[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 1"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Krimpen, Cor"]
[Black "Veldheer, Piet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1938  The steel industry commenced late in the Netherlands. Two
blast-furnaces were built in the dunes near Velsen after the First World War.
The company was called <->Hoogovens'. It had hobby clubs. The steel workers
began a chess club after Max Euwe became a world champion.   This small club
organised a New Year's tournament in 1938. Forty players took part in ten
groups during the weekend of 15 and 16 January. The first round was played on
Saturday evening. Sunday morning was devoted to churchgoing. Round two
occurred in the afternoon. Then a joint meal happened. Round three followed in
the evening and everybody went home thereafter.   Playing hall was the Casino,
canteen of the Hoogovens in Velsen.   Only locals participated. The crown
group was won by Philip Bakker and Jilling van Dijk (21/2/3).   One game has
survived. The chairman of the club encounters the great organiser of the event
in a minor group.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg5
Bd6 7. a3 $5 a5 $6 8. e4 $1 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Be2 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
Qxe4 Qf6 $6 13. O-O O-O {The black bishop has not been developed.} 14. Bd3 g6
15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Bc2 cxd4 18. Qxd4 $6 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Re8 $6 20. Ba4
Re7 21. Red1 Nc5 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Bb5 f6 24. h3 e5 25. g3 $6 Rc7 $6 26. Re8 b6
$2 ({Right is} 26... Ra7 $1 27. g4 a4) 27. Rd6 Bb7 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Nd2 Rb7 $2
30. b4 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 2"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Steenis, Hendrik"]
[Black "Cortlever, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1939  Veldheer invited his old schoolfriend Van Steenis for the
crown group. The future chairman of the Dutch Chess Federation mentioned
Cortlever, the second player of the Netherlands. Nico participated during the
free weekend of another chess event. He scored 3/3. The two matadors met on
Sunday. Cortlever surprised Van Steenis by choosing Balogh's Counter Gambit.} 
1. e4 d6 2. d4 f5 {I could reconstruct two moves. The rest is unknown.   The
entry fee of f 1.25 was high for its time due to chess prizes and dinner. The
pea soup of various meats and miscellaneous vegetables was a luxurious meal
for common people during the winter.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 3"]
[Date "1940.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wijnans, Arthur"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1940  Veldheer had the courage to invite Euwe for the third
Hoogovens tournament. He accepted and arranged a leave for the mobilised
soldier Nico Cortlever. They played in an Auction Hall. The former world
champion gave chess lessons in the crown group. A minor weekend event had
grown up.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a4 $6 Nc6 6. e4 $5 {
Wijnans plays a courageous novelty.} Bg4 $1 {The centre pawns lie under
pressure.} 7. e5 $2 ({Better is} 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxd4 9. Qb3 {
(Geller-Gurgenidze, Moscow 1963).}) 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nb6 $1 {"It
looks good, but it is wrong" Euwe wrote about the white position in De
Schaakwereld.} 10. Ba2 Qxd4 11. Be3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 e6 13. f4 Bb4 14. Bxb6 cxb6
15. O-O Ke7 16. Rd3 Rhd8 17. Rfd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8
21. Kf1 Ne7 22. Ke2 Kd7 23. Kd3 Kc6 24. Kd4 b5 25. axb5+ Kxb5 26. Bc4+ Kc6 27.
Bb3 b5 28. c4 a5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 3"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Cortlever, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nh3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. e3 e5
$2 ({Better is} 8... Ne4 {(Giorgadze - Minzer, La Coruna 1995).}) 9. dxe5 Nxe5
10. cxd5 Nxd5 $4 (10... Kh8 {lost in Nogueiras - Nikolic, Zagreb 1987.}) 11.
Nc4 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 3"]
[Date "1940.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Van Steenis, Hendrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 Qc7 $5 8. Bb2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Na4 {Black should play actively.} Qe6 $2 (
11... Qe4 {(Euwe)} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. exd4 Bf5 {equalises.}) 12.
Nb6 Rb8 13. Qd4 Nd7 14. Qf4 Qe4 15. Qxe4+ dxe4 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. O-O-O Nf6 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. g3 a5 20. Bh3 Ra8 21. Bd7+ Ke7 22. Bf5 axb4 23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Rhd1
$1 Rb8 25. Rc7 Bxc5 26. Rdd7 Rf8 27. Bxe4 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rxb7 Re8 30.
Bxh7 Re7 31. Rxe7 Bxe7 32. Kc2 Kd7 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. Be4 c5 35. g4 Kd7 36. Kc4
Ke8 37. Kd5 Kf8 38. Bd3 Kg7 39. Kc6 Kh6 40. Kd7 Bf8 41. h4 Kg7 42. Bc4 Kg6 43.
Ke8 Bd6 44. Bxf7+ Kg7 45. f4 {The weekend tournament had become a serious
event by the participation of the best Dutch players. Euwe won by 1-2-3.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 4"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cortlever, Nico"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1941  World War II had started. The Jew Salo Landau was scared to
death. When he, his wife and daughter travelled to Switzerland, they were
caught in Breda and perished in the camps.   Chess occurred in Hotel
Kennemerland. Euwe was nearly defeated by Wijnans in round one. A sensation
happened next.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nxd6 $6 6.
Bf4 e6 $2 (6... Nc6 {was played in Romanovsky - Rabinovich, Leningrad 1939.})
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qd2 f6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Nb5 $3 {Cortlever attacks ingeniously.}
Nxb5 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. Bxb5+ Ke7 $2 ({Better is} 12... Nc6 13. Bxe5 $1 fxe5
14. Nxe5 {(Euwe)} Ke7 $3 15. Nxc6+ bxc6 16. Rhe1+ Kf7 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Rd8 Bb4
$1) 13. Nxe5 $1 Ne6 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bd2 Kf7 16. h4 $1 Bd6 17. hxg5 Nxg5 18. Bf4
Be7 19. Rde1 Bd8 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21. Nc5 a6 22. Ne4 h6 23. Nd6 Bd7 24. Nxb7 Bb5
25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Nxd8 Rhxd8 27. a3 b4 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Re3 Rd4 30. Rd1 Rf4
31. f3 bxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. bxa3 g4 34. Rd3 g3 35. Kd2 Kg6 36. Rb3 Rh4 37. f4
Kf5 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. Rb8 Rh7 40. Rg8+ Kf5 41. Rxg3 Rc7 42. Kd2 Kxf4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 4"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cortlever, Nico"]
[Black "Wijnans, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Cortlever had 2 and Wijnans 11/2 points.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd4 8. cxd4 Qxd5 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5
$5 (10... Qxd4 $5 11. Nb5 Qe5 12. Re1 Qb8 {led to passivity in Petrovs -
Berndtsson Kullberg, Prague 1931.}) 11. Re1 Be7 12. Re5 $5 Qb6 13. Bg5 Qxd4 $2
14. Bxf6 $2 (14. Rxe6 $1 {takes advantage of the error.}) 14... Bxf6 15. Re4
Qb6 16. Nd5 $1 Qd6 17. Ba6 $2 O-O-O $2 (17... Be5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Qh5 Bxh2+
20. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rxb7 {wins a pawn.}) 18. Rc1+ $5 Bc6 19. Rxc6+ Qxc6 20.
Rc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 exd5 22. Bxd5 Rd7 23. g3 Rhd8 24. Qc2+ Kb8 25. Bf3 Rd2 26.
Qb3 Rxb2 27. Qxf7 a6 28. a4 Bd4 29. Qf4+ $2 {White helps the hostile attack on
the king.} ({Superior is} 29. Kg2 $1 Rxf2+ 30. Kh3) 29... Ka7 $1 30. Qc7 Bxf2+
$1 31. Kf1 Re8 $1 32. Qc4 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Bg1+ 34. Kh3 Rxh2+ 35. Kg4 Rb2 36. Qc3
Reb1 37. Qxg7 Rb4+ 38. Kh3 R1b2 39. Bg2 h5 {The final standings became:
Wijnans 21/2, Cortlever 2, Euwe 11/2 and Sammelius 0. Wijnans was killed by a
bombardment at the end of World War II.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 5"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kmoch, Hans"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1942  The number of participants in the crown group increased for
the first time: from four to six.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5.
Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 e5 $1 {
Euwe makes a theoretical improvement.} 12. Nbd2 $6 ({Preferable is} 12. e4 $5 {
(Shipov - Suetin, Minsk 1993).}) 12... e4 $1 13. Ng5 $2 ({Right is} 13. Ne1 $1
Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 Qh4 16. Nef3 $1 {(Euwe).}) 13... Bxh2+ $1 {Euwe
strikes decisively.} 14. Kh1 ({The pointe is} 14. Kxh2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 Qxg5) 14...
Be5 $1 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Kg1 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bg4 19. Rdc1 Rac8 20.
Qf1 h6 21. Nh3 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Nd7 23. Rc4 Ne5 $5 24. Rxe4 Rc2 25. f4 Rxd2 26.
Rxe5 Qd6 27. Qf3 Rc8 28. Rf1 Rcc2 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ g6 31. Re5 Rh2 {Euwe
corrected his error of the previous event. Max triumphed by 41/2/5, ahead of
Cortlever (31/2) and Wijnans (21/2).   The greatest happening was the pea soup
dinner on Sunday. Food had become scarce during the war. So coupons were
needed for meat and vegetables. Common people of Beverwijk gave a lot of
support. Circa 160 persons were fed.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 6"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van den Hoek, Arnold"]
[Black "Vlagsma, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1943.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1943  When Euwe was invited for Salzburg 1942, he did not want to
go. He was too busy with teaching, he argued. Thereafter he could not accept
any chess invitation, including the Hoogovens event.   This time the number of
participants rose to eight in the crown group. The stoic Van den Hoek played
the main role.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 e4 $5 5. Ng5 Qe7 6. e3 $5
h6 7. Nh3 d6 8. Nf4 Bf5 9. d4 $1 exd3 $1 10. Bxd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qd7 ({
Preferable is} 11... Ne5 $1 12. Qd4 c6) 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. Qe2 Qf5 15.
Rd1 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 $2 {He misses .. c6 for the third time.} 17. Nfd5 $1 Rac8
18. e4 $1 Qg6 19. f3 Nfd7 20. Ne3 ({Arnold plays a quiet move instead of the
sharp} 20. Nb5 $5) 20... f6 $5 21. Ncd5 Bf8 22. b4 Qf7 23. Qc2 Ng6 $6 (23... c6
$1 24. Nf4 a6 {resists solidly.}) 24. Nf5 Ne7 25. Ndxe7+ Bxe7 26. c5 $1 {White
opens the position for an attack on the queenside.} Ne5 27. cxd6 Bxd6 28. Qf2
$1 Nc4 29. Bc1 $1 Qh5 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Qxa7 {He has gained a pawn by an
outstanding positional play.} f5 32. Qc5 Qf7 33. e5 Nc4 34. f4 Red8 35. Rd4 Nb6
36. Rfd1 Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Ra8 38. Bb2 Qe6 39. Rc1 Nd5 40. Rc5 Rd8 41. b5 Rd7 42.
Qc4 Kf7 43. Bc1 Nb6 44. Qc2 Nd5 45. Kf1 Rd8 46. a4 g6 47. a5 h5 48. Qc4 Rd7 49.
a6 $1 bxa6 50. Rc6 $1 axb5 51. Qxb5 {If the black queen moves, 52. e6+ follows.
Van den Hoek had scored the decisive win in the last round.   The final
standings were: Van den Hoek (51/2/7), Koomen and Wijnans (5), and Cortlever 
(41/2).} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 7"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo"]
[Black "Van der Tol, Teun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1944  The games were played in the Kennemer-theatre. A new event
was the evening of varied entertainment. The players needed coupons for the
joint meals. A dinner of pea soup was special during the war. Many persons
were lodged as guests in the houses of Beverwijk.   Modest star of the event
was Theo van Scheltinga. He triumphed in his persisting positional style.} 1.
d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. b3 c6 8. Ba3 Bxa3
9. Nxa3 Bd7 $5 ({Theory is} 9... Nbd7 {(Alatortsev - Ragozin, Moscow 1938).})
10. Qd3 Qe7 11. Nc2 Na6 $6 (11... Be8 $1 {vacates square d7 for the queen's
knight.}) 12. Ne5 Rac8 13. c5 Be8 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qc3 Nc7 $6 (
16... f4 $1 {eases the beleaguerment.}) 17. Ne1 Ne8 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. a4 a6 20.
Ne5 Be8 21. Rfb1 Ne4 (21... Ng4 $1 {seeks to exchange the knights.}) 22. Bxe4
fxe4 23. f3 exf3 $2 (23... Qg5 $1 24. fxe4 Bg6 $1 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 {gives a pawn
for the creation of a bastion.}) 24. exf3 g5 $6 (24... Qg5 {is more active
again.}) 25. Qe3 Qg7 26. Rf1 Bh5 27. Rf2 Rf6 28. g4 $5 Be8 29. f4 gxf4 30. Rxf4
Rxf4 31. Qxf4 Bg6 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Qxf8+ Qxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {Black has a bad
bishop obviously.} 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Bc2 37. a5 Kf6 38. Kf4 Bd1 39. g5+ Ke7
40. h4 {White goes forwards.} Bh5 41. Nd3 Bg6 42. Ne5 Bh5 43. Ng4 Bg6 44. Ke5
Bf5 45. Ne3 Bd3 46. Ng2 Bf5 47. Nf4 Bg4 48. g6 hxg6 49. Nxg6+ Kf7 50. Nf4 Bf5
51. h5 {The strangulation has become lethal.   Final result: Van Scheltinga 5/
7, Koomen 41/2, Cortlever 4.   It was impossible to organise an event during
the hunger winter of 1945.   Common people had turned the weekend event into a
large Dutch tournament. The basis had remained fully amateurishly, because
little money was involved for the invitee. This would change after the war,
when foreign players got entry fees. Later it became a modern sponsor event.}
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 8"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Groot, Adriaan"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1946 Holland slowly recovered, when the war was over. The former
winners Wijnans and Van den Hoek had disappeared in Germany. The survivors
enjoyed coffee and tea, a gift from the Swedish Chess Federation. Hoogovens
became similar to Hastings, because foreign players were invited. O'Kelly came
from Belgium and Stoltz arrived from Sweden. Eventually, the foreigners
finished on top, so another tradition had started as well.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 c6 $5 ({Theory is} 6... Qe7 {
(Suechting - Hirschler, Eisenach 1896).}) 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Bd3 d5 9. Qf3 $6 {
This line will be improved in round nine.} Qh4 $1 10. g3 $6 Ng5 ({Even better
is} 10... Bg4 $1 {(Kmoch).}) 11. Qd1 $5 Nh3+ $2 {The foreign star misses a
fine attack.} ({Great is} 11... Bxf2+ $1 12. Rxf2 Nh3+ 13. Kg2 Nxf2 $1 14. Qg1
$5 Qh5 $1 15. Kxf2 O-O $1) 12. Kg2 Qe7 13. f4 h5 $6 ({Correct is} 13... O-O)
14. Nc3 $6 (14. e6 $1 Bxe6 15. f5 {charges (O'Kelly).}) 14... g5 $5 15. f5 $5
g4 16. Qe2 Bd7 $2 ({Right is} 16... Bd4 $1) 17. Na4 $1 Bb6 18. b4 $5 O-O-O $5 (
{Not} 18... Qxb4 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. e6 $1) 19. Nxb6+ axb6 20. a4 $5 Rhe8 21. a5
bxa5 {White has a banal win.} 22. Bb2 $2 (22. Rxa5 $1 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24.
Bb2 {succeeds easily.}) 22... d4 $2 (22... Qxb4 23. Rfb1 {(Kmoch)} c5 $1 24. e6
Bc6 25. Bf6 d4+ 26. Kf1 Bf3 {gives a counteraction.}) 23. Rxa5 Qxb4 ({Or} 23...
c5 {(Kmoch)} 24. e6 $1 fxe6 25. f6 $1) 24. Ra8+ Kc7 25. Ba3 $1 c5 26. Bxb4 Rxa8
27. e6 Bc6+ 28. Be4 cxb4 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Qe5+ {De Groot had a spectacular
start. If he had won the event, he might have become a professional, but he
did not triumph.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 8"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cortlever, Nico"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 {A Swedish move
in the Rubinstein occurs.} 7. e4 dxe4 8. Ng5 Be7 9. Bxc4 Bxg5 10. Qh5 g6 11.
Qxg5 Nf6 12. d5 h6 $1 {Otherwise Qe5+ and Bg5 will be strong.} 13. Qe3 Nb4 14.
Bb5+ Bd7 15. Qe2 O-O $5 16. O-O $5 (16. Bxh6 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1
19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rxa1 {is unclear.}) 16... g5 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19.
Qxe4 Nxd5 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Be3 Rfe8 22. Qf3 g4 $1 23. Qe2 Qe6 24. Rd3 Rd7 25.
Rad1 Red8 26. Qd2 Qe4 $5 27. Rd4 Qf3 28. Bxh6 $2 ({Correct is} 28. Rc1 Nxe3 29.
fxe3) 28... Nf4 $3 {Rook d4 has insufficient protection.} 29. Bxf4 Rxd4 30.
Qxd4 Qxd1+ $1 31. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kg2 Re1 33. Bd2 Re2 34. Bc3 a6 35. a4 Kf8 36.
b4 a5 $5 37. bxa5 Ke8 38. Bd4 Ra2 39. h4 Rxa4 $1 {Hereafter, Black has a
forced win.} 40. Bb6 Ra2 41. Kf1 Ke7 42. Ke1 Ke6 43. Kd1 f5 44. Kc1 f4 45. gxf4
Kf5 46. Kb1 Re2 47. h5 Re4 48. Kc2 Rxf4 49. Kc3 Re4 50. Bd4 Kg5 51. Kc4 Kxh5
52. Kc5 Kg6 53. Bc3 Re6 54. Kb5 Kf7 55. Bd4 Ke7 56. Ba7 Rf6 57. Bd4 Rf5+ 58.
Kb6 Kd7 59. Be3 Kc8 $5 60. Bd4 Kb8 61. Be3 Rf6+ 62. Kc5 Kc7 63. Kc4 Kc6 64. Bb6
Rf3 65. Ba7 b5+ $1 66. Kb4 ({Kmoch mentions the fine} 66. axb6 Kb7 $1) 66...
Rf4+ 67. Kb3 Kb7 68. Bb6 Ka6 69. Kc3 Rf6 $1 {Black exchanges on b6, advances
his b- pawn and conquers f2.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 8"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vlagsma, Chris"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{O'Kelly trailed Stoltz by half-a-point.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Bc5 {He plays the Beverwijk Variation again.} 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 c6 7. dxe5
Nxe4 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd6 $1 {Vlagsma makes an improvement.} Nf6 $1 ({Not} 9...
Nxd6 $2 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Rxe6+ $1 {(Kmoch).}) 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Bf5 $5 O-O $1
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Rxe6 $2 (13. Nc3 {is alright.}) 13... Qd7 $5 14. Re7 Qf5 15.
Be3 Bxd6 $1 16. Rxb7 $5 Ng4 $2 (16... Bxh2+ $1 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 Nxe3 {
attacks strongly.}) 17. Bd4 $2 {White misses his second chance.} (17. Qxd6 $1
Rad8 18. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 19. Qe7+ Kg8 20. Na3 {defends gallantly.}) 17... Bxh2+
18. Kh1 ({Or} 18. Kf1 Qxf2+ $1) 18... Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxf2+ 20. Kg1 Qxe5 21. Qd2
Rad8 {Koomen defeated Stoltz unexpectedly. O'Kelly won by 7/9, half-a-point
before Stoltz.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 9"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo"]
[Black "De Groot, Adriaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1947 The chess club was only one group among the many hobby circles
of Hoogovens, but Piet Veldheer ('Field Marshall' in English) had a great
vision. Bureaucrats were against him, before the event began, but the
tournament started and the 'undesired' foreigners took part anyway. Local hero
Van Scheltinga ruled this time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3
O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. Qd1 Nd7 $6 ({Better is} 8... Bf5 {(Goglidze -
Lilienthal, Leningrad 1939).}) 9. a3 $6 Nb6 10. Ba2 a5 $5 {Black plays his
pieces around the board.} 11. O-O e6 12. Nb5 $5 Bd7 13. Qe2 e5 $1 14. d5 Ne7 $6
({Preferable is} 14... e4 $1 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. d6 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qxd6 18. Nxe4 Qc6
) 15. e4 $1 c6 $2 {De Groot does not understand prophylaxis in a semi-closed
position.} (15... Nbc8 $1 16. Be3 Nd6 $1 {moves the king's knight to the right
square at last.}) 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Be3 $1 Bg4 20. Bc5
Ne7 21. Rfd1 Nd7 {Van Scheltinga exercises a horrendous strangulation.} 22. h3
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rc8 24. b4 b6 25. Be3 Rc6 26. Qg4 {His career in psychology
became De Groot's aim after this humiliation.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 9"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cortlever, Nico"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 c5 8. e5 $6
(8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 {drew in Bronstein - Botvinnik, Moscow (24) 1951.}) 8...
cxd4 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Bxf6 $2 (10. Bh4 $1 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13.
O-O-O) 10... Qxf6 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bb5
Bxb5 16. axb5 Rg8 $1 {Black has the initiative in the ending.} 17. O-O Rg5 18.
Rfb1 Rc5 19. b6 a6 $1 20. Ra4 $5 (20. Na4 Rc2 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23.
Rd1 Ke7 {brings restraint.}) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc3 22. Rh4 Rac8 23. g4 $5
Rc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kg2 Kf8 $1 26. Rxh7 Kg8 27. Rh5 Rc6 28. f4 Rxb6 29. Kf3
Rb5 $5 {Accurate calculation has been made.} 30. Rxb5 axb5 31. Ke4 b4 32. Kd3
f5 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Kc4 Kg7 35. Kxb4 Kh6 36. Kc5 Kh5 37. Kd5 b5 38. Ke5 ({Or} 
38. Kc5 Kg4 39. Kxb5 Kxf4 {(Van Scheltinga)} 40. Kc5 Kf3 41. Kd5 f4 42. h4 Kg4
43. Ke4 f3) 38... b4 39. Kxf5 b3 40. Ke6 b2 {Van Scheltinga won by the
impressive score of 71/2/9, far ahead of Cortlever (6), Kottnauer (51/2) and
O'Kelly (5).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 10"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1948 The star of the event was Lodewijk Prins, who had an
intriguing personality.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6.
Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Be7 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. Qe2 O-O $5 (11...
Nc6 {occurred in Prins - Golombek, London 1946.}) 12. O-O-O Rc8 $5 {Black
sacrifices a pawn.} 13. Qxe5 Nc6 14. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Kb1 Rxc2 17.
Rhe1 $5 ({Or} 17. a3 Qd5 18. axb4 $5 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 Rxe2 {(Kramer)} 20. Rd2)
17... Rac8 $1 (17... Qa4 $5 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. a3 Nfd5 $1 {(Kramer)} 20. axb4
Nxb4 21. Nd4 Bxg5 22. Ne4 Re2 $1 {draws.}) 18. Qxe6+ $6 ({Preferable is} 18.
Rc1 $1) 18... Qxe6 19. Rxe6 {Rossolimo makes the decisive mistake.} Kf7 $2 {He
blunders a pawn.} (19... Nfd5 $1 20. Nd4 $1 (20. Bxe7 $2 Rxb2+ $1 21. Kxb2 Rc2+
22. Ka1 Rxa2+ 23. Kb1 Nc3+ 24. Kc1 Nd3#) 20... Bxg5 21. Nxc2 Rxc2 22. Ne4 Rxg2
23. a3 Kf7 {favours Black.}) 20. Nd4 R2c7 21. N2b3 Rd7 22. Re2 h6 23. Bc1 Rcd8
24. a3 Nbd5 25. Rde1 Bd6 26. g3 Nb6 27. f4 Nfd5 28. Nf3 Nc7 29. Be3 Ncd5 30.
Nc5 Re7 31. Bd4 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Bxc5 33. Ne5+ Kg8 34. Bxc5 Na4 35. Rc2 b6 36. Bf2
Nf6 37. Kc1 Ne4 38. Be3 a5 39. Rc4 Nec5 40. Bxc5 Nxc5 41. Kc2 Rd5 42. b4 Ne6
43. Kc3 axb4+ 44. axb4 b5 45. Rc6 Nd4 46. Rc5 Rd8 47. Nc6 Ne2+ 48. Kc2 Rd6 49.
Na7 Nd4+ 50. Kc3 Nf3 51. Nxb5 Rg6 52. Nd4 Nxh2 53. Nf5 Kh7 54. b5 Rf6 55. Nd4
Nf1 56. Ne2 Rd6 57. Rc6 Rd1 58. Re6 Rb1 59. b6 h5 60. Nd4 Nxg3 61. Nb3 Rd1 62.
Re8 Rd7 63. Nc5 Rf7 64. b7 Rxb7 65. Nxb7 h4 66. Nd6 h3 67. Ne4 Ne2+ 68. Kd2 h2
69. Nf2 Nxf4 70. Ke3 g5 71. Kf3 Nh5 72. Kg2 g4 73. Nxg4 {Prins won by 61/2/9
before Van Scheltinga (6), Rossolimo and Van Steenis (5). A student from The
Hague shook up the citizens and police at Beverwijk, when he started to run,
shouted "Catch the thief!" and posed as a winner after the rush. It was Jan
Hein Donner, who scored 9/9 in a lesser group.} ({Not} 73. Kxh2 $4 g3+) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 11"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bergsma, KM."]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1949 When Ten Doesschate became director of Hoogovens, the
organisational difficulties of the chess tournament lessened.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Ngf6 6. Qe2 $5 e5 7. O-O b5 8. Bc2 Bb7 9. d4 Be7
10. Rd1 Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nbd2 c4 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Nh4 $6 Rfd8
16. Bg5 g6 17. Nf3 $5 {The king's knight has no future on h4.} Ne6 $1 18. Bd2
$5 Bc5 19. Ng5 Nf4 20. Qf3 Bc8 $1 21. h3 $5 {White has to prevent 21. .. Bg4,
but he occupies square h3 as a result.} Rxd2 $1 22. Rxd2 h6 {Bergsma has to
lose material.} 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Nf1 Kg7 25. Ne3 Bb7 $1 26. Rad1 Rf8 {Black
completes his development.} 27. Ng4 Bc8 $1 {The queen's bishop returns as an
attacker of the kingside.} 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Qg3 Qf7 30. b4 Bb6 31. a4 Kh7 32.
a5 Nh5 33. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 ({Or} 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Bb1 Bxh3 $1 36. gxh3 Nf4
$1) 34... Be3 35. g4 Rf1+ {Tartakower defeated Wade in the last round and
gained the first place by 61/2/9 before P. Schmidt and Van Scheltinga (6),
Golombek and O'Kelly (51/2). Donner won the second group by 81/2/9. He got the
right to play in the main group.} ({The old master can deliver mate by} 35...
Rf1+ 36. Kh2 Bg1+ $1 37. Kh1 Bd4+ 38. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 Bxe5#) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 12"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hugot, Claude"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1950 The 22-years-old student Jan Hein Donner became a phenomenon.
He expressed his natural superiority by a start of 21/2/3.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7
10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 $5 Qb7 $5 ({My preference has} 
13... Nb8) 14. Ng3 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. e4 $1 Ne8 (16... cxd4 $6 17. cxd4 Rxd4
18. Bb2 {(Euwe)} Rxe4 $1 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rfd1 {brings a white initiative.})
17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Rad1 Nb8 $1 19. Qg4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rc4 $1 21. Nh5 $1 {White has
developed a dangerous attack.} Kf8 $2 ({The cool} 21... Nc6 $1 22. Bh6 $1 f5 $1
23. exf5 Rcxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Bf4 e5 26. Qe2 {gives mutual play.}) 22. Rfe1
$2 ({Better is} 22. Bf4 $3 Nc6 $1 ({or} 22... Rcxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Be5 Rxe4
25. Bxg7+) 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Rd4 25. Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 26. Bh6 f6 27. Qe6 {and
White assaults strongly.}) 22... Rcxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Nxg7 Nxg7 25. Bf6 Nf5
$1 26. Qf4 $2 (26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Qh4 {(Euwe) leads to an unclear position.})
26... Rc4 $1 27. g4 Nd7 $1 28. gxf5 Nxf6 29. fxe6 Rxe4 $1 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 (30...
Qxe4 $1 31. Qxf6 Qg6+ {wins at once.}) 31. exf7 Qe7 32. h4 Nf6 33. h5 Qe1+ 34.
Kh2 Qe5 $1 35. Qxe5 Ng4+ 36. Kg3 Nxe5 37. Kf4 Nxf7 38. Ke4 Ke7 39. Kd5 Kd7 40.
f4 a6 {Donner ruled by 31/2/4.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 12"]
[Date "1950.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Soultanbeieff, Victor"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Qe2
a6 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Qc7 12. e4 Ng4 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nge5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb3 Nc6 17. Rac1 Nd4 18. Qd1 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Qe5 $5 ({More solid is
} 19... Bd7) 20. Bf4 Qh5 21. Nd5 $2 {A miscalculation is made.} b6 $1 (21...
exd5 $2 22. Rxc5 {favours White.}) 22. Ne3 $6 ({The pointe is} 22. Nxb6 $5 Bxb6
23. Qxb6 e5 24. Qa5 Bh3 25. f3 {and Black wins an exchange (Euwe).}) 22... e5
$1 23. Qd5 Bh3 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Rc1 Rfe8 26. Rxc5 Qe2 {Donner led by 41/2/5,
one point before Euwe, Van Scheltinga and Cortlever.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 12"]
[Date "1950.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 $5 12. O-O Nc6 $5 (12... b6 13. Qe2
Bb7 14. e4 Nc6 {will draw in Cramling - Krogius, Genova 1989.}) 13. Qc2 b6 14.
Qe4 $1 Bb7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Qf4 Kg7 17. h4 $5 Rac8 18. Rac1 cxd4 19. exd4 Qf6 20.
Qg3 {The white initiative has not brought an advantage.} Ne7 21. Ne5 Nf5 $1 22.
Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 24. Ng4 h5 25. Qe5+ $2 ({Wiser is} 25. Ne3) 25... Qxe5
26. Nxe5 Rc7 {Donner assaults the hanging pawns.} 27. f4 Rdc8 28. Re3 Bd5 29.
a3 b5 $1 30. Kf2 a5 31. g3 b4 $2 (31... f6 $1 32. Nf3 b4 {Donner assaults the
hanging pawns.}) 32. axb4 axb4 33. Nd3 $1 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 bxc3 35. Nc5 Ra8 $5 (
35... c2 $1 36. Rc3 Ra8 $1 (36... Be4 $4 37. Nxe6+ {(Euwe)}) 37. Nd3 Ra2 $1 {
attacks.}) 36. Rxc3 Ra2+ 37. Ke1 Kf6 38. Nd3 Kf5 39. Nf2 (39. Nb4 $1 Rg2 40.
Nc2 {defends the pawns.}) 39... Ra4 $1 40. Rd3 Be4 41. Rc3 $1 {White gives a
pawn for counter-play.} Rxd4 42. Rc7 $1 f6 43. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 44. Kf2 Ra4 45. Rc5+
$2 (45. Rf7 $1 {escapes (Euwe).}) 45... Kg4 $1 46. Rc6 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 ({Or} 47.
Ke1 Ra3 48. Rxe6 Kf5 49. Rb6 Rxg3) 47... Kxg3 48. Rxe6 Rf2+ {Donner had beaten
an important rival. He quickly drew with Euwe in the last round. Donner
triumphed by 7/9, one point ahead of Euwe and Rossolimo. Jan Hein had
completed a fast run to the top.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 13"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Seters, Frits"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1951 Pilnik had stayed in Amsterdam after a tournament due to a
love affair with an Icelandic lady. Euwe suggested him as a participant in
Beverwijk. Foreigners got a commencing fee in those days. Pilnik could partake
after Veldheer did a fruitful round of soliciting.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4
d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 $5 (9... Qc7
{was carried out in Kottnauer - Henneberke, Beverwijk 1948.}) 10. Rb1 Re8 $6
11. d5 $1 {Now, the rook on e8 is misplaced.} c5 12. Ne1 Nh5 $5 13. Bxh5 $1
gxh5 14. Nf3 $5 Nf8 15. Re1 Ng6 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Be3 Kh8 18. a3 {Van Seters
manoeuvres slowly.} Rg8 19. Kh1 Bg4 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Rg1 Rg6 22. f3 $2 {White
loses time.} (22. b4 {should be played immediately.}) 22... Bd7 23. b4 {The
counterattack starts at last.} b6 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Rbe1 $6 (25. Nb5 Rag8 $1
26. g3 Ne2 27. Rg2 Nd4 {favours Black.}) 25... Rag8 $1 {White cannot stop the
attack.} 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. e5 $5 Bxe5 28. Nb5 f6 29. Ne4 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Bd4 31.
Nd2 (31. Rgf1 Qg7 $1 32. Re2 f5 $1 {crushes the white resistance.}) 31... Rxg2
$1 {Pilnik triumphed by 61/2/9, half-a-point before O'Kelly. The winner took
his lady to Argentina.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 14"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Kramer, Haije"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1952 The fourteenth Hoogovens event became a Max Euwe show.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8. a3 a5 $5
9. Be2 d5 10. O-O Qe7 11. b3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bb2 Be6 $6 ({Preferable is} 
13... e4 $1 {(Euwe - Jonsson, Goeteborg 1951)} 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
Bxd5 Qxg5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc5) 14. Ng5 Bxc4 15. bxc4 g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
cxd5 Na7 18. Ne4 Bd6 19. f4 f6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Qe4 Rxf1+ 23.
Rxf1 Rd8 24. Bxe5 Qxd5 25. Qf4 Nc6 26. Ba1 Re8 27. h4 $6 (27. a4 $1 Qe6 28. e4
{gains an edge.}) 27... Qe6 28. Rf3 Ne5 $1 29. Rg3 Qd6 30. Qa4 Rd8 $2 {Kramer
blunders in time troubles.} (30... Qc6 $1 31. Qd4 Qc4 {almost equalizes the
position.}) 31. Qb3+ Qd5 (31... Nf7 32. Qc3 Qf8 33. Rf3 {strangles Kramer.})
32. Qc3 Re8 33. Rg5 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 (34. Kh2 Qa4 35. Kg3 {ends the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 14"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 b5 8. e5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 bxa4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qxa4 Rb8 12. Nd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Nc3 $6
({Known is} 14. Na3 {(Reshevsky - Unzicker, Dubrovnik 1950).}) 14... Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 {Fuderer has used four and Euwe seventy- five minutes.
Fuderer proposed a draw, but Euwe did not hear him and continued.} d6 17. Re3
Rb5 18. Rg3 $6 Qf6 19. Qc4 $2 (19. Qd4 $1 {defends solidly (Rellstab).}) 19...
Bf5 $5 20. Qxc7 Rc8 $1 {Euwe attacks the weak pawns.} 21. Qa7 $6 (21. Re1 $1 h6
22. Qa7 Qxc3 23. Rge3 Qxc2 24. Qxa6 Rb1 {favours Black.}) 21... Qxc3 22. Rf1
Qxc2 23. Qxa6 Rb1 24. Ne1 Qd2 25. Re3 h6 26. h3 Rcc1 $1 27. g4 Rxe1 $1 28.
Rexe1 Rxe1 29. gxf5 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qxf5 32. Qc4 $5 ({Or} 32. f3 d5
33. Kg2 Qc2+ 34. Qf2 Qc4) 32... Qxf2 33. a4 d5 $1 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qa6 Qf3+ {
Euwe realized 71/2/9, two points more than O'Kelly.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 15"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1953 The number of participants was increased to twelve. Rossolimo
became the big man. He worked as a taxi driver in Paris.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Nc3 f6 {Euwe plays a passive
opening.} 8. a3 $5 {The restriction of the black position starts.} Na5 9. Ba2
b6 10. Be3 Nb7 $6 (10... Ba6 11. Nd2 c6 {develops a bishop on the queenside.})
11. O-O-O $1 Nd6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 c6 $1 15. Ne2 Bc7 16. h3 Bd7
17. Ng3 h5 $2 (17... Rd8 $1 18. Nh5 Kf8 {guards the black position.}) 18. Bf7+
$1 Kxf7 19. Rxd7 Rac8 20. Nf5 Rhe8 21. Rhd1 Kf8 22. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 23. R1xd6 Ra8
24. a4 c5 25. Re6 Kf7 $1 26. Red6 Kf8 27. Kd2 $1 {The king will become a
strong piece.} Rec8 28. Kc3 Nc6 29. Kc4 Nd8 30. c3 Nf7 31. Rd2 Ke8 32. Kb5 $1 {
Euwe experiences a humiliation.} Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. a5 Rb8 35. axb6 Rxb6+ (
{Or} 35... axb6 36. Rd6) 36. Kxc5 Nb7+ 37. Kd5 Ra6 38. b4 Kd7 39. Kc4+ Nd6+ 40.
Kb3 Kc7 41. f3 Ra1 42. Bc5 Ne8 43. Kb2 Ra6 44. Rd1 Kc8 45. Kb3 Nc7 46. c4 Ne6
47. Be3 Nf4 48. b5 Re6 49. Bxf4 exf4 50. Rd5 g6 51. c5 Kc7 52. Kc4 Re8 53. Rd6
f5 54. Rxg6 fxe4 55. Rg7+ Kb8 56. fxe4 Rxe4+ 57. Kd5 Re8 58. c6 Re2 59. Rb7+
Ka8 60. Rh7 Kb8 61. Rb7+ Ka8 62. Rf7 Kb8 63. Rxf4 Rxg2 64. Rf8+ Kc7 65. Rf7+
Kb8 66. Rb7+ Ka8 67. Rh7 Rg5+ 68. Kd6 {Rossolimo won by 9/11, before O'Kelly 
(71/2), Euwe, Kramer, Donner and Toran (7).} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 16"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beni, Alfred"]
[Black "Bouwmeester, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1954 An effort was made to contact the Soviets. When it failed, the
level became low.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3
Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. c4 bxc4 11. dxc4 e4 12. Ne1 a5 13.
Nc3 f5 $2 {Bouwmeester makes a known blunder.} ({Better is} 13... Ba6 $1 14. b3
Bf6 15. Bb2 Rb8 $1 16. a3 Nd3) 14. a3 $1 Nd3 (14... Na6 15. d6 Bxd6 16. Qd5+
Kh8 17. Qxa8 {won for White in Makogonov - Pogrebissky, Tbilisi 1949.}) 15.
Nxd3 exd3 16. Qxd3 Ba6 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Rfe1 Qb8 19. Nb5 d6 20. a4 Bc8 21. Re2
Bd7 22. Rae1 g5 $5 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Qg3 h6 25. f4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Bxb5 27. fxg5
h5 28. axb5 Qd4 29. Qf3 Qh4 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 $4 (31. Qe3 {wins easily.})
31... Qxe1+ {Black delivers mate in one. Bouwmeester had taken the sole lead
at the end of the penultimate round.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 16"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Rellstab, Ludwig Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Bouwmeester played a quick draw. Pirc had to win in order to gain a shared
first place.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bh6 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 $5 Re8 $6 {Black wastes
time.} ({Usual will become} 11... Rc8) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nf6
15. e4 Rc8 16. Nd4 a6 17. Qg5 Kh8 18. Qe3 Rc5 19. b4 Rc4 20. Qb3 Qc8 $1 21. f3
b5 22. Qb2 Qc7 $6 {The advanced rook can be caught.} 23. Bf1 $1 Rc3 24. Bh3 $6
(24. Bd3 $1 Rc8 25. Nc6 $1 {wins material.}) 24... Bc8 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Qb7 27. Bf1 Bd7 28. Nc6 Bxc6 $2 ({Black should play a waiting move like} 28...
Kg7) 29. dxc6 Qb6+ 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ $6 (30... Qc7 $1 {offers more resistance.})
31. Kxf2 Rc8 32. a4 $1 Ne8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Bxb5 Rb8 35. Ba6 Rb6 36. Be2 $1
Nc7 37. b5 Kg7 38. Ra1 $5 Nxb5 39. Rb1 $1 Rxc6 40. Rxb5 Rc7 {Black still has
drawing chances.} 41. g4 h6 42. h4 Ra7 43. Kg3 Rc7 44. f4 Ra7 45. h5 gxh5 46.
Rxh5 $1 Ra4 47. Bf3 Ra7 48. g5 hxg5 49. Rxg5+ {Pirc has made holes for the
attack.} Kf8 50. Rd5 Kg7 51. Bh5 Rc7 52. Kg4 Rc4 53. Rg5+ Kf8 54. Rf5 Rxe4 ({Or
} 54... f6 55. Kf3 Rc3+ 56. Ke2 Ra3 57. Rd5 Rb3 58. Rd3) 55. Bxf7 Kg7 56. Bd5
Rd4 57. Kg5 Rd3 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Be6 Rg3+ 60. Kf5 d5 61. Rxe7+ Kh8 62. Kf6 {
The final standings became Bouwmeester and Pirc 6/9, Prins 51/2, Van
Scheltinga 5.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 17"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milic, Borislav"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1955 A quiet lawyer from Belgrade dominated the tournament.} 1. Nf3
e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bb2 Bf6 9.
Nfd2 $5 ({Theory will become} 9. Nc3 $1 {(Panno - Pachman, Mar del Plata 1955).
}) 9... Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Nc6 11. e3 Kh8 12. f4 Qe8 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Qf7 15.
Rac1 b6 $2 16. b4 $2 (16. d5 $1 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 exd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Rxc7 {wins
a pawn.}) 16... Rac8 17. Rfd1 Ne7 18. b5 Rfd8 19. a4 Ng8 20. Qe2 c6 21. Ba3 {
Milic has the initiative. A strong defence is difficult to find for Prins.} Be7
$2 ({Better is} 21... Be8 $1 {and the other bishop remains available for the
exchange of a knight on e5.}) 22. c5 $1 bxc5 23. dxc5 d5 24. Ne5 $1 Qf8 25. Bb4
Nf6 26. Ba5 Re8 27. Qc2 cxb5 28. c6 $1 Bxc6 29. Nxc6 Ba3 30. axb5 $1 Bxc1 31.
Rxc1 {White has gained a material advantage.} Qa3 32. Qc3 Qa4 33. Qb4 Qa2 34.
Bf3 Ne4 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Qd2 Qa4 37. Bc3 a6 38. Na7 Rc4 39. b6 Qb3 40. Bd4 Kg8
41. Rxc4 dxc4 42. Kg2 a5 43. Qxa5 e5 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Qf7 Rg8 46. fxe5 Qa4 47.
b7 c3 48. Qxg8+ {Milic won four and drew five encounters. 61/2/9 sufficed for
a sole victory.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 18"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1956 Stahlberg was very inspired by the Dutch strong spirits.} 1. d4
e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5
9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O a6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 $5 (12. Ne2 {was played in
Bondarevsky - Lilienthal, Saltsjobaden 1948.}) 12... Nc6 13. Nce2 Bd7 14. Qd2
Be8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. b4 $5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 c5 18. bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. d4 Qa7 $5 {
Black has equalised and tries to take the initiative.} 20. Rfc1 Bb5 21. Nc3
Rfc8 22. a4 Bd7 23. Ne2 $2 ({My preference has} 23. a5 $1) 23... a5 $1 24. Kf2
$5 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Rb8 26. Ra3 Rb4 $1 27. Nb3 $1 Qb6 28. Qc3 Rc4 29. Qxa5 Qxa5
30. Nxa5 Rxd4 $1 {Black has taken the right weak pawn.} 31. Nb7 $2 (31. g3 $1
Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Bxa4 33. Nb7 Kf7 34. Ke3 {34. Ke3 stops the passed pawn.}) 31...
Rxf4+ 32. Ke3 $5 Re4+ 33. Kf2 Bc6 $1 34. Nd8 Bxa4 35. Nxe6 Rxe5 36. Nc7 $6 (36.
Nd4 $1 Be8 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Kxe3 g6 39. Kf4 {makes a last effort.}) 36... Bc2
37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Rd8 Bb3 39. Kf3 g5 40. Rh8 Kg7 41. Rd8 f4 42. g3 fxg3 43. Kxg3
h5 44. h4 g4 45. Kf4 Re4+ 46. Kf5 $1 Bc2 47. Ne6+ {White has developed sharp
counter-play. Stahlberg has an excellent response.} Rxe6+ $1 48. Kxe6 g3 49.
Rd7+ Kh6 $1 50. Kf6 g2 51. Rg7 Be4 52. Rg3 d4 $1 53. Ke5 d3 54. Kxe4 d2 55. Kf3
d1=Q+ 56. Kxg2 Qe2+ 57. Kh3 Qe6+ {Stahlberg triumphed by 61/2/9, half-a-point
before Pilnik.} ({Black has a forced win by} 57... Qe6+ 58. Kh2 Qe4 $1 59. Rh3
(59. Kh3 Qh1#) 59... Qg4) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 19"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1957 Matanovic took the lead in the event. The previous winner
Stahlberg pursued him.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6.
Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne2 $5 {
This line favours White.} a6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. b3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rad1 Qa5
17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Bb1 d5 20. exd5 $6 (20. Nxd4 dxe4 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Rfe1 {keeps a slight advantage.}) 20... Bxd5 21. Nxd4 Re8 $2 ({Right is} 
21... b4 $1 {and White has an extra pawn but Black has enough compensation.})
22. Nf5 $1 {Matanovic applies a trick.} Be6 ({The pointe is} 22... Bxb3 $2 23.
Nxg7) 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 {Black has lost the two bishops.} 24. Rfe1 b4 25. f3 Rb8
26. Rd4 Rb7 27. Kf2 Bf5 $1 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 (28... Rxa2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2
gxf5 31. Ke3 $1 {also brings problems for Black.}) 29. Re2 Ra5 30. Ke1 h5 31.
Kd1 Rba7 32. Rdd2 {White postpones an exchange of pawns.} R5a6 33. Kc1 Rc6+ 34.
Kb1 Rb6 35. Rd4 Rb5 36. Red2 Rb6 37. Rd7 Ra8 38. Re7 h4 39. h3 g5 40. Rdd7 Rf6
41. Re5 Kh6 42. Rdd5 Rfa6 43. Re2 Rf6 44. Rb5 Rf4 45. Rd2 Re8 46. Kb2 Ra8 47.
Rd6+ f6 48. Rc5 Re8 49. Rd2 Rb8 50. a3 $1 {The advance of pawns starts at last.
} bxa3+ 51. Kxa3 Rfb4 52. Rb2 Rd4 53. b4 $1 Kg6 54. b5 Kf7 55. b6 Rd6 56. Rcb5
Rb7 57. Ka4 Rd8 58. Rc5 Ra8+ 59. Ra5 Rab8 60. Ra6 (60. Ra7 $1 Rxa7+ 61. bxa7
Rxb2 62. Ka3 Rb1 63. Ka2 {wins elegantly.}) 60... Ke6 61. Kb5 {Matanovic would
become the editor of theChess Informant.} (61. Kb5 Kd7 62. Rd2+ Ke8 63. Kc6 Re7
64. Rd6 Rc8+ 65. Kd5 Re5+ 66. Kd4 {leads to a decisive white attack.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 19"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spanjaard, Eduard"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Ba6 $5 {Donner has sufficient counteraction.} 11. a4 Ne8
12. e4 Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Red1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qd7 18.
Bg2 Rfb8 $5 19. Ne2 b5 $5 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb5 (21. a5 $1 Bb7 22. Rac1 {keeps
an edge.}) 21... Bxb5 22. Nd4 a5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Qf7 $2 {Donner blunders
a pawn.} (24... Qe6 25. Bf4 b3 {gives mutual play.}) 25. Rxd6 b3 26. Qd1 b2 $1
27. Rb1 a4 28. Rd7 $1 a3 $5 (28... Qb3 $1 29. Qxb3+ Rxb3 30. Bf1 Kh8 31. Bc4 {
favours White.}) 29. Rxf7 a2 30. Rxg7+ $2 {Spanjaard misses the win.} ({
Correct is} 30. Rxb2 $3 Rxb2 31. Qd7 a1=Q+ 32. Bf1 Bf8 33. Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 34.
Bh6 Ne8 35. Qe7 $1 {and mate follows.}) 30... Kxg7 31. Qd7+ Kg8 32. Rf1 b1=Q
33. Bh6 Ne8 34. c7 Rc8 $2 (34... a1=Q 35. cxb8=Q Qxb8 36. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37. Bf1
Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qxe4+ {draws.}) 35. Qe6+ $4 {Spanjaard fails for
the second time.} (35. Qe7 $1 {wins immediately.}) 35... Kh8 36. Qe7 $2 ({The
fine} 36. Qf7 $1 Qb4 37. Bf8 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Nxc7 39. Bxb4 a1=Q 40. Rxa1 Rxa1+
41. Bf1 {favours Black.}) 36... Qb3 $1 37. e5 a1=Q 38. e6 Qaa3 $1 39. Qf7 Rxc7
40. Bg7+ Nxg7 41. Qxc7 Nxe6 {Spanjaard was a spectacular player. The final
part of the game was executed under strong time pressure, most likely. The
final standings became: Matanovic (61/2/9), Stahlberg (6), Donner (51/2), Van
Scheltinga (5).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 20"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1958  Tournament twenty became a race between the two best Dutch
players: Euwe and Donner. The main group consisted of ten former winners.} 1.
e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be2 Nd7 8.
O-O e6 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Bg3 $5 h5 11. Bh4 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 h4 13. Bh2 {will
occur in Varnusz - Bilek, Budapest 1958.}) 11... Nd5 12. Ne5 $5 Be7 13. Nd3 Bf5
14. Qd2 Bxd3 15. Bxd3 f5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 $1 17. Be2 Qd7 18. Rfd1 O-O-O 19. Qa5
Kb8 20. Qe5+ Qc7 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. h4 $5 f4 $1 {Black takes the initiative in
the endgame.} 23. Rd3 Nf5 24. c3 c5 $5 25. Rf3 $5 (25. dxc5 $1 Rxd3 26. Bxd3
Nxh4 27. Kh2 {is alright.}) 25... cxd4 26. Rxf4 dxc3 27. Rc1 $5 Rd2 28. Rxc3+
Kb8 29. Bd3 Nd6 30. Rb3 f5 {Matanovic crumbles.} 31. Rf3 $2 (31. Kf1 $1 e5 32.
Ke1 $1 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 exf4 34. Ke2 Rg8 35. Kf3 {equalises.}) 31... e5 $1 32. Re3
e4 33. Bb5 $2 (33. Bf1 $1 Rc8 34. Re2 $1 {defends cleverly.}) 33... Rc8 34. Kf1
f4 35. Rec3 Rxc3 36. bxc3 Rxa2 37. Rb1 Kc7 38. Be2 e3 39. Bxh5 exf2 40. Be2 Ne4
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 20"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 c6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
$5 a5 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bf1 Qc7 11. a3 Nf8 12. h3 Bd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ng6 15.
g3 h6 16. Qc2 Nh7 17. d5 Qc8 18. Kh2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bd3 Rf8 21. dxc6 bxc6
22. Kg1 $4 {Suddenly, Donner blunders a pawn after lengthy manoeuvres.} Bxd3
23. Qxd3 Qxh3 24. b5 $5 {Jan Hein escapes from hell.} cxb5 $4 {Jan Hein
escapes from hell.} (24... Rf5 $1 {decides the game immediately.}) 25. cxb5 Qf5
({Not} 25... Rf5 $4 26. Qd5+) 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Nh2 Rf7 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Nf1 Rb8
30. Ne3 Bf8 31. Ba3 $1 Rc7 32. Ncd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Rb6 $2 (33... Rd7 $1 {keeps
the defence closed.}) 34. Nf5 $1 Ne7 $5 35. Rxd6 Nxf5 36. Rxb6 Bxa3 37. Rb8+
Kh7 38. b6 Rf7 39. b7 Bd6 40. Rd8 h5 41. Rxd6 Rxb7 42. Rxb7 Nxd6 43. Re7 Ne4
44. Rxe5 Nf6 45. f3 Kh6 46. Ra5 g6 47. Kf2 Nh7 48. Ke3 Ng5 49. Kf4 Nh3+ 50. Ke5
h4 51. Ra4 {Donner played dramatically.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 20"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 h5 7. h3 Nc6 $5 8. Rb1
Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. d3 Nd8 11. Bd2 Nh7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. e4 $5 f5 $5 14. f4 Nf7
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. O-O $2 ({Better is} 16. Ne3 $1) 16... c6 $1 ({Not} 16... Bxh3
$4 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxg6+) 17. Ne3 Bxh3 18. Qd2 Nh6 19. d4 exd4
20. Bxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rae8 $5 22. Rbe1 $5 (22. Bxa7 Nf6 23. Nc3 b5 {leads to
a broad black attack.}) 22... Nf6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qd3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26.
Qxf5 gxf5 27. b3 h4 $1 28. Rh1 $1 Re3 $1 29. gxh4 Rfe8 $1 30. Kf2 Kh7 31. h5 d5
$1 ({The exchanges by} 31... d5 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Ng3 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rxe1 35.
Kxe1 Bh4 36. Kf2 Kh6 37. Kf3 Bxg3 38. Kxg3 Kxh5 {lead to a won pawn ending for
Black.}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 20"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Milic, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne8 8. O-O $5
f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. f4 $1 exf4 12. Rxf4 Bg6 $5 13. Nf3 $1 Nfd7 $2 {
Black plays too passively.} 14. Bd3 Rxf4 15. Bxf4 Nf8 16. Qe2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ng6
18. Bg3 Nd7 19. Qf5 $1 Ndf8 20. Ne4 {White controls more terrain.} h6 $6 21.
Rf1 b5 $6 {Black weakens his position.} 22. cxb5 a6 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nfd2 $1
Rxa2 25. Nc4 Ra6 26. Qf7+ Kh7 $2 27. Bxd6 $1 Nd7 28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. Ncd6 Ne5 30.
Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nfe8 $1 Nxf7 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Nxd8 Nxd5 34. Nb7 Rb6 35. Nxc5 Rxb2
36. Rf3 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Nd6 g5 40. Nce4 Nf4 41. Rf2 Re3+ 42.
Kg4 Kh7 43. Kf5 {So far, Euwe and Donner had scored four wins and three draws.
Euwe lost in the penultimate round and Donner was upset in the last one.  
They won the main group by a score of 6/9, half-a-point before the pack. It
was a great Dutch success. Euwe had played his last important individual
tournament.   The 30 men of three invitation groups were packed on the stage
of the Kennemer Theatre. When the chess lover Diemer had lost seven games, he
literally made a fall. He fared better in the hospital by a score of 11/2/2.  
Another affair occurred during the night of varied shows. Lazarevic was
removed, because her body was too exposed.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 21"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Barendregt, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1959  Olafsson dominated the tournament.} 1. c4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. Be3 $5 ({Known is} 5. dxc5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc5 {(Steiner -
Havasi, Budapest 1926).}) 5... Qb6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Nd5 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. Bc3 e5
10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nc1 Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nd4 $5 14. b4 $5 Nxd5 $5 15. cxd5
b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Bb2 $1 Bd7 19. Ba3 $1 Rfc8 20. Rc1 {Combined
forces are aimed on c5.} Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Bf8 22. Qc3 Rab8 23. Rc2 Qg5 $2 24. Bc1
$2 (24. f4 $1 exf4 25. Bb2 {wins for White.}) 24... Qe7 25. Bc4 Qd6 26. Rb2 Rb4
27. a3 Rb6 28. Re2 Bg7 29. f4 Re8 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 e4 $1 32. Qe1 Bd4+ $2 ({
Correct is} 32... Qe5 $1 {and now} 33. Bf4 $4 Qd4+ {fails.}) 33. Kh1 Qe5 34.
Bf4 $1 Qxf5 35. Bc7 Qg6 36. Bxb6 axb6 37. d6 $1 Bf5 38. d7 $1 Rd8 39. Rxe4 Rxd7
$6 (39... Bxe4 $5 40. Bxf7+ Qxf7 41. Rxf7 Bxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Kxf7 43. Qb1 Rxd7 44.
Qxb6 {also wins for White.}) 40. Ref4 Be6 41. Rxf7 $1 {White crushes the
hostile defence.} Rd6 ({The pointe is} 41... Bxf7 42. Qe8+ $1) 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43.
Qe2 Bxc4 44. Qxc4 Re6 45. Qd5 Kh6 46. R8f3 Re5 47. Qd8 Rg5 48. Qf8+ Qg7 49.
Rh3+ Rh5 50. Rxh5+ Kxh5 51. Qf5+ Kh6 52. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 21"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Both men had scored 41/2/6. The crucial game began.} 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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Bb1 d5 16. exd5 exd4 17.
Bg5 Bxd5 $5 ({An alternative brings} 17... h6 18. Bxh6 $1 Rfd8 $1 {(Filip).})
18. Nxd4 Rfd8 19. Nf5 Be6 20. Qf3 {White takes the initiative on the kingside.}
Nc4 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bf5 $1 Rd6 (22... Nxb2 $2 23. Re2 Nc4 24. Rae1 Nd6 25.
Ng3 {gives a winning white attack (Euwe).}) ({Best is} 22... Rc5 23. Rac1 Re5)
23. Ng3 h6 24. Bf4 Rdc6 25. Kh2 $1 Nxb2 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nf5 $1 Qf7 $2 {
Eliskases sacrifices an exchange.} ({Preferable is} 27... Qf8 $1 28. Nxh6+ $1
Kh7 $1 (28... gxh6 29. Be5 $1 {[Euwe].})) 28. Nd6 $1 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Nc4 30. Bg3
Nd5 31. Qg4 Qf5 32. Qd4 (32. Rxe6 $1 {wins immediately.}) 32... Kh7 33. a4 Nf6
34. axb5 axb5 35. Rab1 Rc5 36. Qf4 Qg6 37. Qb8 Qf5 38. Ra1 e5 39. Ra8 e4 40.
Qh8+ Kg6 41. Ra7 Nh5 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxe4 Nxg3 44. fxg3 Qxe4 45. Rxe4 h5 46.
g4 h4 47. Ree7 Rg5 48. g3 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Ne5 50. Kf4 Kh6 51. Rxe5 {Olafsson
had won the decisive game.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 21"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. b4 $2 Bxb4 {Larsen has no compensation for the pawn.} 4.
c4 Be6 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d4 $5 ({Even better is} 7... O-O 8. Nxe5
dxc4) 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. fxe5 {White has some payoff.} O-O 10. Qc2 Ng6 11. Bxb7
Rb8 12. Be4 f5 $1 13. Bd3 (13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bf3 d3 $1 15. Bxf6 dxc2 16. Nc3
Rxf6 {brings destruction.}) 13... Nxe5 14. O-O Bc5 15. Ba3 Qd6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5
17. Qc1 f4 18. gxf4 Nxd3 19. exd3 Bh3 20. Rf3 Qh5 21. Rg3 Rxf4 22. Na3 Rbf8 23.
Nc2 Qf5 {Olafsson (71/2/9) won by a landslide ahead of Eliskases (51/2) and
Donner (5).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 22"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1960  The Russians were coming! Soviet players partook for the
first time in Beverwijk. Flohr and Petrosian entered the event.} 1. Nf3 c5 2.
c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O a6 6. Nc3 Rb8 7. d3 b5 $6 ({Preferable is} 
7... d6 {(Raizman - Barcza, Munich 1958).}) 8. cxb5 axb5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rc1 d6
11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nb4 $6 (13. Nc7+ {grabs an advantage.}) 13... Ne7
14. Qc2 Bh6 $2 ({Better is} 14... Bb7) 15. Nxd4 $1 {Donner experiences a nasty
surprise.} Bxc1 16. Ndc6 Nxc6 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. Qc3 $1 O-O 19. Nxb8 Qxc3 20.
bxc3 Bd2 21. Rb1 Bb7 22. Nd7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ra8 24. Rxb5 Ra7 $2 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26.
Ne8+ Kf8 27. Nxd6 Bxc3 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Nb5 {Flohr made a great start of 21/2/
3, but he fell back later.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 22"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. f4 $5 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Na3 e5 (6... b6 {was
played in Larsen - De Greif, Portoroz 1958.}) 7. fxe5 Ng4 $5 8. Nc4 Re8 $2 (
8... Nxe5 $1 9. Ncxe5 dxe5 10. Bxe5 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxb4 {equalises.}
) 9. exd6 $1 Bxb2 10. Nxb2 Qxd6 11. a3 Nc6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. O-O Rad8 14. Nc4 Qe7
15. h3 Nge5 16. Ncxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 Bc8 $6 ({More active is} 17... Be4) 18. Qe1
$1 a6 19. Qg3 {Larsen has consolidated his position.} b6 20. Rf2 c5 21. bxc5
Qxc5 22. c3 Re7 23. h4 h5 $2 {Toran allows a decisive combination.} 24. Bxh5 $2
Nd3 25. Bxg6 $1 Nxf2 26. Bf5+ Kf8 27. Qxf2 Rxd4 28. Bxc8 Ra4 29. Qf6 $1 Qe5 30.
Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rf1 Qg3 32. Qxb6 Qxh4 33. Bxa6 Kg7 34. Bb5 Rxa3 35. Rf4 Ra1+ 36.
Bf1 Qg5 37. c4 Rd1 38. Qb3 Re1 39. Kf2 f6 40. Qb4 $1 Re5 41. Qb7+ {Larsen
mesmerized his opponent in the Bird's Opening.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 22"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Larsen led by one point on Petrosian and Matanovic, when the last round began.
} 1. c4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d5
$5 {Long manoeuvring against the Old Indian Defence starts.} Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10.
b3 cxd5 $6 {Larsen gives up the control over b5.} ({Better is} 10... Bd7) 11.
cxd5 Bd7 12. a4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Rfc8 14. Rb1 Qa7 15. Rc1 Rc7 $6 ({More active is} 
15... Qb6 $1 16. Bb5 Bg4 17. Qe1 Bh5 18. Qe3 Ng4 19. Qh3 Nf6) 16. Bb5 {
Petrosian occupies square b5.} Bg4 17. Qe1 $1 Na6 $6 (17... h6 18. h3 Bc8 {
keeps the queens' bishop energetic.}) 18. h3 $1 Bh5 ({The pointe is} 18... Bc8
$2 19. Bxa6 $1 Qxa6 20. Nb5 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Qb6 22. Nc4) 19. Bxa6 $1 Qxa6 20. Nc4
{The white pieces are effective on the queenside and the black bishops are
passive. So Black has been outplayed.} Rxc4 $5 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. f3 $1 Ne8 23.
Qe2 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Bg5 25. Rfd1 Qb6 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Nb5 Qd7 28. Bc1 Bd8 29. Be3
Bg6 30. g4 h5 31. Rbc1 Nf6 32. Rc4 Nh7 33. Rdc1 Bg5 34. Bxg5 Nxg5 35. Kg2 Qd8
36. Qe3 f6 37. Rc7 Kh7 38. Rxb7 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. Rc7 Qf8 41. Qc1 Qd8 42.
Qc6 Nxe4 43. Rc8 Qe7 44. Qa8 Kh6 45. Rc7 {Tigran had won a great strategic
game. Donner defeated Matanovic.   Petrosian and Larsen shared the win by 61/2/
9, before Matanovic (51/2), Flohr (5) and Donner (5).} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 23"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1961  It was hard to get a visa for the East German Uhlmann at a
peak of the Cold War. He was permitted in Holland and arrived during the first
round.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qe7 7. f3
$5 d6 8. e4 e5 9. Bf2 (9. Bd3 $1 {gains a plus.}) 9... Nc6 10. Ne2 b6 11. Ng3
O-O 12. Bd3 Na5 13. O-O c5 {Grünfeld plays a hyper modern game.} 14. dxc5 $6
dxc5 {Pawn c4 has become a great weakness.} 15. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 16. exf5 Rad8 17.
Qe2 Rd6 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Bc2 Qb7 20. f4 (20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1
e4 $1 {brings a black advantage.}) 20... Re8 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf3 $6 (22. Rae1
$1 {strengthens the white position.}) 22... Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Re8 24. Bf4 Rdd8 25.
Bd3 Nc6 26. Bf1 Re4 27. g3 Ne5 28. Re3 $2 ({Better is} 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. a4 Ng4
30. a5) 28... Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 {An elegant pawn win follows.} Nxh2 $1
31. Bf4 Nxf1 32. Rxf1 Re8 33. Kf3 Re4 {Grünfeld was a double war victim. He
had the wrong name in Austria after the "Anschluss". When Palestinian Jews
heard about it, he was asked as their trainer until they learned about his
Aryan race.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 23"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gereben, Erno"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. Nd2 Bc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 Qe7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 Rfe8 13. e3 a4 14. Bg2 d4 15. e4
Bd6 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Nh4 g6 18. Bg5 Ne6 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Nf3 b5 21. Nh2 Nec5 22.
f4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. f5 Ree8 26. Bb4 Bf8 27. Rbd1 Rab8 28.
Rf2 Na6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rc2 Nac5 31. Bf1 Rb5 32. Nf3 Rfb8 33. fxg6 hxg6 34.
Rdd2 Kf8 35. h4 Ke7 36. Bh3 f6 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 38. Ne1 Kd6 39. Rf2 Rf8 {Ivkov
has the initiative.} 40. Kg2 $6 (40. g4 $1 Rb3 41. Rf3 {defends well.}) 40...
f5 41. h5 gxh5 42. exf5 Rb3 43. Rcd2 Kd5 44. f6 Ke6 45. Rc2 Rb5 46. Rce2 Rxf6
47. Nf3 Nb3 48. Re4 $2 (48. Ng5+ Ke7 49. Rxf6 Kxf6 50. Ne4+ Ke7 51. Rc2 Rb6 52.
Kh3 {duels for a draw.}) 48... Kd6 49. Rfe2 Nc1 50. Rd2 Rxf3 51. Kxf3 Rb3 52.
Rh4 Nxd3 53. Ke2 Nxb2 54. Rxh5 Rxg3 55. Kf1 Nc4 56. Rf2 Rxa3 57. Rf7 d3 58.
Rf6+ Kd5 59. Rf8 Ra1+ 60. Kf2 d2 61. Rd8+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 23"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b5 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 Nc6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Nd3 Nb4 16. Bd4 Nxd3 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Qxd3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Ne4 22. f3 Nd6 23. Qe5 Nf7 24. Qe3 Rfc8 25. Rab1 Qc5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27.
Qc3 Nd6 28. Rc1 Qe5 29. c5 Nf7 30. Kf2 Qd5 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Ne5 33. Ra4
Rb7 34. h3 Kf7 35. f4 Nc6 36. Nxc6 dxc6 37. Ra6 Rc7 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Kd3 $2 ({
The natural move is} 39. Kd4) 39... Kd5 $1 40. Ra5 Rb7 41. e3 h6 42. Ke2 e6 43.
Kf3 g5 44. g4 Rf7 45. a3 Kc4 46. gxf5 exf5 47. Kf2 gxf4 48. exf4 Rg7 49. Kf3 h5
50. h4 Rb7 51. Kf2 Kd5 52. Kf3 Rb3+ 53. Kg2 Rb7 54. Kf3 Kd4 55. Ra4+ Kd3 56.
Ra6 Rc7 57. Ra4 Kc3 58. Kf2 Kb3 59. Ra6 Kc4 60. Ra5 Kd5 61. Ke3 Rg7 62. Kf3 Rb7
63. Kf2 Rb2+ 64. Kf3 Rb3+ 65. Kg2 Rc3 66. Rxa7 Ke4 67. a4 Rxc5 {Larsen has the
initiative.} 68. a5 $6 (68. Rh7 $1 Kxf4 69. Rxh5 Ra5 70. Rh6 {suffices for a
draw.}) 68... Kxf4 69. a6 $6 (69. Rc7 Rxa5 70. Rxc6 {draws at once.}) 69...
Rc2+ 70. Kh3 Rc3+ 71. Kg2 Rg3+ 72. Kh2 Ra3 73. Kg2 Kg4 74. Rg7+ Kxh4 75. a7 f4
76. Rc7 Kg4 77. Rg7+ Kf5 78. Rc7 Ke4 79. Rxc6 Ra2+ 80. Kh3 Rxa7 {White has to
play accurately in a difficult rook ending.} 81. Rc4+ $2 (81. Rh6 $1 Ra5 82.
Kg2 $1 h4 83. Rxh4 Ke3 84. Rh3+ Ke2 85. Rb3 {finds the draw.}) 81... Ke3 82.
Rc3+ Kd4 $2 (82... Ke2 $1 83. Rc2+ Kd3 84. Rc5 Ra3 $1 {wins for Black.}) 83.
Rb3 Re7 84. Kg2 $2 {White misses his last chance in a difficult theoretical
rook ending.} ({Right is} 84. Rb1 $3 Re2 85. Rb5 $1 Ke3 86. Rxh5 {and White
escapes brilliantly.}) 84... Re2+ 85. Kf1 ({The pointe is} 85. Kf3 Re3+) 85...
Ra2 86. Rh3 Ra5 87. Rb3 Ke4 88. Rb2 Kf3 89. Rf2+ Kg4 90. Rg2+ Kf5 91. Rb2 h4
92. Kf2 Kg4 93. Kg2 Rd5 94. Ra2 Rd4 95. Rb2 h3+ 96. Kh2 f3 97. Kg1 Re4 {Larsen
had to fight hard for the win in a long game.   The event was won by Larsen
and Ivkov (71/2/9), far ahead of Uhlmann (51/2) and Olafsson (5).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 24"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1962  The main role in the tournament was played by the solid
Trifunovic. He met his rival Donner in the third round.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3.
c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10.
Qxc3 c6 11. Rc1 b6 $6 {Hereafter Donner has to defend passively.} ({Usual is} 
11... Nd7) 12. cxd5 exd5 ({Not} 12... cxd5 $2 13. Qxc8 $1 Rxc8 14. Rxc8+ Kh7
15. Bd3+ {(Bulletin)} f5 16. O-O {White will double the rooks on the c-file
and triumph.}) 13. Bd3 Be6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rc2 a5 16. Ne5 Ra7 17. Rfc1 Rac7 18.
a3 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Nf3 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Nc6 24. Bb5
Ne5 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Be2 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Bf3 Bd7 29. Qd2 Be6 30. h3 Qc5
31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Qc6 33. Kh2 Qd6+ 34. g3 Qe5 35. Bg2 g5 36. f4 gxf4 37.
gxf4 Qh5 $2 (37... Qd6 38. e4 d4 39. e5 Qd7 {defends correctly.}) 38. Qd4 $1 b5
39. Qd3 $1 d4 40. Qxd4 Qe2 41. e4 h5 42. f5 Bc4 43. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 24"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Be2
$5 ({Theory is} 8. Bd3 {(Torre - Spielmann, Baden-Baden 1925).}) 8... O-O 9.
O-O c5 10. Rc1 b6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 $6 (
14... Bb7 $1 15. e4 Nf4 {about equalises.}) 15. Qh5 $1 Ng6 16. Nc6 Qf6 17. Rc2
Bd7 18. Ne4 Qf5 $5 ({More prudence shows} 18... Qh4 $1 19. Qxh4 Nxh4) 19. Qxf5
exf5 20. Nd6 f4 21. Rd1 Bxc6 ({The alternative is} 21... a6 $1 22. Rxd5 axb5
23. Nb4 fxe3 24. fxe3 Ne7) 22. Bxc6 Nb4 $1 23. Bxa8 Nxc2 24. Be4 Nb4 25. a3 Na6
26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Nb5 Nc5 $2 {Black blunders a pawn.} ({Correct is} 27... fxe3
$1 28. fxe3 Re8 29. Kf2 Re7) 28. Nxa7 Na4 29. Rd2 Re8 30. b3 Nc5 31. b4 Na4 32.
Rd3 Nb2 33. Rc3 Re7 34. Nb5 Rd7 35. Kf1 Na4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Ke2 fxe3 38. fxe3
Rd5 39. Nc3 Nxc3+ 40. Rxc3 Rg5 41. Kf3 Rf5+ 42. Ke2 Rh5 43. h3 Rg5 44. g4 h5
45. Rc6 hxg4 46. hxg4 Rxg4 47. Rxb6 Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Ra2 49. Ra6 Kh6 50. b5 Rb2 51.
a4 Kh5 52. Re6 g5 53. Re4 Rb1 54. Rd4 Rb3 55. Rc4 Rb1 56. Kg3 g4 57. Rc5+ g5
58. Rc2 Rb3 59. Kg2 Kh4 60. Ra2 Rxe3 61. a5 Rg3+ 62. Kf1 Rf3+ 63. Ke2 Rf8 64.
a6 g3 65. Ra1 g2 66. a7 Kg3 67. Rg1 $5 Kh2 68. Rxg2+ Kxg2 69. b6 Re8+ 70. Kd3
Ra8 71. b7 Rxa7 72. b8=Q Ra3+ 73. Ke4 Kh3 $6 ({The white conquest is
lengthened by} 73... Kg1 $1) 74. Qb4 Rg3 75. Qd2 Rg4+ 76. Kf5 Rg2 77. Qd6 Rg3
78. Qd1 Kh2 79. Ke4 Kg2 80. Qe2+ Kh3 81. Kf5 g4 82. Kg5 Rg2 83. Qe5 Rg3 84.
Qh8+ Kg2 85. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 24"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Henneberke, Franciscus"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Qxc5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxf3 $1 ({Donner betters on} 
12... Nd7 {(Henneberke - Beni, Zevenaar 1961).}) 13. gxf3 ({The point is} 13.
Rxf3 Ng4 14. Kh1 Nd4) 13... Nd7 $1 14. Rac1 Bd4 15. Rf2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17.
Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd2 f5 19. Ne2 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Kg7 21. Re1 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Rf6 23.
Red1 Raf8 24. Rd3 h6 25. h4 Kh7 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Kh3 b6 28. Kg4 $2 (28. Rg1 {
prevents the next move.}) 28... g5 $1 {Donner conquers a pawn by a <->petite
combinaison'.} 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Ng3 $1 ({Not} 30. Kxg5 $4 Rg6+ 31. Kh4 Rh8#)
30... Rxf4+ 31. Kxg5 Kg8 $1 32. Nf5 (32. Re3 Ne5 33. Nf5 Rg4+ 34. Kh5 Kh7 {
wins for Black.}) 32... Rxe4 33. Rf3 Re5 34. Rd5 Re1 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kh7
37. Rh3+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39. Kh5 Ne5 40. Rd2 Rg1 41. Rhh2 Rg6 42. Rdg2 Rh8 43.
Rxg6+ Nxg6 44. Kg5 e6 45. Ng4 Rxh2 46. Nxh2 {Black wins the knight ending by
accurate play.} Ne5 47. b3 Kf7 48. Nf1 Nd3 49. Nd2 Ke7 50. Kg4 Nb4 51. a3 Nc2
52. a4 d5 $1 53. cxd5 exd5 54. Kf3 Kd6 55. Ke2 Nb4 56. Nf3 Kc5 57. Kd2 Nc6 58.
Kc3 d4+ 59. Kb2 Kb4 60. Ne1 Ne5 61. Nc2+ Kc5 62. Ne1 Kd5 63. Kc2 Ke4 64. Kd2 d3
65. Kc3 Ke3 66. Ng2+ Kf3 67. Ne1+ Ke2 68. Nxd3 Nxd3 69. Kc4 a6 70. Kd5 Nb4+ 71.
Kc4 a5 72. Kb5 Nd5 73. Kc4 Kd2 $1 {Donner (5) took the lead on Trifunovic and
Langeweg (41/2).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 24"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Langeweg, Kick"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nce7 6. g4 $5 {Langeweg has great
plans.} Nf6 7. Be2 h5 $2 8. g5 $1 Nh7 9. h4 {Black suffers from restriction.}
Bg7 10. Be3 f6 11. gxf6 $5 Bxf6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. O-O-O Bxe2 14. Ngxe2 Nc8 15.
Rdg1 Nf8 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. f4 $5 exf4 18. Qxf4 Nbd7 19. Nb5 $2 (19. Kb1 {starts
a reorganisation before the attack begins.}) 19... Bxg5 $1 20. Rxg5 a6 $1 21.
Rf1 Rh7 22. Nxd6+ $2 {The charged knight should retreat.} cxd6 23. Qxd6 Qe7 24.
Qc7 Nc5 $1 ({Even} 24... Qxe4 $5 {would be good.}) 25. Qb6 $2 (25. Qh2 $1 {
keeps some pressure.}) ({Kick had previously overseen} 25. Re5 $4 Nd3+) 25...
Nxe4 $1 26. Rxg6 Nxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kd7 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. Ne6 Rf7 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Qg3
Qf2 {Langeweg had failed. The leaders became Donner and Trifunovic 51/2,
Robatsch 5 after the penultimate round.   Donner was defeated by Van
Scheltinga in the last round. The final standings became Trifunovic 6, Donner
and Robatsch 51/2. The Yugoslavs, and especially Trifunovic, were very
surprised about this result.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 25"]
[Date "1963.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The 25th Hoogovens tournament was played in Beverwijk from 7 until 27 i 1963.
Great efforts had been made to organise a magnificent jubilee event. Many
former winners took part and most competitors were top hundred players. The
Soviet stars were Averbakh and Bronstein. People worried about the fate of the
Dutchmen but they had underrated the abilities of Jan Hein Donner.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 d6 $5 7. e4 e5 $6 {Black
gets a passive position.} 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Be3 Nf8 11. Qd2 Qe7 12.
Kf2 c5 13. Be2 Ng6 14. a4 Qc7 15. a5 Ne7 $2 {Hereafter, Donner makes
favourable exchanges.} 16. Bg5 $1 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf5 Re8 19. dxe5 dxe5
20. Rhd1 Nf8 21. Nd6 Re7 ({Not} 21... Rd8 $2 22. Nb5 $1 {(Donner).}) 22. Nb5
Qc6 23. Qd8 Re8 24. Qc7 $1 {White threatens 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Nc7. Black has
to lose a pawn (Euwe).} Qf6 25. Qxc5 Ne6 26. Qe3 a6 27. Nd6 Re7 28. Kg1 Qg5 29.
Qxg5 Nxg5 30. c5 Ne6 ({Or} 30... Rc7 31. Nb5 $1 Rd7 32. Nc7 $1 Rb8 33. c6 $1 {
(Donner).}) 31. c6 $1 bxc6 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxa6 Ra8 34. Bc4 Nc5 35. a6 Rc7
36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. g3 f6 39. f4 Rca7 40. Ra5 Nd7 41. Be2 h6 42. Rb1 g5
43. fxg5 hxg5 44. h4 gxh4 {Playing hall was the Kennemer Theater. There a
bulletin was conceived, stencilled and sent to the subscribers each round by
'simultaneous master' Withuis.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 25"]
[Date "1963.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parma, Bruno"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Qa5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 $6 ({Known is} 11... Be6 {(Ciric -
Parma, Ljubljana 1960).}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bxb2 $6 ({Black should try} 
13... Bh4) 14. Nxe7+ Kg7 15. Rb1 Qc3 $6 (15... Qa3 {also protects pawn d6.})
16. Qxd6 Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. Nc6 Rb6 20. Nxa7 Bd7 21. c4 Ra6 22.
Nxb5 Rxa2 23. Nd6 Ra7 24. c5 Rc7 25. Rfc1 Be5 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Re8 28. Rc4
h5 29. h4 Bf6 30. g3 {The world champion of the youth played a solid game.
Parma competed with the best and gained the grandmaster title.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 25"]
[Date "1963.01.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Langeweg, Kick"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 $6 Nc6 $1 {Black gains a positional plus at an
early stage of the game.} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d4 8. Nb1 $5 a5
9. d3 e5 10. Na3 $6 (10. Bg5 {stems from Sliwa - Euwe, Varna 1962.}) 10... Nd7
11. Qd1 Be7 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. b3 Bg4 14. Rb1 f5 15. Ba3 e4 $5 {Bronstein makes
natural attacking moves.} 16. Bxc5 $2 ({Right is} 16. dxe4 $1 d3 $1 17. Ne3
dxe2 18. Qxe2 fxe4 19. Nxg4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Nd4 21. Bd5+ Qxd5 22. Qxe7 Qf3 {and
Black attacks.}) 16... Bxc5 17. Nfe1 Qe7 18. f3 Bh5 $6 (18... exf3 19. Bxf3
Rae8 {wins easily.}) 19. Qc1 $2 {Hereafter, White gets a castigation.} ({The
serious response is given by} 19. fxe4) 19... e3 $1 20. a3 Ra6 21. b4 axb4 22.
axb4 Nxb4 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. Nc2 Bc3 25. Rxb7 f4 26. g4 Be8 27. Qb1 Rh6 28. Nb4
Qh4 29. h3 Qg3 30. Kh1 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 25"]
[Date "1963.01.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qc2 g6 $5 13. Rc1 Na6 $1 {
Donner has found a creative solution for the protection of c5.} 14. a3 $5 ({
The pawn win by} 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Qxc5 Qb7 {favours Black (Euwe).}) 14... c4
15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qc3 Nc5 17. Nd4 $2 (17. O-O {is necessary.}) 17... Nd3+ $1 18.
Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Nc6 Qe4 20. Qe5 Rfe8 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Rc3 $2 (22. Kd2 $1 Re6 23.
Nb4 {will lift pressure by the exchange of minor pieces.}) 22... a5 23. a4 Ra6
24. Nd4 Rb6 25. Nb5 Re5 26. Ra3 h5 27. h4 Rf5 28. g3 Kg7 29. Rh2 Kf6 30. Kd2
Ke5 31. b3 Rbf6 32. Ke1 Kd5 33. Nd4 $2 ({Right is} 33. bxc4+ $1 Bxc4 ({Euwe's} 
33... Kxc4 $2 {is answered by the liberating} 34. f4 $1) 34. Nd4 {and the
fight continues.}) 33... c3 $3 {Donner ends the game brilliantly.} 34. Nxf5
Rxf5 35. Ra1 Kc5 36. Rd1 Rd5 37. f4 exf3 38. Rf2 Be2 ({Simplification towards
a pawn ending by} 38... Be2 39. Rxd5+ Kxd5 40. Rxe2 fxe2 41. Kxe2 Kc5 42. Kd3
Kb4 43. Kc2 f5 $1 {leads to a fatal zugzwang.}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 25"]
[Date "1963.01.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Van den Berg, Carel"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 $5 9. a4 Nf6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 $2 ({Better is} 11... Bd7) 12.
Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qh4 $1 {The queen has moved to a fine square.} Be7 14. b3 Nd5 $5
15. Bg5 $1 Nb4 16. Re4 Nc6 ({Not} 16... f6 $2 17. Bf4 e5 18. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 19.
Bxe5 Bxh4 20. Bxc7+ {and the black line has been taken.}) 17. Rae1 h6 18. Rg4
Bxg5 19. Rxg5 g6 20. Rg3 Qe7 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qe3 {White has an excellent
attacking position.} Bd7 23. Ne5 O-O-O 24. Qb6 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bc6 26. Bxa6 $1
Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Qd6 {Everybody expects a quick win by White. But the time
pressures.} 28. Rge3 $4 {Now Black wins immediately.} ({Correct is} 28. Qa5 Qd2
29. Rd3 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 {and White has an extra pawn in a long
endgame.}) 28... Rxf1+ $1 29. Kxf1 Bxg2+ {Donner led half-a-point before Ivkov
and one point before Bronstein and Parma at the end of the penultimate round.}
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 25"]
[Date "1963.01.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a3 a6
9. Be3 Rb8 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 Rb7 13. b5 a5 $5 {Pilnik plays his
usual closed opening.} 14. Ne2 $1 g6 15. g4 $1 Ng7 16. Ng3 f5 $2 {Black helps
the white attack.} 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Kh8 20. h4 e4 $6 21.
