kf7 33.
Nc7+ Kg6 34. axb4 Bxb4 35. Nd5 Nxd5 36. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.
Rhc1 Rd8 15. Ke1 Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. Nh4 Bc8 18. Bc4 {Black has some problems
with development and Nxg6 is now a threat. if he is forced to play e6, there
is no doubt he would be worse, but he has a nifty resource at hand.} Nxd4 $1
19. Bc7 (19. exd4 Rxd4 20. Nxg6 Re4+ $1 (20... Rxc4 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Rxc4 Bxa1
23. Nxc8 {does not work.}) 21. Be3 Bxa1 22. Bd5 Rxe3+ 23. fxe3 Bf6 {And Black
has no problems, to say the least.}) 19... Rd7 20. exd4 Rxd4 {Both the bishop
on c4 and the knight on h4 are hanging! This is the tactical point.} 21. Nxg6
Re4+ $1 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxa1 23. Nxe7+ Kh7 24. Rh4 $14) 22. Kf1 Bxa1 23.
Bd5 Bf5 (23... Re6 {was also good enough, but the solution that Caruana chose
is more natural.}) 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Rxa1 Bd3+ {necessary to
avoid the pin on the e-file.} 27. Kg1 Kxe7 28. Re1+ {Sadly, at the end of
everything we reached and endgame that is very clearly drawn.} Kf6 29. Bg3 Rc8
30. Bh4+ Kg7 31. Re3 Bg6 32. Bg3 Rc4 33. f3 Bf5 34. Re7 Be6 35. Rxb7 Ra4 36.
Rb5 Kg6 37. Be1 Rxa2 38. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Jobava, Ba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
Nc3 d6 9. d5 e5 10. O-O a5 11. e4 Na6 12. Ne1 Nc5 13. Nc2 Re8 14. b3 h6 15.
Rae1 Bc8 16. h3 Nh5 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Bg2 Nh5 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nf1 d4 14. b4 Rad8 15.
Rd1 Ne8 16. Ng3 f6 17. Qe1 Kh8 18. c4 Bb8 19. h4 Nd6 20. h5 Rde8 21. c5 Nc8 22.
Nh4 N8e7 23. Bd2 Qg4 24. Nhf5 Nxf5 25. exf5 Ne7 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 c6 28. g4
Nd5 29. Kf1 h6 30. Ke2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Caruana uses the
same line that he used against Hou Yifan earlier in the tournament.} e5 7. Nde2
h5 8. g3 Be6 {It's MVL that deviates from the aforementioned game. Hou Yifan
decided to develop her other bishop instead.} 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O
Rc8 12. Be3 (12. a5 {was Motylev-Wojtaszek from October of last year, which
ended in a draw.}) 12... Nb6 13. b3 d5 {The position is rather strange. It
would seem as if White has put all his resources into preventing d5, but Black
played it anyways. Tactics usually willl leave White with an extra pawn, that
because of his resulting dark squared weaknesses this does not always
translate into an advantage.} 14. Bxb6 (14. a5 d4 15. axb6 (15. Nxd4 exd4 16.
Bxd4 Na8 17. e5 {is a piece sacrifice that might not be so bad. Black has some
problems as long as his knight remains on a8.}) 15... dxe3 $17) 14... Qxb6 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 {Caruana has an extra pawn, that part is clear; however
MVL has the pair of bishops and his dark-squared one is specially unopposed.
With precise play it might be possible to be better with White, but from a
practical persepective I would say playing with Black is already easier.} 17.
c4 Qd6 18. a5 f5 {Perhaps 18.a5 was not the best, but I find it hard to
suggest anything better. At the moment Black has the real threat of h4,
shattering the kingside pawn structure.} (18... h4 19. g4 f5 {is also
interesting, but nowhere near as good.}) 19. Qd3 h4 20. g4 {a countersacrifice,
mainly to obtain the e4 square.} O-O $1 {Initiative over everything!} 21. Nc3 (
21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Qe3 (22. Be4 Qg6+ $19) 22... Qg6 {with Bc5 next move gives
Black at least adequate compensation.}) 21... e4 22. Qe3 Bd8 $1 {A beautiful
maneuver! With the h2-b8 diagonal weakened the bishop hurries to support an
invasion on the h2 square. Such queen with be absolutely lethal, so Caruana
enters panic mode.} 23. Bxe4 $5 {Sacrificing a bishop for two pawns and the
possibility to play f4, plugging in the diagonal.} (23. f4 exf3 24. Rxf3 Bc7 {
does not improve the situation, White can pretend to defend for a few moves
but ultimately his darksquares would be his demise. For example:} 25. g5 Rfe8
$1 26. Qf2 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Bd6 {with Bc5 next move and a huge attack.}) 23... fxe4
(23... Bc7 {first might have been a tad more accurate, for example} 24. f4 fxe4
25. Nxe4 Rce8 $17) 24. Nxe4 Qf4 {Since f4 is no longer a possibility White has
to trade queens. His three pawns do not provide enough compensation for the
piece; the bishops are too powerful.} 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. f3 Be7 27. Kf2 Rcf8 28.
