Tata Steel 2016

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[pgn][Event "78th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {0} Nf6 {0} 2. c4 {0} e6 {0} 3. Nf3 {0} d5 {0} 4. Nc3 {3} Nbd7 {6} 5.
cxd5 {74} exd5 {10} 6. Bg5 {10} h6 {86} 7. Bh4 {50} c6 {67} 8. e3 {100} g5 {114
} 9. Bg3 {9} Nh5 {6} 10. Bd3 {140} Nxg3 {385} 11. hxg3 {20} Bg7 {572} 12. O-O {
845} a5 {259} 13. a3 {764} O-O {95} 14. Qc2 {9} Re8 {964} 15. b4 {652} b5 {96}
16. Na2 {252} Bb7 {305} 17. bxa5 {190} Rxa5 {103} 18. Nb4 {27} Qa8 {652} 19.
Bh7+ {459} Kh8 {7} 20. Bf5 {9} Nb6 {30} 21. Ne5 {241} Bxe5 {782} 22. dxe5 {14}
Nc4 {21} 23. Qc3 {765} Rxa3 {581} 24. Qd4 {179} c5 {49} 25. Rxa3 {13} cxd4 {8}
26. Rxa8 {9} Rxa8 {10} 27. exd4 {12} Ra4 {3} 28. Rb1 {269} Nd2 {14} 29. Rb2 {9}
Nc4 {8} 30. Rb1 {16} Nd2 {6} 31. Rb2 {11} Nc4 {3} 1/2-1/2

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[pgn][Event "78th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {0} e5 {0} 2. Nf3 {0} Nc6 {0} 3. Bb5 {0} a6 {0} 4. Ba4 {0} Nf6 {6} 5. O-O
{5} Be7 {7} 6. Re1 {9} b5 {36} 7. Bb3 {6} O-O {9} 8. a4 {11} b4 {45} 9. d3 {66}
Bc5 {108} 10. Nbd2 {1060} d6 {644} 11. h3 {873} h6 {1510} 12. c3 {1710} Rb8 {
196} 13. Nc4 {294} Ba7 {510} 14. Be3 {85} Bxe3 {442} 15. Nxe3 {9} Re8 {993} 16.
a5 {609} Na7 {367} 17. Bc2 {460} bxc3 {335} 18. bxc3 {21} Nb5 {13} 19. Qd2 {174
} Bd7 {181} 20. Nc4 {274} Be6 {69} 21. Ne3 {33} Bd7 {51} 22. Nc4 {183} Be6 {6}
23. Ne3 {4} 1/2-1/2
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[pgn][Event "78th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {0} g6 {0} 2. Nc3 {265} c5 {26} 3. g3 {8} Bg7 {6} 4. Bg2 {5} Nc6 {4} 5.
a3 {31} d6 {189} 6. Rb1 {171} a5 {82} 7. d3 {617} e5 {250} 8. Nd5 {833} Nce7 {
282} 9. Nc3 {672} Nc6 {153} 10. e4 {427} Nge7 {153} 11. Nge2 {6} O-O {11} 12.
O-O {129} Bd7 {89} 13. Bd2 {265} h6 {469} 14. Nb5 {500} Be6 {998} 15. Nec3 {138
} b6 {116} 16. Nd5 {61} Bxd5 {686} 17. cxd5 {228} Na7 {91} 18. Nc3 {40} f5 {
1249} 19. h4 {315} f4 {149} 20. Bh3 {208} b5 {105} 21. Ne2 {269} f3 {247} 22.
Nc1 {6} h5 {16} 23. Nb3 {212} a4 {151} 24. Na1 {5} b4 {297} 25. axb4 {50} cxb4
{6} 26. Qxa4 {16} Nac6 {25} 27. Qd1 {5} Nd4 {4} 28. Nc2 {106} Nxc2 {313} 29.
Qxc2 {5} Rb8 {20} 30. Rfc1 {137} Rb7 {14} 31. Qb3 {117} Kh8 {139} 32. Rc4 {18}
Ng8 {112} 33. Rxb4 {44} Rxb4 {4} 34. Qxb4 {20} Bf6 {3} 35. Rc1 {45} Qe7 {58}
36. Qb6 {105} Bxh4 {75} 37. Rc7 {4} 1-0
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[pgn][Event "78th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {0} d5 {18} 2. c4 {0} e6 {52} 3. d4 {0} Nf6 {10} 4. Nc3 {0} dxc4 {58} 5.
e4 {186} Bb4 {6} 6. Bxc4 {41} Nxe4 {20} 7. O-O {9} Nf6 {27} 8. Bg5 {1632} O-O {
32} 9. Qe2 {51} h6 {519} 10. Bh4 {602} Be7 {20} 11. Rad1 {83} Nbd7 {489} 12.
Ne5 {454} Nb6 {475} 13. Bd3 {472} Nfd5 {30} 14. Bg3 {386} Bd7 {540} 15. Ne4 {
239} Ba4 {653} 16. Rc1 {203} Nd7 {476} 17. b3 {774} Nxe5 {24} 18. dxe5 {5} Bc6
{63} 19. Rfd1 {82} a5 {676} 20. a4 {85} Qe8 {554} 21. h4 {190} Rd8 {48} 22. h5
{123} Nb4 {517} 23. Bb1 {63} Kh8 {110} 24. Bf4 {177} Rg8 {122} 25. Bd2 {158}
Rd5 {281} 26. Bxb4 {263} axb4 {70} 27. Rxd5 {55} exd5 {56} 28. Ng3 {8} Bg5 {121
} 29. Re1 {20} g6 {292} 30. Qg4 {42} Qe7 {184} 31. Qd4 {41} b6 {189} 32. e6+ {
89} Bf6 {14} 33. Qf4 {152} g5 {161} 34. Qf5 {45} Rg7 {18} 35. Qc2 {13} Qc5 {62}
36. Qxc5 {153} bxc5 {4} 37. Nf5 {4} Rg8 {59} 38. exf7 {42} 1-0
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[pgn]
[Event "78th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {0} d5 {4} 2. g3 {37} g6 {144} 3. c4 {258} dxc4 {124} 4. Na3 {334} Bg7 {
246} 5. Nxc4 {97} Nc6 {472} 6. Bg2 {108} e5 {18} 7. d3 {290} Nge7 {65} 8. O-O {
19} O-O {10} 9. Bd2 {285} Nd5 {417} 10. Rc1 {1035} Re8 {323} 11. h3 {489} Nd4 {
988} 12. e3 {656} Nxf3+ {58} 13. Qxf3 {5} c6 {424} 14. Na5 {383} Qd6 {355} 15.
Qe2 {166} Rb8 {161} 16. Nc4 {436} Qe7 {209} 17. e4 {351} Nb6 {317} 18. Be3 {97}
Be6 {384} 19. b3 {382} Nxc4 {107} 20. dxc4 {6} a5 {65} 21. c5 {273} f5 {582}
22. Kh2 {71} Rf8 {84} 23. exf5 {327} gxf5 {9} 24. Bd2 {52} Ra8 {31} 25. Bc3 {
183} Qxc5 {701} 26. f4 {25} Qd6 {109} 27. Bxe5 {242} Bxe5 {5} 28. fxe5 {5} Qe7
{39} 29. Rf4 {72} Kh8 {2} 30. Rcf1 {40} Rg8 {22} 31. h4 {29} Rg6 {240} 32. Bh3
{30} Rag8 {34} 33. R1f3 {6} Qg7 {16} 34. Qe3 {104} Rh6 {44} 35. Qd3 {121} Qxe5
{85} 36. Bxf5 {24} Bd5 {18} 37. Be4 {21} Rd6 {141} 38. Rf2 {49} Bxe4 {54} 39.
Qxe4 {2} Qxe4 {7} 40. Rxe4 {0} Rgd8 {0} 1/2-1/2