Qxe4 ({Or} 21. Ng5 Ne5 22. Ne6) 21... Ne5 22. Bh3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bxh4 24. Qh5
Qe7 25. Qh6 $6 Re8 {Ivkov has to win but loses.} 26. Kd2 $2 (26. O-O $1 {26.
0-0! continues to play for victory.}) 26... Bxf2 $1 27. Rbe1 (27. Rb3 $1 {
draws.}) 27... Bxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qe5 29. Qf4 Qb2+ 30. Kd3 Qxa3+ 31. Kc2 Qa4+ 32.
Kd3 Qb3+ 33. Kd2 Rbe7 34. Bd4+ cxd4 35. Qxd4+ Re5 {When Ivkov gave up,
Robatsch offered a draw to Donner. Jan Hein accepted and became the tournament
winner.   The tournament ended with the traditional pea-soup. Special
attention got the winner Jan Hein Donner (12/17) and number two David
Bronstein (111/2/17).   Beverwijk 1963 was a great social event. 348 players
participated in many groups. The ladies' group was won by women's world
champion Nona Gaprindashvili with 9/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 26"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Darga, Klaus"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1964  Keres and Nei were the two players from Estonia who were
called <->Russians'.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Ng5 $5 ({Geller played
the solid} 4. Na3 {against Keres in Moscow 1963.}) 4... Bd5 5. e4 Bc6 6. Bxc4
e6 7. d4 $1 (7. d3 {protects pawn e4.}) 7... Be7 8. h4 (8. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 {
(Keres)} 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Bxe6 Qe8 11. Qf5+ Nf6 12. e5 {sets fire on the board.}
) 8... Nf6 9. Nc3 h6 $1 10. Nxe6 $1 ({Keres has calculated} 10. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7
11. d5 b5 $5) 10... fxe6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qg4 $1 b5 $5 13. Bb3 b4 $5 14. Qxe6 $5
({Keres suggests} 14. Qxg7 $1 Kd7 15. Nxd5 {and White grabs three pawns for a
piece.}) 14... bxc3 15. Qg6+ Kf8 16. bxc3 $2 {Darga gets lost in the
complications.} (16. Qf5+ $1 Bf6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. bxc3 Qe7+ 19. Kd2 $1 {
brings a hard battle.}) 16... Be8 17. Qf5+ Kg8 $1 18. Rh3 a5 19. Rb1 c6 $1 20.
Bc2 Nd7 21. Rb7 Qc8 22. Rf3 Nf8 $1 {He has to protects square e6.} 23. c4 Qxb7
24. cxd5 Bg6 25. Qg4 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 26"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Darga, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 $5 {Nei starts an ambitious offensive.} ({Theory will
become.} 10. Bd3) 10... Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14.
Bxb5 $1 {White sacrifices two pieces for the attack.} axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16.
Nd6+ Kd8 17. fxe5 Kc7 $1 18. Rd4 $1 {The second Estonian storms Darga.} ({Not} 
18. Qxe7 $2 Nd5) 18... Ra5 $2 (18... Bxd6 $1 19. Rxd6 Qe4 20. exf6 Qxe6 21.
Rxe6 gxf6 {keeps the fight going.}) 19. exf6 Re5 $5 20. Nb5+ $2 (20. fxg7 $1
Rxe6 21. gxh8=Q Rxd6 22. Rhd1 {wins for White.}) 20... Qxb5 21. Rxd7+ $1 Qxd7
$2 ({Right is} 21... Kc8 $1 22. Rxb7+ Kxb7 23. fxg7 $1 Rxe6 24. gxh8=Q Rxe3 $11
) 22. Qxe5+ Bd6 23. Qc3+ Qc6 24. Qa5+ Kc8 25. fxg7 Rg8 26. Bd4 Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Qd7
28. Qc5+ Bc6 29. Qf8+ {Nei was the revelation of the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 26"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6 7. a4 $5 ({Usual
is the immediate} 7. Qe1) 7... Bb7 8. Qe1 c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Qh4 e6 11. Rf2 $5
Nb4 12. Ne1 $1 Ne8 $5 (12... c4 $1 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Ne4 $1 {takes the
initiative.}) 13. Qh3 Nd6 14. g4 $5 f5 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Ndf3 Nf7 17. c3 Nc6
18. d4 $1 Na5 19. Bd1 c4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Nb3 22. Bxb3 cxb3 23. Ng2 Qg5
24. Rf4 $5 (24. e4 $1 Qg4 $1 {(Euwe)} 25. Qxg4 fxg4 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. exd5
Bxd5 28. Ne3 {brings a better endgame.}) 24... Qe7 25. Bd2 Ba6 26. Rh4 g5 $1
27. Rxh7 Be2 28. c4 $5 {Larsen makes another aspiring move.} (28. Qh6 Qf7 $1
29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. h4 gxh4 32. Nf4 Bc4 33. Ne6+ {leads to
exchanges.}) 28... Bxc4 $2 {Van Scheltinga misses a grand combination.} ({
(Euwe)} 28... Bg4 29. Qh6 $1 dxc4 30. Bb4 Bxh6 31. Rxe7 {about equals.}) (28...
Rac8 29. cxd5 Rc2 $1 {(Larsen)} 30. Bc3 Bg4 31. Qh6 Qf7 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. e6 Bf3 35. Ne1 Bxd5 36. Nxc2 bxc2 37. Rc1 {also evens.}) (28...
dxc4 $1 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Qg3 Kh7 $1 31. Qe1 Bf3 32. Bb4 Qg7 33. Bxf8 Rxf8
{results in a black plus.}) 29. Nf4 $3 gxf4 30. Kf2 $1 fxe3+ 31. Bxe3 f4 32.
Bd2 Kf7 33. Qh5+ Ke6 34. Qg4+ {Hereafter, Larsen lost too many games.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 26"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Lajos was the leader during the event. He met Nei in the penultimate round.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5
Bb7 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Re1 $5 Na5 11. d4 $5 {Nei sacrifices a pawn for the
initiative.} (11. d3 {will draw in Buljovcic - Gligoric, Novi Sad 1965.}) 11...
Nxb3 12. axb3 Nxe4 13. Qd3 f5 14. c4 $5 O-O $1 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17.
dxe5 dxe5 18. Qxb5 Re8 {Portisch has the better pawn structure.} 19. b4 $1 Qe6
20. Qa5 Qd6 21. h3 Bd5 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. Bg5 c6 24. b5 $1 Qc5 25. Nh4 Be6 $6 {
Portisch collapses under time pressure.} (25... f4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qc7 Qe7) (
{and} 25... Ne4 26. Be3 Qf8 27. bxc6 Bxc6 {defend quietly.}) 26. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 $2
(26... h6 $1 27. b4 $1 Qc2 $1 28. Be3 f4 {resists stubbornly.}) 27. Qxd8+ Qf8
28. Bxf6 {Nei and Keres won by a score of 111/2/15, before Portisch (11) and
Ivkov (10).} (28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. b6 Bc8 31. Nxf5 {wins quickly 
(Nei).}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 27"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1965  Portisch and Geller competed for the first place in the
twenty-seventh tournament.} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6
6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 11. Bb1 Bd7 $2 ({
Solid is the usual} 11... Nf6 12. a3 Nbd5) 12. a3 $1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Qd3
Nf6 {Bagirov has spoiled time by his knight manoeuvre.} 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Ra2 Re8
17. Rae2 $5 g6 $5 18. Ba2 Rc7 19. Bh6 $2 {Black gets a new chance.} Bf8 $2 (
19... Bxa3 $1 20. Qf3 Bc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Bg5 Be7 24. Rxe6 $1
fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kg7 26. Bxc8 Nd5 $1 (26... Qxc8 $2 27. Rxe7+ $1) 27. Rxe7+ $1
Rxe7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 {defends skilfully.}) 20. Bg5 $1 Bg7 21. d5 $1 Qc8 (21...
exd5 22. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 23. Nxd7 Rxe2 24. Nxf6+ {costs a piece.}) 22. Qf3 $1 Nxd5
({Or} 22... Rxc3 23. Qf4 $1) 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Nxg6+ $1 (24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Re4
{finishes the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 27"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lengyel, Levente"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Rac1 Bf5 $5 {Geller plays a
lightly provocative novelty.} 13. e4 Bd7 14. Be3 b5 $5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ba7 $2
b4 $1 {The following tactics favour Black.} 17. Bxb8 bxc3 18. Ba7 cxb2 19. Rc3
d5 $6 (19... Qa5 $1 20. Ra3 Qb5 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Qd2 Ng4 {brings a black edge.})
20. exd5 $6 ({Preferable is} 20. Rb3 $1 dxe4 21. Qd2 Qa8 22. Bd4) 20... Bf5 21.
Qb5 Nxd5 $6 (21... Ne4 $1 22. Bxe4 Bxc3 23. Bxf5 gxf5 {gains an advantage.})
22. Rc5 $5 Nc7 $5 23. Qb7 $2 (23. Qb3 $1 Ne6 24. Rb5 {stops the b-pawn.}) 23...
Ne6 $1 24. Rb5 Bd3 $1 25. Rd5 Bxf1 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 27"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 $5 (10... Be6 {was played in Geller - Pogrebissky,
Kiev 1959.}) 11. O-O Qe7 $2 (11... c5 $1 {transfers to a well known line.}) 12.
Re1 $1 c5 13. e4 $1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd4 15. Nc5 $1 Qxc5 16. Rxc5 bxc5 {Geller
has gained a material advantage.} 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd7 19. Re7 Bc6 20. h3
$5 Rfe8 21. Qe1 Nb6 22. b3 $1 Nd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qc1 $1 Nc3 25. Kh2 $2 (25.
Qa3 $1 Be4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxa7 Nd2 28. g4 {increases the white advantage.})
25... Rd8 26. Qf4 Nd5 27. Qf5 Nb4 $5 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Bc4 Bd5 30. Bf1 $1 (30.
Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 Bxc4 32. bxc4 d3 {draws.}) 30... f6 31. a3 $1 Na2 $2 {Ivkov
falls into the trap.} (31... Bg8 $1 32. Qf5 Nd5 {creates a bastion.}) 32. Qh8+
Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Bf7 34. Bc4 Rf8 35. Qh7 Nc3 36. Qf5 Bxc4 37. Qxc5+ Ke6 38. Qxc4+
Ke5 39. Qc5+ Ke4 40. Qxf8 Kd3 41. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 27"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Kh1 a6 11. Nf3 $5 {Matanovic shows little ambition.} Qc7
12. Qe1 d5 $5 13. e5 Ng4 $1 14. Bg1 f6 15. Nd4 Nh6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qd2 $6 ({
Correct is} 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 {(Portisch)} 18. Bd3) 17... Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19.
Qxd4 Nf5 20. Qd2 d4 $1 21. Nd1 Bc6 22. Bf3 $2 ({Better is} 22. Kg1 $1 {
(Portisch).}) 22... e5 $1 {Portisch has a decisive attack.} 23. Bxc6 ({The
point is} 23. fxe5 Nh4 $1 24. Qxd4 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Bxf3+) 23... Qxc6 24. c3 ({Or
} 24. fxe5 Ng3+ $1) 24... Rad8 $5 25. Qe1 exf4 26. Rxf4 Rde8 27. Qd2 Nh4 28.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Kg1 Re8 30. Qg5 Nxg2 $1 31. Nf2 Ne1 32. Qg3 h6 33. cxd4 Re3 $1
34. Qg4 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Ne1+ 36. Kg1 h5 37. d5 Qxd5 38. Rd1 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nd4+ {
Portisch led. Geller joined the first place by a final sprint of 3/3.  
Standings: Portisch and Geller 101/2/15, Bobotsov 10, Ivkov and Donner 81/2.  
A street organ was built on the stage of the Kennemer Theatre. It had a main
role in the opening and prize-giving. When it played popular Dutch tunes, the
audience sang along.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 28"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1966  The Soviet workers met in the first round.} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5
3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nge7 $5 8. O-O b6 $2 ({
Better is} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O) 9. cxd5 $1 exd5 10. Qc2 h6 11. a3 Bxc3 12.
Qxc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bg4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rc8 16. Qb3 $1 {White is going to
attack on the queenside.} f6 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. f3 Na5 19. Qd1 $5 Be6 20. Ba6 $1
Rc6 21. b4 $1 Nc4 22. Qa4 $1 b5 $5 {Black starts a desperate counter on the
queenside.} 23. Bxb5 Rb6 24. Rfe1 Bf5 25. Rac1 Nb2 26. Qa5 Bd3 $1 27. Bc7 $1 {
White refutes the counterattack.} Rxb5 28. Bxd8 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 Bc4 30. Re7 Nd3
31. Rc2 Nf4 32. g3 Nd3 33. b5 $1 {Polugaevsky wins as he pleases.} Rb8 34. a4
Kh7 35. Rce2 Ne5 36. Re3 Nd3 37. Rxa7 Kg6 38. Ree7 Rc8 39. Rxg7+ Kf5 40. Bd2 {
Nei could not repeat the star performance of the previous year.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 28"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f4
Bb7 9. f5 e5 10. Nde2 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Ng3 Nc5 $2 ({Theory is} 12... Rc8 {
(Neukirch - Minic, Krakow 1964).}) 13. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 {
White has conquered square d5.} Bh4 16. Qf3 O-O 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Kb1 $5 Nd7
19. Nf1 Bg5 $2 {Donner induces a strong manouevre.} 20. h4 $1 Bh6 21. Nh2 $1
Nb6 22. Ng4 $1 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 f6 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Rd1 Qa8 26. a3 Rd8 27. Nxh6+
gxh6 28. Qd2 Qb7 ({Or} 28... Kg7 29. Rd3 $1) 29. Qxh6 Qg7 30. Qe3 Qg4 31. g3
Rd7 32. R1d3 Kf7 33. Qh6 Qg7 34. Qh5+ Ke7 35. Qd1 Qh6 36. b3 Rd8 37. Kb2 Rd7
38. Kb1 Rd8 39. Qe1 Rdc8 40. Qb4 Rd8 41. a4 {Polu outclassed Donner in
positional play.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 28"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bobotsov, Milko"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e4 $5 (6... Re8 {
occurred in Nimzowitsch - Réti, Breslau 1925.}) 7. Nd4 d5 8. Nxd5 $6 (8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. d4 {keeps the equality.}) 8... Nxd5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d3
Bd6 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Bd2 Qg5 15. Rfd1 Bh3 16. g3 h5 17. Be1 h4 18.
Rd4 Re6 $6 (18... hxg3 $1 19. hxg3 Bf5 $1 {prepares the further attack
carefully.}) 19. Rad1 $6 (19. Bc4 $1 Re5 20. Rxe4 Qf5 21. f3 $1 {starts a
counter.}) 19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Bf5 21. Rd5 Rh6 22. Bf3 Re8 23. R1d4 $2 {
Bobotsov blunders a pawn.} (23. Qa4 $1 Ree6 24. Bg2 Qh5 25. Kf1 {reorganises
the defence.}) 23... Bxg3 $1 24. fxg3 Qxe3+ 25. Qf2 Qxf3 26. Qxf3 exf3 27. Rxf5
Rxe1+ 28. Kf2 Re2+ 29. Kxf3 Rxb2 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rxf7 Rxa2 32. Rxc7 Ra3+ 33.
Kf4 Rf6+ 34. Ke4 $2 (34. Kg4 $1 Rg6+ 35. Kf4 Rgxg3 36. Rxa7 $1 {escapes in the
double rook ending.}) 34... a6 35. Rdd7 Rxg3 36. Ra7 Rg4+ 37. Ke3 Rg3+ 38. Ke4
Rg4+ 39. Ke3 Rfg6 40. Kf3 Ra4 41. Re7 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Ra4+ 43. Kf3 Ra5 44. Kf4 Rb5
45. Red7 a5 46. Re7 Rb4+ 47. Kf3 a4 48. Re5 Rb3+ 49. Kf4 Rb4+ 50. Kf3 Rf6+ 51.
Kg3 Rc6 52. Re2 Rc3+ 53. Kf2 a3 54. Re3 Rbb3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 28"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Czerniak, Moshe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd2 $5 Bg7 7. b4 $5 O-O 8.
Be2 Ne4 9. Rc1 {Ivkov shows ambition on the queenside.} Nd7 10. O-O Ndf6 11.
Be1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. a4 $5 a6 15. Qb3 b5 16. c5 $5 f5 $2 (
16... bxa4 $1 17. Qxa4 a5 $1 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qc2 Qb4 {neutralises the white
attack.}) 17. Ra1 $1 Qc7 18. Bd3 Rfb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra2 Bf6 21. Rfa1 Qb7
22. Ra3 {Ivkov has conquered the a-file.} Kf8 23. Bc1 Ke7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 (
24... Rxa3 25. Qxa3 {prolongs the game.}) 25. dxe5 Ng5 26. e4 $1 Nf7 ({Or} 
26... Nxe4 $2 27. f3) 27. exf5 exf5 28. Bf1 h6 29. Qh3 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Ra8 31.
Rxa8 Qxa8 32. Bxh6 Qh8 33. Bg5+ Ke6 34. Qxh8 Nxh8 35. Bf6 Nf7 36. f4 g5 37.
fxg5 Nxe5 38. Bxe5 Kxe5 39. h4 f4 40. h5 Bf5 41. Kf2 Be4 42. h6 Bg6 43. Be2 $1
{Polugaevsky won by 111/2/15, ahead of Szabo (11), Bilek (101/2), Ivkov (10)
and Nei (81/2).} ({The pointe is} 43. Be2 Kf5 44. Bd3+ Kxg5 45. h7 $1) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 29"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{BEVERWIJK 1967  The request for Spassky was granted, but the Soviets added
Lutikov as his partner.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nf6
6. Nd2 $5 {They play unusual moves.} Qxc5 7. Nc4 O-O $2 ({Correct is} 7... Qc6
{(Horvath - Forintos, Hungary 1973).}) 8. e5 $5 Ng4 9. Qxg4 d5 10. Be3 Qb4 $5 {
Larsen has gotten into troubles.} 11. Qh4 $1 dxc4 12. O-O-O $1 Nc6 13. Rd5 $1
e6 14. Rc5 f5 15. f4 Qb6 16. Qg3 $5 a6 17. h4 $1 Qc7 18. h5 b5 19. Be2 Bb7 20.
h6 $6 {Lutikov makes a positional move.} ({The material} 20. hxg6 h6 21. Bf3 {
wins smoothly.}) 20... Bh8 21. Bf3 Rfd8 22. Qh3 Qd7 $2 (22... b4 $1 23. Ne2 Qb6
24. Bg1 b3 {stoutly counters, despite the imprisoned bishop.}) 23. Rd1 Qe8 24.
g4 b4 25. Ne2 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Rd8+ 27. Ke1 b3 28. axb3 cxb3 29. gxf5 exf5 30.
Qg2 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Bxf3 32. Qxf3 Bxe5 33. Bg5 $1 {Lutikov was a worthy
participant, though he had no FIDE-title.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 29"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuijpers, Franciscus"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Ng4 9. Ne2 $5 ({Theory is} 9. Be4) 9... f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. h3 Nh6 12. c3 Re8
13. Bf4 Nf5 14. Qd2 $5 {White prevents .. Ne3.} g5 $1 15. Bxf5 $2 ({Better is} 
15. g4 $1 gxf4 16. gxf5 Re3 17. Rf1 $1) 15... Bxf5 16. Bg3 Bg6 (16... Qe7 $1 {
restrains the white game.}) 17. O-O Ne7 18. Bf2 Qd7 19. Rfe1 c6 20. Ng3 Nd5 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 b5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Bxe1 {The endgame
favours Black.} Kf7 26. Bd2 Ke6 27. Kf2 Bb1 28. a3 h6 29. Ne1 Bf8 30. Kf3 f5
31. Bc1 Nb6 32. Nh1 Nc4 33. Nf2 Na5 34. Nfd3 Nb3 35. Be3 a5 36. g3 Kd5 37. Ne5
Be4+ 38. Kf2 Bd6 39. Nf7 Bc7 40. Nf3 $2 (40. Ng2 f4 $1 41. gxf4 Bxg2 42. Kxg2
gxf4 43. Bf2 h5 {brings a black edge.}) 40... f4 $1 {Spassky defeated Dutchmen
easily.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 29"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Ghitescu, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 $5 {
Ghitescu accepts a crammed position.} 8. Qe2 Ne8 9. g4 $5 g6 $6 {Spassky
attacks for fun and the opponent helps his offensive.} 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. O-O-O
Nf6 12. h3 $1 a6 13. Rdg1 Bd7 14. Nd2 $1 {Please notice the quiet preparation
of the kingside advance.} Kh8 15. h4 Ng8 (15... b5 {should be played at last.})
16. Be3 h5 17. g5 Be8 18. f4 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf3 Ng4 22.
Rxg4 $1 {Boris plays with his foe.} hxg4 23. Nxe5 Nh5 24. Nxg4 $5 Ng3 25. Qg2
Nxh1 26. e5 $5 Rf7 27. Qxh1 Rh7 28. e6 Bg5 $1 {The mouse fights back.} 29. Qe4
Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Qe7 ({Or} 30... Qxh4 31. Qe5+ Rg7 32. Nf6) 31. Ne4 Rxh4 32. Nef6
Qc7 33. Be4 Qa5 34. Qg3 g5 35. Nxe8 Rxe8 36. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 29"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Qd7 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 {Larsen has postponed the counter on
the centre pawns.} 12. Rc1 $5 Rad8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Rfd1 {Spassky
consolidates the central area.} Qa4 16. Bh6 $1 Nc4 $1 (16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qxa2
{(Bagirov)} 18. Nf4 cxd4 19. Ra1 Qb3 20. e5 $1 {brings a white attack.}) 17.
Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng3 f6 20. Nf1 Qf7 21. Ne3 cxd4 $6 {The c-file
should remain closed.} 22. cxd4 Rd7 23. d5 Rfd8 24. Ng4 $1 h5 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26.
Ne3 Qg7 27. Qf4 $1 {"Réculer pour mieux sauter."} Kh7 28. Kf2 Qf7 29. g4 $1 {
The assault on the kingside has restarted.} hxg4 $2 ({Better is} 29... e6 $1
30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxd7+ Rxd7 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Rc7 $1 {but White charges
everywhere.}) 30. Qxg4 Qg7 31. Rg1 e6 $5 {Black has no defence against Rg3-h3!}
32. Qxe6 Qh6 33. Qxf6 Rf8 34. Qg5 Qg7 35. Rc2 Rdf7 36. Rg3 Rf4 37. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk 29"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e3
e5 9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bg3 b6 15.
f4 exf4 16. exf4 Bf5 17. Qxf5 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Qxd2 19. Qd3 Qxa2 $1 {The debutant
Ree has upset Larsen twice last year and wants to see more blood.} 20. f5 Nf8
21. Bf3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8 Nxe8 24. h3 a5 $1 25. c5 a4 26. cxb6 cxb6
27. Qb5 $2 ({Right is} 27. Qe3 $1 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Bxd6 Qxf5 30. Bc6 Qc2
31. Bb4 {and the a-pawn has been stopped.}) 27... Nf6 $1 28. Bd1 $5 ({Or} 28.
Bxd6 a3 $1 29. Qxb6 Qb2 $1 30. Qd8 a2 31. Qxf8+ Kh7) 28... Ne4 29. Be1 a3 30.
Kh2 Qa1 31. Qb3 a2 32. Bh5 Ng5 {Spassky won by 11/15, half-a-point before
Lutikov, and far ahead of the rest.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 30"]
[Date "1968.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1968   The tournament moved to Wijk aan Zee in 1968. Hotel
Kennemerduin became the playing hall. Commentary was given on the main floor.
The higher groups played upstairs and the lower classes belonged in the cellar.
Nearby Café De Zon was used in later years. When the event kept growing, the
sports centre, De Moriaan,was transformed into the main hall.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4
Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3
Qc8 10. Rd1 d5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Ne5 $5 (12. Bf4 {happened in Steiner -
Rossolimo, Dubrovnik 1950.}) 12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qb7+ 14. Qf3 Qxf3+ 15. Kxf3 $5
{Usually, the game would be drawn, but Kortschnoj just starts.} f6 16. Nd3 Nc6
17. Nf4 e5 18. Ne6 Nxd4+ 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {Little is
going on.} 22. Be3 Kf7 23. a4 Ke6 24. g4 $5 Rd5 25. Rc1 c5 $1 26. b3 Bd6 27. h3
g6 28. Ke4 Be5 {Ivkov should pass his turn.} 29. Rc4 $2 ({A fine waiting move
is} 29. Kf3) 29... Rd1 30. Rc1 f5+ $1 31. gxf5+ gxf5+ 32. Kf3 Rxc1 $1 33. Bxc1
Kd5 $1 {Kortschnoj controls more territory in the bishop ending. The pawn
majority on the queenside has become crucial.} 34. Bg5 $2 (34. e3 $1 a6 35. Ke2
{tries to create a barrier in the centre.}) 34... a6 35. Bd8 b5 36. axb5 axb5
37. Ba5 c4 38. bxc4+ Kxc4 $1 39. e4 fxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Bc3 41. Bd8 b4 42. Be7 b3
43. Ba3 Bg7 44. f4 Kc3 45. f5 Kc2 46. Kd5 Bf8 $1 47. Bxf8 b2 48. Ke6 b1=Q 49.
f6 Qb3+ 50. Ke7 Qxh3 51. f7 Qa3+ 52. Ke8 Qa4+ 53. Ke7 Qb4+ 54. Ke8 Qb8+ 55. Ke7
Qe5+ 56. Kd7 Qf6 57. Ke8 Qc6+ 58. Ke7 Qg6 59. Ke8 Kb3 60. Be7 Kc4 $1 {Viktor
achieved his fourth victory by hard work.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 30"]
[Date "1968.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Karaklajic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bd2 b6 $5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rb1 d5 12. b4 dxc4 13. dxc4 cxb4 14. axb4 Rc8
15. Na4 Nd4 $1 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Kxg2 Rxc4 {Black has
achieved the initiative.} 19. Nb2 Qd5+ 20. f3 Bxb2 $2 ({The accurate} 20... Rc6
{retains a slight advantage.}) 21. Rxb2 Kh7 22. Qb3 Rfc8 23. Ra1 $1 {White
takes over the attack.} R8c7 24. Rba2 Nc8 25. Qe3 g5 26. h4 Rc2 27. hxg5 $1 {
Kortschnoj also starts an assault on the kingside.} Rxa2 28. Rxa2 $1 {White
applied sublime tactics.} hxg5 ({The pointe is} 28... Qxa2 $2 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30.
Qd8+) 29. Ra3 Nd6 30. Rd3 $5 Nc4 $1 31. Qxg5 Qxg5 32. Bxg5 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34.
Rd8 a4 35. Ra8 a3 36. Ra4 Kg6 37. Bc1 Nb2 $1 38. Bxb2 axb2 {Kortschnoj wins
the rook ending.} 39. Rb4 Rc2 40. Kf2 e5 41. g4 Kg5 42. Rb6 Kf4 43. Rb5 $1 Rd2
44. Rb4+ Kg5 45. Ke3 {The string of victories had become six.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 30"]
[Date "1968.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. a3 $5 cxd4 8.
axb4 dxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qb3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Be6 14. Nd4
Nbd7 15. Ra5 $5 {White takes the initiative.} a6 16. Rfa1 Rab8 17. Qd1 Ne5 18.
Rc5 Qb6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 $5 ({Safe is} 19... Qxe6 $1 {(Kortschnoj).}) 20. c4 $1
Nxc4 $5 (20... Rxc5 $1 21. Bxe5 Rcc8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 {(Kortschnoj) levels the
game.}) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qd4 $1 Qd8 25. Qxc4 Rxc5
26. bxc5 Qd7 27. Qf4 Rf8 28. h4 $5 Qd5 $2 (28... e5 $1 29. Qf3 f5 {controls
the centre.}) 29. Rb1 e5 30. Qf5 $1 a5 31. Rb6 a4 32. Rd6 $1 Qf7 33. Rd7 Qg6
34. Qe6 $1 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qe4 36. g3 $6 (36. Rd4 $1 {wins the a-pawn.}) 36... Qc2
37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kf1 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 $1 Qc2+ 40. Kf3 $1 Qxc5 41. Rxb7 Qc8 {White
has a decisive attack.} 42. Rd7 $2 (42. Qe7 $1 Qf5+ 43. Kg2 {places the white
pieces at the right squares for the final assault (Khalifman).}) 42... Qe8 $2 (
42... Qa8+ $1 43. e4 Qe8 44. Qxe8 Rxe8 45. Ra7 h5 $1 46. Rxa4 Kg7 {draws.}) 43.
Qxe8 Rxe8 44. Ra7 Rb8 45. h5 Kg8 ({Or} 45... Rb4 46. h6 $1 Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48.
Rf7 Kg8 49. Rxf6) 46. Rxa4 Rb7 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Ra2 Kh6 49. Kf5 Rb6 50. e4 Rc6
51. f4 exf4 52. gxf4 Rc5+ 53. Kxf6 Kxh5 54. e5 Kg4 55. f5 h5 56. Ra4+ Kg3 57.
e6 h4 58. e7 Rc8 59. Kf7 {Viktor the Terrible had made a start of eight wins!
Hereafter, he slowed down.   Kortschnoj triumphed by 12/15, three points
before Hort, Portisch and Tal.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 31"]
[Date "1969.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1969  Botvinnik, Geller and Keres formed the strong Soviet
contingent.} 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 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nb6 13. b4 Nac4 14. a5
Nd7 15. Na3 Nxa3 16. Bxa3 g6 $6 ({More useful is} 16... c6 {(Zuckerman -
Reshevsky, New York 1969).}) 17. Qd3 Bg7 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. Bc1 $1 {
Geller has a considerable positional edge. Portisch should have made a daring
try.} Qe8 $6 (20... f5 $5 {counters on the kingside.} 21. Ng5 $1 {(Portisch)}
Qe7 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. f4 h6 24. g4 $1 hxg5 25. gxf5 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Qh4 {defends
actively.}) 21. d5 $1 Nf6 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qe7 24. Bg5 Rfb8 25. Rc1 h6 26.
Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 27. Bb3 $1 Qd8 28. Ba4 Bc8 29. Bc6 Bb7 30. Ba4 Bc8 31. Rc4 Bd7 32.
Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Rec1 Rb7 34. Rc6 Rxb4 35. Rxc7 Qb5 36. Qxb5 axb5 37. Rxf7 Rxe4
38. Rcc7 Bf8 39. g3 $5 g5 40. Nh2 Kg8 41. Ng4 Rxg4 42. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 31"]
[Date "1969.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ostojic, Predrag"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 c4 8. g4 b5
$5 ({Known is} 8... h5) 9. Ne2 Nb6 10. Bh3 h5 $1 11. gxh5 $6 (11. g5 $1 {
restricts the black kingside.}) 11... Rxh5 12. Bg4 Rh8 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. Qc2 g6
15. h4 $5 Nf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 $1 {Botvinnik can blockade the white h-pawn and
slowly start offensive manoeuvres.} 17. Ng5 f6 $5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qe2 Bd6 20.
h5 Rh6 $1 {The white attack is halted.} 21. Nf3 Bd7 22. Ne5 O-O-O $1 23. Be3
Rg8 24. Kf2 $6 {Ostojic will encounter positional problems.} (24. Bf2 $1 b4 25.
Qd2 {keeps the white king away from the front.}) 24... Be8 25. Rag1 Rgh8 26.
Rh3 Kc7 27. Rgh1 R8h7 28. R1h2 Qh8 29. Kg2 $6 Nc8 30. Bd2 Ne7 31. Nf3 Bd7 32.
Ng5 Rg7 33. Nf1 Ng8 34. Kh1 Re7 35. Rh4 Nf6 36. R2h3 Kc8 37. Ng3 Qf8 38. Kg2
Bc6 39. Kf1 a5 40. Rh2 $2 ({Wiser is} 40. Ke1 $1 Ne4 41. Kd1 $1 {and the king
will hide on the queenside.}) 40... Qe8 41. Qe1 Ne4 42. N5xe4 dxe4 43. Qe2 Bd5
44. a3 Rb7 45. Kf2 Rg7 46. Nf1 Be7 47. R4h3 Qg8 48. Rg3 Rxg3 49. Nxg3 Qd8 50.
Qf1 $6 Bh4 $1 51. Qh3 $6 Rxh5 $1 52. Ke2 Rh8 53. Nxf5 $6 exf5 54. Be1 Bf6 55.
Qxf5+ Kc7 56. Rxh8 Bxh8 57. Bh4 Qd7 58. Qf8 Qg4+ 59. Kd2 e3+ 60. Kxe3 Qxh4 61.
Qc5+ {Botvinnik had to work hard.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 31"]
[Date "1969.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. Rb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 $5 Ng4 $1 12. Qxg4 Bxd4 13. Qd1 Bg7 $5 {
Black has a plus in an open King's Indian.} 14. Qc2 $6 ({Better is} 14. Qxd6
Ne5 $1 {(Gligoric)} 15. c5 $1) 14... Qa5 15. Bd2 Qh5 16. Qd1 Qxd1 17. Nxd1 Ne5
18. Ne3 $2 {Donner blunders a pawn.} ({Right is} 18. b3) 18... Nd3 $1 19. Re2
Nxb2 20. Bb4 Na4 $1 21. Rd1 a5 22. Be1 Bf8 23. f3 Be6 24. Bf1 Red8 25. Rc2 Bg7
26. Kf2 Nc5 27. Kg2 h5 28. h3 Bf6 29. Bf2 a4 30. Rcd2 Be7 31. Nc2 Re8 32. Nd4
Bc8 33. Nc2 a3 $6 34. Be3 Na4 35. Rb1 Nb2 $6 {Geller has weakened his position.
} 36. Bd4 $2 (36. Bf4 $1 Ra4 $5 37. Nxa3 $1 d5 $1 38. Rdxb2 Bxa3 39. cxd5 $1
Bxb2 40. Rxb2 {counters.}) 36... Bg5 $1 37. Rf2 ({Or} 37. f4 $5 Bh6 $1) 37...
h4 $1 38. Nxa3 Rxa3 39. Rfxb2 hxg3 40. c5 Ra4 41. Bg1 Bf4 42. cxd6 Bxd6 43. Be3
f5 44. Rd2 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 31"]
[Date "1969.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Langeweg, Kick"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 8. h3
Qg6 $5 ({Known is} 8... Bc5) 9. b3 $6 ({More useful is} 9. Nc3 {(Botvinnik).})
9... Bc5 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nbxa3 O-O 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. N2e3 Na6 14. Qc1 Be6 15. d3
$6 exd3 16. Ne5 d2+ $5 17. Qxd2 Rxd2 18. Nxg6 Rad8 19. Nf4 Nb4 20. a3 Nc2+ 21.
Nxc2 Rxc2 22. O-O $5 Rdd2 $5 ({Botvinnik avoids} 22... Bxb3 23. Rfb1 Rc3 24. a4
$1) 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rad1 Kf7 $1 25. e3 Ke7 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Rc1 Ra2 28. Rc4
$5 Rxa3 29. Rb4 b5 30. Bxc6 a6 31. Bb7 $2 ({Correct is} 31. Bg2 e5 32. f4)
31... Kd6 $1 32. g4 ({The pointe is} 32. Rd4+ Kc7 $1) 32... Nd5 $2 33. Bxd5
exd5 34. Rf4 $2 {Langeweg misses a forced draw.} (34. g5 $3 g6 35. Kg2 Kc5 $2
36. Rh4 $1 Rxb3 37. Rxh7 {favours White.}) 34... Rxb3 35. Rf7 a5 36. Rxg7 d4 $1
37. Rxh7 $2 d3 $1 38. Rh8 Kc7 $1 {Botvinnik started well, got the flue, called
the hotel a students home, shared the first place and complained about the pea
soup. He did it his way.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 31"]
[Date "1969.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 Rb8 6. Nc3 e5 $6 7. e4 $6 (7.
Nxe5 Nxe5 8. e4 $1 Bxe4 9. dxe5 {gains an advantage.}) 7... exd4 8. exf5 dxc3
9. Bb5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qxc3 Qd6 12. Bf4 $1 Qxf4 (12... Bxf2+ $6 13. Rxf2
Qxf4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qxc6+ {brings a white attack.}) 13. Qxc5 Qd6 14. Rfe1+
Ne4 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Rad1 Kd7 $5 (16... O-O 17. Rxd5 Rfe8 {also leads to a
white plus.}) 17. Rxd5 Rhe8 18. Rd4 Nf6 19. Red1 d5 20. R4d3 Kc7 21. Rc1 Kd6
22. Nd2 Rbc8 $2 {The defence cracks.} ({Better is} 22... a6 $1 23. Ba4 b5 24.
Bb3 Rbc8 {and Black controls square c4.}) 23. Nc4+ $1 Kc5 $5 24. Bxc6 Kxc6 25.
Ne3+ $1 Kd6 26. Rcd1 Rc5 27. g4 h6 28. h4 Kc6 $2 (28... a5 $1 29. g5 hxg5 30.
hxg5 Ne4 31. Rxd5+ Rxd5 32. Rxd5+ Kc6 {defends well.}) 29. b4 $1 Rb5 30. g5 $1
hxg5 31. hxg5 Ne4 32. Nxd5 b6 33. Rc1+ Kb7 34. a4 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Nxg5 36. Rd7+
Kb8 37. Rcc7 Re4 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Rh4 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Rbc7+ {Portisch
played another fine endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 31"]
[Date "1969.01.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Be2 $5 (6. b3 {drew in
Keres - Bobotsov, Moscow 1967.}) 6... Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf3 Nbd7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10.
Ne3 Nbd7 $5 ({Even better is} 10... Qc7 $1) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Qf4
Bd7 14. b4 $5 Na4 15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Bb2 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. Be2 b6 19. c4 Rd8
20. a3 a5 21. b5 $5 Bb7 22. h4 Nd7 $5 (22... Qc5 $1 23. Bd4 Qd6 {equalises.})
23. Ng4 f6 24. h5 {So far, Ree has defended well.} Qc5 $2 (24... Nc5 $1 {
applies the right blockade.}) 25. h6 $1 g5 $1 26. Qg3 Rac8 27. Rd3 Be4 ({Not} 
27... Qxc4 $2 28. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 29. Bxf6) 28. Rd4 Bf5 29. Rad1 Qc7 30. Qxc7
Rxc7 {Ree has been bound by a terrible pin.} 31. Ne3 Bg6 32. Bf3 Be8 33. Bc6
Kf7 34. R4d3 f5 35. g3 Kg6 36. Re1 Kf7 $2 (36... Rxc6 $1 37. bxc6 Nc5 38. Rxd8
Bxd8 39. Bd4 Bxc6 {prolongs the game.}) 37. Nxf5 $1 exf5 38. Bd5+ {Geller and
Botvinnik gloried by 101/2/15, half-a-point before Keres and Portisch.} ({The
pointe is} 38. Bd5+ Kf8 $2 39. Bg7#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 32"]
[Date "1970.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cortlever, Nico"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1970  The winter was cold. Driving was hard. Taimanov and
Platonov were the Soviets.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6
6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd1 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 $5 Qc7 12.
Ne2 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. c3 $6 {Cortlever makes modest moves.} Ne5 $1 15. Bf4 d6
16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. h3 $6 Ng6 $1 19. c4 $5 ({Or} 19. Be3 d5 $1) 19...
Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Qb6 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 g6 25. Qc3
b4 $1 {Black has gained a positional edge.} 26. Qe3 $1 Qa5 $5 27. Qd2 Qc5 28.
Qe3 Qa5 29. Qd2 Qb5 30. Qe2 $2 {Suddenly Cortlever collapses.} (30. Nd3 d5 31.
exd5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Qe3 {defends well.}) 30... Qc6 31. Kh2 $2 Ba6 $1
32. e5 $6 d5 $1 33. Qe3 Qc5 34. Kg1 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Bc5 36. Kf2 d4 $1 37. Bf1
dxe3+ 38. Ke1 Bb7 39. Nd3 Bd4 40. Kd1 Ba6 41. Be2 Bxd3 42. Bxd3 Bxe5 43. g4 f5
44. Be2 Bc3 45. Kc2 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 32"]
[Date "1970.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2
$5 {White is a pawn up in the Volga or Benko Gambit.} Bg7 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Nxf1
O-O 11. Ne3 Na6 $5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bd2 Qb7 15. Rab1 Nc7 16. b3 e6
17. a4 Rfe8 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rfd1 Rab8 22. Bf4 exd5
23. exd5 Rb4 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. h3 $2 ({Better is} 25. Qf6 $1 Rb8 26. h3) 25...
Qb7 $1 26. Kh2 Rxb3 27. Ne4 $1 Rxf3 $1 ({Not} 27... Rxb1 $2 28. Nxd6 Rf5 29.
Nxf5 gxf5 30. Rxb1 Qxb1 31. Qg3+) 28. Rxb7 Ra3 29. Nxd6 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31.
Ra7 f5 32. a5 Ra4 33. Nc8 Nb4 34. Nb6 Ra2 35. Nd7 c4 $5 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nxh7+
Ke8 38. Nf6+ Kd8 $2 {The endgame study composer blunders.} (38... Kf8 $1 39.
Rc7 Rxa5 40. Rxc4 Nd3 {steers towards a defensible position.}) 39. Rd7+ Kc8 40.
Rd4 $1 Rc2 ({Or} 40... Nc6 41. Rxc4 Kb7 42. Rc5 $1) 41. Ne8 Kb8 42. Nd6 Rxf2
43. Nxc4 g5 44. Ne3 Nc2 45. Nxc2 Rxc2 46. Rd5 f4 47. Rxg5 f3 48. Rg3 fxg2 49.
Rxg2 Rc5 50. Ra2 Ka7 51. a6 Rc4 52. Ra3 $1 Rh4 53. Kg3 Rh8 54. h4 Rg8+ 55. Kh3
Rh8 56. Ra4 $1 Rh7 57. Kg4 Rg7+ 58. Kf5 {Taimanov competed with Kuijpers, Hort,
Westerinen and Ivkov.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 32"]
[Date "1970.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. h3 Bd7 12. b3 e5 13. Bb2 Nh5 $5 (13... b5 {leads
to known lines.}) 14. e4 b5 15. Ne2 Rb8 16. Bc3 f5 $1 17. f4 $1 exf4 18. Bxg7
Nxg7 19. Nxf4 Qf6 20. cxb5 $6 {Donner should play a noncommittal move instead.}
Bxb5 21. Rfe1 g5 $1 22. Nd3 Nh5 $1 23. a4 $2 (23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxg3 25.
Qc3 $1 f4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 {gives a pawn for a counter in the centre.})
23... Qd4+ 24. Nf2 Be2 $3 {Heikki makes a charming move.} 25. exf5 ({Or} 25.
Rac1 $5 Nxg3 26. Qc3 fxe4 $1 27. Qxg3 Rxf2 $1 28. Qxf2 e3 29. Qxe2 exd2+) 25...
Nxg3 26. Rab1 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 32"]
[Date "1970.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7
8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nb3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bc5 12. Nc3 $5 O-O-O $2 (12...
Ne7 $5 {drew in Adorjan - Bilek, Luhacovice 1973.}) 13. Ra5 $1 Re8+ 14. Kf1 Bb6
15. Rxd5 {White has gained a pawn.} Nf6 16. Rf5 $5 h5 $6 17. h4 $6 ({More
useful is} 17. Bg5) 17... Ng4 $2 {Black should counter in the right way.} (
17... Re6 $1 18. Rh3 Rhe8 19. Bd2 g6 {brings some compensation.}) 18. Nd5 $1 f6
({Or} 18... Rd8 19. Nxb6+ axb6 20. Ke2 Rhe8+ 21. Be3) 19. Nxb6+ axb6 20. Rh3 $1
Re6 21. Rc3+ Rc6 22. Bf4 Kd7 23. Rd5+ Ke6 24. Rb5 Ra8 25. Rxc6+ bxc6 26. Rxb6
Kf5 27. Bg3 Rc8 28. Rb4 Ke6 29. Bf4 c5 30. Rc4 Kd5 31. f3 Ne5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33.
Ra4 Rf8 34. Ke2 Rf5 {Hort became the main rival of Taimanov.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 32"]
[Date "1970.01.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{When the last round begins, Taimanov leads by half-a-point on Hort. Their
game will decide the tournament.} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2
O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne5 9. b3 Ne4 $6 {Hort attacks boldly in the
Dutch Defence.} 10. Nxe4 fxe4 ({No success has} 10... Nf3+ $2 11. exf3 fxe4 12.
Bg5 $1 {(Portisch-Menvielle Lacourrelle, Las Palmas 1972).}) 11. Rb1 {Black
should strike.} Bf5 $2 (11... Nf3+ $1 12. Kh1 $1 Bf5 13. Nf4 Ne5 {attacks in
the centre.}) 12. Ng5 $1 Qd7 13. Nxe4 {White has gained a pawn.} Rae8 14. Bb2
e6 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. e4 Bg4 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. f4 h6 20. Nh3 Nc6 21.
Nf2 Bd7 22. h4 a5 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Rbd1 Re7 26. Rfe1 a4 27. b4 g5
28. b5 gxf4 29. bxc6 Bxc6 30. g4 f3 31. Bh3 Qe5 32. Kh1 Qg3 33. h5 Re5 34. Rg1
Qh4 35. Rde1 Bd7 36. Ref1 Be6 37. Rc1 Rc5 38. Rc3 b5 39. e5 Rxe5 40. cxb5 Rf7
41. Re3 Rxe3 42. Qxe3 Bxa2 43. Qd3+ Kh8 44. Qd2 Bc4 45. Qc3+ Rg7 46. Qxc4 Qxf2
47. Qf4 a3 48. Qf8+ {Taimanov triumphed by 12/15, ahead of Hort (101/2) and
Ivkov (10).   Ulf Andersson won the master group.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 33"]
[Date "1971.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Van den Berg, Carel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1971  Kortschnoj and Petrosian were the Soviet heavyweights
among other stars.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb5
$5 Be7 14. a4 Ne4 $5 (14... c5 {will equalise in Gulko - Tal, Yerevan 1975.})
15. Bd3 Nd6 $6 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 c5 $5 19. Ne5 Qd5 $2 (19...
Ra8 $1 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rd1 Bd5 {avoids a disaster.}) 20. f3 $1 cxd4 21. Bxd4
Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qb2 $1 {The game has ended. Is it drawn? No, white has
won. He threatens to win the queen by Rd1.} (23. Qb2 Qd6 24. Nc4 {costs the
exchange and}) (23. Qb2 Qd8 24. Rxc5 {loses a pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 33"]
[Date "1971.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Bd3 $5 Re8 16. Qe3 Rc3 17. e5 $5 {Viktor wants to attack on the
kingside.} Qc7 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd8 21. h4 Qe7 22. Qg4 Ra3 23.
Bc4 b5 $5 (23... Rc3 $1 {prevents the next problems.}) 24. Bb3 $1 a5 25. d5 a4
$2 (25... exd5 26. Bxd5 Ra4 {is alright.}) 26. dxe6 $1 axb3 27. exf7+ Kh8 28.
Rxd8 Qxd8 29. axb3 Qe7 30. e6 Ra6 31. f4 $1 {Najdorf becomes the victim of
restriction.} h6 $5 (31... Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 (32... Nxe6 33. Qxe6 $1) 33. Qxe6
Nxe6 {(Ivkov)} 34. h5 $1 h6 35. f5 $1 Nf8 {restrains the knight.}) 32. f5 $1
Nh7 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Qf4 Nf6 35. Qc7 Qb4 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qxa8 $4 Qd4+ 38. Kf1
Qf4+ $4 (38... Qd3+ $1 39. Kf2 Ng4+ $1 {leads to a perpetual check.}) 39. Ke2
Qe5+ ({The pointe is} 39... Qxc1 40. f8=N+) 40. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 33"]
[Date "1971.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 $5 {White has a plus.} 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7
13. Bd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 $5 {Mecking chooses a passive way.} 15. Qg4 g6 16. O-O
Bd7 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. a4 Na6 $5 19. Qe2 $1 Kf8 $5 20. Nf3 Kg7 21. Be3 Nc5 22.
Nd4 Ra6 23. Bc1 Raa8 24. g3 b6 25. h4 $1 h5 26. Qf3 Qd8 27. Bd2 Qe8 28. Bg5 Qd8
$2 (28... Bxg5 29. hxg5 h4 $1 {develops some activity at last.}) 29. Qf4 Rc8
30. Re3 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Ra8 32. Qf6+ $5 Qxf6 33. exf6+ Kh7 34. Kg2 Rae8 35. f4 $1
Rb8 36. Ree1 Nb7 37. Rh1 $1 Kg8 38. Nf3 $1 Nd6 39. Ne5 Be8 40. Bd3 Rc8 {Black
has to defend passively.} 41. Kf3 Bc6 42. Rh2 $1 Be8 43. Ke3 $1 Rc7 44. Kd4 $1
{Two blockaders in the centre lame the black position.} Nb7 45. b4 $1 Nd8 46.
Rh4 Nb7 47. Ra2 Nd6 48. Rh1 Nb7 49. b5 $1 Nc5 50. Bc2 Nd7 51. Ra3 Nc5 $5 {If
Black exchanges the knights, White has to prepare the breakthrough c4.} 52. c4
$1 Nd7 ({Or} 52... dxc4 53. Nxc4) 53. Rc3 Nxe5 54. Kxe5 $5 dxc4 55. Be4 Rc8 56.
Kd6 Rc5 57. Rhc1 $1 h4 {Petrosian drew many games and strangled some opponents.
} (57... h4 58. Rxc4 Rxc4 59. Rxc4 hxg3 60. Rc8 {wins quickly (Ivkov).}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 33"]
[Date "1971.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. h3 Na6
9. Bg5 Bd7 10. Nh2 h6 11. Be3 Kh7 12. h4 Nc7 13. h5 g5 14. Nf1 a6 15. Ng3 b5
16. b3 Rb8 17. a3 Rb7 18. O-O Kh8 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Bd2 Rfb8 21. Rfb1 Bf8 22. Nd1
bxc4 23. bxc4 Nce8 24. Ne3 Ng7 25. Ba5 Bc8 26. Qd1 Rb2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Bc3
Rb7 29. Bd3 Qe8 30. Be2 Be7 31. Rb1 Qd7 32. Bd3 Rxb1 33. Bxb1 Qb7 34. Bc2 Bd7
35. Qf3 Qc8 36. Nef5 Nxf5 37. exf5 Kg8 38. Kf1 Qe8 39. Qd1 Qb8 40. Ke1 Bd8 41.
Nf1 Bc7 42. Ne3 Qd8 43. Kf1 Ba5 44. Ba1 Qf8 45. g3 Bd8 46. Bc3 Be7 47. Ke1 Qg7
48. Bd3 g4 49. Be2 Nxh5 50. Bxg4 Nf6 51. Bh3 Qg5 52. Bd2 Ne4 53. Bc1 Bd8 54.
Kf1 Ba5 $2 {The game begins at last, because Ulf errs.} ({Best is} 54... Kh7 $1
55. Kg2 Qg8 $1) 55. Kg2 h5 56. Qc2 Nf6 57. Ng4 $1 {Pawn f5 has an indirect
protection due to the blunder.} Qg7 58. Nxf6+ Qxf6 59. Qb3 Bd8 60. Bd2 Kf8 61.
Qb8 Kg7 62. f4 e4 $1 63. Bc1 $1 Qe7 64. Qb3 f6 65. Bd2 a5 66. Kf2 a4 67. Qc2
Kf8 68. Ke3 {Black has to guard four weak pawns.} Kg7 $2 (68... Qg7 $1 69. Kf2
h4 $1 70. gxh4 Qh7 $1 71. Qxe4 Qxh4+ {gives counter-play.}) 69. Qd1 $1 {White
wants to win a pawn without the exchange of queens.} Qe8 70. Qh1 Kf8 71. Bc3
Kg7 72. Qb1 Kf8 73. Qb8 $1 Be7 74. Qb2 Kg7 75. Kxe4 $1 Qc8 76. Qb1 Qa6 77. Kd3
Qc8 78. Ke3 Kf8 79. Kf2 Kg7 80. Qc2 Kf7 81. Kg1 Qh8 82. Bf1 Qg7 83. Qh2 Kf8 84.
Bd3 Be8 85. Qh3 Bd8 86. Qh4 Qe7 87. Kf2 Qg7 88. Bc2 Qf7 89. Qh1 Qg7 90. Bd1 Qf7
91. Qe4 Qc7 92. Kg2 $1 Be7 93. Kh3 Qc8 94. Kh4 Bd7 95. Bc2 Be8 96. Bd1 Bd7 97.
Bxh5 $1 Bxf5 98. Qe2 Qb7 99. g4 Be4 $1 100. g5 $1 f5 101. Bf3 Bxf3 102. Qxf3
Qb1 103. Kh5 Qc2 104. Kg6 Ke8 {Olafsson took the lead.} (104... Ke8 105. Qh3 $1
{decides the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 33"]
[Date "1971.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 Nh5 8. Rb1
a6 $5 9. Bd2 e5 10. b4 Kh8 $6 11. Nd5 $1 Ne7 12. Qc2 h6 13. a4 Kh7 14. Rfc1 f5
15. b5 f4 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. c5 axb5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rxb5 Ra6 20. Bb4 Rc6 21.
Qb1 Qc7 $2 ({More active is} 21... Bg4 22. Ba3 Rf7) 22. Ba3 $1 Nf6 23. Nd2 $1
Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 fxg3 26. hxg3 Bd7 27. Rxb7 Bxa4 28. Ba3 Rd8 29.
Nc4 Ne8 30. Bd5 $1 {Kortschnoj suffers by a horrible strangulation.} h5 31. Bf7
Kh6 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Nxd6 Ra8 34. Bb2 Bc6 35. Rc7 Bd5 36. e4 Bb3 37. Rb7 Rd8
38. Rb6 Kh7 39. Rxb3 Rxd6 40. Rb7 $1 Re6 41. f4 Kg8 42. Kf2 Bf6 43. Bxe5 $5
Bxe5 44. fxe5 Rxe5 45. Kf3 g5 46. d4 Ra5 47. e5 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 $1 h4 $5 49. gxh4
gxh4 50. d5 h3 51. e6 h2 52. Rb1 Rg3 53. Rh1 Rh3 54. d6 Kf8 55. Ke5 Rh5+ 56.
Kf6 Rh6+ 57. Kf5 Rh3 58. Kg6 Re3 59. Kf6 Re2 60. Rb1 Rf2+ 61. Ke5 Re2+ 62. Kd5
Rd2+ 63. Kc6 $1 Rb2 64. e7+ {Hans Ree made the headlines three times. His
victory over Kortschnoj was the best news. An incident occurred in the third
round. Hans wanted to play 43. .. c1Q against Najdorf. He put a pawn on c1,
could not find a queen and pressed the clock. Don Miguel developed a new rule
and replaced the pawn by a knight. He accepted after many days that Ree's move
had been illegal and had to be replayed. The third newspaper item was the game
Petrosian - Ree in round twelve, because Tigran won in eight moves!} ({The
pointe is} 64. e7+ Ke8 65. d7+ Kxe7 66. Re1+ Kd8 67. Re8# {(Ree).}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 33"]
[Date "1971.01.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{When the last round begins, Olafsson and Kortschnoj share the lead. Fridrik
draws quickly. Viktor plays for a win.} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5
5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 a5 7. Be2 $5 Na6 {The opening favours White.} 8. O-O Ne7 9. a3
O-O 10. Rb1 c5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Nb5 Nc8 13. b3 h6 14. g3 Nc7 15. Nh4 Nxb5 16.
cxb5 Ne7 17. b4 $6 cxb4 18. axb4 a4 $1 19. Ra1 f5 {Black has gained an
advantage.} 20. exf5 g5 $1 21. Ng2 Nxf5 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1
Qf6 25. e4 Re8 26. Qd2 Qf3 27. Bd3 Bf6 $4 {Hübner has make his first blunder.}
28. Ne1 $4 (28. Rf1 {wins. This move is missing in the analyses by Hübner and
Kurajica.}) 28... Qh5 29. Be2 Qg6 30. Qe3 Ra8 31. Nc2 Bd8 32. Bd3 Qe8 33. Na3
Bh3 34. Be2 Qd7 35. Kh1 Rc8 36. Nc4 $1 Ra8 37. Rg1 Qxb5 38. g4 $1 Qxb4 $4 {
Robert fouls up again.} ({Right is} 38... Bxg4 39. Rxg4 a3 $1 40. Rg1 a2 41.
Qc3 Bb6 $1 42. Nxb6 Qxe2 43. Nxa8 Qxe4+ 44. Rg2 Qb1+ {and perpetual check.})
39. Qxh3 Kg7 40. Qf3 Be7 41. Ne3 {Kortschnoj had played fighting chess. He won
by 10/15, before Olafsson, Ivkov, Petrosian and Gligoric (91/2), Andersson,
Hübner, Hort and Mecking (81/2).} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 33"]
[Date "1971.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Brinck Claussen, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Young Jan Timman won the master group.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3
Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na5 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Bd3
Qb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. cxd5 $5 (13. Kf2 {was played in Zhukhovitsky - Antoshin,
Moscow 1970.}) 13... Bxd3 14. Rd1 Bc4 $6 (14... Qa6 $1 15. dxe6 fxe6 {
(Rainieri de Luca - Vehi Bach, Barcelona 2003) is okay.}) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qc2
O-O 17. Qg6 $1 Rf7 18. Bf6 Qc6 $5 19. h4 Ba6 $4 (19... Raf8 $1 {(Timman)} 20.
Nh3 Rxf6 21. exf6 Rxf6 {defends well.}) 20. Nh3 $1 Qxc3+ 21. Kf2 Nc4 22. Ng5 $1
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 34"]
[Date "1972.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1972  The famous grandmasters were Portisch, Smyslov, Savon and
Hort. Two stars met in the third round.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4
c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 e6 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11.
Bd2 Ke7 12. Nfd4 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bg6 14. f4 $5 (14. Rhc1 Rhc8 15. f4 {was
played in Steinbaum - Rossetto, Buenos Aires 1961.}) 14... h6 15. a3 Rhc8 16.
Rac1 Bh7 17. Bh3 Nd7 18. Rc3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxc3 20. Kxc3 Rc8+ 21. Kd2 Bg8 $5
22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Kxc1 {The doubled pawn can be regarded as a weakness. So
Portisch continues.} f6 24. Kd2 Bf7 25. Bg2 g6 26. Nb5 Nb8 $5 27. e4 $1 dxe4
28. Bxe4 Nc6 29. Kc3 e5 $2 {Smyslov allows another weakening.} (29... Kd7 30.
a4 g5 $5 31. fxg5 hxg5 $1 32. Bf3 e5 {keeps a strong centre.}) 30. fxe5 $1 fxe5
31. a4 $1 Kd7 32. Na3 $1 g5 ({Or} 32... Kc7 $5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Kxc4 Ne7 35. h4
$1 {(Portisch)} g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. d4 $1 exd4 38. Kxd4 Kd6 39. g4 $1 Nc6+ 40.
Bxc6 bxc6 41. b4 {and White wins.}) 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Kxc4 Kd6 35. Kb5 Kc7 36.
Bxc6 $1 bxc6+ 37. Ka6 $1 g4 38. b3 c5 39. Kb5 Kb7 40. a5 bxa5 41. Kxc5 $1 {
Portisch prevailed over Smyslov in the endgame!} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 34"]
[Date "1972.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
Nh2 Ne6 16. Nf5 d5 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. h4 c5 19. Bg5 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Ng8 21. Qg3 g6
$5 (21... dxe4 22. dxe4 Qc7 {drew quickly in Ciocaltea - O'Kelly de Galway,
Caracas 1970.}) 22. Ne3 d4 $1 23. Neg4 $2 {Browne starts a faulty combination.}
({The modest} 23. Nef1 $1 {keeps a minimal advantage.}) 23... Qxg5 24. Nf3 Qf4
25. Ngxe5 Qxg3 26. fxg3 dxc3 27. bxc3 Nh6 $5 28. Rad1 $2 (28. Nd7 $1 Be7 29. a4
Rad8 30. axb5 $1 axb5 31. Nb6 {shows aggression.}) 28... Rad8 29. Bb3 Kg7 30.
g4 g5 $1 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 f6 $1 33. c4 $5 {Browne gives a piece for
pressure.} (33. Nc6 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxd5 {costs a pawn.}) 33... fxe5 34. Nxg5
Kh8 35. Ne6 Rd7 36. Rxe5 Nxg4 37. Re4 Nh6 38. Rf1 Bd6 39. Rf6 Ng8 40. Rf5 bxc4
41. dxc4 Nh6 42. Rf6 Nf7 $1 {Black intends .. Nd8.} 43. Ng5 Rxe4 44. Nxe4 Kg7
45. Re6 a5 46. Kf1 h6 47. Kg1 Rd8 48. a4 Rd7 49. g4 Be5 50. Kg2 Bd6 51. Kh1 Kf8
52. Kg2 Re7 53. Kf1 Bf4 $1 {Portisch makes his progress slowly.} 54. Nxc5 Rc7
55. Nb3 Rxc4 56. Nxa5 Rxa4 57. Nc6 Bd6 58. Rg6 Rc4 $1 59. Ke2 Rc5 60. Nd4 Rxd5
{The advantage has become a full bishop.} 61. Nf5 Bf4 62. Ra6 Bg5 63. Kf3 Re5
64. Ra8+ Re8 65. Ra6 Kg8 66. Kg3 Rb8 67. Rg6+ Kh8 68. Ra6 Rb3+ 69. Kg2 Rb7 70.
Kg3 Kh7 71. Re6 Nh8 72. Ra6 Ng6 73. Ra5 Nf8 74. Ra4 Nd7 75. Nd4 Ne5 76. Nf5 Rc7
77. Rb4 Rc4 78. Rb7+ Kg6 79. Rb6+ Rc6 80. Rxc6+ Nxc6 81. Nd6 Kf6 82. Ne4+ Ke5
83. Nf2 Kd4 84. Kf3 Ne5+ 85. Kg3 Be3 ({Not} 85... Nd3 $4 86. Nxd3 Kxd3 {=}) 86.
Nh3 Ke4 87. Kh4 Nf3+ 88. Kh5 Ng5 $1 {Portisch led by 21/2 points on the rest
after ten rounds in the tournament!} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 34"]
[Date "1972.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 $5 {This line was
little known in those days.} (6. d3 h6 7. Bg2 {occurred in Kashdan - Belson,
Milwaukee 1935.}) 6... d6 7. O-O Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Bb6 11.
b4 $5 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. a4 Ra6 15. Bc3 Ba5 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rfc1
Bd7 18. Bf1 Bxc3 19. Bxa6 $5 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 f5 21. Rc1 f4 22. exf4 $2 ({Correct
is} 22. Qc3 $1 Bxa4 23. Qxc7) 22... exf4 23. Rc4 $5 Qe7 $2 (23... fxg3 24. hxg3
Qf6 $1 {wins.} {Notice} 25. Qe3 Qa1+ 26. Kg2 Bh3+ $1 27. Kxh3 Qh1+ 28. Kg4 g6
$1 29. Qe6+ Kh8) 24. Rxf4 Qe1+ {White has a narrow escape.} 25. Kg2 $2 (25. Bf1
$3 {might draw. The pointe is} Bh3 $2 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qf3+ Kg8 28. Qe2 $1
Qxe2 29. Bxe2 {and White has gained a pawn.}) 25... Rxf4 26. gxf4 Qe4+ 27. Kg3
Bxa4 28. Qc3 Qg6+ 29. Kf3 Bd1+ 30. Ke3 Qe8+ 31. Kd4 Qa4+ 32. Qc4 Kf7 33. Qxa4
Bxa4 {Black has a won bishop ending due to the weakness of all white pawns.}
34. Bd3 Bd7 35. h4 h6 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Kd4 Be8 38. Ke3 Bg6 39. Bb5 Bf7 40. Bc6
Kf5 41. Bd7+ Kg6 42. Be6 Kf6 $1 43. f5 Bh5 44. f4 Bg4 45. Ke4 b5 $1 46. Bd7 b4
47. Ba4 Bxf5+ 48. Kd4 Bb1 49. Bd7 Ba2 50. Bc8 b3 51. Kc3 b2 52. Kxb2 Bxd5 53.
Bh3 Be6 54. Bg2 Kg6 {Donner scored his usual defeat against a Russian.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 34"]
[Date "1972.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. Bc4 e6 $5 6. d5 $5 {Two future stars
open remarkably. Ljubo Ljubojevic has a miserable game.} Bg7 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. d6 $1 Qc8 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Nc6
15. Nxd7 $1 {Timman decides the game in a great style.} Nxd7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17.
Qg4 Ncb8 $6 (17... Nce5 $5 18. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 19. Bxd7 Qb8 20. Nc4 Bxd6 21. Qe6
Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 $1 Bxg2+ $1 23. Kxg2 Rxf2+ $1 24. Kxf2 Qg3+ 25. Ke2 Qxg5 26. Rf1
$1 {wins for White.}) 18. Be7 Qc6 19. Ne4 $1 Ne5 20. Qh3 (20. Qg3 $1 Nbd7 21.
f4 {wins quickly.}) 20... Nbd7 21. Ng5 $1 h5 22. Re4 $2 (22. Rad1 {proceeds
the assault.}) 22... Rf6 $2 (22... Qb5 $1 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Re7
Qxb2 {counters skilfully.}) 23. f4 $1 Rxe6 24. Qxe6 Bh6 25. Rae1 Re8 26. fxe5
Bxg5 27. Qxg6 $1 Rxe7 28. Qxg5 Rg7 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Nf8 31. Qxc6 Bxc6 32.
e6 Nxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rd2 35. R1e2 $1 {Timman attacks elegantly.} Bb5
36. Ke1 $1 Rd3 37. R2e3 Rd5 38. c4 $1 Bxc4 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. R3e7+ Kf6 41. Rf8+
{Portisch won by 101/2/15, before Hort and Pomar (9). Ljubojevic and Timman
lost too many games.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 35"]
[Date "1973.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The famous Tal and lesser known Planinc were the great attackers in 1973.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 e6 8. Qf3
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nc5 $5 12. Rhe1 Rg8 $2 (12... e5 $1 {
prevents the prepared move.}) 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. fxe5 hxg5 ({Or} 14... Nxd3+
15. Qxd3 hxg5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Qh7 Rf8 18. Qh5 $1 e5 19. Nd5 $1) 15. exf6 Bxf6
(15... gxf6 16. Qh7 Rf8 17. Nf5 $1 Nxd3+ 18. Kb1 $1 {also brings a won
position.}) 16. Nd5 $1 Qd8 17. Bh7 $2 ({Better is} 17. Qh7 $1 Rf8 18. Nf5 $1 {
and wins.}) 17... Rh8 $2 (17... Qxd5 $1 18. Bxg8 Qxa2 $1 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 20.
Qh5+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 18. Nf5 $1 {Najdorf gets a
beating in his own line.} g4 19. Qg3 $1 Kf8 20. Nxf6 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 35"]
[Date "1973.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Qa4 Qb6 $6 ({Known is} 
6... e6) 7. Ndb5 $1 e6 8. Bf4 e5 9. cxd5 exf4 10. Qxf4 Nb4 $2 ({Better is} 
10... Be7 $1 11. Nc7+ Kf8 12. d6 $1 Qxb2 13. dxe7+ Nxe7 14. Rc1 Rb8) 11. Nc7+
Kd8 12. Nxa8 Qa5 13. O-O-O Qc5 14. e4 $2 ({The crucial line brings} 14. Kb1 $1
Bd6 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qxg7 Bf5+ 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Qxh8+ Kd7 {(Tal), and now} 19. Bd3
$1 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Nxc3+ 21. Ka1 $1 {wins for White.}) 14... Nxa2+ 15. Kc2 Nxc3
16. bxc3 Bd6 17. e5 Nxd5 18. Qc4 $6 (18. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 19. exd6 Qa2+ 20. Kd3 Re8
{seems to bring a black survival (Tal).}) 18... Bf5+ 19. Kd2 Qxf2+ 20. Be2 Qe3+
$4 (20... Bc5 21. Kc1 Ba3+ 22. Kd2 Be6 $1 23. Rhf1 Qc5 {favours Black.}) 21.
Ke1 Bxe5 22. Rxd5+ Ke7 23. Nc7 Bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Be4 25. Bf3 {Donner immersed in
the tactical melee.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 35"]
[Date "1973.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Re8 $5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 Nd7 13. c4 $5 Nf4 14. c5 $1
Qxd4 $1 {Two fighters take up the complications.} 15. Re4 $1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh3+
17. Kg2 Qxc5 18. Kxh3 {A critical position has been reached.} Qh5 $2 (18... Nf6
$1 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe2 Bxb2 {(Khalifman) gains enough compensation for the
piece.}) 19. Nf1 $1 Ne5 20. Kg2 g5 21. Bg3 Rad8 22. Bxe5 $6 (22. Qe2 $1 {is
alright.}) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 g4 $6 (23... Bxe5 $1 24. Rxe5 Qg6 25. Rd7 Qf6 {
offers more resistance.}) 24. fxg4 Qg6 25. f3 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 e6 27. Ng3 Qf6 28.
Re2 Rd8 29. Ne4 Qe7 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Rd2 Qa5 32. Rd7 Qb4 $1 33. h4 a5 34. g5
$2 ({Right is} 34. Rd8+ $1 Kg7 35. Ng3 $1 a4 $1 36. Nh5+ Kh7 37. Bc2+ {and
White wins.}) 34... hxg5 35. hxg5 a4 $1 36. g6 $1 Kg7 $2 (36... axb3 37. Rxf7
Qd4 $1 38. axb3 Qxb2+ {brings a perpetual (Khalifman).}) 37. Bxe6 Qxb2+ 38. Kh3
Kxg6 39. Bxf7+ Kh6 40. Rd6+ Kg7 41. Rd7 b5 42. Be6+ Kg6 43. Rd8 c5 44. Rg8+ Kh7
45. Ng5+ Kh6 46. Nf7+ Kh7 47. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 35"]
[Date "1973.01.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 a6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. exd6 Qxd6 $5 (10... Bxd6 {drew in Dückstein - AMJ van den
Berg, Luzern 1963.}) 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Nf6+ $1 {Planinc
carries out an elegant manoeuvre.} Ke7 $1 15. Ne4 $5 h5 $1 16. Qa4 Rb8 $6 (
16... hxg4 $1 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. Rd1 f5 19. Nd6 Kf6 {(Ribli)} 20. h3 $1 {draws.})
17. Rd1 f6 18. Nd6 Bd7 19. Qxa6 Qe5+ 20. Be4 Qc5 $6 21. O-O $1 hxg4 22. Rfe1
Rxb2 $1 23. Nf5+ $2 (23. Re3 $1 Rh3 24. Nb7 Qb6 {battles.}) 23... exf5 24.
Bxf5+ $1 Kf7 25. Rxd7+ Kg8 26. Be6+ Kh7 27. Re3 $5 Kg6 $5 28. Bxg4 Rxh2 $1 29.
Be2 Rxe2 $2 (29... Rxf2 $1 30. Kxf2 Qf5+ $1 {wins.}) 30. Rxe2 Qh5 $2 (30... Rh3
$1 31. Kg2 Ra3 $1 32. Qb7 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 Qc1+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 31.
Qxc6 $1 Rh4 32. Re3 Kh7 33. Qd5 $1 f5 34. Rf7 Bc5 35. Rg3 Rg4 36. Rxg4 Qxg4+
37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qg4+ 39. Kd2 Qf4+ 40. Kd3 {The shy Planinc became very
popular.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 35"]
[Date "1973.01.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Zuidema, Coenraad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Qe2 a6 11. b4 Qh5 12. O-O $5 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. e4 Nbd7
15. h3 $1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb6 $5 17. Qe3 $1 Nfd7 18. Ne2 $1 f6 19. Bc7 Na8 20.
Ba5 Ne5 $2 21. Nxe5 $2 (21. Rxc8 $1 Nxf3+ {(Khalifman)} 22. Qxf3) 21... Qxe5
22. Bb1 Bd6 23. f4 Qb2 24. Rcd1 Bb8 $1 25. Kh2 f5 26. Rd2 Ba7 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28.
Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rc6 32. Rfe1 Rf6 $6 33. Bd8 Rf8
34. Be7 Re8 35. Bc5 Nc7 $2 (35... Kf7 $1 36. Rd1 Nb6 {defends properly 
(Khalifman).}) 36. Rd4 $1 Rc8 37. Rd7 Nd5 38. f5 $1 Nf4 39. Re4 Nh5 40. Rxe6 {
I saw Tal after the game, when he phoned with Russia. He was overjoyed cause
he had won by 101/2/15, just before Balashov.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 36"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Planinc was the great hero in 1974. He had a fine start.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10.
Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Ng6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bh5 Nce7 14. a4 O-O-O 15. f4 $5 (15. Qe1 {
was played in Planinc - Timman, Amsterdam 1973. Albin won.}) 15... Rhg8 16. Nf2
Kb8 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. Bc1 Qd8 $5 19. Nd1 f5 $5 20. Ne3 Nh8 21. Ba3 g5 $1 {The
confrontation begins.} 22. a5 Be8 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Qb1 $5 gxf4 25. Rxf4 Neg6
$5 26. Rf1 h5 $2 ({Wiser is} 26... Nf7) 27. Kh1 $5 f4 28. Nd1 Nh4 29. Bd6+ Ka8
30. Nb2 $1 Nf7 31. Na4 $1 Nxd6 32. exd6 Qg6 33. Rf2 Nxg2 34. d7 Rcd8 35. Nc5 $1
Rb8 36. d8=Q Rgxd8 37. Rxg2 Qf7 38. Qb6 $3 {Subtle manoeuvres are crowned.} f3
39. Rf2 Qf4 40. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 36"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Enklaar, Bertus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 a6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15.
Qf2 $5 Rd8 $6 ({Langeweg responded by} 15... f5 $1 {to the new move by Planinc
in round fourteen.}) 16. f5 Rb8 $2 ({Better is} 16... Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Bb7) 17.
Rf1 Bf8 $6 {Black allows a decisive attack on his king.} 18. g6 $1 Nxb3+ 19.
axb3 b4 20. Qh4 hxg6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Rd3 $1 e5 24. Nd5 Qb7 25.
Rdf3 Be6 26. R1f2 Bxd5 27. Rh3 $1 {The meteor of Planinc faded soon.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 36"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Ghitescu, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{A miracle happened in a game by Donner.  He disclosed his wet dreams about
the event in Schaakbulletin.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O
6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Be3 Nh5 $5 {Ghitescu puts both knights on the side.} 9.
g3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nh4 Nf6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Ng2 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc1
$5 Qf6 16. Rb1 $2 (16. f3 Nc5 17. b4 {counters timely.}) 16... f4 $1 17. gxf4
Bh3 $1 18. f5 $5 ({The pointe is} 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Qc2 Ng5 $1) 18... Qxf5 19.
Kh1 Kh8 20. f3 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Bh6 $3 22. fxe4 ({Ghitescu has prepared} 22. Bxh6
Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Qh3 24. Rg1 Nf2# {(Donner).}) 22... Rg8+ (22... Qxe4+ $1 23. Bf3
Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Rf8 25. Qf1 Bxe3 26. Re1 Qg4+ 27. Rg3 Rxf1 {decides the game
tactically.}) 23. Kh1 Qxe4+ 24. Bf3 Qxe3 25. Qxe3 Bxe3 26. Rbe1 Bd4 27. b3 Raf8
28. Bg2 Bf2 29. Re2 Bc5 30. Ree1 Rf4 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Bf3 Be3 33. h3 Rg3 34.
Bg4 h5 $1 35. Bf5 Kg7 36. Kh2 Kf6 37. Bd3 Bg1+ (37... h4 $1 {wins effortlessly
(Donner).}) 38. Rxg1 Rxd3 39. h4 Rd2+ 40. Kh3 Rxa2 $2 ({Better is} 40... f3 41.
Rg5 $6 Rd1 $1 42. Kg3 Rg1+ {and wins.}) 41. Rg5 $1 Rb2 42. Rxh5 Kg6 $2 (42...
Rxb3+ 43. Kg4 Rg3+ 44. Kxf4 Rc3 {(Donner) will be hard to win for Black.}) 43.
Rg5+ Kh6 44. Kg4 Rg2+ $4 {Ghitescu discovered a 'winning' exchange, when he
went to the resumption.} 45. Kxf4 Rxg5 $2 46. hxg5+ Kg6 47. Kg4 $1 {But the
pawn ending is lost.} a6 48. Kf4 $1 c5 49. dxc6 bxc6 50. b4 $1 Kg7 ({Or} 50...
c5 51. b5 $1) 51. Kf5 Kf7 52. g6+ Kg7 53. Kg5 d5 54. cxd5 cxd5 55. Kf5 d4 56.
Ke4 Kxg6 57. Kxd4 {Donner experienced a smell of divinity, cause he had
triumphed by luck in chess, the game of chance.   Ultimately, he achieved the
sole second place by the help of others. He compared himself with a
spermatozoid, who needs the sacrifice of other sperm cells, when he approaches
the female egg.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 36"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Browne was the most successful chess player, but the playboy Quinteros
defeated him in the battle for girls.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+
Qxd7 5. c4 Qg4 6. O-O Qxe4 7. d4 cxd4 8. Re1 $1 {Browne makes an improvement.}
Qc6 $2 ({Preferable is} 8... Qg4 $1 {(Aalbersberg Kroon - Verduga, Nice 1974).}
) 9. Nxd4 $1 Qxc4 10. Na3 $1 Qc8 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Nab5 e5 $5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14.
Rxe5+ Be7 15. Rd5 $1 Qc8 16. Nf5 $1 {Browne gets his revenge, because
Quinteros has no appropriate defence.} Kf8 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Re5+ {Browne won
the event by a score of 11/15 before Donner (91/2).} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 37"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Portisch and Hort fought for the general victory in 1974.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1
Qxd5 10. Qd3 Nbd7 $5 (10... Nc6 11. e4 Qd7 {was played in Gligoric - Portisch,
Torremolinos 1961.}) 11. e4 Qa5 12. e5 Nd5 13. c4 Nb4 14. Qb3 Nc6 $1 15. Bb2
O-O 16. Bc3 $6 ({My voice has} 16. Ke2 $5 Qa6 17. Rhe1) 16... Qa6 17. Qb5 Qb7
$1 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. h4 Nf8 20. Re4 Ne7 $1 21. h5 Nf5 $1 22. Rf4 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3
c5 24. Rhh4 cxd4 $6 {Exchanges are going to equalise the game.} 25. Rxd4 h6 26.
Qb1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qc7 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. Bb4 Nd7 30. Bd6 Qc6 31. Qe2 b5 $5 32.
cxb5 Qc1+ 33. Rd1 Qg5 $1 34. g4 Nb6 35. Kg1 Rc4 36. Bb8 $1 Rxg4 37. Bxa7 Nd5 {
Timman regards the next move as forced.} 38. Rxd5 $4 ({But} 38. Rd4 $1 Qc1+ 39.
Rd1 Qg5 40. Rd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Qc1+ 42. Qf1 Qd2 43. Qf2 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qxh5+ {
brings perpetual check.}) 38... exd5 39. e6 Re4 40. exf7+ Kxf7 41. Qf3+ Kg8 42.
Bf2 $1 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Qxf4 Rxf4 45. Bc5 ({Or} 45. Kg3 $5 {(Timman and
Böhm)} Rb4 46. b6 d4 47. Kf3 Rxb6 48. Bxd4 Ra6) 45... Ra4 46. b6 Rxa2 47. Kg3
Rc2 $1 48. Bd6 Rb2 49. Bc5 Kf7 50. Kf4 $1 Ke6 51. g4 Rb1 $1 52. Ke3 Rf1 53. Kd4
Rf4+ 54. Kd3 Rf7 $1 55. Kd4 Rb7 {Zugzwang has been achieved.} 56. Ke3 Ke5 57.
Kd3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 37"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Rc1 h6 $6 ({Theory is} 11... Ne4) 12. Bf4 Ne4
13. Bb1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c4 $2 ({Better is} 14... Nf6 {(Timman).}) 15. Qc2 Nf6 16.
Ne5 Re8 17. g4 $1 {Jan chooses for a spectacular attack.} b5 18. h4 $1 b4 19.
axb4 Bxb4 20. f3 $1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Kf8 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nd7 24. Qh7 (24.
Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Bd6+ Kg8 {(Timman)} 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ $1 {
wins quickly.}) 24... Nxe5 25. dxe5 g6 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qg7+ $6 (
{The surprising} 28. Rb1 $3 Qc8 29. Qg7+ Kd8 30. Rxb7 {triumphs brilliantly.})
28... Ke6 29. Qxb7 Qb6 30. Qg7 Re7 31. Qxg6+ Kd7 32. Qc2 Rf8 33. Rb1 Qc6 34.
Qa2 Ke8 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kg3 Kg8 $2 ({Right is} 36... Rh8 $1 {(Timman).}) 37.
Rh1 Qg6 38. Rh6 Qf5 39. Qd2 $1 Qd3 40. Qh2 Rh7 41. g6 Rg7 42. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 37"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. b3
g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Nd2 $5 (10. f4 {occurred in Planinc - Popov, Nice 1974.})
10... O-O 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 (13. f4 $1 {takes the initiative.})
13... Bb7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Qg5 $6 Nc5 $1 {Hübner attacks the centre.} 16. Nd2
$2 ({Better is} 16. a5 bxa5 17. Nxa5) 16... d5 $1 17. Nb5 $5 axb5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Qxf6 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxc2 23. Rxe6 $5 Qxb3 {The
white attack has no strength. Geller is losing pawns.} 24. Ree1 bxa4 25. h4 a3
26. Rab1 Qd5 27. Re5 a2 28. Ra1 Qb3 29. Ree1 h5 30. Kh2 Re8 31. Red1 b5 32. Rd2
Qc4 33. f4 b4 34. Rd4 Qc3 35. f5 Ra6 36. Qxa6 Qxa1 37. Qf6 Qf1 38. Rd8 Qf4+ 39.
g3 Qf2+ 40. Kh3 Rxd8 {Geller played a poor tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 37"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Na6 $5 {Black knights circle around the board.} 11. Re1
Nb4 12. Bc4 g5 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Nd2 d5 $1 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Be5 Qb6 18.
