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Published 2024-01-17

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GAME 1
Giri, Anish (2749) - Gukesh (2725)
Tata Steel Masters (chess24.com) [4] 2024.01.16
A28 English, four knights, Capablanca variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Rb1 a5 12.a3 Nd4 13.e3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 c6 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Rfd1 Qd7 17.Na4 Qc7 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Rfd8 20.b5 Rxd3 21.Rxd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Rxa4 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Bxc6 Ra7 25.Bd5 Qd8 26.h4 h5 27.Rb5 Rd7 28.Qb3 Qe7 29.Bc6 Rd6 30.Rb8+ Rd8 31.Rb7 Qe6 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Be4 g5 34.Bh7+ Kh8 35.hxg5 Bxg5 36.Bg6 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Rd2 38.Kf1 h4 39.gxh4 Bf6 40.Rf7 Bg7 41.h5 Rd8 42.Re7 Bf6 43.Rxe6 Rf8 44.Bf5 Kg7 45.Kg2 Kh6 46.Bg4 Kg5 47.Kg3 Rf7 48.Rb6 Rf8 49.Rb7 Kh6 50.Ra7 Bg7 51.Bf3 Rf5 52.Rb7 Rf8 53.Be4 Rf6 54.Rd7 Rf8 55.Ra7 Rf6 56.Ra2 Rf8 57.Kg4 Rf6 58.Bf5 Rb6 59.Ra7 Rc6 60.Kf3 Rc4 61.Bd3 Rc6 62.Ke4 Rf6 63.f3 Bh8 64.Bc4 Rb6 65.Bf7 Bg7 66.Bg6 Rb4+ 67.Kf5 Rb3 68.Ra6 Rb8 69.Bf7+ Kh7 70.Kg5 Bf8 71.Bg6+ Kh8 72.Re6

GAME 2
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2769) - Donchenko, Alexander (2643)
Tata Steel Masters (chess24.com) [4] 2024.01.16
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxb4 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Qc7 15.O-O-O Bb7 16.Be4 O-O 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Ndc6 a5 19.Qxe7 axb4 20.Qxd7 Qb6 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Nd5 Qf2 23.b3 Rad8 24.Qb5 Qxg2 25.Qf1 Qg5+ 26.f4 Qh5 27.Qc4 Rc8 28.Qxb4 Rxc2+ 29.Kxc2 Rc8+ 30.Nc3 Qf3 31.Rd3 Qg2+ 32.Kb1 Qxh1+ 33.Nd1 Qxh2 34.Qd2 Qh4 35.Ka2 h5 36.a5 Kh7 37.f5 Qf6 38.fxg6+ fxg6 39.Nb2 Rc5 40.b4 Rf5 41.Nd1 h4 42.Ka3 Rf4 43.Nc3 Rf2 44.Qd1 Rf1 45.Qd2 Qe6 46.Qa2 Qe1 47.Qc4 Qc1+ 48.Kb3 Rf4 49.Qc7 Rf2 50.Rd7 Qc2+ 51.Ka3 Qc1+ 52.Ka4 Qa1+ 53.Kb5 Qf1+ 54.Ka4 Qa1+ 55.Kb5 Qf1+ 56.Ka4 Qa1+

GAME 3
Wei Yi (2740) - Maghsoodloo, Parham (2740)
Tata Steel Masters (chess24.com) [4] 2024.01.16
B12 Caro-Kann, advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Nec6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Na3 O-O 11.c4 Rd8 12.Nb5 Qxc5 13.Nc7 dxc4 14.Qc1 Nxe5 15.Nxa8 Nbc6 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Qc3 Rxa8 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.b3 b5 20.bxc4 Rc8 21.Rac1 bxc4 22.Rfd1 Kf8 23.Rd4 Bd3 24.Rd7 Ke8 25.Rb7 Be4 26.Rb4 Qg5 27.g3 Bd5 28.Rcb1 f6 29.Qc2 a5 30.Rb5 Qh5 31.Qa4 Kf7 32.Rxa5 Rd8 33.Ra7+ Kg6 34.Qc2+ Kh6 35.Qd2+ Kg6 36.Qc2+ Kh6 37.Qd2+ Kg6 38.Ra3 Qf5 39.Re1 Rb8 40.g4 Qb1 41.h4 Qb6 42.h5+ Kf7 43.Qe3 Qxe3 44.fxe3 Be4 45.Ra7+ Ke8 46.Rc1 Bd3 47.Rc3 g5 48.Rca3 Rc8 49.Rg7 Kf8 50.Raa7 c3 51.Raf7+ Ke8 52.Rb7 Kf8 53.Rgf7+ Ke8 54.Rbe7+ Kd8 55.Rb7 Ke8 56.Rfe7+ Kf8 57.Rec7 Rxc7 58.Rxc7 c2 59.a4 h6 60.a5 f5 61.Kf2 Ke8 62.gxf5 exf5 63.Ke1 g4 64.Kd2 Be4 65.a6 g3 66.Ke1 Kd8 67.Rc3 Ke7 68.a7 Kf6 69.Rxc2

Timestamps:

0:00 Hello Everyone
01:06 Anish Giri vs Gukesh
14:00 Nepo vs Donchenko
28:15 Wei Yi vs Parham Maghsoodloo
40:00 Pairings and Standings
42:00 Contributions

World Chess Champion Ding Liren returns for the 86th edition of the Tata Steel Masters, a 14-player single round-robin taking place from 13-28 January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.

The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move from move 1. A tie for first place will be decided by two blitz (3+2) games. If still tied, the players keep playing single "sudden death" games where White gets 2.5 minutes and Black 3 minutes until one side wins. The monetary prizes will be shared evenly. Official website: www.tatasteelchess.com

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