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A draw is good for Yifan even with white. Maybe she won't come in last here.

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[pgn][Event "78th Tata Steel Chess Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {0} e5 {0} 2. g3 {95} Nf6 {0} 3. Bg2 {3} d5 {3} 4. cxd5 {4} Nxd5 {5} 5.
Nc3 {35} Nb6 {7} 6. d3 {4} Nc6 {326} 7. Be3 {754} Bd6 {18} 8. Nf3 {34} O-O {0}
9. O-O {2} Re8 {106} 10. d4 {447} exd4 {792} 11. Nxd4 {16} Nxd4 {15} 12. Bxd4 {
1090} c6 {792} 13. a4 {56} Bf8 {496} 14. a5 {322} Nc4 {189} 15. a6 {91} Nxb2 {
193} 16. Qd2 {7} Nc4 {271} 17. Qf4 {62} Bd6 {416} 18. Qc1 {191} Be5 {108} 19.
Bxe5 {836} Nxe5 {7} 20. Rd1 {3} Qe7 {325} 21. Ne4 {337} bxa6 {425} 22. f4 {15}
Ng6 {318} 23. Qxc6 {993} Rb8 {506} 24. Qd6 {283} Bg4 {394} 25. Qxe7 {160} Rxe7
{21} 26. Rd2 {13} h6 {340} 27. Rxa6 {328} Rb4 {95} 28. Nc3 {137} Rc4 {92} 29.
Ra3 {68} Nf8 {272} 30. Kf2 {26} Rec7 {184} 31. Nd5 {78} Rc2 {2} 32. Rxc2 {102}
Rxc2 {31} 33. Bf1 {39} Be6 {0} 34. Ne7+ {13} Kh7 {43} 35. Rxa7 {5} g6 {22} 36.
Bg2 {92} Bg4 {78} 37. Bf1 {265} Be6 {24} 38. Bg2 {50} Bg4 {2} 39. Bf3 {0} Bxf3
{0} 40. Kxf3 {0} Ne6 {0} 41. e3 {158} Kg7 {421} 42. h3 {111} h5 {56} 43. Nd5 {
97} Rh2 {283} 44. h4 {156} Rc2 {196} 45. Nb6 {86} Rc3 {192} 46. Ke4 {16} Rc1 {
229} 47. Kf3 {412} Rc3 {32} 48. Nd5 {222} Rb3 {184} 49. Ke4 {36} Rb1 {385} 50.
Nc3 {42} Rb4+ {342} 51. Kd5 {85} Kf8 {26} 52. Ne4 {674} Rb3 {203} 53. Nd6 {58}
Rd3+ {183} 54. Ke5 {231} Nd8 {178} 55. Rd7 {201} Rxe3+ {5} 56. Kf6 {95} Re6+ {
11} 57. Kg5 {3} Kg7 {423} 58. f5 {31} Re3 {4} 59. f6+ {0} Kh7 {0} 60. Rxd8 {0}
Re4 {0} 61. Rh8+ {193} 1-0
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A draw is good for Yifan even with white. Maybe she won't come in last here.