Kh1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Rad1 Bg6 21. Qf1 Rd7 22. f4 $5 gxf4 23. Qxf4 Nxc2 $3
{Hort counters timely.} 24. Bxc2 Qxb2 25. Bxf6 exf6 $1 ({Not} 25... Bxf6 26. e5
Bg5 27. Qg4 $1 {(Hort).}) 26. Qe3 Qxc2 27. Rc1 Qb2 28. Nxd5 $1 Re8 $5 {Black
sacrifices the queen.} 29. Nc4 Qa2 30. Re2 Qxe2 31. Qxe2 cxd5 $5 32. Nb6 Rdd8
33. Qb5 Bxe4 34. Qxa5 f5 {The black pieces threaten to decide the game by an
attack on the king.} 35. Qd2 $2 (35. Qb4 $1 {(protects b6 and d4)} Re6 36. Rf1
$1 Rg6 37. Rf2 Rc6 38. Kg1 Rc1+ 39. Rf1 Rc2 40. Rf2 {draws.}) 35... Re6 36. a5
$6 (36. Nc8 {prevents the next move.}) 36... Rg6 $1 37. Rg1 Bf8 $1 38. Na4 $6
Rc8 $1 39. Nc3 Bb4 40. Qb2 Rxc3 $1 {Hort chased Portisch.} ({The pointe is} 
40... Rxc3 41. Qxb4 Bxg2+ $1) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 37"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Hort has taken a lead of half-a-point on Portisch. The decisive game begins.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. b3 Na6 10. Bf3 Qb8 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Rfc8 14. Bb2 Nc7
15. Rac1 a6 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Rd2 Nce8 18. Kf1 Rc7 19. Rcd1 Rac8 20. Nde2 d6 21.
f4 Rb7 22. Nd4 g6 23. Ke2 Ng7 24. Rc1 Nf5 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Nb1 Rc6 27. Rdc2
Rbc7 28. Kd3 Nd7 29. f3 Nc5+ 30. Ke2 Nd7 31. Kd3 Rc8 32. Nd2 Bf6 33. Bxf6 Nxf6
34. Rg1 Ke7 35. a3 R6c7 {Nothing is going on.} 36. Kc3 $2 d5 $1 37. Kb2 Rd8 38.
cxd5 Rxc2+ 39. Kxc2 Nxd5 40. Re1 Rc8+ 41. Kd3 Rd8 42. Nc4 $2 {Hort should not
have sacrificed a pawn.} (42. Kc2 b5 43. Nf1 $1 a5 44. Re2 {defends the white
position stubbornly.}) 42... Nxf4+ 43. Kc2 b5 44. Ne5 Rc8+ 45. Kd2 Nd5 46. e4
fxe4 47. fxe4 Nb6 48. Nd3 Nd7 49. Re3 Nf6 50. Nf2 Rg8 51. Rh3 Rg7 52. Rh4 a5
53. Nd3 Rg2+ 54. Kc3 Re2 55. Kd4 Ra2 56. Kc3 Kf8 $5 57. Nc5 Ke7 $5 58. a4 bxa4
59. Nxa4 Rg2 60. Kd4 Rg4 $5 61. Rxg4 Nxg4 62. h3 Nf2 63. h4 Kd6 64. Nb2 Kc6 65.
Ke3 Ng4+ 66. Kf4 Nf6 67. Nc4 Kb5 68. Ne5 $1 Ne8 $1 69. Kg5 $5 {Hort sets a
trap.} Nd6 $1 (69... f6+ $2 70. Kh6 fxe5 71. Kxh7 Kb4 72. Kg6 $1 {draws 
(Timman).}) 70. Kh6 f5 $1 71. Kxh7 fxe4 72. Kg6 Kb4 73. Kf6 Nf5 74. h5 e3 75.
Kxe6 Ng7+ 76. Kd5 Nxh5 77. Kd4 Kxb3 78. Kxe3 Kc3 $1 79. Nc6 a4 80. Na7 Nf6 81.
Nb5+ Kb4 82. Nd4 Kc4 83. Nc2 Kc3 84. Nd4 Nd5+ 85. Ke4 Nb6 86. Ne2+ Kd2 $1 {
Both men played draws in the last two rounds. So Portisch became the winner.
He scored 101/2/15.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 37"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Enklaar, Bertus"]
[Black "Dvoretzky, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. h3 Bxf3 $5 11. gxf3 Nf6 12. Bxf5 O-O 13. Qd3 Bd6 14. Bg5
Ne7 15. Be6+ Kh8 16. Nd2 Ng6 $1 17. Bf5 $2 (17. Bxd5 $5 Bf4 $1 18. Bxb7 Bxg5
19. Bxa8 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxa8 21. Qg5 {battles.}) 17... Bf4 $1 18. Bxf6 $2 ({
Right is} 18. Bxg6 Bxg5 19. Bf5) 18... Qxf6 19. Bxg6 Bxd2 20. Re2 Bf4 $1 21.
Bxh7 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qh5 $1 {The master group was ruled by the chess teacher
Dvoretzky. He won by 12/15.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 38"]
[Date "1976.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dvoretzky, Mark"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Ljubojevic had a great start in 1976.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4
Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. O-O $5 {
Dvoretzky springs a novelty.} g4 11. Nh4 cxd4 $1 {Ljubojevic plays the
sharpest answer.} 12. Nf5 dxc3 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nf5 cxb2 15. Rb1 Nf6 16. Bh4
$5 ({Advisable is} 16. Rxb2 $1 Bxf5 17. exf5 {(Timman).}) 16... Bxf5 17. exf5
Qb6 18. Re1 $2 (18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Qxg4 {levels the game.}) 18... Rc8 19. Re3 $2
(19. Qe2 Rc7 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. c4 {defends stubbornly (Timman).}) 19... Qb5 20.
Bxf6 exf6 21. Rb3 Qxf5 22. R1xb2 b5 23. h3 h5 $1 24. Rb4 $5 (24. Qxd6+ Kg7 25.
Qxa6 Rhd8 $1 {brings a decisive black attack (Timman).}) 24... d5 $1 25. hxg4
hxg4 26. Qxg4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. Rd4 f5 29. Qf3 Qxa2 30. Rxd5 Qa1+ 31. Rd1
Qe5 32. g3 Kg7 33. Qa3 Rh6 34. Qc1 Qe4 35. Qg5+ Kh7 {Dvoretzky met more
resistance in the grandmaster group.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 38"]
[Date "1976.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. e5 $5 {This novelty leads to a
speculative pawn sacrifice.} dxe5 13. fxe5 $5 (13. Nxc6 {starts exchanges.})
13... Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rad1 Qb8 16. Rd3 $1 Ne8 17. Ne4 Bc7 18. Rc3 Nc6 $1
19. Bxc7 Nxd4 20. Bd3 Qa7 21. Nc5 $5 Bb5 $5 ({Future games will end by} 21...
Nxc7 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 24. Rg3+ Kh7 25. Rh3+ {drawn (Wintzer
- Von Gleich, Sankt Augustin 1990).}) 22. Be5 Nc6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rf4 $2 ({
Correct is} 24. Bxg7 $1 Nxg7 25. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Rg3+ {drawn.}) 24... f6 $2 (
{Better is} 24... f5 $1 25. Rh4+ Kg8 26. Qg6 Nxe5 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 $1 28. Qxe5 Rd8
29. Rch3 $1 {(Timman)} Re7 $3 30. Qxe7 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rf1+ 32. Kg3 Qb8+ {and
Black wins.}) 25. Rh4+ Kg8 26. Qh3 Nd8 27. Bd4 b6 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Qxe6+ Qf7
30. Qe4 {White threatens mate in one.} g5 $2 ({Right is} 30... Qxa2 $1 31. Qh7+
Kf7 32. Qh5+ {and perpetual check (Timman).}) 31. Rh6 Ra7 32. Rch3 $1 Qg7 33.
Rg6 Rff7 34. c4 {Ljubojevic had won a highly artistic game. He began by three
wins.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 38"]
[Date "1976.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Re8 11. f3 b6 12. e4 Nh5 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4
15. Rxf4 Qe7 16. Qf3 Rf8 17. Rf1 Bd7 18. Qg3 f6 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. R4f2
a5 22. a4 Kg7 23. Bb1 Be8 24. e5 dxe5 25. d5 Nd8 26. h4 e4 27. hxg5 f5 28. Qe3
Bg6 29. g4 f4 30. Rxf4 Nf7 31. Nd2 Nxg5 32. Rxf8 Rxf8 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Kg2 Qe5
35. Nf1 h5 36. Qg3 Qf6 {An equal position has been reached after a wild game.
Browne was a tense player.} 37. Nh2 $6 ({Better is} 37. gxh5 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 $1
Qxh5 39. Ne3) 37... Kg7 $2 (37... hxg4 38. Nxg4 Qf3+ 39. Kh2 Qe2+ 40. Nf2 Qf1 {
gains a plus.}) 38. gxh5 $1 Bxh5 39. Bxe4 Kh6 $5 40. Qh4 Nxe4 $4 ({Right is} 
40... Kg7) 41. Ng4+ {Olafsson scored his first win after a time scramble.
Walter Browne behaved as a noisy and hyperactive nervous wreck during the
finish of a dramatic game.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 38"]
[Date "1976.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Ljubojevic led half-a-point on Olafsson, when the last round began.} 1. Nf3 d5
2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb2 Qa5 9.
Nd2 Qc7 $5 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 {drew in Portisch - Olafsson, Stockholm 1962.
}) 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Rfe1 Bh5
16. e4 dxe4 $6 (16... Bg6 $1 17. e5 {(Olafsson)} Nh5 $1 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qc3
Nf4 $1 {defends by an elegant knight manoeuvre.}) 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Qc5 Nf4 $5
19. Bc4 $1 b6 $2 (19... Bg6 $1 20. Nd6 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 b6 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Qg5 {
(Olafsson)} Na5 $1 {avoids a disaster.}) 20. Qg5 Bg6 21. d5 $1 Nd4 22. Bxd4
Qxc4 23. Nf6+ $1 {White utilises the critical moment.} gxf6 24. Qxf4 f5 25. Qh4
$1 {Tal tortured Ljubojevic for 59 moves, but Ljubo escaped.   Ljubojevic and
Olafsson won by 71/2/11, one point before Tal and Kurajica.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 39"]
[Date "1977.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The organisers were irritated when Geller instead of Karpov arrived, but it
became an interesting tournament anyway.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5
exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. e4
Re8 12. Re1 $5 ({The prudent} 12. Nd2 {prevents the next move (Behrensen -
Najdorf, Buenos Aires 1964).}) 12... c4 $1 13. Qe2 $2 ({Theory will become} 13.
Bf1) 13... Qc7 $2 (13... Nc5 $1 14. Qxc4 b5 $1 15. Qf1 b4 {takes an advantage 
(Ligterink).}) 14. Bf4 Ng4 15. Bf1 Qc5 $2 (15... Nde5 $1 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Qxc4 {(LigterinK)} Qb6 $1 {almost equalises.}) 16. Nd2 $1 Nde5 17. h3
$1 Nd3 $1 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qe3 $1 Bd4 20. Bxd3 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Qb4 22. Nxc4 {
White has three minor pieces against a vulnerable queen.} b5 23. Na2 Qb3 24.
Nc1 Qb4 25. Bd2 Qc5 26. Nb3 Qc7 27. Ne3 Bd7 ({Not} 27... Bf3 $2 28. Nd4 Bxe4
29. Ng4 Bxd3 30. Nf6+ {(Ligterink).}) 28. Nd4 Qb6 29. Ndc2 bxa4 $6 30. Nc4 $1
Qb8 31. Bf4 Bb5 32. Bxd6 Qd8 33. Ba3 Bxc4 34. Bxc4 Rc8 35. Bd3 h5 36. Ne3 h4
37. d6 hxg3 38. fxg3 Rb8 39. Nd5 Qg5 40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Be2 Kg7 42. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 39"]
[Date "1977.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. e4
Rb8 9. Re1 $5 (9. Bg5 {brings no advantage either (Filip - Pilnik, Marianske
Lazne/Praha 1956).}) 9... b5 $1 10. e5 $2 (10. Bf4 b4 11. Na4 Bd6 {leads to a
black edge.}) 10... Nd5 $1 11. Ne4 Ncb4 $1 12. Nfg5 {White dreams of an attack
on the king.} h6 13. Nh3 Nd3 $1 {Geller has achieved a winning position.
Kavalek begins a flight forwards.} 14. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 15. Qg4+ Kh7 16. f4 f5 17.
exf6 Nxf6 18. Nhg5+ hxg5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Be4 Qxd4+ 22. Kg2 Rh8
23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Rf1 gxf4 {Geller started to chase Sosonko in the race for the
leadership.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 39"]
[Date "1977.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nf2
h5 $5 16. h3 Ng6 17. a4 Rf7 18. Nb5 Bf8 19. Qc2 g4 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. hxg4 a6
22. Na3 Rg7 23. Rfc1 Nh4 24. Qd1 Bxg4 $2 ({Better is} 24... Qb6 $5) 25. Nxg4
Nxg4 26. Bxg4 Qg5 27. Be6+ Kh8 {This position has occurred in an offhand game
Sosonko - Ligterink. Genna finds a new and winning move.} 28. g4 $1 Re8 29. Rc3
Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qh5 31. Rh3 f3 $5 32. Kf2 d5 33. Qxf3 Bc5+ 34. Ke2 Rxg4 35. Rxh4
Rxh4 36. Qxh5+ Rxh5 37. exd5 e4 38. Rf1 Rxd5 39. Rf7 Kg8 40. Rxb7 Re5 {Sosonko
had a great advantage by his theoretical knowledge.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 39"]
[Date "1977.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d4 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c4 Bh5 $5 ({Usual is} 9... a5) 10. Ne1 Bd6 11. Nd3 Qe7 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13.
h3 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e3 a5 18. Qc1 Qe7 19. f4 c5
20. Qa3 Ra6 21. g5 Nh5 22. Rfe1 Qd6 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nf3 b5 25. dxc5 $6 (25.
Rac1 $1 b4 26. Qa4 c4 $5 27. bxc4 dxc4 28. Bf1 Qd5 29. e4 Qd6 {brings wild
play.}) 25... Nxc5 26. Rad1 b4 27. Qb2 Ne4 28. Ne5 Nc3 29. Rd3 Qc5 30. Qf2 a4
31. Rd2 axb3 32. axb3 Rda8 {Timman has the initiative.} 33. f5 $2 ({Correct is
} 33. Kh2 $1 Ra3 34. Rc1 $1 Qb5 35. Rb2 {and White consolidates.}) 33... Qe7 $1
34. fxg6 Qxe5 $1 35. Qxf7+ ({Or} 35. gxf7+ Kf8 36. Qh4 Ra1 $1 {(Timman).})
35... Kh8 36. Rf2 Qe6 37. Bf3 Ne4 38. Bg4 (38. Qxe6 $1 Rxe6 39. Bxh5 Nxf2 40.
Kxf2 {resists more stubbornly (Timman).}) 38... Qxf7 {Timman ended the event
by a winning streak of five games.   Sosonko led, half-a-point before Geller,
and one point ahead of Timman and Kurajica after the penultimate round.} (38...
Qxf7 39. Rxf7 Nhg3 $1 {wins a piece and carries on the black attack.}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 39"]
[Date "1977.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Sosonko drew quickly versus Kurajica in the last round. So Geller needed a
win.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Bb1 $5 (15. Ba6 {was played in Gligoric - Benko, Los Angeles 1963.})
15... Bb7 16. e4 $6 {The white e-pawn becomes a weakness.} cxd4 $1 17. Nxd4
Rfd8 18. a3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc5 20. Qe3 Qf6 $5 21. e5 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Nb5
Nb3 24. Re1 Rd2 25. Nxa7 Rxb2 {Geller has the active rook.} 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. Bf1
g4 $5 28. Nb5 Ba6 $1 29. Nd6 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 ({Not} 30. Kxf1 $2 Nd3 $1) 30... Nd3
31. Nc4 Rb3 32. f4 gxf3 33. Rxf3 Rc3 $5 34. Nxb6 Rxa3 35. Nc4 Rc3 36. Kf1 Rxc4
37. Rxd3 Re4 $1 {White cannot save the e-pawn.} 38. Kf2 Rxe5 {Black has an
extra pawn in the rook ending. White should aim his defence on the passed
e-pawn.} 39. g4 $2 g5 $1 {The h-pawn becomes a weakness. White has a second
problem, therefore.} 40. Kg3 ({Not} 40. h4 $2 gxh4 41. Rh3 Rg5 $1 42. Rxh4 Rg7
$1 43. Kf3 Rh7 $1) 40... Re1 $1 41. Ra3 Kg7 42. Ra7 Re3+ 43. Kf2 Rd3 44. Rb7
Kg6 45. Rb6 Kf6 46. Rb7 Rd6 47. Kg3 e5 48. Rb4 Rd3+ 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Rb6+ Rd6
51. Rb8 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Rd3+ 53. Kg2 e4 $1 {The passed pawn advances.} 54. Re8+
Kd5 55. Re7 f6 56. Re8 Ra3 57. Kf2 Rf3+ $1 58. Kg2 Rc3 59. h3 $1 Rc6 60. Kf2
Kd4 61. Ra8 Rc2+ 62. Kg3 Rc1 63. Rd8+ $1 (63. Ra6 $2 {can be refuted by} Kd3 $3
64. Rxf6 e3 $1 65. Rd6+ Ke2 66. Rd5 Rg1+ 67. Kh2 Rd1 68. Rxg5 Kf3 69. Rf5+ Ke4
70. Rf8 e2 71. Re8+ Kd3 {and Black wins.}) 63... Ke3 64. Rd6 $1 Rg1+ 65. Kh2
Rf1 66. Ra6 $1 f5 67. gxf5 Rxf5 68. Kg3 Rd5 69. Ra2 Kd3 70. Ra3+ Kd2 71. Ra2+
Ke1 {Black made a lot of progress, but Nikolac still has a last escape.} 72.
Ra4 $2 (72. Kg4 $1 Rd2 ({or} 72... e3 73. Kf3 $1)) 72... e3 $1 73. Ra1+ Rd1 {
Geller won after nine hours of play. The other participants had become hungry
and were eating the traditional pea soup.   Geller and Sosonko triumphed in
the main group by a score of 8/11. Timman trailed by half-a-point.} ({The
point is} 73... Rd1 74. Ra2 e2 $1 75. Kf3 Kf1 $1 76. Rxe2 Rd3+ 77. Re3 Rxe3+
78. Kxe3 Kg2 {and Black wins by his last pawn.}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 39"]
[Date "1977.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8.
Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. h3 $5
(14. Qh5 {occurred in Karpov - Kupreichik, Moscow 1976.}) 14... f5 $5 15. Ng5
Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f4 $1 17. Re4 $1 h6 $2 (17... f3 $1 18. Rxd4 fxg2 $1 19. c4 Qf7
20. Qe2 Nc7 {leads to mutual chances (Van der Sterren).}) 18. Bxf4 $1 Nxf4 19.
Qg4 $1 {Paul shows himself as a fine attacker in open games. He is going to
win a pawn.} Rae8 20. Rxf4 ({Not} 20. Rae1 $4 h5 $1 {(Van der Sterren).}) 20...
Rxf4 21. Qxf4 Bxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Kf1 Qc5 25. b4 Qd6 26. Re1 Rxe1+
27. Qxe1 Kf8 28. g3 Kf7 29. h4 Kf8 30. Kg1 Kf7 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. g4 Kf7 33. h5
Kf8 34. Qd2 Qd5+ 35. Kg3 Kg8 36. Qf4 b5 37. Qc7 Kh7 38. Qe7 Qa2 39. Qe4+ Kh8
40. Qxd4 Qb1 41. c4 Qg1+ 42. Kf4 Qe1 43. c5 Kg8 44. f3 Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kg8 46. Kf5
Qd2 47. Qxc6 Qxd3+ 48. Qe4 Qd2 49. c6 Qxb2 50. Ke6 Qc3 51. Kd6 Kf8 52. c7 Qf6+
53. Kd7 {The master group was won by Kupreichik despite this defeat.
20-years-old Paul van der Sterren became second.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 40"]
[Date "1978.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1978  World championship's candidate Viktor Kortschnoj was
favourite for the victory. The Soviets stayed home.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3 Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6
Rxf6 11. Qh5 h6 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Qa5 $5 (13... Bd7 {stems from I. Polgár -
Farago, Hungary 1968.}) 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Rfb1 $5 Qc7 16. Nh4 $6 ({My preference
has} 16. Re1) 16... Raf8 17. f4 Be8 18. Qg4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Bxg6 20. Ra2 $5 Ne7
21. Rab2 $5 {White has to accept passivity.} b6 22. Qh3 Nf5 23. Re1 $5 Qe7 $1
24. Ra2 Nd6 25. Bf3 $2 (25. Bc1 $1 Ne4 26. a4 $1 {defends subtly.}) 25... Ne4
$1 {The black attack gains strength.} 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. g3 $2 Qf7 28. Qg4 g5 $1
29. Raa1 Rf5 $5 30. Rf1 $5 Bxc2 31. Rf2 Qg6 32. Re1 Be4 {Black threatens h5.}
33. Rxe4 $5 dxe4 34. Kf1 Rb5 35. Qe2 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. Qxc4 e3 38. Bxe3 Qe4+
39. Kh3 Rxf2 40. Bxf2 gxf4 41. gxf4 Rxf4 42. Bg3 Rf5 43. Qc8+ Rf8 44. Qc4 h5
45. Qb5 Qg4+ 46. Kg2 h4 {Mecking had to withdraw from chess due to a
mysterious disease.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 40"]
[Date "1978.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Re1+ $5 ({Known is} 12. Bb2)
12... Ne6 13. Ba3 $5 O-O 14. Nb3 Qd7 $5 ({Less risk takes} 14... Re8 15. Bxd6
$1 Bd7) 15. Re3 $1 Qc6 $6 ({Preferable is} 15... Nf4 $1 16. Bxd6 $1 N6d5 17.
Bxf4 Nxf4) 16. Bxd6 $1 Rd8 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Qh5 h6 19. Bb2 $5 Qxg2+ $2 {Timman
misses a narrow escape.} ({Right is} 19... Nf4 $1 20. Qf3 (20. Qg4 $2 Ne5 $3
21. Qxf4 $6 Nxd3) 20... Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Re8 {drawn.}) 20. Kxg2 Nf4+
21. Kg1 Nxh5 22. Rd1 $1 Rf8 (22... Nb6 $5 23. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 24. Rxd8 Nxc4 25.
Ree8 {leads to a white win.}) 23. Ba3 $1 Rd8 24. Bb2 $5 Rf8 25. Ba3 Rd8 26. Bf5
$1 Nhf6 27. Be7 Re8 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Rd8 Kf8 31. Bxc8 $1 {
Portisch became the runner-up.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 40"]
[Date "1978.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 Bd7 $5 11. a4 Nc8 12. Qd2 Nb6 $5 13. Qg5 $5 ({Even
better is} 13. Ba3 $1 Nxa4 14. Bd6) 13... Rg8 14. Ra3 h6 15. Qh5 Nxa4 $5 16. g3
b5 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. Raa1 a6 20. Nh4 O-O-O 21. Ng2 Kc7 22. Ne3 Ra8
23. f4 Nb6 24. f5 b4 $6 25. Rf1 $1 {Van der Sterren switches to the kingside.}
g6 $5 26. fxg6 Rxg6 27. Qf3 Be8 28. Qf4 bxc3 29. Bxc3 Qg5 30. Qf3 a5 31. Ng2
Nb4 32. Nf4 Rg8 33. Rfb1 Qd8 34. Qf1 Nc6 35. Rb5 a4 36. Qb1 Ra6 37. Qb2 Bd7 38.
Qa3 Nxd4 $5 39. Qc5+ Kb7 40. Bxd4 Bxb5 41. Qxb5 a3 {White's edge has survived
time trouble.} 42. Bh5 $1 Qc7 43. Ne2 Qe7 $2 ({The last chance brings} 43...
Rg5 44. Bf3 Rxe5 $1 45. Bxe5 Qxe5 {(Van der Sterren).}) 44. Nc3 Qd7 45. Qb4 Rg5
46. Rxa3 Rxa3 47. Qxb6+ Ka8 48. Nb5 Qb7 49. Qd8+ Qb8 50. Qd7 Qb7 51. Qe8+ Qb8
52. Qc6+ Qb7 53. Qe8+ Qb8 54. Qc6+ Qb7 55. Qd6 $1 Raxg3+ 56. hxg3 Qxb5 57. Qf8+
Kb7 58. Qxf7+ Kb8 59. Kg2 Qa4 60. Qf8+ {Kortschnoj had lost to the tailender.}
({Paul analyses} 60. Qf8+ Kb7 61. Qe7+ Kb8 62. Qd8+ Kb7 63. Qb6+ Ka8 64. Be8 $1
Qxc2+ 65. Bf2 Qe4+ 66. Kh2) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 40"]
[Date "1978.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6
8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 e5 10. Nc2 Bc6 11. O-O Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Ne3
Bc5 15. Ned5 Bd4 $6 (15... Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Nb6 {completes a dull draw (Sosonko).}
) 16. Be3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Ke7 18. Rd2 $1 Rc6 19. Rad1 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. f4
exf4 22. gxf4 Rc8 23. Kf3 Ke6 24. Rd3 Ke7 $6 25. R1d2 Ke8 26. e4 Ng8 27. Nd5
Rbc6 28. a4 Nf6 29. Ne3 g6 30. Rb3 b6 31. Rbd3 Ng8 32. Nd5 $2 (32. Rd7 $1 Ne7
33. Ra7 a5 34. Rdd7 Re6 35. Rab7 {proceeds the attack.}) 32... Ne7 33. Nc3 R6c7
34. Ke2 Rc4 35. Rh3 h5 36. Rhd3 Rb4 $6 37. Kf3 f5 $5 38. Rd7 $6 (38. exf5 gxf5
39. Re2 {assaults strongly.}) 38... Rxb2 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Nd5+ Kd6 $6 (40...
Ke6 $1 41. Rxb2 fxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Rc4+ {draws easily (Sosonko).}) 41. e5+ Ke6 42.
Rxb2 Kxd5 43. Rd2+ Ke6 44. Rd6+ Kf7 45. Rf6+ $1 {Portisch has set an
incredible trap.} Kg7 $2 ({Correct is} 45... Ke7 46. Rxg6 Rc3+ 47. Kg2 Rc4 48.
Rxb6 Rxf4 49. Rxa6 Re4) 46. Rxb6 Rc3+ 47. Kg2 $1 Rc4 48. Rxa6 $1 Rxf4 49. Ra7+
Kf8 {The king has to withdraw to the eighth rank.} 50. a5 Ra4 51. a6 {Portisch
took a prevailing lead in the penultimate round. He triumphed by 8/11,
half-a-point before Kortschnoj.} (51. a6 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 g5 53. Ra8+ Kg7 54. e6 $1
{brings a white win.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 40"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hartoch, Robert"]
[Black "Van Reek, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Not a masters nor a ladies group were arranged due to economic circumstances
of the steel industry. The next group consisted of three masters and an
amateur.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. c3 Qe7 6. d5 Nd8 7. Be2 g6
8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nf6 $5 (9... Nh6 {occurred in Klavins - Tolush, Riga 1952.})
10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. g4 b6 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Nf1 f5 $5 ({Black has to
start a counteraction indeed, but} 14... c6 $1 {opens the position at the
correct flank.}) 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. O-O-O
Nb7 20. Rdg1 Kh8 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Bc2 e4 $2 {Black fails in an effort to
liberate himself.} (22... Qf7 {carries on the passive defence.}) 23. Bd4 Rg8
24. Re1 Rae8 25. Ncxe4 Nfxe4 26. Nxe4 Qh4 27. f3 Ref8 28. Rhg1 Qf4 29. Rxg7 $1
Rxg7 30. Rg1 $2 ({Harrtoch misses} 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Rg1 Rff7 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33.
Nf6 Bxh3 34. Ne8 $1 {and White wins a piece.}) 30... Qxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 32.
fxe4 Rff7 33. h4 Kg8 34. Rxg7+ Rxg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Ke3 h6 {Black holds the
fortress.} 37. b4 Kf6 38. Kf4 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. c5 Be8 41. Bd1 Bg6 42. Bg4
Bf7 43. Bf5 Ke7 44. Bg4 Kf6 45. a3 Bg6 46. Bh3 Bf7 47. Bd7 Bh5 48. Bg4 Bf7 49.
h5 Bg8 50. Bf5 Bf7 51. Bg6 $4 Bxg6 52. hxg6 dxc5 $1 {Distant passed pawns
decide the game.} 53. g7 Kxg7 54. Ke5 c4 55. Kd4 h5 {The pathetic Robbie
squealed: "I won't shake your hand", but matters quieted down within minutes. 
The behaviour by Hartoch was a reason for me not to become a chess
professional. "If I continue in chess, I will become like him!" I thought. My
scientific career became far more important and I developed the basics of an
anti-smoking policy five years later.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 41"]
[Date "1979.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1979  The women's world champion took part in the grandmasters'
group. She played one exceptional game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O
Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 d5 10. Nbd2 Bg6 $5 {
Pieces were exchanged in Giorgadze - Tal, Tbilisi 1978.} 11. dxc5 e6 12. Qa4+
Qd7 13. Qd4 Rc8 14. b4 Be7 15. a4 O-O 16. Nc4 $5 {White has the initiative on
the queenside.} dxc4 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bd6 b6 $5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Bc2 23. Re2 Bb3 24. f4 f6 25. Kf2 $1 {The white king starts
a long march.} Kf7 26. Ke3 $1 e5 $2 (26... g6 $1 27. Kd4 a5 {stops the parade.}
) 27. f5 g6 28. Ke4 $1 gxf5+ 29. Kd5 $3 {The king should support pawn c5.} f4
30. c6 Rg8 31. c7 h5 32. Kc6 $1 Ke6 33. Bc5 h4 34. Kb7 $1 h3 35. gxh3 f3 36.
Rd2 e4 37. Re1 f5 38. Rd6+ Ke5 39. Rxa6 Bc2 40. Bd4+ Kd5 41. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 41"]
[Date "1979.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O
c5 9. c4 bxc4 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. dxc5 d5 12. Nce5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 Nfe4 14. b4 Ne6
15. Nd4 Qd6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Nd3 $2 ({More active is} 17. Qd4) 17... Bxb2 18.
Nxb2 Rfc8 19. Qd4 Qa6 $1 {Black wins a pawn.} 20. Nd3 Qxa2 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22.
Nc5 Bc6 23. e3 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Rfd1 e6 26. Nd7 Kg7 27. b5 Bb3 28. Rxc8
Rxc8 29. Ra1 Rc7 30. b6 axb6 31. Nxb6 Rc6 32. Nd7 g5 33. g4 Rc7 34. Nb6 h5 35.
h3 h4 36. Rb1 Rc3 37. Nd7 Bd5 38. Nb6 Bc6 39. Kg2 f5 40. Rb4 Kf6 41. Rc4 Rxc4
42. Nxc4 f4 43. Nd2 f3+ $2 {Square f3 should stay open for the bishop.} 44. Kf1
Ke5 45. Ke1 Kd5 46. Kd1 Bb5 47. Kc2 Bd3+ 48. Kc3 e5 49. Kb4 (49. Nxf3 {draws
immediately.}) 49... Kc6 50. Kc3 Kc5 51. Nb3+ Kd5 52. Nd2 Ba6 53. Kb4 Bb7 54.
Kb5 Bc8 55. Kb4 Ba6 56. Ka5 $4 {The king should have gone to b3 or c3.} Bf1 $1
{The Dutch hope had won two games.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 41"]
[Date "1979.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{They battled for the first place.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5.
Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. Ne5 $5 {Timman plays an active
novelty but the game continues quietly.} Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc8 11. e4 Qb7 12. Qf3
c6 13. Rfe1 Nb4 $1 14. Rac1 d6 15. Nd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 a6 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 b5
19. a3 Rac8 20. Bf4 Rc4 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. f3 Rd8 23. Red1 Nd7 24. b3 Rcc8 25.
Ne2 Nc5 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 26. Qb1 b4 $1 27. Be3 $5 bxa3 28. b4
Nd7 29. Qb3 Nf8 30. Nf4 $2 ({Better is} 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qxa3) 30... d5 $1 31.
exd5 Qxb4 $1 32. Qxb4 Bxb4 33. dxe6 Rxd1 $5 34. Rxd1 a2 35. Nd5 $5 (35. Ra1
Rc2+ 36. Kh3 {(Polugaevsky)} a5 $1 37. Bd4 g5 {wins for Black.}) 35... Rd8 36.
e7 Rxd5 $1 {Polu has a witty answer to the counter.} 37. Rxd5 a1=Q 38. e8=Q
Qa2+ 39. Bd2 Bxd2 40. Re5 Bb4+ 41. Re2 Qd5 42. h4 a5 43. Re4 Bd6 44. Re2 h6 45.
g4 Qd4 46. h5 Bc5 $1 47. Kg3 Qg1+ 48. Kf4 Bd6+ 49. Ke4 Qc5 $1 50. Qa8 Qc4+ 51.
Ke3 Bc5+ 52. Kd2 Qa2+ 53. Kd1 Qb3+ 54. Kd2 Bb4+ 55. Kc1 Qd3 $1 {Polugaevsky
took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 41"]
[Date "1979.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2
Rc8 $5 (8... O-O {drew quickly in Gulko-Yudasin, Leon 1992.}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10.
Ne5 c6 11. Nd2 Qe7 $5 12. Re1 $1 {White takes the initiative in the centre.}
Bb4 $2 (12... O-O $1 13. e4 $1 {(Polugaevsky)} Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nxc6 $5
Rxc6 16. Bxe4 Rcc8 $1 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 {brings equal chances.}) 13.
a3 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O 15. Qg5 Rfe8 16. b4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 $5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19.
f4 f5 20. Rac1 Ree8 $2 (20... Bb7 $1 21. Bh3 Rf8 {tries to create a fortress.})
21. Bh3 $1 Rf8 (21... g6 22. e4 $1 dxe4 23. g4 $1) 22. g4 $1 fxg4 23. Bxg4 Nb8
$5 {Otherwise Black faces a positional loss.} 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. e4
dxe4 27. Rxe4 Be6 28. Rd4 Kg8 29. Rcd1 Bd5 30. b5 Bf3 31. R1d3 Be2 32. Rd2 {
Polugaevsky had won the event by a score of 71/2/11, one point before the pack.
} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 42"]
[Date "1980.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1980  Kortschnoj played so no Soviets took part, like in 1978.} 
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3
h6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 $5 (11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 {was played in
Opo enský - Duchamp, Folkestone 1933.}) 11... Nc6 12. Bb2 Bc5 $5 13. Bc2 O-O
14. Qd3 Rd8 $1 15. Rd1 $1 Kf8 16. Qe4 Bd6 17. h4 $1 Qf5 $5 18. Qe2 $5 {The
exchange of queens gains a plus.} Qa5 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. h5 b6 21. Qe4 Ba6 22. d5
$1 {But Seirawan wants the initiative in the middle game.} exd5 23. Qh7 f6 $1
24. Kg1 $1 Bxc4 $2 {Kortschnoj succumbs under the pressure.} (24... dxc4 $1 25.
Bc2 $1 {(White intends 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Bg6 [Van der Sterren])} Bc5 $1 26. Ra1
Ng8 27. Nh4 Qd2 28. Ng6+ Kf7 29. Nh8+ {leads to a perpetual.}) 25. Rh4 $1 Bxb3
26. axb3 Kf7 ({Or} 26... Qa2 27. Rg4 $1 Qxb2 28. Rxg7 Ke8 29. Re1 Kd7 30.
Rexe7+ Bxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kd6 32. Rc7 $1 {(Van der Sterren).}) 27. Rg4 Rg8 28. Re1
$1 {He threatens 29. Bxf6! Kxf6 30. Rg6+!} d4 29. Rxd4 Be5 30. Rd7 Qxe1+ 31.
Nxe1 Bxb2 32. Nd3 Ba3 33. Nf4 Rgd8 34. Qg6+ Kg8 35. Qd3 Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Rc8 37.
Kh2 Kf7 38. Ng6 Ra8 $2 39. Nxe7 {Young Seirawan became the great man.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 42"]
[Date "1980.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Qf3 c5 10. h4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxh7+ $2 ({Correct is
} 13. Qh5 f5 14. Nf3) 13... Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Nf3 f6 (15... Qc7 16. Ng5
Qxc2 {will do as well.}) 16. Ng5 fxg5 17. hxg5 {White has a serious threat.}
Bb4+ $1 ({Not} 17... Rxf4 $4 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. g6+ $1 Kxg6 20. Qh5#) 18. c3 Rxf4
19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. g6+ Ke7 21. Qxg7+ Ke8 22. Qh8+ Rf8 $1 (22... Nf8 $2 23. g7 Qc7
24. O-O Rh4 25. Qxh4 Qxg7 {brings no win.}) 23. g7 Qg5 24. cxb4 Qxg2 25. O-O-O
Qg6 26. b3 $5 Qg5+ 27. Kb2 Qxe5+ 28. Ka3 Rxh8 29. gxh8=Q+ Qxh8 30. Rxh8+ Ke7
31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. b5 e5 33. Rh1 d4 34. Rh7+ Ke6 35. Kb4 Bf3 36. a4 Nf6 37. Rxa7
Nd5+ 38. Kc4 {Black delivers mate in one.   Browne became the main competitor.}
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 42"]
[Date "1980.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. g4 c6 6. g5 Nfd7 7. h4 b5 8. h5 $5 {
Kovacevic takes the initiative.} Rg8 9. hxg6 $5 (9. h6 $1 Bh8 10. a3 {gains a
plus.}) 9... hxg6 10. Nf3 b4 $1 11. Nb1 a5 12. a4 $5 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. c4 $5
Kd7 $1 {The ingenious development by Seirawan reminds of Petrosian.} 15. Nbd2
Rh8 $1 16. Rg1 $6 Kc7 17. Rb1 $6 {White spoils time twice. Black gets the time
to start an attack on the kingside.} Rh3 18. b3 Qh8 $1 19. Nf1 N8d7 20. Bf4 Ne5
21. Nxe5 $6 {White opens the centre for the black pieces.} (21. Ng3 $1 Nxf3+
22. Bxf3 Bc3+ 23. Bd2 {resists more firmly.}) 21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. f3
Bd7 24. Qc2 Qd4 25. Rg2 Rh1 $6 26. Rf2 $6 ({He misses the opportunity} 26. Qb2
$1 {and an exchange of queens.}) 26... Qh8 $1 27. f4 Qh4 28. Rd1 f6 29. gxf6
exf6 30. e5 $5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Rf8 $1 32. exd6+ Kb7 $1 33. Bd3 Re8+ {Seirawan
played a subtle game.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 42"]
[Date "1980.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. Qe2 $5 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. f5 $5 d5 $1
15. exd5 e4 $1 {Browne liberates his position.} 16. Nxe4 Bxd5 17. Ned2 Qc7 18.
Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qd3 N5f6 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Qh3 Bc5 22. N2b3 Bxd4 $6 ({More active
is} 22... Bd6 23. Bg5 Ne4) 23. Nxd4 Qc4 24. Be3 Neg4 25. Bg1 Re4 26. Rad1 Qa2
27. Rb1 Qd5 28. c3 Rce8 29. Rbd1 h5 30. Ne2 Qb3 31. Ng3 Qxd1 $4 32. Rxd1 Re1 $1
{Black threatens 33. .. Nf2#.} 33. Rxe1 $4 (33. Rd2 $1 Rb1 34. Qh4 $1 Ree1 35.
Ne2 Ne4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qxh5+ Nh6 38. g4 $1 {wins.}) 33... Rxe1 34. Nf1 $1
Rxf1 35. Qh4 Ne4 36. g3 $1 Nef2+ 37. Kg2 Ne3+ 38. Kf3 Nfd1+ 39. Ke4 $1 Rxg1 40.
Qxh5 $4 {Probably time pressure raged.} ({John misses the draw by} 40. Qd8+ $1
Kh7 41. f6 $1 Re1 42. fxg7 Kxg7 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ {and perpetual check.})
40... Rf1 41. Qg5 f6 $1 42. Qh5 Rxf5 {Hereafter, black pieces rule the board.}
43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qc8 Re5+ 45. Kf3 Nxb2 46. Qxa6 Nbc4 47. a4 Nd1 48. Qc8 Nd2+
49. Kg2 Ne3+ 50. Kf2 bxa4 51. Qa6 Nd1+ 52. Kg2 Nxc3 53. Qd3+ Nde4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 42"]
[Date "1980.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. c4 d4 $5 ({Known is} 11... dxc4) 12. e5 $1
Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxe5 {White underestimates
a pawn sacrifice.} f6 17. Qe4 e5 18. f4 $2 {White underestimates a pawn
sacrifice.} (18. Rae1 $1 {prepares further action.}) 18... f5 $1 19. Qxe5 Re8
20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Re2 22. Bc1 $5 (22. Rfd1 Bd7 23. a4 Rc8 24. Kh1 d3 {
also favours Black.}) 22... d3+ 23. Kh1 b5 $1 24. Nf3 Bb7 25. Rd1 Bxd5 26. Rxd3
Bxf3 27. gxf3 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Rg1+ {Seirawan and Browne prevailed by 10/13.
Kortschnoj scored 81/2 points.} (28... Rg1+ 29. Kh3 Kf7 $1 {mates quickly.})
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 43"]
[Date "1981.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1981  Adorjan had to withdraw from the event after three rounds.
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. O-O O-O 14. f5 b5 15.
cxb5 c4 16. Bc2 gxf5 17. exf5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb5 19. Ba4 $5 {White plays a new
move, but he keeps the inferior position.} Qa6 20. Bc6 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22.
Ba3 Rfd8 23. Qa4 Rac8 24. Rab1 $1 Qxd5 25. Rbd1 $2 {Unzicker counters in the
wrong manner.} ({Preferable is} 25. Qxa7 $1 Ra8 $1 26. Qb6 $1 Ne4 27. Rbd1 Qf7
28. Bxd6) 25... Qc6 26. Qxa7 Ra8 27. Qe7 d5 $1 {Black has a winning pawn
structure.} 28. Rfe1 Re8 29. Qd6 Qxd6 $5 30. Bxd6 d4 31. Bxe5 $5 d3 32. Bxf6
Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 gxf6 {Black wins.} 34. Kg1 ({The pointe is} 34. Ra1 Ra3 $1)
34... Rxa2 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rd8 Rc2 37. Rd4 Rxc3 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Ke7 40.
g4 Re2+ 41. Kf3 Re1 42. Kf2 Rc1 $1 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. h4 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Re1 46. Kf2
Rc1 47. Ke3 Rc2 ({Timman wins by a zugzwang mechanism:} 47... Rc2 48. h5 $5
Re2+ 49. Kf3 Re1 50. Kf2 Rc1 $1 51. Ke3 Rc2 {and Black triumphs.}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 43"]
[Date "1981.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. Rg1
Qc8 15. Rg3 c6 $5 {Timman plays a sharp novelty.} 16. a4 Kh8 $5 ({My
preference has} 16... Be5 $1 17. a5 Nd7 {(Petrosian - Tseshkovsky, Yerevan
1984).}) 17. a5 Nd7 18. Qa3 Re8 19. a6 $1 Ne5 20. Bd4 f6 $5 21. axb7 Qxb7 22.
Bxe5 fxe5 23. dxc6 Qb6 $1 24. Ba6 $1 e6 25. Bb7 Rad8 26. Kf1 $1 Rd4 $1 27. Kg2
Bf8 $5 28. Qa6 {Sosonko offers a draw. Timman declines unwisely.} Qc5 $5 ({Or} 
28... Qxb2 29. Rxd4 $1 exd4 30. c7 Qxc3 (30... dxc3 31. Qc6 $1) 31. Bc6 $1 {
(Timman).}) 29. Rc1 Bh6 30. Rc2 Red8 31. Qb5 Rc4 32. Qxc5 $2 (32. Ba6 $1 Qxb5
33. Bxb5 {wins for White.}) 32... Rxc5 33. Re2 Rd4 34. Re1 Kg7 35. Ra1 a5 36.
Ne2 Rd2 37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Nxc1 Rc2 $2 (38... Rxb2 $1 39. c7 Rc2 40. c8=Q Rxc8
41. Bxc8 Bxc1 42. Bxe6 Bf4 {draws.}) 39. Ne2 $1 Be3 $2 40. fxe3 Rxe2+ 41. Kh3
Rc2 42. Rg2 {Sosonko had won an important game and led the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 43"]
[Date "1981.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d3 a5 8. a3
Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c4 Re8 11. Qc2 e5 12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Bc5
15. Rfd1 Qf6 $1 16. h3 $6 (16. Rd3 $1 {(Timman) lifts the pressure.}) 16...
Bxf3 $1 17. Rxd7 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bc3 ({Not} 19. Bxf3 $6 Qxf3 20. Bxe5
Rd3 $1) 19... Bd4 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 h5 22. h4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe6 24. Qd3 g6
25. Be1 $5 Qf6 26. Rd1 Ra8 27. Qb3 Qe6 28. Bc3 Rd8 29. Bxd4 $6 exd4 $1 30. Qd3
b6 31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 Qe5 33. Rc1 Re8 34. f3 $1 Ra8 35. Qc4 $2 {Taimanov
should play the passive defence correctly.} (35. Rc2 $1 Ra1 36. Qd2 $1 {
consolidates.}) 35... Ra3 $1 36. Rd1 Rc3 $1 37. Qa4 $6 (37. Qxd4 $1 Rc2+ 38.
Kh3 Qe6+ 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. fxg4 Qa2 $1 {brings an energetic black attack on the
king (Timman).}) 37... d3 $1 38. Qxc6 Rxc5 $5 ({Even better is} 38... Rc1 $1
39. Rxc1 Qb2+) 39. Qa8+ ({Or} 39. Qb6 $1 Rc2+ 40. Kh3 Re2 $1 41. Rxd3 Qa1 42.
Qd8+ $1 Kh7 43. Rd1 Qa2 $1) 39... Kh7 $1 40. Qa6 Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Qb2 {Timman
ended the tournament by 51/2/6.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 43"]
[Date "1981.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Taimanov plays his loved Nimzo Indian.} 4. e3 c5
5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1
Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Ne5 h6 $6 ({Preferable is} 13... Be7) 14. Nxd7 $1 (14. Bf4
$6 {drew quickly in Keres - Karpov, San Antonio 1972.}) 14... Qxd7 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Rfd1 $1 Qc6 17. Qg4+ Kh7 $2 ({Right is} 17... Kh8 $1 18. Bb5 Qc7) 18.
Nd5 $1 {The black defence is crushed.} f5 ({Or} 18... exd5 19. Bd3+ {(Taimanov)
.}) 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Nh5+ Kh8 22. Qg3 Rg8 23. Qe5+ f6 24. Qxf6+ Kh7
25. d5 $1 Qe8 26. Nf4 Bd6 27. dxe6 Rf8 28. Qh4 Qc6 29. Bf1 Qxc1 30. Rxd6 {
Timman caught up with Sosonko in the last round. They won by 8/12, one point
before Sveshnikov and Taimanov.   The master group was reinstalled. Van der
Wiel triumphed.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 44"]
[Date "1982.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1982  The tournament was played after the death of Max Euwe, the
great Dutch champion. Favourites were Timman and Tal, but other grandmasters
took over their role.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O h6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. a4 d6 11. f4 O-O $5 12. g4 Bd7 13.
h4 $5 b5 $6 ({My preference has} 13... Qb6+ 14. Kh1 e5) 14. g5 $1 Nh7 15. Be3
$6 ({More energetic is} 15. gxh6 b4 16. hxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne2) 15... b4 $1 16. Ne2
d5 $2 {Tal sacrifices a pawn.} ({Alright is} 16... hxg5 17. hxg5 e5 $1 {and
Black counters correctly.}) 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Rac8 19. a5 Nb8 20. Ned4 Bg4
21. Rae1 Rfd8 22. Qe4 Re8 23. Bf2 Bd7 24. Qd5 Qd6 25. Nf5 Qxd5 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7
27. Bxd5 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxc2 29. Re7 Bc6 30. Bxf7+ Kf8 31. Rc7 hxg5 32. Bc5+ {
Nunn started by 3/3.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 44"]
[Date "1982.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15.
Qg3 Kh8 $6 {This novelty makes no improvement.} 16. e5 $5 Ne8 $6 ({Better is} 
16... dxe5 $1 17. Bxe5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 {(Balashov).}) 17. Bd3 dxe5 18. Bxe5
Bd6 19. Rae1 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nf6 $2 (20... Qb6+ $1 21. Kh1 Qxb2 $1 22. Rxe6 $1
Qxc3 {plays va banque.}) 21. Rxf6 $1 {White strikes decisively.} gxf6 22. Qh4
f5 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Rfd8 ({Or} 25... h6 26. Qxh6 f6 27. Nd5
Qg7 28. Nxf6+) 26. Rg5+ Kf8 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Re5+ Kd7 29. Qg4+ $1 {Balashov
began to win after three draws.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 44"]
[Date "1982.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 b6 $5 ({Theory is} 8... Bd6) 9. Ne3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. c3 h6 12. Bd2 Qf7
13. Qa4 a6 14. Rae1 Nf6 15. c4 O-O 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 {Black has
liberated his crammed position.} 18. h3 $6 Rae8 19. Bd3 $6 Rxe1 20. Bxe1 b5 21.
Qd1 Bc8 22. Be2 Bf5 {D4 and h3 have become weaknesses.} 23. a3 Kh8 24. Bc3 Qf6
25. Re1 Be4 26. Kf1 $5 Nd8 $1 {The black pieces are joining in the attack.} 27.
Bb4 $2 (27. Bd3 $1 Qf5 28. Bb1 c6 29. Qc1 {checks the black advance.}) 27...
Bxb4 28. axb4 Ne6 29. Qd2 Nf4 30. Qe3 Qg6 $1 {The white kingside becomes
fatally weak.} 31. g4 Qf6 {Black has many threats.} 32. Ne5 Ng2 33. Qg3 Nxe1
34. Kxe1 ({Or} 34. Nd7 Qc6 $1 35. Nxf8 Qc1 $1 36. Qe3 Qb1 37. Qd2 Bg2+ 38. Kg1
Nf3+) 34... Qg5 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. fxe3 g5 37. Nd7 Rf7 38. Nc5 Bg2 39. Nxa6 Bxh3
40. Nc5 c6 41. Nd3 Rf6 42. Ne5 Bg2 43. Bd3 Be4 44. Be2 Kg7 {Balashov and Nunn
competed for the first place.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 44"]
[Date "1982.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Be2 Bc6 12. f3 $5 Qc7 $5 ({My preference
has} 12... Be7 13. g4 $5 Qe5 $1) 13. g4 $1 Be7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Qg1 b5 $1 16. f4
g6 $2 {Sosonko cannot play like Tal.} (16... Nxf4 $1 17. Bxf4 b4 18. Nd5 $1
exd5 19. exd5 Bb5 {nearly equalises.}) 17. a3 Ng7 18. h4 Rc8 19. Kb1 d5 $5 20.
exd5 exd5 $5 ({Tactical chances gives} 20... Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxc2+ 22. Ka2 exd5
23. Rc1 Qf5 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {(Khalifman), but} 25. Qd4 O-O 26. Bc3 $1 {wins for
White.}) 21. Bg4 O-O $5 22. Qd4 $5 Rcd8 $6 (22... Ne6 $1 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. h5
$1 {brings a strong white attack.}) 23. h5 $1 gxh5 24. Bxh5 Qd6 25. Be2 Nf5 26.
Qd3 d4 ({Or} 26... Qg6 27. Bh5) 27. Qxf5 Qg6 28. Qxg6+ fxg6 29. Na2 Bxh1 30.
Rxh1 Bd6 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Nc1 Rde8 33. Bd3 Be7 34. Nb3 Rd8 35. Re1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 44"]
[Date "1982.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 {Van der Wiel plays his favourite
line.} Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Nxe5 9. Nd4 a6 $5 10. f4 Nc4 $4 ({
Right is} 10... Nc6) 11. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 12. f5 $1 exf5 13. gxf5 {Black has to
lose a piece.} Qe7 14. Kd2 $1 O-O-O 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Qg4+ f5 17. Qxg6 Qe5 18.
Raf1 Bxc5 19. Rxf5 Rxh2+ 20. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 21. Kc1 Qh1+ 22. Nd1 Bd6 23. Qe6+ Kb8
24. Rd5 Nf6 25. Rxd6 Re8 26. Qxc4 Ng4 27. Bf4 Ka8 28. Rxa6+ $1 {White delivers
mate in one.   Timman showed himself as a sour loser: He was watching the
other games, when his flag fell.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 44"]
[Date "1982.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{When the penultimate round began, Van der Wiel, Nunn and Balashov led.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6
9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd7 14. h4 Bb7 15. f3
b4 16. Na4 Nc5 17. h5 Qa5 18. Kb1 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Qxa4 20. g6 Rc8 $2 21. h6 $1 {
Nunn delivers an excellent novelty.} (21. Qg2 $2 {drew in Platonov -
Polugaevsky, Kharkov 1967.}) 21... hxg6 22. hxg7 Rg8 23. Rh8 Kd7 24. Nb3 $5 ({
Even better is} 24. Qh2 $1 Kc7 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. Bxe5+) 24... Kc7
25. Qc4+ Bc6 26. Qd4 Qb5 27. Qa7+ Bb7 28. Nd4 (28. Rd4 $1 Rxg7 29. Rxb4 $1 Qxb4
30. Bb6+ Qxb6 31. Rxc8+ Kxc8 32. Qxb6 {wins material.}) 28... Qa4 29. e5 $1
Rxh8 30. exd6+ Bxd6 31. gxh8=Q Rxh8 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Qb6+ Kc8 34. Qxd6 Qc6
35. Qe5 $5 {White keeps the initiative.} Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Bg5+ Kd7 38.
Qg7+ Kd6 39. Qf8+ Kd5 40. Qxb4 e5 41. Qe4+ Kd6 42. Qxg6+ Kd5 43. Qf7+ Kd4 $5 ({
Or} 43... Kc5 {(Nunn)} 44. Qe7+ $1 Kb5 45. Be3 $1) 44. Qb3 e4 45. Be3+ Ke5 46.
f4+ Kf6 47. Qg8 Qd5 48. Bd4+ Ke7 49. Qg7+ Kd6 50. b3 Kc6 51. Be5 Qd7 52. Qh6+
Kd5 53. Qb6 Qc6 54. Qd8+ Ke6 55. Qf6+ Kd7 56. Qf7+ Kc8 57. Qg8+ Kd7 58. Qg7+
Ke6 59. Qg4+ Kf7 60. f5 Qh6 61. f6 {Van der Wiel still needed half-a-point for
a grandmaster score. A short draw against Hort brought the result. John took a
dive in the North Sea, although it was January.   Nunn and Balashov won by 81/
2/13, one point before Van der Wiel and Hort.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 45"]
[Date "1983.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1983  Kortschnoj was invited for the Hoogovens tournament. No
Soviet players showed up, as a result. The main role ended for Kortschnoj
quickly. Andersson took over.} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2
Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 a6 9. e3 d6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. d5 exd5 $5 {Browne
accepts the semi-sacrifice.} ({Known is} 11... e5 $5 {(Stean - Scholz Solis,
Santiago 1980).}) 12. Nh4 $1 g6 $1 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 b5 $5 {
Black's position looks poor, but he gets a sufficient counter-play.} 16. Ng2
Nb6 17. Qd3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 $6 (18... d5 $1 {liberates the black position.})
19. Rab1 Qd7 20. e4 f5 21. Ne3 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rbe8 23. Qd3 Rf3 24. Bc3 Bd8 25.
Ba5 $1 Qc6 26. Bxb6 Bxb6 27. Rfd1 Bc7 {The backward pawn has become a great
hindrance.} 28. Rb3 Ba5 $6 29. Qc2 $6 {Andersson prefers his positional edge.}
Bd8 30. Nd5 Rff8 31. Qb2 Qa4 32. Rc1 Re6 33. Rb8 Qe8 34. Kf1 Qf7 $2 {Black
misses a counteraction.} (34... g5 $1 35. Nc7 Qc6 $1 36. Nxe6 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qf3+
{leads to perpetual check.}) 35. Rb7 $1 Bf6 36. Rxf7 Bxb2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.
Re1 $5 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 Kf7 40. Ke2 Bd4 $6 (40... g5 $1 {frustrates the advance
of the white pawns.}) 41. f4 h5 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. h3 Bb2 44. Ke4 Bc1 45. g4 hxg4
46. hxg4 Bb2 47. a4 Ba1 48. Nb6 Bb2 49. f5+ gxf5+ 50. gxf5+ Kf6 ({Or} 50... Ke7
51. Kd5 Be5 52. Kc6) 51. Nc8 d5+ 52. Kxd5 Kxf5 53. Nd6+ Kf6 54. Ne4+ Ke7 55.
Nxc5 a5 56. Kc6 Bc3 57. Nb7 {Andersson and Ribli led by two wins.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 45"]
[Date "1983.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e3 Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O d6 13. e4 $5 Nh5 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. Bg5 Rfd8 $1 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bf1 Ng6 21.
Rd2 h6 22. h3 Qc7 23. Qb1 $5 {Ree plays passively.} Nd7 $1 24. Rc1 Nde5 25.
Nxe5 Nxe5 26. b3 Qe7 27. f4 $2 ({Better is} 27. Be2) 27... Nd7 28. g3 Nf6 $1
29. Kh2 d5 $1 {The offensive in the centre starts after a long preparation.}
30. e5 $5 dxc4 $1 31. Rb2 $6 (31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {(Hort)} 32. Qb2 Nh5 33. bxc4 Nxf4
$1 34. gxf4 Qh4 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Nxd1 Qxf4+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ {also wins for Black.}
) 31... Nd7 32. bxc4 Qxa3 33. Ra2 Qc5 34. Na4 Qc7 35. Rd1 Bc6 36. Rd6 Bxa4 37.
Rxa4 Nc5 38. Rxd8+ Rxd8 39. Rb4 Rd2+ 40. Kg1 Qd8 41. Rxb6 Qd4+ (41... Qd4+ 42.
Kh1 Ne4 $1 {leaves no hope for White (Hort).}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 45"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Ne1 e6 10. Nc2 Rb8 11. a4 exd5 $5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Re1 c4 $5 (13... Qb6
$1 14. Ne3 Bd7 {gains a plus.}) 14. Na3 Qc7 15. Naxc4 $1 Nxc4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17.
Qxc4 Rbc8 18. Qb4 $5 Re5 19. Nf3 Re4 20. Qb3 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rexc4 22. b3 Rb4 23.
Ba3 Rxb3 24. Nd2 Rb6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxa4 27. Nc4 Ra6 28. Bxd6 {The
endgame offers equal chances.} b5 $1 29. Nb6 $1 h5 30. Nc8 Bb3 31. Bc5 Ra2 $1
32. d6 $2 {White misses the forced draw.} (32. Nxa7 $1 Bxd5 33. Nxb5 Bxg2 34.
Kxg2 Rxe2 {leads to equality (Hazai).}) 32... Be6 $1 33. Nxa7 b4 $1 34. Nb5 b3
35. Nc3 Ra5 36. Bd4 b2 {White cannot stop the passed pawn.} 37. Rf1 Ne8 38. Bd5
$2 Bxd4 39. Bxe6 Nxd6 {Van der Sterren and Nijboer ended at the top of the
B-group.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 45"]
[Date "1983.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. e3 Rfc8 13. a3 $5 ({Known from
previous games is} 13. Qe2 {(Keene - Paoli, Dortmund 1973).}) 13... Rab8 14.
Re1 Bg4 15. Qd2 Qh5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bf3 20.
Rc4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qf5 $6 ({Black could have continued the exchanges by} 21...
Rxc4 22. Qxc4 $5 b5 $1 23. Qd4 Rc8 24. e4 Qe5 {and equalise.}) 22. Rec1 Qd7 $6
{Black misses the exchange again.} 23. e4 f6 24. Qc3 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Kf7 26. h3
f5 27. Rc3 fxe4 28. Qxe4 Rf8 ({Not} 28... Rc8 $4 29. Qe6+ Ke8 30. Qg8#) 29. a4
Kg7 30. g4 Rf6 $6 {The rook should stay on the eighth rank.} 31. Qd4 g5 32. f4
h6 33. f5 Qd8 34. Qb4 Rf7 35. Rc4 Kh7 36. Qc3 Qg8 37. Rc7 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39.
Qd3 Kh8 40. Qxb5 Qa8 41. Qc4 Qa2+ 42. Qc2 Qa6 43. b4 Kg8 44. Qe4 Qa2+ 45. Rc2
Qb3 46. b5 h5 ({Or} 46... Qxb5 47. Qe6 $1) 47. Qc4 Qb1 48. Qe4 Qb3 49. gxh5 Kg7
50. f6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 45"]
[Date "1983.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 b5 7. Qf3 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. f5 $5 ({Van der Wiel had played} 9. Bd2 {against Ghinda in Bochum 1981.}
) 9... Ne5 $1 10. Qh3 exf5 11. Nxf5 g6 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. Bd2 Bg7 14. O-O-O $2 ({
More solid is} 14. O-O {(Nunn).}) 14... b4 $1 15. Ne2 Qa5 16. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 $1 ({
Not} 16... Qxa2 $2 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. Bxb4 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21.
Nxf7+ $1 Kxf7 22. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7 23. Qxd7+ Kf6 (23... Kg8 24. Qe6#) 24. Qe7#) 17.
Bxc4 O-O 18. Qb3 Nxe4 19. Bxb4 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 a5 $1 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxg2
23. Rg1 Qe5 24. Rb6 Qxh2 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. Bb5 Be4 27. Ng3 $2 Bd4 $1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 45"]
[Date "1983.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kuligowski, Adam"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne1 Re8 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Re1 Rad8 16. e3 c5 $1 17. dxc5 $6 {White gives up the control over e5.
} bxc5 18. Qc2 $6 (18. Qb3 $1 c4 $1 19. Qxb7 cxd3 20. Rcd1 {defends well.})
18... c4 $1 19. Nf4 Ne5 $1 20. Kf1 $6 (20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Red1 Nd3 $1 22. Rb1 {
leads to a horrible position (Browne).}) 20... Nc5 $1 21. Rb1 Ned3 22. Nxd3
Nxd3 23. Red1 Nxf2 $1 24. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 25. Kf1 Ba6 26. Bf3 c3+ 27. Kg2 cxd2 28.
Qxd2 d4 29. Qxe3 dxe3 30. Bc6 e2 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Bf3 Rd2 33. Kf2 Bd3 34. Ke3
Rxb2 35. Rxb2 e1=Q+ 36. Kxd3 g6 37. Re2 Qb1+ 38. Ke3 Qb6+ 39. Kd2 Qd4+ 40. Ke1
a5 41. Kf1 a4 42. h4 a3 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Rc2 {Andersson won (9/13) before Ribli
(81/2), Browne and Hort (8), Nunn (71/2).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 46"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1984  This time the Soviets showed up, although Kortschnoj
participated. Beliavsky and Tukmakov came to Wijk aan Zee. The boycot of
Kortschnoj had ended.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3
h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O b6 10. e4 $5 {Kortschnoj plays a sharp
novelty.} ({He did} 10. h4 {against Filip in Yerevan 1965.}) 10... dxc4 11.
Bxc4 Na5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Qe3 c5 $5 14. dxc5 Qc7 $1 15. Nb5 $1 {Black will end
up with a weak pawn.} Qxc5+ 16. Qxc5 bxc5 17. e5 Bxf3 $2 {The tables turn.} (
17... Bd8 $1 18. Kb1 Bb6 {equalises.}) 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. exf6 Rxb5 20. Rd7 Rfb8
$5 21. Rhd1 $1 Rxb2 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Be4+ g6 24. Rxb8 ({Not} 24. R1d7 $2 Rxd8
25. Rxf7+ Kh8 $1 26. Kxb2 Nc4+ 27. Kc2 Nd6 {(Bulletin).}) 24... Rxb8 25. Rd7
Kg8 26. Rxa7 Rb4 $5 27. Rxa5 $5 Rxe4 28. Rxc5 Rf4 29. f3 Rxf6 {White has the
distant passed pawn in the rook ending.} 30. Kb2 $1 e5 $5 ({Or} 30... Rf4 31.
Kb3 $1 {and the passed pawn forces the win as well.}) 31. Rxe5 Rb6+ 32. Ka1 $1
Kg7 33. a3 $1 Kf6 34. Re2 h5 35. Ka2 h4 36. a4 Rd6 37. Kb3 h3 38. g3 Rd3+ 39.
Kb4 Rxf3 40. a5 Rf1 41. Ra2 $1 Rb1+ 42. Ka4 $1 Kg5 43. a6 Rb8 44. a7 Ra8 45.
Kb5 Kg4 46. Kb6 f5 47. Kb7 Re8 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Kxa8 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 46"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Rd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Rd8 $5 ({Theory is
} 13... f5 {(Browne - Ogaard, Gjovik 1983).}) 14. Qc2 $2 {Beliavsky's novelty
creates success.} ({Correct is} 14. Be2 {(Meduna - Velikov, Tirnavia Trnava
1984).}) 14... e5 $1 15. Bg3 e4 $1 16. Qxe4 ({Or} 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bg5 {
(Tröger).}) 16... Bf5 $1 17. Qf4 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Rd8 19. e4 Bg4 $1 20. c5 (20.
Qxg4 $2 Qxd2#) 20... Nb4 $1 21. f3 ({Pointes are} 21. axb4 Qa1+ {(Miles) and})
(21. Qxg4 Nc2+ {(Tröger).}) 21... g5 $1 22. axb4 Qa1+ 23. Ke2 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Be6
25. Be5 Qc1 26. Bc3 Bg5 {Kortschnoj and Beliavsky competed for the first place.
} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 46"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qc5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Qb6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Rd1 Nf5 $5 {Black has a difficult position despite the
novelty.} 11. Bd3 $1 Nd6 12. a4 $1 a6 $2 {The pawn should march one step
further. Hereafter, Black will suffer from a bad case of restriction and he
cannot defend his extra pawn.} 13. a5 $1 Qa7 14. Ra4 Nb5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16.
Raxd4 $5 {There is no need to give the exchange, but the idea is all right.}
Nxd4 17. Nfxd4 Be7 18. Nxb5 Qb8 19. Be3 O-O 20. Bb6 Qf4 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. g3 Qa4
23. Ba7 Bd7 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Nd5 $1 exd5 26. Qxe7 {White has won a pawn.} Re8
27. Qc5 Bg4 28. Ra1 Qd7 $2 (28... Qe4 $1 29. Nd2 Qe6 {perseveres the
compensation by active play.}) 29. Nd4 Bh3 30. f3 Rc8 31. Qb4 Rc4 32. Qd2 h5
33. Re1 g6 34. c3 Kg7 35. Kf2 Qc7 36. Qf4 $5 Qxf4 37. gxf4 Kf6 38. Ra1 Bc8 39.
Ke3 Ke7 40. Kd2 Bd7 41. b3 Rc8 42. Nc2 Bb5 43. Rg1 Ra8 44. Rg5 Bc6 45. b4 b6 $5
46. Nd4 $5 Bb7 47. Nb3 Rb8 48. h4 bxa5 49. Nxa5 Kd6 50. f5 f6 51. Rxg6 Ke5 52.
Rg7 Ba8 53. Nb3 Kxf5 54. Nd4+ Kf4 55. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 46"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 Qb6 $5 {Miles attacks the advanced pawn by
a new move. It brings equal chances.} 12. Bg2 Bxd6 13. Be3 Qa6 ({Not} 13...
Qxb2 $4 14. Ra2 $1) ({Doubtful is} 13... Rxe3 $6 14. fxe3 Be5 {(Schmidt -
Spiridonov, Polanica Zdroj 1985).}) 14. O-O Be5 15. Nf4 d5 $6 ({More ambition
is shown by} 15... Nc6 $1 16. Nfd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Ne7) 16. Ncxd5 Nc6 17. Nxf6+
Bxf6 18. Nd5 $1 Be5 19. Qh5 Qa4 20. Bf4 $1 {White closes the way to g4.} Bd7 (
20... Bxf4 21. gxf4 $1 {leads to an attack by White (Chandler).}) 21. b3 $1 Qa5
(21... Qxb3 $5 22. Rab1 Qxa3 23. Rxb7 Rad8 24. Be4 g6 25. Qh4 {combats.}) 22.
b4 Qa4 $2 ({More prudent is} 22... Qd8 $1) 23. Rad1 Bxf4 24. gxf4 $1 Rad8 25.
Rd3 $1 Kh8 $6 {Miles misses the best defence.} ({But} 25... Qc2 $1 26. Rg3 $1
Qb2 27. f5 {also wins for White.}) 26. Nc7 $1 Re7 27. Qc5 $1 Re2 28. Rxd7 $1
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 46"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. d5
$5 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 $6 (9. Nfxd2 $1 {keeps the opening's plus.}) 9... exd5 10. Nh4
Ne4 $1 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 $5 14. cxd5 Ne5 15. Rfe1 d6 16. f4
Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. e4 g5 19. e5 $1 gxf4 20. gxf4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Qe4
Re6 $5 {A sharp position has arisen.} 23. Qe3 Rg6 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. c4 $2 (25.
Rad1 $1 Rd8 $1 26. Kf2 Rf5+ 27. Kg3 Rg5+ {brings perpetual check (Kortschnoj).}
) 25... Re8 $1 26. Rad1 Bc8 27. Rd3 Rgxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 {Black has gained a
pawn.} 29. Ra3 Re7 30. d6 $1 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rd1 32. Bd5 Be6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34.
Rxa7 Rxd6 35. Ke3 $2 (35. a4 $1 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Ra2 37. Re7 $1 Rxa4 38. Rxe6 {
might give survival.}) 35... Rd4 36. Ra6 Rxc4 37. Rxb6 Kf7 38. Rb2 $5 g5 39.
Kd3 Rh4 $5 40. Rc2 Kf6 41. Rxc5 Rxh2 42. a4 Rh3+ {Kortschnoj plays a difficult
rook ending.} 43. Ke2 ({He regards} 43. Kc4 $1 g4 44. Rc8 {as drawn, but} Ra3
$1 45. Kb5 e5 $1 46. a5 e4 {wins the game.}) 43... e5 44. Rc8 Ra3 45. Ra8 Kf5
46. a5 Kf4 47. a6 Ra2+ 48. Kd3 e4+ 49. Kd4 e3 50. Rf8+ Kg3 51. Kxe3 Rxa6 52.
Rf3+ Kg4 53. Rf8 Ra2 54. Rg8 Rg2 $1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 46"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Bc2 O-O 10. O-O $5 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Nbd2 Bg7 13. Re1 h6 14. a3 a5 15.
b3 Qe7 16. Nf1 Rad8 $2 ({Better is} 16... exd4 $1 17. cxd4 Nxe4 $1 18. Bxe4
Qxe4 19. Bxh6 Qf5) 17. d5 $1 {Hereafter, Ree will be strangled.} Nb8 18. Ng3 c5
19. Qd2 Qf8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. cxb4 Na6 23. Bd3 $1 Ra8 24. Bb6 Rec8
25. b5 Nc7 (25... Nc5 $2 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Nxe5 {costs a pawn 
(Makarichev).}) 26. Rxa8 Nxa8 27. Be3 Nc7 28. Qa5 Kh7 29. Rc1 Ncxd5 $1 (29...
Na8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. b6 {is pitiful (Makarichev).}) 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Rxc8
Qxc8 32. Bd2 f5 33. Qa2 $1 Qc5 34. Bc4 Nf6 35. Bf7 f4 $1 {White has no easy
win.} 36. Qb1 $2 ({Right is} 36. Nf1) 36... fxg3 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. Qxg3 $5 (38.
Bxh6 gxf2+ 39. Kh2 f1=N+ $1 40. Kh1 Ng3+ $1 41. Kh2 {leads to perpetual check.}
) 38... Ne4 $2 (38... Qc2 $1 39. Qh4 $1 e4 $5 40. Bxh6 exf3 41. Qg5 Qh7 42.
Bxg7+ Qxg7 43. Qh4+ Nh7 44. Qd8+ Nf8 45. Qh4+ {brings another perpetual.}) 39.
Qh4 $1 Qxf2+ ({Or} 39... Nxd2 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qg8# {(Makarichev).}) 40. Qxf2
Nxf2 41. Kxf2 Bxb5 42. Nh4 Bd3 43. Ke3 Bc2 44. Bd5 $1 Bf6 45. Nf3 b6 46. Bb4
Be7 47. Nd2 $1 {Beliavsky and Kortschnoj won their games in the last round.
They shared the victory by a score of 10/13, before Nikolic (71/2) and
Andersson (7).} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 47"]
[Date "1985.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1985  Five top ten players participated in i 1985.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9.
f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. b3 f5 $2 (13... O-O {occurred
in Tringov - Hübner, Luzern 1982.}) 14. exf6 $1 gxf6 $6 {Lobron misses an
active defence.} (14... O-O $1 15. c5 $1 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxf1+ 17. Rhxf1 Qb4+
18. Ke3 gxf6 {counters.}) 15. Bxb4 $1 Qxb4+ 16. Ke2 Nf5 17. g4 $6 (17. Nxf6+
Ke7 18. g4 $1 Kxf6 19. gxf5 Re8 {(Timman)} 20. Qd4+ $1 {wins at once.}) 17...
Qe7 $1 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Bg2 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Rg8 21. Kf2 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Rg4 23.
Kf3 Rh4 24. Kg3 Rh5 25. h4 Kf8 26. Rad1 Ra5 27. Rh2 d5 $6 28. cxd5 Rb7 29. Rc2
Rg7+ 30. Kf2 Bg4 31. Rd4 cxd5 32. b4 $5 Ra3 33. Rxd5 Be6 34. Ra5 $6 Rh3 $6 35.
f5 $1 Rh2+ 36. Ke3 Rh3+ 37. Kd4 $6 Rd7+ 38. Kc5 Bf7 39. Bc6 Re7 40. Rb5 $6 {
Timman has spoiled a winning position.} Rxh4 41. Rb8+ Be8 $6 (41... Kg7 $1 {
avoids the pin.}) 42. Kb5 Rhe4 $5 (42... Rf4 $1 {fights for a draw.}) 43. a4 h5
44. a5 h4 45. Ka6 h3 46. Rh2 Rxb4 47. Rxb4 Bxc6 48. Rxh3 Be4 49. Re3 $1 Bb7+
50. Rxb7 Rxe3 51. Kxa7 Ra3 52. a6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 47"]
[Date "1985.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. h3 $5 Nh5 10. Bf2 f5 $1 11. exf5 $5 {White provokes an onslaught.} ({
Quiet is} 11. g4 fxg4 12. hxg4 {fxg4 (Toth - Resika, Eger 2002)} Nf4) 11...
Rxf5 $3 12. g4 Rxf3 $1 13. gxh5 ({Kortschnoj will play} 13. O-O-O $2 Ng3 14.
Bxg3 Rxg3 15. Qf4 Rxc3+ 16. bxc3 {and lose against M. Roeder in Calcutta 2000.}
) 13... Qf8 14. Ne4 Bh6 15. Qc2 (15. Qe2 $5 Nd3+ 16. Qxd3 Rxd3 17. Bxd3 Qf4 {
(Beliavsky)} 18. Rd1 $1 {almost evens.}) 15... Qf4 {Nunn has given a rook and
a minor piece.} 16. Ne2 $2 ({But the accurate} 16. Nxf3 $1 Nxf3+ 17. Kd1 Bf5 {
(Beliavsky)} 18. Bg3 $1 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Bg2 {only gains a plus.}) 16...
Rxf2 $1 17. Nxf2 Nf3+ 18. Kd1 Qh4 $1 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Nec1 Nd2 $1 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Bg2 Nxc4 23. Qf2 Ne3+ 24. Ke2 Qc4 25. Bf3 Rf8 26. Rg1 Nc2 27. Kd1 Bxd3 {
Timman and Nunn started by two wins.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 47"]
[Date "1985.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Ne2 g5 $5 ({Known is} 11... Kd8 $6) 12. Bg3 e4
13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Ne5 $2 ({An improvement will become} 14... Nf6 {(Timman
- Hulak, Zagreb/Rijeka 1985).}) 15. O-O $1 O-O 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Ng3 $1 Qxc3
18. Rc1 $5 Qe5 $2 (18... Qxe3+ $1 19. Kh1 Qd4 20. Qh5 Qg7 {waives a white pawn
in a similar position.}) 19. Qh5 Qg7 $5 20. Qf3 Qg6 21. Qf6 h5 ({Or} 21... Qxf6
22. Rxf6 Rd8 23. Rcf1 $1) 22. Qe7 $1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5
Qxf5 26. Rf1 Qg6 27. Rf6 Qb1+ 28. Kf2 Qb2+ 29. Kg3 {Winning can look easily.}
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 47"]
[Date "1985.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 {Once John played this against me.} d5 5.
exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 $5 O-O 9. Rb1 h6 10. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 $6 Bxe5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bf3 $2 ({Preferable is} 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. c4)
13... Qh4 $1 14. g3 Qa4 $1 {Timman has embarked an attack.} 15. Qc1 Bxc3 16.
Bxb7 Bh3 17. Bb2 $1 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 $6 Rad8 $6 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Re2 21. c3
Rde8 22. Rd2 a5 23. Qb2 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Qc4 25. a3 $4 (25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Qb3 $1
Qxb3 27. axb3 Rb2 28. b4 $1 axb4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. Rc1 Rb7 {might draw (Timman)
.}) 25... Re1 $1 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kg2 Qf1+ 28. Kf3 Qh1+ 29. Kg4 f5+ $1 30.
Kh3 Qf1+ {Timman led by 41/2/5.} (30... Qf1+ 31. Kh4 g5+ 32. Kh5 Qh3+ 33. Kg6
Re6#) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 47"]
[Date "1985.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Bxf3 $5 ({Preferable
is} 13... Nd7 $1 {(Vladimirov - Bannik, Leningrad 1962), but White has an edge
anyway.}) 14. Bxf3 Ng7 15. Bg4 Re8 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. a5 Ne5 18. Be2 Rb8 19. Nb1
h5 20. Nd2 Ng4 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Nc4 $1 Qe7 23. f3 $1 gxf3 24. gxf3 Nh5 25.
Rae1 Bg7 26. Qg2 Rbd8 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Bg5 f6 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Qh3 Rg8 $6 ({More
active is} 30... Bh6 {(Makarichev).}) 31. Rg1 Bf8 32. Rg2 f5 33. exf5 Qxf5 34.
Qxf5 gxf5 {White has kept his advantage during long manoeuvring.} 35. Bg5 Rd7
36. Re6 Rg6 37. f4 $5 (37. Rxg6 $1 Kxg6 38. Be7+ Kf7 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Rg6 {
brings a superior endgame.}) 37... Ng7 38. Re3 Kg8 39. Rge2 Kf7 $2 ({Correct is
} 39... Nh5 {and the positional struggle continues.}) 40. Nb6 $1 Rc7 41. Bd8 {
A black rook is dominated.   Timman won by 9/13, before Beliavsky, Nunn and
Georgiev (8).   An incident arose when someone wanted a master result and
offered money for a draw against Hartoch!} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 48"]
[Date "1986.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1986  Nigel Short was 20, when the Hoogovens tournament was
played in January 1986.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7
13. f5 Nc5 14. h4 b4 15. Nb1 $5 ({Ljubo diverts from} 15. Nce2 {(Ljubojevic -
Browne, Manila 1976).}) 15... Bb7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nd2 e5 18. Nf5 O-O 19. Bc4+
Kh8 20. g6 $1 {This position recurs after two rounds.} hxg6 $2 ({The
improvement becomes} 20... Nxe4 $1 21. Nxe4 hxg6 22. Be6 Rf6 {and the game
will end as a draw (Ljubojevic - Hodgson, round three).}) 21. Qg4 $1 d5 ({
Insufficient is} 21... Rf6 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Qg5 $1 Ne6 24. h5 $3 Nxg5 25.
hxg6+ Nh7 26. Rxh7#) 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. exd5 Rad8 24. Qg5 $1 Rfe8 25. Nf3 Rd6
26. h5 $1 gxh5 ({Or} 26... Qxg5+ 27. Nxg5 Kg8 28. hxg6 Rf8 29. Rd2 Rf5 30. Ne6)
27. Qxh5+ Rh6 28. Qg6 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 48"]
[Date "1986.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Bb5 exf4 $5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. d4 Nge7
{The Falkbeer Counter-Gambit gives Black a solid game.} 8. O-O O-O 9. Na3 Bg4
10. Nc4 Bc7 11. c3 Nd5 12. Qd3 f6 13. Bxc6 $6 {White loses the two bishops.} (
13. Bd2 {goes on with the development.}) 13... bxc6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 $1 {
Ree opens square f1 for the queen.} g5 $5 {A steamroller of pawns seems to
start on the kingside, but that is not the case.} 16. b4 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18.
Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Kg7 20. Na5 $5 Bxa5 21. bxa5 Nc7 22. c4 $2 {Ree advances
the protector of his centre pawn and ruins his game.} Bf5 $1 23. Qc3 Ne6 $1 24.
Nf3 Be4 25. d5 cxd5 26. Nd4 $5 dxc4 27. Nxe6+ Qxe6 28. Qd4 a6 29. Bc3 Kg6 30.
h3 Bd5 31. Kh2 Qe4 {If White takes pawn f6, he will be mated. The exchange of
queens will lead to a lost ending.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 48"]
[Date "1986.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. Rg1 a6 10. h4 O-O 11. h5 Nde5 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qd2 $1 (13. f4 {
occurred in Kasparov-Polugaevsky, Moscow 1979.}) 13... b5 14. O-O-O b4 (14...
Qa5 $5 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. g6 b4 17. Ne2 b3 {gives a skirmish in Rohde -
Thorsteins, Philadelphia 1987.}) 15. Na4 Bb7 $2 ({Preferable is} 15... Qa5 16.
b3 Qe5 17. Kb1 Bb7) 16. f4 Qc7 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. b3 $6 {White hesitates.} ({More
direct is} 18. g6 $1) 18... Na7 $2 ({Useful is} 18... Rae8) 19. Qxb4 Bc6 20.
Nc5 Qc8 (20... dxc5 21. Rxd7 cxb4 22. Rxe7 Nb5 23. Bd3 {costs a pawn.}) 21.
Nxa6 Bb7 22. Nc7 Nc6 23. Qc3 Rxa2 24. Kb1 Ra3 25. h6 e5 26. hxg7 Kxg7 27. f5
Bd8 28. Qh3 h5 29. Qxh5 Rh8 30. Ne8+ $1 Kg8 (30... Rxe8 31. f6+ {leads to mate.
}) 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Qxh8+ $1 {John and Ljubomir chased the leader Nigel.} ({
The pointe is} 32. Qxh8+ Kxh8 33. Rh1+ Kg7 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ {and mate in
one.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 48"]
[Date "1986.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Nfd7 $2 9. cxd6 $3 {Ljubojevic plays an incredible novelty. He sacrifices a
rook.} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Qd2 Qxa1 12. dxe7 Re8 13. e5 Nc6 ({Or} 13...
Nc5 $5 14. O-O Na4 15. f5 $1 {and wins (Düngen-Opalka, Ruhrgebiet 1999).}) 14.
O-O Nd4 15. Bb2 $2 {Ljubojevic misses the immediate glory.} ({Right is} 15. Ng5
$1 Nc5 16. Ba3 Ncb3 17. Qf2 $1 Qc3 18. Qh4 h5 19. Ne4 $1 Qxd3 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21.
Nxe8 {and White triumphs (Gretarsson - Van der Wiel, Leeuwarden 1995).}) 15...
Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qxa2 17. f5 $2 (17. Qc3 $1 Nc5 18. e6 $1 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Nxd3 20.