Ke3 Be8 29. c5 Bb5 {White's position is falling apart.} 30. b4 (30. Rf2 Rxe4+
$19 31. Kxe4 Bxc5 {White is getting mated.}) 30... Rxe4+ $1 31. Kxe4 Re8 $1 {
The start of a precise finish. White is getting mated on the center of the
board!} 32. Kf4 g5+ 33. Kf5 Kf7 34. Rfe1 (34. Rad1 Bd7+ 35. Ke4 Bxc5+ {would
only prolong White's suffering.} 36. Kd3 Bb5+ 37. Kc3 Re3+ 38. Kd2 Bxf1 $19)
34... Bd3+ 35. Re4 Bf6 {White resigned: there is no good way of stopping Re5
checkmate on the next move! A brilliant play by MVL!} 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, W."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Nh5 11. Bh2 f5 12. Be2 f4 13. Qd2 Bh6 14. e4 Bg7 15. O-O
Nd7 16. Ne1 Ndf6 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. Rfe1 g5 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Kh8 21. Bd1 g4 22.
Rxe5 Qg6 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 gxh3 25. Rg5 Qf7 26. Be5 Bd7 {Van Wely's
operations on the kingside completely backfired; if anyone is attacking the
opposing king it would be White. So finds a beautiful solution to continue the
pressure.} 27. Bb3 $1 Be6 (27... Qxb3 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6
31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Re1 {Black's isolated king is helpless against the multiple
threats; the queen has no time to return to his aid.} Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Re7+ $18) 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Re1 Qf7 30. Nd5 {There are more pins than anyone
can count. Black cannot hope to hold his position together.} Nh5 31. Bxg7+ Nxg7
32. Re7 1-0

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Saric, Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Rb8 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 e6 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Qh5 Bb7 14. f4 Bxf4
15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Rf1 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Rf3 Qh6 19. Qe5 a5 20. a4 Bc6 21.
axb5 Rxb5 22. Qxd4 Qd2 23. Raf1 Qb4 24. Qf2 f6 25. Rf4 Re5 26. Rb1 a4 27. Ba2
Rb8 28. c3 Qb6 29. Qd2 Rb5 30. Rf2 Qc7 31. h3 h6 32. Qe3 Rg5 33. d4 Kh8 34. Re1
Bb5 35. e5 f5 36. d5 exd5 37. Bxd5 Bc4 38. Rd1 Re8 39. Bxc4 Qxc4 40. Rxd7 Qb5
41. e6 Qc6 42. Qf3 Qxe6 43. Rd5 Qe1+ 44. Rf1 Qe2 45. Rxf5 Rxf5 46. Qxe2 Rxe2
47. Rxf5 Rxb2 48. Ra5 Rc2 49. Rxa4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. Qc4 Na5 14. Qa4 c6
15. Rd1 b5 16. Qc2 a6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Qxc6 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Ne5 21.
Qxb5 Qxa2 22. f4 Rab8 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Nc6 25. Rd2 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Bxb2 27.
Kg2 Nd4 28. Bd3 Ne6 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5
9. exf5 gxf5 10. Ng5 Qe8 {This continuation is actually very rare. Ding Liren
had played it once before, but a draw against a 2245 player was hardly a
fantastic result with it.} 11. c5 (11. Bg2 e4 12. O-O Na6 $13 {Wang Yiye -
Ding Lirne, Chinese Team Championship 2013.}) 11... Nf6 12. Bb5 {already a new
move.} Qe7 {The KID is a hard opening to explain sometimes. Black has not
started developing his queenside, White has developed all over the board but
hasn't castled... it's just messy everywhere. Aronian has the choice between
0-0, which looks dangerous to an eventual f4, or...} 13. g4 $5 {Black cannot
afford to open the kingside since White has so many pieces aiming in that
direction, but he can continue his development.} Na6 {Ignoring White's ideas
for now seems best.} 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nxc5 16. g5 (16. gxf5 d5 {gives
Black an initiative over the center, but maybe White can compensate by
creating threats on the kingside. It would be a strange position for sure.})
16... Ne8 17. Nd5 Qxe6 {Black's two pawns up, and White really needs to prove
some kind of compensation very quickly. To me, this seems impossible.} 18. b4 (
18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Nb6 d5 $1 $19) 18... Ne4 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. f3 (20. Nxc7 Qc6 {
forces White to go into a lost endgame with Qd5+ as Nxa8 fails to Qc3+.}) 20...