Agreed, nice way to start the event.

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Loek missed a chance here:
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[pgn][Event "78th Tata Steel Chess"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {0} d5 {0} 2. c4 {0} c6 {0} 3. Nf3 {0} Nf6 {0} 4. g3 {0} dxc4 {633} 5.
Bg2 {16} b5 {74} 6. b3 {35} cxb3 {32} 7. axb3 {2} e6 {201} 8. Ne5 {572} Qb6 {
1204} 9. O-O {237} Bb7 {463} 10. Nc3 {1219} Nbd7 {426} 11. Be3 {331} Rd8 {1220}
12. Bxc6 {741} Bxc6 {237} 13. d5 {13} Bc5 {321} 14. Nxc6 {25} Bxe3 {254} 15.
Nxd8 {14} Kxd8 {59} 16. dxe6 {46} fxe6 {337} 17. Nxb5 {309} Qxb5 {253} 18. fxe3
{4} Ke7 {104} 19. Rxa7 {16} Rb8 {247} 20. Qd4 {83} Qd5 {98} 21. Rb1 {106} Rxb3
{114} 22. Rxd7+ {257} Nxd7 {19} 23. Qxg7+ {4} Kd6 {59} 24. Qxh7 {164} Rxe3 {106
} 25. Qc2 {4} Qd4 {193} 26. Kf1 {4} Rc3 {43} 27. Rd1 {504} Rxc2 {3} 28. Rxd4+ {
2} Ke7 {7} 29. Kf2 {6} Ne5 {53} 30. h4 {171} Rc4 {36} 31. Rf4 {60} Rc2 {43} 32.
Ke3 {27} Rc1 {69} 33. Re4 {119} Nc4+ {19} 34. Kf2 {72} Nd6 {5} 35. Rf4 {45} Nf5
{66} 36. h5 {51} Nh6 {38} 37. g4 {28} Nf7 {11} 38. Kg3 {40} Rg1+ {28} 39. Kf2 {
9} Ra1 {29} 40. Kg3 {0} Re1 {0} 41. Kf2 {23} Rb1 {108} 42. Kg3 {4} Rb2 {168}
43. Rf2 {463} Rb4 {190} 44. e3 {65} Re4 {450} 45. Kf3 {9} Ra4 {52} 46. Kg3 {9}
Re4 {1133} 47. Kf3 {9} Ng5+ {17} 48. Kg3 {4} Nh7 {9} 49. Kf3 {138} Ra4 {148}
50. Kg3 {103} Ra1 {298} 51. Rf4 {164} Rb1 {58} 52. Ra4 {723} Kf6 {59} 53. Ra8 {
14} Rg1+ {191} 54. Kh4 {21} Rh1+ {38} 55. Kg3 {2} Rg1+ {15} 56. Kh4 {4} Rh1+ {
17} 57. Kg3 {5} Ng5 {17} 58. Kg2 {411} Rh4 {431} 59. Ra4 {7} Rh3 {108} 60. Ra3
{0} Rh4 {0} 61. Ra4 {23} e5 {778} 62. Ra6+ {143} Kf7 {10} 63. Ra7+ {456} Ke6 {
18} 64. Ra6+ {5} Kd5 {16} 65. Ra4 {2} Kc6 {99} 66. Kg3 {82} Rh3+ {15} 67. Kf2 {
18} Kb5 {192} 68. Ra8 {74} Ne4+ {6} 69. Ke2 {25} Kc4 {162} 70. Ra5 {260} Nc5 {
52} 71. Kf2 {2} Nd3+ {25} 72. Kg2 {71} Rxe3 {15} 73. h6 {1} Nf4+ {52} 74. Kf2 {
2} Rb3 {35} 75. h7 {18} Rh3 {29} 76. Rxe5 {6} 1/2-1/2
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