Qd2 Bxe6 21. Qxd3 Rxe7 {is okay.}) 17... Nc5 18. f6 Bd7 $2 (18... Bh3 $1 {(Van
der Wiel)} 19. Qh6 Ne6 20. Rf2 Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Rg2+ Kh8 23. Rg7 Qb1+ 24.
Bc1 f4 {wins for Black (Ligterink).}) 19. Be4 $1 Kh8 ({Not} 19... Qxc4 $2 20.
Rc1 Qb5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Bd4 $1) 20. Bd5 Be6 21. Ra1 Qb3 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Kg2
Rac8 24. Bd4 Bxd5 $2 ({The last try brings} 24... Rg8 25. Qe3 g5 $1) 25. cxd5
Qb1 26. Rc3 $1 Nd3 27. Qxd3 Qa2+ 28. Kg1 Qxd5 29. Bxa7 Qe6 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31.
Kg2 h6 32. Be3 Kh7 $6 33. Qb3 $1 Kg8 34. Bxh6 Qc5 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Bxe3 {Black
faces an avalanche of pawns in the centre.} b5 37. Bc5 Rc8 38. Kg3 g5 39. Kg4
Kh7 40. Kxg5 Rg8+ 41. Kf5 Rb8 42. h4 Rc8 43. Bb4 Re8 44. h5 Ra8 45. f4 Rb8 46.
Bd6 {Ljubojevic scored a wonderful victory.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 48"]
[Date "1986.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
dxc5 $5 bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 d6 11. Bf4 Ke7 $5 {Short finishes the
development elegantly.} 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rhd8 15. Ng5 h6 16.
Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Na5 $2 {This move costs a pawn.} ({Wiser is} 17... g5 $1 18.
Be3 Ba8) 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rxb7 Nxb7 20. Qxa7 Rd7 21. Qa4 Nd8 22. Rd2 $2 {
Passivity will make White vulnerable.} (22. Qc2 {prepares the march of the
a-pawn.}) 22... Qc6 23. Qc2 f5 24. f3 Nf7 25. h4 g5 $1 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Be3
Kf6 28. Rd1 Ra7 29. g4 $2 f4 $1 30. Bf2 Qa4 $1 31. Qd3 Qxa2 {Short regained
the pawn and has a positional plus.} 32. e3 fxe3 33. Bxe3 Ne5 34. Qxd6 $2 ({
The last chance gives} 34. Qe4 $5 Qxc4 35. Rxd6 Qxe4 36. fxe4 Ra5 37. Kg2 $5
Nxg4 38. Bg1) 34... Nxf3+ 35. Kf1 Rf7 36. Qxc5 Kg6 37. Bf2 Nh2+ 38. Kg1 Nxg4
39. Bg3 Qe2 40. Re1 Qf3 41. Bh2 Nf2 42. Rxe6+ Kh5 {Black threatens .. Qh1#.  
Short (91/2/13) was the youngest winner in the history of Hoogovens
tournaments. He won before Ljubojevic, Van der Wiel and Nikolic (8).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 48"]
[Date "1986.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Nc1 Nh7 14. Be2 Qh4+ 15.
g3 Qh3 16. Nd3 Ne5 17. Nf2 $1 {Jeroen plays an excellent novelty.} ({Theory is
} 17. Nf4 Qd7 {(Gulko - Dzuban, Barnaul 1984).}) 17... Qg2 (17... Qd7 18. f4 {
costs a piece.}) 18. O-O-O Nxf3 19. Qd3 Bd4 20. Bf1 {Black has to lose
material.} Qxh1 21. Nxh1 Bg7 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Qd2 h5 24. Nf2 b5 25. axb5 axb5
26. Bxb5 Rd8 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Kc2 Rb8 29. Bc4 Nf6 30. Nd3 Bd4 31. Re1 Ng4 32.
Nb5 Bg7 33. Qa5 Rd7 34. b3 Nxh2 35. e5 Nf3 36. e6 Nxe1+ 37. Qxe1 fxe6 38. dxe6
Re7 39. Nf4 Ra8 40. Nxg6 Ra2+ 41. Kd3 Re8 42. Nxd6 {Jeroen Piket became 17
during the event. He scored his third master result and thus gained the master
title.   Szusza Polgár was 16 and made her debut in Hoogovens.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 49"]
[Date "1987.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{WIJK AAN ZEE 1987  The event became a competition between Short and
Kortschnoj.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
h4 Nbc6 8. h5 Qa5 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 11. Bc3 b6 12. h6 gxh6 $5 (12... g6
{was played in Florian - Barczay, Budapest 1958.}) 13. Qd3 a5 14. Qd2 Nf5 $5 (
14... Ba6 $1 {will draw in Tischbierek - Poldauf, Berlin East 1988.}) 15. Rb1
$5 Ncxd4 $5 16. Kd1 $1 {Short has given two pawns, but he wins them back
easily.} Rg8 17. Rxb6 Bd7 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxh6 {White has the
initiative.} Rg7 21. Rh4 Nf5 22. Rh3 Kd8 ({Preferable is} 22... Rc8 $1 23. Ne2
Rc4) 23. Ne2 Kc7 24. Rb2 d4 $2 {Kortschnoj should remain passively.} ({Better
is} 24... Bc6 25. c3 Rb8) 25. Nf4 Bc6 26. Bd3 Rh8 27. g3 Rg5 28. Ne2 Bg2 29.
Rh2 Bf3 30. Kd2 Bxe2 31. Bxe2 Ne7 32. Rb5 Nc6 33. Rh5 h6 34. Bf3 $1 Rxh5 35.
Bxh5 d3 $6 (35... Na7 $5 {(Short)} 36. Rc5+ Kb6 37. Rc4 Nc6 38. f4 {offers
more resistance.}) 36. c3 $1 Na7 37. Rxa5 Kb6 38. Ra4 Nc6 39. Re4 Rf8 40. Kxd3
f5 41. exf6 Rxf6 42. Rf4 Rxf4 43. gxf4 Kc5 44. Be2 Ne7 45. c4 Nf5 46. Bg4 Ng7
47. Ke4 h5 48. Bh3 Kxc4 49. Ke5 h4 50. Kf6 Nh5+ 51. Kg5 Ng7 52. Kxh4 Kb3 53.
Kg5 Kxa3 54. Kf6 Nh5+ 55. Ke5 Kb4 56. Bxe6 {Short scored an important victory.}
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 49"]
[Date "1987.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Be3 Qe7 7. Nf3 Na6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxc5 10. Bd4 b6 11. e3 Bb7 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. O-O d5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 Nb3 18. Bd3 Rc7 19. h3 Kg7 20. Rfe1 Bxf3
21. gxf3 Rd8 22. Kg2 Rcd7 23. Bc2 Nd2 $1 {The exchange of the rooks draws
quickly.} 24. Rc1 f5 25. Bd1 $5 Kf6 26. Be2 f4 $1 {Kortschnoj takes the
initiative.} 27. Rc3 Rd5 28. Kh2 Rf5 29. Rd1 fxe3 30. Rxe3 $6 ({The accurate} 
30. fxe3 $1 Rxf3 $1 31. Bd3 $1 e5 32. Rc6+ Ke7 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Rxd2 e4 35. Kg2
Rf6 36. Rxa7 exd3 37. Rc7 {draws.}) 30... Rfd5 31. Rc1 Rg8 32. h4 b5 33. b3 $5
a5 34. Kh3 b4 35. a4 $6 ({Preferable is} 35. axb4 $1 axb4 36. Ba6) 35... Re5 $1
36. Rxe5 Kxe5 37. Rc5+ Kd4 38. Rxa5 Nxb3 39. Ra7 Nc1 $6 40. Bd1 $2 (40. Rd7+ $1
Kc3 41. Rc7+ Kb2 42. Bc4 {fights back.}) 40... Nd3 41. Rxf7 Nxf2+ 42. Kh2 Nxd1
43. Rd7+ Kc3 44. Rxd1 b3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 49"]
[Date "1987.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Qd4 Nexd5 12. e4 Ne7 13. Qxb4 Nc6 14. Qa4
d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Nd4 $6 {Van der Sterren starts a
dubious action.} ({Correct is} 18. Rfe1) 18... Nxe5 19. f4 Bd7 20. Qb3 Nc4 21.
Rfe1 $2 {White does not recapture his pawn.} (21. Qxb7 Ne3 22. Rfe1 Nxg2 23.
Kxg2 {nearly equalises.}) 21... Bc6 22. Qb4 Re8 23. Kf2 a5 24. Qc5 Qd6 25. Qxd6
Nxd6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Nxc6 $2 bxc6 29. Rb6 Re6 30. a4 Ke7 31. Ra6
Nc4 32. Bf1 Nb2 33. Rxa5 Nd1+ 34. Kg2 Nxc3 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. a5 c5 37. a6 c4 38.
g4 h6 39. h4 g6 40. g5+ hxg5 41. hxg5+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Nb5 43. Rd8 Nc7 44. Rd7 Nxa6
45. Rxd5 Rc6 46. Rd1 Nb4 {Kortschnoj won many games and pursued Short during
the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 49"]
[Date "1987.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nbc6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxe5 10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bc3 $2 ({Theory is
} 13. Bg3) 13... d4 $1 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxe5 Re8
$1 18. Qg3 Bc4+ $2 ({Nogueiras misses the win} 18... Bf5+ $1 19. Kd1 Rc8) 19.
Kd1 Rc8 20. b3 Be2+ 21. Kc1 d3 22. c3 Bh5 23. Ra2 Re2 24. Kb1 Rc6 25. f3 Bg6
26. Rd1 b5 27. a4 b4 28. c4 a5 29. h4 Rce6 30. Qh3 $2 (30. Rb2 $1 {regroups
the defence.}) 30... Re1 $1 31. Rc1 Qd4 32. Qh2 Qc3 $1 {Ljubojevic becomes
annihilated.} 33. Qb8+ ({The pointe is} 33. Bxc3 d2+ 34. Rac2 dxc1=Q+ 35. Ka2
Qa3#) 33... Re8 34. Rxe1 Rxb8 35. Bxc3 d2+ 36. Ka1 bxc3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 49"]
[Date "1987.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Nxd4
Nf6 15. Qc2 {It becomes a confrontation between the white control over the
centre and the black majority on the queenside.} Rd8 16. Rd3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8
18. b4 $2 {Van der Sterren establishes a black passed pawn.} Qxb4 $1 19. Rb1
Qa5 20. Rxb7 c5 $1 21. Nf3 Be6 ({Even better is} 21... c4 $1) 22. a4 a6 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. e3 $2 {White makes a tactical error.} Bd5 $1 25. Rb2 Be4 $1 {
White has to lose material. He gives a second pawn.} 26. Qc1 Qxa4 27. Nd2 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Qc6+ 29. f3 Nd5 30. Rb3 c4 31. e4 Nb6 32. Rc3 Na4 33. Rc2 c3 34. Nf1
Rd3 35. Ne3 Qb6 36. Nd5 Qd4 37. Qa1 Kh7 38. Rf2 Rd2 39. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 40. Kh3 c2
41. Qe5 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 49"]
[Date "1987.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. Be3 $5 {Ljubojevic carries out an unusual move as usual.} Nge7 10.
Qd2 O-O 11. Be2 $6 {Ljubojevic begins to play passively.} Nf5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13.
Qxf4 Re8 14. Qd2 a5 15. a4 Qf6 16. O-O $5 Qxb2 17. Bb5 $1 Qf6 18. Nxa5 $1 Rd8
19. Nb3 h6 20. Rfe1 Nce7 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Qb4 $5 Be4 24. Ng4 Qg5 25.
f3 Nc6 26. Qc5 Bxd3 27. cxd3 Nf5 $1 {The white initiative on the queenside
lacks power. Ljubojevic has to defend.} 28. Qf2 $2 ({Prudence shows} 28. Qc1
Qxc1 29. Rexc1) 28... Re8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Re1 $2 (30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Ncd4
32. Nf1 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 {defends accurately.}) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 h5 $1 32. Nf2
Nh4 $1 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. g3 Nxf3+ 35. Kg2 Qf5 {Black has won a pawn.} 36. Qe2
Nfe5 37. d4 Ng4 38. Qd3 Kg6 39. Nc5 Nxf2 40. Qxf5+ Kxf5 41. Kxf2 Na5 42. Kf3 g6
43. h3 b6 44. Nd3 g5 45. Ne5 f6 46. g4+ hxg4+ 47. hxg4+ Ke6 48. Nd3 Nc4 49. Ke2
Nd6 50. Nf2 f5 51. gxf5+ Kxf5 52. Kf3 Ne4 53. Nd3 Nc3 54. Nb4 g4+ 55. Ke3 Kg5
56. Kf2 Kf4 57. Kg2 Ke4 58. Nc6 Nxa4 59. Kg3 Nc3 60. Kxg4 Ne2 61. Kg5 Nxd4 62.
Nb4 Ne2 63. Kf6 d4 {Nigel led by half-a-point. Viktor caught up in the
penultimate round.   Short and Kortschnoj won by 91/2/13, before Andersson (8)
and Nogueiras (71/2).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The fiftieth Hoogovens tournament was celebrated by the first presence of
Karpov at the expense of 50,000 Guilders.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3
e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 cxd4
12. exd4 Na5 $5 13. d5 $6 {The enterprising novelty is followed by an
ambitious move.} Nxc4 14. bxc4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rae8 17. Ng5 $5 f5 $1
18. Qh4 h6 19. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 {White's initiative has resulted in
two weaklings.} 21. Rae1 $5 Rg6 $1 22. f3 Qa5 23. Rd1 Bc5+ 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25.
Qxd4 Qxa4 26. Rb1 Qc2 27. g3 b6 $6 (27... f4 $1 {keeps the momentum.}) 28. Rb2
$2 {White misses the counteraction.} (28. Rbc1 $1 Qb3 29. Rb1 Qa4 30. Ra1 $1
Qc6 31. Rxa6 {wins back the pawn.}) 28... Qa4 29. Rfb1 Rff6 30. Qd5+ Kh7 31.
Kg2 Qc6 $5 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. h4 h5 34. Ra2 $2 Rxc4 35. Rxa6 f4 $1 {Hübner had
an excellent start.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 g6 12. Ne5 Ne6 13. f4 Ng7 14. f5 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Rxf5 gxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qf3 Qe6 19. Bh6 $1 {Tal improves
on 19. Rf1 (Fan Huilian - Tian Zhimin, China 1987), but the line remains
doubtful.} Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. e4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 $1 {Tal has
positional compensation for the exchange.} 24. Rh4 Rf6 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Rh3 Re7
27. Re3 Qd5 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Qh4 Ree6 30. Qf4 $2 (30. Qg5 $1 Qxd4+ 31. Kf1 Qd1+
32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Kf3 $1 Qe4+ 34. Kf2 Qd4+ 35. Kf1 Rg6 $1 36. Nxg6+ Rxg6 37. Qe7
{defends actively (Tal).}) 30... Qe4 31. Qd2 f4 32. Rd3 c5 33. Nd7 Rg6 $2 ({
Correct is} 33... c4 {(Khalifman).}) 34. Nf8 c4 35. Nxg6+ Rxg6 36. Rc3 b5 37.
d5 $2 ({The shrewd} 37. Rc1 $1 Rxg2+ $1 38. Qxg2 Qe3+ 39. Qf2 Qxc1+ 40. Kg2 {
(Tal)} Qb1 $1 41. Kf3 $1 Qf5 $1 42. Qe1 $1 {might draw.}) 37... Rg5 38. Rc2
Rxd5 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Rc1 Rd3 41. Re1 Rxc3 42. Rxe4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. fxe5 Nfd7
15. Qh5 $1 ({Hübner plays a more active move than} 15. Bf4 {(Swic - Balicki,
Poznan 1984).}) 15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rf3 g6 18. Qh6 f5 $6 ({Preferable
is} 18... f6 19. Rh3 Rf7) 19. exf6 $2 (19. Bd4 $1 Bc5 20. Qf4 {keeps the
equality.}) 19... Bxf6 $1 20. Bf2 Ne5 21. Rh3 Ra7 $1 22. Qe3 Ng4 $6 (22... Nc4
$1 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxb2 {(Khalifman) gains a plus.}) 23. Qf3 $2 ({
Correct is} 23. Qxb6 $1 Qxb6 24. Bxb6 Rb7 25. Bc5 $1 Rc8 {(Tal)} 26. b4 $1 a5
27. Rd1 $1 axb4 28. Ne4) 23... Qc4 $1 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Nxf2
27. Nxf2 Raf7 28. Rb3 Bg7 29. Ng4 Bd4+ 30. Ne3 Rf4 31. h3 Re4 32. Rdd3 Bc5 33.
a5 bxa5 34. Kh2 a4 35. Rbc3 Bd4 36. Rc4 e5 {Tal was back on 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
c4 9. Bh6 Ng6 10. Bxg6 fxg6 11. Be3 Qe8 $5 {Hübner tries a new move in a
doubtful variation of the French Defence.} 12. h4 $1 Nc6 13. h5 gxh5 14. Rxh5
Ne7 15. Nf3 Rf5 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. O-O-O {John mobilises his troops at all costs.}
h6 18. Rdh1 $1 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Rxf2 ({Critical is} 19... Qa4 $5 20. Ne4 $1 Qxa3+
21. Kb1 $1 Rxh5 22. Qxh5 dxe4 23. Qxg6 Qe7 24. Rh7 $1 Qf7 25. Rh8+ $1 {and
White wins.}) 20. Qh3 $1 {Van der Wiel prepares 21. Rh8+!} Kf8 21. Qe3 $1 Rf7 (
21... Rxg2 22. Qf3+ Ke7 {(Van der Wiel)} 23. Rh7 $1 Rxg5 24. Rxg7+ Kd8 25. Qf6+
{and wins.}) 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rf1+ Kg8 24. Rhh1 $1 Ne7 25. Qh3 Nf5 26. g4 {
Hübner had lost the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. c5 Nc4 11. Qc2 Nh5 $5 12. b3 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Na3 14. Qd2 b5
15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Kh1 a5 17. e3 f5 $2 (17... f6 $1 {controls square e5.}) 18.
Bf1 Bd7 19. Be2 Bf6 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Rg3 Qe7 22. Rag1 Rg8 23. Qc1 b4 24. Na4 Rg7
25. Qf1 Rbg8 26. Qh3 Be8 27. Nb6 $1 Qd8 28. Qh6 Rc7 29. Ne5 {White attacks
from all sides.} Rcg7 30. Bd3 Nb5 31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. f3 Bh4 $1 33. Rh3 $2 ({
Correct is} 33. R3g2) 33... Bf2 $1 34. Rxg6 $5 Bxe3 $2 (34... Qe7 $1 35. Rg5
Bxe3 {equalises.}) 35. Rxg7 Rxg7 36. Rg3 $1 Qe7 37. Rxg7 Qxg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7
39. c6 Bxc6 40. Nxc6 Bxf4 41. Nd7 {Karpov began to chase the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 d5 11. Qg3 $5 g6 $6 {A slight weakness comes into
being.} 12. Be3 Be7 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qe3 {Van der
Wiel regroups his attackers.} Bb7 17. Rae1 Bc5 18. f5 $5 Rae8 ({Not} 18... exf5
$6 19. Bxf5 $1 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 gxf5 $2 21. Rxf5 Qd8 22. Nxd5) 19. f6 $1 Bxd4 20.
Qxd4 e5 $6 ({More prudent is} 20... Qb6) 21. Qh4 $6 {White should strike hard.}
(21. Nxd5 $1 {(Van der Wiel)} exd4 $1 22. Nxc7 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nxf6 24. Re7 {
plays for a win.}) 21... Re6 22. Re3 e4 23. Rh3 h5 24. Be2 Qe5 $1 25. g4 $4 (
25. Bxh5 $1 Qxh5 26. Qg3 Qe5 27. Qh4 {leads to a repetition of moves (Van der
Wiel).}) 25... Nxf6 26. g5 ({Or} 26. gxh5 Nxh5 27. Bxh5 Qxh5 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29.
Rxh5 d4) 26... Nh7 27. Bxh5 gxh5 28. Qxh5 Qg7 29. Ne2 Rg6 30. Rf5 d4 31. Nf4
e3+ 32. Kg1 Nxg5 33. Qh8+ Qxh8 34. Rxh8+ Kxh8 35. Nxg6+ fxg6 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37.
Rd8 Be4 {Andersson led by plus four and drew all games hereafter.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Ne7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Qb3 $5 c5 6. a3 Ba5 $1 7. e3 (7.
Bxb7 $2 Bxb7 8. Qxb7 Nbc6 {makes no serious impression.}) 7... Nbc6 8. Nge2 Bb6
$5 9. O-O Na5 $5 10. Qa2 d5 11. d3 dxc4 12. dxc4 Bd7 13. b4 Nac6 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. Qb3 Ne5 $1 {Black threatens pawn c4.} 16. b5 $1 Rad8 17. f4 N5g6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 17... Nd3 $1 18. e4 Nxc1 19. Rfxc1 f6) 18. e4 $1 f5 $2 {A fatal
restraint begins.} ({Right is} 18... f6) 19. e5 $1 Be8 20. Be3 Nh8 $5 21. Na4
Bh5 22. Nc1 Rd7 $6 (22... Nf7 $1 {makes the intended move.}) 23. Nd3 $1 Be2 24.
Ndxc5 $1 {Karpov has not made a tactical error. Instead, he wins by a
<->petite combinaison.'} Rd3 $5 ({Or} 24... Bxf1 25. Rxf1 {(Karpov) and the
black position falls apart.}) 25. Nxd3 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. Nb4 Bxf1 28. Rxf1
Bc5 29. Nd3 b6 30. Naxc5 bxc5 31. a4 Rd4 32. a5 Qxa5 33. Nxc5 Kf7 34. Nb7 Qd2
35. b6 {Tolya neared Ulf til half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Karpov had upset Ljubojevic in round ten.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11.
f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. Bd2 b6 $5 16. g3 $1 {Karpov
gains a plus. Long manoeuvres will bring consolidation.} Qb7 17. Qd3 Nce7 18.
Rg1 Rc4 19. g4 Nh4 20. Rg3 Qc8 21. Rb2 Nhg6 22. Rf3 Nc6 23. Rf2 Rh8 24. h3 Qd8
25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Rf3 Qc5 27. Kd1 $1 {Every weakness in the white position has
been protected.} Ra4 28. Rc3 Qe7 29. Nc1 d4 $2 {This pawn becomes a target.}
30. Rcb3 Na5 31. Rb4 Nb7 32. Rxa4 Bxa4 33. Rb4 Qd7 34. Nb3 $1 d3 $5 35. Qxd3
Qxd3 36. Bxd3 Bxb3 37. Rxb3 Nc5 38. Rc3 Ke7 39. Bf1 Rd8 40. Rc4 $1 {Karpov led
after the penultimate round. Ulf and Tolya drew quietly in the last round. So
Karpov triumphed by 9/13.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Nijboer finished in the second group by five wins. The last game was
spectacular.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7.
Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhg1 Na5 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nxb3+
14. axb3 Nd7 15. f4 b4 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. exf5 Re8 19. Bd4 {Nijboer
plays an exciting variation of the Sicilian Defence.} Bf6 $5 (19... Bf8 20. Qh5
Re4 21. Bf6 $1 {won in Wolff - I. Sokolov, Baguio City 1987.}) 20. Qxe8+ $3 {
Friso goes for the kill.} ({The exchange by} 20. Bxf6 Rxe2 21. Bxd8 Bb7 22. Ba5
{brings a plus (Nijboer).}) 20... Qxe8 21. gxf6 g6 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Rd3 $1 Nxf6
(23... Qd8 $5 24. Rh3 Nxf6 (24... h5 25. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 26. Rg8#) 25. Bxf6 Qb6 $1
26. Rd1 $1 h5 27. Rhd3 $1 Bxf5 28. Rxd6 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 Bxc2+ $1 30. Kxc2 Re8 31.
f5 $1 Qe4+ 32. Kc1 gxf5 33. Rd8 Qe6 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Ng8 $1 Qc8+ 36. Kb1 {
also wins for White.}) 24. Bxf6 Qb5 25. Rgd1 $1 Bxf5 (25... Bb7 $5 26. Rxd6 Re8
27. Rd8 Qa5 {(Nijboer)} 28. R1d7 $1 Bf3 29. Kb1 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Nxg6+
fxg6 32. Bxd8 gxf5 33. Ba5 {will win eventually for White.}) 26. Rd5 Qe2 ({Or} 
26... Qb7 27. Rxd6 Re8 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Rd8 Qb6 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rd8+) 27.
Nxf5 Rc8 28. R5d2 Qe4 29. Nxd6 Rxc2+ 30. Rxc2 Qxf4+ 31. Kb1 Qxf6 32. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The great surprise of the event was the formidable start by Tseshkovsky.} 1.
c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 h5 $5 6. d4 h4 7. Nbc3 Nh6 {
Tseshkovsky shows a great ambition.} 8. e4 Bg4 9. Qd3 $6 ({Preferable is} 9. h3
exd4 10. hxg4 dxc3 11. Nxc3 hxg3 12. f4 $1) 9... Nd7 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qe3 h3 12.
Bf1 f5 13. f3 fxe4 $1 14. fxg4 $2 {Sokolov succumbs already.} ({Not} 14. fxe4
$2 O-O 15. Ng1 Qf6 $1 16. Bxh3 $2 Nd3+ $1 17. Qxd3 Qf2#) ({Right is} 14. Nxe4
Nf5 15. Qa3 $1 Nxe4 16. fxg4 $1 Ne7 17. Qe3 {and White repairs his position.})
14... Nxg4 15. Qg1 Qf6 16. Nd1 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Qf3 18. a3 Bh6+ 19. Kc2 Nb4+ {
Black delivers mate in one.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Bd3 $5 Nc4 15.
b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 b4 17. Na4 $6 Nxa4 18. bxa4 d5 $1 19. exd5 e4 $1 20. Bxe4 Nxe4
21. Rxe4 Bxd5 22. Re3 Bd6 {Black gets a fine attacking position, hiding behind
the isolated pawn.} 23. Qd3 a5 24. Ne5 Bb8 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. Rae1 Qd6
28. Ba1 $2 {Vishy misses the threat.} (28. g3 {closes a diagonal.}) 28... f6 $1
29. Ng4 h5 30. Re7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ne3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Re8 $1 34. Qb5
Bxg2+ 35. Ke2 ({The pointe is} 35. Nxg2 Qh1#) 35... Bf4 36. Kd2 Bf3 37. Qf1 g5
38. Bb2 g4 39. Kc1 Be4 40. Kd1 Bf3+ {Tseshkovsky led by 3/3.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Ndb5 Nd5 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Qe8 14. Bxc4
Bc6 $6 ({Better is} 14... Rc8 15. Bd3 Rc5 {(Allen - Marin, Thessaloniki 1988).}
) 15. Rd4 Qe5 16. Qc2 $1 Bxb5 $2 ({Right is} 16... Be7 $1 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Be3
Qe5) 17. Rd5 Qc7 18. Rxb5 Rac8 19. b3 Bc5 20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. Qf5 Qe7 22. Qg4 g6
23. Qf3 Rc6 24. Rxc5 $1 {Jeroen Piket participated for the second time in the
main group.} ({The pointe is} 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Qc3 $1) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Douven, Rudy"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng3 $5 ({Theory is} 12. O-O) 12... Be7
13. Qe2 cxd4 14. O-O Qb6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19.
Nh3 $2 (19. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. Qxg6+ Rg7 21. Qxh6 {fights well.}) 19... Kh7 20.
Qe2 Nc5 21. Rfd1 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 a5 23. Ne4 Ne7 $2 (23... f6 $1 {keeps an
advantage.}) 24. Nd6 Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Qxd4 Qc6 27. f3 Rad8 28. Qf2 g5 29.
Rac1 Rfe8 $5 30. Re1 Qd5 31. Qc2 $2 ({Better is} 31. Qc5) 31... Rxe5 $1 32.
Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Nf2 Kg7 34. h3 Rd7 35. a3 Rd5 36. axb4 axb4 37. Qb3 Rd4 38. Qc2
Bd5 39. Rd1 Be6 40. Rxd4 Qxd4 41. Qe2 b3 42. h4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. d5 Qc7 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. b3 $5 f5 18. exf5 Bxd5 (18... Bf6 $5 {will be played
in Kramnik - Sokolov, Wijk aan Zee 2005.}) 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nc6 $1 21. Ne3
$1 Kh8 $5 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rc1 e4 $1 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Bb6 $1 Nxf2
$2 {An intermediate move becomes fatal.} ({Right is} 26... Qd7 $1 27. Rxe4 {
(Sax)} Bg5 $1 28. f4 $5 Qxf5) 27. Bxd8 $1 Nxd1 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rexd1 $1 Ne5
$5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nxf6 {White wins the endgame.} Nf7 32. Ne4 Kg7 33. Rd2 Rd8
34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Rc2 d5 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Nc5 d4+ 39. Kd2 Rd5 40.
Ne6+ Ke8 41. f6 {Tseshkovsky lost many games during the second part of the
tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Be3 a5 9. Qe2 $5 Bg4 $5 10. O-O-O {Anand will attack versus the passive black
position. It looked like the nineteen-years- old was playing rapid games.} Qc8
11. h3 Bh5 $6 12. g4 Bf7 $6 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Ng5 Bg8 {Sokolov plays inactive.}
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Nf3 Be6 19. e5 $1 d5 20. Nd4 $1 Qd7
21. Rhf1 Bc5 $2 ({Correct is} 21... Rf8 {(Sokolov).}) 22. Na4 $2 {Vishy misses
the immediate victory.} (22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Nxd5 $1 {wins at once.}) 22... Be7
$6 (22... Bxd4 $1 23. Rxd4 Qe7 {defends more accurately (Sokolov).}) 23. Nb3
Rf8 24. Nac5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Qe7 26. Qe3 a4 27. Qc3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Nf8 29. Bf2 Qf7
30. Qd3 Qg6 31. Qc3 $1 Qf7 32. Qe1 Nd7 33. Bh4 $1 Qg6 34. Qb4 $1 Qh6+ 35. Kb1
Nb6 36. Na6 Qxh4 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Nc5# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. g4 h5 $5 {The
white pawns are chased forwards in the Pirc.} 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 d5 10. f5 dxe4
11. fxg6 fxg6 12. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Bd3 (14. Ngf3 $5 e5 $2 15. Bc4+
$1 {was played in Haslinger - McNab, Blackpool 2003.}) 14... e5 15. Ngf3 exd4
16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 {Black restarts the development.} 18. Be2 Rf4 19.
N2f3 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bg4 21. O-O Bh3 $1 22. Rf2 Nd7 23. Bf1 Bf5 $1 24. Bg2 Rf8
25. Rd2 $6 ({Preferable is} 25. Raf1 $1 Nc5 26. Ne5 Rxf2 27. Rxf2) 25... Nc5
26. Re1 h4 $1 27. Rd4 $6 (27. Nd4 $1 Rg4 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. h3 Rxg5 30. Re5 {
brings a counteraction for a pawn.}) 27... Bxc2 $1 28. Rc1 Be4 $1 29. Nxh4 $2 {
White fails in the endgame.} (29. Rcc4 $1 h3 $1 30. Bxh3 Rxf3 31. Rxc5 Re3 32.
Rc1 {offers more resistance.}) 29... Nd3 30. Ra1 Bxg2 31. Rxd3 ({No relief
gives} 31. Rxf4 Nxf4 32. Nxg2 Nh3+ {(Benjamin).}) 31... Be4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 d5 12. Bxf6 dxe4 $2 ({Correct is} 12...
Bxf6 {(Mokry - Conquest, Gausdal 1989).}) 13. Bxe7 $1 {Anand overturns the
variation.} ({Known is} 13. Bd4 $2 {(Brustman - Liu Shilan, Tuzla 1987).})
13... Rxd2 14. Nxd2 $1 exf3 15. gxf3 (15. Nc4 $1 Qc7 16. Bd6 $1 {will win
quickly in Conquest - Speelman, London 1990.}) 15... e5 16. Bh4 Be6 17. Nde4
Nd4 18. Bg2 $6 Rc8 19. Bf2 f5 20. f4 $1 ({Not} 20. Ng5 $2 Rxc3 $1 {(Anand).})
20... fxe4 21. fxe5 Rc4 22. Rhe1 $6 ({Better is} 22. Bxe4 $1 Rb4 23. Nd5 $1)
22... Rb4 23. Kc1 $1 Bg4 24. Nd5 $4 {Anand has spoiled the game.} (24. Rd2 {
keeps an advantage.}) 24... Qc5 $4 ({Right is} 24... Qd8 $1 25. Nxb4 Bxd1 26.
Bxd4 (26. Kxd1 Nf3+) 26... Qxd4 27. Bxe4 Qxb4 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Rxd1 Qf4+ {and
Black might win.}) 25. Nxb4 Bxd1 26. Kxd1 $1 e3 27. Rxe3 Nf5 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29.
Rf3 Qxb4 30. Rxf5+ Ke8 31. e6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Bg2 d4 $5 {Black takes the initiative and
rules more territory.} 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. f4 Qb6 $1 15. Kh2 ({The
pointe is} 15. Qxd4 $5 Nb3 $1 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rb1 Bc5+ 18. Kh2 Rxa2) 15...
Rfd8 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. a3 d3 18. exd3 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 {Black has the
initiative but an unimportant advantage.} 20. Re1 Rb3 21. Bf1 Nd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3
23. f5 $5 Rad8 24. Bf4 g6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. h4 $2 {White should start a
counteraction.} (26. e5 $1 g5 (26... Kf7 27. e6+) 27. Be3 b6 28. Re2 {
reorganises the defence.}) 26... Kf7 $1 27. Rbc1 Ke6 {The isolated e-pawn has
become weak.} 28. Rc2 Rf8 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Rf3 31. Re2 $6 ({Vaganian
misses the chance} 31. Bxa7 Bd6 32. Bf2 Be5 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. a4 Bxb2 35. a5 {
and he has counter-play.}) 31... Bd6 32. e5 $1 Bb8 $1 {Van der Wiel postpones
the capture of pawn e5.} 33. Kg2 Rf7 34. g4 Rd7 35. Kf3 Rd3 36. Ke4 Rd5 37. Rf2
Rxe5+ {Black has cashed the pawn.} 38. Kd3 Rd5+ 39. Ke4 Bg3 40. Rf8 Bxh4 41.
Bxa7 Bf6 42. b4 Rd8 43. Rxd8 Bxd8 44. a4 b6 45. Bb8 Be7 $5 {Van der Wiel
brings excitement in the bishop ending.} 46. a5 $1 Kd7 $1 47. Bf4 Bxb4 48. axb6
Kc8 49. Ke5 $1 Ba5 50. Kf6 Bxb6 51. Kg5 Kd7 $1 52. Kh6 Ke6 53. Kxh7 Kf6 54. Bh6
g5 55. Bg7+ Kf7 56. Bc3 Be3 57. Ba5 Kf6 58. Kh6 Ke5 59. Kg6 Kf4 60. Kh5 c5 61.
Bd8 Kf3 62. Bf6 c4 {John was very happy.   The tournament ended crowded at the
top. Anand, Nikolic, Ribli and Sax won by 71/2/13, before Piket and Georgiev 
(7), Van der Wiel and Miles (61/2).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Andruet, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 $5 {
Andruet plays a surprising novelty.} 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Qg3
Nh5 12. Qf2 f5 13. e5 Nxd3 14. cxd3 dxe5 15. fxe5 b6 (15... Qxd3 $6 16. Bg5 $1
{makes a target of the black queen.}) 16. d4 Bb7 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rad1 f4 $5 ({
Wiser is} 18... h6 $1) 19. Qh4 $1 Rf7 20. Qg4 $1 Qe8 $6 {Black lifts the
barrage on d4.} (20... Re8 $1 {consolidates.}) 21. Nh4 $6 (21. Nd2 $1 {jumps
in the direction of e4.}) 21... b5 22. a3 a5 23. Ne2 $1 Qc6 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 $5
25. Nxf4 $2 Raf8 $1 26. Qxe6 Qe4 $1 27. Rf3 $5 g5 $1 28. Nhg6 $1 gxf4 $2 {
Andruet loses track in the melee.} (28... hxg6 $1 29. Nxg6 g4 $1 30. Rf2 Bd5 $1
{refutes the white attack.}) 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 $4 (29... Qe2 $1 {still plays for a
win.}) 30. Qd6+ $2 Kg8 $1 31. e6 Rf6 32. Qd8+ Rf8 $2 33. e7 $1 Qe2 34. exf8=Q+
Bxf8 35. Qg5+ Bg7 36. Rff1 h6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. d5 f3 39. gxf3 Qxb2 40. Qd7 Ba8
41. Qf5+ {Dokhian and Nijboer shared the first place of the B-group and played
in the A-group next year.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The event became spectacular by Nunn's tactics, Polgár-mania and a hurricane.
} 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. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re3
Qh4 15. h3 g5 16. b3 $5 ({White has fine results with} 16. Qf3 {(Hübner - Nunn,
Haifa 1989).}) 16... f5 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Re6 $2 ({More solidity brings} 18. Ba3
{(Anand).}) 18... Rae8 $1 19. Rxe8 ({The critical line is} 19. Rxd6 $2 Re1+ 20.
Kh2 Rxc1 21. Qe3 Qf4+ 22. Qxf4 gxf4 {and White has positional problems (Nunn).}
) 19... Rxe8 20. Kf1 g4 21. Qxf5 gxh3 22. Qxh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Bc8 24. Be3 $1 {
White has two extra pawns. He has to return one immediately.} Bxh3+ {Anand
experiences great difficulties.} 25. Ke2 $6 (25. Ke1 $1 Bf5 26. a4 bxa4 27. Nd2
a3 28. b4 a5 29. Rxa3 axb4 30. cxb4 Bxb4 31. Rb3 {gives survival chances.})
25... Bg4+ 26. Kd3 Bf5+ 27. Ke2 Bg4+ 28. Kd3 Bf5+ 29. Ke2 Rc8 $1 30. f3 Kf7 31.
Bd2 h5 32. c4 Re8+ 33. Kf2 Bd3 34. Be3 h4 35. f4 dxc4 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Nd2 Rb8
38. Kf3 c3 39. Ne4 Bb4 40. Rd1 Bxe4+ 41. Kxe4 c2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Be3 b6 $6 {Nunn plays a
passive novelty.} 14. Nd3 g5 15. b4 Ng6 16. a4 Nf4 17. a5 Rb8 $2 {Black
weakens the queenside.} ({Solid is} 17... Bd7) 18. Nb5 $1 Ba6 $6 (18... a6 {
(Anand)} 19. Na7 Bb7 {gives more resistance.}) 19. axb6 Bxb5 20. Rxa7 Bxc4 21.
bxc7 Qf6 22. cxb8=Q Rxb8 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Ra3 g3 25. hxg3 fxg3 26. fxg3 Qd4+
27. Kh2 Qxe4 28. Qf3 Bxd5 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Rd1 Rb6 31. Ra7 Rb7 32. Rxb7 Bxb7
33. b5 Bc3 34. Nc5 $1 dxc5 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Ke6 37. Rxb7 Kd5 38. Rd7+ Ke6
39. Rh7 c4 40. Rxh6+ Kd5 41. b6 Be5 42. b7 c3 43. Rh8 {Kortschnoj seemed to be
on his way to another tournament win.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
c6 9. a4 a5 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Bh3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Bf4 {(Rudakovsky
- Dubinin, Moscow 1940).}) 12... Re8 13. g4 $2 {Anand plays an anti-positional
move.} Nf8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. f4 b5 16. g5 N6d7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. e5 $6 Rad8 $6 (
18... b4 $1 19. Ne4 c5 {increases the black advantage.}) 19. f5 exf5 20. axb5
Bb7 21. Bxf5 $2 (21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Bg2 Qxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 {only
leads to a black plus.}) 21... cxb5 22. e6 Nf8 $1 {Portisch defends skilfully.}
23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Be4 (24. Rf1 $1 Kg8 25. Be6+ Kh8 $1 26. Rf7 b4 {also
favours Black.}) 24... Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Kg8 26. Qg2 Bb4 27. Qg3 ({Or} 27. Nxb5 Qb6
) 27... Qd7 28. Bf4 Ng6 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Bxa5 Bd6 31. Qf3 Kh8 32. h3 b4 33. Nd5
Qc6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 Ne8 11. Qc2 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Rg1 $1 {This novelty
improves the variation.} f4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nf3 Kh8 16. O-O-O Ra6 $5 {A
remarkable development is made.} 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Qc3 Rh6 $5 19. h4 ({Not} 19.
Qxa5 $2 Ra6 $1 20. Qc3 Rxa2) 19... b6 20. Bd3 Bf6 21. Bc2 Nd6 22. Na7 $5 Bd7
23. Rg2 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. a3 $6 Rg6 26. Rh1 Rg2 27. Qe1 $1 Qg7 ({Avoids} 
27... Nxc4 $4 28. Qf1 {(Anand).}) 28. Bd3 Qg4 $5 {Nunn has missed Piket's
answer.} 29. Bf1 $2 ({Actually} 29. Be2 $1 Nxe4 $1 {(Nunn)} 30. Nd2 $1 Nxf2 31.
Bxg4 Nd3+ 32. Kb1 Nxe1 {is correct.}) 29... Qxf3 $1 30. Bxg2 Qxg2 31. Rg1 f3 $1
{Piket has overlooked this idea.} 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 $2 ({Right is} 33.
Rxg2+ $2 fxg2 34. Qg1 Bh3 $1 35. cxb5 Bxh4 36. a4 $1 Bg5+ 37. Kc2 Bf4 38. Kd3 {
Nunn judges the game as drawn.}) 33... Bxb5 34. Rxg2+ fxg2 35. Qg1 Bf1 {The
queen has become little mobile.} 36. Qh2 $6 ({Better is} 36. h5 Bg5+ 37. Kd1
Bf4 {but Black will use his king to capture pawn h5 and then pushes pawn h7 to
h2 (Nunn).}) 36... Bxh4 37. Qxh4 g1=Q 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qxc7+ Kh6 40. Qxb6+ Kh5
41. b4 Bd3+ 42. Kd2 Qxf2+ {Nunn became engaged in the battle at the top. His
main rival was Kortschnoj.} ({The pointe is} 42... Qxf2+ 43. Kxd3 c4+) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rh3 Bb7
15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Rg3 Be7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Nf3 f5 20. Qh5 Rac8 21.
Bd3 Nc5 $2 (21... Bc5 $1 22. Ng5 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Nf8 24. g4 fxg4 25. Rg3 g6 26.
Qh6 Qg7 {lessens the power of the attack.}) 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Rh1 $1
hxg5 25. hxg5 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28. Qf6+ Be7 ({The active defence
} 28... Kd7 29. Bxf5 $1 exf5 {(Nunn) is refuted by} 30. Rc3 $1) 29. Qxe6 Bxg5
30. Qxf5 Be7 31. Qf7 Qc5 32. f5 $6 ({Better is} 32. Bf5 $1 Rf8 33. Qe6) 32...
Qd4 33. Qg7 Rc7 34. Rf1 Kc8 $6 35. f6 $1 Bf8 36. f7 $1 Rd8 37. Qf6 Re7 38. Re1
Qb4 39. c3 Qc5 40. Qf5+ Kb8 41. e6 b4 42. Qf4+ Rc7 43. Rg8 Qe7 44. c4 $2 dxc4
45. Bxc4 Bd5 $1 46. b3 Bxc4 47. bxc4 b3 $1 48. Re2 Qb4 $2 49. Rxf8 $2 {Nunn
makes the last mistake.} ({Right is} 49. Rd2 $1 {(Nunn)} Rxd2 50. Qxd2 Rxc4+
51. Kd1 Rd4 52. Rxf8+ Ka7 53. Ra8+ Kxa8 54. f8=Q+ Qxf8 55. Qxd4 Qf1+ 56. Kd2
Qxg2+ 57. Kd3 bxa2 58. e7 {drawn.}) 49... Qc3+ 50. Kb1 Qd3+ {This was a costly
loss, because Nunn fell back to plus one and trailed by one point on the
leader Kortschnoj.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 {Kuijf shows no ambition.} Be7 5. O-O O-O
6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Kh8 $5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 Nf4 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. Bxd5 (13. exd5 $1 Nd8 14. d4 {gains a plus.}) 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
c3 Nd8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 c6 18. Bc4 Ne6 19. Bxe6 $2 ({Better is} 19. g4 Bg6
20. Qd2) 19... fxe6 $1 20. Re3 Rf4 $1 21. Qc2 $6 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3
Rf8 {White has a horrible position.} 24. Qd3 Rf4 25. Qe3 Qf6 26. Kg2 Qg6+ 27.
Kh2 Rh4 28. Rh1 d5 29. Rg1 $5 Rxh3+ 30. Kxh3 Qxg1 31. exd5 exd5 32. Qe8+ Kh7
33. Qf7 Qh1+ 34. Kg3 Qg1+ 35. Kh3 a6 36. a4 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1+ 38. Kh3 b6 39. b4
Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qg6 42. Qa7 $1 Qc2 43. Qxa6 Qc3 44. Qe2 $6 (44. Qxb6
$1 Qxf3+ 45. Kh2 Qxf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qd3+ 49. Kf4 $1 h5 $1
50. Qxc6 Qxd4+ {(Nunn)} 51. Kf3 Qd3+ 52. Kf2 h4 {probably wins for Black.})
44... Qxb4 45. Qc2+ Kg8 46. Qxc6 Qxd4 47. Qc8+ Kf7 $1 48. Qd7+ Kg6 49. Kg2 Qf6
$1 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qb5 d4 52. f4 Qxf4 $1 53. Qxb6 d3 54. a5 Qg4+ 55. Kh2 Qh5+
{Nunn neared Kortschnoj to half-a-point.} ({Simple is} 55... Qh5+ 56. Kg3 d2
57. Qb1+ Qg6+) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{This day started with an incident, because activists had taken the white
kings of all games. The pieces were retrieved on a dune. It was a day of
stormy weather. A hurricane began to blow during the round.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3
Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8
10. Rb1 Bf8 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bg4 $5 14. Nd2 Qc8 15. Re1 a4 16. Qc1
Bd7 ({More enterprising is} 16... Ra5 $1 17. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 18. dxc4 c6 19. bxc6
bxc6) 17. Nf3 $1 c5 $5 (17... Nb3 $1 18. Qc2 f6 {gets a solid game.}) 18. bxc6
Bxc6 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne4 c5 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. Bc1 c4 24. dxc4 f5
$2 (24... Rc8 $1 25. c5 Qd5 26. Rxb6 Rxe4 {defends well.}) 25. Bg5 $1 Qc7 26.
c5 $1 Nc8 $5 ({Better is} 26... fxe4 $1 27. Qa2+ {(Portisch)} Nd5 $1 28. Qxd5+
Kh8 29. Qxd4 Qxc5 30. Qxc5 Bxc5) 27. Bf4 Qc6 28. Ng5 Qd5 29. Red1 h6 30. Nf3
Qxc5 31. Qa2+ Kh7 32. Nxd4 Qxa3 33. Qxa3 Bxa3 34. Nb5 Bf8 35. Nc7 Na7 36. Nxa8
Rxa8 37. Bd6 Nc6 38. Bxf8 Rxf8 39. Rd6 {Portisch joined the lead with
Kortschnoj. Nunn, Andersson and Dlugy completed the quintet of leaders. The
playing hall was the <->Moriaan'. Part of the roof was blown off during the
evening.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{A roaring wind hindered the players when the decisive game of the event
started.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3
Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. Ndb5 $5 {Nunn wants to
attack on both flanks.} d5 $1 {Dlugy counters in the centre.} 13. f5 dxe4 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxd7 exf5 16. Nxa7 Rc7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rhd1 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Qe5
20. g3 $4 ({Right is} 20. Qf3 $1) 20... Nc5 $1 21. Rd2 Bf6 22. c3 Re8 23. Bxc5
Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 {Black has won an exchange.} 25. a4 Bg5+ 26. Kb1 Be3 27. Bd1
Re1 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 (28... Rxd1+ $1 {wins easily.}) 29. a5 Kf8 30. Ba4 Ke7 31.
Bxc6 Kd6 32. Bb7 g5 33. a6 Kc7 34. Kc1 f4 35. Kd2 Re6 36. gxf4 g4 $5 37. b4 Rh6
38. c4 Rxh2+ 39. Ke3 Ra2 $6 (39... Kb8 $1 40. Bd5 Rb2 $1 {loses no time.}) 40.
c5 $1 Rb2 $4 {Dlugy blunders in a won game.} ({Right is} 40... g3 $1 41. b5 g2
42. b6+ Kb8 43. Bxg2 Rxg2 44. c6 h5 $1 45. Kd4 h4 46. Kd5 h3 47. c7+ Kc8 48. a7
Ra2 49. Kc6 Rc2+ 50. Kd6 Kb7 51. Kd7 h2 $1 {and Black wins by timely
manoeuvres (Nunn).}) 41. Bd5 $1 Kb8 42. c6 Rc2 43. Kd3 Rc1 44. a7+ $1 Kxa7 45.
Kd2 $1 {The rook is dominated on the c-file, an endgame study theme.} Rxc6 $5
46. Bxc6 h5 47. Ke2 h4 48. Kf2 {Kortschnoj lost against Nijboer. Portisch and
Andersson drew their games. Hence Nunn became the sole leader.   A gigantic
catastrophe happened to the <->Moriaan' in the night. The temporary shield
crashed during a thunderstorm and the facility was flooded. Group A and B
played in <->Hotel Kennemerduin' the next day. The top three drew in the last
round. So Nunn won by 8/13, half-a-point before Portisch and Andersson.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{POLGÁR-MANIA  The Polgár sisters Judit (13), Sofia (15) and Zsuzsa (20)
presented themselves as gentlemen killers in the B-group. They got an
extensive publicity.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. a4
b4 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. g4 Qc7 $5 {Judit has the initiative.} 17. g5
Nd7 18. Bd4 $5 O-O 19. Qh5 e5 $1 20. f5 $2 {She makes a premature advance.} ({
Better is} 20. Be3 Nc5 21. f5) 20... exd4 21. f6 $1 Ne5 22. Rf4 Rfe8 23. Rh4 $5
{The flight forwards continues.} h6 24. Ng3 Qd8 25. Rf1 $1 Bf8 26. Nf5 Re6 $1
27. Rf2 d5 28. Rg2 $5 {Although Judit has mobilised her pieces, Black can win.}
Ng6 $2 ({Correct is the materialistic} 28... dxe4 $1 29. fxg7 {(Anand)} Bxg7 $1
) 29. fxg7 Bxg7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. e5 $1 f5 33. gxf6 {The all-out
attack won eventually.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. h3 e5 11. O-O-O Nh5 $5 ({Black betters on} 11... Nbd7 $6 {
(J. Polgár - Azmaiparashvili, Amsterdam 1989).}) 12. f5 $1 {Sofia sacrifices
the exchange.} Ng3 (12... gxf5 $5 13. exf5 Ng3 {brings the same idea.}) 13. Qe1
Nxh1 14. g4 $1 {She leaves the helpless knight alone.} gxf5 $2 {The g-file is
opened.} (14... d5 $2 15. Nxd5 Qxe1 16. Rxe1 Nc6 17. f6 {(Sofia).}) ({But} 
14... Nd7 $1 {brings a helper.}) 15. gxf5 Qd8 ({Or} 15... d5 16. Nxd5 Qxe1 17.
Rxe1) 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Ng5 Bh6 ({The pointe is} 17... f6 18. Nxh7 $1) 18. Qh4
Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Bh6 Nd7 21. Rg1 Qe7 22. Qg4 {Loek was defeated by all
sissies.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxe5 Qxd5 14. Qxg7
Rf8 15. Rd1 Qe4+ 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxh7 O-O-O 20. Qc2
Rfe8 21. h4 Ne5 22. O-O $5 ({Paul van der Sterren played} 22. Rxd8+ {versus
Zsuzsa Polgár in round four.}) 22... Rd4 $1 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rc1 b5 25. Qe4
Qb6 $1 {Zsuzsa has finished her home preparation.} 26. Kf1 $5 Re6 27. h5 $2 ({
Brenninkmeijer does not play the logical line} 27. f4 $1 d3 $1 28. fxe5 dxe2+ {
(Zsuzsa)} 29. Qxe2 $1 f6 30. Qf2 {and equality.}) 27... Kb8 $6 ({Black misses} 
27... d3 $1 28. Bxd3 Kb8 $1 29. Be2 Nd3 $1 30. Bxd3 Rxe4 31. Bxe4 Qh6) 28. Bg4
Nxg4 29. Qxg4 d3 $5 30. Qg8+ Kb7 31. Qxf7+ Ka6 32. a4 $1 b4 33. Qf4 $5 Qc5 $1
34. h6 Qd5 $1 35. Rd1 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. g3 $1 Re6 $6 (37... Ka5 $1 38. h7
Re8 {wins more easily.}) 38. Kg2 ({Or} 38. h7 $1 Rh6 39. Ke1 Rxh7 40. Rc1 Rc7
$1 41. Kd2 Ka5 42. b3 cxb3 $1) 38... Rxh6 39. f4 Rd6 40. f5 c3 {Fedorowitz
scored 11/13 and the Polgárs: Judit (61/2), Zsuzsa (51/2) and Sofia (5).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Nunn, the last winner, had a great start.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1
Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. Be3 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. Bf2 $5 ({Theory is} 16.
e5) 16... Nc4 17. Qc2 ({More aggression shows} 17. e5 dxe5 {(Stohl)} 18. fxe5
$1 Nxe5 19. Bxc5) 17... Nd7 18. Be2 Rab8 19. a4 b4 20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. b3 a6 22.
Rec1 $5 Nb6 23. Bf1 c4 24. Bxc4 $2 {White allows the opening of the b-file.} ({
Better is} 24. bxc4 $1 Nd7 25. Ra2) 24... Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rb2 26. Qd3 Rd2 27. Qf3
f5 $1 28. e5 $5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Kh1 $2 ({More resistance is offered by} 
30. Rab1 $1 Qxa4 31. Qxc3 Rexd5 (31... Re1+ $2 32. Rxe1 $1 Bxc3 33. Rb8+ $11)
32. Rb8+ Rd8 33. Qxd2 $1 Rxb8 34. Qd5+) 30... Re4 31. Be1 Qc7 $1 32. Rab1 Rde2
$1 33. Bxc3 R2e3 34. d6 $5 Qxd6 35. Bb4 Qc6 36. Qf1 Rxh3+ 37. gxh3 Re2+ ({The
pointe is} 37... Re2+ 38. Kg1 Bd4+ {(Stohl).}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Qe3 Qc7 $5 ({Preferable is} 
12... b4 $1) 13. Bb6 Qc8 $1 14. e5 Nd5 $2 (14... b4 $1 15. Nb5 $5 axb5 16.
Bxb5+ Bc6 $1 {defends properly.}) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd6 Qc6 {Black needs two
moves for development, but his bastion is blown apart.} 17. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 18.
Be2 Qxa2 $6 (18... Bxd6 19. Rd1 Qxa2 20. Rxd6 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 O-O {prolongs the
game.}) 19. Qf3 Bxd6 ({Or} 19... Rc8 20. d7+ $1 Kxd7 21. Qb7+ {(Nunn).}) 20.
Qxa8+ Ke7 21. Qb7+ Kf8 22. Bc5 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxh1 24. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bd6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Qe2 $1 {Salov attacks the black pawn centre.} e5 16. Bg6 $1 Rb8 ({The
alternative is} 16... c4 $5 {(Salov).}) 17. c4 e4 $2 (17... d4 $1 18. f3 $5 e4
$1 19. fxe4 d3 20. Qf3 Rxb2 {defends well.}) 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Kh1 dxc4 20. Bxf6
$5 ({Even better is} 20. Qxc4+ Kh8 21. b3) 20... Rxf6 21. Bxe4 Be5 22. Qxc4+
Kh8 23. b3 Rbf8 24. Qe2 Bd4 25. f3 Qe5 26. g3 Re8 27. Qd3 Rd6 28. Rd2 h5 29.
Re2 h4 30. gxh4 $5 Rh6 31. f4 Qf6 32. Qf3 Rxh4 33. Bd3 Rf8 ({Not} 33... Rxe2 $4
34. Qa8+ {(Salov).}) 34. Qg3 Qh6 35. Qg6 Rh3 36. Qxh6+ gxh6 37. Bc4 Be3 $2 38.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bc4 $5 {Hansen
makes a sharp move in the King's Indian.} ({Known is} 14. bxc5) 14... cxb4 15.
d6+ Kh8 16. Nb5 $1 h6 $5 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7 cxd6 19. Nxd6 (19. Qxd6 $6 Bd7
20. Rd1 Qf8 $1 {leads to a black initiative (Nunn).}) 19... Bh3 20. Bb3 $6 ({
Preferable is} 20. Rf2 Nc8 $1 {(Nunn)} 21. Be6 $3 Nxd6 22. Bxh3) 20... Kh7 21.
Rf2 Nc6 22. Bb2 Qe7 23. Rc1 Nd4 $6 ({Better is} 23... Rd8 24. Rd2 Nd4 {(Nunn).}
) 24. gxf4 Nh5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Nf7 $2 (26. Bd5 $1 Nf4 27. Nf7 Nc6 {equalises.
}) 26... Nxb3 27. Nxe5 Nxc1 28. Qxc1 Rc8 29. Rc2 $2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1
Qe3 32. Qc7+ Ng7 33. Qc1 Qe2 34. Qg1 g5 35. Bd4 Ne6 36. Qg3 Nf4 {Nunn ruled in
the first part of the event.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 b6 13. O-O e6 14. f4 Bg7
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. f5 Qxd2 $6 ({More solid is} 16... Bc8 17. Bc4 gxf5 {
(Hjartarson - Ftacnik, Thessaloniki 1984).}) 17. Bxd2 gxf5 18. exf5 Bxa2 19.
Rb2 Bd5 20. f6 Bh8 $2 ({Correct is} 20... Rfe8 $1 21. Bb5 Bf8 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 {
(Khalifman).}) 21. Rf4 $2 (21. Bh6 $1 {wins immediately (Khalifman).}) 21... h5
$1 22. Bxh5 Rfd8 23. Rg4+ Kh7 ({Not} 23... Kf8 $2 24. Bh6+) 24. Bg5 Rac8 25.
Rf2 Be6 26. Rh4 Kg8 27. Rf3 $1 c4 28. Rg3 Rd3 29. Bf3 Bf5 30. Bf4+ Bg6 31. Be5
$1 {White threatens 32. Rgh3!} Re8 $1 {Sokolov sets a trap. Khalifman finds a
wonderful solution.} 32. Rxg6+ $1 ({Not} 32. Rgh3 $2 Bg7 $1) 32... fxg6 33.
Rxh8+ Kf7 34. Rh7+ Ke6 35. Bd4 Kf5 36. Rxa7 Rc8 37. f7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
Qe8 9. Bd1 $5 {Seirawan plays an amusing novelty.} Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nge2 Nh5
$5 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. O-O-O b6 14. f3 a4 15. g4 $5 Nf4 $5 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4
Ba6 18. Qb4 $6 ({Analysts prefer} 18. Na3 $1) 18... Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Qe7 $6 20.
Bd2 $2 (20. g5 $1 {(Piket)} Ra5 21. Qb4 a3 $1 22. b3 f6 $1 {gives an
initiative by Black.}) 20... a3 $1 21. b4 Qe5 $1 {Jeroen starts the decisive
attack.} 22. bxc5 Qa1+ 23. Bb1 ({Or} 23. Qb1 $4 Bb2#) 23... bxc5 $1 24. Kc2
Rfb8 $1 25. Kd3 Rxb5 26. cxb5 c4+ 27. Ke3 Qb2 28. Rc1 Bd4+ 29. Ke2 c3 {Nunn,
Piket and Adams led.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Re3 e4 10. Ne1 Bg5 11. Nxd3 $2 {He has forgotten the theory of the
Siesta.} Bxe3 12. Nb4 Bxf2+ $1 13. Kxf2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Nh6 15. Qf1 $6 (15. Nxc6
O-O $1 16. Qe2 Ng4 $1 17. g3 Qh3 18. Qg2 Qh5 {brings a black attack.}) 15...
Ng4 16. Qf4 Rf8 17. Qg3 Rf1+ $1 {Adams missed this move.} 18. Kxf1 Nxh2+ 19.
Qxh2 Qxh2 {Piket had taken the lead. He lost a won game against Kozul in the
next round and Nunn joined the first place.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. h3 Nc5 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Be3 a5 14. Rb1 Bd7 15.
Qc2 Rad8 16. Rbd1 Qc7 17. f4 Re7 18. Bf2 Rde8 19. Re2 Qc8 20. Kh2 h5 21. Bg1 h4
22. gxh4 Nh5 23. Rf1 Bf6 24. Rf3 Bxh4 25. a3 Bf6 26. Bf2 $2 {Helgi has missed
a combination.} ({Better is} 26. Kh1 {(Nunn).}) 26... Nxf4 $1 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28.
Rxf4 Be5 29. Bg3 Ne6 30. Rh4 Bxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Nd4 32. Qd2 Nxe2+ 33. Nxe2 Qe6 {
Nunn took the lead because Piket lost. Eventually, John Nunn triumphed again.
His score became 81/2/13.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The solid players Gelfand and Salov fought for victory. Van Wely was a main
competitor at first.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2
Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. exf5
Nb6 14. Kh1 $5 (14. Bd3 {stems from Gruenberg - Knaak, Bad Lauterberg 1991.})
14... Bxf5 15. Rg1 Nf6 16. Nf3 Ng4 $6 ({More solid is} 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4
{(Gelfand).}) 17. Ng5 $1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 e4 $2 {Square e4 will become strong for
White after the following exchanges.} 19. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qe7 21. Nxe4
Qxe6 22. Bd3 Kh8 23. Rg3 $1 {The white attack becomes threatening.} Nd7 (23...
Bxb2 24. Ng5 Qe8 25. Rh3 $1 {and}) (23... Be5 24. Ng5 Qh6 25. Rh3 $1 {also win
for White.}) 24. Ng5 Qh6 25. Nxh7 Rf2 26. Qg1 Ne5 27. Be4 Raf8 ({Or} 27... Rxb2
28. Ng5 {(Gelfand).}) 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Qg2 Bf6 30. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Kg2 Kh8 14. c5 $5 {Loek
plays the standard attack as novelty.} h6 15. cxd6 $5 Qxd6 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. a4
$1 {White threatens a5.} Nfxd5 $6 ({An option brings} 17... c6 $1 18. d6 $1 {
(Van Wely)} cxb5 19. dxe7 Re8 20. Nf7+ Kh7) 18. exd5 hxg5 19. a5 Qf6 20. Nxc7
Rb8 21. g4 Bd7 $6 22. b5 Rfc8 $6 {Nunn's defence is breaking down.} ({The last
chance gives} 22... e4 $1 23. Ra4 $1 e3 24. Ba3 Rfd8) 23. d6 Ng8 24. Ra2 Nh6
25. Rd2 Nf7 26. Bc4 e4 27. fxe4 Ne5 28. Be2 Rf8 29. Bb2 Qf7 30. Rd5 f3+ 31.
Bxf3 Nc4 32. Bxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qc1 Bxg4 34. Bxg4 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Rf8+ 36. Ke1 {The
nineteen-years-old Van Wely had made great progress.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Na5 16. Qg4 $1 (16. Re3 $6 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 {was played in Nunn -
Nikolic, Amsterdam 1988.}) 16... Qxc3 17. Ne2 $1 Qc8 $2 ({Black should play} 
17... Qc7 $1 18. f4 $5 (18. Nf4 $2 {is prevented by} Nxe5)) 18. Nf4 $1 {The
game is over.} Nc6 ({The pointe is} 18... Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Kh8 20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
21. Qf4 {(Van der Wiel).}) 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 {White has a winning attack
at no material cost.} Ne7 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Be2 $1 Rg8 ({Or} 22... Nf5 23. Bh5+
Ke7 24. Bh4+ $1 Nxh4 25. Qxg7+ {(Van der Wiel).}) 23. Bh5+ Kf8 24. Ra3 $1 Nf5
25. Rf3 Bxa4 26. Rxf5+ $1 exf5 27. Qg6 ({John mates by} 27. Qg6 Qd7 28. e6 Qe7
29. Qxf5+ Qf6 30. Bd6#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 bxa3 $5 11. bxa3 Be7 $6 ({Better is} 11... c5 $1 12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 $5) 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rb1 $1 {White has kept a plus from the
opening.} Qc7 15. e4 c5 16. Bf4 $1 Qc8 $1 ({A positional accommodation makes} 
16... Qxf4 $6 17. Rxb7) 17. Qe2 c4 $1 18. Bc2 $1 g6 $6 ({Not} 18... Bxa3 $2 19.
e5 Nd5 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kh6 22. Qe4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 {(Gelfand)} Kh5 24.
h3 f5 25. Nxe6 $1 {White wins.}) ({Best is} 18... Ba6 $1) 19. Ne5 Bxa3 20. Bg5
Nd7 21. Nxc4 Ba6 22. Bd3 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24. Ba6 Qd7 25. Rfd1 f6 26. Bh6 Rf7
27. d5 $6 {This advance should be postponed.} exd5 28. exd5 Bd6 $1 {The passed
pawn is blockaded.} 29. Bb5 Qe7 30. Qf3 f5 31. Bf4 Rd8 32. Re1 Qf8 33. Be3 Bc5
34. Bg5 Be7 35. Bf4 Bd6 36. Bc1 $5 Nd7 37. Bb2 Qh6 38. g3 Qd2 39. Bc3 Qg5 40.
Re6 Nc5 41. Ba1 Ne4 (41... Nxe6 $6 42. dxe6 Rg7 {(Gelfand)} 43. Bc4 $1 Kf8 44.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 45. Rb7+ Kh6 46. Qc3 {and White attacks strongly.}) 42. Rd1 {White
has no immediate win.} Qh5 $2 ({The wishful} 42... a5 43. Rxe4 $2 fxe4 44. Qc3
{(Gelfand) is refuted by} Kf8 $1) 43. Qxh5 gxh5 44. Kg2 Bf8 45. Bc4 Nd6 46. Be2
h4 47. Bf6 Rc8 48. Bxh4 Rc2 49. Bd3 Rc5 50. Bb1 Rd7 51. Bg5 Nf7 52. Be3 Rcxd5
53. Rxd5 Rxd5 54. Ra6 $1 Rb5 55. Ba2 Rb7 56. Bxa7 Bg7 57. Be3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. g3 fxe4 13. Bg2 Be6 14. Bxe4 Bg7
15. Qh5 Rc8 16. c3 Ne7 17. Rd1 Rc5 18. Nb4 Qb6 19. Qg5 Kf8 20. Qe3 h5 $5 ({
Theory is} 20... f5 21. Bg2 e4 {(Feher - Zila, Budapest 1990).}) 21. Nd3 $1 {
Romero Holmes notices the trap.} ({The point is} 21. Nxa6 $2 Bh6 $1 (21... Qxa6
$4 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Rd8#) 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxc5 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Bh3+ 25. Bg2
Qd1#) 21... Rc6 $2 {Salov gives an exchange.} ({Nothing costs} 21... Bh6 $1 22.
f4 {(Zapata - Echavarria, Pensilvania 1998)} Rc6 $1) 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. f3 Bh6
24. Qf2 a5 25. O-O h4 26. g4 Nd5 $5 27. Nc2 h3 28. Nc1 $6 (28. Qe2 {plays for
a win (Romero Holmes).}) 28... Bg5 $1 29. Ne2 $2 ({Better is} 29. Nd3 $1) 29...
Bd8 $1 30. Kh1 Bb6 $1 31. Qg3 b4 32. Ncd4 $6 (32. Rd2 {defends properly.})
32... exd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 ({Or} 34. cxd4 Ne3 35. Rc1 Nxf1 {(Salov).})
34... bxc3 35. bxc3 Ke7 36. g5 $2 {White lifts the control over f5.} Ne3 37.
Rf2 Nf5 38. Qf4 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Qe7 $5 (11... Be7 {was played in Epishin -
Hübner, round seven.}) 12. Na4 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Rad8 14. c5 b5 15. Nab2 Ra8 16.
Qf4 Nb8 17. Ne5 Ra6 18. Rfe1 (18. a4 $1 b4 19. Rac1 {keeps a plus.}) 18... Ne4
19. Ned3 f6 20. e3 Re8 21. a3 e5 22. Qg4 Re6 23. Qd1 $2 {White choses for a
passive defence.} (23. Qh5 Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. b4 {steers towards a draw.})
23... Qf7 24. Rc1 exd4 25. exd4 Nc6 $1 26. Nf4 R6e7 27. Qd3 $2 {Epishin fails
in the defence.} (27. f3 $1 Ng5 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Nxd5 Qe2 {creates new
chances.}) 27... g5 $1 28. Qxb5 $2 (28. Ne2 b4 29. axb4 Nxb4 30. Qb5 Nxf2 $1
31. Qxb7 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 {brings less black advantage.}) 28... gxf4 29. Qxb7
Nxd4 30. Nd3 c6 31. Qb6 f3 32. Bf1 Rb7 33. Qa6 Reb8 34. Rxe4 $2 dxe4 35. Nf4
Ra7 36. Qc4 Qxc4 37. Bxc4+ Kh8 38. Rd1 Ne2+ $2 39. Nxe2 fxe2 40. Re1 Rd7 41.
Rxe2 Rd4 42. Kg2 a4 43. Re3 axb3 44. Bxb3 Rd3 45. Bc2 $2 Rxe3 46. fxe3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O
15. exf5 $6 e4 $1 16. f6 $1 (16. Re1 $2 Bxf5 {lost in Grabics - Ghinda,
Budapest 1991.}) 16... Bxf6 17. Re1 $1 d5 $1 ({Not} 17... Bxb2 $2 18. Bxe4 $1)
18. cxd5 Bxb2 $1 19. Bxe4 $2 {Van der Wiel misses the escape.} ({Right is} 19.
d6 $1 Qxd6 20. Bxe4 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rb8 22. Nc2 {and White survives (Nunn).})
19... Qxa3 20. Re3 ({Or} 20. d6 Ra7 21. Qh5 f5 $1 {(Nunn).}) 20... Qd6 21.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Qc2+ Qg6 23. Qxb2 Rg8 24. Rg3 Qe4 $1 25. Qf6 $5 {White gives
a pawn for the initiative.} Rxg3 26. hxg3 Qxd5 27. Re1 Bf5 28. Re5 $5 Qd1+ 29.
Kh2 Bg6 30. Re4 $5 Bxe4 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 32. Qf4+ Kg7 $1 33. Qe5+ Kf7 34. Qf4+ Kg8
$1 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 $1 38. Qxe4 ({The pointe is} 38. Qf6+
Bg6 39. Qf4+ Kh7 40. Qc7+ Kg8 {and no perpetual check.}) 38... Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Re8
40. Qf4+ Kh7 41. f3 Qc5+ 42. Kh2 Kg6 {Nunn scored poorly in this event, but he
won one fine game.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. Nxd5 Bd6 8.
Nd2 Ne7 9. Nxc4 Nxd5 10. Nxd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Rxc8 12. g3 Nb4 13. Bh3 Rd8 14.
O-O N8c6 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Be3 b6 17. Rfc1 Nd4 $6 (17... a5 {stems from
Khalifman-Seirawan, Reykjavik 1991.}) 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. a3 Na6 20. b4 Rd6 $1
21. Bf5 $6 (21. Bg2 $1 Rb8 22. Be4 $1 {gains an advantage (Salov).}) 21... cxb4
22. axb4 (22. Be4 b3 $1 {draws.}) 22... Nxb4 23. Rc7+ Kf8 24. Be4 Re8 25. Raxa7
$5 Rxe4 26. Rf7+ Kg8 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Rhg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31.
Rag7+ Kf8 32. Rb7 Kg8 33. Rhg7+ Kh8 34. Rgc7 Rg4 $2 (34... Re8 35. h4 Nd5 36.
Rh7+ Kg8 37. h5 f5 $1 38. Rbg7+ Kf8 {draws (Salov).}) 35. Rc8+ $1 Rg8 36. Rc4
$1 {Salov wins the knight. He caught up with Gelfand. They won by 81/2/13, one
point before Hübner and Kortschnoj.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{An effort was made to figure out a more attractive sponsor event for the
declining steel industry. Sixteen players started in round one. Then eight
winners of short matches performed against eight stars. Van Wely, Van der Wiel,
Van der Sterren and Nijboer lost in round one. Piket fell in the second round.
So all Dutchmen had to perform in the minor tournament.   Karpov blundered a
piece in round two but outlived and met Nunn in round three.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bg5 a6 10.
f4 Ned7 11. Nf3 b5 12. cxb5 Qa5 $5 ({Nunn played} 12... axb5 13. Bxb5 {against
Timman in Wijk aan Zee 1985.}) 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bxe7 $1 Re8 16.
d6 Bh6 $2 {Calculations are difficult to make.} 17. Ng5 $2 ({They had rejected
} 17. Qd5 $1 Qb4 $5 {But} 18. Bc4 $1 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. O-O $1 Be6 21.
Qxe5 Qxc4 22. Ne4 {benefits White.}) 17... Ngxe5 18. Be2 axb5 19. O-O c4 20.
Bf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Ne5 22. Re3 Nd3 23. Rf1 Be6 24. h4 Bf8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26.
Rxe6 b4 27. Nd1 Bxe7 28. Qe3 Qc5 29. dxe7 Rxa2 30. Kh1 Ra7 $5 (30... Qxe3 31.
Nxe3 Ra7 {equalises.}) 31. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qxe8
Qxe7 $2 ({Preferable is} 34... Rxe7) 35. Qh8+ Qh7 36. Qd4 Qe7 37. Ne3 Ne5 $2
38. Qxe5 $1 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Re7 40. Qh8+ Rh7 41. Qf8+ Rg7 42. Qh8+ Rh7 43. Qf8+
Rg7 44. Rf3 {Karpov drew the second game and had won the mini-match.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Ba5 4. d4 $5 (4. g3 {was played in Miles - Oll,
Sydney Cepacol 1991.}) 4... b6 5. Nf3 c5 $6 6. dxc5 bxc5 7. Bf4 $1 Nc6 8. O-O-O
$1 Nge7 9. Bd6 {White has conquered square d6.} O-O 10. e3 $1 Bb4 11. Nb5 Qb6
12. a3 Ba5 13. Qc2 a6 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Re8 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Bc2 Nf5 18. Bf4
Rad8 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nh4 {Illescas has the initiative.} Ne7 $1 21. Bd6 g6 22.
Be5 d5 $1 23. Bh8 $1 {White threatens mate in one. Black reacts inadequately.}
d4 $2 ({Right is} 23... f6 $1 24. Qxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Kf7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. cxd5
Bxd5 {and Black counters.}) 24. exd4 g5 25. dxc5 Qh6 26. Qf6 Qxf6 27. Bxf6 gxh4
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Re1 $1 Be4 30. f3 Bc6 31. Rxe7 Ba4 32. b3 $1 Bxb3 33. c6 Rc8
34. c7 Ba4 35. Kb2 h6 36. Kc3 Kh7 37. Kb4 Kg6 38. Be5 Be8 39. Ka5 {Oll lost
the second game by a blunder. So Illescas qualified for the final.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The first game between Salov and Karpov ended in a lengthy draw.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 b5 $5 7. Be3 Nd7 8. f4 Bc5 9.
Ke2 $5 a5 10. Nf3 Ne7 {Both players like the middle game without queens.} 11.
f5 Bb6 $5 12. Bxb6 Nxb6 13. Ke3 f6 $1 14. exf6 gxf6 15. g4 b4 $1 16. Nd1 h5 $6
17. Rg1 $6 ({A plus brings} 17. g5 $1 {(Karpov).}) 17... hxg4 18. Rxg4 Kf7 $5
19. Kf4 Ba6 20. Ne3 a4 $1 21. a3 $1 c3 $5 {Black gives a pawn in order to
create a protected passed pawn.} 22. bxc3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 b3 $1 24. Rfg1 Rag8 25.
Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Rd1 $1 Rb8 27. Ne1 Rh8 28. Kg3 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 Rh8 30. Nf3 Rb8 31.
h4 b2 $2 {Salov spoils his game in time troubles.} 32. Rb1 $1 Nd7 33. Nc4 $1
Nc5 34. Ke3 $1 Rd8 35. Nd4 Rh8 36. Nd6+ $5 Kg8 37. Rxb2 Rxh4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39.
Re8 Ng8 40. Ne6 Nd7 41. Kd4 Rh1 42. Nc4 Rd1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Ke2
Rc1 46. Kd2 Rg1 47. Ra8 Ne5 48. Nxe5 fxe5 49. Rxa4 Nf6 50. Nc5 Rg2+ 51. Kd3
Rg3+ 52. Kc2 Ng4 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Rd7 Ne3+ 55. Kb3 Rg1 56. a4 Rb1+ 57. Ka2 {
Karpov had won the mini-match.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The best of four games had to be scored in the final.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. g3 c5 10. Bg2
Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 $5 ({Tolya played} 11... Rc8 {in Kasparov - Karpov, Lyon 1990.
}) 12. d3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 e5 14. Bh3 $1 {White controls more territory but can
do little with it.} Re8 15. e4 Nf8 16. Nh4 Ne6 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
Rab1 Bc6 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Ng2 Qf7 22. Bc3 Qh5 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Ne3 Rf8 25. Rb2
Nf6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Ba5 Kf7 28. Rcb1 Ke7 29. h4 Nd7 30. Kg2 Rab8 31. Rxb8
Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Nxb8 33. f4 Ba4 34. Bc3 Nc6 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Ba5 exf4 37. gxf4 Nc2
38. Nxc2 Bxc2 39. Ke3 g6 40. d4 cxd4+ 41. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 h6 11. a3 a6 $5 {The novelty shows no ambition.} 12. b3
dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 $1 14. Nh4 Nf8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 exd4 17. exd4 c5 18. Be3
cxd4 $6 ({Better is} 18... Ne6 {(Karpov).}) 19. Bxd4 Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5
Rxe5 22. Rab1 $1 {He attacks the weakness.} Rb8 23. Bf3 Rc5 $2 {Illescas
blunders a pawn.} (23... b6 $1 {(Karpov)} 24. Nd5 N6d7 {guards the weakling.})
24. Bxb7 $1 Ne6 ({The pointe is} 24... Rxc4 25. Bxa6 Rxb1 26. Bxc4 {(Karpov).})
25. Nd5 $1 a5 ({Not} 25... Rxc4 26. Bxa6 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Ra4 $2 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29.
Bd3+ {(Karpov).}) 26. Ne3 g6 27. g3 Rc7 28. Bg2 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Nd4 30. Rb6 Nd7
31. Rd6 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nc3 33. Ra6 a4 34. Bc6 Ne5 35. Nd5 Rxc6 $5 ({Or} 35...
Nxd5 36. cxd5 Nxc6 37. dxc6 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Kc4) 36. Ne7+ Kg7
37. Nxc6 Nxc4 38. Ra7 Nxa3 39. Nd4 Kf6 40. f4 h5 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Rc7 Nd2 43.
Kg2 Nd5 44. Ra7 Nc3 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Nf3 Nc4 47. Ne5 Ne3+ 48. Kf3 Nc2 49. Nc4
Kf8 50. Ra7 Kg7 51. Ra6 Kf8 52. g4 hxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Kg7 54. f5 Kh6 $6 55. f6 $1
Nb4 56. Ra8 Kh7 57. Rf8 Nbd5 58. Rxf7+ Kh6 59. Rf8 Kh7 60. Rf7+ Kg8 61. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8.
Bb2 Qe7 9. g3 $5 c5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. O-O {Illescas has gained no
advantage in the opening again.} Rab8 13. Rab1 Ba8 14. Ba1 d6 15. e3 Rfc8 16.
Qc2 Nd7 17. d3 Nd8 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qc2 Bc6 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nb6 22. Rb5 Qc7
23. Rfb1 a6 24. R5b3 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Nd7 26. Ne4 Nf7 27. f4 Kf8 28. Nd2 Rxb3 29.
Rxb3 Rb8 30. Bc3 Rxb3 31. Qxb3 Nd8 32. e4 e5 {Karpov closes the position.} 33.
Qd1 g6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Nf1 Ne6 36. Qg4 Ndf8 37. Ne3 $5 h5 38. Qd1 exf4 39. Nd5
fxg3+ 40. hxg3 Nd7 41. g4 $1 h4 42. Qf3 Nd4 43. Bxd4 cxd4 44. Qf4 $1 Qa4 $5 45.
Qxd6 Qc2+ 46. Ke1 $1 {Black delivers perpetual check.   Karpov leads by 2-1.
Illescas has a final chance.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 {All moves were played in Porreca - Van Scheltinga,
Dubrovnik 1950.} 17. a4 $5 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nb6 $1 19. Qb3 Ng4 20. e4 Bf6 21. Bd3
Nd7 22. Ne2 $6 ({Not} 22. Bxa6 $2 Qa7 $1 23. Bxb7 $2 Nxf2 $1) ({Best is} 22.
Be2 $1) 22... Nde5 $1 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. g3 Bxb2 (24... Qa7 $1 25. Rf1 Qa8 $1
26. Nc3 Rfd8 {takes the initiative.}) 25. Qxb2 Ne5 26. Bb1 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Ng5 28.
f3 f5 29. Rd7 $1 e5 $1 30. Nc3 $2 (30. Qd2 $1 h6 $1 31. Ba2+ Kh8 {(Illescas)}
32. Nf4 $1 exf4 $2 33. Qd4 $1 {counters strongly.}) 30... fxe4 31. fxe4 Bc6 32.
Rd2 Qb7 33. h4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 35. Kh2 Bc6 36. Re1 Rce8 37. Nd1 e4 $6 {
Hereafter White blockades the extra pawn by a knight or rook.} 38. Ne3 Bb5 39.
Qd4 Bd3 40. Qd5+ Qxd5 41. Nxd5 h6 42. Nf4 Bb5 43. Re3 Rf6 44. Rd4 Bc6 45. Kg1
Kf7 46. Rc4 Rd6 47. Rec3 Bb5 48. Rc7+ Re7 49. Rxe7+ Kxe7 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Rc5
Rc6 52. Nh5+ Kf7 53. Rf5+ Kg6 54. Re5 Rc4 55. g4 Kf7 56. g5 Rxb4 57. Ke3 {
Finally, the king blockades. Karpov looks nervous.} Rb3+ $6 ({Illescas
mentions the win} 57... a5 $1 58. gxh6 gxh6 59. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 60. Kxe4 a4 61. Kd4
a3 62. Kc3 Bc4 $1) 58. Kxe4 Rb4+ 59. Ke3 Rxh4 60. gxh6 gxh6 61. Nf4 Kf6 62. Rd5
Rh1 63. Nh5+ Kf7 64. Ng3 Rh2 65. Rd6 h5 66. Ne4 Kg7 67. Kf4 h4 68. Ng5 Rb2 $2 (
{Better is} 68... Rc2 $1 69. Ne6+ Kf7 $1 {(Black has previously prevented Nc5)}
70. Ng5+ Kf8 71. Rh6 Rc4+ 72. Ke5 Kg7 73. Rd6 Rc5+ 74. Kf4 Rc6 $1 {and
Illescas seems to win.}) 69. Ne6+ Kg8 70. Kg4 Rb4+ 71. Rd4 Rb2 72. Kxh4 Rc2 73.