Ng3 21. Rg1 f4 (21... Qh5 $1 {Seemed even stronger as the knight cannot be
taken and Black removes the threat of Nxc7.}) 22. Nxc7 Qe7 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Ne6
(24. Nxa8 e4 {is simply suicidal. a1 is hanging, exf3 is almost checkmate...})
24... Rfe8 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bb2 Qxg5 27. Rd1 Rad8 {Aronian keeps fighting for
a while, but Black here has the better position and is up two pawns.} 28. Rd5
Qf5 29. Kd2 Qxh3 {Three pawns now...} 30. Kc1 Qf5 31. Bc3 h5 32. Kb2 h4 33. Qd1
h3 34. Qd2 Kf7 35. Re1 Qf6 36. Qc2 Nf5 37. Rd2 Rg8 38. Qe4 b6 39. Rh1 Rh8 40.
Qb7+ Qe7 41. Qa6 Ng3 42. Rhh2 Rd7 43. Rc2 Rc7 44. Qd3 Qe6 45. Ka3 Nf5 46. Bd2
Rxc2 47. Qxc2 Nd4 48. Qd3 Qd5 49. Kb2 b5 50. Bc3 Qxf3 51. Qb1 Qg3 52. Rd2 h2
53. Bxd4 h1=Q 54. Qf5+ Ke7 55. Qc2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "77th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jobava, Ba"]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. bxa6 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 11. h5 Nbd7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Nge2 Rfb8
15. Rb1 Rb4 16. a3 Rb7 17. O-O Rab8 18. Qc2 Ne5 {Relative to a normal Benko,
Radjabov has a beautiful position. He has everything he could possibly want!}
19. f3 Qd3 20. Rfc1 Qxc2 (20... Nxf3+ $1 21. gxf3 Qxf3 {is simply crushing.
White cannot defend his king with all his pieces being stuck on the queenside.}
) 21. Rxc2 Nc4 22. a4 Nxb2 23. a5 Nd3 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Ra2 Nb4 26. Ra4 Nd7 27.
Nd1 Na6 28. Kf1 Ne5 29. Nc1 Rb1 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. g4 Nd7 32. g5 Bd4 33. Kd3 Ne5+
34. Kc2 Rb8 35. f4 Nf3 36. Ne2 Nxd2 37. Kxd2 Bg7 38. Ne3 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Rb1+ 40.
Kf2 Rb2 41. e5 Rd2 42. Kf3 Ke8 43. exd6 exd6 44. Ng3 Kd7 45. Ne4 Rb2 46. Nc4
Rb4 47. Rxb4 cxb4 48. Nexd6 b3 49. Nxf7 b2 50. Nxb2 (50. Nd2 $18) 50... Bxb2
51. Ne5+ {A complex endgame. White has a lot of pawns for that piece, but You
can never underesimate the power of a knight.} Ke7 $4 {This, however, is
completely suicidal. The d-pawn has no value compared to the a-pawn which is
tying down Black's knight.} (51... Bxe5 {is, surpringly, a draw.} 52. fxe5 Ke7
{If White advances either of his pawns on the center they get blockaded, and
he cannot actually bring his king to the queenside.} 53. Ke4 (53. Ke3 Nc5 {and
d4 or d2 are "mined" squares as they fail to a check on b3.}) (53. Ke2 Nc5 54.
Kd1 Na6 55. Kd2 Nb4 $1 56. d6+ Kd7 $1 57. Kc3 Na6 {on the next move Black puts
his king on c6 and there is no way to make progress. Surprising!}) 53... Nc5+)
(51... Ke8 52. Nxg6 Bc3 53. d6 Bxa5 54. Ne5 Nc5 55. g6 Kf8 56. f5 Bd8 {and it
looks to me as if the Pieces should be enough to hold the draw, but Karsten
Mueller will have to come back with his expertise in these kinds of positions
to give an exact evaluation.}) 52. Nxg6+ Kd6 53. Ne5 Bxe5 54. fxe5+ Kxd5 {
simple counting shows that this is an easy win for White.} 55. g6 Ke6 56. Kg4
Nc7 57. Kh5 Kxe5 58. g7 (58. Kh6 {also worked.}) 58... Ne8 59. g8=Q Nf6+ 60.
Kg5 (60. Kg5 Nxg8 61. a6 {and no one is going to stop that a-pawn. This line
that happened in the game shows why 51...Ke7 was such a bad idea; the a5-pawn
had to be eliminated!}) 1-0

