80th Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 2 Games

Wei, Yi-Svidler, PeterCaruana, Fabiano-Jones, Gawain C BGiri, Anish-Kramnik, VladimirAdhiban, B..-Carlsen, MagnusHou, Yifan-Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarKarjakin, Sergey-Anand, ViswanathanMatlakov, Maxim-So, Wesley

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Wei, Yi2743–Svidler, Peter2768½–½D8080th Tata Steel Masters 20182Wijk aan Zee14.01.2018ChessBase

1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 d5 4.g5 e4 5.h4 xc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 e6 8.f3 g7 9.b1 d5 D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5 9...b6 10.g5 d5 11.e4 h6 12.exd5 hxg5 13.b5+ d7 14.xd7+ xd7 15.xg5 b5 16.a4 b4 17.c1 bxc3 18.xc3 1/2-1/2 (30) Radjabov,T (2722)-Van Wely,L (2674) Monzon 2016 10.e2 f5 11.b4 c5 LiveBook: 3 Games 12.b5+ d7 13.xc4 c6N Predecessor: 13...xc4 14.xc4 c6 15.b1 cxd4 16.cxd4 c8 17.e2 a5 18.d2 e6 19.hc1 0-0 20.e7 xc1 21.xc1 c8 22.xc8+ 1/2-1/2 (20) Mitkov,M (2401)-Bogdanovski,V (2421) Skopje 2011 14.b3 e6 15.c4 d7 16.e5 c7 17.0-0 17.xc6= xc6 18.b1 17...0-0 17...cxd4! stays ahead. 18.exd4 xe5 19.dxe5 xe5 18.g3± b6 19.fd1 a6 20.a4 d7 21.xc6 bxc6 22.ab1 cxd4 23.exd4 b6 24.a1 fd8 25.a5 White is really pushing. c8 26.a2 e7 27.d5! exd5 28.cxd5 c8 29.h4 c7 30.xe7 xe7 31.dxc6 xd1+ 32.xd1 d8 33.c2 e5 34.g3 b8 35.g2 g7 36.c1 b3 37.f3! c7 38.c4 a3? 38...b4 39.xb4 xb4 39.d4++- e5 40.e2! Not 40.d7 xd7 41.cxd7 d3± 40...xa5 41.d7 f8 intending ...Qxd7. 42.c8+ e8 43.b7 c5 44.xa7 e7 45.a3 h5 46.d2 d6! 47.d3 e5! 48.a3 d6! 49.d3 e5! 50.b3 Strongly threatening Rd7. c3 51.d1 h4 52.d7 g5 53.d5 f5 53...f6 54.g4? Less strong is 54.gxh4 f4± 54.e4+- h3+ 55.f1 54...f6± 55.f4 xf4 56.gxf4 c2+! 57.h3 c3+ 58.g2 c2+! 59.g1 Hoping for Qd6+. c1+ 60.d1! xf4

61.d4 61.c7! xc7 62.xc7 xc7 63.d4 61...xd4+ 62.xd4 Kg2 is the strong threat. xc6 63.xh4 Endgame KRB-KR g7 64.d4 f6 64...f5± 65.a4 c1+ 66.g2 f6 67.d6+ g5 65.g2 h6 66.f3 g7 66...a6± 67.g3 f6 67.g3 h6? 67...f8 was worth a try. 68.a4 f5 68.f2 68.f4+- xf4 69.xf4 68...g7 69.d7 g8 70.e3 g7 71.d5 g8 72.c4 g7 73.c7 f5 74.a7 f6 75.b7 f5 76.a2 f6 77.b3 f5 78.d7 78.h3+- 78...f6 78...h5! 79.c4 f5 80.d5 80.d5+- and White stays clearly on top. 80...f6 80...h5± 81.f4 xh2 81.b7 f5 82.e4 g8 83.a7 83.c4+- 83...g7 83...h5± 84.a2 g7 84.d4 f2 85.h3 f1 85...g5 86.c5 86.d7+- has better winning chances. 86...f6 86...g5± might work better. 87.c6 g6 87.b7 g8 87...g5± was called for. 88.c6 f2 88.d4 f5 89.c4 g7 90.c5 f6 91.c7!+- f8 92.e4 92.d4+- 92...g7 93.d5 e6 93...h6± 94.c2 a6 94.d4+- f6 95.a7 95.d5+- is more deadly. 95...f8 96.a3 g7 97.d5 97.e5± 97...e6

97...h6 98.a2 g5 98.c3 Better is 98.a7!± 98...f6 98...h6 99.g3 h5 99.c2 99.e5 99...f8 99...h6 100.d1 f2 100.b3 g7 101.e5 f5+ 102.d6 Black must now prevent Rd3. f4 103.d5 f5? 103...h4± is a better defense. 104.c7 104.f3 104...f8 105.a7 f6+ 106.d7 f5± 107.a8+ g7 108.d6 aiming for Ra7. f6+ 109.e7 Threatens to win with Ra7. f5 110.d8 e5+ 111.d6 f5 111...e3 112.e4 112.d7+- 112...f6+ 113.e5 e6+ 113...f2 114.b7 h6 114.f4 f6+ 115.g5 And now Rd7 would win. e6 116.d4 f6 116...e5+± 117.f4 h5 117.h4 White should try 117.d7+- 117...e6 118.f3 f6 119.g4 f1 120.d7 120.e2 g1+ 121.f4 120...f2?

120...g1± keeps fighting. 121.c7 f8 121.h5? 121.e6!+- 121...gxh5 122.xh5 f1 123.xf7 White should play 123.d1± 123...xf7= 124.xf7+ Precision: White = 42%, Black = 45%. ½–½

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