Rf4 a5 74. Nd4 Rb2 75. Rf5 Rb4 76. Rxb5 Rxd4+ 77. Kg3 Ra4 78. Kf2 Ra1 79. Ke2
a4 80. Kd2 a3 81. Ra5 a2 82. Kc2 {Karpov had won the final by 21/2-11/2.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE match"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 56"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{FIDE scheduled Candidates' matches for January. The six matches were invited
for Wijk aan Zee 1994. Timman participated.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11.
Ne2 Qb6 $5 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Rd2 Ba6 14. Bf4 $5 {White threatens 15. Bxd6.} e5
15. Bg3 Qc6 16. O-O Rb6 17. Nc1 Bb7 18. f3 e4 $1 {Timman takes the initiative.}
19. Bb1 d5 $5 20. Nb3 (20. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 21. Bxe4 N7f6 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qd3 {
gains a plus.}) 20... Ba8 21. Na5 Qe6 22. f4 Re8 $6 23. Re1 $6 (23. f5 $1 {
utilises an opportunity.}) 23... Ra6 24. Rdd1 Qb6 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 Rb8 27.
cxd5 Nxd5 28. Qc4 N7f6 29. Ba2 Rf8 $1 30. Rb1 (30. Rc1 $5 {sets the trap} Nxe3
$4 31. Qxf7+ $1) 30... Nxe3 31. Qe2 Ned5+ $2 (31... Nd1+ $1 {(Timman)} 32. Bf2
Nxf2 33. Qxf2 Bd5 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Qxb6 axb6 36. Nc6 f5 {wins the game.}) 32.
Bf2 Qe6 $2 ({Right is} 32... e3 {(Timman).}) 33. Bc4 $4 {Many mistakes are
made in time troubles.} (33. f5 $1 Qc8 34. Rbc1 Nf4 35. Qb5 {wins.}) 33... Rb6
$1 34. Bxb6 $2 Qxb6+ 35. Qf2 e3 $1 36. Qh4 Nc3 $5 37. Rb3 Nfe4 $1 38. h3 Qd4 $1
39. Kh2 Nd2 40. Rxc3 Qxc3 41. f5 Qc2 42. Re2 Qxf5 43. Rxe3 Ne4 44. Rf3 Qe5+ 45.
Qf4 Qe7 46. Rd3 Nf6 47. Qd4 h6 48. Qc5 Qe4 49. Rg3 Qf4 50. Qe3 Qd6 51. Qd3 Qe5
52. Qc3 Qf4 53. Qe3 Qb8 54. Kg1 Qxb4 55. Qxa7 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qe5 57. Bxf7+ $1
Rxf7 58. Qxa8+ Rf8 59. Qb7 Ne4 60. Qb3+ Kh8 61. Nc4 Qc7 62. Qa3 Rd8 63. Nb2 Nd2
$1 {Timman won by 41/2-31/2 despite technical defects. When I visited Wijk aan
Zee, I saw players of a new generation, such as Kamsky, Anand and Kramnik.} ({
The pointe is} 63... Nd2 64. h4 Nf1+ 65. Kh3 Qc8+ 66. Rg4 h5) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 56"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The regular event became a main group of ten players. Nikolic played the
chief role.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Nf3 Bd7 8. h4 Ba4 9. h5 h6 10. Bd3 Nd7 $5 11. Rh3 Qc7 12. Kf1 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Kb8
14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rg3 c4 16. Be2 Nf5 17. Rh3 Qd8 18. g4 Ne7 19. Nh4 Ka8 20. Be3
Qg8 21. f4 g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 {Black manoeuvres more freely.} 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. Kf2
Rhe8 25. Rah1 Ng8 26. Rg3 Rf8 27. Kg2 Rc6 28. Nh4 Qh7 29. Nf3 Nb8 30. Bd1 Rb6
31. Qc1 Qe7 32. Nh4 Be8 33. Kg1 Ra6 34. Ng2 Qxa3 {White has to start a
counteraction.} 35. Qd2 $6 ({The counter} 35. Qxa3 Rxa3 36. f5 $1 {gives
enough compensation for the pawn.}) 35... Rb6 36. f5 $1 g5 $6 {Black should
open the position and start a general battle.} 37. Rf3 Rb1 38. Kh2 exf5 39.
gxf5 Nc6 40. Rf2 Qe7 41. Rhf1 Qh7 42. f6 Bd7 43. Qe2 $6 (43. Bh5 Rxf1 44. Rxf1
{prevents an attack.}) 43... g4 $1 44. Bd2 Qf7 45. Ne3 a5 $5 46. Re1 h5 47. Nf5
Qg6 48. Nh4 Qh7 49. e6 $2 Nxf6 $1 50. Kg1 $5 ({Not} 50. exd7 $2 g3+ $1 51. Kxg3
Ne4+ 52. Qxe4 Rg8+) 50... Be8 51. Qf1 Qg7 52. Nf5 Qc7 53. Bf4 Qb6 $6 54. Bd6 $6
Rh8 55. Bc5 Qc7 56. Nd6 Ne4 57. Rf7 Bxf7 58. exf7 Rf8 59. Nxe4 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 56"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Re1 d4 20. Qxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qxg5 22. Qxc4+ Kb8 23. Red1 $6 ({Known are} 23. Rad1) ({and} 23. Rac1) 23...
Rc8 ({The possibility} 23... Qf5 $1 24. Rd5 {(Piket)} Rxh2+ $1 25. Kxh2 Qxf2+
26. Kh3 Bd6 27. Rb5+ Nb6 28. Qh4 {presumably equalises.}) 24. Qa6 $2 {Van Wely
misses the draw.} (24. Qxf7 $1 Ne5 25. Qd5 Qxf6 26. Qb5+ Kc7 {leads to
perpetual check (Lazarev - Piket, Leiden 1995).}) 24... Qf5 $1 25. Nb6 Rxh2+ (
25... Qh3+ $1 {wins more quickly.}) 26. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 ({No use has} 27.
Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Bc5+ 29. Kh2 Rh8#) 27... Qf5+ 28. g4 Qf3+ 29. Kh4 ({Or} 29.
Kh2 Rc2+) 29... Qf2+ 30. Kh3 Qe3+ 31. Kh4 Qh6+ 32. Kg3 Bd6+ $1 {The encounter
between Van Wely and Piket became another spectacular fight.} (32... Bd6+ 33.
Rxd6 Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ {finishes the game.}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 56"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Qh4 $5 {Usually
the queen moves through e7.} 7. Bxc4 Qxe4+ 8. Kf1 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Be2 $5 (
10. Qa4+ $1 {gave White an advantage inShirov - Hübner, Dortmund 1992.}) 10...
Qd5 11. Bf3 Qc4+ 12. Kg1 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ba3 Ne7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Qe3 $2 (
{The ingenious} 16. Qb2 $1 Qh4 17. Bc5 O-O 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. cxb4 {equalises.})
16... Rd3 $1 17. Qc5 (17. Qe2 {prolongs the game.}) 17... Qxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc3
19. Bxa7 c5 $1 {White will be incapable to save the imprisoned bishop.} 20. h4
Nc8 21. Bc6+ Ke7 22. Bb8 Kd6 23. Bb7 Kd7 24. Rd1+ Nd6 25. Ba7 c6 26. Rb1 Nb5
27. Bb6 Rb8 28. Rd1+ Bd5 {Nikolic won the main group convincingly by 7/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Thirty-two players began in the knockout system. Mini-matches of two games
were played before the final. The games were played in two days. A barrage
followed on day three if needed.   The Dutch public followed Timman. He beat
the youth champion Delemarre in the barrage of round one. Jeroen Piket was
foiled in the fifth game of round two. A fifth game was needed in round three
too. Bareev blundered a piece in the ending but won anyway. Local interest
waived for round four (the semifinals).} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3
Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a5 9. e3 Bb6 10. b3 Re8 $5 11. Bb2 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Ne7 $2 ({
Better is} 17... Bc5 $1) 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Qd3 {Long manoeuvring
against d6 begins.} Rad8 21. Rac1 f6 22. a4 Qc5 23. Ra1 Bf7 24. Ba3 Qc6 25. Rd2
Nc8 26. Qe2 Rd7 27. Rad1 Qc7 28. Rd3 Red8 29. R1d2 Qc6 30. Qg4 Re8 31. Kh2 Kh7
32. h4 Bg6 33. Qf3 Kh8 34. Qg4 Bh7 35. h5 Red8 36. Qh4 Re7 37. Rd1 Ree8 38.
R3d2 Re7 39. Kg1 Ree8 40. Rd5 Bg8 41. R5d3 Bh7 42. R1d2 Re7 43. f3 Bg8 44. Kf2
Qe8 45. Qh1 Red7 46. Bh3 $5 Be6 $6 47. Bf5 Bxf5 48. exf5 b5 $5 49. axb5 a4 $1
50. g4 axb3 51. Qd1 b2 52. Rxb2 Nb6 53. Qb3 Rc8 54. Rc2 Qg8 $1 55. Rxd6 $2 {
White loses his edge.} ({Accurate is} 55. e4 $1 Nxc4 56. Rdc3 Kh7 $1 57. Rxc4
Rdc7 58. Rxc7 Qxb3 59. Rxc8 Qxa3 60. Rd2 {and Khalifman keeps a plus.}) 55...
Rxd6 56. Bxd6 Nxc4 $1 57. Bb4 Qd5 {Suddenly, White experiences troubles.} 58.
Be1 $2 (58. Bd2 $1 e4 59. f4 {draws (Bareev).}) 58... e4 $2 59. Rc1 exf3 60.
Rd1 Qe5 61. Kxf3 Qh2 $1 {Black enters the hostile position.} 62. Bg3 Nd2+ 63.
Rxd2 Qxd2 64. Bf4 Rc2 65. Ke4 Qg2+ 66. Kd4 Rb2 67. Qf7 Qd2+ 68. Kc5 Qb4+ 69.
Kb6 Qxb5+ 70. Kc7 Qa5+ 71. Kd7 Rd2+ 72. Bd6 Qe5 73. Qe6 Qb5+ 74. Ke7 Qb6 75.
Qd7 Kh7 76. e4 Qc6 77. Qd8 Qxe4+ 78. Kf8 Qd5 79. Ke7 b5 {Bareev had swindled
another opponent, won by 11/2-1/2 and entered the final.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 $5 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f3 Ke7
14. Kc2 Rhd8 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. b3 Na4 $1 {
Dreev has the initiative in the middle game without queens.} 20. f4 g6 21. g4
Nc5 22. Nb2 $6 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 f5 $1 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. c4 Ne4 {Black threatens
pawn f4. Short decides to protect the weakling.} 26. Nd3 $2 ({The counter} 26.
Rg1 $1 Nxd2 $5 27. Rxd2 Nxf4 28. Rg7+ Kf6 29. Rxa7 {brings about equal chances.
}) 26... b5 $1 27. Ne5 bxc4 28. bxc4 Nxd2 29. Rdxd2 Nxf4 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Rd2+
Ke7 32. Kc3 Rc7 33. a4 Ng6 34. Nf3 Kf6 35. Rd6 Nf8 36. a5 Nd7 37. Nd4 Nc5 38.
Kb4 Ke5 39. Nb5 a6 $1 {Short exceeded the time limit.   Dreev won the
mini-match by 11/2-1/2. The final became Bareev - Dreev.} (39... a6 40. Rd5+ $1
exd5 41. Nxc7 dxc4 42. Kxc4 Nb7 {leads to a won knight ending (Dreev).}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ne4 $1 {Bareev takes the
initiative.} Qe7 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rad1 a5 $5 15. a3 Ra6 16. Rd2 Nf6 17. Nc5 $1 {
White controls more territory.} Ra7 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Na4 Raa8 21.
e4 Qc7 22. Nf3 $6 (22. f4 $1 {continues the restraint.}) 22... Rac8 23. e5 Nd7
$1 24. Rc1 c5 $1 {Dreev changes from a passive defence to counter-play and
makes a freeing move.} 25. Qe4 b6 $1 {Pawn e5 has become a weak point in need
of overprotection.} 26. g3 $2 ({Correct is} 26. Re2 $1 Qb8 27. d5 $1) 26... Qb8
$1 27. d5 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxb6 (30. Re2 Bxa4 31. Bxa4 Rxd5
{also favours Black (Dreev).}) 30... Rb8 31. Nc4 Bd4 $6 ({Better is} 31... Bf6
$1 32. Nxa5 Rb5 $1) 32. Nxa5 $1 exd5 33. Ba2 Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Bxb2 35. Rxc5 d4 36.
Nc4 Bc1 37. Ne5 $2 (37. Bb3 $1 {tries to survive (Dreev).}) 37... Bxa3 38. Rc7
Kf8 $1 39. Nxf7 $1 Ra8 40. Nxh6 Bd6 41. Rc2 d3 42. Rd2 Bb4 43. Rxd3 Rxa2 44.
Ng4 Bc6 45. Ne3 Re2 $1 46. Rd1 Bc5 47. Kf1 Bf3 48. Re1 Ra2 49. h4 Kg7 50. Rc1
Bb6 51. Rb1 Bd4 52. Rc1 Kh6 53. Rb1 Bxe3 54. fxe3 Rg2 {Dreev won a fine
strategic game.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Bb5 e6 9. Bb4 Bd6 10. Qa3 Ke7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Rhb8 13. Bxd6+ Qxd6 14.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. b3 f6 17. Kd2 a5 18. Rhc1 Nb6 19. Nc5 e5 20. Ne1 Nd7
21. Ned3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Nxc5+ 23. Rxc5 a4 24. Rac1 Ra6 25. bxa4 Rb2 26. R1c2
Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxa4 28. Kc3 exd4+ 29. exd4 Ra3+ 30. Kd2 g5 31. Kc1 g4 32. Rd2 f5
33. Kb2 Ra6 34. Rd3 Ra7 35. Ra3 Re7 36. Re3 Re4 37. Kc3 c5 38. dxc5+ Kxc5 39.
Kd2 Rd4+ 40. Rd3 Ra4 41. Rc3+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
Bxd6 {Bareev plays a gambit line of the Slav Defence, because he wants to win.}
Qb6 $1 ({Dreev betters on} 15... N7b6 {(Neurohr - Ribli, Germany 1990).}) 16.
Bg3 Rc8 17. Rc1 c3 $1 18. Ne5 $1 {White keeps the initiative by a second pawn
sacrifice.} cxb2 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Qc2 O-O 21. Nc4 Qd4 22. Rb1 Nc3 23. Rxb2
Ne4 24. Nd2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Nc5 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Rb4 Bb7 28. Rc4 Nd7 29. Rd4 Bd5 {
Black has overtaken the initiative.} 30. Qd2 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxa6 Ra8 33.
Ra4 $2 {Errors are made under time pressure.} Kg7 $2 ({Right is} 33... Bb7 $1
34. Ra5 (34. Bb5 Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Qe4 $1) 34... Qc7 $1 {(Dreev).}) 34. Ra5 $2 Rxa6
$1 35. Rxa6 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qf1 $1 37. Qc3+ Kg6 $1 38. Qc2+ f5 $1 39. Rxe6+ Bxe6
40. g4 Qe1 {Black has won a piece.} 41. gxf5+ Bxf5 42. Qc5 Qe4 43. f3 Qh4+ 44.
Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 h5 $5 46. a4 $1 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ ({The alternative is} 47...
Qxa4 $6 48. Qd6+ Kf7 49. Qd5+ Be6 50. Qxg5) 48. Kh2 h4 49. Qd6+ Qe6 50. Qb8 Bd3
51. a5 Qf6 52. Qg8+ Kh6 53. Qd5 Be2 54. Qc5 Qe6 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qc5 Kg6 57.
Qc2+ Kf6 58. Kh1 h3 59. Qh7 hxg2+ 60. Kxg2 Qf5 61. Qb7 Qb5 62. Qe4 Bc4 63. Qd4+
Ke6 64. Qe4+ Kf6 65. Qd4+ Kf7 66. Kg3 Be6 67. Qa7+ Kg6 68. Qb6 $1 Qe5+ 69. Kg2
Kh5 70. Qb1 Kh6 71. Qb6 Kh5 72. Qb1 Bf5 73. Qa2 Bd3 $2 {Dreev lacks time.} ({
Better is} 73... Qe6 74. Qd2 Qc4 {and the restriction continues.}) 74. a6 $1 g4
$5 75. fxg4+ Kxg4 {Dreev only led by 2-1 and had to play the fourth game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Bf4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. c3 Re8 13. Be3 b6 14. Qa4 Bc6
15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nf6 19. Bg5 a6 20. Qd3 c4 21.
Qc2 Ne4 22. Be3 b5 23. Rd5 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. h3 Bf6 27. a4 h5
28. axb5 axb5 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Nc5 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2
Nd3 34. Nd4 b4 35. cxb4 Nxb4 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Nd3 38. b3 {No barrage was
needed, because Dreev had won the match of four games by 21/2-11/2.   The
public lacked interest. So it became the last knockout event.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The main event had gone back to all-play-all. Fourteen players competed.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9.
Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O
b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 $5 ({Theory
is} 20... Kb8 {(Agzamov - Chandler, Belgrade 1982).}) 21. Qg7 $5 ({The prosaic
} 21. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 {(Van Wely - Shirov, Monte Carlo 2004)} 22. Qg7 $1 Rdd8 23.
Qxf7 {favours White.}) 21... Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nxc5 d4 $6 (23... Rc7 24.
Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Rfd1 {brings a black plus (Lavrov - Keosidi, Tomsk 2003).}) ({
The elegant} 23... Rxg7 24. Bh3 f5 $1 25. Bxf5 Rgf7 {gives equality (Ernst -
Hermansson, Stockholm 2002).}) 24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6 $1 26. Bxd4 $3 Qxd4
27. Rfd1 Qxb2 $2 (27... Qg4 $1 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Re1 Rxg7 {accepts a small
disadvantage.}) 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Rdb1 Qxg7 ({Or} 29... Qd2 30. Nxc4 Qc3 31. Ra4
$1 b3 32. Na5 $1 b2 33. Rb4+ $1 {(Shirov).}) 30. Rxb4+ Kc7 31. Ra6 $1 {White
dominates the board.} Rb8 32. Rxa7+ $1 Kxd6 33. Rxb8 Qg4 34. Rd8+ Kc6 35. Ra1
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nbd7 $5 {Toppy chooses a risky line.} 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6 Qh4+ 12.
g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. Be3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 a6 16. exd7+ Bxd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7
18. Qb3 $5 {Sokolov plays a fine novelty.} b5 19. O-O-O Rhe8 20. Bxc5 Rac8 $6 {
Topalov misses the counter.} (20... Qg2 $1 21. d6 Re6 {leads to chances for
both sides.}) 21. Bd4 Qg2 $2 ({Better is} 21... Rc4 $1 {(Sokolov)} 22. Qb2 Qh6+
23. Kb1 Qh5) 22. Qa3 $1 Qxg3 23. Qxa6 Rxc3+ $5 24. Kb2 $1 Rcc8 (24... Qg2+ $5
25. Kxc3 $1 Rc8+ 26. Kd3 Qc2+ 27. Ke3 Re8+ 28. Kf4 Qf5+ 29. Kg3 {leads to an
escape from the checks (Ftacnik).}) 25. Qxb5+ Kd6 26. Ka1 Qa3 27. Bb2 Qc5 28.
Qa6+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ $1 {Sokolov started by 3/4.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Bg4 11. Be3 d5 $5 {Sokolov plays another sharp game.} 12.
Nbd2 $1 h6 13. h3 d4 14. hxg4 dxe3 15. fxe3 Nxg4 16. Bd5 Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf6 18.
Nfd2 $1 {Anand sees a queen sacrifice.} h5 19. Rf1 Rad8 $2 ({Correct is} 19...
Rae8 $1 20. Rf5 $6 g6 21. Qxg4 $2 hxg4 22. Rxf6 Nd8 $1 {(Sokolov).}) 20. Rf5 $1
g6 21. Qxg4 $3 {Anand applies his brilliancy.} hxg4 22. Rxf6 Ne7 23. Bxf7+ Kg7
24. Raf1 Qb5 25. g3 $1 {Vishy prepares the next step in the attack.} Rd7 26.
R1f2 $1 Qc5 27. Nb3 Qa7 ({The elegant line} 27... Qb5 $1 28. d4 $1 exd4 29.
exd4 Kh8 $1 30. Ne5 $1 Rxd4 31. Nxg6+ Nxg6 32. Nxd4 Qe5 33. Nf5 $1 Qxf6 34.
Rh2+ Nh4 35. Bb3 Rf7 36. Bxf7 Qxf7 37. Rxh4+ {triumphs for White (Anand).}) 28.
Nxe5 $4 ({Right is} 28. Rxa6 $3 Qxa6 29. Nc5 Qc6 $1 {(Ivanchuk)} 30. Ne6+ Qxe6
31. Bxe6) 28... Qxe3 $1 29. Nxd7 Rh8 $1 30. Kg2 Rh3 31. Bxg6 Nxg6 32. Kf1 Rh1+
$2 (32... Rxg3 {wins for Black.}) 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Rxg6+ Kxg6 35. Ne5+ Kg7 36.
Nxg4 Qe1 37. Kf3 $2 (37. Kh3 $1 Qh1+ 38. Nh2 Qg1 39. Rf5 $1 {creates a safe
haven for the white king.}) 37... Qh1+ 38. Kf4 Rf1 39. Ke3 Qg1 $1 40. Kf3 $6
Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 $1 42. Nd4 Qxb2 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Ne3 Qa2 45. e5 Qxa5 46. d4
Qa1 47. Ke4 a5 48. d5 a4 {Sokolov had achieved 4/5.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. c5 $5 {Sokolov plays a strange novelty.} Nc6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12.
Bg3 bxc5 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qf6 18. h4
f4 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. exf4 $2 ({Better is} 20. Qc2 Rf7 21. Bh2) 20... gxf4 21.
Rh4 $6 ({Simple is} 21. Bh4 Qe5+ 22. Qe2 {(Dautov).}) 21... Qe5+ $1 22. Kf1
fxg3 23. Rg4+ Kf7 24. Re1 Qxc5 $2 (24... Qh5 $1 25. Qf4+ Ke7 {wins for Black.})
25. Qf4+ Ke8 26. Rxe6+ Kd7 27. Rg7+ $1 Kxe6 28. Rg6+ $2 (28. Bc4+ $1 d5 29.
Qg4+ Rf5 {(Sokolov)} 30. Qg6+ $1 {brings perpetual check.}) 28... Kd7 $2 29.
Rg7+ Ke6 30. Rg6+ $2 Kd5 $1 {Ivanchuk has found the right way.} 31. Qd2+ Qd4
32. Bxc6+ Kxc6 $1 33. Qxd4 Ba6+ {Sokolov was beat by the future winner.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1
h6 9. Bb3 a6 10. e5 $1 {Anand betters on a previous game against Gelfand.} Nf5
11. Kh1 Nfd4 $6 (11... d5 $1 {was played in Khalifman - Van Wely, Bugojno 1999.
}) 12. Ne4 $1 Nxf3 13. Rxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Rf1 g5 $5 16. Qg3 $5 (16.
Bd2 $1 {continues the development.}) 16... O-O 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Ng6 19.
Rae1 $1 Qe7 20. Rf5 $3 Bf6 $1 21. Nxe6 $1 {Vishy gives Boris a shell shock.}
fxe6 $4 (21... Re8 $1 22. Re4 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rf3 {
probably draws (Anand).}) 22. Rxe6 $1 Kg7 ({The pointe is} 22... Bxe6 23. Qxg6+
Qg7 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Rh5+) 23. Rxe7+ Bxe7 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. h4 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+
15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 Ba5 $2 {Gelfand brings a novelty in a sharp line.} 17. Nf6+
Ke7 ({Not} 17... Kf8 $4 18. Qd6+ Kg7 19. Rg1+) 18. Nd5+ Ke8 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20.
Bg5 $1 {Shirov plays for a win.} Bc7 {Black has no proper answer.} 21. Ne4+ $2
({Right is} 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5+ Kd6 23. O-O-O Kc6 24. Ne7+ Kb6 25. Be3+ Ka5
26. Rd5+ b5 27. a4 $3 Nc6 28. b4+ Nxb4 29. cxb4+ Kxb4 30. Kb2 Bb7 31. Bd2+ Kxa4
32. Ra1# {(Shirov).}) 21... Ke8 $2 (21... Kf8 $1 22. Bh6+ Ke8 $1 23. Nf6+ Ke7
24. Nd5+ Ke8 {brings a perpetual (Shirov).}) 22. Qg4 $1 b5 $1 23. Nf6+ $6 (23.
O-O-O $1 Nd7 24. Bh6 $1 {wins quickly.}) 23... Ke7 24. O-O-O $1 Qxg4 $1 25.
Nxg4+ Kf8 26. Bh6+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kf8 28. Bd8 $1 {Shirov enlarges his advantage.}
Bxf5 $1 29. Bxc7 Nc6 $5 30. Nh6 $1 Bg6 31. Rd6 Nb4 $5 {Gelfand starts
complications.} 32. cxb4 Kg7 33. h4 $5 Rhc8 34. h5 $1 Rxc7+ 35. Kd2 Be4 36.
Rg1+ Kh8 37. Ke3 Bb7 38. Rgd1 Re8 $5 39. Nf5 $5 Bc8 $2 (39... Rc4 $1 {prolongs
the game.}) 40. Rd8 Bxf5 41. Rxe8+ Kg7 42. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 $5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Rad1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Kh8 {They fight an interesting
positional battle.} 19. Bb1 Rg8 20. Qc2 f5 21. Nxb5 $1 axb5 22. Rxd4 fxe4 23.
Qc3 Rg7 24. Bxe4 $2 (24. d6 $1 e3 $1 25. Rg1 (25. dxc7 $4 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Be4#)
25... Qb6 26. Rd3 Be4 27. Rxe3 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Qxd6 {is ok (Ftacnik).}) 24...
exd5 $6 (24... f5 $1 {wins at once.}) 25. Bf3 Qb6 26. Rd2 d4 $1 27. Qd3 Rd8 28.
Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Re1 Rg6 30. h3 $6 ({Necessary is} 30. b3) 30... c4 $1 31. Qe4
Qxe4 32. Rxe4 d3 33. Kg1 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Kf2 e5 $1 36. fxe5 ({Or} 36. f5
Kg7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. g4 b4 39. Rd1 e4 $1 {and Black wins.}) 36... Rd5 37. Ke1 b4
38. Rf2 c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 d2+ 42. Kd1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nd4
Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. e3 Qa5 11. Qa4 Qxc5 12. Be2 d4 $5 ({Known is} 12... e5 {
(Ilivitzki - Milev, Sofia 1957).}) 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 Rad8 15. O-O Qe5 $6 ({
Botvinnik prefers} 15... a6 16. Kh1 Qc7 $1) 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Rce1 (17. Qxa7 $5
Ne4 $1 {brings a counter.}) 17... Rd2 18. Bf3 Qd4 $6 19. Rd1 $1 ({Not} 19. Bxb7
$4 Rxf2 $1 20. Rxf2 Ng4) 19... Bh6 20. Rxd2 Bxd2 21. Rd1 $1 Qe5 22. Nb1 $5 Ba5
23. b4 Bc7 24. g3 {White has the better pawn structure.} a5 25. a3 axb4 26.
axb4 h5 $2 (26... Ne4 $1 27. Qb3 Qf5 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 {nearly equalises (Ftacnik).
}) 27. Qc2 Kg7 28. Nc3 h4 29. Nb5 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bb8 31. Qd2 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4
33. Qd4+ Qxd4 34. Rxd4 {Van Wely has achieved a won endgame.} Rc8 35. c5 b6 $1
36. Rc4 $1 ({Not} 36. cxb6 $2 Rc6 37. b7 Rb6 {(Ftacnik).}) 36... bxc5 37. bxc5
Kf6 38. c6 Bd6 39. Kg2 Ke5 40. c7 Kd5 41. Rc2 e5 42. Kf3 e4+ 43. Kg4 Ke6 44.
Kg5 e3 $5 45. Re2 (45. Nxd6 $1 exf2 46. Nxc8 f1=Q 47. Nxe7 Qf6+ 48. Kg4 Qd4+
49. Kh3 Qh8+ 50. Kg2 Qa8+ 51. Rc6+ {wins elegantly.}) 45... Bxc7 46. Rxe3+ Kd7
47. Rd3+ Bd6 48. Kxg6 Ke6 49. Nxd6 exd6 50. g4 Ke5 (50... Rg8+ 51. Kh5 Rf8 52.
Re3+ Kd5 53. Re2 $1 {wins for White.}) 51. g5 d5 52. Kh7 Rc7+ 53. Kh6 Rc2 54.
Rf3 $1 Ke4 55. Rf8 Rc1 56. g6 Rh1+ 57. Kg5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rf1 59. Re8+ Kd4 60.
Re2 Kd3 61. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. e4 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qd3 $5 (13. Ne5 {
occurred in Beliavsky - Tiviakov, Belgrade 1993.}) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15.
Nd2 Rc8 16. Rec1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qa8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Bf1 Rd8 21. Qb3
$1 Bf8 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rc2 Qb7 24. Bd3 Qe7 $6 (24... Be7 {makes a better
waiting move.}) 25. Qa4 $1 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Nd5 $1 28. Bd2 Nf6 29.
Kf1 Ne8 30. Bd3 g6 31. Ke2 Nd6 32. Bf4 Qc7 33. Bd2 Qe7 34. e5 Nf5 35. g4 Ng7
36. Be1 Qc7 37. Kd1 Be7 38. Bd2 Kf8 39. Be4 f6 40. Qc6 Qxc6 41. Bxc6 {Anand
has the better ending.} Ne8 42. Bh6+ Ng7 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. Be3 fxe5 45. dxe5 Ne8
46. f4 Nc7 47. Kf3 Na6 48. Bb5 Nb4 49. Bc4 Nc6 50. Ke4 Na5 51. Ba6 Bc5 52. Bd2
{Exchange of bishops gives fine chances too.} Nc6 53. f5 $1 gxf5+ 54. gxf5
exf5+ 55. Kxf5 Ne7+ $6 (55... Nd4+ $1 56. Ke4 Ne6 {blockades the passed pawn.})
56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Bb5 Kf7 58. Bg5 Ba3 59. Bc4+ Kg6 60. Bf6 Bb4 61. Kf4 h6 62. Ke4
Ba3 63. Bh4 Bc5 64. Bg3 Kg7 65. Kf4 Kg6 66. Bd3+ Kg7 67. Kg4 Be3 68. Bh4 Kf7
69. Bc4+ Kf8 70. Bf6 Bd4 71. Kf4 Bb2 72. Ke4 Ba3 (72... Bc3 $1 {frustrates the
advance.}) 73. e6 $5 Bd6 74. Be5 Bxe5 75. Kxe5 Kg7 76. Bd3 Nc8 77. a4 Ne7 78.
Bb5 Nc8 79. Ba6 Ne7 80. Bd3 Nc8 81. Ba6 Ne7 82. Kd6 $1 Kf6 83. Bc4 Nf5+ 84. Kd7
Ne7 85. Kc7 Ke5 86. Bb3 Nf5 87. Kb7 Kd6 88. Kxa7 {Anand has won a pawn at last.
} Kc7 89. Ka6 Kc6 90. Bd1 Ne7 91. Bf3+ Kc7 92. Kb5 Nf5 93. Bg4 Nd6+ 94. Kb4 Kd8
$2 (94... Nc8 $1 95. Kb5 Ne7 {takes a last stand.}) 95. Kc3 Ke7 96. Kd4 Nb7 97.
Kc4 Kd6 98. Kb5 Nc5 99. h4 $1 h5 $1 100. Bh3 $1 {White wins by zugzwang.} Ke7
101. a5 $1 Nxe6 102. Kxb6 Nf4 103. a6 Nd5+ 104. Kb7 Kd8 105. a7 Nc7 106. Bf1
Kd7 107. Be2 {The 1500 participants made another great success of the
Hoogovens tournament. Ivanchuk won the main group by 9/13. Anand followed at
one point.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The event of 1997 had an exciting fight at the top. Local hero Piket started
well.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nxc5 $5 bxc5 12. Bd6 Nd4 13. Qd3 e5 $6 (
{The alternative will become} 13... Re8 $5 {(Miniboeck - Farago, Austria 1998).
}) 14. Bxc5 $5 {Capture of the rook also plays for a win.} Re8 15. Bxd4 exd4
16. Qxd4 Nxe4 17. O-O-O Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rc8 19. Kb1 a5 $6 {Black encounters
difficulties.} ({Preferable is} 19... Qb6 $1 20. Rxd7 {(Piket)} Be4+ 21. Bd3
Qe6 22. Rd4 Bxg2) 20. f3 Bc6 21. Bd3 Qg5 22. h4 Qc5 23. Rhe1 a4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8
25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 g6 27. Qe2 Qd4 $6 (27... d5 $1 28. cxd5 Bxd5 {gives
more resistance (Piket).}) 28. Be4 Bxe4+ 29. fxe4 Kg7 30. Qc2 $6 (30. b4 $1
axb3 31. Qb2 {wins quickly.}) 30... Kf6 31. Ka2 $1 h5 32. Qxa4 Qxe4 33. g3 g5
34. Qa6+ Ke7 35. hxg5 Qe5 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 $1 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kb3 $1 Ke5 39.
Kc3 $1 {The king moves into the square of the h- pawn.} f5 40. a4 f4 41. gxf4+
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. Rc1 a4 12. bxa4 Ra6 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Qa8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. a5 c5+ 17. Kg1 Rd8 18. e3 cxd4 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Qf3 Bxd4
21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. h4 Rf6 23. Qe2 $6 {White is lost after the opening.} (23. Qa3
{was played in Ivkov - Gheorghiu, Manila 1973.}) 23... Qa6 $1 24. Rc2 Re6 25.
Ne3 Qxa5 26. Rb1 h5 27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. Kg2 c6 29. Rc8 Nxg3 $1 30. fxg3 ({Or} 30.
Kxg3 Rg4+ 31. Kh3 Qa4 $1) 30... Rde4 31. R8xc6 Rxe3 32. Rxe6 Qd5+ $1 33. Kh2
Qxe6 34. Qb5 (34. Qf2 g5 $1 35. hxg5 h4 $1 {elegantly wins for Black.}) 34...
Qg4 35. Rg2 e5 36. a4 Re1 37. Rf2 Qe4 38. Rg2 Ra1 39. Qb6 Rxa4 40. Rf2 Qd5 {
Piket led by two wins. Holland showed great interest.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. fxe4 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
c5 9. d5 Ng4 10. O-O Ne5 $5 {White has a plus.} ({Known is} 10... Nd7) 11. Bg5
Nbd7 12. Kh1 h6 13. Bd2 a6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. a3 Qe8 16. b4 Nxf3 17. gxf3 b5 18.
cxb5 axb5 19. f4 $1 {The attack on the king begins.} Qf7 $6 ({Preferable is} 
19... c4) 20. Rg1 Bd4 21. e5 $1 {Kortschnoj proceeds the assault.} Nxe5 22.
fxe5 Bf5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 Kh7 ({Not} 25... g5 $2 26. Bxg5 $1
) 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Ne4 Qf5 $2 (27... Qf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Nxc5 Rd8 {gives
more resistance.}) 28. Qe3 Qh5 29. d6 Rf3 30. dxe7 Rxe3 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nxh5
Rd3 33. Rxg6 Rxd2 34. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 $1 ({Known is} 
13... Nd7) 14. c4 $5 bxc3 15. bxc3 $6 ({Okay is} 15. fxe5 $1 c2 16. Qd2 Bg6 17.
e6 $1) 15... Qxc3 16. Ra2 $6 (16. Bd2 $1 {ensued in (Dobierzin - Gunajew, Brno
1998).}) 16... Be4 $5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qc4 $1 20. Rc2 Qb4
21. Rd3 $6 ({Better is} 21. a5 {(Tyomkin).}) 21... Nd7 22. Rc7 $2 (22. d6 Bf6
23. a5 e4 24. Re3 {fights on.}) 22... Qxa4 23. Rg3 Rfd8 24. d6 Bxd6 $1 25. Bh6
Bf8 26. Rg4 Nf6 $1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. e3 $5 ({Known is} 6. Nbd2)
6... Ne4 $6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O-O e5 $5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qc3 $1 Nc6 13. Bb5 Re8 $1 ({Not} 13... Bd7 $2 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxe5 Bxg2
16. Rhg1 {(Salov).}) 14. Rd2 Nb4 $1 15. Kb1 c6 16. a3 cxb5 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18.
axb4 f6 $1 {Black has equalised.} 19. Rhd1 Be6 20. b3 Kf7 21. e4 Rac8 22. Kb2
Rc7 23. Ne1 Ke7 24. Nd3 g5 25. h4 $5 gxh4 26. Rh1 h3 27. f4 $5 Rg8 28. gxh3 Rd7
$5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Re2 $1 Rd4 $6 (30... Kd6 $1 31. Nc5 Rc7 32. Rf1 b6 33.
Nxe6 Kxe6 34. Ref2 Rg6 {safeguards the pawns.}) 31. Nxe5 Rxb4 32. Ra1 $2 Rg3
33. Rxa7 Kd6 $1 34. Nd3 Rxb3+ $1 (34... Rd4 $2 35. Kc3 {costs material.}) 35.
cxb3 Rxd3 36. b4 Rb3+ 37. Kc2 Rxh3 $2 {Black fails in time troubles.} (37...
Rxb4 $1 38. Rxb7 Ke5 {defends strongly (Salov).}) 38. Rxb7 Bb3+ 39. Kd2 Bc4 40.
Re3 Rh2+ 41. Kc3 Rh1 42. e5+ Kc6 43. Ra7 Rb1 44. Ra6+ Kb7 45. Rxh6 {Salov
began a pursuit of Piket.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. e4 d6 12. b3 Ne5 13. Qe3 $5 Ned7 14. Qe2 a6 15.
Nd4 Qc7 16. Bd2 $5 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Be3 Qb8 19. f3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
exd5 $2 {White loses the battle in the centre.} ({Better is} 21. Nf5 $1 Ba3 22.
Rc2 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Rxc2 25. Qxc2) 21... Ba3 $1 22. Rc2 Rxc3 $1 23.
Rxc3 Nxd5 24. Rcd3 Nc5 25. f4 $5 ({Not} 25. Nc6 $2 Bxc6 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Bc1 $1 {(Salov).}) 25... Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Bc5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Nf5 Be4 29. Bxc5
Bxd3 30. Qxd3 bxc5 31. Qc3 f6 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Qf7 ({Or} 33. Qxa6 Qb4 $1) 33...
Rg8 34. h4 Qe8 35. Qd5 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 h5 38. Nd6 Qg4+ 39. Kg2 Rf8
40. Kf2 Kh7 41. Qxc5 Rd8 42. Qc2+ g6 43. Qc4 Qd7 44. Ne4 Qe7 45. Qc3 Kg7 46.
Kf3 Re8 47. Qd3 Qb7 $1 {White loses the battle in the centre.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. Ng3
Rfe8 $5 16. h3 Nc5 17. Be3 Rab8 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 Rec8 20. Rdc1 a5 21. Nd2
Ne8 22. b4 $1 Na4 {Little has happened so far.} 23. Bxa4 $6 {White creates a
black passed pawn.} ({Better is} 23. Qf3 $1 axb4 24. cxb4) 23... bxa4 24. bxa5
Qxa5 25. c4 Qa6 26. Qd3 Bd8 27. Ne2 g6 28. Nc3 Rb4 29. Ra3 f5 30. f3 $2 (30.
exf5 $1 gxf5 {(Piket)} 31. Bh6 {leads to counter-play for White.}) 30... f4 $1
31. Bf2 Bb6 32. Nd1 Nf6 33. Raa1 Be8 34. Rcb1 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Nd7 36. Bxb6 Nxb6
37. Rb4 $6 a3 $1 38. Nc3 Nd7 39. Na2 Qa7+ 40. Kf1 Nc5 41. Qc3 g5 42. Rb1 h5 43.
Ke2 Bd7 44. Qb4 Kf7 {Black advances on the kingside quietly.} 45. Qb6 Qxb6 46.
Rxb6 Ke7 47. Nc3 $2 Ra8 $2 (47... Na4 $1 {wins immediately.}) 48. Na2 g4 49.
hxg4 hxg4 50. Nb3 gxf3+ 51. gxf3 Na4 52. Rb7 Rh8 $1 {Short is helpless.} 53.
Nb4 Rh2+ 54. Kd3 Rb2 55. Nc6+ Kf6 $1 56. Rb4 Bh3 57. Rxa4 Rxb3+ 58. Kd2 ({Or} 
58. Ke2 Bg2) 58... Rxf3 59. Nb4 Rf2+ 60. Kc3 Rf3+ 61. Kd2 Rf2+ 62. Ke1 Rb2 63.
Nd3 Rb3 64. Nf2 Rb1+ 65. Ke2 Rb2+ 66. Kf3 Rb3+ 67. Ke2 Bg2 68. c5 Bf3+ 69. Kd2
Rb2+ 70. Kc3 Rxf2 71. cxd6 Bg4 72. Kb4 a2 73. Kc5 Rc2+ 74. Kb6 f3 {Piket kept
on winning.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bh6 e5 10. O-O-O $6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qa5 12. Qg5 $5 (12. g4 {occurred in
Sokolov - Van Wely, round three.}) 12... Nbd7 13. Ng3 (13. a3 $6 Rb8 $1 {
intensifies the attack on the white king.}) 13... b4 $1 14. Nb1 Qxa2 15. Nf5 $1
exd4 16. Nxd6 $2 ({More useful is} 16. Rxd4 $1) 16... h6 $1 {Black lifts the
protection of square c5.} 17. Qxh6 Nc5 $1 18. h4 Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Na1+ 20. Kc1 Nb3+
21. Kc2 Na1+ 22. Kc1 Qa4 $1 23. Bd3 Nb3+ 24. Kc2 Nc5+ 25. Kc1 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 Nc5+
27. Kc1 Qb3 $1 28. Qd2 {White needs his queen for the defence.} Nfd7 $2 ({
Black misses the win} 28... Rd8 $1 29. e5 Rxd6 $1 30. exd6 Bf5 $1 31. Bxf5
Qxc4+ $1 32. Bc2 Nb3#) 29. f4 $2 (29. Bc2 $1 d3 $1 30. Bxd3 (30. Bxb3 $4 Nxb3#)
30... Na4 $1 31. Qc2 Ndc5 {equalises (Van Wely).}) 29... Nb6 $1 30. f5 Nba4 $1
31. Rh3 Qa2 32. Be2 Rd8 ({Even better is} 32... Nc3 $1 {(Glistrup).}) 33. Qxb4
a5 34. Qa3 Qxa3 35. Rxa3 Rxd6 36. e5 Rd8 37. Bf3 Rb8 38. Bxc6 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 exd5 $5 (9... Nxc4 $6 {will lose in Peng - Janssen during the next
round.}) 10. cxd5 O-O 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. O-O
Rae8 (15... g5 $1 16. Bg3 Nxd5 {gives counter- play (Sokolov).}) 16. c4 $1 {
White has prepared an attacking position.} g6 17. Bd3 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rae1
f5 $1 20. f4 Nxg3 $1 21. hxg3 Qg7 22. fxg5 Qxg5 23. Rf3 Nb7 $5 ({More prudent
is} 23... Rf7 $1) 24. Ref1 Nd8 ({Not} 24... Rxe3 $4 25. Ne4 $1 {(Sokolov).})
25. e4 $1 Nf7 $1 26. exf5 Ne5 $1 27. Ne4 $1 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Rxe4 $1 (28... Qd8
$2 29. g4 $1 {storms the kingside (Sokolov).}) 29. Bxe4 Qf6 30. Rf4 Rf7 31. Kh2
Rg7 32. Qd2 Rg5 33. g4 Rg7 34. Qf2 Re7 $6 {Black lacks contemplation time} ({
The counter} 34... a6 $1 {starts an advances on the queenside.}) 35. Bd3 Kf8
36. Qg3 Rg7 37. Kh3 Re7 38. Rf1 Re5 39. Kh2 Re7 40. Qf4 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qf6 42.
Rf3 $1 Rg7 $2 {Zuniga misses the best defence.} (42... Kg7 $1 {guards the
kingside.}) 43. Rh3 $1 Rg5 44. Be2 Be8 45. Re3 $1 Bf7 46. Ra3 Qe7 47. Kf2 Kg7
48. Qe3 $1 (48. Qe3 Qc7 49. Qc3+ Kh7 50. Qf6 $1 {takes the fortress (Sokolov).}
) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Nf6 10. Nc3 b5 $2 {Sokolov has played a new blunder.} 11. O-O-O $2
(11. e5 $1 dxe5 12. Be4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Ra7 14. Qxe5 Nd7 15. Qxg7 {wins a pawn.})
11... Nbd7 $5 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nb1 $5 Qc7 14. Qxg7 $1 {Timman accepts the
challenge.} Rg8 15. Qh6 Bb7 16. N1d2 $5 Rxg2 17. Rhg1 Rg6 18. Rxg6 hxg6 19. Nc4
d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Ne3 Bb7 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4 a5 $1 {Black takes the
initiative.} 24. Bb5 $6 Ne5 $1 25. Qd4 $2 (25. Be2 $1 {protects f3.}) 25... Bf3
$1 26. Re1 Ne4 $1 27. Nxa5 $6 (27. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 $2 {(Ribli)} Rc8 $1 29.
Bd3 Qf4+ 30. Qe3 Nxf2 $1 {also loses.}) 27... Rxa5 28. Qxb4+ Nd6 29. a4 Rxb5 $1
{Sokolov neared the top.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d3
Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Be3 Bh3 13. Re1 Nd5 $5 14. Rc1 Rb8
15. Qd2 Be6 16. b3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qd4 18. Na4 Bd5 19. Red1 Rfd8 20. Rc3 $5 h5
21. Rdc1 h4 22. Nd2 Rb5 $5 23. Nf3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 hxg3 25. hxg3 e4 $5 (25... Ra5
$1 26. e4 Be6 {nearly equalises.}) 26. dxe4 Bxe4 27. Nxc5 Bxf3 28. exf3 Rd2 {
Black has compensation for a pawn.} 29. a4 Rb8 30. Nd3 Ba3 31. Rb1 Rd8 32. Nf2
c5 $1 33. Kf1 Ra2 34. Nd3 Bb4 $1 35. Nxb4 cxb4 36. Rc4 Rdd2 37. Rxb4 Rf2+ 38.
Kg1 Rxf3 39. g4 Rxe3 {Black has the initiative.} 40. Rf1 a5 41. Rb8+ ({
Preferable is} 41. Rb5 $1 Rg3+ 42. Kh1 Rxg4 43. Rxa5) 41... Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kg6
43. Rf2 Ra3 {A critical position has been reached.} 44. g5 $2 (44. Rb5 $1 {
(Yudasin)} Rexb3 45. Rxa5 Rb4 46. g5 $1 fxg5 {draws.}) 44... Rexb3 $1 45. Rxb3
Rxb3 46. gxf6 gxf6 {Salov will win due to the extra pawn in the rook ending.}
47. Kg2 Rb4 48. Ra2 Kg5 49. Ra3 f5 50. Kf3 Re4 51. Ra1 Rh4 52. Kg3 Rb4 53. Ra3
Kf6 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Re3+ Re4 $1 56. Ra3 Kd5 57. Kf2 Kc4 58. Rf3 f4 59. Ra3 Kb4
60. Ra1 Re3 61. Rd1 Rc3 62. Re1 Kxa4 63. Re4+ Kb3 64. Rxf4 a4 65. Rf8 a3 66.
Ke2 a2 67. Rb8+ Kc2 68. Ra8 Kb2 69. Kd2 Rb3 $1 {Salov had to work hard for his
wins.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Rd2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
h3 Nf8 16. Nh2 Rd7 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Bf3 Ng6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf3 d5 $1 21.
cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. b3 h5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27.
Bxe5 Qd7 {Salov has equalised.} 28. Qb2 Bf8 29. h4 Qf5 30. g3 Qd3 $1 31. Bc3 f6
32. a3 $2 (32. b4 $1 c4 33. b5 $1 axb5 34. Qxb5 {draws.}) 32... Kf7 33. b4 c4
34. Qd2 Qxd2 35. Bxd2 Ke6 36. Kf1 g5 37. g4 $5 {White gives a pawn.} (37. Ke2
gxh4 38. gxh4 f5 39. f3 f4 $1 {also leads to problems.}) 37... hxg4 38. h5 f5
39. Bc3 f4 40. a4 Bh6 41. Bd4 Bf8 42. Bc3 Kf7 43. Kg2 Bg7 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. b5
axb5 46. axb5 fxe3 47. fxe3 c3 $1 48. b6 c2 49. b7 c1=Q 50. b8=Q Qc2+ $2 ({
Correct is} 50... Qxe3 $1 51. Qb7+ Kh6 52. Qxd5 Qh3+ {and wins.}) 51. Kg3 Qe4
52. Qb2+ Kh7 53. Qf2 $2 ({Right is} 53. Qf6 $1) 53... Qe6 54. Qf8 Qxe3+ 55.
Kxg4 Qg1+ 56. Kh3 Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qh4+ 58. Kg2 Qg4+ 59. Kf2 Qe6 $1 {If the white
queen had gone to f6, this move had been prevented.} 60. Qd8 Qf5+ 61. Kg3 Qe5+
62. Kh3 d4 63. Qb6 Qe3+ 64. Kg2 Qe4+ 65. Kf2 d3 66. Qb2 Qf4+ 67. Kg2 Qd6 68.
Qb7+ Kh6 69. Qa8 Kxh5 70. Qh8+ Kg6 71. Qg8+ Kf6 72. Qh8+ Kf5 73. Qh7+ Ke5 74.
Qh8+ Ke4 75. Qh7+ Ke3 76. Qf5 Qf4 77. Qc5+ Ke2 78. Qb5 Qe4+ 79. Kg1 g4 80. Qa6
g3 81. Qc6 Qe3+ 82. Kg2 d2 $2 (82... Qf2+ $1 83. Kh3 g2 {wins for Black.}) 83.
Qb5+ Qd3 84. Qh5+ Ke3 85. Qh6+ Kd4 86. Qd6+ Kc3 87. Qa3+ Kc2 88. Qa2+ Kd1 89.
Qa1+ Ke2 90. Qf1+ $2 (90. Qe5+ $1 {draws by perpetual check.}) 90... Ke3 91.
Qf3+ Kd4 92. Qf6+ Kc5 $1 93. Qe7+ Kc4 94. Qc7+ Kb3 95. Qb6+ Kc2 96. Qc5+ Qc3 $1
97. Qf5+ Kb2 98. Qb5+ Kc1 99. Qg5 Qc4 100. Qh6 Qd5+ 101. Kxg3 Kc2 102. Qa6 Qd3+
{Salov caught up with the leader Piket in the penultimate round.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O b5 10. Qh4 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bxf6 $6
(14. Ne1 $6 {occurred in Schwarz - Blatny, Munich 1993.}) ({Better is} 14. e4
$1 O-O $5 15. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxe5 18. Qxf6 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3
Bd4) 14... Nxf6 15. Rd3 O-O 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 $2 (18. Rxd8+
Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Nd3 {lessens the pressure.}) 18... Rxd3 19. Nxd3 Bd4 20.
Nb1 e5 $1 21. Nd2 ({The pointe is} 21. e3 $2 Bxe3 $1 22. fxe3 Rc2+ 23. Nf2 Qxe3
24. Rf1 Ne4 {(Jacoby).}) 21... Rc2 $1 22. Qh3 $6 {Now the queen is offside
completely.} Qb7+ 23. Kg1 e4 24. Nb4 Rxb2 25. Nb3 e3 26. f3 Bb6 27. Rc1 Qd7 28.
Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Kf1 a5 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Rd6 Bc7 32. Rc6 Bxg3 $5 33. hxg3 axb4 34.
Rc5 Rxa2 35. Rxb5 Rb2 $1 36. Nd4 ({Worse is} 36. Rxb4 $2 Nh5 $1 37. g4 Ng3+)
36... g6 37. g4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Rxb4 Nd5 40. Rc4 Nf4+ 41. Kh2 ({Not} 41.
Kg3 $2 Rxd4 $1) 41... Kh7 42. Nf5 $5 gxf5 $2 ({Correct is} 42... Rxe2+ 43. Kg3
Ng2 $1 ({Kortschnoj miscalculated} 43... g5 $2 44. Rxf4 $1 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 {and
did not play the line}) 44. Nd4 Rd2 {and Black wins (Jacoby).}) 43. Rxf4 Rxe2+
44. Kg3 Re1 45. Rxf5 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 e2 47. Kxg1 e1=Q+ {Piket has lost his game
about this time. Suddenly, Salov notices the impregnable fortress and
resulting draw!} 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Rh5 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qf1 51. Kf4 Qe1 52. Rd5 Qc1+
53. Kg3 Qc7+ 54. Kg2 Qf4 55. Rh5 Kf6 56. Rd5 Ke6 57. Rh5 Qd2+ 58. Kg3 f6 59.
Rf5 Qc1 60. Rh5 Qg1+ 61. Kf4 Qe1 62. Rb5 Qc1+ 63. Kg3 Qg1+ 64. Kf4 Qh2+ 65. Ke3
Kf7 66. Rh5 Qg1+ 67. Kf4 Kg6 68. Rd5 Qh2+ 69. Ke3 Kf7 70. Rh5 Qg1+ 71. Kf4 Ke6
72. Rb5 Qh2+ 73. Ke3 Kd6 74. Rf5 Qb2 75. Rh5 Ke6 76. Kf4 Qc3 77. Kg3 Qc7+ 78.
Kg2 Qf7 79. Rb5 Qe8 80. Rf5 Qg6 81. Rb5 {Kortschnoj was not amused.   Salov
won by 81/2/13, half-a-point before Piket, Onischuk and Sokolov.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Several top ten players, except Kasparov, participated in the sixtieth
Hoogovens. It became a real super tournament. Kramnik and Anand competed for
the victory.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 e5
14. Qh4 h6 $5 ({Theory is} 14... Re8 {(Karpov - Anand, Lausanne 1998).}) 15.
Bd2 Re8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Ba5 $1 Qb8 18. Rac1 Be6 $1 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxc6
Bxb2 21. Bc7 $1 Qb7 $6 ({Preferable is} 21... Qa7 $1 22. Bf3 Bf6 23. Qg3 Rac8
24. Bb6 Qb8) 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Qb4 Be5 $2 ({Right is} 23... Bf6 $1 24. Rxe6 Qxc7
25. Rxa6 Qc4 {(Kramnik).}) 24. Rcc1 Qxc7 {Piket has to give the queen.} 25.
Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Qa5 Rc2 27. Qxa6 Rb8 28. Be4 Rc4 29. Bd3 Ra4 30. Qc6 g6 31. f4
Bf6 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Bxf5 34. Qxf6 Bg6 35. Rd2 Re4 36. h3 Rbe8 37. Qb6 b4
38. Rd4 Rxe3 39. Qxb4 h5 40. a4 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Ra1 42. Qb2 Rb1 43. Qa3 Kh7 44. a5
Ree1 45. Qf8 Rh1+ 46. Kg3 Rb5 47. Rd8 Rg5+ 48. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 (11... bxc5 {occurred in Kramnik
- Ribli, Groningen 1993.}) 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 {Black has equalised.} 14.
Qd2 Nf6 15. Red1 Qd5 16. b4 Be7 17. Qb2 Ng4 $5 18. f3 $1 Nf6 $5 ({Alright is} 
18... exf3 $1 19. exf3 Nf6) 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Bc7 $1 Rd7 $2 ({Right is} 20...
Re8 $1 21. Nc6 Qe6 {(Anand).}) 21. Bh3 $1 {Van Wely loses an exchange.} Rxc7
22. Rxc7 Bd6 23. Rcc1 Be5 24. Bg2 exf3 25. Bxf3 Qd7 26. Qd2 h5 27. Nc6 Qxd2 28.
Rxd2 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rc8 30. b5 h4 31. Rcd1 hxg3 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34.
hxg3 Bxg3 35. Ra8 Bd6 36. Rxa7 Kg6 37. a4 Ng4 38. Be8 Ne5 39. a5 Bc5+ 40. Kh1
bxa5 41. Ra6+ Kf5 42. b6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 $5 b6
15. a3 Bb7 16. Ba2 a6 17. Nd2 $6 ({More active is} 17. Na4) 17... c5 $1 18. Nc4
cxd4 $1 19. exd4 b5 20. Na5 Nb6 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. Bb3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Anand plays against the isolated pawn.} 27. f4
$5 h5 28. Kf2 Bf6 29. g3 h4 $1 {He also advances on the kingside.} 30. Rd2 Qd5
31. Rd1 Kg7 32. b3 hxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rc8 34. Qf3 Qd6 35. b4 Rc4 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. d5
$1 exd5 38. Qxd5 Bb2 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Kf3 Qc8 41. Re3 Qh3 42. Qd1 Qh5+ 43. Kf2
Qh2+ 44. Kf3 Rc8 45. Qb1 $2 (45. Re7 $1 Rh8 $5 46. Qb3 $1 {brings survival
chances.}) 45... Bc1 $1 46. Nxc1 $6 ({Or} 46. Rb3 $1 Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Rh8 $1 48.
Nxc1 Rh2+ 49. Ke3 Qe1+ 50. Kd4 Rh8 51. Qb2 Rd8+ 52. Kc5+ f6 53. Ne2 Qh1 $1)
46... Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Rxc1 48. Qd3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 Nf6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+ $1 {Kramnik
plays a fine novelty.} Nc6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. h4 Kf8 16. Kb1 a6 17. Ba4 $5 Na5
$6 18. Qf3 b6 19. cxb6 Qb7 20. Rc1 $2 (20. h5 $1 g5 21. h6 $1 Qxb6 22. Be5 f6
23. Rh5 Nc4 24. Bb3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 {leads to a strong white attack (Hübner).})
20... Qxb6 21. Rc7 Rb8 $2 {Gelfand misses a chance.} (21... Rd8 $1 22. Rxe7
Kxe7 23. Qa3+ Rd6 {equalises (Schachwoche).}) 22. Qc3 Nc4 23. Rc6 Qxb2+ $5 24.
Qxb2 Rxb2+ 25. Ka1 $1 Kg8 26. Rxc4 $1 Rxf2 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rxh8+ Kxh8 29. g3
Ba3 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. Rd3 Be7 32. Bc7 g5 33. hxg5 Bxg5 34. Kb1 Be7 35. Bc2 g5 36.
a4 f5 37. a5 Bf6 38. Bb6 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Rd1 {Kramnik had started with
four wins.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 Qa5
15. a3 b5 16. g4 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 O-O $6 (
20... Nb6 $1 {prevents the liberating move (Vodicka - Drbohlav, Czechia 1998).}
) 21. c4 $1 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rb8+ 23. Bb3 Bxa3 24. Rhe1 f6 25. Re4 Bc5 26. Ra4 Nc7
$2 {Kramnik misses an opportunity.} ({Stronger is} 26... Ne3 $1 27. Bxe3 Bxb3
28. cxb3 Rxb3+ 29. Kc2 Rxe3 30. Rd3 Re2+) 27. Kb2 $1 Kh7 28. Be1 $1 Bd5 29. Rd3
Bc6 30. Rc4 $1 Ne6 31. Bf2 $1 Bb5 $6 ({Preferable is} 31... Bxf2 $1 32. Rxc6
Nc5 33. Rd5 {(Shirov).}) 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Bxc5 Bxd3 34. cxd3 h5 35. Kc3 Rc8
36. Kb4 Rb8+ 37. Ka4 Kg6 38. Be6 Rh8 39. Bf2 Kh6 40. Ka5 hxg4 41. fxg4 g6 42.
g5+ $1 Kg7 ({Or} 42... fxg5 43. Be3 {(Shirov).}) 43. Kxa6 Rd8 44. Bc4 f5 45.
Kb7 e4 46. d4 $5 f4 47. d5 e3 48. Be1 f3 49. Kc7 $1 Rf8 50. d6 Rf4 51. Bc3+ Kh7
52. Bd3 {Anand caught up with Kramnik.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bxb3 $6 ({Theory is} 11... h6) 12. axb3 Nbd7
13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfc8 15. Ne1 {White overprotects c2.} Qb7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6
17. Nd5 {Polgár conquers d5.} Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc5 19. Rad1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21.
c3 b4 $6 (21... f5 $1 {solves the problems.}) 22. c4 $1 g6 23. g3 Rc5 24. Rd1
$1 a5 25. Nc2 Kg7 26. Qd3 Rc6 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qe2 Bd8 30. Nd5 $1 {
Black has to play around a strong knight, but he is not lost until an error is
made.} Rc5 31. Qe3 Be7 32. Rd3 Bd8 33. Qd2 Rc6 34. Qd1 Kg8 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5
Bg5 37. Qf3 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rc6 39. Qe2 Rc8 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. f3 Rb8 42. Qf2 Rb7 $6 (
42... f5 {should be played at last.}) 43. hxg6 $1 fxg6 ({Not} 43... hxg6 $2 44.
Qg1 $1 f5 45. Qh2 $1 {(Polgár).}) 44. c5 $1 dxc5 45. Qxc5 Bd8 46. Rc1 Kf7 47.
Qe3 Kg7 48. Rc4 Rd7 49. Qc1 h5 50. Rc6 $1 Rd6 51. Rc8 Qd7 52. Qc5 Kh6 53. Rb8
$1 Bf6 54. Qe3+ Bg5 $2 {Anand collapses.} (54... Kg7 $1 55. Ra8 Qb5 56. Ra7+
Rd7 57. Rxd7+ Qxd7 58. Qb6 {(Polgár)} Qd8 $1 {grabs the last chance.}) 55. f4
$1 exf4 56. Rh8+ ({The pointe is} 56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Qd4+ Bf6 58. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6
59. Rh7+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. O-O
d6 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a4 Nc6 $5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a5 Rb8 $2 (13... Be7
$1 {loses no time.}) 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Re3 $1 Nd7 ({Not} 15... Be7 $2 16. Rb3
Qc7 17. Rxb8+ Qxb8 18. e5 $1 {wins a pawn (Salov).}) 16. Rb3 Qa7 17. Rba3 Bb7
18. b4 Qb6 19. Qa4 $1 Be7 20. Bb2 Bf6 21. e5 $1 Bxe5 22. c5 Qc7 23. Bxe5 dxe5
24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. c6 Nb6 26. Qxa6 Qxc6 27. Nc4 $1 Rb8 28. Nxb6 O-O ({Or} 28...
Qxb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Ra8+ {and wins.}) 29. Nc4 Qe4 30. Re3 Qd5 31. Nxe5 Rfc8
32. Qd3 {Karpov was nearing the end of his career.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 Be6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Na4 Bb4+ 8. c3
Ba5 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. a4 Nf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. f3 e5 19. c4 Ng6 20. Qe1 Qf7 21. a5 bxa5
22. Bxa5 Rfd8 23. Rf2 Nf8 24. Rfa2 Ne6 25. Bc3 Rab8 $5 {Timman avoids a quick
draw.} 26. Ra7 g5 27. Qd1 Qg7 28. R7a2 h5 29. h3 Kf7 30. Rd2 g4 31. fxg4 hxg4
32. Qxg4 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Rg8 34. d4 exd4 35. Bxd4 Rxg4 36. b6 $6 ({Better is} 36.
Kf1 {(Timman).}) 36... c5 37. Bb2 f3 $1 38. Rf1 $2 ({Right is} 38. Rf2 $1 Ng5
39. Kf1 $1 {and White comes back in the game.}) 38... Ng5 39. e5 dxe5 40. Bxe5
Re8 41. Bh2 Kg6 42. Kh1 Ne4 43. Rc2 f2 44. g3 Rd8 45. Kg2 Rd3 46. Ra2 Rb3 47.
Ra8 Rxb6 48. Kh3 Rg5 49. Rg8+ Kf6 $1 50. Rf8+ Ke5 51. g4+ Kd4 52. Bf4 Rh6+ 53.
Kg2 Rxg4+ 54. Kf3 Rhh4 55. Rd1+ Kxc4 56. Rc1+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. f3 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na6 12. Nge2 $5 Nc7 13. O-O Ne6 14. Be5 h4
15. Rae1 O-O 16. g4 hxg3 17. hxg3 Nd7 $1 18. Kg2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qd7 20. f4 f5 ({
More active is} 20... Nc5 $1 21. Qc2 Rae8) 21. g4 Rf7 $6 (21... Nc5 $1 22. Qc2
Kg7 {defends wisely.}) 22. Rh1 Bf8 23. gxf5 Nc5 24. Qd1 Qxf5 25. Nd4 Qd7 26.
Reg1 $5 Re8 27. Rh3 (27. Kf2 $1 Rxe5 28. Rxg6+ Bg7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg1+ Kf8
31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Qg8 Nd3+ 33. Kg1 Rxe3 34. Nf5+ $1 Rxf5 35. Rh7+ Kd6 36. Rxd7+
Kxd7 37. Qh7+ $1 Ke6 38. Qg6+ Rf6 39. Qe8+ {wins with elegance (Karpov).})
27... Ne6 28. Rgh1 Bg7 29. Qc2 Nf8 30. Nce2 Qe7 31. Nf3 Qb4 32. Rg3 c5 33. Nh4
Re6 34. Nc3 d4 35. Nd5 Qb5 ({The pointe is} 35... d3 36. Nxb4 dxc2 37. Nxc2 {
(Tsesarsky).}) 36. e4 c4 37. Nf3 d3 38. Qc3 Ra6 39. Nd4 Qc5 40. Rxd3 $1 Rxa2
41. Rdh3 b5 42. Nf3 Ne6 43. Kg3 b4 44. Qd2 Rf8 (44... c3 45. Qh2 Rxf4 $1 46.
Nxf4 Qe3 $1 47. Rh4 $1 g5 48. Rh8+ $1 {wins nicely for White.}) 45. Nf6+ Rxf6
46. exf6 Bxf6 47. e5 Bg7 48. Rh7 Qf8 49. Ng5 Ra6 (49... Nxg5 50. Qd5+ $1 Nf7
51. e6 $1 {wins by force (Topalov).}) 50. Rh8+ $1 {Toppy ends the game
magnificently.} (50. Rh8+ Bxh8 51. Rxh8+ Kxh8 52. Qh2+ Kg7 53. Qh7# {(Topalov).
}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Be2 Bd7 $1 ({Anand
improves on} 13... a6) 14. Qe3 ({Black survives in} 14. e5 $5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6
16. Qf4 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Qb4) 14... Rac8 $1 15. e5 $6 (15. g4 $1 Rxc3 $5 16. bxc3
Rc8 {brings an unclear position (Anand).}) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5 $1 17. hxg5
$2 (17. exf6 $1 Bxf6 18. hxg5 Rxc3 $1 19. bxc3 $1 {gives a final chance.})
17... Rxc3 $1 18. Bd3 (18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 {wins for Black (Anand).})
18... Rxd3 $1 {The desperado rook keeps on capturing.} 19. cxd3 ({Or} 19. Rxd3
Nh5 $1 20. Rxh5 Bc6 {(Anand).}) 19... Ng4 20. Qh3 Nh6 $1 21. gxh6 Qxe5 22. Rde1
Qg5 23. hxg7 Qxg7 24. Re3 Bg5 $6 ({Friso would have resigned after} 24... e5 $1
) 25. Rg3 f6 26. Qg4 $1 Kf7 $1 27. Qd4 Qg8 $1 28. Qe4 (28. Qxa7 Bc6 {also
favours Black.}) 28... Bc6 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Qh4 Qg6 31. Qh3 Rd6 $1 32. a3 Kd8
33. Ka1 Qf5 34. Qh1 Bd7 35. d4 Rc6 36. Qh2 e5 {Anand led on Kramnik.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
Ne4 $2 ({Accurate is} 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 {(Timoshenko-Bagaturov, Enakievo
1997).}) 21... Qxc6 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qa4 Bb5 24. Qxa7 Rc7 25. Bb7 Rxb7 $1 {
Anatoly sacrifices an exchange.} 26. Qxb7 Bc6 {White has no proper answer to
the threat of 27. .. Qd5.   Karpov ended on fifty percent, a meagre
performance.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bb1
Qd6 $5 15. O-O Rad8 16. Qg5 e5 17. d5 $1 f6 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Rfe1
Nf4 21. Bf1 Rc8 22. Nd2 Kh8 $2 ({More action shows} 22... f5 $1) 23. Qb3 Rc5
24. g3 Ng6 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. Qa3 $1 {Black suffers by restriction.} Ra8 27. Rc1
h6 28. Ne3 Ra5 29. Qb2 Ne7 30. Kh2 Qd8 $2 ({Better is} 30... Rb8) 31. Nc4 $1
Rc5 32. Nxe5 $1 {Kramnik joined the lead with Anand.} ({The pointe is} 32. Nxe5
Rxc1 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nxd8 Rxe1 35. Nxb7 Rxf1 36. Kg2 {(Khalifman).}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 d6 6. d4 Bg4 $5 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. d5
Na5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 a6 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 12. Rb1 b5
$1 13. cxb5 $6 (13. Qd3 {avoids a weakening.}) 13... axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4
Qc8 $1 16. Kh2 $6 ({Preferable is} 16. Nxb5 $1 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Nf4 $1)
16... Qc5 17. a3 Rfc8 {Black dominates the queenside.} 18. e4 Nc4 19. Qb3 Rab8
20. Nd1 Ne8 $1 21. Ne3 Nc7 $1 22. Qd1 {The queen vacates square b3.} Na6 23.
Rb3 Ra8 24. Nf4 Qc7 $1 25. Rb1 Nc5 $1 {Timman has a great positional advantage.
} 26. Rb4 $2 ({No material is lost by} 26. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 27. Rb4 Nb3 28. Qc2)
26... Nxa3 $1 {Black has an extra pawn.} 27. Bb2 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Ra4 29. Ng4 $5
Nxe4 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Qf3 Qc3 34. Nd3+ Bf5 35.
g4 Rxg4 $1 36. Rb3 $5 Qxb3 37. Ne5+ $1 dxe5 38. Qxb3 Rh4 $1 39. d6+ ({Or} 39.
Qxa3 Rxh3+) 39... Nc4 {Anand and Kramnik triumphed by 81/2/13. Shirov, Timman
and Adams followed at one point and five players at two points.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Kasimdzhanov led by 9/10, a point before Reinderman. So Kasim needed a draw.
Dmitri got much interest from the girls, because his hair often had another
colour.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7
8. a3 Nge7 9. Rb1 a5 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 a4 17. b5 f5 18. Ra1 a3 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qb3 Re8 21.
Bf3 a2 22. Rfc1 g5 23. Rc2 g4 24. Bd1 Bh6 $1 {White nearly draws by the right
move.} 25. g3 $4 ({Not} 25. Bxh6 Re1#) ({Right is} 25. Bb4 $1) 25... Bxd2 26.
Rxd2 Re1+ $1 27. Kg2 Qg5 28. Rdxa2 Rxa2 29. Qxa2 Bxd3 30. Bxg4 $5 Be4+ $4 (
30... Bf1+ $1 31. Kg1 Bc4+ $1 {wins a queen.}) 31. Bf3 Qg4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 33.
Kh3 Qf5+ 34. Kh4 $4 (34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kh3 Qf5+ {leads to a perpetual check.})
34... h5 35. h3 Qf6+ 36. Kxh5 Re5+ 37. Kg4 Qf5+ {Kasim left broken cause
Reinderman won the B-group. However, both players were invited for the A-group
the next year.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 $5 7. e3 Nb4 8.
Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 $1 10. a3 Na6 11. Nge2 $1 {The opening ideas stem from
Spassky-Szabo, Amsterdam 1956.} h6 12. Bf4 Nd7 $5 ({Known is} 12... Bd6 {from
Barsov-Ivanov, 1994).}) 13. Ng3 Be6 14. e4 {White meets the threat of ..g5
with a useful move.} Nb6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 $1 {Black has to worry a
bit about Na6.} 17. Bc4 ({The positional} 17. f3 Be7 18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Bxe6 Qxe6+
20. Kf2 Qd7 21. Rhe1 O-O {achieves little.}) 17... Qxg2 18. Qe3 O-O-O 19. Bxe6+
fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rd7 21. Qe8+ Rd8 22. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 $6 9. Na4 Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. f5 e5 12. Nf3 $1 ({Reinderman avoids the
'theoretical'} 12. Ne6 {and keeps a plus.}) 12... h6 $5 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Qg3 $5
Kf8 {Castling is no longer possible.} 15. Qe1 $1 Rb8 16. Bd2 Qe8 17. a3 a5 18.
Kh1 Kg8 19. Rg1 $2 {An attack on the g-file will never start.} ({Anand prefers
} 19. axb4) 19... bxa3 $1 20. Rxa3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 $6 ({More resistance offers} 
21. Nc3 $1 Nxb3 22. cxb3 $1 Bd8) 21... exd4 22. Ra1 Bc6 $1 23. Bxa5 Nxe4 24.
Rf1 {The rook returns from a useless mission in order to protect f2.} h5 25.
Nb6 h4 {Anand's attack on the kingside cannot be stopped.} 26. Bd5 ({The
knight manoeuvre} 26. Nd5 Bg5 $1 27. Nf4 {seems to hold the position, but
Black answers} h3 $1 28. Nxh3 Rxh3 $1 29. gxh3 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nxh3#) 26... Bg5
27. Rf3 h3 $1 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qe2 Bf4 $1 30. Kg1 ({The elegant point is} 30.
Rxf4 Ng3+ $1 31. hxg3 hxg2+ 32. Kg1 Rh1+) 30... Be3+ 31. Kh1 Re8 32. Qc4 Nf2+
33. Rxf2 Qxc4 34. Nxc4 Bxf2 35. Nxd6 Re2 36. b4 Bg3 37. gxh3 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qf3 Qc5 17. Be2 Nb4+ 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Rc1 Rd4 $1 {
Hübner advised this move when he explicated Beliavsky-Shirov, Belgrade 1997.}
20. Ra3 Rfd8 21. g4 Qg5 22. Rb3 a5 23. h4 Qg6+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Ka2 Nb4+ 26.
Ka1 Nc2+ {Super trio: Anand 1, Kasparov and Kramnik 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Bd3 Ba6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bf1 a4 18. Nbd4 $1 ({Anand diverts from the usual} 18.
a3 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 axb3 20. Bxb5 {(Ivkov-Pachman, Amsterdam 1964).}) 18... exd4
19. a3 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Nc6 $1 (22. Nxb5 Qd7 23. Nc3 Bxf1 24.
Kxf1 Rab8 {brings nothing (Ftacnik).}) 22... Qb6 $2 (22... Qd7 {keeps d6
protected.}) 23. Bf4 $1 Rfe8 (23... Bxb2 $6 24. Ra2 Bf6 25. Bxd6 {and a
crucial pawn has disappeared (Anand).}) 24. Qc2 $1 Nb3 25. Rad1 Qc7 {Anand
utilises the sovereign position of his pieces.} (25... Nd4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rd8 29. Bg5 f6 30. Be3 {(Anand).}) 26. Re4 $1 Rxe4 27. Qxe4
Bxb2 ({Black cannot repair with} 27... Nc5 28. Qb4 Nd7 {due to} 29. Be2 $1) 28.
Re1 Qd7 29. Qb4 $1 {White dominates the position.} Bf6 30. Bxd6 h6 31. Bd3 Re8
32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Be7 $1 Bb2 34. Qe4 g6 35. Bb4 Qxe4 36. Bxe4 Bf6 37. d6 Bc8
38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Nb8 Be6 40. Bxb5 Nd4 41. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bb5 $5 Bb7 16. Nce3 ({Usual is} 16. O-O) 16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Ne7 18. O-O
Rb8 $6 ({No time loses} 18... Qb6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Bc4 Bc6 21. Ra2 Qb7 {Black
controls square d5.}) 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Bc4 Bc6 21. Ra2 Rfd8 22. b3 Qc5 ({Now} 
22... Qb7 23. Nd5 $1 Bb5 24. Rxa5 {costs a pawn.}) 23. Rfa1 Ra8 24. h4 h6 25.
h5 Bb7 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Rda1 Bb7 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rdc8 30. b4 Qxc3 31. Qxc3
Rxc3 32. Rxa5 Rb8 33. Ra7 Kf8 34. Rd7 Nc8 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Rxb4 37. Ra8 Kd7
38. Rxg7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rf4 40. Ng4 Ne7 41. Ra7+ Ke8 $4 (41... Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Kxc7
43. Nxh6 Rh4+ 44. Kg1 Rxh5 45. Nxf7 Kd7 {continues the fight.}) 42. g3 Rf5 43.
Rh7 Kf8 44. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 $6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. f3 c5 $1 ({Known is} 11... Re8 {from
Pils-Grillitsch, 1995.}) 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. g4 Ne5
16. Rxd8+ $5 Rxd8 17. Rf1 Bc6 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. Bd3 Qd7 $1 20. Be2 Qb7 $6 (20...
Qe7 {is slightly better.}) 21. h4 Nh7 22. Rd1 $1 Re8 $2 ({Black should play} 
22... Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nhf8 {(Kramnik) and suffer.}) 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Nf6
25. g5 $5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nd5 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. e4 Nc7 29. f4 e5 30. f5 Nf4 (30...
Nf8 31. g6) 31. Bxf4 $1 exf4 32. g6 $1 {White utilises the critical moment.}
Qxe4 ({The pointe is} 32... fxg6 33. Bc4+ Kf8 34. Qh2 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 33.
gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Bh5+ Kf8 35. Qd6+ $5 Qe7 (35... Re7 $2 36. f6) 36. Bxe8 Qxd6 37.
Rxd6 Kxe8 38. a4 Ke7 39. Rg6 Nd5 40. Kd2 Ne3 {Super trio: Anand 2, Kasparov
and Kramnik 1 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 $6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. exf5 exf5 7. Nh3 Nc6 {
The players have left theory fast.} 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Qe2+ Kf7 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11.
bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Qb2 g5 14. Bf2 Na5 $2 (14... d6 15. Bd3 Qd7 {
reorganises the defence.}) 15. Re1 Qf8 16. Re5 f4 17. Rf5 Rg8 18. Bd3 Ba6 19.
Nxf4 $1 gxf4 20. Bh4 Rg5 ({Or} 20... Rg6 21. Rxf4 Rg5 22. Rf1 $1 Bxc4 23. Rxf6+
$1 Kxf6 24. f4 {(Stohl).}) 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. h4 $3 {Piket makes a diversionary
attack on the kingside.} Qh6 23. Re1 $1 gxh4 24. Qe2 {He controls the e-file
as a result.} Rf8 25. Qe7+ (25. Qe5 $1 {wins faster.}) 25... Kg8 26. Rxf6 $1
Rxf6 27. Qxd7 Qg7 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Qe6 Qf6 31. Re8+ (31. Re8+ Kg7
32. Qg4+ Kh6 33. Rh8+ $1 Qxh8 34. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 c5 12. c4 Bb7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. f4 d6
15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Qh3 ({Known is} 16. Rad1 {from Renet-Horvath, Leukerbad 1992.}
) 16... Rfe8 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Rf3 ({Slightly better is} 18. e5 $1 Nf8 19. f5)
18... Nf8 19. f5 Bf6 20. fxe6 Rxe6 ({Anand analyses} 20... fxe6 $1 21. e5 Bxf3
22. exf6 Bc6 {and a dynamic equality.}) 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxe3 $1 23. Rfxe3
Bd4 24. Kh1 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qb8 26. Qe7 Nd7 27. Bc2 Ne5 28. Ba4 $6 ({Wiser is} 
28. Qh4 h6 29. b3 Re8) 28... Ng6 (28... Nxc4 $2 29. Be8 Ne5 30. Rxe5 $1) 29.
Qg5 h6 30. Qd2 Ne5 31. b3 Qc7 32. h3 Rf8 $6 (32... f6 $5 {prevents the next
move.}) {The bishop stands isolated on the border. Shirov finds an activation.}
33. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 34. d6 Qd8 35. Qd5 Qg5 36. Qxc5 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+
39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kh1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Kramnik applies the Berlin Defence for the first time in a main
event.} 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nb4 $1 {A novelty leads to
near equality.} 13. Re2 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 c5 16. a3 cxd4 17. axb4 Bxb4
18. Rxd4 Be7 19. Be3 a6 20. Rad1 {White still has a plus in the endgame.} h5 $1
{Kramnik takes a prophylactic measure.} ({He does not like} 20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. f4 f5 23. e6 $1 Ke7 24. Rd7+ Kxe6 25. Rxg7) 21. c3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8
23. f4 f5 24. exf6 ({If White plays} 24. e6 {the opponent has the time to
answer} Rh6) 24... Bxf6 25. Kf2 g6 26. Kf3 Ke7 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 a5 29. Rd5
b6 30. Ke4 a4 31. Re5+ Kf6 32. f5 gxf5+ 33. Rxf5+ Kg6 34. Rd5 Rf8 35. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. d5 $2 {The d-pawn will remain
weak.} ({Right is} 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. e5 {
(Vaganian-Hoelzl, Baden-Baden 1980).}) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. c4 Qb6 15.
Bh3 f5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Rfe1 O-O-O 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc3 Rhe8 21.
Re3 Qf6 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bg2 Qxc3 24. Rcxc3 Nf6 25. Bf3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rd6 27. Ra3
Kb8 28. Rb3 Ra6 29. a3 Ne8 30. e4 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Nd6 32. Bd3 Ra4 33. Rc3 Kc7 {
A favourable blockade does not suffice for the win.} 34. Kf2 $2 ({After} 34.
Be2 $1 b5 35. cxb5 Kb6 {the counteraction} 36. Rh3 $1 {starts.}) 34... b5 35.
cxb5 Kb6 36. Ke3 c4 37. Bc2 Nxb5 38. Bxa4 Nxc3 39. Be8 Kc5 40. d6 Nd5+ 41. Ke4
Nf6+ 42. Ke3 ({Insufficient is} 42. Ke5 Nxe8 43. d7 Nd6 44. d8=N c3 {(Hecht).})
42... Kxd6 43. Bf7 Kc5 44. h4 Ng4+ 45. Kd2 Kd4 46. h5 gxh5 47. Bxh5 Nf6 {Super
trio: Anand and Kasparov 2 1/2, Kramnik 2.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. f5 f6 16. Bf4 exf5 17. a4 $1 (17. Qxf5 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Qd4 Rxf4 20.
Rxf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 $11 {(Oll-Hernandez, Chicago 1997).}) 17... fxe5 18. Bxe5 b4
$2 ({Correct is} 18... d6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 {(Pavlovic-Ivanisevic,
Novi 2001).}) 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Qxc5 d6 {Anand exchages to a fine ending.} 21.
Qd5 $1 Qxd5 22. Bxg7+ $1 Nxg7 23. Nxd5 Rac8 24. Rf2 a5 25. Rd1 Rfe8 $2 ({The
restraint breaks} 25... Ne6 $1 26. Ne7 {(Anand)} Rc7 27. Nxf5 Nc5 28. Rff1 Nxa4
29. b3 Nb6) 26. b3 Rc6 27. h3 Re5 28. Kh2 Kg8 29. Rd3 Kf7 30. Ne3 Ke7 31. Nc4
$1 Rec5 32. Rfd2 Ne8 33. Re2+ Kf7 34. Rde3 Nf6 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. R2e6 f4 (36...
Rd5 37. Rd7 $1) 37. Nxd6 f3 38. Rf7 $1 Rf5 39. Rg7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6
Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 ({Gary diverts from} 10. Nc1 {(Moroz-Yarasov,
Simferopol 1991).}) 10... e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3
exd4 $5 {Topalov counters.} 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19.
Bh3 d5 $1 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 ({The greedy} 21... dxe4 $2 22. fxe4 Nxe4 {
is refuted by} 23. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qc7+
Ka8 28. Nc6) 22. Nd5 $1 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 $3 {The most impressive
combination in the history of chess commences.} cxd4 $2 ({Black gains a plus in
} 24... Kb6 $1 25. Nb3 Bxd5 26. Qxd6+ Rxd6 27. Rd2 Rhd8 {(Kasparov).}) 25. Re7+
$1 (25. Qxd4+ $2 Qb6) 25... Kb6 ({The pointe is} 25... Qxe7 $2 26. Qxd4+ Kb8
27. Qb6+) 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 ({Kasparov analyses} 26... Qc5 27. Qxf6+ Qd6 28. Be6
$3 Bxd5 29. b4) 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 $5 ({Kavalek gives the win} 28. Ra7 $1 Bb7
(28... Nxd5 29. Rxa6+ $1 Qxa6 30. Qb2 Nc3+ 31. Qxc3 Bd5 32. Kb2 Qe6 33. Bxe6
fxe6 34. Qb3+ $1 Bxb3 35. cxb3#) (28... Bxd5 29. Qc3 $1) 29. Rxb7 Qxd5 (29...
Nxd5 30. Bd7 $3) (29... Rhe8 30. Bf1 $3) 30. Rb6 $1 a5 31. Ra6 Ra8 32. Qe3 $3
Rxa6 33. Kb2 axb4 34. axb4 Kxb4 35. Qc3+ Ka4 36. Qa3#) 28... Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7
30. Rxb7 $1 Qc4 ({A heroic fight offers} 30... Rhe8 31. Rb6 Ra8 32. Bf1 $3 {
(Ligterink)} Re1+ $1 33. Qxe1 Nd7 34. Rb7 $1 Ne5 (34... Qxb7 35. Qd1 $1) 35.
Qc3 Qxf3 36. Bd3 Qd5 37. Be4 $1 Qxe4 38. Ka2) 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 ({After} 31... Rd1+
$1 32. Kb2 Ra8 33. Qb6 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxf7 a5 36. Be6 $1 axb4 37. Bb3+
Ka5 38. axb4+ Rxb4 39. c3 $18 {(Kasparov).}) 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ $1 Kxc3 34.
Qa1+ Kd2 35. Qb2+ Kd1 {The king seems to have found a safe haven on d1! But
White gives the final blow with two powerful moves.} (35... Ke3 36. Re7+ Kxf3
37. Qg2#) 36. Bf1 $1 Rd2 37. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8 Rd3 40. Qa8 c3
41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nge7 8.
Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bh6 ({Similar is
} 13. Nd5 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bh6 {(Sergeev-Moehring, Ceske Budejovice 1994).}
) 13... f6 ({The immediate} 13... f5 {equalises.}) 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. b3 Kh8 16.
Nd5 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. f4 Rde8 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Bf3 Nd4 $1 {Reinderman
defends actively.} 21. Rxe8 $6 ({Kramnik notices} 21. Qxd4 $4 Rxe1+ {of course.
}) ({A weakening avoids} 21. Be4 $1 Bxe4 (21... Nxb3 $6 22. axb3 Bxe4 23. Nxc7
Qxc7 24. Qd4+ Qg7 25. Rxe4) 22. Qxd4 Bxd5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. cxd5
) 21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxe8 23. Kf2 c6 $6 {Black has a weak pawn too.} 24. Ne3
Qe7 25. Ng2 Rd8 26. Qd4+ Kh7 27. Qxa7 c5 28. Qa5 Qf6 29. Qd2 Bh3 30. Qe3 Rd7
31. Kg3 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Re7 33. Qd2 Re6 34. Re1 {Super trio: Anand and Kasparov
3 1/2, Kramnik 2 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Rad1 Nf8
15. Bf1 Ne6 16. g3 Qc7 17. e4 Rad8 18. e5 Be7 19. h4 c5 20. Bh3 Bf8 21. Ne2 Bc8
22. Kh2 g6 23. a3 Bg7 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Qd2 Qf8 26. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. g4 e5 (13... b4 $5 14.
Rxb4 d5 {stems from Anand-Piket, Amsterdam 1990.}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 b4 $1
({Kasparov avoids} 15... Be6 $2 16. f5 $1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5) 16. f5 a5 17. Ba4 Bb7
18. g5 $1 {Reinderman wants to sacrifice the exchange.} Rfc8 19. Qg2 Bxd5 20.
exd5 Qc4 21. Kb1 Qh4 $5 {The white bishop and black queen hinder the pawn
avalanches.} 22. Bc6 $6 ({Consequent is} 22. f6) 22... a4 $1 23. Rf1 $5 Qc4 $1
24. Rg1 $2 {This is no serious chess.} ({White still can play} 24. f6) 24... b3
$1 25. a3 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Rc8 27. Rd1 Rxc6 28. cxb3 $6 (28. c3 {keeps the
position closed.}) 28... axb3 29. Ka1 e4 30. Qd2 f6 31. h4 Kf7 32. Qd5+ Qxd5
33. Rxd5 g6 34. fxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rb5 fxg5 36. hxg5 Rc2 37. Kb1 Rg2 38. Rxb3 Bxg5
39. Bxg5 Kxg5 40. a4 Kf4 41. Rb7 e3 42. Re7 Kf3 43. Kc1 d5 44. a5 d4 45. Rxh7
d3 46. Rh1 Rc2+ 47. Kb1 e2 48. a6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[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
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 $5 ({Usual was} 10... Nh5 11. Qd2 {(Topalov-Gelfand,
Madrid 1996).}) 11. Nd5 $5 ({Known is} 11. gxf6 bxc3 12. fxg7 Bxg7 {from
Saltaev-Zagrebelny, Tashkent 1988).}) ({A new move will become} 11. Ne2 $1 {
(Adams-Svidler, Dos Hermanas 1999).}) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 $1 Bxd3
14. Qxd3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 {The players seek the confrontation.} 17.
Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. h5 Qc8 20. h6 g6 21. Rhg1 {White threatens Rxg6+.} ({
Svidler will play, as White,} 21. Rdg1 {against Gallagher in Biel 2000.}) 21...
Kh8 $6 ({The complications of} 21... Qa6 $1 22. Rxg6+ $1 (22. Nc4 Nh5) 22...
Kh8 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Rg7 Nxd5 25. Ne4 Nxe3 26. Rxe7 d5 27. Rd3 d4 28. Rxe5
Rxh6 29. Rxd4 Rh2 {equalise.}) 22. f4 Ng4 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Qe3 Qc7
26. Ne4 Rac8 27. Rg2 Kg8 28. Qh3 $1 {Black has to accept passivity.} Rce8 29.
Rf2 Bh8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. b3 $6 {This weakening gives counter-play.} (31. Re1
Kg8 32. Kb1 {keeps a plus.}) 31... Kg8 32. Ng5 Qb7 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Rf1 Bd4 ({
Svidler sees} 34... Qxd5 $4 35. Qd7) 35. Kb1 Be3 36. Ne6 ({Shirov avoids} 36.
Rf7 $4 Bxg5 $1 37. Rxb7 Re1+ 38. Kb2 Bc1+ 39. Kb1 Ba3#) 36... Bd2 37. Qh2 $6
Qxd5 $1 38. Qf2 $1 Qf5 $6 (38... Qxe6 39. Qxd2 Rc8 {is better.}) 39. Qg2 Rxe6
40. Qa8+ Kf7 41. Qb7+ (41. Rxf5+ gxf5 42. Qd5 Bc3 43. Qxf5+ Ke7 44. Qxh7+ Kf8
$11 {(Shirov).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bb7 17. Ne4 Rfd8 (17... Nd4 $1 {drew in Sokolov-Sadler,
Hastings 1998.}) 18. Rad1 ({After} 18. Nb6 $1 Rab8 19. Nc5 {the answer} Nb4 $1
20. Rad1 Bc6 $1 21. a3 Nc2 {is needed (Huzman).}) 18... Nd4 19. Nb6 (19. Nc7
Rac8 20. Nc5 f6 $1 21. Nxb7 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxc7 $11) 19... Rab8 20.
Nc5 Bc6 21. Nbd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd4 Be6 23. Nxe6 {Super trio: Kasparov 4 1/2, Anand
4, Kramnik 3.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5 8.
d4 $1 ({Theory is} 8. d3 {(Botvinnik-Keres, Moscow 1966).}) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4
O-O $1 10. Bf4 $1 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. Be2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Bxh3 $5 {Black
counterattacks at once.} 14. Nd5 Qe6 $1 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. cxd5 Qd7 16. Bxe5
dxe5 17. Qxe5 {(Anand).}) 15. Nc7 Qe7 16. Nxa8 Nc6 17. Qe3 Nxe4+ 18. Kf3 Bf5 $1
19. Bd3 ({Black survives in} 19. g4 $1 Bg6 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Rhe1 Qd8 $1 22. Bxe4
Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 $5 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Qxa8 25. Rce1 Ne5+ 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf8)
19... Re8 20. Rhe1 Qd8 21. Kg2 Qxa8 22. Qf3 $1 Nd4 23. Qe3 Nc6 24. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 ({
Kasparov diverts from} 14. Bxg5) 14... Ne6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nc3 Bf4 17. Bxf4
Qxd4 18. Be4 f5 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 fxe4 $6 {Black weakens his pawn
structure.} ({He can equalise with} 20... Nxf4 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd7 Rad8 $1
23. Rxa7 Rd2 24. Rb7 Ne2+ 25. Nxe2 Rexe2 26. Rf1 Rxb2 {(Blatny).}) 21. Be3 Kf7
22. b4 $1 b6 23. a4 Red8 24. h3 Rd3 25. Rdc1 $1 Ke7 $5 (25... Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4
27. Ne2 Rd6 28. b5 {is awful (Kasparov).}) 26. b5 Bb7 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 a6
29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 Bxa6 31. Nxe4 Bb7 32. Bc5+ $1 Kd8 $1 33. Nf6 h5 34. Bb4
$6 {Black has lost a pawn but not the game.} Rd4 $2 (34... Bxg2 $1 35. Kxg2
Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Rxh3 37. Rd1+ Kc8 {(Kasparov)} 38. Ke1 Nd3+ 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 $11) 35.
Re1 Bc8 36. Bc3 Rd3 37. Be5 Bb7 38. Bg3 Ke7 39. Ng8+ Kd7 40. Nh6 Bc6 $4 (40...
Rd5 {continues the game.}) 41. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Bxd4 15. Rfd1 c5 $2 ({Better is} 15... e5 16. Rxc6) 16. Rxc5 Bxe3 17. Rxd8
Bxc5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qc3 Rc8 ({Known is} 19... Rd8 $5 20. Kf1 Bd4 21. Qc7 Bb6
22. Qxe7 $6 Rd2 $1 {(Ftacnik-Ivanchuk, Erevan 1996).}) 20. Kf1 Rc7 21. a4 Bb6
22. Qe5 Rc2 23. a5 $1 Bc5 24. f4 {Black has to build a fortress.} e6 $2 (24...
Rf2+ $2 25. Ke1 Bd6 26. Qxd6 exd6 27. Kxf2 {leads to a poor pawn ending 
(Hathaway).}) ({Kramnik suggests} 24... h5 {but} 25. f5 {is unpleasant.}) ({
The best chance seems to me} 24... f6 25. Qc7 Kf7 26. e5 f5) 25. g4 $1 Rc4 26.
Qc7 h6 27. f5 $1 gxf5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. exf5 f6 30. Qg3+ Kf8 31. Qg6 Bd4 32.
Qxh6+ Ke7 33. Qf4 Kd7 34. h4 Ra4 35. Qe4 Kd6 36. h5 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Be5 38. Qb4+
Kd5 39. Qb7+ Kc4 40. h6 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2
$1 ({Theory is} 8. Nce2) 8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 dxc6 11. Qd4
Qxd4 12. exd4 {is better for White (Timman-Sokolov, Amsterdam 1999).}) 10. Bxc5
Qxc5 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. f4 e5 13. f5 Bb7 (13... O-O {has become the last cry.})
14. O-O-O Ke7 $5 15. g4 Rhd8 16. Qf3 b4 $6 ({Svidler mentions the obvious} 
16... Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8) 17. Na4 $1 Qa5 18. b3 c5 $2 ({It is time for} 18...
h6 19. h4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 {(Svidler)} 21. g5 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Ne8) 19. g5 $1
Nxe4 20. f6+ Kf8 21. Bd3 Rd4 (21... Nd6 22. Qh5 Bxh1 23. Bxh7 gxf6 24. gxf6 Ke8
25. Bf5 Nxf5 26. Qh8# {(Ftacnik).}) 22. Rde1 $1 Nd6 23. Qh5 e4 24. g6 $1 {The
fireworks have begun.} ({Svidler does not let the king flee by} 24. Qxh7 gxf6
25. gxf6 Ke8) 24... fxg6 (24... hxg6 25. Qh8#) 25. Qxh7 gxf6 26. Rhg1 $1 g5 27.
Rxg5 $1 fxg5 28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. Qg7 Kd8 30. Rf8+ Ne8 31. Qxb7 Rc8 32. Qf7 {Super
trio: Kasparov 5 1/2, Anand 4 1/2, Kramnik 4.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nd4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 13. b3 $5 Qe8 14.
Be3 ({We know} 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qg4 $11 {(Spassky-Smyslov, Tilburg 1979).})
14... Rf5 $5 15. Ne4 a5 $6 ({The centre frees} 15... Rxe5 16. Bf4 Rf5 17. Bxc7
Qf8 $1 18. Rad1 d5) 16. Bd4 a4 17. c4 Bb7 18. Ng3 Rf4 19. Be3 Rf7 20. c5 $1 {
Timman will not be able to handle the restraint of the centre.} Ba6 21. Qd2 Bh4
$6 22. Ne4 Rf5 23. Qd4 Be7 $2 ({Necessary is} 23... axb3 {(Anand).}) 24. Ng3
Rf8 25. Qxa4 h5 26. h3 Bd3 27. Qd4 Qg6 $5 28. h4 $6 ({The messy end of this
game is avoided by} 28. Qxd7 Bh4 29. Qd4 Bxg3 30. fxg3 Rad8 31. Qh4 Rd5 32. Qg5
) 28... Rfd8 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Ra3 31. Qh4 Rda8 32. Nxh5 Bc2 33. Nf4 Qh7
34. Qg4 Bxb3 35. Re3 R8a4 36. Rh3 Qf5 37. Qxf5 exf5 38. g6 Kf8 39. Rh8+ Bg8 40.
Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bxd7 cxd4
15. Bc6 Bxc6 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Qa4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O e6 $5 {Kasparov has analysed
this novelty with a computer at home.} 13. Qd2 {Shirov accepts the challenge.}
({Wiser is} 13. Nde2 $1 Be5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nd1 $1 Nd7 17. Ne3
Nf6 18. f3 {and a better endgame.}) 13... Nd7 $1 14. Bxd6 Ne5 $1 {Exchange of
the knight leads to a terrible attack. The next sacrifice is forced.} 15. Ncb5
axb5 16. Nxb5 f6 17. Rfd1 ({Part of the preparation has to be} 17. Nc7+ $2 Kf7
18. Nxa8 Nc4 19. Qb4 Qxd6 $1 20. Qxd6 Nxd6) 17... Kf7 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Bxe5 fxe5
20. Nd6+ Kg6 21. Rd3 $6 {Fianally Gary has to start thinking, because Alexei
made a bad move.} ({No good is} 21. Nxb7 $6 Qc7 22. Nc5 Qxc5 23. Rxd7 g3 $1 24.
hxg3 Rh7) ({Commentators prefer} 21. Qxg4 Rh4 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Bxf6 24.
Nxb7 Bc6 25. Nd6) 21... Qf6 22. Qxg4 Qf4 $1 23. h3 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Bc6 25. c4 $2
{White should change from active piece play to a passive defence.} ({He might
hold the endgame with} 25. f3 Rhd8 26. a3 Bd5 $1 27. Nf5 $1 Bc4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8
29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. b3 Be2 31. c4 Rd2 32. c5 Bd1 33. b4 Ba4 34. Kh2) 25... Rhd8
26. f3 Bf8 27. c5 b6 $1 28. b4 bxc5 29. bxc5 Ra5 30. Rc3 Rb8 31. Rc2 Kf6 32.
Kf2 Ba4 33. Rc3 Rb2+ 34. Kg3 Rc2 35. Rc1 Rxa2 36. Rb1 Bc6 37. Rb6 Ra6 38. Rb8
Be7 39. Rc1 Ra8 40. Rb6 R2a6 41. Rbb1 Be8 42. Rh1 Bg6 43. Rb7 Rc6 44. Nf5 $5
Bf8 $5 45. Rh8 exf5 46. gxf5 Bf7 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Rh5 Bxc5 49. Rxg5+ Kf6 {
Shirov had defeated Kramnik in 1998 and became the challenger of Kasparov. The
match did not take place. Gary showed his superiority in this game.  Super
trio: Kasparov 6 1/2, Anand 5 1/2, Kramnik 4 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nbc3 c6 11. b3 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. Bd2 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15.
Ne4 $1 {A new move starts pressure in the centre.} Nc6 ({The pointe is} 15...
Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Nd5 17. Bh6 f5 $2 18. Qe5 $1) 16. Bg5 Qxd1 $6 ({Black can play} 
16... f6 $1 17. Be3 {(Kasparov)} Bg4 18. f3 f5 $1 19. N4c3 Bh5 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 {
because of} 21. h3 $2 Nd5 $1) 17. Raxd1 h6 18. Be3 Rad8 $6 ({Better is} 18...
Nd5 $1 19. Bc5 Rfd8 20. Nd6 b6 21. Ba3 {(kasparov).}) 19. Nd6 $1 Bg4 20. f3 Bc8
21. Bc5 Bf6 22. f4 $1 Bg4 23. Ne4 Bxe2 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Re1 Rd2
$5 27. Ne8+ Kg8 28. Nd6 Nd7 29. Be3 Rxa2 30. Bd5 {Black has to play actively.}
Nd8 $2 ({Correct is} 30... Nf6 $1 31. Bxf7+ Kg7 32. b4 Rb2 33. Bc1 Rb1) 31. b4
Rb2 32. f5 $1 gxf5 ({Kasparov analyses} 32... g5 $1 33. Rc1 $1 Kf8 34. Rc8 {
White attacks.}) 33. Nxf5 Ne6 34. Bc1 Rb1 35. Be4 $1 Ra1 36. Ne7+ ({Material
gains} 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Bxh6+ Kxe7 38. Rxa1) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. dxc5 $5 Qc7 13. Nd4 Na5 14. Be2
Rfc8 15. f4 (15. Qd2 $1 e5 16. Nb3 {keeps a plus.}) 15... e5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17.
Bd3 Qe7 18. Nb3 {Kramnik plays a tame tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa6 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
({Known is} 14... Kxd7 $5 {(Topalov-Lékó, Tilburg 1998).}) 15. Ne4 Nf6 $1 ({A
risk takes} 15... c5 $6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 {due to} 17. Rd1 $1) 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxf6+
gxf6 {brings little.}) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qb5 18. Be5 Qd5 $1 19. Rh3 Qxf3 20.
Rxf3 Ke7 21. O-O-O Rhd8 22. Rg1 h5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bf4 {Super trio:
Kasparov 7 1/2, Anand 6, Kramnik 5. Kasparov has won seven games in a row.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 14. g3 Bf6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Re8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 19. f4 Nh3+ $1 {Kramnik
brings a novelty.} ({Vladimir had lost with} 19... Re6 $6 20. Qc5 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 {at the beginning of the year in Shirov-Kramnik, Belgrade 1999.}) 20. Kg2
Rb8 $1 21. c4 $1 ({Part of the preparation is} 21. Nb3 Rb6 $1 22. Qc5 d4 $1 23.
cxd4 $2 Qa8+ {(the point)} 24. d5 Rd8 $19) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 Qd3 23. Ne3 ({
The alternative} 23. Nd2 $6 Kh8 $1 24. Qc4 Qd8 $1 25. Re3 Rxb2 26. Rd3 Qa8+ 27.
Qd5 c6 {favours Black.}) 23... Rxb2+ $1 24. Bxb2 Qd2+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+
27. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 {The players have applied a razor-sharp
variation of the Caro-Kann.} Nxd4 $6 ({Black should play the active} 11... Nxe5
12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5+ {(Sax-Krizsany, Medulin 1997).}) 12. Qxd4 Ne7 13.
Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bg5 Qa5+ $2 {Black should not exchange the queens.} ({Better is} 
14... Qb6 $1) ({The next line has been played:} 14... Qc7 15. f4 a6 16. Rh3 {
(Trkaljanov-Grant, Ohrid 2001).}) 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. f4 Rc8 ({Black avoids} 
16... Bxc2 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. Rc1 {(Shirov).}) 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. O-O-O a6 19. Bd3
Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nb4 21. Rb3 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rg2 23. Rc1 {White attacks on both
flanks.} d4 $2 ({Terrible is} 23... Rxg4 $2 24. Rxb4 $1 Bxb4 25. Rc8+ Kd7 26.
Rxh8) ({The game prolongs} 23... Kd7 24. a3 Rxg4 25. Ng3 Rxg3 26. Rxg3 Nc6 {
(Lukacs).}) 24. a3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. e4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4
15. e5 Bxf3 16. exf6 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bb2 Rad8 20. gxf3
Rh8 21. Kh1 Rxh7 ({A good name in correspondence games has} 21... Kf8 $1 22.
Qe4 f5 $1 23. Qh4 Rxh7 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Qg6+ Qf7) 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg3 Qe5 24.
Rag1 Rh4 $4 {Kasparov deviates from the theory with a blunder.} ({Well known is
} 24... Qh5 25. R1g2 f6 26. Qc4 Qf7 {(Porath-Stahlberg, Amsterdam 1954). And
now} 27. Qxc5 $1 Ne2 28. Qg5 Rd1+ 29. Rg1 Nxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rd6 31. Rc1 {(Sokolov)
} Qf8 32. Qf4 Rhd7 33. Be5 Ra6 34. Bb2 Rad6 $11) 25. Qc1 $1 Kh7 $6 ({A strong
defence seems to be} 25... Qh5 $5 26. R1g2 {(Sokolov)} Re8 27. Qg1 Qe5 {
(Tsesarsky), but the rook manoeuvre} 28. Rg5 $1 Qf6 29. Rxc5 Qxf3 30. Rc3 $1 {
crushes all resistance.}) 26. Qb1+ Kh8 27. Qf1 Qe6 28. Qg2 {Kasparov loses
like he often wins: many known moves are followed by a short tactical skirmish.
Super trio: Kasparov 7 1/2, Anand 6 1/2, Kramnik 5 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 $5 exd5 14. Qd3
Nc6 ({Known is} 14... g6 15. Rxe7 $6 Qxe7 16. Bg5 {(Illescas Cordoba-Anand,
Leon 1997).}) 15. Bc7 $1 Qd7 (15... Qxc7 $4 16. Nxd5) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 g6
18. Bxf6 {Kasparov simplifies.} Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Bg7 ({Anand fears the activity
of white's pieces after} 19... Bxb2 20. Rad1) 20. a4 (20. Rad1 $1 Kh8 21. Qa3 {
keeps a plus.}) 20... bxa4 21. Bxa4 Qd8 22. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 {This move stems from the match
Tal-Timman, Hilversum 1985.} cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9.
Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 $5 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Na5 $5 ({Theory is} 12. b3 {
(Salov-Timman, Moscow 1992).}) 12... Bc5 $6 ({Black survives in the odd
variation} 12... Bb4+ $1 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O-O $5 15. Nxc6 $5 Nf4+ 16.
Nxd8 Rxd8+ 17. Ke1 Nxg2+ 18. Kf1 Bb7 19. Rg1 Rd2) 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Bd4 15.
b4 $1 Bb5 16. Nxc6 Bb2 17. Rc5 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. f4 $1 {White has to develop his rook and keep his king in the centre.} Ba3
22. Rf1 $1 Rc4 23. Rf3 Bxb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Ra3 {Black has regained his pawn,
but faces new problems.} h5 $1 ({He has to give up the pawn right away, because
} 25... Rb7 26. Ra5 Rd7 {is too passive (Kramnik).}) 26. Rxa7 Rb2 27. a4 Ra2 $2
(27... g6 $1 {prevents the next move (Kramnik).}) 28. f5 $1 Ra1+ $6 29. Kf2 $6
f6 30. a5 d4 $1 {Black utilises the opportunity to restrict the white king.}
31. Kf3 Kh7 $1 32. a6 Kh6 33. h4 g6 34. fxg6 (34. Ke4 Ra2 $1) 34... Kxg6 35.
Ra8 Ra2 $2 ({The restraint proceeds} 35... Kf5 $1 36. Kf2 $1 (36. a7 Ra2 $1)
36... Ra2 37. Ke1 Kg4 38. a7 Kh3 39. Kd1 {White seems to win (Kramnik), but}
Ra3 40. Kd2 {(White threatens 41.g4)} f5 $1 41. Kc2 Rc3+ 42. Kb2 Rc7 {draws.})
36. Kf4 Kf7 ({The game prolongs} 36... Kg7 $1 37. a7 Kh7 38. g4 $1 hxg4 39.
Kxg4 Ra5 40. h5 Kg7 41. Kf4 Ra2 42. Kf5 Ra6 43. Ke4 Ra4 44. Kd5 f5 45. Ke5 f4
46. Kxf4 d3+ 47. e4 d2 48. Rd8 {(after Kramnik).}) 37. a7 Kg7 38. Kf5 Ra5+ 39.
Ke4 Ra4 40. Kd5 Ra1 41. Kxd4 {White will win the rook ending.  Super trio:
Kasparov 8, Anand 7, Kramnik 6 1/2.} ({Kramnik analyses} 41. Kxd4 Ra4+ 42. Kc5
Ra2 43. e4 Ra1 44. Kb6 Rb1+ 45. Kc6 Rc1+ 46. Kd6 Rd1+ 47. Ke6 Ra1 48. Rd8 Ra6+
49. Rd6 Rxa7 50. Rd7+ Rxd7 51. Kxd7 f5 52. e5) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 $5 a6 11. Be2 e6 12. Qd2 $1 ({Anand improves on} 12.
Be3 {(Porubszky-Worsch, Halle 1974).}) 12... b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 b4 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 d6 18. Na5 $6 (18. Ra3 $1 {keeps more advantage.})
18... Be6 19. b3 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bc4 Bg5 22. Qe2 Bc8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5
Rb5 25. Nc4 Kg7 26. Nb2 f5 27. Bc4 Rc5 28. Na4 Rc6 29. Nc3 Qa7 30. Kh1 Bh4 31.
f3 Qf2 32. Qd3 $1 Bg5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Nd5 f4 (34... e4 $6 35. fxe4 fxe4 36.
Qxe4 Bf5 37. Qd4+ Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Bxc2 $2 39. Nb4 {loses material (Alterman).})
35. Rd2 Qc5 $2 (35... Qh4 $1 36. Bxa6 $4 Rxa6 $1) 36. Qe2 $2 (36. Bxa6 Qa7 37.
Qh7+ $1 Kxh7 38. Bd3+ {gains a pawn.}) 36... Be6 37. Rdd1 a5 38. Rd2 Bf7 39.
Qd1 Rd8 40. Ra4 Rcc8 41. Nc3 Bg6 42. Rd5 Qe3 43. Ne2 {The control over the
centre is contested in manoeuvres.} Bf7 $2 ({The pawn sacrifice} 43... Be7 $1
44. Raxa5 Ra8 45. c3 Qf2 46. Rdb5 Be8 47. Rxa8 Rxa8 48. Rb7 Kf6 {gives
positional compensation.}) 44. Rd3 Qb6 45. Bxf7 Kxf7 46. Nc3 Be7 47. Ne4 Rg8 $6
48. c4 $6 ({Faster wins} 48. Nxd6+ $1 Bxd6 49. Rxd6 Qxd6 50. Qxd6 Rgd8 51.
Rxf4+ $1 {(Van Wely).}) 48... Rg6 49. Ra2 Qb4 50. Ra4 Qb6 51. Rd5 {The
blockade of the centre has been completed.} Rcg8 52. Ra2 a4 53. bxa4 Qc6 54. c5
dxc5 55. Rxe5 Rd8 56. Qc1 c4 57. h3 Ke8 58. Re2 Rd7 59. Nc5 Rc7 60. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 ({Svidler did not fare well with} 17. Qh5 {
against Kasparov in 1998.}) 17... Ne7 ({Equally good is} 17... b4 {
(Golubev-Nechaev, Donetzk 1998).}) 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 d5 21.
Nc2 $6 ({White keeps a plus with} 21. Ra6 $1 {Rogozenko mentions} f4 $6 22.
Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Nxd5 {White has a better endgame.}) 21... Rb7
22. Bc6 Rxb2 23. Ra8 Qd6 24. Ra6 Qc5 25. Nb4 {A difficult tactical position
has arisen.} Qxc3 ({Black seems to win by} 25... d4 $1 26. Nd3 Qc4 27. cxd4
Qxa6 {but} 28. d5 $1 Rb6 29. Nc5 Qc4 30. Nxe6 Rxc6 31. Nxf8 Rd6 32. Ne6 Qxd5
33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 {draws.}) 26. Bxd5 Qxb4 27. Bxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5
9. Nf5 h5 ({If Black wants to avoid an instant draw, he has to play} 9... Nc6
10. Be2 g6 {(Anand-Kasparov, Linares 1998).}) 10. gxh5 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxh5 12.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qg5+ 15. Ke1 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 {Although this game
is identical to Shirov-Kasparov, Monaco 1996, Gary was angry about the draw. 
Super trio: Kasparov 8 1/2, Anand 8, Kramnik 7.  Anand approaches Kasparov.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 c5 10. h3 Bh5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Ne4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 $1 {This idea stems from the little known
game Levtchouk-Duong Thanh Nha, Quebec 1992.} Nb6 $6 ({Shirov improved play
with} 11... Nf6 $1 12. a4 $1 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nd5 $1) 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 Rxf3 $5 ({
Unpleasant is} 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rd1 {(Ftacnik).}) 14.
gxf3 Nxd4 15. Rd1 $1 c5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. hxg6 {The black king is the target.}
h6 $2 ({After the natural} 17... hxg6 18. Qc2 {(Kasparov)} Qf8 $1 19. Qxg6 Qf5
20. Qe8+ Qf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {Black might survive the endgame.}) 18. Rh5 $5 {
Kasparov wants to control d5.} ({But} 18. f4 $1 Nd5 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. f5 {gains a big advantage.}) 18... Qe8 19. Ne2 Qxg6 20. Rh1 Kh8 $6 ({More
resistance offers} 20... Bb7 21. Rg1 Qf6 22. Rxd4 Bd5) 21. Rg1 Qf7 22. Nxd4 Nd5
23. Qd3 $1 Bd7 (23... e5 24. Nxb5 $1) 24. Qe4 Rc8 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Qh4 Rc5 27.
Ne2 $1 Nd5 28. Rg6 Qf8 29. Qe4 Qf7 30. Kd2 Nf6 31. Qe3 {White decides the game
with a doubling of rooks on the g-file.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nc4 Bd5 14. Nfe5
b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Rxd7 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Bf8 {Super
trio: Kasparov 9 1/2, Anand 8 1/2, Kramnik 7 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 b5 $5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5
$1 ({The passive} 8. Na2 {stems from Huberty-Alho, Singapore 1990.}) 8... Nxd5
9. exd5 g6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Qc7 12. Bb3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Ne2 a5 15. O-O-O
Rc8 16. Nd4 Bg7 ({Anand analyses} 16... Bxd5 $6 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. Na7 Bxb3 19.
Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Kb1 Bxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Kxc2) 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. g4 Nd7 19. Kb1
Nc5 20. h4 h5 $1 21. Bd4 Kf8 22. Rhg1 Qd7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nd4 Nxb3 25. cxb3
$1 Kf8 $1 ({Risk takes} 25... hxg4 26. fxg4 Rc5 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Qd4 Rh7) 26.
Nc2 hxg4 27. fxg4 Rxh4 28. Ne3 e5 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Qg5 32. Rh7
Rc7 33. Ka2 Ba6 34. Qh2 {White's attack has an unexpected strength.} Bd3 $4 ({
Another trap is} 34... Qxe3 $4 35. Qh4 $1 g5 36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Qe6+) ({Black
can escape by} 34... Ke7 $1 35. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 36. Qh7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38.
Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qg8+ {and a perpetual (Anand).}) 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Ra8 Qf6 37. g5 (
{Faster wins} 37. Qh6 $1 Kd7 38. Qf8 Qe7 39. Qb8) 37... Qg7 (37... Qxg5 38. Qh8
Rd7 39. Re8#) 38. Qd2 e4 $6 ({After} 38... Bf5 39. Nc4 {the win will take time
(Atlas).}) 39. Ng4 Rd7 40. Nf6 Rd8 41. Qc1 $1 ({Elegantly ends} 41. Qc1 Rxa8
42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qxd6#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qa5+
15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. a4 Qc4 18. b3 Qd3 19. Qf3 Qe4+ 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21.
b4 Ke7 22. f3 Nc3 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Ke2 Rfd8 25. Rhd1 c2 26. Rdc1 ({Known is} 
26. Rxd8 Rxa4 27. Rc8 Rxa1 28. Rxc2 Rb1 $11 {(Tkachiev-Morovic, Porec 1998).})
26... Rd4 27. Rxc2 Rxb4 28. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qd3 a6 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Rhe1 d5 ({Yermolinsky does not know the
theory} 11... Ng4 {(Tseitlin-Ehlvest, Katerini 1992).}) 12. e5 Ne4 $2 ({
Correct is} 12... Nd7 13. Nd4 Qc7) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8
16. Nd2 Bb6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxf2 19. Rb4 {Black will lose a pawn.} b6 $2
({Better chances are offered by} 19... b5 $1 20. a4 Ke7 $1 (20... Bc5 $2 21.
Rb3 b4 22. Bd2 a5 23. c3 {(Timman)} O-O $5 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Bxb4 Rb8 26. Bxc5
$1 Rxb3 27. a5 f6 28. a6 Rb8 29. b4 Kf7 30. a7 Rc8 31. b5 $1 {The a-pawn will
queen.}) 21. axb5 Rb8 22. c4 Bc5 23. Rb3 axb5 24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25. cxb5 Kd7 {The
bishop will be hard to win for White.}) 20. Ra4 $1 a5 21. b4 Kd7 22. bxa5 bxa5
23. Rxa5 Rc8 24. Ra3 Rc4 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 h5 27. Kb2 $1 f5 28. Kb3 Rg4
29. Rg3 Re4 {If Black exchanges the rooks, the pawn ending is lost.} 30. Rxg7+
Kc6 31. Rh7 Rxe5 32. Rxh5 Rb5+ 33. Kc3 Rc5+ 34. Kd2 Ra5 35. h4 Rxa2 36. Rh8 Kd6
37. h5 Ke7 38. h6 Kf7 (38... Kf6 39. Rg8 Ra7 40. Rg3 Rh7 41. Rh3 Kg5 42. c4 {
(Timman).}) 39. Re8 $1 {Super trio: Kasparov 10, Anand 9 1/2, Kramnik 8. 
Kasparov has won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Corus 2000 was played from 15-31 i. The wins by Kasparov have been analysed.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Bd4 Qd6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 $6
{White weakens the centre.} ({Better is} 14. Rc1 {(Tihonov-Notkin, Minsk 2001).
}) 14... Qf6 15. Qd2 c6 16. dxc6 $6 ({Kasparov suggests} 16. e5) 16... Rfd8 17.
Qe3 Nac4 $5 18. Qc5 Rac8 $1 19. c7 Rd7 20. Bxc4 Rcxc7 21. Qg5 Rxc4 22. Qxf6+
Kxf6 23. Rc1 Rcd4 {Black has collected advantages.} 24. b3 Rd3 25. Ke2 $6 {The
king will be chased.} Rd2+ 26. Kf3 R7d3+ 27. Kg2 e6 28. Rhe1 Ke7 29. f5 Nd7 30.
fxe6 fxe6 31. Kf1 Ne5 32. Re2 g5 33. Na4 Rd1+ 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Rd7 $2 ({
Black could have crowned the restraint by} 35... Kd6 $1 36. Nc5 $6 b6 $1 {
(Kasparov and Shipov)} 37. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 38. Kd2 Nxc1 39. Kxc1 Ke5) 36. Ke2 Nd3
37. Rc3 Nf4+ 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Nc5 Rc7 {Korchnoi has to make the last move
before the time control.} 40. h4 $2 ({Right is} 40. Ke3 $1 h5 41. f3 $1 {
(opens square f2 for the king)} b6 42. Na4 Rxc3+ 43. Nxc3 Ke5 44. a3 Ng2+ 45.
Kf2 $1) 40... e5 41. hxg5+ Kxg5 42. Rc4 b5 43. Rc1 b4 44. Rc4 a5 45. Na4 Rf7
46. Ke3 Ng2+ 47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Ke3 h5 49. Rc5 Ng2+ 50. Ke2 h4 $1 {White cannot
stop the passed pawn.} 51. Rxe5+ Kg4 52. Re8 Nf4+ 53. Ke3 h3 54. f3+ Kh4 (54...
Kh4 55. Rh8+ Nh5 56. Kf2 Rg7 {and Black wins.}) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. Bh3 g5 $2 ({Usual is} 13...
Qa5) 14. Bg2 $1 gxh4 15. Rxh4 dxe4 ({Not} 15... Nxe4 $2 16. fxe4 $1 Qxh4 17.
exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 $1 {(Ftacnik).}) 16. g5 Nd5 17. Rxe4 hxg5 ({Sacrifices
crush the defence in} 17... Qa5 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ $1 Kf7 20. Qd3 $1
Kxe6 21. Qe4+ $1 Ne5 22. Bh3+ Kd6 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Qg6+) 18. Bxg5 Qa5 19. f4 Rh2
({Or} 19... e5 20. Nb3 $1 Qxa4 21. Rxe5+ $1 Nxe5 22. Bxd5) 20. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 21.
Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Qd3 $3 {Kasparov finds an elegant decision.} Bg7 ({The pointe is
} 22... Kxe6 23. Bxd5+ Bxd5 24. Qg6+ Nf6 25. Qxf6+ Kd7 26. Rxd5+ Qxd5 27. Nb6+)
23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Rxd5 Qxa4 25. Re7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Ng4 $6 (14... fxg3 $6 15. hxg3 Kb8 {stems from Corral Blanco - Lopez de Lerma,
Asturias 1986.}) 15. a5 fxg3 16. hxg3 a6 {Black has to weaken his pawn
structure.} 17. Ra4 Ndf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 $6 ({Kasparov and Hübner prefer} 18...
Nd5 $1) 19. Bxe4 h5 20. Kf1 Kb8 21. Kg2 Be7 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Bf3 Ne5 $6 (23...
Qe6 24. Qc3 {(Hübner)} f5 {keeps the material equality.}) 24. Bxh5 Qe6 25. Qc3
f6 26. Rah4 Qf5 27. Bf3 Rxh4 28. Rxh4 Qb1 29. Rh1 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Qxd1 31. b4 Kc7
32. Qc5 Qd6 33. Qxd6+ Kxd6 34. Be4 Nc4 35. Bd3 Nb2 36. f4 Nd1 37. g4 Ne3+ 38.
Kf3 Nd5 39. Ke4 Nxb4 40. Bc4 c5 41. g5 fxg5 42. fxg5 Ke7 43. Kf5 Nc2 44. Ke5
Ne3 45. Be6 c4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1
dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 $5 ({Kasparov deviates from} 16. Bd4 {in his game
against Adams in Sarajevo 1999.}) 16... g5 $6 17. Qd4 $1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 19.
Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O {White has the better endgame.} Ke7 21. Rhe1 Rhd8 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Re4 {Weak pawns become a target.} Rd5 ({Mikhalevski mentions} 23...
Nf4 24. Ra4 $1) 24. Kc2 c5 25. Ra4 Nd4+ 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxa7 Kd7 28. Kd3 Rxe5
29. Ra4 $1 c5 30. b4 $1 Ke6 31. Ra6+ Kf5 32. b5 Rd5 33. Rc6 c4+ 34. Kxc4 d3 35.
Kxd5 d2 36. g4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nb5 Qc4 11. a4 $2 ({Better is} 11. Qb3 {
(Ornstein-Smejkal, Skopje 1972).}) 11... O-O 12. b3 Qg4 13. Be3 Be6 $1 14. Nxc7
(14. Bxb7 {lost in Kaabi-Szekely, Djerba 1998.}) 14... Rad8 15. Qb1 Bxa1 16.
Qxa1 Bxb3 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bh6 Qd4 19. Nd5 Qxa1 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Rxa1 Rfe8 22.
Bg5 Rd6 23. Nd5 Rxe2 24. Bf6+ Rxf6 $1 (24... Kg8 $6 25. Bc3 f5 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27.
Bd5+ Rxd5 28. Nxd5 {gives up the extra exchange less favourably.}) 25. Nxf6 Kg7
26. a6 bxa6 27. Nd7 a5 28. Nc5 a4 29. Nxa4 Re5 30. Nc3 Nd2 31. f4 Rc5 32. Ne2
a5 33. Kf2 Bc4 34. Ke3 Nb3 35. Ra3 Rc8 36. Nc3 Re8+ 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Bf1 Be6 39.
Be2 Rc8 40. Ne4 Bd5 41. Nd6 Rc6 42. Nb5 Rc1 43. Ke3 Re1 44. Kf2 Rc1 45. Ke3 Re1
46. Kf2 Ra1 47. Rxa1 Nxa1 48. Ke3 Nb3 49. Bd1 Kf6 50. Kd3 Nc5+ $2 (50... Bc6 $1
51. Na7 Ba4 52. Kc3 Nc5 {keeps the advantage (Kasparov).}) 51. Kd4 Bb3 52. Bf3
Nd7 53. Nd6 Ke6 54. Nb7 a4 55. Kc3 Nf6 56. Nc5+ Kf5 57. Nxb3 axb3 58. Kxb3 Ng4
59. h3 Ne3 60. Be2 $2 ({Right is} 60. Kc3 Nf1 61. Kd3 Nxg3 62. Ke3 Nf1+ 63. Kf2
Kxf4 64. Bd5 Nd2 65. Bxf7 {drawn (Kasparov and Shipov).}) 60... Ke4 61. Kc3 Nf5
62. Bc4 Nxg3 63. Bxf7 Ne2+ 64. Kd2 Nxf4 65. h4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bc4 $5 ({The solid} 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Nb3 {occurred
in Jirovsky-Fajman, Czechia 2000.}) 11... Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nde2 $6 Qxb2 $1
14. Bb3 Qa3 $1 {Judit could capture the pawn without great risks.} 15. f4 Nc6
16. Kh1 Be6 17. Qd3 Rac8 {Black simply develops.} 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nd5 Rfe8 $6
20. Rad1 Nb4 21. Qf3 $6 ({More active is} 21. Qe3 $1) 21... Nbxd5 22. exd5 Bd7
23. c3 a5 24. Qd3 a4 25. Bc2 Qc5 $2 ({Best is} 25... Kf8 $1 {(Stohl)} 26. Bb1
Rc5) 26. Rxf6 $1 {Kasparov creates new chances.} exf6 (26... Bxf6 $2 27. Qh7+
Kf8 28. Nf4 $1 gxf4 29. Bxf4 e5 30. Bg6 $1 Ke7 31. Qxf7+ Kd8 32. Qxf6+ Kc7 33.
Bxe8 Rxe8 {(Kasparov) favours White.}) 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nd4 Re5 $1 29. Bxe5
fxe5 $6 ({Better is} 29... dxe5 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 {(Kasparov)} Rd8 32. Bxa4
b5 $1) 30. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Rc7 32. Bxa4 d5 33. Qf5 $6 ({Kasparov prefers
} 33. exf7 Rxf7 34. Bb3 Qb5 35. Qb1 $1) 33... Qc4 34. Bd7 Qf4 35. Qb1 $1 {
White threatens Rf1.} fxe6 $2 ({Correct is} 35... Qc4 $1 36. Rf1 f6 37. Re1 $1
e4 38. Qd1 Qxc3 39. Rxe4 Ke7 40. Qxd5 {(Stohl)} Qc5 $1 {and Black has survival
chances.}) 36. Bxe6 $1 Ke7 37. Bxd5 Rd7 38. c4 Qe3 39. Qh7 Kd8 40. Rb1 Qf4 41.
Be6 Re7 42. Bg4 Rf7 43. Qd3+ Qd4 44. Qg6 {Kasparov scored 9 1/2 out of 13 (six
wins and seven draws), 1 1/2 points more than Kramnik, Lékó and Anand.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. Bb3 $6 ({Usual is} 9. f5 d5 10. Bb3) 9... Na5 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12.
Bh4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Qg3 (14. Kh1 {was played in Gamboa-Wojtkiewicz, St
Martin 1993.}) 14... f5 15. Rae1 $6 {White will lose control over the centre.}
({Right is} 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e5 $1) 15... Nc6 16. exf5 $6 gxf5 17. Re2 Rae8
18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. Qh3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rg8 22. Nd1 Rg6 23. c3 Bg7 24.
Ne3 Rf8 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bh4 $6 (26. Qh5 $5 {holds up the kingside attack.})
26... b5 27. Nf1 b4 28. cxb4 $6 cxb4 29. Ne3 Rg8 30. Bg3 Bd4 31. Nc4 R8g7 32.
Qh5 Kh7 33. Ne3 Qb5 34. Rd2 a6 35. Qh3 h5 36. Ree2 h4 $1 37. Be1 Bxe3 38. Qxe3
(38. Rxe3 Qc5 $1 39. Rg3 Rg4 {(Kasparov).}) 38... Qc6 39. Qh3 Qc1 40. Qxh4+ Rh6
41. Rc2 Qd1 42. Rcd2 Qb1 $1 43. Qf2 Rxg2 44. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qa2 46. Rc2
Rg6+ 47. Bg3 Qxb3 48. Red2 a5 49. Kf2 a4 50. Rc6 a3 51. bxa3 bxa3 52. Ke2 e5
53. fxe5 f4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. g4 b4 $5 ({Known is} 18... Rc7 {
(Macieja-Rogozenko, Istanbul 2000).}) 19. a4 Qc5 20. Kb1 e5 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22.
h4 $1 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 {White threatens to begin a horrible attack.}
h5 $2 ({An interesting variation is} 24... d5 $5 25. h5 d4 26. h6+ $1 {(Anand),
and now} Kf8 $1 27. Qf4 Rc6 $1 28. Qb8+ Rc8 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 d3 $1 31. Rd5
Ke7 32. Rxd3 Rc5 33. Re3+ Kd7 $1 34. f4 Rd5 35. Kc2 f6 36. Rd3 Kd6 {drawn.})
25. Ka2 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rh8 27. Qf4 $1 Rxh4 28. Rf1 Qe5 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Rf6 $5
(30. Rg1 $1 Kg5 31. Rd1 $1 {wins more quickly (Anand).}) 30... Rxg4 31. Re6 Qg7
32. Qf3 Qd4 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34. Rxd6 Qe5 35. Qd8 Rg5 36. Rd7 Kg4 37. Rd1 Qe3 $6
38. Rd4+ Qxd4 39. Qxd4+ Kh5 40. Qh8+ Kg4 41. Qg7 Kh5 42. Qh7+ Kg4 43. Kb1 Kf5
44. Qf7+ Ke4 45. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5
$5 {Kasparov plays a new and sharp move.} 9. g4 $6 ({The crucial variation is} 
9. e5 $1 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 $1 Nd5 {(Kasparov)} 12. Kh2) 9... a5 10.
f5 b4 11. Qe1 Ba6 12. Qh4 $2 ({Right is} 12. Nbd2 {(Kasparov).}) 12... c4 $1
13. Bh6 $2 cxd3 14. cxd3 Bxd3 15. Re1 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Ne5 18. Nbd2
Rac8 19. Ng5 Rc2 20. Rf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Rfc8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nb3 Rxg2 $1 24.
Kxg2 Rc2+ 25. Kg3 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1
Na5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 e6 18. Be3 exd5 19. exd5 b6 20. Ba6 Rd8
21. Rhd1 Bc8 $5 ({Loek diverts from} 21... Ba4 22. Rd3 h5 {(Piket-Van Wely,
Groningen 2000).}) 22. Bxc8 Raxc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd4 $1 Bf8 $2 ({Right is} 
24... Bxd4 25. Rxd4 f6 {and the king will help out (Kramnik).}) 25. Nb5 $1 a6
26. d6 $1 {Kramnik makes a surprising move.} Rc2+ $6 (26... axb5 $1 27. d7 Rd8
28. Bxb6 Nc6 29. Bxd8 Nxd8 30. Rd5 $1 {(Krasenkow), and now} Bg7 31. Rxb5 Kf8
32. a4 Ke7 33. a5 Bd4 $1 {brings the last chance.}) 27. Kd3 Rxa2 28. d7 Nb7 29.
Nc3 Rb2 30. Nd5 Rb5 31. Kc2 Bc5 32. Bh6 f6 33. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 c5 6. d5 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bxc4
exd5 9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. Qb3 {Loek presents a new move.} Qd7 $6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12.
Bd2 Rg8 13. Bc3 $5 O-O-O 14. Bxf7 $4 (14. Rg1 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 14... Rxg2
15. Nh4 Ne5 $1 {Black decides the game.} 16. Nxf5 Nd3+ $5 17. Kf1 Rxf2+ 18. Kg1
Kb8 $1 19. Qe6 $6 ({Or} 19. Ng3 Qc6 $1 20. e4 c4 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. axb5 Bc5 {
(Morozevich).}) 19... Rxf5 20. h4 ({The pointe is} 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Be6 Rg7# {
(Hübner).}) 20... Bd6 21. Rf1 $2 Rg8+ $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ba2 Bf5 $6
({Theory is} 14... c4) 15. c4 $1 Rfe8 $6 (15... Nc6 16. d5 Ne5 {brings a
knight to the centre (Kramnik).}) 16. d5 Nd7 17. f4 $1 {White takes the
initiative on the kingside.} exf3 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19. h4 h5 $2 (19... f6 $1 {
controls square e5.}) 20. Bb1 $1 {The second bishop has been activated.} Qd6
21. Bc3 b6 22. Ne4 $6 (22. Bf5 $1 {keeps the advantage.}) 22... Rxe4 $1 {Black
takes the chance to counterattack.} 23. Bxe4 Nxc4 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Nxe3
26. Bf3 Nc2 27. Ra2 Re8 28. g4 $1 hxg4 $2 {Black should play the offside
knight.} ({Right is} 28... Ne1 $1 29. Be2 $1 {(Kramnik)} Nd3 $1 30. Bxd3 Bxd3
31. gxh5 Be2 $1) 29. Bxg4 Ne5 30. d6 $1 Nxg4 31. Rxg4 Re6 32. h5 Bd3 33. d7 Rd6
34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. h6 Nd4 36. Rag2 Bg6 37. Rf2 $1 Nf5 38. h7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Ng5 d5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. cxd4 ({Best is} 11. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 12. Qh5+
Kg8 13. Qxe5 {(Short-Adams, Sarajevo 2000).}) 11... Ng4 12. Qf3 $2 ({The Evans
Gambit proceeds by} 12. Ba3 $1 Nxd5 $1 13. Bxf8 Qxg5 $1 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 {
(Anderssen-Mieses, Breslau 1867).}) 12... Nf6 $1 {Adams improves the theory.}
13. Ba3 h6 14. Ne4 ({Or} 14. Qe2 Nfxd5 $1 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxf8 Qxg5 {(Adams).
}) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Bb2 Nf5 17. Qf4 {The white position is poor.}
Bb4 $5 (17... Qd6 $1 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 {consolidates the advantage (Adams).}) 18.
Na3 Bd6 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nc4 $2 b5 (21... Nh4 22. f4 Bg4 23. Ne5 $1
Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 Bxf3 26. Rf1 {leads to an ambiguous position 
(Adams).}) 22. Ne5 $2 (22. Nxd6 Nxd6 {(Adams)} 23. Rae1 {tries to survive.})
22... Bb7 23. Rae1 a5 $1 24. a3 b4 $1 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Nh4
$1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
e5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Rd1 cxd5 15.
exd5 Nf5 16. d6 Rb8 17. Qd3 $1 {The passed pawn gets support by this new move.}
Nd4 $6 (17... Re8 18. a4 Nd4 19. Nb5 Re6 {gives more counteraction.}) 18. Nb5
Nd7 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Rac1 Qf6 22. Bb4 Ne5 $2 {Black lifts the
blockade.} (22... a5 $3 23. Bxa5 b6 24. Bb4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. d7 Red8 27.
b3 Bf8 {stops the dangerous pawn.}) 23. Qxd4 $1 {A sacrifice opens the way for
the centre pawn.} Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. d7 Red8 27. Bd6 Ra8 28.
Rc7 Bb6 29. Rxb7 Kg7 30. Rxb6 axb6 31. Bxa8 Rxd7 32. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4 d6 7. Nd3 Nc6 8. c3 $5
{Fedorov carries out a novelty in the Kieseritzky.} Nxe4 9. Bxf4 d5 10. Nd2 Bd6
11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 Qf6 {The fight in the centre favours Black.}
14. Bg5 $2 ({Better is} 14. Qxe4 $1 Bf5 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bb5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {
(Ivanchuk).} c6 $1 18. Bc4 Bxe5 19. O-O) 14... Qf5 15. Nxc6 Bg3+ 16. Kd1 bxc6
17. Bc4 Bf2 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Rf1 g3 20. Be3 c5 21. Bxf2 $2 (21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22.
Bxf2 gxf2 23. Qxf2 {gives the final chance.}) 21... Bxc4 22. Qxc4 gxf2 23. Qe2
cxd4 24. Rxf2 Qe5 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Rf5 Qd6 27. Kc2 d3+ 28. Kd2 Rae8 29. Re1 e3+
30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 d2 32. Rf1 Re8+ 33. Kf2 Qf6+ 34. Qf3 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8.
Bg5 $6 ({Ivanchuk diverts from} 8. O-O {(Neumann-Anderssen, Berlin 1864).})
8... Re8 9. f4 $1 dxe4 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4
g5 $1 {Kramnik takes the initiative.} 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 e3 17. Nb3 Bb6 $2 (
{Correct is} 17... Bd6 $1 18. O-O-O Qe7 {(Kramnik).}) 18. Qf3 $1 Be6 19. Rd1 g4
20. Qe2 $1 Qe7 21. Nc6 Qf8 22. Nbd4 Qc5 23. Ne5 Nh5 $6 24. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 25.
Qxg4+ Ng7 26. Nxf7 $2 (26. Qf3 $1 {wins (Kramnik).}) 26... Rf8 $1 {Hereafter
Black wins the game after many errors.} ({He has avoided} 26... Kxf7 $2 27.
Rd7+ Re7 28. Bd6 $1) 27. Ng5 e2 28. Rd4 Rg6 29. h4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Bf2
Nxd4 32. cxd4 Re8 33. a3 Rc6 34. Kd2 Rf6 35. Nf3 Rg6 36. Ng5 Rd6 37. Nf3 c5 38.
Re1 Ba5+ {Neumann played a better opening in the nineteenth century. The
assumed superiority of the current players shows arrogance.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rh3 ({They played} 19. a5 {in
Linares 1999.}) 19... Nc4 $6 ({Usual is} 19... Nxa4) 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Bd2 Be7
22. Be1 Rb8 $5 23. f5 $1 Bc8 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qf3 Bd7 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. g5
hxg5 28. hxg5 Rxh3 29. Qxh3 Qxe5 ({Insufficient is} 29... Bxg5+ $2 30. Kb1 Bh6
{(Kasparov)} 31. Qh5+) 30. Qh5+ $1 Kf8 31. Nf3 $1 {The knight attacks the
queen and a rook assaults a bishop.} Qe3+ {It has been a great battle so far.}
32. Kb2 $6 ({Right is} 32. Bd2 $1 Qa3+ 33. Kb1 Rxb4+ $1 34. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 35. Kc1
Qa3+ 36. Kd2 Qb2 37. Qh8+ Kf7 {(Kasparov)} 38. Ke3 $1) 32... Be8 $2 ({Right is
} 32... Bxa4 $1 33. Bc3 $1 Rxb4+ $1 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. g6+ {
(Kasparov)} Kf6 $1) 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Bc3 {Kasparov scored another fine win
against Topalov in Wijk aan Zee.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qe2 d5 6. d3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nh4 dxe4 10. dxe4 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Qxb5 cxb5
15. Nc3 a6 16. Nf3 Kg7 17. a3 h6 18. Bc1 b6 19. b4 Bb7 20. Bb2 Bc6 21. Bh3 Kf8
22. Rfe1 Ra7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 25. Nd2 Rc7 26. Bxd7 $2 ({Better is} 26.
Rc1 Rec8 27. c3 {(Ivanchuk).}) 26... Nxd7 27. Ne4 Ke7 28. f4 $2 (28. Nc3 $1 f5
29. f3 {avoids the loss of a pawn.}) 28... Rxc2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Kd8 31.
f5 gxf5 32. Rf1 f4 33. gxf4 exf4 34. Nf3 Re3 35. Nd4 Rd3 36. Re1 f3 37. Nc6+
Kc7 38. Rc1 Rd2 39. Be5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5+ Kb7 41. Nxf3 Rxd5 42. Rc3 a5 43. Rb3 Kc6
44. Kf2 Be7 45. Ke3 Bf6 46. Rb1 Kd6 47. h4 Bc3 48. Rb3 Bg7 49. Rb1 h5 50. Ke2
Bh6 51. Rg1 Ke7 52. Rb1 Bf4 53. Rb3 Bd6 54. Ke3 f5 55. Rb1 Kf6 56. Rb3 axb4 57.
axb4 Rd1 58. Ke2 Rc1 59. Nd2 Bf4 60. Nb1 Be5 61. Na3 Rh1 62. Nxb5 Rxh4 63. Na7
Rh2+ 64. Kf1 h4 65. Nc6 Bg3 66. Nd4 Rf2+ 67. Kg1 Ke5 68. Nf3+ Kf4 69. Ne1 Kg4
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Shirov had scored 6 1/2 points in 8 rounds by beating the weaker players.
Kasparov followed by one point.  There had been great hostilities between them
in the previous years. They did not shake hands before the game began.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9.
Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 $1 {Gary has prepared
something.} Nxc3 14. bxc3 Kh8 $5 ({The pointe is} 14... Bxe5 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1
Kh8 16. dxe5 g6 17. Qd2 $1 Kxh7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. exf6
Qxf6 22. f3 $1 {and 23.g4 (Kasparov).}) 15. f4 Bxe5 $2 {Black commits the
decisive error.} ({Better is} 15... f6 $1 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Rb1 {and White has a
plus (Kasparov).}) 16. fxe5 Bg6 17. a4 $1 Qd7 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 ({The
game is lost due to} 19... hxg6 20. Rf3 $1 {White has a strong attack.}) 20.
Qb3 b6 21. Bd6 Nc7 22. Rf3 $1 Rac8 23. Raf1 h6 24. Qc2 Qg4 25. Rg3 Qh5 26. Rh3
Qg5 27. Rg3 Qh5 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxg6 Qh4 30. h3 Qxd4+ 31. cxd4 Rxc2 32. Rf7
Rg8 33. Rd6 Rc4 34. Rxd5 Rxa4 35. Rdd7 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Kh7 38. e6 Kg6
39. d5 Rc8 40. Rc7 Re8 41. g4 a5 42. Rxg7+ Kf6 43. Rgf7+ Ke5 44. Rf5+ Kd4 45.
e7 {Shirov rushed away. Kasparov had his moment of glory.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nd5 8.
g3 $5 {Kramnik chooses a new and solid move.} e5 9. Bg2 Nxc3 $6 ({A novelty
will become} 9... exd4 $1 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. Qxf6 N7xf6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 {
(Kasparov-Morozevich).}) 10. bxc3 exd4 11. Qxd4 $1 Nc5 12. Qe3+ Ne6 13. a5 $1
Bc2 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Bb3 16. a6 Bd5 17. axb7 Rb8 18. f3 c5 19. O-O Rxb7
20. Rfd1 Rd7 21. c4 $6 ({Better is} 21. Rd3 O-O 22. Rad1 Bc6) 21... Bc6 22.
Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Nc2 Bc8 $1 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. exd3 a6 26. f4 Ke7 27. f5 Nc7 28. Ra5
Kd6 29. d4 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Re8 31. Kf2 $6 (31. f6 $1 g6 32. Nf3 h6 {(Morozevich).
}) 31... Re5 $1 32. Rxe5 Kxe5 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Kd3 a5 35. Kc3 Bd7 36. Bb7 f6 37.
g4 Ba4 38. h3 Bd7 39. Nb3 a4 40. c5+ $1 ({Correct is} 40. Nc1 $1 {(Morozevich).
}) 40... Ke5 $1 41. Nd2 Nd5+ $1 42. Kc4 Ne7 43. Nf3+ Kf4 44. Nd4 Kg3 45. c6
Nxc6 $1 {Black decides the game elegantly.} 46. Nxc6 Kxh3 47. Nd4 Kxg4 48. Be4
Kf4 49. Bc2 a3 50. Kc3 h5 51. Ne6+ Ke5 $1 52. Nxg7 h4 53. Bd1 h3 54. Bf3 Bxf5
55. Nh5 Bg6 56. Kb3 Bxh5 57. Bxh5 h2 58. Bf3 Kf4 59. Bh1 Ke3 60. Kxa3 f5 61.
Kb3 f4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg4 8.
Nde2 Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. c3 b5 14. axb5 axb5
15. Bg5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nd4 b4 $1 18. cxb4 ({Or} 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxb2
$1 20. Qxb2 bxc3 21. Qxc3 {(Morozevich)} Qc8 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Kh2 Bxd4 24. Rfc1
$1) 18... Rxb4 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 h6 21. Bd2 $6 {Fedorov shows too much
optimism.} Rxb2 22. Ba5 Qc8 23. Qd5 Qf5 24. g4 $2 ({The equality is kept by} 
24. f4 $1 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qc2+ 26. Rf2 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Nxc6 28. Ra3) 24... Qf4 25.
c7 $2 ({Correct is} 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4) 25... Nxg4 $1 {Black refutes the
white attack in a wonderful way.} 26. hxg4 Be5 27. Qxe5 ({The pointe is} 27.
Rfc1 $2 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Bf4+ 31. Kg1 Be3+ 32. Kf1 Qf2#
{(Morozevich).}) 27... dxe5 28. Rad1 Rc2 29. Rd8 e4 30. Bb6 Qxg4 31. Ra1 e3 $1
32. Raa8 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qd7 $6 14. c5
Bc7 15. Nh4 $1 {White prepares an attack on the kingside by a novelty.} h6 16.
Bd2 Qd8 $2 {He vacates a square for the knight.} ({Right is} 16... Na6 $1 17.
h3 Re8 $1 18. Qf1 Be6 19. f4 {(Huzman)} Qd8 20. Nf3 Qf6) 17. f4 $1 Bc8 $5 18.
Qg3 $1 b6 {This 'freeing move' only frees d4 for the white bishop (McShane).} (
{Even worse is} 18... Nd7 $2 19. Nf5 $1) 19. Re1 bxc5 20. dxc5 Qf8 21. Be3 Na6
22. Bd4 $1 {White threatens 23.Re8!} g5 23. Qf2 $1 (23. Qf2 gxh4 24. Qxh4 {and
the black king is helpless.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bc4 Qb6 12. O-O Nxe4 $2 {This new move will be
punished.} 13. Nxe4 Qxd4 14. Nxd6+ $1 {Ivanchuk opens the position by a knight
sacrifice.} exd6 15. Qe2+ Be6 ({Ivanchuk analyses} 15... Be5 16. Rad1) ({and} 
15... Kd7 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Rxd6+ Qxd6 18. Rd1 {White has a winning attack in
both cases.}) 16. Bxe6 O-O 17. Rad1 $5 Qf6 $5 ({Or} 17... Qxb2 18. Bd5 Nc6 19.
Bxd6 {and White has a great positional advantage.}) 18. Bd5 Nc6 19. c3 Rad8 20.
Rfe1 Qg6 21. a4 Kh7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxa6 d5 24. a5 f5 25. Be5 Ra8 26. Qb6 Rf7
27. b4 f4 28. f3 h5 29. Qf2 Bh6 30. Bd4 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. fxg4 f3 33. gxf3
Raf8 34. Kg2 Rxf3 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. Kxf3 Qc2 37. a6 Qh2 38. Be5 Qa2 39. Ra1 Qc2
40. a7 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. b4 Nxb4 $5 10. Nxe5 c6 $5 {Timman chooses a new approach.} 11. a3
N4d5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. a4 Bf6 14. d4 $1 Bf5 15. Rb5 $5 a6 16. Rb2 Rc8 17. Bf4
Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Re8 19. e3 Re7 $1 {Pawn b7 gets protection.} 20. g4 $5 Be4 21. f3
Nc4 22. Re2 Bg6 23. h4 $5 f6 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Rfe1 Rc6 26. h5 Bf7 27. e4 dxe4
28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bd5 30. Re2 Rc8 $6 ({The advance} 30... b5 $1 {takes
the initiative on the queenside.}) 31. h6 $1 g5 32. Bg3 Re8 33. Qe1 Rxe2 34.
Qxe2 Kf8 35. Qd3 Nb6 $2 (35... b5 {is still okay.}) 36. a5 $1 Nc4 37. Bf1 $1
Qe7 ({The pointe is} 37... Nxa5 38. Qa3+) 38. Qc3 Qe3+ 39. Qxe3 Nxe3 40. Bd3
Nc4 $6 (40... Bg8 $5 41. Kf2 Nd5 {reorganises the defence.}) 41. Be1 $6 (41.
Bc7 $1 Kg8 42. Bd8 {wins immediately.}) 41... Kg8 42. Kf2 b5 $6 {Black weakens
pawn a6.} 43. Bb4 Nb2 44. Bf5 Bc4 45. Ke3 Bd5 46. Bc8 Nc4+ 47. Ke2 {Kasparov
had scored his fifth win. It would suffice for the general triumph.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bf4 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 f6 8. Nbd2
({Known is} 8. O-O) 8... fxe5 9. Bxe5 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O $5 {It is
safer to castle on the kingside.} a5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Kb1 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 a4 15.
Nc1 a3 16. b3 Qa5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Rhe1 $2 {White should offer a
pawn.} (19. Be4 $1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxf2 21. Nd3 {starts a counterattack.}) 19...
Nd5 $1 20. Qd2 Ncb4 $1 21. Ne2 Rxf2 22. Be4 b5 23. Qd4 Rxe2 $1 24. Rxe2 bxc4
25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. bxc4 Ba6 27. Rc1 Nf4 28. Rd2 e5 29. Qe3 Bxc4 30. Ka1 Qf7 31.
g3 Nd3 32. Rxd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 h6 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. axb3 Kf7 36. Rc6 a2 37. h4
Ra3 38. b4 e4 39. Rc4 e3 40. Re4 Kf6 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 Kf5 43. Re7 Kf4 44. b5
Rb3 45. Rf7+ Ke4 46. Re7+ Kd3 47. Rd7+ Kc2 48. Rc7+ Kd2 49. Kxa2 Rxb5 50. Rxg7
e2 51. Rd7+ Kc2 52. Rc7+ Kd3 53. Re7 Rxh5 {Shirov has passed the dark tunnel
of Kasparov, Anand, Ivanchuk and Kramnik in four rounds and scored
half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Qc2 Rb8 $1 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bf1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. dxc5 Bb7 20. Nb3 Nd7 21.
Qb2 g6 22. Bg2 f5 23. Nd4 $2 ({Better is} 23. Re2 Bc6 24. Red2) 23... Nxc5 24.
Nb5 Qb6 25. Qa3 Rf7 26. Qxa7 Qxa7 27. Nxa7 Nd3 28. Re2 Bc5 29. Nb5 f4 $1 30.
Bh3 $2 ({Anand prefers} 30. gxf4 $1 Nxf4 31. Red2) 30... Nxf2 $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. Qf2 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
h4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 a5 18. Bh3 a4 {This position is known from
Degenhardt-Rappaz, Zürich 1987. Anand refutes the black setup.} 19. Nc1 $1 Rcb8
20. Bg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Bxd7 $1 Qxd7 23. Qd2 Rb5 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. Nxf4 b3
26. cxb3 $1 axb3 27. a3 Rc2 28. Qd3 Rb8 {The black attack has ended. Hereafter,
Vishy shows the superiority of the knight over the bishop.} 29. Rd4 Bf8 30. Nd5
Rf2 31. Qe3 Rg2 32. Rd2 Rg3 33. Qf2 Rh3 34. Rhd1 {Anand had reached the end of
the 'Dutch tunnel' with three points. He routed Piket, Timman and Van Wely.}
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Na6 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc8 14. Rfe1
Qb7+ 15. Kg1 Bxe5 $5 ({Ivanchuk prefers} 15... Rad8) 16. dxe5 {Black has a
backward d-pawn.} Rf7 $6 (16... Qc6 $1 17. b3 Nc5 18. Bd4 a5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 {
offers more resistance.}) 17. b4 c6 18. Rd6 b5 19. Red1 bxc4 20. a3 Rc8 $2 ({
Right is} 20... Nc7 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Qc8 23. Rd1 Nd5 {(Ftacnik).}) 21.
Be1 Nb8 22. a4 c5 23. b5 Qe4 24. Qxe4 fxe4 25. Bc3 Kf8 $6 (25... Rcf8 26. Rf1
g5 {gives counterplay from a crammed position.}) 26. Kg2 Rc7 27. Bd2 Rc8 28. g4
c3 29. Be3 a6 30. Rc1 axb5 31. axb5 Ke8 32. Rxc3 c4 33. h3 Rf8 34. Ba7 Ke7 35.
Rd4 e3 36. fxe3 Rc7 37. Bb6 Rb7 38. Bc5+ Ke8 39. b6 Rg8 40. Ra3 d5 41. exd6 e5
42. Ra7 {Kasparov won the tournament with 9/13. Anand followed by half-a-point.
Ivanchuk and Kramnik scored 8/13. Timman ended with four losses.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Corus 2002 was played from 12-27 i. Bareev won. His enterprising games have
been analysed.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 O-O 9. Rd1 d5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nb5 $5 {Bareev
starts an adventure. He wants to gain bishop a5.} h6 13. Bh4 Nc5 14. Qc2 d3 $1
15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 a6 17. cxd5 $5 {The enterprise continues.} axb5 18. dxe6
Qe8 19. Bxf6 fxe6 (19... gxf6 $6 20. Qc7 Bxf3 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qxf3 fxe6 23. b4
{favours White.}) 20. Be5 Be4 21. Rd7 $1 {The game ends with a windmill.} Bxc2
({Not} 21... Qxd7 $4 22. Qxe4 {and 23.b4.}) 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. a4 b4 12. a5 $5 Nxa5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bxb4 $1 {
White has begun a venture.} Bxb4 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Bxa6 $1 Qxa6 ({
Hübner gives} 17... Bxa6 $2 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxe2 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Ne5+)
18. Qxa6 Bxa6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxe2 21. Ra8+ Kd7 22. Ne5+ Ke7 23. Rxh8
Bd6 24. Nc6+ Kd7 25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. Nc6+ Kd7 27. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 $5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. a3 Rxd1+
15. Qxd1 Rd8 16. Qe1 Ng4 $6 (16... Bb3 $1 {blockades.}) 17. h3 Nd4 $2 ({Better
is} 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 $4 Nd4 $1) 18... Nge5) 18. hxg4 Nc2 19. Bf4
$1 {A combination leads to the win of a pawn.} Qxf4 20. Qc1 Qxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Bxc3
22. bxc3 (22. Rxc2 $1 {seems to be better.}) 22... Nxa3 23. Ra1 Nc4 24. Rxa6
Rc8 25. c6 Bxg4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Nd4 Rb8 $2 ({Ftacnik analyses} 27... e5 $1
28. Nb5 Kf8 29. Nd6 Rc7 30. Nxc4 Be2 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Nxe5 f6 33. Ra2 {Black
will survive by} fxe5 34. Rxe2 Rxc6) 28. Ra5 Kf8 29. Rc5 Bc8 30. Rd5 Rb1+ 31.
Kh2 Ke8 32. c7 Bd7 33. Nc6 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. e3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd1 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
Nxd5 15. h4 Bg4 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bb5 Re7 18. f3 a6 19. Bf1 Be6 20. e4 Nf4 21.
a3 Ba5 22. Bf2 b6 23. Be3 Rd7 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Bxa6
Bxc3+ 28. bxc3 Ra7 29. Bb5 Rxa3 30. Kd2 Ra2+ 31. Kd3 Rxg2 32. Rh4 Rb2 33. Bc4
b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bf5 Qe7 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 Rad8
$6 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. b4 $1 Na6 17. a3 Nc7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. g3 Nd5
21. Bh3 Be5 22. b5 Qg5 23. Qb3 Nf6 24. Qa4 Qh5 25. Kg2 $2 Bc8 $2 (25... g5 $1
26. Qxa7 Bd5 $1 27. Qxb6 g4 {wins a bishop.}) 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. h3 Qg5 $2 {
Lékó blunders again!!} (27... Nd5 $5 28. Qxa7 Nxe3+ $5 29. fxe3 Bxd4 30. g4
Qxb5 31. Bxd4 Qe2+ 32. Kg3 Qf3+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29.
Nc6 $1 Bxb2 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nxc8 Qf5 32. Nd6 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Be5 34. Qc2 h5 35.
h4 Qg4 36. Kg2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4 38. Qb3 Bxg3 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41.
Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Nxe5
8. b3 Re8 9. Rf1 d5 $5 (9... c6 {was played in Conquest-Loginov, Budapest 1996.
}) 10. d4 {Timman wants to conquer the centre.} Neg4+ 11. Kg1 dxc4 $5 12. bxc4
Ne3 $1 13. Bxe3 Rxe3 14. Qd2 Re8 $6 ({More consistent is} 14... Qe8 $1 15. Rxf6
$1 gxf6 16. Nd5 Rxe2 {(Bareev)} 17. Qd3 $1 Kg7 18. Bf1 Re7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7) 15.
Rad1 $6 (15. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Bxb7 {brings a plus (Bareev).}) 15...
c6 16. Qf4 Bg4 $1 17. Rf2 Bh5 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 $1 Ng4 20. Rff1 Ne5 21. Qc1
$2 ({No risk is taken by the repetition} 21. Rf2 $1) 21... Bxe2 $1 {Black
sacrifices for active play.} 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 24. Bxb7 Kg7 $5 25.
Bd5 Bxf1 26. Qxf1 Rb8 {White cannot stop the entry by the hostile rooks.} 27.
Qf2 Nd3 $1 28. Qxa7 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Rb2+ 30. Kh3 Ne5 31. g4 Ree2 32. Kg3 Rxa2 33.
Qc5 Rad2 $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. O-O Ne6 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. Ne4 Bb4 18. e3 fxe3 19. fxe3 Kb8 20. Nf6 a5
21. g4 Be7 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Qc3 Qc5 24. Rc1 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Nf8 26. Rc5 Nfg6 27.
Be4 Rd2 28. Rf2 Rhd8 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Rxa5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Re1 32. Rh5 Rxe3 33.
Rxh7 Rd4 34. h3 Ka7 35. Kh2 Ne5 36. Nh5 f5 37. gxf5 Rh4 38. Kg2 Rexh3 39. Nf4
Rh2+ 40. Kg3 Rxf2 41. Rxh4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Na4 Rab8 14. Bf4 Rb7 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. bxc4 Rb4 17. Nb2 Qb6 18. Rab1 dxc4 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Rxb4 Bxb4 21.
Bc1 Nd5 22. a3 Bf8 23. Bd2 Qa6 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. e3 Qb5 26. Rb1 Qa6 27. Ra1 Qb5
28. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Nxe5 gxf4 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qd4
Rg8 15. Qe4+ Be7 16. Bh3 O-O-O 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qxf4 Bg5 19. Qf3 Bd2+ 20. Kf1
Qh3+ 21. Qg2 Qe6 22. Qe4 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bh5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
Rac1 Rad8 16. g4 $1 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. g5 Nb6 $1
21. Na4 $1 ({Not} 21. gxf6 $4 Rxd2 $1) 21... Nxa4 22. gxf6 Rd5 23. Be1 Rg5+ ({
Preferable is} 23... Qe5 $1 24. Bf2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 {(Bareev)} Qxb2 $1) 24. Kh1
Nb6 25. Bf2 Qe5 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3 Na4 $6 (27... Rc8 28. Qxe5+ Rxe5 29. f4
Rd5 {keeps the equality.}) 28. Qxe5+ Rxe5 29. b3 $2 (29. f4 $1 Re4 30. Bf3 {
gains a plus (Bareev).}) 29... Bxe3 30. Bg3 Rc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. b4 Na6 33.
Rd3 Bb6 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. a3 Nc7 36. Be5+ Kf8 37. Bd6+ Kg8 38. Bd3 Ne8 $2 (38...
Nd5 $1 {nearly wins (Bareev).}) 39. Be5 Bc7 40. Bd4 a6 41. Be4 Nd6 42. Bf6 b5
43. Kg2 Bb8 44. h4 Ne8 45. Be7 Be5 46. Ra7 f5 47. Ba8 Rc2+ 48. Kf1 Bd4 49. Rxa6
Nc7 50. Rd6 {Black has been attacking for twenty moves and becomes impatient.}
Rf2+ $2 (50... Bb2 {draws.}) 51. Ke1 Nxa8 52. Rxd4 Rxf3 (52... Ra2 {(Bareev)}
53. Bd8 $1 Rxa3 54. Ba5 $1) 53. a4 $1 Nb6 54. axb5 $1 Kf7 ({The pointe is} 
54... Nd5 55. Bd6 Rh3 56. Rxd5 exd5 57. b6) 55. Bc5 e5 56. Rd8 Rb3 57. Bxb6
Rxb4 58. Rd5 Ke6 59. Rc5 Kd6 60. Rc6+ Kd5 61. Rxg6 Rxb5 62. h5 Rb2 63. Kf1 Rh2
64. Rg5 Ke4 65. Kg1 Rh3 66. Ba5 Ra3 67. Be1 f4 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69. Bf2 Ra6 70. Rg6
Ra8 71. Rf6 Rg8+ 72. Rg6 Rc8 73. Rg5 Rc6 74. Bh4 Re6 75. Rg6 Kf5 76. Rxe6 Kxe6
77. Kh3 Kf5 78. Bd8 e4 79. Kh4 e3 80. Bb6 Ke4 81. h6 f3 82. Kg3 f2 83. Kg2 Kd3
84. Kf1 Kd2 85. Bxe3+ Kxe3 86. h7 Kf3 87. h8=Q Ke3 88. Qh3+ Ke4 89. Kxf2 Kd4
90. Qe3+ {Bareev led with 7/10.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 $5 {Black has deplorable results with
this line.} 11. Kb1 Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Be7 $5 {Bareev brings a novelty.}
14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 {Black might have prepared these moves.}
17. Rhg1 Nf4 $2 ({Khalifman analyses} 17... Ng7 $1 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 e5 20.
Qg3 f5 $1 ({he continues with} 20... f6 21. Rxg6 $1 hxg6 22. Qxg6 f5 23. Bh6
Rf7 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Qh5+) 21. Bc3 f4 {tries to win.}) 18. Bxf4
e5 19. Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 $1 {If the black queen flights, White plays Rh5. 
Grischuk and Adams caught uo with the quick loser.} ({The alternative is} 20.
Rg5 f5 21. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Bc4+ $1 Qxc4 25. Rg1+
Kf7 26. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rc1 Rac8 ({My vote goes to} 10... cxd4 $1 11. exd4 Rac8) 11.
c4 Rfe8 12. Re1 d6 13. Bb1 Qb8 14. Nf1 cxd4 15. exd4 d5 16. Ne3 Bf8 $2 ({Right
is} 16... dxc4 17. bxc4 Bd6 {(Stohl).}) 17. b4 $1 a6 ({The point is} 17... dxc4
18. d5 $1 {(Bareev)} Nxd5 19. Ng5 Nf4 20. Bxh7+) 18. c5 g6 19. Qe2 bxc5 20.
dxc5 Bg7 21. Bd3 Qa7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ng4 e5 26. Qd2
Qb8 $5 {Black needs to activate his offside queen.} 27. Qh6+ $5 Kg8 28. Bxa6 $5
Bxa6 29. c6 Nf8 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. c7 Qb5 32. Rc5 Qa4 33. Ra5 Qc6 34. Nh5 Ne6 35.
Nf6 Nf8 36. Nh5 Ne6 37. Rc1 Bc4 38. Nf6 Nf8 39. Nh5 (39. Nxd5 $1 {wins.}) 39...
Ne6 40. Rc5 Qa8 41. Nf6 Nf8 42. Ra5 Qc6 43. Nh5 $2 Ne6 44. Nf6 Nf8 $2 {Lautier
should have claimed a threefold repetition (after moves 38, 42 and 44).} 45.
Nxd5 $1 Nd7 $5 46. Qh4 e4 47. Ne3 Ne5 48. Nxc4 (48. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 49. Qd8+ Re8
50. Qd4+ Kg8 51. Rxc4 {and White glories (Stohl).}) 48... Nd3 49. Rc2 Qxc7 50.
Qf6+ Kg8 51. Ne3 Qxc2 $5 52. Nxc2 Rxc2 53. h3 Rxf2 54. Qxf2 $6 (54. Qc6 Re6 55.
Qc8+ Kg7 56. Ra8 $1 {wins by force (Bareev).}) 54... Nxf2 55. Kxf2 Rc8 $1 56.
b5 Rc3 57. a4 Rb3 58. Ra6 f5 {Strange things are going to happen.} 59. Ra7 $2 (
{Right is} 59. Rc6 f4 60. b6 Rb2+ 61. Ke1 Rb1+ 62. Ke2 $1 Rb2+ 63. Kd1) 59...
f4 60. Re7 e3+ $2 (60... Rb2+ $1 61. Ke1 e3 62. Re4 g5 63. h4 h6 {draws (Stohl)
.}) 61. Kf3 $1 Kf8 ({Or} 61... Rb4 62. a5 $1 Rxb5 63. a6 {(Bareev).}) 62. Re5
Kf7 63. Kxf4 Rb4+ 64. Kxe3 Rxa4 65. Re4 Ra3+ 66. Kd4 $1 Ra2 67. g4 Rh2 68. Re3
Rb2 69. Kc5 Kf6 70. b6 Kg5 71. Rc3 {Bareev and Grischuk shared the lead. Adams
and Morozovich followed by half-a-point after the penultimate round. The event
was decided in the last round.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 $5 h6 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Rg1 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Bb4 $5 {Bareev brings a novelty.} 12. O-O-O
exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 g6 15. Bc4 Nb4 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nf5 $6 {White
plays too hasty.} (17. f3 $1 {(protects a knight)} c5 $1 {, and now} 18. Nf5 $1
gxf5 19. gxf5+ Kh8 20. f6 Nxa2+ $1 21. Qxa2 Nxf6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Qb3 {leads
to a great fight.}) 17... gxf5 18. gxf5+ Kh7 19. Nd6 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5
Nf6 22. Qd4 Bd7 23. e4 Rg8 $1 24. Rgd1 $6 ({Better chances gives} 24. Rg3 {
(Bareev).}) 24... Bc6 25. e5 Ne8 26. Nc4 Rc8 27. Kb1 Qg5 28. Ne3 Ng7 29. h4 Qh5
30. Qf4 Qf3 31. Rd4 ({Or} 31. Qg4 Nxf5 $1 32. Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 33. Nxf5 Be4+ {
(Ftacnik).}) 31... Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Rce8 33. f6 Nh5 {Bareev won and his
competitors drew. So the final standings became Bareev 9, Grischuk 8 1/2,
Adams and Morozovich 8.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Corus 2003 was played from 10-26 i. Anand won. The games among the top eight
have been analysed.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3
Nf6 7. Nc3 c4 8. O-O cxd3 9. cxd3 c5 10. Be3 b6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13.
Qa4 Qd7 14. Qb4 Qd6 15. Qb5 Qd7 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Ng4
Bc6 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. f3 Rd6 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rd1 Qd7 25. Rxd6
Qxd6 26. Qa6 Qd7 27. a4 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Qc4 h6 30. b3 Kh7 31. Ne2 Qd1+ 32.
Kf2 Bd5 33. Qf4 Qc2 34. Kg3 Qxe2 35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38.
Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14.
Rxd6 Rc8 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Rd3 Rhd8 17. Nc1 a5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Be2 h5 22. Nd3 Rd4 23. h4 Bb5 24. g3 b3 25. Re1 Bxd3 26. Bxd3 Be5 27.
f4 Bd6 28. Re3 bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Bc5 30. Rf3 Ra4 31. e5 Bd4 32. Be2 g6 33. Rb3 Bf2
34. Rf3 Be1 35. Bd3 Kf8 36. Re3 Bf2 37. Rf3 Be1 38. Kd1 Ra1+ 39. Ke2 Bb4 40.
Bb5 Ra2 41. Rb3 Ba3 {White was a pawn up but he had no real winning chances.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Nb5 f5 19. Bd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxf3+
21. Kxf3 Rab8 22. Rc3 Rfd8 23. Rcd3 Kf8 24. e4 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 fxe4+ 26. Kxe4 Ke7
27. f4 Rb7 28. b3 Rc8 29. a4 Rc5 30. g4 Rbc7 31. R1d3 h5 32. h3 Rb7 33. f5 hxg4
34. hxg4 g6 35. fxe6 (35. fxg6 $1 Rg5 36. Kf4 Rxg6 {and White keeps a
positional plus.}) 35... dxe6 36. Rd8 Kf6 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. Ke4 Re5+ 39. Kd4 Re1
40. Rf3+ Kg7 41. Rff8 Rg1 42. Ke5 Rxg4 43. Kxe6 Re4+ 44. Kd5 Rbe7 45. Rg8+ Kh6
46. Kc6 R4e6+ 47. Kb5 Rg6 48. b4 g4 49. c5 bxc5 50. bxc5 a6+ 51. Ka5 Ree6 52.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 53. Rd6 Kf5 54. Rxe6 Kxe6 55. c6 Kd6 56. Kb6 g3 57. c7 g2 58. c8=Q
g1=Q+ 59. Kxa6 Qf1+ 60. Ka7 Qf2+ 61. Ka8 Qb6 62. Qc4 Qc6+ 63. Qxc6+ Kxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. exf5 Bxd5
15. f6 e4 16. fxg7 Re8 17. Be2 Re5 18. Qh6 b4 19. Nc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qg5 21.
Qxg5 Rxg5 22. O-O Be6 23. Rfd1 Rc5 24. Rxd6 Rxc3 25. Ne3 Nb4 26. a4 Nc2 27.
Nxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 Nd6 19. b3 Bf6 20. g4 (20.
Rhe1 {was played in Bondarchik-Bets, Nikolaev 2001.}) 20... b5 $1 {Bareev
counters immediately.} 21. Nd2 Kd7 22. Kc2 Bd8 $6 {The bishop should stay on
the kingside.} 23. Nf3 $1 Bf6 $5 {Black changes his mind.} 24. Ne5+ Kc7 25. c5
$5 ({Best is} 25. Bf4 $1 Bxe5 {(Kramnik)} 26. Bxe5) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc8 27.
Rh3 Ne7 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rd6 a5 30. g5 $1 {The attack on the kingside begins.}
hxg5 31. Bxg5 Nf5 $1 32. Rd1 a4 33. b4 Kc8 $2 (33... Rh8 34. Rfd3 Raf8 $1 {is
okay (Lukacs).}) 34. Rfd3 Ra7 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kb7 37. Kc3 Ka6 38. Kd3
Rc7 39. Ke4 Kb7 40. Rd1 Kc8 41. Rd8+ Kb7 42. Kf4 $1 Rc8 43. Rd7+ Rc7 44. Rd3
Kc8 ({Or} 44... Rc8 45. Bd8 $1) 45. Rd8+ Kb7 {Black has a passive position.
White takes advantage in a fine manner.} 46. Bf6 $3 g6 ({The pointe is} 46...
gxf6 47. exf6 Rc8 48. Rxc8 Kxc8 49. Kg5 Kd7 50. h6 Nxh6 51. Kxh6 e5 52. Kh7 $1
e4 (52... Ke6 53. Kg7 a3 54. f3) 53. Kg7 Ke6 54. a3 {and White wins by
zugzwang (Kramnik).}) 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. a4 b4
15. Bd2 f5 16. c3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 e4 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. g3 Bd7 20. Rb1 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. e4 c5 15.
exd5 exd5 16. dxc5 d4 17. Bb2 bxc5 18. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. b4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rac1 d6 15.
Rfd1 Rab8 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Rbc8 18. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Bb3 a5 19. Qg5 Qb7 $5 {Kramnik tries
something new.} 20. f3 h6 $1 21. Qg3 $1 a4 22. Bc2 b4 23. Nc4 $5 {White plans
a temporary piece sacrifice.} Qxd5 24. fxe4 $1 Qxc4 25. exf5 Nd5 $1 ({Or} 25...
Nxf5 26. Rxf5 Rae8 {(Shirov).}) 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Rae8 28. Ref1 Re2 $2 {
Kramnik presumes to start an energetic counterattack.} ({Right is} 28... bxc3
29. Rxh6 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Qe3 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Bh7+ Kh8 {drawn (Shirov).}) 29. Bd3
$1 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Re3 (30... Rxb2 31. Rxh6 Rxa2 $6 32. Rh8+ $1 {has a disastrous
result.}) 31. R6f3 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Qe5 34. c4 Kh8 $5 35. Bc2 Qa5 $2
({Black offers more resistance by} 35... Qe6 36. Bxa4 Qxc4 37. Bb3 Qc5) 36. Qd3
f5 37. Qxd6 Qc3 38. Bd3 Qd2 39. c5 Qxa2 40. c6 Rg8 41. Qg6 $1 Rf8 42. c7 Qg8
43. Qc6 Rc8 44. Ba6 {The world champion lost due to the sharp play by Shirov.}
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2
15. Rad1 e6 16. Nd4 $5 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc6 18. Rd2 Qf6 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. h3 e5 21.
Bg5 Qe6 22. Bg4 f5 23. Bd1 f4 24. Qc3 Nd4 25. Bxf4 Bxa2 26. c6 $6 {Technical
problems begin for White.} Bc4 27. c7 Qd6 28. Bg3 Re7 29. Qa5 $6 ({Van Wely
and Chuchelov prefer} 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxd4 Qxc7 31. Bb3) 29... Rc8 30. Bg4
Rcxc7 31. Rcd1 Nb3 $6 32. Rxd6 Nxa5 33. Bh4 $1 Rf7 34. Rxa6 $6 {A comedy of
exchange losses begins.} ({Better is} 34. Bd8) 34... Nc6 35. Rd6 Nb4 36. Ra8+
Kg7 37. Bg3 Nd3 38. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 39. Bxe5+ Kh6 40. Rd8 $6 ({Right is} 40. Bxc7
Rxc7 41. Rb8 Rc2 {(Van Wely and Chuchelov).}) 40... Rce7 $6 (40... Rc1+ {keeps
the exchange.}) 41. Bd6 $2 (41. Bc3 $1 Bc4 42. Bd2+ Kg7 43. Bc3+ Kh6 44. Bd2+
g5 45. h4 {gives sufficient counter-play.}) 41... Re1+ $1 42. Kh2 Bf5 43. Bb4
Re6 44. Bd1 Rc6 45. Bb3 Be6 46. Bd2+ Kg7 47. Bxe6 Rxe6 48. Bc3+ Kh6 49. f4 Rc6
50. Bd4 g5 51. fxg5+ Kxg5 52. Rb8 Rf5 53. Rg8+ Rg6 54. Rh8 h5 55. Kg3 Rd5 56.
Be3+ Kf6+ 57. Kf3 Kg7 58. Rb8 Re6 59. Bf4 Rd3+ 60. Kf2 Rb3 61. Rd8 Re4 62. Bd2
Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Rh8 Re5 65. Bf4 Rf5 66. g3 Rc5 67. Be3 Rf5+ 68. Bf4 b4 69.
Ke2 Ra5 70. Rh6+ Kf7 71. Kd2 Ra2+ 72. Kc1 Rf3 73. Kb1 b3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. a4 h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6
15. Kh1 Kh7 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. d4 cxd4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Bg3 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Bg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a3 Ne7 $5 14. Nxe7
Qxe7 15. Nb4 Qd7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. O-O Qb7 18. a4 a5 19. Nd5 bxa4 20. Qxa4 Be6
21. Bc4 $6 Qxb2 22. Ra2 Qb7 23. Qxa5 Qc6 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Rxa4
27. Bxa4 Bxd5 28. exd5 Ra8 29. Rb1 g6 30. Bc6 Ra3 31. c4 Rc3 32. g3 $6 Rxc4 {
Judit has lost a pawn, but she survives due to the bishops of different colour.
} 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb7 Rc3 35. Be8 Rf3 36. Ba4 Ra3 37. Be8 Rf3 38. Ba4 e4 39.
Kg2 Ra3 40. Be8 Rf3 41. Ba4 Bd2 42. Rb3 Rf5 43. Bc6 Be1 44. Rb2 Bc3 45. Re2 Bd4
46. Bd7 Re5 47. Bc6 Re7 48. Ra2 Bc5 49. Re2 h5 50. h4 Kf6 51. Ra2 Re5 52. Re2
Kg7 53. f4 Re7 54. Ra2 Kf6 55. Kf1 Kf5 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. Ba4 Rb7 58. Bd1+ Kf5 59.
Re2 e3 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Rc2 Rb4 62. Be2 Kg7 63. Rc1 Rb2 64. Rd1 Kf6 65. Rd3 Ke7
66. Rd1 Kd8 67. Ra1 Kd7 68. Rd1 Ra2 69. Bb5+ Kc7 70. Be2 f5 71. Rd3 Rd2 72.
Rxd2 exd2 73. Bd1 Kb6 74. Ke2 Ka5 75. Bc2 Bg1 76. Kxd2 Bh2 77. g4 Bxf4+ 78. Ke2
hxg4 79. h5 gxh5 80. Bxf5 Kb4 81. Bg6 h4 82. Bf5 g3 83. Kf3 Kc4 84. Bh3 Be5 85.
Ke4 Bf6 86. Bf1+ Kc3 87. Bg2 Kc4 88. Bf1+ Kc5 89. Bg2 Be7 90. Bf1 Bd8 91. Bg2
Kc4 92. Bf1+ Kc3 93. Bg2 Kd2 94. Kf3 Kd3 95. Kg4 Ke3 96. Kh3 Bf6 97. Bh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qxb2 $5 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5
Qxa2 $5 ({The alternative gives} 14... Qc5 15. Nd6+ {(Nielsen-Holst, Aars 1999)
} Kf8 $1) 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Rd1 Qb2 17. Be2 Qb6 $2 ({More active is} 17... a5 $1
18. O-O Qb4) 18. c4 $1 d4 19. Bf3 $2 ({White wins by} 19. Bh5 g6 20. O-O $3
gxh5 21. f5 d3+ 22. Kh1 Nxe5 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. c5 $1 Qxc5 25. Ne4 Qd5 26. Qf6+
Kd7 27. Qxh8 Qxe4 28. Rfe1 {(Shirov).}) 19... a5 $6 20. O-O d3+ 21. Kh1 Qd4 $2
({Right is} 21... Nc5) 22. Nb5 $1 {White offers the c-pawn in order to open
the position.} Qc5 (22... Qxc4) ({Or} 22... Qxc4 23. Nd6 Qd4 24. Rc1 Nb6 25.
Rc3 Bd7 26. Rb1) 23. Qxd3 g6 24. Nd6 Nb6 25. Rb1 $1 Kg7 26. Rb5 Qc7 27. Qd4 Nd7
28. f5 $1 {Shirov crushes the defence.} gxf5 29. Nxf5+ exf5 30. e6+ Ne5 31.
Rxe5 f6 32. Rxf5 Rf8 33. Bd5 Qe7 34. Rh5 Kh8 35. Be4 Bxe6 36. Rxh7+ Qxh7 37.
Bxh7 Kxh7 38. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Bf6 17. Nh2 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rcd8 19. Bf3 h6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21.
hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd3 Nd8 25. g3 c6 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. Rb1
Re7 28. c4 Qc7 29. Rh1 Nf8 30. Qf5 Rd7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Bxd5 Qd8 33. a4 b6 34.
a5 bxa5 35. Ra1 Qf6 36. Rxa5 Rc7 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Kf3 Ne6 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. f4
gxf4+ 41. gxf4 Nc5 42. Rb5 a6 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Ra8 Kd6 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Kg3 Rd7
47. Rc8 Nd3 48. Be4 Nb4 49. c5 Rd8 50. Rc7+ Rd7 51. Rc8 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 Qc8 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Bb3 a5 19. Qg5 Qb7 20. f3 h6 21. Qf4 $5
({Shirov played} 21. Qg3 $1 {against Kramnik in round five.}) 21... a4 22. Bc2
b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. fxe4 Ng6 $1 {Black keeps the position closed.} 25. Qxf5
Bxb2 26. e5 $5 Bxe5 27. Nb1 Rae8 28. Be4 $2 {Shirov breaks down.} ({Right is} 
28. Re4 Qc5+ 29. Qf2) 28... Bf4 $1 29. g3 Re5 30. Qg4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32.
gxf4 Rb8 $1 {White has no proper defence line.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. Rh3 $5 {Grischuk has a weird idea.}
a6 13. Bg5 Qb6 $1 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 $1 {Black combines defence and development.}
15. Bd3 $2 ({Right is} 15. Rb3 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qc7 {(Bareev).}) 15... Bxd3 $5 {
Pawn b2 could be captured.} 16. Rxd3 Qb4+ $5 17. c3 Qe4+ $2 {Pawn b2 should be
taken.} 18. Re3 Qg2 19. Rc1 Qg1+ 20. Kd2 Qxf2+ 21. Re2 $2 ({Correct is} 21. Qe2
Qxe2+ 22. Rxe2) 21... Qc5 22. Qa4 Rc8 23. Rf1 Rc7 24. Kc1 d4 25. Rd1 Rd7 26.
Red2 Qxe5 27. cxd4 $2 ({The last chance gives} 27. Qc4 $1) 27... Qe4 $1 {
Suddenly the white position falls apart by the dominating black queen.} 28. Rc2
f6 29. Bd2 ({Or} 29. Bxf6 Rxh5 $1) 29... b5 30. Qxa6 Nxd4 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Ng3
Qxg4 33. Rg1 Ne2+ 34. Nxe2 Qxe2 35. Rd1 Bb4 $1 36. Qc6 Bxd2+ 37. Kc2 Ba5+ 38.
Kb3 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Ncb4 Bd7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Qd5 Be6 20. Qd3 Bd7 21.
Qd5 Be6 22. Qd3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Ba3 Qd8 16. Rab1 a5 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Qb2 Ra8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. f3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. Kb1 Ng6 12. h4 b4 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. Nf4 Rc8
15. Bd4 f6 16. Nh5 Qd6 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Rd2 Bc5 $2 {Judit miscalculates.} 19.
Nxg7+ $1 Ke7 20. Qe3 $2 (20. Bxc5+ Qxc5 21. f4 {wins easily.}) 20... h5 $1 21.
Be2 Rh7 22. Nxh5 Rxh5 23. f4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Nc6 25. Qe3 Rh7 26. g4 Rg8 27. g5
fxg5 28. fxg5 Qe5 29. Rdd1 Kd8 30. Qb6+ Kc8 31. Qf2 $2 (31. Bxa6 Bxa6 32. Qxa6+
Kc7 {(Grischuk) is better.}) 31... a5 32. Rhg1 a4 $1 33. g6 a3 34. c3 Rh6 35.
g7 bxc3 36. bxa3 Rf6 37. Qb6 Rf7 38. Rg5 Qxe4+ 39. Bd3 Qf3 40. Kc2 Rgxg7 41.
Rxg7 Rxg7 42. Rf1 Rg2+ 43. Kc1 Rb2 $1 44. Qxb7+ Kxb7 45. Rxf3 Rh2 46. Rf4 d5
47. h5 e5 {Judit had won the blunder festival on her way to the second place.}
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Nxe5 9. Nf4 Ne7 10. Qe2 $5 N7c6 11. O-O-O Be7 $1 ({Known is} 11... Qa5 {(De
Vreugt-Kallai, Germany 2001).}) 12. Nfxd5 $6 exd5 13. f4 $2 ({Anand recommends
} 13. Rxd5 Qc8 14. h3 f6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bg2 O-O) 13... d4 $1 14. h4 ({The
pointe is} 14. fxe5 Bg5 $1 15. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1 dxc3) 14... Nd3+ $1 {The
desperado sacrifice wins.} 15. cxd3 h5 $1 16. f5 Bh7 17. Bd2 dxc3 18. Bxc3 O-O
19. d4 a5 20. a3 Re8 21. Qc4 Bxh4 22. Bd3 hxg4 23. Kb1 Qg5 24. Ka1 Rad8 25. Bb1
Ne7 26. Bxa5 Bxf5 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Rhf1 g6 29. Qb3 Be6 30. Qxb7 Qd5 31. Qxd5
Nxd5 32. Rh1 Bf2 33. c6 Rc8 34. Rc1 g3 35. Be4 Nf6 36. Bg2 Bd5 {Black's passed
pawn is stronger than the white quartet of free men.  Anand had won an
important game on his way the the general victory.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8.
Ng5 e5 9. Qh5 d6 10. O-O h6 11. Nh3 Be7 12. Kh1 Bf6 13. Ng1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Qe5
O-O-O 15. Be4 f6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne7 18. f4 f5 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. O-O Nxf4
21. Rxf4 e5 22. Rxf5 exd4 23. Rc5+ Bc6 24. Be4 Kc7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. cxd4 Rxd4
27. Rac1 Rd6 28. h4 Re8 29. R1c2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 e5 14. Qd2 Nd4
15. Qh6 Kh8 16. h4 Rb8 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Rd2 Rg8 19. h5 Ba6 20. Bd3 Rb6 21. Rc2
Rb3 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Bf1 Qe6 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Kb1 Rcb8 26. Ka1 Qe7 27. g4 Bc8 28.
Rg2 Bd7 29. Rdd2 Rg8 30. Ka2 Rb6 31. Rdf2 Be6 32. Rg1 Rc6 33. b3 $1 Rb6 (33...
a5 $1 {is more useful.}) 34. Rfg2 Rbb8 35. f4 Bd7 36. g5 fxg5 37. fxg5 Rg7 38.
Qf6 Qxf6 $2 ({Right is} 38... Qe6 {(Van Wely).}) 39. gxf6 Rxg2+ 40. Rxg2 h6 41.
b4 Rg8 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. b5 Bg4 $6 {Kramnik plays the bishop ending poorly.} (
{However,} 43... Kf8 44. Kb3 $1 Ke8 45. Kb4 Kd8 46. c5 dxc5+ 47. Kxc5 Kc7 48.
Kd5 Kb6 49. Kxe5 {also wins for White (Chuchelov).}) 44. a4 Kf8 ({No good is} 
44... Bxh5 45. a5 Bg4 46. a6 Bd7 47. Be2 $1 {(Van Wely).}) 45. a5 Ke8 46. a6
Kd8 ({Or} 46... Bc8 47. c5 $1 dxc5 48. Bc4) 47. b6 Bd7 48. c5 $1 dxc5 49. Bc4
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. c4 Qe4 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. d5 $6
exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 $1 Bb7 17. h3 Qh5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Rae1 $6 Nb4 20. Bxb4
cxb4 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. e6 $1 Nf6 $1 23. Qf4 $5 {Bareev attacks but he has
overreached himself actually.} O-O $2 ({Right is} 23... Bd5 24. Qd6 Bxe6 25.
Rxe6+ fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. Bf5 Rc7 {and Black wins (Bareev).}) 24. e7 $1 Rfe8
25. Re5 $1 Nd5 $2 ({Right is} 25... Rxe7 $1 26. Rxh5 Bxh5 27. Qxb4 $11 {
(Bareev).}) 26. Qg3 Nxe7 27. Rxh5 Bxh5 28. Re1 Nd5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bc4 $1
Nc3 31. Qc7 b5 32. Bb3 a6 33. f4 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 {Black has no defence against 35.
g4.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. g4 $5 {Vishy leads by half-a-point on Judit. She has
prepared a novelty with the help of a computer.} Nxg4 $1 17. Rdg1 Qf5 ({Anand
has no stomach for the problems of} 17... Nxf2 $5 18. Qe2 Nxh1 19. Qg2 $1) 18.
Qd2 g5 $1 {Black chooses the radical solution.} 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bxh6 (20. Qe2
h5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 {will bring White a plus in Hector-Rasmussen,
Copenhagen 2003.}) 20... Qxf3 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. d5 $1 cxd5 23. Qd4 Nf6 $1 24.
Rxg6+ Kf7 25. Rhg1 Rc8 $1 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27. Qh4 Ke8 28. Qa4+ Kf8 29. Qh4 Ke8 30.
Qa4+ Kf8 {Anand had defended his top position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bc4 a6 11. Bb3 a5 12. Bc4 c6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. h4 {
Polgár also drew quickly in the last round. Anand had won the tournament.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nxd3 14.
Bxd3 Bc5 15. Be2 Rd8 16. b3 Bd7 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Bb2 f6 19. Rac1 Rdc8 $1 20.
Rfd1 b5 $1 {Black takes over the initiative.} 21. e4 $2 ({The following
problems are avoided by} 21. Na3 Ra7 22. Nb1 $1) 21... Nb4 $1 22. e5 Nxa2 $1
23. Rc2 $6 ({Better is} 23. Bxa8 $1 Nxc1 24. Bb7 Ne2+ $1 25. Kf1 Rc7 26. Nd6
Bb4 $1 27. Bxa6 Rc2 28. Ba1 Nf4 {Black has a plus (Notkin).}) 23... Nb4 24.
Rcd2 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. Ne3 Be7 29. Ng4 e5 30.
f4 $5 h5 $1 31. Nf2 $6 ({Opportunism continues by} 31. Nh6 $5) 31... Nd4 32.
Rb7 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxf4 34. Rdd7 Ng6 35. Ne4 Rc6 36. h4 f5 37. Ng3 Rd8 38. Rdc7
Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Rg1 {Van Wely had been leading but he could not
keep his great form until the end.   Anand won the tournament with 8 1/2 out
of 13, half-a-point before Polgár. They lost no games. Bareev became third.
The fourth place was shared by Van Wely, Shirov, Grischuk, Ivanchuk and world
champion Kramnik.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Corus 2004 was played from 9 - 25 i. Anand won for the fourth time. Games
among the top eight have been analysed.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Kb1
Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxa5 Be6 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. e5 Nd7
18. Nb3 Qxe5 19. c4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd2 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. c3 Rfe8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d4
Bf8 16. d5 c4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nd2 Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qf3 Be7 21. Ra2 Reb8 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Rea1 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nb7 26. Ba7 Rc8 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Bxe4 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxc5 31. Qd1 Rc8 32. Qa1 h5 33. Bf3 h4 34. Ra7
Rc7 35. Bh5 Rxa7 36. Qxa7 Qe8 37. Qc7 Bf8 38. Kf1 Qe7 39. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14. Rb1 b6
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc4 c5 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nf5 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Rcc1 Nxd6 25. Qxd6 Qf6 26. Qc7 h6 27. h3
g5 28. a5 Rfb8 29. Qc6 a6 30. Rd7 Kg7 31. Rcd1 Rc8 32. Rc7 Rd8 33. Rf1 Qe5 34.
Qb7 Rf8 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qxa8 Qxa5 37. Qc6 Qa2 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Qd5 40.
Qxa6 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Rxf4 42. Rxf4 Qxf4 43. Qxe6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Nf4 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Ng6 20. Nc1 Nc5 21. b3
Rac8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 a6 $6 ({Usual is} 12... b4 {
(David-Van Wely, France 1999).}) 13. O-O Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na2 Bb7 16. Nb4
{White has a plus.} Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rae1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Bd5 Rac8 $6
{Black gives up the a-file unnecessarily.} 21. Re3 Rc5 22. Ra3 Rd8 23. Rfa1 Rd7
24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. c3 Rc4 26. Qe3 Qc8 27. Ra5 Rb7 28. Ra8 Qd7 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. g3
h5 $5 {Loek seeks counteraction.} 31. Kg2 Qc5 32. Qd2 h4 $6 33. g4 $6 (33. Rh8
$1 Kxh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Ra8+ Qc8 36. Rxc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxh4 {utilises an
opportunity (Kramnik).}) 33... Nxe4 $1 {Black gets real counter-play.} 34. fxe4
Rxe4 35. Nd5 Rxg4+ 36. Kh3 Re4 $2 {Both players miss tactics under time
pressure.} (36... f5 $1 {continues the counterattack.}) 37. Rh8 $1 f6 38. Rxh4
$6 (38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qxg6 {wins at once (Kramnik).}) 38... Rxh4+
39. Kxh4 e6 40. Nb4 Rb8 41. Kg3 d5 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Nd3 Qb6 44. Nf4 g5 $2 45.
Qd4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 e5 8. O-O
Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. f4 f5 13. fxe5 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe5 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Rae1 Bd5 18. Bf4 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. f3 c4 16. Kf2 Kf8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rc6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Ra4 Ne8 22. Nd5 Nd6 23. Bd2 Ke8 24. Bb4 Nb5 25. Bd2 Nd6 26. Bc3 f6 27. Bb4 Nb5
28. Bd2 Nd6 29. Bb4 Nb5 30. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Bd6 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nbd7 13. O-O Ke7 14. e3 a5
15. Rfd1 a4 16. Ne1 Bb3 17. Rd2 Rhe8 18. Nd3 Kf8 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Ne2 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 c5 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f3 cxd4
15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 18. Bd2 Bh4 19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Rae1 Bxe5
21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rxe5 Nc4 24. Rxh5 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 dxc3 26. Qxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
Kg2 Be7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. f3 h5 17. Ne2 c5 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
c6 21. Nh5 Rh7 22. Be3 b6 23. b3 c4 24. Nf4 cxb3 25. axb3 c5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27.
b4 cxb4 28. Ra1 a5 29. Bxb6 Bg5 30. Rxa5 Bf4 31. Bg1 Kf7 32. Rb5 Rh8 33. Rxb4
Bxe5 34. f4 Rb8 35. Ra4 Bd6 36. Ra7+ Ke8 37. Rxg7 Rb2 38. Rg8+ Kd7 39. Kf3 Rxc2
40. Be3 Rc3 41. Rg5 Ra3 42. Rh5 Kc6 43. Rh8 Kd7 44. Rh7+ Kc6 45. Rh2 Bc5 46.
Re2 Kd7 47. Kf2 Be7 48. Rc2 Bd6 49. Rc4 Rb3 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Rc6 Bb8 52. Rc2 Kf7
53. Rd2 Rb7 54. Rd3 Kg6 55. Rd8 Ba7 56. Rd6 Kf7 57. Bxa7 Rxa7 58. g5 Ra3+ 59.
Kg4 Ra1 60. Rd7+ Kg6 61. Re7 Rg1+ 62. Kf3 Re1 63. Kf2 Re4 64. Kg3 Kf5 65. Rf7+
Kg6 66. Rf6+ Kg7 67. Kf3 Re1 68. Rh6 Kf7 69. Kf2 Re4 70. Kg3 Re1 71. Rf6+ Kg7
72. Kf3 Kg8 73. Kg4 Kg7 74. Kf3 Kg8 75. Rh6 Kg7 76. Rh2 Kg6 77. Rc2 Rf1+ 78.
Ke3 Re1+ 79. Kf2 Re4 80. Kf3 Re1 81. Rc5 Rf1+ 82. Ke3 Re1+ 83. Kf2 Re4 84. Kf3
Re1 85. Rc3 Kf5 86. Rc5+ Kg6 87. Rc7 Rf1+ 88. Ke3 Re1+ 89. Kf2 Re4 90. Kf3 Re1
91. Rc8 Kf7 92. Rc4 Rf1+ 93. Ke2 Ra1 94. Rc7+ Kf8 95. Kf3 Rg1 96. Ke4 Re1+ 97.
Kd4 Kg8 98. Rb7 Kf8 99. g6 Rg1 100. Rf7+ Ke8 101. Rg7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 Bf5 15. b4 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. g3 a5 18. Bg2 Be4 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2
axb4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Rc4 Nc6 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Rcb4 Rd7 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. Ra4
Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Bg5
Be5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bh4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. c3 Rac8 $5 {A new move is played
at last. White has a plus.} 19. h3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Qe3 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qd8
$5 ({Psakhis favours} 22... Rd8) 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 $2 ({Right is} 23... gxf6) 24.
Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxe6 $1 {Adams applies a 'petite combinaison'.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qd7 19. Rf1 c5 20. Rf2 Bh8 21. f5 d5
22. Qg4 Bc6 23. Raf1 dxe4 24. Nxe4 c4 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg3 Bd5 28.
b4 Qc6 29. Bg5 cxd3 30. Bf6 d2 31. Bxh8 Kxh8 32. Rxd2 Bc4 33. Rc1 Qf6 34. Qf2
Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Re3 36. a5 Rae8 37. Rcd1 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Bd5 39. Nxa6 Bxg2 40. Nc7
R8e5 41. Rxe2 Rxe2 42. Nxb5 Rxb2 43. Rxd4 Kg7 44. a6 Bf3 45. Nc3 Rg2+ 46. Kf1
Rxh2 47. b5 Rb2 48. a7 Bb7 49. Rd7 Ba8 50. Rd8 Bb7 51. Rb8 Bf3 52. b6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Nf4 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Ne2 f5 18. exf5 exf5 19. O-O-O Rae8 20. Bf2 Ba6 21.
Nc3 Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 Nf4 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rad1 $5 Ne4 $1 17. Qd3 $5 Qb7 18. Nd2 $6 Nf6 $6 (18... Nxf2
$1 19. Bxd5 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 {gains a plus (Van
Wely and Chuchelov).}) 19. e4 Bc6 20. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rac8 {Black
prepares ..e5.} ({He avoids} 21... e5 $2 22. Qc3 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe5 {
(Gershon).}) 22. e5 Bxg2 23. exf6 Bd5 $1 {A rook has been imprisoned. So White
has to hurry with his attack.} 24. Qd4 (24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ {brings no
advantage to either side.}) 24... gxf6 25. Qxf6 Qc7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8
28. Rxd5 {Loek ended the game with humour.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe1 e5 14. Nde2 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Be6 16. Bh5 $5 (16. Be2 {was played in Dolmatov-Ftacnik, Manila 1990.})
16... Nxh5 17. Nxh5 Qa5 18. Nf4 Bc4 19. Nd3 Qd8 $5 20. b3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Bf6 22.
Rc1 Nb4 23. Qd2 d5 24. Bc5 Bg5 $5 25. Qf2 $1 Nxd3 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Bd4 Bh6 28.
Rcd1 dxe4 29. Ba7 $1 {Kramnik has to solve a difficult tactical position.} Re7
$2 ({Right is} 29... Rf8 $1 30. Qxf8+ Qxf8 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Nxe4 Nb2 $1 {
(Adams).}) 30. Qf5 Ra8 31. Nxe4 Rd7 ({Not} 31... Rxa7 $4 32. Qf8+) 32. Bb6 Qe8
33. a5 $1 Kg8 $6 34. Qg4 $6 (34. Rf3 $1 Ne5 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Nd6 {wins more
quickly (Adams).}) 34... Kh8 35. Rf8+ Qxf8 36. Qxd7 Ne5 37. Qxb7 g6 38. h3 Bg7
39. Nd6 h5 40. b4 Qg8 41. Bc5 Qb8 42. Qe4 $1 Kh7 43. Rd5 {The restraint became
fatal for Black.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Neg5 $5 Nf6 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3
$5 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5 17. Rdg1 $6 ({Known is} 17. Qc2) 17... Rfd8 $2
(17... c4 $1 18. Nxh7 Qd8 $1 19. Nxf8 Bxf8 20. Rd1 cxd3 {(Anand) brings an
edge.}) 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23.
Re1 $6 ({Better is} 23. Bc2 $1 Kd7 24. Qf7 {(Anand), but} Kc8 $1 25. Rg7 Qb6
26. Qxe7 Nd5 27. Qf7 Rb8 {gives counter-play.}) 23... Rd6 $1 24. Qh8+ Bf8 25.
Bg6+ Ke7 26. Rhg1 Rb6 27. Bf5 Kf7 $2 (27... Qf4 $1 28. Rg7+ Kd6 $1 29. Rxe6+
Kd5 30. c4+ $1 Qxc4 31. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7 32. Qg8 $1 Rxb2+ $1 33. Kxb2 Bg7+ $1 34.
Re5+ $1 Kxe5 35. Qxc4 Kxf5+ {(Anand). Black has a plus.}) 28. Bg6+ $2 Ke7 29.
Bc2 {Moves are repeated in a tactical turmoil.} Kf7 $2 {Hereafter, White finds
the winning move.} ({Right is} 29... Ne8 $1 30. Rd1 Rd6) 30. Rg6 $1 Qf4 31.
Reg1 e5 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. R1g6 Rab8 ({Or} 33... e4 34. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 35. Qg8+
Ke5 36. Rf7 Bg7 37. f4+ {(Finkel).}) 34. Qg8+ Kd6 35. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 36. Rg6 Kc7
37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Qh7+ Kb6 39. Be4 Rd6 40. h5 {White has many advantages.} a6
41. Qf7 Rd2 42. a3 Rd1+ 43. Kc2 Rd6 44. b4 cxb4 45. axb4 Rdd8 46. Qe6+ Rd6 47.
Qc4 Rf6 48. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. Qh4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 $1 {Black improves the theory.} 17. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 18.
Qxf6 Qh5 $1 {The wonderful fight will end quickly.} 19. Rfe1 $2 (19. Qxh8+ $6
Ke7 20. Bg6 $1 Qxg6 21. Qc3 Rg8 {favours Black (Lékó).}) ({Best is} 19. Qd4 $1
Rd8 20. Qf6 Re8 21. Qd4 Rd8 {drawn.}) 19... Rg8 $2 ({Right is} 19... Bxf3 $1
20. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bd6 23. Re4 $1 {(Lékó).}) 20. Be4 Rxg2+
21. Kxg2 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Re1 Qh7 25. Nd4 Ke8 26. Nxe6 Kd7
27. Qf3 Rb8 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Qh3+ f5 30. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7 $5 ({Usual is} 11... Nd4) 12. Kb1
O-O 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. h4 $1 {Kramnik plays for a win.} Bxh4 15. g3 Bf6 16. Qf3
Bg5 17. Qh5 h6 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. c3 Nb5 22. f5 Bxd5 23.
Bxd5 Rxc3 $1 {Anand has started a timely counteraction.} 24. Qg6 $6 ({Better
chances result from} 24. bxc3 $5 Nxc3+ 25. Kc2 Nxd5 $1 26. exd5 Qa5 27. Qf3 {
(Kramnik).}) 24... Qb6 25. Rxh6 $1 (25. Rxh6 Na3+ 26. Ka1 Nc2+ {draws.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Be7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ke2 O-O 13. Rhc1 c6 14. b3 Re8 15.
Ne5 Be6 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. bxa4 Nd5 18. Rcb1 Ra7 19. g3 c5 20. Bb5 Rc8 21. Rc1
cxd4 $6 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. exd4 Be6 24. Kd3 Kf8 25. Nd7+ Kg8 26. Rc1 Ra8 27.
Nc5 Kf8 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Nxb7 Nxb5 30. axb5 Rb8 31. Nxa5 Rxb5 32. a4 Rb2 33. Nc6
Bd6 34. a5 Bd5 35. Rc1 $2 Rb3+ $2 (35... Be4+ 36. Ke3 Rb3+ 37. Ke2 Ba3 {takes
advantage of the blunder.}) 36. Kc2 Ba3 37. Ra1 Rb2+ 38. Kc3 Rb3+ 39. Kc2 Rb2+
40. Kd1 Bd6 41. Ne5 Bxe5 42. dxe5 Ra2 43. Rb1 Ke7 44. Rb6 Bf3+ 45. Kc1 Kd7 46.
Rd6+ Kc8 47. Kb1 Ra4 48. Bc3 Rc4 49. Kb2 g6 50. Kb3 Rc6 51. Kb4 Kc7 52. Rd2 f4
53. gxf4 Bg4 54. Bd4 Kb7 55. Bc5 Ka6 56. Rd8 Be6 57. Rb8 h5 58. h4 Bd5 59. Ra8+
Kb7 60. Rd8 Be6 61. Kb5 Bh3 62. Rd1 Bg4 63. Rd2 Bh3 64. f3 Bf1+ 65. Kb4 Bh3 66.
Rd1 Rc7 67. Kb5 Bd7+ 68. Rxd7 $6 {Loek sees no way to win and tries something.}
Rxd7 69. a6+ Ka8 70. Bd6 Ka7 71. Kc6 Rd8 72. Kc7 Rb8 $2 {The Dutch champion
gets his way.} (72... Ra8 $1 73. Kd7 Kxa6 74. Ke7 Ra7+ 75. Kf6 Kb5 76. Be7 Kc4
77. Kxf7 Kd5 78. e6 Rb7 79. Kf6 Rb6 80. Kxg6 Kxe6 81. Bg5 Rb5 {(Van Wely and
Chuchelov).}) 73. Bc5+ $1 Ka8 74. Kd7 Rb3 75. Be7 Rxf3 76. Bg5 Rc3 77. Ke8 Rc7
78. Be7 Ka7 79. Kxf7 Kxa6 80. e6 Kb7 81. Kf6 Rc6 82. Bf8 Kc7 83. Kf7 Rc4 84.
Bh6 Re4 85. Bg5 Kd6 86. e7 Kd7 87. Kxg6 Ke8 88. Kxh5 Kf7 89. Kg4 Ra4 90. h5 Ra8
91. h6 Kg6 92. f5+ Kf7 93. Kh5 Rh8 94. Be3 Rb8 95. Bd4 Rb1 96. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Nde2 b6 14. Qe1 Bb7 15.
Qf2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3
h6 9. Bd3 b6 10. a5 bxa5 11. O-O c4 $5 {Bareev has a new idea. He gets a
better position soon.} 12. Be2 O-O 13. Re1 Nbc6 14. Bf1 f6 15. Ba3 fxe5 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Bh3 Rf6 21. Qc1 a4 22. Qa3
{The queen has to function as a blockader.} Rb8 $1 23. f4 Rb6 24. Kf2 Qb8 25.
Rae1 $2 (25. Ke3 $1 Rb1 26. Rxb1 Qxb1 27. Qd6 {gives sufficient counteraction 
(Bareev).}) 25... Qf8 $1 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Ke3 g5 $1 28. Bg4 ({Or} 28. fxg5 $5
hxg5 29. Rxg5 Rb2) 28... gxf4+ 29. gxf4 Rb2 30. f5 $6 exf5 31. Bf3 Rxc2 32. Kf4
Rxc3 33. Bh5 Rh3 34. Rxd5 Rh4+ 35. Kg3 Rxh5 36. Rxd7 f4+ 37. Kg4 Rg5+ 38. Kf3
Rf7 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rc8 Rb5 41. Rxc4 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 a3 43. Ra4 f3 44. Ra1 Rb2+
45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 a2 $1 47. Rg1 Kf8 48. Rxg2 f2 $1 49. Rg1 f1=Q $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. dxc5 $5 bxc5 14.
O-O-O g4 15. Nh2 h5 16. Qd6 $6 Qg5+ 17. Rd2 Rg8 18. f4 Qe7 19. Qe5 f5 20. Rd6
$2 {Van Wely makes a funny move.} ({The development proceeds with} 20. e3)
20... Nc6 21. Qxc5 Na5 $1 22. Qb4 Nxc4 $1 {It's hopeless!} 23. Qxb7 Qxd6 24.
Qxa8+ Ke7 25. Qb7 ({The pointe shows} 25. Qxg8 Qd2+ 26. Kb1 Qxb2#) 25... Rb8
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Re1 Bg6 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Rfd8 20. Rd6 Nd4 21. Nf3
Nf5 22. Ra6 Qb7 23. Qa5 Qxb2 24. Qxc5 Bh5 25. Qa3 Qc2 26. Rxa7 Qxc4 27. Ra4 Qc2
28. g4 Rb2 29. Rf1 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Rxa2 31. Qb4 g6 32. Nd4 Qd3 33. Nxf5 Qxf5 34.
Re4 Rc8 35. Re3 Rc1 36. Qh4 Raa1 37. Qf6 Qb1 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qd8+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 exf4
15. Bxf4 Bf5 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qd8 18. c3 Bf6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Bg3 Be5 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Bc4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bc6 14.
Qd4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qg5 16. f4 Qxg2 17. Rhg1 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 Nxa4 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. g5 $5 O-O 14. h4 Bd7
$5 15. Ra1 Nc6 16. Rxa6 Qc7 $6 {The exchange of rooks is preferable.} 17. Kf2
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 Rxa6 20. Bxa6 f5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Bc4
Be8 24. Be2 Bf7 25. Qd2 Bh5 26. b3 Qe7 27. Kg2 Qf7 ({Not} 27... Bxh4 28. Rxh4
Qxh4 29. Bg5) 28. Rh3 Be7 29. b4 h6 30. b5 Qg6+ 31. Kh2 Qe6 32. Qd3 Be8 33. Qb3
Qc8 ({Or} 33... Qxb3 34. cxb3 Bd7 35. b6 $1 {and White wins.}) 34. b6 $2 Bf7
35. Qb1 Qc3 $2 {Black misses the opportunity.} ({Right is} 35... Be6 $1 36. b7
Qc3 $1 {(Anand)} 37. Ba7 Bxh3 $1 38. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 39. Kg2 Rg3+ 40. Kf2 Bxh4 $1
41. b8=Q+ Kh7 42. Kf1 Rg1+ $1 43. Kxg1 Qg3+ $11) 36. Bd3 $1 Rb8 37. Qg1 $1 Bc4
38. Qg6 $1 Bxd3 39. Rg3 $1 Bf6 40. cxd3 Rxb6 41. Bxb6 Qb2+ 42. Rg2 Qxb6 43. Rc2
Bd8 44. h5 {Anand won the event despite this loss.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Ne5
d5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Bb7 13. e3 Be7 14. Rc1 Nbd7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Ng5 g6 21.
Nf3 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Nd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Ne2 Qc2 27. Nf4
Qxa2 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Rc7 30. Bc4 Qa3 31. e4 b5 32. Bxb5 Rc3 33. Qd7 Qxb3
34. e5 Be7 35. Be2 Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Rd7 Kf8 $2 ({Correct is} 37... Bc5 $1
38. Bg4 Rc2 39. Bxe6+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Re2 {(Kramnik).}) 38. Rxa7 Rc2 39. Kf1 Rc1+
40. Kg2 Rc2 41. Kf3 g5 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Bd3 Rc5 44. Ke4 Rc6 45. f4 gxf4 46.
gxf4 Kf7 47. Ra4 Bd8 48. Bc4 Ke7 49. Kd3 Bc7 50. Ra8 Bd8 51. Ra7+ Bc7 52. Bb5
Rc5 53. Kd4 Rd5+ 54. Kc4 Kd8 55. f5 $2 ({The encirclement} 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56. Rh8
{might win (Kramnik).}) 55... Rd4+ 56. Kc5 Rd5+ 57. Kc4 Rd4+ 58. Kxd4 Bb6+ 59.
Kd3 Bxa7 60. f6 Bg1 61. h3 Bc5 62. Ke4 Ba3 63. h4 Bb2 64. Kf4 h6 65. Bc4 {Lékó
and Adams ended at the second place, half-a-point behind Anand.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Qe2 c5 $2 {The 13-year-old Magnus Carlsen
knows the opening until this move.} 18. Ng6 $1 fxg6 $2 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. hxg6
$1 Ng8 21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Rxh6+ $1 Nxh6 23. Qxe7 Nf7 24. gxf7 $1 {White
plays a new move!} ({Known is} 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rh1 Nh6 26. Qe7 Nf7 27. Qf6 $4
(27. Rh5 $1 {wins}) 27... Nh6 28. Qe7 Nf7 {drawn (Almagro Ilanos - Gustafsson,
Madrid 2003).}) 24... Kg7 25. Rd3 Rd6 ({Or} 25... Qb6 26. Rg3+ Qg6 27. Rxg6+
Kxg6 28. d5 {and White wins (Carlsen).}) 26. Rg3+ Rg6 27. Qe5+ Kxf7 28. Qf5+
Rf6 29. Qd7# {Carlsen had defeated his main rival by an epaullettes mate in
the penultimate round! He was on his way to win the C group.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Corus 2005 was played from 14-30 i. One game has been selected per round:
eleven games from the A-group and two from B.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4.
Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 Na6 11.
Nd2 Nc7 12. Nc4 b6 13. Nxd6 $5 Qxd6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. d6 Ne6 16. Bxa8 Nxf4 17.
gxf4 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qxf4 19. e3 $5 {Nikolic plays a new move.} Qh4 20. f3 Bd7 21.
Bb7 Rxe3 22. Re1 Bh6 23. Rxe3 Bxe3 24. Qe1 Qg5 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.
Qxe4 Bh3 $6 {Black breaks the dynamic equality.} ({Better is} 27... Bxa4 $1 {
(Stellwagen)} 28. f4 $1 Qf6 29. h3 $1 Bd7 30. Qe7) 28. f4 $1 Qg4 29. Qd3 $2 {
The tables turn at a critical moment.} (29. Re1 $1 Bf2 30. Ra1 $1 {(Stellwagen)
} Qd7 31. Qe7 {keeps a plus.}) 29... Qd7 $1 30. Bg2 Bf5 31. Qa6 Qxd6 32. Qxa7
Qxf4 33. Rf1 Qh4 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. b3 Be6 36. Qd6 Bxb3 37. Bd5 Bxd5+ 38. Qxd5
Qe7 39. Qf3 Qd7 40. Kg2 h5 41. Rb1 Qxa4 42. Rxb6 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qxh2 44. Rb7 Bf6
45. Qd5 Qf4+ 46. Ke2 Bd4 47. Rb3 h4 48. Qb7 Qf2+ 49. Kd1 Qf1+ 50. Kd2 c4 51.
Rf3 c3+ {Stellwagen started well in the B-group, but he became handicapped by
a flu.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 d5
21. Ra6 f4 22. Nc2 $5 Bc8 $5 {Lékó brings a chancy novelty.} 23. Ra8 Qd6 24.
Nb4 Bb7 25. Ra7 $5 (25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Bc4 {(Lékó) is solid.}) 25... d4 26. Ba6
$2 (26. Bc6 $5 {leads to exchanges.}) 26... Bxg2 $3 27. Bc4+ ({Or} 27. Rxe7 Qg6
{(Lékó).}) 27... Kh8 28. Ra6 Qc5 29. Kxg2 f3+ 30. Kh1 Qxc4 31. Rc6 Qb5 32. Rd6
e4 33. Rxd4 {33. .. e3 was threatening.} Bxd4 34. Qxd4+ Qe5 35. Qxe5+ Rxe5 36.
Nc2 Rb8 37. Ne3 Rc5 38. h3 Rxb2 39. c4 Rg5 40. Kh2 Kg8 41. h4 Rg6 42. Kh3 Kf7
43. Nf5 Rc2 44. Ne3 Rd2 45. c5 Ke6 46. c6 Rg8 47. c7 Rc8 48. Kg3 Rxc7 49. Kf4
Rd4 50. Ra1 Rf7+ 51. Kg3 Rd8 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Ng4+ Kd5 54. Nf6+ Rxf6 55. Rxf6
Ke5 56. Rh6 Rg8+ 57. Kh3 e3 {This game decided the contest eventually.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[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 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb6 16. Rg1 Rab8 17. Rg4 g6 $5 (17... Rfc8 {was played in Lukin -
Khasanov, Moscow 1983.}) 18. h4 Ng7 $5 ({Better is} 18... f5 $5 {(Lékó)} 19.
Rb4 Ng3 $1) 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Na5 {White has ceased the protection of square
f4 in order to attack the queenside.} Rfc8 $2 {Black makes a strategic error.}
(20... Nh5 21. Nc6 Rb7 {prepares a counter on the kingside.}) 21. Nc6 $1 Rxc6
$5 22. dxc6 Nf5 $5 23. Re4 Qxc6 24. Bg2 $1 Rd8 25. f4 Qc5 26. Qe1 Rc8 27. c3 b4
$1 28. Rxb4 Ne3 29. Rd2 a5 30. Re4 $1 Nc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. fxe5 Qe6 33. Re2 d5
34. Qf1 Qa6 35. Rd2 Qc4 36. Rd4 Qxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rd8 38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 Bf8 40.
Bg2 Re8 41. Bxd5 Rxe5 42. a4 Kg7 43. Bb3 h6 44. gxh6+ Kxh6 45. Bxf7 g5 46. h5
Re7 47. Bg6 Ra7 48. b5 Bc5 49. Rc4 Bf2 50. Kc2 Re7 51. Kb3 Re5 52. Re4 Rc5 53.
Kb4 Rc1 54. Ka5 Rg1 55. b6 g4 56. b7 Rb1 57. Re2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. d5 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bf6 $5 {Sokolov plays a doubtful
novelty.} 19. Be4 Qf7 20. Ng3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxd5 22. Bd2 $1 {Black gets no
time to consolidate.} Nc6 23. Bg5 $1 Nb4 ({A fine alternative brings} 23... Nb8
$5) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd6 $1 {White gains a pawn at positional costs.} Qxd1
26. Rexd1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rc3 28. a4 Rxb3 $2 ({Right is} 28... Rxf3 $1 29. axb5
axb5 {and the immediate} 30. Kh2 {fails (Kramnik).}) 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kh2 $1
Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kh6 32. Rg4 $6 ({Better is} 32. Ra7 $1 Nc6 33. Nf7+ Kh5 34. Rg7 h6
35. Rg6 $1 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Nd4 37. Rgxf6 {(Kramnik).}) 32... Nc6 33. Rag1 Kh5 $2
(33... Rb4 $1 34. Nxb5 $5 Rd8 {gives a fine resistance (Kramnik).}) 34. Rg7 h6
35. Ne4 Rxf3 36. R1g4 {The world champion played fine chess in some games
during this tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O c6 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2
a6 $5 {Both youngsters choose quiet moves.} 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. Qb3 d6 11. a4 $6 {
White will lose control over square b4.} a5 $1 12. Rfd1 Na6 $1 13. d4 exd4 14.
Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Be3 $6 Qb6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Rxe3 $1 19. fxe3 Qxb2
{Black has sufficient compensation for the exchange.} 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rb1 Qa7
22. h3 Re8 23. Qf2 Qa6 $1 24. Nd1 $2 ({Right is} 24. Qf4 $1 {(Ribli).}) 24...
Nxa4 25. Nb2 Qb6 26. e4 Qb3 27. Rcc1 Nxb2 28. e3 $1 Nxe4 29. Rxb2 $1 Qa3 30.
Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Re1 Re7 $1 32. Ree2 Qc5 33. Qf4 a4 34. Qd4 Qa5 $5 35. Qb6 Qc3 36.
Qb4 Qxb4 37. Rxb4 Re4 38. Rxb7 ({Or} 38. Rxa4 b5 $1) 38... Rxc4 39. Ra7 d5 40.
Kf2 a3 41. Ra8 g6 42. Ke1 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. Ra4 Kf6 45. Re1 Rc2+ 46. Re2 Rc3
47. Ke1 Ke5 48. Kd2 Rb3 49. Kc2 Rb2+ 50. Kd3 Rb1 51. h4 Bb4 52. Kc2 Rb2+ 53.
Kd3 Rb3+ 54. Kc2 Rc3+ 55. Kd2 c5 56. g4 Ke4 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 Kf3 {Smeets
shared second place in group B.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4
$5 Nbd7 $5 ({Known is} 8... Be7) 9. g4 $5 (9. Qd2 $1 Be7 10. O-O-O {develops
quickly.}) 9... Be7 10. Qe2 h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. a3 $5 Rb8 14. Qg2
Nc5 ({Or} 14... b4 $1 15. axb4 Rxb4 {(Anand).}) 15. g5 $6 Nh5 16. Be3 Na4 $6 ({
Right is} 16... Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bc4 {(Anand).}) 17. Rd3 g6
18. Kb1 Bb7 19. Be2 e5 $2 (19... d5 $1 20. exd5 Nxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Qg3 22. Qf1 Bxd5
{fights back.}) 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. gxh6 $1 Nb6 $6 22. f4 $1 Nf6 $6 23. fxe5 dxe5
24. Rf1 O-O 25. Nc5 Bb7 26. Ne6 $1 fxe6 27. Bxb6 Qc6 28. Qg1 Kh7 29. Rdf3 Qe8
30. Bc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Nd7 32. Qe3 Qe7 33. Qg5 Qxg5 34. Rf7+ $1 Rxf7 35. Rxf7+
Kh8 36. hxg5 Bc6 37. b4 Nf8 38. Rf6 Kg8 39. Bg4 Bd7 40. Kb2 Re8 41. Nd1 Re7 42.
Nf2 Be8 43. Rf3 Rf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Kc3 Nh7 46. Nh3 Bc6 47. Kd3 Ke7 48. Ke3
Kd6 49. Be2 Ke7 50. Bd3 Kd6 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Kg4 Nf8 53. Ng1 Nh7 54. Nf3 Kd6 55.
Kg3 Be8 56. Kf2 Bc6 57. Ke3 Bd7 58. c4 bxc4 59. Bxc4 Bc8 60. a4 Bb7 61. a5 Bc8
62. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bf6 20. b3 Bg7 21. f4
exf4 22. gxf4 Re8 23. Qf3 Kg8 $5 ({Kramnik diverts from} 23... h6 {(Maki -
Holmsten, Vammala 1999).}) 24. Rah2 h5 $2 ({Correct is} 24... h6) 25. Rxh5 $2 {
The brilliant rook sacrifice draws.} ({White misses the win by} 25. Qg2 $3 {
(threatens f5)} Ne7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Qxg6 Bg4 {(Ponomariov), and now} 28.
Rxh5 Bxh5 29. Rxh5 {Black cannot duck the threat of 30. Bxf7+! Qxf7 31. Rh8+!})
25... gxh5 26. Qxh5 Re6 27. Qh7+ (27. Rg1 Kf8 28. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30.
Nh6+ Kg7 {draws (Kramnik).}) 27... Kf8 28. Rg1 (28. Kf2 Rg6 29. Nf5 Ne5 $1 30.
fxe5 Qg5 31. Nf6 Qd2+ 32. Kf1 Qf4+ 33. Ke1 Qc1+ {also draws (Ponomariov).})
28... Rg6 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. f5 $1 Qg5 31. Nf4 $1 Ne7 $1 ({Not} 31... Qxf4 32.
Qg8+ Ke7 33. Nd5+) 32. Nxg6+ Ke8 33. Nd5 $1 Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Ke1 Bf6 $5
36. Ngxe7 Bxe7 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. f6 Qg3+ ({Bypasses} 38... Bd8 $2 39. Bb5+ $1
Rxb5 40. Qg7+ Qxg7 41. fxg7 {(Ponomariov).}) 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 Qg3+ 41. Ke2
Qg4+ 42. Kf2 $5 Bd8 43. Bf1 $1 Kc6 44. Qxd8 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 ({Not} 45. Ke3 $2 Qe1+
46. Be2 Qxe2+ $1 47. Kxe2 Bg4+ {(Ponomariov).}) 45... Qg3+ {Perpetual check
ends an exciting game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bruzon, Lazaro"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. Na3 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Bg2 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Rad8 17. Re2 Qe6 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. Kh2 Kh8 $5 ({Or} 19... d5 $1
20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4) 20. Qa4 $6 ({Better is} 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4) 20... d5
21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. d4 N5g6 $1 25. dxc5 $2 ({
Preferable is} 25. Rf1 $1 f4 $1 26. g4 $1 Nh4 {(square e5 cannot be used)} 27.
Bf3 Nc6 $1) 25... bxc5 26. Rf1 f4 27. gxf4 Nf5 28. Qxa7 Qh4 29. Qxc5 (29. Rf3
$1 Nxf4 $1 30. Ref2 Nd3 $1 31. Re2 Ne1 $1 {brings a decisive attack.}) 29...
Nxf4 30. Rd2 Nxh3 $1 {Topalov gains the public prize.} 31. Qc7 Rd6 32. Nc2 Qg3+
33. Kh1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Qe7 17. c4 c6 18. Be3 Rec8 19. Rc1 a5 20. Qd2 bxc4 $6 {Short
plays a new move.} ({The known} 20... Nc5 {might be better.}) 21. bxc4 cxd5 22.
cxd5 Nc5 23. Bd3 $1 {White attacks on the queenside.} h5 $6 ({He could
simplify by} 23... Nxd3 $5 24. Rxc8+ $1 Bxc8 25. Qxd3 Ba6 26. Qa3 {(Lékó)} Bb5
{and defend stubbornly.}) ({Another option gives} 23... Nfd7) 24. Bxc5 dxc5 $2
({The extra exchange} 24... Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qg5 Qc7 $1 {facilitates the
defence.}) 25. Qg5 $1 {White prevents the manoeuvre .. Ne8-d6.} Rc7 26. Nf1
Rac8 $6 ({A lesser evil brings} 26... Kf8 $1 27. N1d2 Ne8 28. Qe3 Kg8) 27. N1d2
Ne8 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Nc4 $1 Ba6 30. Nfxe5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 c4 32. Bxc4 Rxe5 33.
Bxa6 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxe4 35. f3 $1 Re5 36. Rc5 h4 37. d6 $1 {Lékó ends the game
in a grand style.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
Qb6 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 e6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Qf2 Be7 15.
g5 Nce5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rg1 Nb6 $6 {This new move loses momentum on the
queenside.} ({Known is} 17... b4 $5 18. axb4 Rxb4 {(L'Ami - Acs, Amsterdam
2004).}) 18. f4 Nec4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bd4 O-O $2 (20... Bf8 $1 {is necessary
for the defence of the kingside.}) 21. Bf6 $3 {Suddenly Black cannot protect
the h-file.} Bb7 ({Drastic lines are} 21... Re8 22. Qh4 $1 {(a white rook will
reach h3),}) ({and} 21... b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rd3 $1 Bd8 24. Rh3 e5 25. Qh4
Bxh3 26. Qh6 $1 {mates.}) 22. Rd3 $1 Rfc8 23. Rh3 Kf8 24. Rxh7 Ke8 25. Bxg7 Kd7
26. g6 $1 a5 27. gxf7 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd1 Bc8 30. f5 e5 31. Nd5 {
Ponomariov was crushed after one error.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bruzon, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Re2 Nc6 16. a3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Ng3 d5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bf4
$1 {Exchanges on e4 draw.} g5 $6 ({Right is} 21... Red8 $1 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23.
Qb1 Qd7 $1 {and Black has enough counter- play.}) 22. Nf5 $1 gxf4 $2 (22... Qd7
23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Bh2 {gives White a positional advantage (Lékó).}) 23. Rxe4
$1 Kh8 {Capture is punished by mate.} ({No relief brings} 23... Bf8 {due to}
24. Rxf4 Rxe5 25. Rh4 $1) 24. Re1 Bd7 $2 25. e6 $1 {Lékó had scored his fourth
victory.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 g6 14. Nf1 a5 $5 ({
Theory is} 14... Nh5) 15. a4 b4 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Ne3 bxc3 18. bxc3 c4 $1 19. Bc2
({Or} 19. Nxc4 Ba6 20. Nb2 Qxc3 {(Polgár).}) 19... Ba6 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. Ba3 Bf8
22. Qf3 Bg7 23. g3 Rab8 24. Kg2 Nb6 25. g4 $1 {The players attack on different
sides.} Nfd7 26. h4 Nc5 27. Bxc5 $1 {White has to prevent .. Nd3.} Qxc5 28. h5
$5 Nd7 $6 ({Better is} 28... Bh6 {(Polgár)} 29. Qf6 Nd7 30. Qe7 Rb7) 29. Rh1
Nf8 30. g5 $1 {White has strongly increased the pressure.} Rb2 $2 ({Right is} 
30... Qc7 {(Polgár)} 31. Ng4 Qd8 $1) 31. Ng4 $1 gxh5 ({Alternatives are} 31...
Rxc2 32. h6 f5 33. gxf6 Bh8 $2 34. f7#) ({and} 31... Nd7 $1 {(Polgár)} 32. Rac1
$1 Qc7 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Rxh7 $1 Qd8 35. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 36. Qf7 Qxg5 37. Rh1+ {
White has a winning attack.}) 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. gxf6 Ng6 ({Or} 33... Rxc2 34.
Qxh5 Rxd2 35. Qg5+ Ng6 36. Qxd2) 34. Kf1 $1 h4 35. Qh5 Kh8 36. Nf3 Rxc2 37. Rh2
$1 Rxf2+ (37... Nf4 38. Qxh4 h5 39. Qg5 Rxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Nh3+ 42.
Ke3 Nxg5 43. Nxg5 {also wins for White.}) 38. Rxf2 Nf4 39. Qxh4 Rg8 40. Rh2 {
Judit gave birth to a son in 2004. Her comeback was impressive.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. f3 a5 14. Kf2 a4
15. Rc1 $5 {White diverts from Gustafsson - Sokolov, Amsterdam 2001.} Nc8 $6
16. Be2 $6 (16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. fxe4 {takes advantage of the slip.}) 16... Nd6
17. Rhd1 O-O 18. Bd3 Rfe8 $2 ({Right is} 18... Bxd3 $1 19. Rxd3 f5 {(Van Wely
and Chuchelov).}) 19. g4 $1 Bf8 20. Ne2 Bh6 $5 21. f4 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Bf8 23. Ng3
Ra5 24. Rc2 Rb5 25. Nhf5 Nc4 $6 (25... Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Re6 {brings a better
defendable position.}) 26. b3 $1 axb3 $6 27. Rxb3 Rxb3 28. axb3 Na5 29. Nh5 Re6
30. Ra2 $1 b6 31. Ra4 $1 {White threatens b4, Ra8 and Nh6+. Black has no
defence.   Lékó drew with Polgár in the last round. Anand could not break the
resistance by Sokolov. So Lékó won before Anand and Topalov.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Corus 2006 was played from 14 until 29 i. Anand and Topalov competed for the
first prize. Kramnik could not partake due to arthritis.} 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. Nbd4 exd4
17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Ne5 22. h4 Ra5 23.
Qc3 $2 {Computer engines love this novelty.} Qa8 24. Bg2 Nc7 $3 {Anand finds a
wonderful refutation. He gives two pieces for a decisive charge.} 25. Qxc7 Rc8
$1 26. Qxe7 Nc4 $1 {The only defender of the white king lies under attack.} 27.
g6 (27. Bc5 $5 Rxa3 $1 28. bxa3 Rxc5 $1 29. a4 Na3+ 30. Kb2 Rc2+ $1 31. Kxa3
Qb8 {also leads to a black win (Anand).}) 27... hxg6 28. fxg6 Nxa3+ $5 (28...
Rxa3 {triumphs as well.}) 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ Kh7 31. f8=N+ $1 Rxf8 32.
Qxf8 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 Qa5+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Kd4 Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Qc4+ (
37... Qc4+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Rb8 15.
Rad1 Nc6 $5 {Topalov takes a prophylactic measure.} 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. Bg3 Nxd4
18. Qxd4 b5 $5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 $1 {Adams prevents counter-play.} g6 $2 ({
Appropriate is} 20... Qc4) 21. e5 d5 $5 22. f5 $3 {The bastion is opened.} gxf5
(22... Qc4 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nxd5 $1 {gives a white win.}) 23. Nxd5 $1 Qc4 ({
The pointe is} 23... exd5 $2 24. e6 $1) 24. Qd2 $5 h6 (24... exd5 25. Qg5+ $1
Bg7 26. Bxd5 Qxc2 27. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rc1 Qe4 30. Qxe8+ {
crushes the oposition (Ftacnik).}) 25. h3 $5 exd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb4 27. c3 Qc5 $5
28. Rxf5 Re6 29. Rxf7 $1 Nb6 ({Or} 29... Kxf7 30. Qf4+) 30. Rdf1 Nxd5 31. Rxf8+
Qxf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxd5 Ke8 34. Bh4 Bd7 35. Bf6 b4 36. Qe4 Bc8 37. cxb4
Rb7 38. Qg6+ Kd7 39. Qxh6 Kc7 40. Qf4 Kb8 41. h4 Rc7 42. h5 {Mickey chose
humiliating moves.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Be6 8. Be3
dxc4 9. Qa4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qxc4 Rc8 $5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Qh4
O-O 15. Bxa7 $5 b6 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. b4 Be7 18. Qd4 Rd6 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Qa6 Nd5
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rfe1 $4 {Ivanchuk misses the road to equality.} ({Right is} 
22. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 23. Rxd5 Rxa6 24. Rxd8 Rxa2 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {(Anand).}) 22...
Rg6 $1 23. g3 ({The pointe is} 23. Bf3 Bxf3 $1 24. Rxd8 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rxh2 {
(Anand).}) 23... Bxb4 24. Bc4 Bxe1 25. Bxd5 Qe7 26. a4 ({Or} 26. Bxb6 Bxf2+ 27.
Kxf2 Qb4) 26... Rf6 27. f4 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxg3 $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Ne3 Bg6 14. b4 Ne6
15. b5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nd4 17. Qb2 Bc5 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. bxc6 $5 bxc6 20. Ne4 Bb4
21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 c5 23. e3 Ne6 24. Nc3 Nxf4 25. Bc6+ $5 ({More direct is} 
25. Rxf4 Qe5 26. Rxb4 cxb4 27. Qxb4) 25... Kf8 26. Rxf4 Qe5 27. Rc1 $2 {White
should sacrifice the exchange for a sufficient counter-play.} ({Right is} 27.
Rxb4 $1 cxb4 28. Qxb4+ Qd6 29. Qb7 {(Gelfand).}) 27... a5 $1 28. Bb5 Ke7 $1 29.
Qb3 $6 Rd2 $1 30. e4 $5 {White paralyses rook f4.} Rhd8 31. Nd5+ Kf8 32. Qf3
Rd4 33. Rc4 Bd2 34. Rxc5 Bxf4 35. Nxf4 Qxe4 36. Bc6 $6 Qxf3 $6 37. Bxf3 Bf7 $2
(37... Rxa4 $1 38. Ne6+ Ke7 39. Nxd8 Kxd8 {suffices to win (Gelfand).}) 38.
Rxa5 g5 39. Ne2 Rc4 40. h3 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. a5 Rca4 44. Rd8
Rxa5 45. Nd4 f5 46. Rd7 Kf6 47. Rd6+ $2 (47. g4 f4 48. Nc6 {puts up a
formidable resistance (Gelfand).}) 47... Ke5 48. Rd8 Rc5 49. Nc6+ Ke6 50. Rh8
Kf6 51. Rxh7 g4 $1 52. hxg4 fxg4 53. Be4 Re1 54. Nd8 Bd5 55. Rh6+ Ke7 56. Bxd5
Rxd5 57. Nc6+ Kd7 58. Rg6 Rdd1 59. Nb8+ Kc8 60. Rg8+ Kb7 61. Rxg4 Kxb8 {
Gelfand played a great positional game and pleased a large audience.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e3 b5
9. axb5 cxb5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 $5 ({Theory is} 
13. Nd2) 13... Bb7 14. Ra1 f5 $5 15. Ne5 Rg8 16. f4 $1 Nc6 17. Nf3 $1 {White
uses the knight as a defender.} Na5 18. Kf2 Nb3 19. Ra7 Be4 20. Ra2 $2 (20. g3
$1 Qb6 (20... Na5 21. Ne5 $3 Qb6 22. Rxf7 $1 Bxh1 23. Rd7 Rg4 24. Rh7 $1) 21.
Ra2 {favours White (Van Wely).}) 20... e5 $3 {Topalov opens the centre.} 21.
fxe5 ({The pointe is} 21. Nxe5 $2 Qh4+ 22. g3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Qxh1) 21... f4 $1
22. Be2 ({Or} 22. exf4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bd2 {(Hübner).}) 22... fxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Qd5
$1 24. g3 ({The tactics of} 24. Rg1 Nxd4 $1 25. Qxd4 Bc5 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Ra7+
{(Hübner)} Kd8 $1 28. Rd1 Bd3 29. Bxd3 Bxd4+ 30. Nxd4 cxd3 {benefit Black.})
24... Nxd4 25. Nxd4 $2 ({Better is} 25. Ra8+ $1 Qxa8 26. Qxd4 {(Van Wely)} Bc2
{and Black has a plus.}) 25... Bxh1 26. Bf3 Qxe5+ 27. Kf2 Bc5 28. Bxh1 Bxd4+
29. Kf1 Rg5 {Black has a pawn up and wins.} 30. Bf3 Kf8 31. Kg2 Qe3 32. Kh3 Kg7
33. b3 cxb3 34. Ra3 b4 35. Rxb3 Bc3 36. Qe2 Qc5 37. Qd3 Qc8+ 38. Kg2 Ra5 39.
Qc2 Qe6 40. Qb1 Ra1 41. Qc2 Bd4 42. Bd1 Qe1 43. Bf3 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Gata Kamsky participated in a super event for the first time since he started
to study. He looked normal and had left his father at home.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be6 8. Nbc3 Qd7 9. Ne4
Bd5 10. Be3 $5 O-O-O ({Kamsky prefers} 10... e6 $1) 11. a3 Qe8 12. Qc2 f5 13.
N4c3 Bxg2 $1 14. Rg1 Bf3 15. Bxf5+ e6 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Rg3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nd5 $2
(18... Qf7 19. Bg2 Nd5 20. Nc3 Nce7 {(Notkin) blockades the centre.}) 19. Nc3
Nxe3 $6 20. fxe3 Qh5 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ $5 {Anand is going to lose pawn e6, but he
bets on the bishops of a different colour.} 22. Kxe2 Re8 23. Rf1 Nd8 24. Ne4 g6
25. Ng5 Re7 26. Rgf3 Bh6 27. Nf7 Nxf7 28. Rxf7 Rhe8 29. R1f6 a5 $5 ({Preobably
} 29... Kc8 $5 30. Rxe6 $1 Kd8 $1 31. Rexe7 Rxe7 32. Rf3 {wins for White 
(Timman).}) 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 Bg5 ({Or} 32... Bf8 33. Bg8 $1
{(Kamsky)} h6 34. Bf7 g5 35. Be6 $1) 33. d5 Ka7 $5 {Black proceeds a desperate
action.} (33... Be7 34. Bg8 {wins as mentioned.}) 34. Bg8 h6 35. Bf7 Kb6 36.
Bxg6 Kc5 37. Bf7 h5 38. Kd3 h4 39. h3 b5 40. Ke4 b4 41. axb4+ axb4 42. b3 Bh6
43. Bh5 Bg5 44. Be2 Bh6 45. Bc4 Bg5 46. Kf5 Bxe3 47. d6 $1 {Kamsky had
defeated the number two of the world. He would score four wins, eight losses
and one draw!} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rac8 14. Ne3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qb7 21. Bd2 Bd8
22. Bd3 Bb6 23. Nc2 h6 $2 {F5 becomes a strong square for the white knights.} (
{I suggest} 23... Ne8) 24. Nh4 $1 ({White improves on the known} 24. Na3) 24...
Nh7 25. Qf3 Ng5 26. Qg3 Nc7 27. Ne3 $5 Ra8 28. Nef5 Rxa1 29. Ne7+ $5 Kh8 30.
Rxa1 Nh7 31. Qf3 Nf6 {Black cannot prevent the next move.} 32. Bxh6 $1 Ra8 33.
Rf1 Nce8 34. Bc1 Ra1 35. Nhf5 Qc7 36. Bd2 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 g6 38. Ne3 Kg7 39. g4
$2 Nh7 $2 ({Better is} 39... Bxe3 $1 40. Qxe3 Kf8 41. Nc6 Bxc6 42. dxc6 Qxc6 {
(Lékó).}) 40. Kg2 Qb7 41. Nc4 $3 {White takes the bastion.} g5 (41... bxc4 42.
Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 43. Qxf7 {leads to a quick mate (Lékó).}) 42. Na5 Qa8 43. Nf5+ Kf8
44. h4 Bd8 45. Nh6 f6 46. hxg5 f5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bh3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. dxc5 $2 ({Correct is} 
13. Re1 {(Van Wely - Karjakin, round six).}) 13... bxc5 14. Na4 d4 15. Bf4 Nb4
16. a3 Nbd5 {Aronian has taken the initiative.} 17. Bd2 $6 ({Better is} 17. Be5
$1 {Black can try the same plan as in the game, but} Ne4 18. Bf5 Nec3 19. Nxc3
Nxc3 20. Rxc3 $1 dxc3 21. Qc2 {gives counter-play for White.}) 17... Ne4 $1 18.
Re1 Bb5 19. Bf5 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Nc3 22. Rxc3 $2 {Now the sacrifice
shows desperation.} ({White could try} 22. Bd3 Qd6 23. e3) 22... dxc3 23. Qxc3
c4 24. Qxc4 Bxa3 25. h4 Qe7 26. Bd3 Rac8 27. Qg4 Qb4 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh6 Qc3 30.
Qf4 Bc1 31. Qg4 Rcd8 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Bxc4 Bh6 34. a5 Re4 35. Bb5 Rc8 36. a6
Rb4 37. Bd3 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Ne5 Rb6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Bc4 Bb2 42. Nf3 Bf6
43. Bd3 Kf8 44. Nd2 Ke7 45. Ne4 Kd7 46. f4 Ke7 47. Kf3 h5 48. Nd2 Bc3 49. Nf1
Bd4 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Rc6 52. Nd2 Be3 53. Nc4 Bc1 54. Ne5 Rf6 55. Bb5 Rxf4+
56. Kg3 Kd6 57. Nc6 Kc5 58. Nxa7 Kb6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Ne2 Re8 $5 ({Known is} 11... Qe7 {(Ftacnik -
Erenburg, Germany 2006).}) 12. Ng3 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb4
16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qb1 $5 Nd5 (17... Nxa2 $6 18. Be4 $1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 c5 20. Nf5
{activates white minor pieces.}) 18. Bf5 Qc7 19. Rfe1 N7f6 20. e4 $1 Ne7 21.
Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Qc1 c5 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Ba5 Qxa5 25. Rxd6 Qxa2 $2 {Sokolov
overestimates his position.} (25... c4 $1 26. Qf4 Qc5 {(Gelfand) brings a
balance of action and counteraction.}) 26. Re2 Qxb3 27. h3 Nxf2 $5 (27... Rcd8
28. Nd2 $1 Qb4 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. hxg4 {costs a piece too (Gelfand).}) 28. Rxf2
Kg8 29. Nh5 Rc6 30. Rd7 Ng6 $2 31. Qa1 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. b3 $5 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5
21. Nd5 Bb7 22. O-O Rc8 23. Qd3 {White has a plus in the Sveshnikov.} Nh4 $5
24. Rd1 h6 25. Qg3 Nf5 26. Qg4 Rc5 27. Rad2 Bc8 28. Qe4 Bb7 29. h3 Nh4 30. Bd3
Rf5 31. Bb1 $6 (31. Ra2 {keeps an edge.}) 31... Rxc3 $1 32. Qg4 h5 $1 {Topalov
starts an attack.} 33. Qe2 $2 ({The major line is} 33. Qa4 $1 Bc6 {(Karjakin)}
34. Nxc3 $1 Bxa4 35. Rxd6 Qg5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Bxf5+ Nxf5 38. Nxa4 {and White
seems to survive.}) 33... Qg5 34. f4 Rxf4 35. Kh1 Nxg2 $1 36. Qxg2 Rg3 37. Nxf4
Bxg2+ 38. Nxg2 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1 Rg3 40. Rf2 Kg8 41. Rxd6 h4 42. Rc6 Qg4 $1 43. Bf5
Rxg2+ $1 44. Rxg2 Qxf5 45. Rcg6 Qf7 46. R6g4 Qf6 47. Kh2 Kf7 48. Kh3 e4 49. Rg5
e3 50. Kxh4 g6 (50... g6 51. Kg4 Qf2 52. Rxf2+ exf2 {wins lovely.}) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Re1 Rb8 16. c5 Bc8 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Rxe4 $1 {Topalov had prepared this
novelty for San Luis 2005.} ({Theory is} 18. Ne5) 18... dxe4 19. Ne5 Qd5 $1 {
Black has to defend actively.} 20. Qe1 $1 Bf5 21. g4 $1 Bg6 22. f3 {Topalov
still follows his preparation.} b4 $6 ({Topalov prefers} 22... Bxc5 $1 23. dxc5
Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 b4 25. Bb2 Qc2 26. Qc1 Qe2 {and a great battle.}) ({My
suggestion is} 22... Rbc8 $1 {(overprotects c6)} 23. fxe4 Qd8 24. Rd1 Bf6 $1)
23. fxe4 Qe6 24. Bb2 Bf6 $6 (24... Rfe8 {avoids the next trick.}) 25. Nxc6 $1
Qxc6 26. e5 Qa6 27. exf6 Rfe8 28. Qf1 $1 Qe2 $1 29. Qf2 $1 {Black gets no
counter-play.} Qxg4 30. h3 $1 Qg5 31. Bc1 $1 Qh5 32. Bf4 Rbd8 $6 (32... Rbc8 $1
{hinders the connected passed pawns (Topalov).}) 33. c6 $1 Be4 (33... Re2 34.
c7 $1 Rc8 35. Qf3 {wins for White (Topalov).}) 34. c7 Rc8 35. Re1 Qg6 36. Rxe4
$1 {Another sacrifice of the exchange clears the restraint of the d-pawn.} Rxe4
37. d5 Rce8 38. d6 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 40. Qg3 g6 41. Qg5 Qxg5 42. Bxg5 Rd1 43.
Bc6 Re2+ 44. Kg3 {Topalov had won a great game and led by half-a-point before
Anand.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. a4 b4 $6 ({Theory is} 12...
Re8) 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. a5 Nc5 16. Ba4 Rb8 17. Bc6 Bf6 18. Qe2 Bd4
19. Rb1 Qf6 20. Rd1 h6 21. Qd2 Rfe8 $2 {Black gives away an exchange.} ({
Correct is} 21... Bc3 $1 22. Qe2 Bd4 {(Lékó)} 23. Bxh6 $1 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qxh6
25. Rd4 {and White has an advantage.}) 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Qf4 b3 24. c3 Qe7 25.
Bd2 $1 Be5 26. Qg4 Ne4 27. Be3 g6 28. g3 Bg7 29. Re1 h5 30. Qe2 h4 31. Qxa6 f5
32. Qb5 Be5 33. a6 hxg3 34. fxg3 Kf7 35. a7 Rh8 36. Qb8 Rxh2 37. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O Re8 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bf3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Rd2 $5 {A
novelty has been played.} 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Rxd2 $1 Rxd2 22. b4 $1 {Loek gives
the extra pawn for initiative.} Bxb4 23. Rc7 g6 24. e3 f5 ({An active defence
brings} 24... Rxa2 $5 25. Nxf7 $1 Ra5 $1) 25. Rxa7 Be2 26. Bxe2 Rxe2 27. Nd7
Be7 28. Nxb6 Bh4 29. a4 Rb2 30. Nd5 Rd2 $2 (30... Bxf2+ $1 31. Kf1 Bh4 32. a5
Rf2+ 33. Kg1 Rd2 {survives (Van Wely).}) 31. Rd7 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Bxe3 33. Nf6+ $2
{Unlucky Loek frolics in Corus 2006.} (33. a5 $1 Kf8 34. Ke1 $1 Bxf4 35. a6 Ra2
36. a7 {wins (Van Wely).}) 33... Kf8 34. Nxh7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Ke8
37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Rxd2 Bxd2 39. Nd5 Kf7 40. Ke2 Ba5 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Kc4 Bd2 43.
Kc5 Kd7 44. Kb5 Kd6 45. Nb6 Kc7 46. a5 Kb8 47. Nd5 Ka7 48. h3 g5 49. fxg5 Bxg5
50. Nb4 f4 51. Nc6+ Kb7 52. Nd4 Bf6 53. Nf3 Ka7 54. h4 Bg7 55. h5 Kb7 56. a6+
Ka7 57. Ka5 Bc3+ 58. Kb5 Bg7 59. Nd2 Bh6 60. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Anand trails Topalov by half-a-point. So Vishy needs to win in the last round.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Na5 Qd7 14. Rd2
$5 {Anand starts an attack on d6.} Be7 15. Rhd1 Rb8 $6 {Gelfand avoids
passivity at a price.} 16. Bc5 $1 Qc7 17. Rxd6 $1 Qxa5 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe7
Rb7 ({Not} 19... Kxe7 $4 20. Qa7+) 20. Bd6 $1 Nd7 (20... Kf7 $5 21. f4 $1 {
(Anand)} Qb6 $1 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Bxe5 {favours White.}) 21. Qh4 Qd8 22. Qh5+
g6 23. Qh6 Qf6 24. Ne2 Kf7 25. h4 $1 g5 $5 {Gelfand gives a pawn for
simplification.} 26. hxg5 Qxh6 27. gxh6 Rg8 28. g4 $5 Rg6 29. Rh1 Rb6 30. Ba3
Rf6 31. Rh3 Kg6 32. Kd2 Rf7 33. Ke3 Nf6 34. Nc3 Rd7 35. Rh1 Rc6 36. Na4 Rb7 37.
Nc3 Rb8 38. Nd1 {Anand has little winning chances. Lékó and Topalov have drawn
about this time.} Ng8 $2 {Black awakens the white rook.} 39. Rh5 Nxh6 40. Rxe5
Nf7 41. Rh5 $1 Rb5 42. Rh1 e5 43. Nc3 Rb7 44. Nd5 Re6 45. Bb4 $1 Kg7 46. Rh2
Ng5 47. Bc3 Kg8 48. Rf2 Rf7 49. Rf1 Re8 50. Ke2 Ref8 $5 ({The passive} 50...
Re6 51. Ne3 Rc7 52. Rd1 {(Ftacnik) allows a penetration.}) 51. Bxe5 Nxe4 $1 52.
Ke3 Nc5 53. f4 $1 Re8 54. Kd4 Nd7 55. Re1 Re6 $6 56. Re2 $6 {Black can play a
trick.} ({White disregards the chance} 56. Kxc4) 56... Nxe5 $6 ({Better is} 
56... Rg7 $1 57. Rg2 Nxe5 58. fxe5 {and White has an advantage (Anand).}) 57.
fxe5 Rg7 58. Nf6+ Kf7 59. Kxc4 Rg5 60. Kd4 Rb6 61. c4 Ke6 62. b3 Rb8 63. Re4 h6
64. Nd5 Rbg8 65. Nf4+ Ke7 66. e6 {Anand and Topalov have won the event.} ({
Vishy has planned} 66. e6 Rxg4 67. Nd5+ Kd6 68. c5+ Kc6 69. Ne7+) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 $5 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 $5 {Kamsky has been startled
by the opening, and chose a poor line.} Na5 $1 13. Qe2 $5 ({A fine alternative
gives} 13. Bf1 $1 O-O-O 14. a3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. b4 Nc6 18.
Bg2 Rd6 19. c3) 13... Nxc4 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qd3 $1 Nxg4 16. O-O-O Nf6 {A
critical position has been reached.} 17. f4 $6 (17. Bg5 $1 O-O-O 18. Rhe1 {
leads to pressure in the centre.}) 17... exf4 $6 (17... O-O-O $1 18. f5 gxf5
19. Qxf5+ Qd7 $1 20. Qxe5 Rh5 $1 21. Qd4 Nxd5 22. Qa7 Qc6 {gains more
advantage.}) 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4+ Be7 20. Bd4 $2 ({Better is} 20. Bxf4 Rh4
21. Bxd6 Rxe4 22. Bxc7 {and White has a plus (Tiviakov).}) 20... f5 21. Qf3
O-O-O 22. Bxg7 Rhg8 23. Bc3 b4 24. Be1 g5 25. Qd3 Rgf8 26. Bf2 Kb7 27. Rhe1 Bf6
28. Qf3 Rfe8 29. Rf1 Re4 30. Kb1 Qe5 31. Qb3 a5 32. c3 Qd6 33. a3 Ra8 34. axb4
axb4 35. Rfe1 Rae8 36. c4 Rxe1 37. Bxe1 Re2 38. Bxb4 $2 Qb6 $1 39. c5 Qb5 40.
c6+ Kb8 $1 ({Not} 40... Kc8 $2 41. d6 $3 cxd6 42. Qg8+ {and White draws 
(Tiviakov).}) 41. d6 Rxb2+ 42. Qxb2 Bxb2 43. d7 Bf6 {Anand and Topalov won the
A-group by 9/13. Adams an Ivanchuk followed at a distance (71/2) before
Gelfand and Karjakin (7).} 0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3
d6 9. a4 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 Bc8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Bb6 14. Ng3 Be6 $2 (
14... O-O $1 {leads to De Firmian - Lugo, San Diego 2004.}) 15. d4 Bxa2 16.
Rxa2 O-O $2 ({Better is} 16... exd4 17. cxd4 h6 $5 ({Magnus Carlsen analyses} 
17... O-O $2 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 $1 g5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Nc6 22. Nh5 Bxd4
23. Qf3 {and wins}) 18. Re2 O-O 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Rfe1 {and White is going to
strike.}) 17. Bg5 $1 exd4 18. Nh5 $1 dxc3 19. Nh4 $1 Kh8 20. Nf5 {Black cannot
protect pawn g7.   The B-group was won by Carlsen and Motylev. They will play
in the highest league next year.} ({Notice} 20. Nf5 Rg8 21. Nfxg7 $1) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Corus 2007 was played from 13 until 28 i. Six out of fourteen participants
competed at the top: Topalov, Radjabov, Aronian. Kramnik, Anand and Svidler.
Kramnik's health had improved.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12.
exd5 Qc7 13. g4 Rc8 14. Kb1 b4 15. g5 Nfd7 16. h4 a5 17. Bh3 a4 18. Nc1 Na6 $6
{The knight stands in the way of the rooks.} ({Theory is} 18... Qb7 {(Sedlak -
Benderac, Yugoslavia 2000).}) 19. h5 Rcb8 20. g6 $1 Bf6 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Be6+
Kf8 $2 ({Preferable is} 22... Ke7 $1) 23. b3 $2 ({Topalov misses} 23. Qd3 $1 b3
{(Van Wely)} 24. cxb3 axb3 25. Nxb3 {and 26. Qxh7.}) 23... Ndc5 24. Rhg1 Qe7
25. Bf5 Kg8 $2 {Loek overlooks a fine opportunity.} ({Correct is} 25... e4 $1
26. fxe4 {(Van Wely)} axb3 27. Nxb3 Na4 {and the players have mutual chances.})
26. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 27. Qh6 $1 Kf8 28. Qxh7 Qf7 29. Nd3 axb3 30. cxb3 Nxd3 31.
Rxd3 e4 $5 32. Be6 exd3 33. Bxf7 Rxa2 34. Qg8+ $1 (34. Kxa2 $4 Ra8+ 35. Kb1
Ra1#) 34... Ke7 35. Kxa2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rad1 a4 13. Bc4 Bc6 14. a3 Ra5
15. Nd5 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. c3 e6 18. Nb4 Bf8 19. f3 Qc7 20. Qf2 Nc5 21. Rd2
Qe7 22. Rde2 Rc8 23. Ba2 Bb5 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. f4 Bc4 26. Bb1 Nc5 27. Bc2 Nb3 28.
Bxb3 Bxb3 29. Rd3 Bc4 30. Rh3 e5 31. Bb6 Rb5 32. f5 f6 $6 ({Better is the
freeing} 32... d5 $1 {(Tiviakov).}) 33. Be3 gxf5 $2 (33... g5 {keeps the pawn
structure intact.}) 34. Qxf5 $1 Be6 35. Rg3+ Kh8 36. Qf2 Bg7 37. Qd2 Rg8 38.
Rd1 Bf8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Bh6 Bb3 41. Rf1 Rc5 42. Rf3 Rc8 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44.
Qxd5+ Kh8 45. Be3 Bg7 46. Qb5 Ra8 47. Bf2 Qc7 48. Rd3 Bf8 49. Rd5 Qc6 50. Qd3
Be7 51. Rb5 Bd8 52. Rd5 Bc7 53. h3 Rf8 54. Rb5 Ra8 55. Rd5 Rg8 56. Kh2 Rg6 57.
c4 Rg8 58. Bh4 Rg6 59. Qf3 Kg7 60. c5 $5 dxc5 61. Qf5 {Tiviakov defended well
for a long time.} Bd6 $2 ({Ok is} 61... Bb6 $1 62. Qd7+ Kg8 $1 63. Qe7 c4 64.
g4 Rg7 65. Qxf6 Rf7 $1 {(Tiviakov).}) 62. Qe6 $1 f5 $1 63. Qxf5 Qc7 64. Bg3 Rf6
65. Qh5 Re6 66. Qe2 Kf8 67. Qd1 b5 68. Qf1+ Ke8 69. Qxb5+ Qd7 70. Qe2 Qf7 71.
Qa6 $1 Qd7 72. Qa8+ Kf7 73. Qh8 $1 h6 74. Qh7+ Ke8 75. Qg8+ {Radjabov ended
the game by a brilliant encircling manoeuvre.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 b5 7. Nxb5 $5 ({
Theory is} 7. cxb5 a6 {and Black plays a kind of Volga Gambit.}) 7... Ne4 $1 8.
Bc1 a6 9. Na3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 e6 $6 ({Preferable is} 10... d6) 11. g3 exd5 12. Bg2
Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qd8 $5 14. cxd5 a5 (14... Bxb2 $6 15. Nc4 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 {favours
White.}) 15. Bc3 d6 16. O-O Ba6 17. Qd2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Rab1 f5 20. Nb5
Ne5 21. e4 $2 {White loses his edge.} (21. a4 $1 {gives the knight extra
protection.}) 21... Nc4 22. Qc1 a4 $5 23. exf5 Qd7 $1 24. fxg6 ({Not} 24. Na3
$2 Nxa3 25. Qxa3 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qxf5) 24... Bxb5 25. Qg5 (25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Re1
Ne5 27. c4 $1 Ba6 28. f4 $1 {brings a fine counteraction.}) 25... Ne5 26. gxh7+
Kh8 27. Rfe1 Bd3 28. Rb6 $2 (28. Rbd1 Bc2 29. Rd2 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 {leads to
great compensation for the piece.}) 28... Rae8 $1 29. Re3 $2 Nc4 30. Rxd3 $2
Re1+ 31. Bf1 Qh3 32. Qg8+ Rxg8 33. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 34. Rb8+ Kg7 {Radjabov had a
great start in the event and took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15.
Ba5 Rc8 16. a3 $5 ({Theory is} 16. Nbd2 {(Gelfand - Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee
2006).}) 16... Bd6 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 Nbd7 19. b4 $1 {White prevents . .. c5
but cages a bishop.} e5 $1 20. dxe5 Bxe5 $5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. f3 $1 {Kramnik
wants to keep his advantages.} Nc4 $2 ({Preferable is} 22... Nc6 $1 23. e4 Be6
24. Qf2 Nxa5 25. bxa5 {(Kramnik)} c5 $1 26. Rxc5 Rd8 27. Nf1 Rd3) 23. Nxc4 Bxc4
24. Qf2 Re8 25. e4 c6 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. Rd6 $1 f6 30.
f4 {The two bishops and fine pawn structure have remained.} Re6 31. Rd2 Re7 32.
Qd4 Nf8 33. Qd8 Rd7 $5 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. e5 $5 fxe5 37. Bxc6 Nf6
38. Bb7 exf4 39. gxf4 Nd5 40. Kf2 $1 Nxf4 $6 ({Kramnik ptrefers} 40... Bb3 $1
41. Bxa6 Ba4 42. Kf3 Nc3 {but} 43. Bc8 $1 {attacks vividly.}) 41. Ke3 g5 ({Or} 
41... Ne2 42. Kd2 $1 Kf7 43. Bxa6 Nd4 44. Bb6 $1 Nf3+ 45. Kc3 Nxh2 46. a4 Ng4
47. a5 $1 Nf6 48. Kd4 {(Kramnik).}) 42. Bxa6 Kf7 43. a4 Ke7 44. Bxb5 Bxb5 45.
axb5 Kd7 46. Ke4 Ne2 47. Bb6 g4 48. Bf2 Nc3+ 49. Kf5 Nxb5 50. Kxg4 Ke6 51. Kg5
Kf7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Bc5+ {Kramnik showed his accurate positional play.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 $5 ({Theory is} 11... a6) 12. Be3 Ne5 13.
a4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 b6 {Topalov has equalised easily.} 15. Ng3 Nh7 16. f4 h5 17.
f5 $1 h4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Nge2 g5 $1 {Black counters timely.} 20. Rf2 a6 21.
Raf1 Ra7 $1 22. Nb1 $5 {White uses a slow plan. He will jump his knights to d2
and c3 for centre exploits.} g4 ({The capture} 22... Bxb2 $5 23. Nec3 $1 Bxc3
24. Nxc3 Rg7 {would be two-edged.}) 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Nd2 $6 ({Ponomariov
suggests} 24. Nbc3 $5) 24... Bxb2 $1 25. Nc3 Rg7 26. Nc4 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Bh5 28.
Bf4 Rxe4 29. Ne3 $2 ({Not} 29. Bxd6 $2 Rxc4 $1) ({Right is} 29. Qc2 $1 Rd4 30.
Bh6 Rg6 31. Rf8+ $1 Nxf8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Qf5+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kh6
36. Nxd6 {and White has escaped (Ponomariov).}) 29... Qf6 $1 30. Qc2 Bg6 31.
Ng4 Qd4 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Bc1 Re1 34. Qd2 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Bd3+ 36. Kg1 Ng5 37.
Kh2 Ne4 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Qf4 Nc3 40. Qxd4 cxd4 41. Nf7 Ne4 42. Bb2 Bf1 43. Rh8+
Kg6 44. Rxh4 Kxf7 45. Rf4+ Kg8 46. Rxf1 Rh7+ 47. Kg1 d3 48. Rd1 Rh1+ 49. Kxh1
Nf2+ 50. Kg1 Nxd1 51. Bc1 Nb2 52. Kf2 Nxa4 53. Bf4 Nc3 54. Kf3 a5 55. Bd2 Nb1
56. Bf4 a4 57. Bxd6 d2 58. Ke2 Nc3+ {Topalov and Radjabov competed for the
lead.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. c4 cxd4 13. cxd5 $5 ({Or} 13.
exd4 $1 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 Nf6 15. c5 {(Gil Capape - Campora, Zaragoza 1992).})
13... Re8 14. Rad1 $6 (14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bd3 {levels (Krasenkow).}) 14... h6 15.
Bh4 $5 dxe3 16. fxe3 Nc3 17. Be1 Rxe3 18. Bd3 Qc5 $1 19. Qxc3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxc5
Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Nxc5 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nf6 24. Be2 Bd7 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Ne5 Bf5
27. d6 Nd7 {White has compensation for the pawn.} 28. Nc4 b6 29. a3 Kf8 30. Kf2
Rc8 $1 31. Ne3 $6 (31. Be2 $1 Be6 32. Rd4 {defends well.}) 31... Be6 32. Nd5 $5
Rc2+ $1 33. Kg3 Ne5 34. Nc7 Bd7 35. Na6 Ke8 36. Re1 f6 37. Re3 Kd8 38. Bd5 Rd2
39. Nc7 Bf5 40. Kf4 g6 41. Rc3 Kd7 42. Ke3 Rd3+ 43. Rxd3 Bxd3 44. Be4 Bxe4 45.
Kxe4 Kxd6 46. Nb5+ Kc5 $1 47. Nxa7 Nc4 48. a4 Nd6+ 49. Kd3 Kb4 50. Kd4 Nf5+ 51.
Kd5 Ne3+ 52. Ke6 f5 $1 53. Nc8 Nxg2 54. Nxb6 f4 55. Nd5+ Kxa4 56. Kf6 f3 57.
Nc3+ Kb4 58. Ne4 Nh4 59. Kg7 h5 60. Kh6 Kc4 61. Kg5 Kd3 $1 62. Ng3 Nf5 63. Nh1
Ne7 64. Kf6 Ke2 65. h4 Kf1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 ({Karjakin
did} 14. f4 {in the previous event. Now another long theoretical line is used.}
) 14... a5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nc1 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4
Nc7 21. dxe6 Rxd2 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Nb5 (23... Qc6 {stems from Lékó -
Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2006.}) 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Nf5 Rxf7 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 27.
Rd8+ $5 Re8 28. Rhd1 Rg8 $1 {White should organize a fortress with the rook,
knight and pawn versus the queen.} 29. b3 $6 a3 $1 {Square b2 has become weak
for White.} 30. R1d5 $2 ({More solid id} 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Nd3)
30... Qf1 $1 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rxe5 Qxf3 33. Rc5 Qh1 34. Rc4 Qe1 35. Rf4 h5
36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg4+ $6 Kf7 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf5 40. Rc4 h5 41. Rc5+ Kg4
42. Rc4+ Kf3 43. Rd4 Qe5 44. c3 Qh2 45. Rd3+ Ke4 46. Rd4+ Kf5 47. Nd3 Qd2 48.
Rd5+ Kf6 (48... Ke4 $1 49. c4 Ke3 50. Re5+ Kd4 {will mate quickly.}) 49. c4
Qd1+ 50. Nc1 Qg4 51. Rd2 Qxh4 52. Nd3 Qd4 53. Kc2 h4 (53... Qc3+ 54. Kd1 h4 {
keeps pawn b4 on the board.}) 54. Nxb4 Qb2+ 55. Kd1 Qb1+ 56. Ke2 Qe4+ 57. Kd1
h3 58. Nd3 Qh1+ 59. Ke2 h2 60. Nf2 Qg2 61. Ke3 Ke7 62. Rd5 $6 ({Anand analyses
} 62. Rd1 $1 Qg3+ 63. Ke2 Qe5+ 64. Kd2 Kd6 65. Kc2+ Kc6 66. Rd2 Qe3 67. Kd1
Qxf2 $1 68. Rxf2 h1=Q+ 69. Kd2 Qb1 {and Black takes the fortress gradually.})
62... h1=Q $1 63. Nxh1 Qxa2 $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Svidler had upset Topalov in the previous round and competed at the top.} 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 Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rc1 a6 $5 14. Qd2 b5 15.
Bd3 Qb7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 $5 {Loek had judged this move as risky at home.} (16...
Qb6 $5 {drew in Shipov - Zinchenko, Moscow 2007.}) 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6
$2 ({Van Wely prefers} 18... Qa7 $1) 19. Rc5 $3 Bg4 $2 ({The pointe is} 19...
Nxd4 $2 20. Rh5 $1) (19... Rfd8 $2 20. Rh5 $3 gxh5 21. e5 f5 22. exf6 exf6 23.
Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Nf4 {also triumphs}) ({But} 19... f6 $1 20. Rfc1 $1 {(Van Wely)}
e5 $1 {defends properly.}) 20. Nf4 $1 Nxd4 ({Or} 20... Rfd8 21. Rg5 $1) 21. Rg5
$1 Bf3 22. Rg3 $1 {Radjabov and Topalov led on Aronian at the end of the
penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Nd2
O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba6 11. b3 b5 12. Ne3 b4 13. Ne2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxd4 15.
Bb2 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qb5 {The extra black pawn has little value.} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (
17... gxf6 {17. .. gxf6 drew in Smyslov - Guimard, Groningen 1946.}) 18. e5 Be7
{This position ended as a draw in Brodsky -Tiviakov, Port Erin 2005. Aronian
needs a win and sees chances on the kingside.} 19. Rad1 $5 (19. Rfd1 $5 {was
played in Nika - Maric, Thessaloniki 1988.}) 19... a5 20. Be4 $1 Ra7 21. h4 Nd7
22. h5 Nxe5 $5 ({More solid is} 22... f5 23. exf6 Rxf6) 23. Qe3 Ng4 $2 {
Tiviakov starts a dubious counter.} (23... Bc5 $1 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qe4+ Kg8
26. Nxe5 {gives mutual chances (Aronian).}) 24. Qxa7 Qxh5 25. Kg2 Bc5 26. Qxa5
Qh2+ 27. Kf3 Bxf2 $6 ({Better is} 27... Nxf2 $1 28. Qxc5 Nxd1 29. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
$1 30. Rxd1 $1 {and White has an advantage (Marin).} ({not} 30. Qxf8 $2 Qh5+
31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Ne3 33. Nxe3 Qxe3+ $11)) 28. Rd8 $5 Qxg3+ 29. Ke2 Bc5 30.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qa7 Qh2+ 32. Kd1 f6 33. Qd7 Nf2+ 34. Ke1 Nxe4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36.
Qxe4 Qxa2 37. Qe8 Kg8 38. Rf3 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 c5 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Ne5 h6 42. Nd7
Qc2+ 43. Qe2 {Radjabov drew with Topalov. So Aronian joined the leaders. They
scored 81/2/13. Kramnik (8), Anand (71/2) and Svidler (7) followed.} 1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{A battle between the Dutch hope and the rest of the world raged in the B
group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. g3
Bd7 8. Bg2 Bc6 9. f3 d5 10. Nh3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nbd7 12. e4 Nb6 13. Qc3 a5 14.
O-O Bb5 15. Rd1 c6 16. Be3 a4 17. Nf4 Nc4 18. Bf2 Na5 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Nc5 Qe7
21. Re1 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rd6 Nc4 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Qd4 Qc7 $5 {Eljanov avoids further exchanges, because he plays for a
win in each game.} 28. Bf1 Ne5 29. Qc3 f6 30. f4 $1 Ng4 31. Bc4 Qd7 $2 {Black
blunders positionally.} ({Right is} 31... Kf7 $1 {and White has a plus.}) 32.
Qd4 $1 Qe8 33. h3 $1 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 h6 35. f5 $1 Bxc4 36. Qxc4 Kf7 37. g4 Qd7
38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Qxa4 $1 Qc7 40. Qb4 Qh2+ 41. Kd1 $1 exf5 42. Qxb7+ Kf8 43. Qxc6
f4 44. Qd6+ Kf7 45. c6 Qh1+ 46. Kd2 Qg2+ 47. Kc3 Qxh3+ 48. Kb4 Qxg4 49. c7 Qc8
50. Qd8 Qb7+ 51. Kc3 {Eljanov won the B group despite this loss. L'Ami scored
71/2/13 and headed the Dutch contingent.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The seventieth tournament was another top event. World champion Anand
competed with the young men Aronian, Carlson and Radjabov.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 $5 (14. a4 {was played
in Radjabov - Anand, Mainz 2006.}) 14... Bf8 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Bd6 Bf8 17. Bxf8
$5 Rxf8 18. b3 b4 19. Na4 c3 20. a3 a5 21. d5 $1 Qe7 $6 ({Preferable is} 21...
cxd5 22. Bb5 Ke7 $1) 22. d6 Qf6 23. e5 $1 {Black loses a tempo.} Qf4 $1 ({Not} 
23... Nxe5 $2 24. Nc5 $1) ({nor} 23... Qxe5 $2 24. Ba6 $1) 24. Bd3 bxa3 25. Qe2
Qd2 26. Rxa3 Qxe2 $6 ({Wiser is} 26... f6 27. exf6 Rxf6) 27. Rxe2 g4 28. Nxc3
Rg8 29. Ne4 Kd8 30. Nd2 c5 $2 ({Anand analyses} 30... Rg5 $1 31. f4 gxf3 32.
Nxf3 Rg4) 31. Bb5 Bd5 32. Nc4 Rg5 33. Rea2 $1 Nxe5 34. Nb6 Rb8 35. Rxa5 $1 Be4
36. Ra7 f6 37. R2a6 Rg8 38. Rc7 Rf8 39. Rxc5 $2 (39. Re7 $1 {aims the attack
on the king.}) 39... Rf7 40. d7 $1 Nxd7 41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Bxd7 Kxd7 43. Rc3 f5
44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Rh7 Bd5 46. Rxh6 Bxb3 47. h3 gxh3 48. Rhxh3 Bd5 49. Rc2 Ke5
50. f3 Kf6 51. Kf2 Rb4 52. Re2 Kg6 53. Kg3 Ra4 54. Rh4 Ra7 55. Rb2 Kf6 56. Rhb4
Ke5 57. Re2+ Kf6 58. Rd2 Ke5 59. Re2+ Kf6 60. Kf4 Ra3 61. Rd2 Ra5 62. Re2 Ra3
63. Kg3 Ra8 (63... Ra7 $1 {drawn (Anand).}) 64. Rc2 Ke5 65. Rh4 Rg8+ 66. Kh2
Ra8 67. Re2+ Kf6 68. f4 $1 Ke7 69. Rh7+ Kd6 $2 {Square f6 becomes available.} (
{Right is} 69... Kf6 $1 {(Anand).}) 70. Kg3 Rg8+ 71. Kh3 $1 Rg4 72. g3 Rg8 73.
Rd2 Rc8 74. Kh4 Rc3 75. Rg7 Ra3 76. Rc2 Bc6 77. Rc1 Rb3 78. Rg1 Bd5 79. Kg5 Kc5
80. Kf6 Kd4 81. Re1 Rb6 82. Rd7 Rc6 83. Ke7 Ra6 84. Rd6 Ra7+ 85. Kf6 {The
world champion started with a defeat.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 {Boris likes to
play the Gelfand Variation.} Nf5 $5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bd2 $5 O-O 16. Rac1 f6 $1
17. exf6 Rxf6 18. e4 Bd4 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Kd1 Rf7 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Qe2 Ng6 23.
Bxg6 hxg6 $5 24. Qe6 Rd8 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Re6 Ba7 $1 27. Ne2 d4 $1 {Black
keeps an edge.} 28. Ng3 d3 29. Rxg6 $4 {This move costs a piece.} (29. Ne4 $1
Bd5 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. Rc8+ $1 Rf8 32. Nxd6 Rxc8 33. Nxc8 Bf3+ 34. Ke1 Bc5 35. b4
Bg1 36. f5 $1 gxf5 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nxf5 {fights for survival.}) 29... Bf2 $1 {
Black threatens mate in one.} 30. Ba5 Bxg3 $1 (30... Bxg3 31. Bxd8 Bf3+ 32. Kd2
Bxf4+ 33. Kxd3 Rd7+ {wins easily.}) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bf4 Ng4 $5 {Radjabov postpones the exchange on d5.} 10. Qd2 Na6 11. a3 Nc7
12. f3 Ne5 13. O-O exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 b6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Ng3 Ba6 18.
Rfe1 Re8 19. a4 Bc4 20. Nf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 a6 22. Bg3 Qd7 23. Rae1 (23. Rfe1 $1
{moves the right bishop.}) 23... b5 $1 24. f4 $2 {White weakens his pawn
centre.} (24. a5 b4 25. Nd1) 24... b4 25. Nd1 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Ne3 Rxe3 $1
28. Rxe3 Bd4 29. Bf2 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 Nxd5 31. Rd1 Re8 $5 32. Bf2 $2 ({
Commentators mention} 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxe3 34. Rxd6 Re2 {but} 35. Rxa6 (
{or} 35. b3 c4 $1) 35... Rxb2 36. Ra7+ Kg8 37. a5 c4 38. a6 Ra2 $1 39. Rb7 c3 {
wins for Black.}) 32... Nxf4 33. Qxd6 Qe4 {Radjabov had won in another King's
Indian Defence.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The round started with a minute of silence for the deceased Bobby Fischer.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Qf6 $5 ({Theory is} 10... Bf5 $1 11. Bd3 Qg5 {
(Bromberger - Van den Doel, Bundesliga 2000).}) 11. f3 $1 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13.
Qf2 Nf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. b4 a6 $6 ({Better is} 15... f6 $1 16. Bb2 Kf7 17. Kf2
Ne5) 16. Kf2 $1 Ne5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Ne2 $1 {White continues his
development in a smart way.} Bf7 $5 ({The pointe is} 19... Nhxf3 $6 20. Nf4 Bf7
21. Bg2 Nh4 22. Bxd5) 20. Rg1 Nc4 $2 ({More useful is} 20... Rg8) 21. Bc1 g5
22. Nc3 O-O-O 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxe4 Kc7 {The black position
falls apart.} ({Or} 25... Ne5 26. f4 $1 Nef3 27. Rg3) 26. Nxf6 h6 27. f4 $1 Nd2
28. Be2 Nb3 29. Be3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. fxg5 Rf4+ 32. Ke1 $1 hxg5 33. Nh7 $1
Bd5 34. Nxg5 Kc6 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 a5 37. Kd2 axb4 38. axb4 b6 39. cxb6
Kxb6 40. Bd3 Bc6 41. Kc3 Bd7 42. Be4 Bg4 43. Nf7 Bf3 44. Bd3 Bc6 45. Ne5 Bd5
46. Ng6 Ng2 47. Kd4 Bb7 48. h4 Bf3 49. Bf1 Ne1 50. Ne5 Nc2+ 51. Kc3 Be4 52. h5
{Carlsen scored his third win and took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4
exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4
22. b4 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 {All these sharp moves in the Slav
Defence are known.} 25. Nc3 $1 {Knamnik has prepared a fine novelty.} (25. Qd3
{occurred in Radjabow - Anand, Mainz 2006.}) 25... dxc3 ({The pointe is} 25...
Bxh3 $2 26. Nxd5 Bf5 27. Re7+ Kh8 28. Nc7 {(Kramnik).}) 26. Qxc3+ Qd4 27. Qf3
Ra7 28. axb5 Qf6 $6 (28... Rf6 $5 29. Rad1 Qc4 30. Rd8 {favours White
according to Kramnik.} {But} Bf5 $1 31. Qa3 Qxb5 {seems to give defensive
opportunities.}) 29. Qa3 $1 Qb6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Re5 Qf6 32. Qxc5 Rd7 33. h4 $1
gxh4 34. Bg4 $6 (34. bxa6 $1 Bxa6 35. Bg4 Rd6 36. Rae1 {develops a strong
attack (Kramnik).}) 34... Rdd8 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Qd5+ Qf7 37. bxa6 $6 (37. Re6
$1 a5 38. Rxa5 Rcd8 {(Kramnik)} 39. Qe4 $1 Rde8 40. Raa6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Qf5 42.
Qc4 {wins for White.}) 37... Qxd5 38. Rxd5 Rf7 39. a7 Ra8 40. Rda5 Kh7 41. R1a3
h3 $1 42. gxh3 f3 $1 43. Kh2 Rg7 $1 44. h4 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 Rg7 $1 46. Ra6 Rf7 47.
R3a5 Rg7 48. h5 Rf7 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kh3 Ra8 51. Kg4 Rg8+ 52. Rg6 Ra8 53. Raa6
Raxa7 54. Rxh6+ Kg8 55. Rag6+ Rg7 56. Kxf3 Rxg6 57. Rxg6+ Kf7 {The players
have reached a theoretical draw.} 58. Rg4 Ra1 59. Kg3 Rh1 60. Rh4 Ra1 61. Rb4
Kg7 62. Rb6 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Rh1 64. Kg5 Rg1+ 65. Kf5 Rh1 66. h6+ Kh7 67. Ra6 Rf1
68. f4 Rb1 69. Re6 Ra1 70. Rf6 Re1 71. Kg4 Ra1 72. f5 Rg1+ 73. Kf4 Rf1+ 74. Ke5
Re1+ 75. Kd6 Rf1 76. Ke7 Rf2 77. Rf8 Re2+ 78. Kf7 Ra2 79. Rd8 Ra7+ ({Or} 79...
Kxh6 $1 80. f6 Ra7+ 81. Ke8 Kg6) 80. Kf6 Ra1 81. Rd2 Rb1 82. Ra2 Rb3 83. Rh2
Rb1 84. Rh4 Rb8 85. Kg5 Rg8+ 86. Kf4 Ra8 87. Kg5 Rg8+ 88. Kf6 Ra8 89. Re4 Ra1
90. Re8 Ra2 91. Re1 Ra3 92. Rh1 Ra2 93. Kg5 Rg2+ 94. Kf4 Rf2+ 95. Ke4 Re2+ 96.
Kf3 Ra2 97. Ke4 Re2+ 98. Kd4 Rd2+ 99. Ke3 Ra2 100. f6 $1 Ra7 101. Rf1 Kg6 102.
Ke4 Ra4+ 103. Kd5 $1 {Aronian has to find two difficult moves.} Kf7 $2 (103...
Ra5+ $1 104. Kc6 Ra7 $1) 104. Rh1 $1 Ra5+ 105. Kc4 Ra4+ 106. Kb5 Ra8 107. h7
Rh8 108. Rh6 $1 Rb8+ 109. Kc6 Rc8+ 110. Kd6 {Kramnik was competing for the
first place.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. h3 $5 ({Aronian diverts from} 12.
Nc4) 12... Ba6 $5 13. Qa4 $1 Bd3 $5 ({The pointe is} 13... Qc8 $5 14. Nde4 $1
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 b5 16. Qd1 {(Aronian).}) 14. Nf1 b5 $5 15. Qd1 $1 (15. Nxb5 $2
Nb6 16. Qa5 Rxe2 {favours Black.}) 15... Bc4 {Black develops his queenside in
a spectacular way.} 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Nxb5 Qa5 19. a4 $6 Nd7 $2 (
19... Ne4 $1 20. e3 a6 21. Na3 Nxb2 {takes the initiative.}) 20. Bf4 Bxb2 21.
Rb1 Be5 $1 22. Qc1 $1 a6 $6 {Radjabov gives a pawn but be does not get enough
compensation.} ({Better is} 22... Bxf4 $1 23. gxf4 $1 Nd2 $1 24. Nxd6 Nxb1 25.
Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxb1 Rb8 $1 {and Black has a counteraction.}) 23. Qxc4 axb5 24.
axb5 Nb6 25. Qc1 c4 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. e4 Ree8 28. Re3 Qa2 29. h4 Nd7 30. Rc3
Nb6 31. h5 Re5 32. h6 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5 34. Rc2 Qa3 35. Qd2 Qc5 36. Bh3 Rf3 37.
Rc3 Rf6 38. Be6+ Kh8 39. Re3 Raf8 40. Qb2 Na4 41. Qa3 Rxf2 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43.
Ra3 Nb6 44. Rd1 R2f6 45. Rda1 g5 46. Ra6 $1 c3 47. Rxb6 c2 48. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[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. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 $5 13. Qa5 {White has a
pleasant game.} Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qb4 $1 Kf8 $6 ({The
intention is} 16... Nfxd5 $5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd2 {(Anand)} {and now} Qc7 $1
19. c4 $1 Nf4 20. g3 b5 $1 21. cxb5 Ne6 {leads to chances for both players.})
17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 $1 Rh8 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. Bh3 $1 Rce8 21. Rhd1 Re7 22. a3 Rd8
23. Nd2 Nbd7 24. Qc3 a5 $2 {Passivity becomes fatal for Black.} ({The faint by
} 24... Nc5 $1 25. b4 Ncd7 26. g4 hxg4 27. fxg4 a5 {brings timely counter-play
(Anand).}) 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rf1 b6 28. h3 Qd7 29. f5 $1 Rf8 30. Qe3
$1 e4 $5 31. g4 $1 hxg4 32. hxg4 Re5 ({Or} 32... Nxg4 $2 33. Qg5 Nf6 34. Rh1 $1
) 33. Rf4 Qd8 34. g5 $1 Nh5 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rxe4 Rfe8 37. Ka2 $1 a4 38. Rc3 Qc7
39. Qd4 Qc5 40. Qxc5 {Carlsen kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The players do not shake hands, but make no trouble during the game.} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2
Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7 $5 {This great novelty was suggested by
Cheparinov. It has been investigated three years ago. They analysed deeply.}
Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Ke7 15. Nd6 {White has a strong attack for the piece.}
Qb6 (15... Rb8 $1 {will be tried in a later game.}) 16. Bg4 Raf8 17. Qc2 Qxd4
$6 ({Topalov prefers} 17... Rhg8 $5) 18. Qg6 $1 Qxg4 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Nxb7+
Kc8 21. a4 $1 b4 22. Rac1 c3 23. bxc3 b3 $2 ({Better is} 23... Rhg8 $1 {
(Krasenkov)}) 24. c4 $1 Rfg8 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Qf7 Rf8 27. cxd5 $2 {The queen
sacrifice does not suffice.} ({A win brings} 27. h3 $1 Rxf7 28. hxg4 Nf4 29.
Nxf7 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 b2 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. f4 gxf4 34. Bf2 {(Krasenkov)
.}) 27... Rxf7 28. Rxc6+ Kb8 29. Nxf7 Re8 $2 ({Right is} 29... Qe2 $3 30. Rc3 (
{the pointe is} 30. Nxh8 $2 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 b2) 30... b2 31. Rb3+ {and White
can draw (Krasenkov).}) 30. Nd6 $1 Rh8 31. Rc4 Qe2 32. dxe6 Nb6 33. Rb4 Ka8 34.
e7 $6 Nd5 $1 35. Rxb3 Nxe7 36. Rfb1 Nd5 37. h3 h5 38. Nf7 $1 Rc8 39. e6 a6 40.
Nxg5 h4 41. Bd6 Rg8 42. R3b2 Qd3 43. e7 Nf6 44. Be5 Nd7 45. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. b3 Qa3 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne1 Bb7 15.
Nc2 Qa6 $5 {Black nearly has an equal game in the Volga gambit.} 16. e4 $1 Ne8
$6 (16... e6 {puts pressure on the centre.}) 17. a4 $1 Nc7 18. Re1 Rae8 $2 {
This rook should stay on the queenside.} 19. b4 $1 Nd7 20. Nb5 $5 Rc8 {Carlsen
does not win back the pawn twice.} 21. Bh3 $1 f5 (21... Qxa4 $5 22. Nc3 $1 Bxc3
23. Bxc3 {leads to a positional advantage for White.}) 22. Bg5 $1 {Black loses
the battle in the central area.} Ne5 $5 23. bxc5 Qxa4 24. Nxc7 Rxc7 25. c6 $1
Bc8 26. exf5 Rxf5 $5 27. f4 $1 {Van Wely has a won position.} Nc4 28. Rb4 Qa7+
29. Kg2 Qc5 30. Rb8 Nb2 $5 31. Qf3 $1 Qxc2+ $5 32. Re2 Qb1 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. g4
Qf7 35. Bxe7 h5 36. Bxd6 hxg4 37. Qe4 Kh7 38. Bxc7 Bf5 39. Qe3 $2 {Both
players experience time troubles.} (39. Qe7 $1 Qxd5+ 40. Kg1 {wins quickly.})
39... Qxd5+ 40. Kg3 $4 {Poor Loek makes the losing move.} (40. Kg1 $1 Bd4 41.
Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 42. Be5+ Qxe5 43. fxe5 Bxe3+ 44. Rxe3 {keeps winning chances.})
40... Nc4 $1 41. Qf2 $6 (41. Qb3 $5 Qh1 $1 42. Be5 Qg1+ $1 {also wins for
Black.}) 41... Qd3+ 42. Kg2 Be4+ 43. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 44. Kf1 Qd3+ 45. Qe2 Nd2+ 46.
Ke1 Nf3+ 47. Kf1 Nxh2+ $1 48. Ke1 Bc3+ 49. Kf2 g3+ {Carlsen was very lucky and
led by 6 1/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 Nf5 $5 14. g4 Ne7
15. Rb1 $5 ({Gelfand played} 15. Bd2 {against Aronian in round two.}) 15... a5
16. e4 $5 Bb7 17. f5 $5 Bd4 18. exd5 Bxe5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rbc1 $6 b4 $1 21.
dxc6 Bxc6 22. Ne4 Rd8 $2 {Black selects the wrong development.} (22... O-O $1
23. f6 Nd5 {gains an edge (Van Wely).}) 23. f6 $1 Nd5 $1 24. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 25.
Rc1 Qd7 $2 {This move costs the queen.} (25... Qb7 $1 26. fxg7 Bxg7 {(Van Wely)
} 27. Bc5 $1 Be5 {leads to a complicated battle.}) 26. Nd6+ $1 Qxd6 27. Bb5+
Kf8 28. Bc5 Nf4+ 29. Ke1 gxf6 30. Bxd6+ Rxd6 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 33. Qb7
Kg7 34. Be8 Kh6 35. Qxf7 Ng6 36. Qb3 Nf4 37. Qg8 Rd4 38. h4 $1 Ng2+ 39. Ke2
Nxh4 40. g5+ fxg5 41. Qe6+ {Aronian took the lead by 7/11.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Anand has been trailing for several rounds. The world champion needs a win on
his way to a general victory.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8
13. Qd2 Bf8 14. Qf2 $5 Bd7 15. g4 e5 16. Nf5 exf4 17. Bxf4 $1 {Carlsen gains a
plus.} ({Known is} 17. Bb6) 17... Be6 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. g5 Nd7 21.
Nd5 Qc6 22. Bg2 Qc5 $5 23. Qh4 $5 Qxc2 $1 {Anand accepts the challenge.} 24.
Rc1 Qxa4 (24... Qxb2 $5 25. Rc3 g6 26. Rh3 h5 27. gxh6 {leads to great
complications (Anand).}) 25. b3 $5 Qa5 $2 {Black allows a charge on his king.}
(25... Qxb3 $1 26. Rc3 Bxd5 $1 27. Rxb3 Bxb3 {stops the white attack (Anand).})
26. Rc3 g6 27. Rh3 h5 28. Bf3 $2 {Carlsen misses a great opportunity.} (28. Ng3
$3 Qd2 $1 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 Bg7 31. Rhf3 $1 {brings a strong white attack.
}) 28... Bxd5 29. exd5 Bg7 30. Bxh5 gxf5 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. g6+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ $2
{Carlsen has bad luck during the attack.} (33. Rxf5 Qxd5+ 34. Rhf3 Qxf3+ 35.
Rxf3 Nf8 36. Qc4+ {gives equal chances (Anand).}) 33... Kf8 34. Rxf5+ Ke7 35.
Qxg7+ Kd6 $1 36. Rf7 Qxd5+ 37. Kg1 Rbd8 38. Rh7 Qd4+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Rg8
$1 41. Rf6+ Kc7 42. Qe7 Qe4+ {Carlsen, Anand and Radjabov shared the second
place.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Ng5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Nce4 Ne8 14. b3 Ra7 15.
Bb2 Rd7 {Although Carlsen does not remember the theory, he has played known
moves so far.} 16. Rac1 Nc7 $1 ({Magnus diverts from} 16... Qa8) 17. Nf3 f5 18.
Nc3 g5 19. Qd2 g4 20. Ne1 Bg5 21. e3 Rff7 22. Kg1 Ne8 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. Nf4 Qe8
25. Qc3 Rg7 26. b4 Ne4 27. Qb3 Rge7 28. Qa4 $6 {Kramnik becomes active on the
wrong flank.} Ne5 $1 29. Qxa6 $2 Ra7 $1 30. Qb5 {Vladimir suffers from a flue
and offers a draw.} ({At first he has missed} 30. Qxb6 Reb7 31. Qd4 Bf6 $1 {
and White will lose his queen.}) 30... Qxb5 31. cxb5 Rxa2 {Carlsen smells
blood.} 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Nfd3 Bf6 34. Nxe5+ dxe5 35. Rc2 Rea7 36. Kg2 Ng5 37.
Rd6 $2 {He neglects his defence.} ({Preferable is} 37. Rdd2) 37... e4 $1 38.
Bxf6 Kxf6 39. Kf1 Ra1 40. Ke2 Rb1 {Black has a decisive attack.} 41. Rd1 Rxb4
42. Ng2 Rxb5 43. Nf4 Rc5 44. Rb2 b5 45. Kf1 Rac7 46. Rbb1 Rb7 47. Rb4 Rc4 48.
Rb2 b4 49. Rdb1 Nf3 50. Kg2 Rd7 $1 51. h3 e5 52. Ne2 Rd2 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Rxd2
Nxd2 55. Rb2 Nf3 56. Kf1 b3 57. Kg2 Rc2 {Carlsen and Aronian shared the lead,
half-a-point before Anand and Radjabov.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The games Carlsen - Radjabov and Polgar - Aronian ended in long but
uneventful draws. Anand wanted to catch up with Carlsen and Aronian and made a
serious winning attempt against Kramnik during the last round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9.
O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5
Qc4 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4
Bd6 23. Qf2 hxg4 $5 (23... Ng7 {drew in Svidler - Kramnik, Mexico 2007.}) 24.
fxg4 Qxg4 {Vladimir has accepted the pawn and faces an attack.} 25. Reg1 Qh5
26. Nf3 Re7 27. Bg5 Ree8 28. Be3 Re7 29. Bg5 Rd7 $5 {Who wants to win?} 30. Nd4
Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Bf8 32. Qe3 c6 33. Qh3 Rd6 34. Bf4 Re6 35. Rg5 Qh8 36. h5 $1 Rae8
37. Bd2 Bc5 38. Rg3 Re2 39. Kc1 $1 Qg7 40. a3 Bd6 41. Rgg1 Bc5 42. Rg3 Bd6 43.
Rg4 $1 R8e6 $2 {Kramnik makes a mistake at last.} (43... R2e6 {is alright.})
44. hxg6 $1 Rxg6 45. Rxg6 fxg6 46. Be3 $1 Qe5 {The queen has to recue the rook.
} 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Bd2 $1 Qf6 49. Qxb7 {White has regained a pawn and
established weaknesses.} Rh2 $5 50. Re1 Qf2 51. Kb1 $2 {Anand misses his
chances for a victory.} (51. Rd1 $1 Qf6 52. Qa8+ $1 Kg7 53. Qxa7+ {gives
winning chances.}) 51... Qxd2 52. Rf1+ Kg8 $1 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qxg6 Qg2 $1 55.
Qe8+ Qg8 56. Qxc6 Bf8 57. Qa8 Bc5 58. Qxg8+ Kxg8 59. Rf5 Rd2 60. c4 Kg7 61. b4
Be7 {Aronian and Carlsen had won the tournament by a score of 8/13. Anand and
Radjasbov followed at half-a-point.   Magnus Carlsen was 17!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Ncb8 15. h4
h6 16. Bh3 Be7 17. h5 Bh7 18. Nf1 a5 19. Ng3 Na6 20. Bd2 $5 {White moves
forwards slowly in the Closed Sicilian.} Nac5 21. Re3 b5 22. Qe2 b4 23. Rc1 Qb6
24. Kh2 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 26. Bf1 Rb6 27. Ree1 Rb8 28. Kh3 O-O 29. b3 Rfc8 30.
Nh4 Bxh4 31. Kxh4 f6 32. f3 Kf7 33. Kh3 Rc7 34. Rc2 Ra7 35. Rb1 Ke7 36. Be2 Nb6
37. Rcb2 Rc7 38. Kg2 Ncd7 39. Kf2 Nc8 40. Ra1 Nc5 41. Rc1 Nb6 42. Ke1 Nbd7 43.
Be3 Ra7 44. Rc4 Rc7 45. Kd2 Rbc8 46. Rcc2 Rb8 47. Rc1 Rbc8 48. Rbc2 Rb8 49. Bd1
Rbc8 50. Ke2 Nb6 51. Bd2 Kd8 52. Ke3 Na6 $6 53. Rxc7 Rxc7 54. Rxc7 Nxc7 55. Be2
{White has found a hole in the fortress.} Nd7 56. Bc4 Nb6 57. Bd3 Kc8 58. Ke2
Kb7 59. Be3 $1 Nd7 60. Nf1 $1 Nc5 61. Bc4 Kc8 62. Nd2 Bg8 63. Kd1 Bf7 64. Be2
Nb7 65. Nc4 Be8 66. Bb6 a4 $5 {Pawn b4 becomes weak.} 67. Kd2 axb3 68. axb3 Nb5
$2 (68... Kb8 69. Nb2 Na8 70. Be3 Nc7 71. Nd3 Na5 72. Bd1 Na6 {protects the
weakness b4.}) 69. Ne3 $1 {The white knight will gain pawn b4 or g7.} Nd4 70.
Bxd4 exd4 71. Nf5 Nc5 72. Bc4 Kc7 73. Nxg7 Bd7 74. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 75. dxe6 Kd8
76. Bd5 Ke7 77. f4 $1 {The future Dutch champion played a solid game.} (77. f4
Nxe6 78. Bxe6 Kxe6 79. Kd3 {leads to a won pawn ending for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Event 71 was played from 17 i until 1 ii in Wijk aan Zee. The old stars Anand,
Topalov and Kramnik were absent this time. It would become a tournament of the
youth. The young Dutchmen Stellwagen and Smeets participated in the main group.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 (13. h5 {was
played in Dominguez - Morozevich, Sarajevo 2008.}) 13... Bb7 14. h5 Rc8 15. Qg2
$5 ({Known is} 15. Bd3) 15... b4 16. Na4 f5 $5 {Black counters in the central
area.} 17. gxf6 Nxf6 (17... Rxf6 {brings a white plus in a later game.}) 18.
Bd3 Rf7 {The rooks are doubled.} 19. b3 {He prepares Nb2-c4.} Rcf8 20. Rdg1 Ne8
21. Rh3 Bf6 22. Nb2 Nc6 $2 ({Better is} 22... Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nd6 $1 {(Karjakin).
}) 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Suddenly,  Black has no proper defence!} (23... Bxc6 24. Nc4
Bc3 25. h6 g6 26. e5 $1 Rxf3 27. Bxg6 $1 {also wins for White.}) 24. Nc4 d5 (
24... Bc3 25. h6 g6 26. e5 $1 {leads to the decisive threat Bxg6!}) 25. exd5
exd5 26. h6 {Karjakin had a sailing start.} ({The pointe is} 26. h6 g6 27. Bxg6
hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qg7+ $1 Rxg7 30. hxg7+ Kg8 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. gxf8=Q+ {
and White wins (Karjakin).}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 {Movsesian plays an ancient
gambit. He surprises Adams.} Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 {
It is the Holzhausen Attack.} Qe7 10. c3 Be6 11. Na3 Nc6 $6 (11... Bxc4 $1 12.
Nxc4 Ne6 {was played in Anderssen - Fleissig, Wien 1873.}) 12. Kh1 {White has
a plus.} Rd8 $5 (12... h6 {occurred in Lakos - Frosch, Wien 1996.}) 13. Qe2 h6
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rf2 Rg8 16. Raf1 Rg6 17. Nc2 $1 {The knight moves to the
central area.} Kf8 18. Ne3 Nb8 $1 {Black prepares ..c6 and ..Nd7.} 19. Qh5 Kg7
20. Qf3 Kh7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 e4 23. Qf4 Rd6 $2 ({Better is} 23... c6 $5
24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. Re2 Qe5 26. Rxe4 Qxf4 27. Rexf4 Kg7 28. Bb3 Rd6 {and Black
defends a difficult position.}) 24. Re2 $1 Nd7 25. Rxe4 Ne5 26. Bb3 Kg8 27. c4
b6 28. Bc2 Qf8 29. Re3 Rg5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Rfe1 a5 32. b3 c6 $5 33. dxc6 Rxc6
34. h4 Rg8 35. Rd1 a4 $2 (35... Ng6 36. Bxg6 Rxg6 37. Rd7 Re6 {offers more
resistance.}) 36. Rd8 $1 Qg7 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Rg3 {Movsesian played a fine
game.} (38. Rg3 Ng6 39. Bxg6 fxg6 40. Qe4 $1 {wins material.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 O-O 11. h3 Ne7 $5 ({Usual is} 11... h6) 12. Na3 (12.
Bg5 $1 Ng6 13. d4 {shows more aggression.}) 12... Ng6 13. Nc2 h6 14. Re1 Bb6
15. Ne3 c6 16. Nh2 Kh8 $6 ({More useful is} 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6) 17. Nhg4
Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4 $6 (18... Be6 $1 19. Nf5 Nf4 {equalises (Illescas Cordoba).})
19. d4 $1 exd4 $5 20. cxd4 Qf6 $2 ({Better is} 20... Ne7 $1 21. Nf5 Nxf5 22.
gxf5 Re8 $1) 21. Nf5 $1 Kg8 $5 ({Kamsky assumes that Morozovich had previously
calculated} 21... Bxf5 $2 22. exf5 $1 Bxd4 {and missed} 23. g5 $3 hxg5 24. Qh5+
Kg8 25. fxg6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Qxe1 27. Qh7#) 22. Be3 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Ne7 24. Bc2 {
White has positional advantages.} Rfd8 25. b4 $1 c5 $2 (25... Ra8 {offers more
resistance.}) 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Qg4 $1 Rxd4 ({The pointe is} 27... cxd4 28. e5
$1 Qxe5 29. Bxh6 Qf6 30. Bg5 $1) 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Qg3 Nc6 30. e5 $1 c4 31.
Rad1 Qb2 32. f6 g5 33. Re2 Qb4 34. Qh3 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O Nd5 13. Rd1 $5 {White
keeps pressure on the black position.} f6 {He controls square e5.} 14. Nfd2 $5
Rd8 $2 {The black pieces stay bottled up.} (14... Nd4 $1 15. e3 Ne2+ 16. Kf1
Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Bd7 {leads to development.}) 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Nca5 $1 Rb8 $1 17.
Nxc6+ bxc6 18. Na5 $1 {The knight exerts power on a5.} Bd7 19. b3 Bc5 20. Bd2
Bb4 21. Rac1 Rdc8 22. Bxb4+ Nxb4 23. f4 c5 24. Kf2 $5 {Aronian continues the
restraint.} (24. Nb7 Rc7 25. Nxc5 Rbc8 26. Rc4 Rxc5 27. Rxb4 a5 28. Rb7 R8c7 {
creates little winning chances (Rogozenco).}) 24... Rc7 25. Rc3 Be8 26. Rdc1
Kd6 27. Re3 Bf7 28. Bh3 Ke7 29. Re4 {White threatens Bxe6!} g6 30. Rec4 $1 Kd6
31. Bg2 Nd5 $6 (31... g5 $1 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. h4 gxh4 34. Rxh4 Bg6 {forms a
defensive screen on the kingside.}) 32. h4 Nb4 33. g4 $1 {Go forwards and do
not forget.} h6 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. fxg5 Nd5 37. Rh1 $1 Rb4 $6 (37...
Bg8 38. Bf3 Ke7 {tries to plug the holes.}) 38. Rh8 Ke7 39. Be4 e5 40. Rh7 Kd6
41. e3 Ke6 42. Bd3 Rb8 43. Rc1 Be8 44. Rch1 Rxh7 45. Rxh7 Nb4 46. Be4 Rd8 47.
Nc4 Bc6 ({Or} 47... Bf7 48. Rg7 Rd7 49. Kf3 Rd1 50. Bxg6 Bxg6 51. Rxg6+ Kf5 52.
Rb6 Kxg5 53. Ke4 {and White also wins the endgame.}) 48. Bxg6 Rf8+ 49. Ke2 Bf3+
50. Ke1 e4 51. Rh6 Nd3+ 52. Kd2 Ke7 53. Kc3 Rd8 54. Rh7+ Ke6 55. Rc7 Rh8 56.
Bh7 $1 Nb4 57. Rxc5 Nd5+ 58. Rxd5 $1 ({The pointe is} 58. Rxd5 Kxd5 59. g6) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O {Van Wely has defeated
Radjabov several times in the Kings Indian Defence.} 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ng8 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. Qg4 g5 20. h4 $5 {Rybka
suggests this novelty.} (20. Qh3 {was played in Ponomariov - Radjabov, Wijk
aan Zee 2003.}) 20... Nf6 21. Qg3 gxh4 $2 {Black opens the kingside.} ({Better
is} 21... Nxe6 22. hxg5 Nxd5 23. gxh6 Ndf4 $1 24. hxg7+ Nxg7 25. Qh2+ Kg8 26.
Bxf4 Rxf4 {and Black almost equalises (Van Wely).}) 22. Qxh4 Nxe6 23. Bxh6 Kg8
$2 {Asking for a problems.} (23... Nh7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Nhg5 26. Rf1
Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 c6 {favours White (Velickovic).}) 24. Qh3 $1 {Black has to
capture on h6.} Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c6 26. Re3 $1 {White utilises the open kingside.}
Kf7 $1 {He sets a trap.} (26... cxd5 27. exd5 $1 Ng7 28. Rg3 Qc7 29. Bg6 {
overwhelms the black position (Van Wely).}) 27. Rf1 $1 {Loek finds the fast
win.} (27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Rf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rh8 30. Qc1 Nf4 {meets a lot of
resistance.}) 27... cxd5 28. exd5 Ke7 29. dxe6 Kxe6 30. Ref3 a5 31. Be4 {
Radjabov lost again against Van Wely.   Karjakin took the sole lead by a win
against Stellwagen.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 b6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Re1 $5 ({Known is} 12. c4) 12...
O-O 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc4 Nd5 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. a4 {White takes the initiative on
the queenside.} b5 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... h6 17. Bd2 a5) 17. Qd3 N7b6 $5 18.
Nc5 $1 {Radjabov has gained a plus.} h6 19. Bd2 $5 Nc4 $1 20. axb5 {He opens
the a-file.} cxb5 21. h3 Bh5 22. Bxd5 $1 exd5 23. Bc3 $1 {White threatens b3.}
Rfe8 $1 {Kamsky prepares an ingenious retreat.} 24. b3 Ne5 $5 25. Qxb5 Bxc5 $2
({Better is} 25... g5 $1 26. Ba5 Qb8 27. Qxb8 Bxb8 {and White only has a plus 
(Radjabov).}) 26. Qxc5 $5 Qd7 $6 (26... Qd8 $1 27. Qxa7 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 Bxf3 29.
Ba5 Qf6 {gives counter-play.}) 27. Qxa7 Qxa7 28. Rxa7 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 Bxf3 30.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. b4 Bd1 $5 32. Ra2 Rc8 33. b5 $1 Rb8 ({The pointe is} 33... Rxc3
34. b6 Rc8 35. b7 {(Radjabov).}) 34. Rb2 f6 35. Ba5 Be2 36. b6 Rb7 37. Rb1 $1
Kf7 38. Bd2 g5 39. Bc1 $1 Bf3 40. Ba3 Be4 41. Bd6 {White plays Bc7 and the
rest will be easy.   Radjabov competed at the top.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{When Stellwagen started in group A, one feared for his fate. But he would
score eleven draws and two losses.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Nf3 e5 11. g4 h6 12.
Bxf6 Nxf6 13. f5 $5 (13. g5 $1 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Qc6 {was played in
Shirazi - Lerner, Philadelphia 1990.}) 13... b5 14. a3 Rb8 $5 15. h4 $1 Qb6 ({
The immediate} 15... b4 $1 {gains  an edge.}) 16. Nd2 b4 $5 17. Nc4 $1 Qc5 18.
axb4 Qxb4 $6 19. Rh3 $6 (19. Qg2 $1 Bb7 20. g5 {attacks.}) 19... Bb7 20. g5 Nd7
21. Na2 Qa4 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Na2 Qa4 24. Ra3 (24. Qg2 $1 hxg5 (24... Qxa2 $4 25.
Ra3) 25. Nc3 Qb4 26. hxg5 Rxh3 27. Qxh3 Bxg5+ 28. Kb1 {leads to a white charge.
}) 24... Qc6 25. Nc3 Qc7 26. Ne3 $5 hxg5 27. Ncd5 $1 Qd8 28. Nxe7 Qxe7 29. Nc4
$1 d5 30. exd5 Rxh4 31. Rb3 Qf6 $2 ({Correct is} 31... f6 $1 32. d6 Qf7) 32.
Na5 $2 {Daniel misses the opportunity.} (32. Qe3 $1 {exerts the fatal threat
34.Qa7.}) 32... Nc5 33. Rc3 Ne4 34. Rb3 Nc5 35. Rc3 Ne4 36. Rc7 $6 Nd6 37. Nxb7
Rxb7 38. Rxb7 Nxb7 39. d6 Nxd6 $6 (39... Ra4 $1 40. d7+ Kd8 41. Kb1 Nd6 {plays
for a win.}) 40. Qxa6 Rd4 41. Qc6+ Kf8 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Qa7+ Kf8 {The game
ends in perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Bd7 {
Movsesian diverts from a previous game against Ivanchuk.} 8. Be2 Be7 9. Ndb5
Qb8 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Rd8 12. Kh1 Nb4 13. Bf3 e5 $5 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. fxe5 dxe5
16. a5 b6 $1 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Na4 $5 (19. Qf2 Bc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5
21. Qxc5 Nxc2 22. Rd1 {takes less risk.}) 19... Bc6 20. c4 Nxe4 21. Nxb6 f5 $1
{Black takes the initiative.} 22. Nc3 Qb7 23. c5 Nd3 24. Bxe4 $6 ({Movsesian
advices} 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc2) 24... Bxe4 25. b4 Kh8 $1 26. Rb1 f4 27. Bg1 $1
Bg6 28. Nc4 $2 {Ivanchuk fails under time pressure.} (28. Rd1 $1 e4 29. b5 f3
30. Qa2 Bh5 31. c6 {counterattacks timely.}) 28... e4 $1 29. Na5 Qa8 30. c6
Bxb4 31. Nb7 f3 $1 32. gxf3 exf3 33. Qxf3 Rf8 34. Qd5 Bxc3 35. c7 Nf4 {
Movsesian scored well.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a5 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Qe1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 c4 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Qc3 f6 $5 20. b3 Rc8 21.
b4 Qc6 22. Qa3 f5 $5 23. b5 $1 axb5 $1 24. Qxe7 bxa4 25. Rd1 Nf8 $1 ({Not} 
25... f4 $2 26. Rd6) 26. Rd6 Re8 $1 {Active play is needed.} 27. Rxc6 Rxe7 28.
Bc5 $3 Rd7 $2 ({Right is} 28... Re8 $1 29. Rc7 fxe4 30. Rxb7 Ra8 31. Rb5 Nd7
32. Bb4 {(Ivanchuk)} e3 $1 {and White gains little advantage.}) 29. Rb6 $1 fxe4
30. fxe4 c3 $5 ({The pointe is} 30... Rd2 31. Rxb7 $1 Rxe2 32. a6 {(Ftacnik).})
31. Kf2 $1 {He wins by restraint of the hostile position.} (31. Bb4 $1 g5 32.
Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Rxe6 Rd2 34. a6 $1 bxa6 35. Bd3 {hunts for material.}) 31... Ba2
32. a6 $1 bxa6 33. Rb8 Rf7+ 34. Ke3 g6 {Karjakin is lost, despite the two
extra pawns.} 35. Bd6 Rf6 36. Rd8 a3 37. Bxa3 Kg7 38. Bd6 Rf7 39. Bxe5+ Kh6 40.
Bxa6 Ne6 41. Rc8 {Ivanchuk showed a remarkable example of restriction.  
Movsesian became the sole leader.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nh5 12. O-O-O Bxg5 13. Kb1 Kh8 14. Bxg5 Qxg5
15. Rg1 Qf4 $5 (15... Qf6 {occurred in Stellwagen - Movsesian (round one).})
16. Qc5 Bd7 $1 17. exd5 Nf6 $5 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Qe5 $1 {is fine too.}) 18.
Bh3 $5 (18. d6 $1 Bc6 19. Rg3 {takes the initiative.}) 18... exd5 19. Bxd7 Nxd7
20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qxb7 Qxh2 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rad8 24. a4 Qc7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
{Black has achieved equality.} 26. Rg5 g6 27. Rb5 Rd1+ 28. Ka2 Rd7 29. c4 Kg7
$5 30. c5 a6 31. c6 axb5 32. cxd7 Qxd7 33. Qe5+ Kf8 34. axb5 h5 35. Kb3 Kg8 $5
36. b6 h4 $1 37. Qc7 Qd1+ $1 {The next checks have to be accurate.} 38. Kb4
Qe1+ 39. Kb5 Qe2+ $5 ({Or} 39... Qf1+ $1 40. Kc5 Qc1+ 41. Kd6 Qd1+ $1 42. Ke7
Qe2+ 43. Kd8 h3 $1 44. b7 h2 45. b8=Q h1=Q {drawn.}) 40. Ka5 $1 Qd2+ $5 (40...
Qxb2 $1 41. b7 Qa3+ 42. Kb6 Qb3+ $1 43. Kc5 ({or} 43. Ka7 Qa3+ 44. Kb8 h3)
43... Qe3+ 44. Kd6 Qe6+ $1 {leads to perpetual check.}) 41. b4 $1 Qa2+ 42. Kb5
Qe2+ 43. Qc4 Qe8+ 44. Qc6 Qe2+ 45. Kc5 Qf2+ $2 (45... Qe3+ $1 46. Kd6 Qf4+ 47.
Kd7 Qxb4 48. b7 Kg7 $1 {draws.}) 46. Kd6 $1 Qg3+ 47. Kd7 h3 $1 48. b7 h2 49.
Qc8+ Kg7 50. b8=Q Qxb8 (50... Qh3+ 51. Kc7 Qg3+ 52. Kb6 $1 Qxb8+ 53. Qxb8 h1=Q
54. Qe5+ $1 {also wins for White.}) 51. Qxb8 h1=Q 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53. Qd5 $1 {
Placing the queen in the centre brings a decisive advantage.} Qh3+ 54. Kc7 Qh2+
55. Kb7 Qh5 56. Kc6 Qh3 57. Kb7 Qh5 58. Qc6 $1 Kg7 59. b5 Qe5 60. b6 g5 61. Kc8
Qf5+ 62. Kd8 Qa5 63. Qd6 Qa8+ 64. Kc7 Qxf3 ({Or} 64... Qa5 65. Kb8 {(Kritz).})
65. b7 Qc3+ 66. Kd7 Qh3+ 67. Kd8 Qh8+ 68. Kc7 {Karjakin has escaped from the
checks and will queen. He played a wonderful queen ending.   Movsesian lost
and Karjakin joined the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Be3 Nb6 9. Qd3 f5 10. Rd1 f4 11. Bc1 e5 12. d5 c6 13. Nf3 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qb3 $5 (15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. exd5 {occurred in Jakovenko - Mamedyarov,
Elista 2008.}) 15... Kh8 16. Bc4 Nc6 17. Bxd5 Qe7 18. h3 (18. Bd2 $5 {will
become a novelty.}) 18... Nb4 19. Bc4 $5 (19. O-O $1 Nxd5 20. exd5 $1 {gains a
plus (Dominguez).}) 19... b5 $1 20. Bxb5 $6 ({Preferable is} 20. Bd2) 20...
Nxa2 $1 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Qa4 Qb7 23. O-O Qxb5 24. Qxa2 Qxb2 25. Qxa7 Qb7 {The
game has become equal.} 26. Qc5 Be6 27. Qd6 Bb3 28. Rb1 Qxe4 29. Bc3 Rbd8 30.
Qa3 Bc2 $6 {The bishop moves offside.} 31. Rb5 Qa4 32. Qb2 Bd3 $2 ({Better is} 
32... Be4 $1 33. Bxe5 Qa7 $1 {(Krasenkow).}) 33. Rb7 $1 {White has a winning
attack.} Qc2 ({Or} 33... Bxf1 34. Bxe5 $1 Rd7 35. Bxg7+ {(M.Notkin).}) 34. Qb4
$1 Rfe8 35. Re1 Be2 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Bxe5+ Rxe5 38. Qxf4 Qf5 39. Qh6 {Carlsen
played his first decisive game.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 d6 13. Bd5 {White gains a
plus.} Rb8 14. Be3 Be6 $5 ({Aronian improves on} 14... c5 $6) 15. Ba7 Bxd5 16.
Bxb8 Bb7 $5 ({The alternative is} 16... Ba8 $1 17. Ba7 c5 $1 {(Dominguez).})
17. Ba7 Qa8 $1 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Bd4 b4 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 20.
Na4 ({Not} 20. Qg4 $2 h5 $1 21. Qg5 f6) 20... Bxg2 21. Rxe8 $1 Qxe8 $1 22. Kxg2
c5 23. Be3 Qc6+ 24. f3 Re8 25. Bf2 {Black has compensation for the piece.} c4
$6 (25... Re5 $5 {counters.}) 26. Nb6 c3 ({Not} 26... Re5 $2 27. Nxc4 $1 {
(Marin).}) 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Qd5 Qc7 29. Nc4 Bb4 ({Or} 29... Bxh2 30. Re1 $1
Rxe1 31. Bxe1 {(Dominguez).}) 30. Rc1 Re2 $2 {Aronian blunders a pawn.} ({
Better is} 30... Qf4 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Qf6) 31. Rxc3 $1 h6 32. Re3 Rxa2 33.
Re8+ Kh7 34. Ne3 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Bc3 36. Kg2 {Dominguez joined the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nd2 Nd4 15.
Nde4 h6 16. Bg4 b6 $5 {Black prepares ..Nc5.} ({Known is} 16... Nf6 17. Nxf6+
Qxf6) 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Bf2 Qd7 20. Ng3 $5 a5 21. Nce2 Nf5 $1 (21...
Rxf3 $2 22. gxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3 24. Bg1 {does not work for Black (Radjabov).
}) 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Qb1 $5 Qxb1 26. Raxb1 e4 $1 {
Black enlivens the game by a beautiful sacrifice.} 27. Nxe4 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 a4 $5
29. h4 $6 {A neutral move achieves the draw easily.} gxh4 30. Kh2 Rfb8 31. b3
axb3 32. axb3 Ra2 33. Rfd1 Kf7 34. Rd2 $1 Ra3 $1 35. Kh3 Raxb3 36. Rxb3 Rxb3
37. Kxh4 Kg6 38. Rc2 Rb1 39. Ng3 $1 {Radjabov declined the offer of a draw.} h5
$1 40. f4 $2 ({Right is} 40. Re2 $1 Bf6+ 41. Kh3 {(Radjabov).}) 40... Bf6+ 41.
Kh3 Rb3 $1 42. Kh2 h4 43. Ne2 Kf5 $1 44. Ra2 (44. g3 hxg3+ 45. Nxg3+ Kxf4 46.
Rf2+ Kg4 $1 47. Rxf6 Rb2+ {also wins for Black.}) 44... Rb4 $1 45. Ra8 Rxc4 46.
Re8 Rb4 47. Re6 Rb3 48. g4+ hxg3+ 49. Nxg3+ Kg4 $1 50. Ne2 Rb2 51. Kg2 Be5 $1
52. Kf2 Bxf4 53. Re7 Kf5 54. Rf7+ Ke5 55. Kf3 Bd2 56. Rxc7 Kxd5 57. Ng3 Rb3+
58. Kg2 Bf4 59. Ne2 Be5 60. Kf2 Ke4 61. Rh7 Rf3+ 62. Ke1 d5 63. Kd2 d4 64. Rh4+
Kd5 {Radjabov became a leader too.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Jan Smeets started with a lucky win against Ivanchuk and joined the lead for
several rounds. Later he became less successful.} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5
cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1
Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Bf6 $5 ({Theory is} 13... Nxe5 14. Rxe5)
14. Bf4 g6 $6 ({The fearless} 14... Be6 $1 {can be played (Carlsen).}) 15. Qb3
Na5 16. Qb4 ({The pointe is} 16. Qxd5 Bc6 $1 17. Qc5 Bxg2) 16... Be6 17. Bh6
Bg7 {Smeets makes passive moves.} 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h4 $5 Re8 $5 20. h5 f6 21.
Nf3 $5 b6 22. Bb5 $5 Re7 23. Re2 Rcc7 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Nc6 $1 24. Qd2 Bg4
$1 25. h6+ Kf7 {and Black will survive.}) 24. Rae1 $1 Kf7 25. Qd2 $1 {Suddenly,
White has many positional advantages.} Qf8 $5 (25... Bf5 26. Nh4 Re4 27. Rxe4
dxe4 28. Qf4 {leads to a breakdown of the black position.}) 26. Qf4 Bf5 27. g4
Bc8 (27... Be4 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Ne6 $1 {wins an exchange (Carlsen).}) 28. b4
Nb7 29. Bc6 $1 {White conquers pawn d5 and the game.    Aronian, Carlsen,
Dominguez, Karjakin, Movsesian and Radjabov shared the lead at the end of the
penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Two of the six leaders fought the decisive battle in the last round.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9.
Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. e5 dxe5
16. Bxe5 O-O 17. g4 $5 {Dominguez has developed a new plan for the attack on
the kingside.} ({Theory is} 17. h4 g4 $1) 17... a5 18. h4 $1 {A pawn sacrifice
is made.} Bxg4 19. f3 Bf5 $1 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qe3 $1 a4 $6 {The pawn advance
looks futile.} 22. Qxg5 Bg6 23. Bd3 $1 a3 24. b4 $1 Qb6 $1 ({Not} 24... Bxd3 $2
25. O-O-O $1) 25. Rh4 $6 {Dominguez misses his best opportunity.} ({Preferable
is} 25. Rb1 $1 Nh7 26. Qf4 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 {and White has winning chances 
(Ftacnik).}) 25... Nh7 $1 26. Rxh7 $6 {He tries to break the defence by force.}
Kxh7 27. O-O-O Qxb4 28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Bxg7 $2 {He lets the black king escape.} (
{Better is} 29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 30. Qxg6 Rf6 $1 31. Qd3 Kf7 {and Black only has a
plus (Karjakin).}) 29... Kxg7 30. Qh6+ Kf6 31. Ne4+ (31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Ne4+ Ke6
33. Qxg6+ Kd7 34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Qg3+ Kb6 {leads to a great escape by the black
king (Dominguez).}) 31... Ke6 32. Rd1 Qb2+ 33. Kd2 Kd7 $5 34. Qf4 $5 ({Or} 34.
Nc5+ $1 Ke8 $1) 34... Rfd8 35. Ke2 Ke8 36. Rh1 Ra5 37. Qc7 Rad5 38. Ke3 Kf8 39.
c3 $2 Rxd3+ 40. Kf4 f6 41. Rh8+ Kf7 {Karjakin had triumphed in the tournament
at 19, the youngest winner ever. The final standings became: Karjakin 8/13,
Aronian, Radjabov and Movsesian 71/2, Carlsen and Dominguez 7, etc.} (41... Kf7
42. Rxd8 Qh2+ 43. Kg4 Bh5+ 44. Kf5 Rxf3+ 45. Qf4 e6# {ends the game quickly.})
0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Short led by half-a-point on Caruana, when the last round began. They met.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 $5 (12... Nbd7 {happened in
Eljanov - Carlsen, Foros 2008.}) 13. e4 $5 Qb7 $1 14. Re1 Nbd7 15. Nf3 e5 16.
Bg5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. b3 Re6 21. f3 Rae8 22. Rad1
Ne5 23. Bf4 $5 Nfd7 24. Qc3 h5 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Ndf1 $5 Ng6 27. Bg5 c4 28. bxc4
Qc7 29. Rc1 bxc4 30. Nf5 Rc8 31. Nd2 $5 f6 32. Be3 Ne5 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Bf4 Rd8
35. Red1 $6 g6 $1 36. Nh4 Red6 $6 (36... g5 $1 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38. Qxe5 fxe5 {
gains a plus (Caruana).}) 37. Nxg6 $1 Bd4 $1 38. Qa5 $4 ({Right is} 38. Qc2)
38... Nxg6 $2 (38... c3 $1 {wins quickly.}) 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Qxh5 Kg7 41. Nf1
c3 42. Rbc1 Nc4 43. f4 Qb7 44. Qe2 f5 45. Re1 Qc6 46. Qf3 Nd2 47. Nxd2 Nh4+ $2
(47... cxd2 $1 48. Rxc6 dxe1=N+ $1 49. Kf1 Nxf3 50. Rxd6 fxe4 {wins
wonderfully (Caruana).}) 48. gxh4 Rg6+ 49. Kh3 Qd7 50. Qh5 $1 cxd2 51. exf5 Rh6
52. Qg5+ $6 (52. Rg1+ $1 Bxg1 53. Rxg1+ Kh7 54. Qg4 {brings winning chances
for White.}) 52... Kf7 53. Qxh6 Qxf5+ 54. Kg3 dxc1=Q 55. Rxc1 Qd3+ 56. Kg4 Qe2+
57. Kf5 Qb5+ $4 {Short has his doubts about playing in the main group next
year. He gets his way.} (57... Qd3+ $1 58. Kg5 Qb5+ 59. Kg4 ({Not} 59. f5 $4
Be3+ 60. Kg4 Qe2+ 61. Kg3 Qf2+ 62. Kg4 Qg2+ 63. Kh5 Qf3#) 59... Qe2+ 60. Kf5
Qd3+ {leads to perpetual check (Caruana).}) 58. Ke4 $1 Qe2+ 59. Kd5 Qxa2+ 60.
Rc4 Bf6 61. Qh7+ Kf8 62. Qe4 Bxh4 63. Ke6 Kg7 64. f5 Bd8 65. f6+ Kf8 66. Qd5
Qe2+ 67. Re4 {The sixteen years-old Caruana had won the second group.} 1-0

[Event "Corus C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The third group was won by the 15-years-old Wesley So. Another young player
named Giri was 14. He would stay in the Netherlands.} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3
Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. c4 Nd7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 $5 Rc8 $5 10.
Qd3 Nf6 11. Be3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nfd7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Rfe1 {Giri
has the initiative.} Nf6 16. Re2 Rc4 17. Qd3 a6 $5 18. Rae1 Rc7 $2 ({
Preferable is} 18... Re8) 19. f4 Nc4 $6 20. b3 $5 Na3 21. Bh3 $1 ({Not} 21. Qd4
$2 Qc8 $1 {(Giri).}) 21... Rc5 $5 22. Ne4 $1 (22. Rxe7 $6 Rxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 Nxd5
24. Qb2 Nxe7 25. Qxa3 Qc7 {brings an improvement of the black position.}) 22...
Nxe4 23. Rxe4 {Black has no proper defence.} Rc7 24. f5 $1 Nb5 $2 25. fxg6 hxg6
26. a4 $1 Na7 27. Qd4 b5 28. Rh4 f6 29. Qe3 g5 30. Qe4 $1 f5 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32.
Qh6+ Kf7 33. Bxf5 {Giri played a fine positional game. He scored his third
grandmaster result during the event.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Tournament 72 was played from 16 until 31 i 2010. It would become the event
of the youngsters Carlsen and Giri.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6
12. Qc3 Ne7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 $5 b4 15. e5 Bf5 $1 16. Qxa6 Nd7 $6 ({
Preferable is} 16... dxe5 $1 17. Rd1 Nd7) 17. exd6 bxc3 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc3
$6 Nc5 20. Qc4 Rfd8 21. Ba2 Bxc2 22. f5 Bd3 $1 {Black takes the initiative.}
23. f6 $1 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Qd4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rg6 {He has
gained a material plus.} 28. Be3 Nxa4 29. Bf2 Nb6 30. Bb1 Rg7 31. Re1 Qd6 32.
Bf5 Nd5 33. g4 Rgg8 34. c4 Nf4 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Bg3 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Bxd6
Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Ra8 $5 (39... Rb3+ $1 {keeps more advantage.}) 40. Re3 $1 Kg7 41.
h4 Ne6 42. g5 Raa2 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Bxh7 Re2 45. Rf3+ Kg7 46. Bd3 Re1 47. Be7
$6 Rd2 48. Bf6+ Kg8 49. Kg4 Nc5 50. Bf5 Ne4 51. Bxe4 $6 (51. Be5 $1 Rg2+ 52.
Kh5 {defends well.}) 51... Rxe4+ 52. Kh5 ({Or} 52. Rf4 Rxf4+ 53. Kxf4 Rc2)
52... Rxc4 53. Rg3+ Kf8 54. Bg7+ Ke7 $1 55. Re3+ Kd7 56. Bf6 Rf2 57. Be5 Rf5+
58. Kh6 Rxh4+ 59. Kg7 Rg4+ 60. Kf8 Rf1 61. Rd3+ Ke6 62. Bc7 Rc4 63. Rd6+ Kf5
64. Rd7 Kg4 {Shirov took an early lead.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Ne4 {Black sacrifices a pawn.} 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Bf8 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Nc3 {brings a plus.}) 14... Qf5 15. Nfd2 {The
pin hinders White.} Nb6 $1 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. g4 Qg6 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Qxg6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 19. Nxc8 Nxf4 20. exf4 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxd4 22. Nxa7 Rxa7 {
(Krasenkow).}) 19... hxg6 20. Nxc8 Nxf4 $1 21. exf4 Rxd4 22. Nb3 Rb4 $1 23. Kg2
Rxc8 24. Rhd1 Rxf4 25. Rd7 Rb4 26. Rc2 Re8 27. Rcd2 Be7 28. Rc7 Bf6 29. Rdd7 b6
$1 30. Rxa7 g5 $5 31. Rd2 $2 ({Better is} 31. Rxf7 $1 Re2 32. Nc1 $1 Rd2 33.
Rfd7 {(Mikhalchishin).}) 31... c5 32. Ra6 c4 $5 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxb2 35.
Rd7 c3 36. Raa7 Rf8 37. Rdc7 c2 38. Kg3 $6 Rd8 39. Rxf7 $6 Rd3+ 40. Kg2 c1=Q {
White has no perpetual check.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Qb3 19. Qd2 $5 {White avoids the
exchange of queens.} Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne3 Qb5 22. c4 Qd7 23. c5 Bg6 24.
Rac1 c6 25. Nc4 f6 26. Bxh6 $6 {Shirov makes a surprising sacrifice.} ({The
alternative is} 26. Bd6 b5 $1 27. Bxe7 bxc4 28. Bd6 {and equality (Shirov).})
26... gxh6 27. Qxh6 Bh7 $1 {He had missed this strong defence.} 28. Re3 Bf8 29.
Rg3+ Kh8 30. Qxf6+ Bg7 31. Qg5 $5 {White bluffs.} Bxd4 32. Rd1 Rf8 $6 (32...
Re2 $1 {attacks.}) 33. Kh2 Rcd8 $4 ({Correct is} 33... Rce8 34. Qh6 Qd8) 34.
Ne5 Qc7 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Ng6+ Kg7 ({Or} 36... Bxg6 37. Qh6+ Qh7 38. Qxf8+ {
(Shirov).}) 37. Nxf8+ {Shirov would win the first five games and lose two
encounters during the remainder of the event.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. e5 $6
{Known are more peaceful moves. Troubles start for White.} dxe5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7
10. Bf3 $5 c6 $1 11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8+ 13. Ke3 Ng4+ 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. h3
Bf5 $1 {Black plays for a win.} 16. g4 $5 {White wants to attack.} (16. Rc1 $6
{accepts a minor disadvantage.}) 16... Bxc2 $1 17. Rc1 b4 $1 {The counter
continues.} 18. Rxc2 bxc3 19. Nf3 (19. Rxc3 $6 Rd1 $1 {leads to a terrible pin.
}) 19... cxb2 20. Rb1 Rd5 21. e6 $5 ({The alternative is} 21. Rbxb2 Nd7 22. e6
{(Kramnik).}) 21... c5 $5 22. exf7 Nc6 23. Rbxb2 Rad8 24. Ke4 Kxf7 {Black has
an extra pawn.} 25. Rc3 Nd4 26. Ne5+ Ke8 27. Rb6 $5 Nb5 28. Rc2 $2 (28. Re3 $1
R5d6 29. Rxd6 Nxd6+ 30. Kf4 {offers more resistance (Kramnik).}) 28... R5d6 $1
29. Nc4 Rd3 $1 30. Ne3 Ra3 $5 31. Rb2 $2 (31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Nd5 {fights back.})
31... c4 32. Ke5 c3 33. Rc2 Rd2 34. Rc1 Rxf2 35. Nd5 c2 36. Nb4 Re3+ 37. Kd5
Rd2+ 38. Kc6 Rc3+ 39. Kb7 Nd6+ 40. Ka8 a5 {Vladimir won a fine endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. O-O
dxc4 {Tiviakov accepts the pawn.} 9. a4 Nd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd2 Bb4 $5 12. Nxc4
$1 Nxc3 $5 13. bxc3 Bxc3 {He grabbed a pawn again.} 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Qb3 a5 $1
16. e4 {White has a lead in development as compensation.} Nb6 17. Ne5 Nd7 $5 ({
Not} 17... Qxd4 $4 18. Rfd1) 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Qc2 Qd8 21. Rfd1 Nf6
22. h3 Ne8 $5 23. Qb3 $5 Nc7 24. Ne5 Bb4 25. Nd3 Qe7 $6 {He allows a poor
exchange.} ({Preferable is the retreat} 25... Be7) 26. Nxb4 $1 Qxb4 27. Qc2 Re8
$2 {Black has to protect square c5.} ({Better is} 27... Na6 $1 28. Rb1 $5 Qa3 {
(Stohl).}) 28. d5 $1 {White threatens Bc5.} exd5 29. exd5 Na6 ({Or} 29... Nxd5
30. Bc5 $1) 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qxc6 Bf5 32. Qb5 Be4 33. Rc4 $1 Qxb5 34. axb5
Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Nb4 36. b6 Rab8 37. Rd7 h6 38. b7 {Black cannot stop the b-pawn.}
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Be6 $5 {Ivanchuk has a
special idea.} ({The standard move is} 6... Bg7) 7. b3 $5 (7. c5 $1 {gains an
edge.}) 7... Bg7 8. Nge2 c5 $2 {Black sacrifices a pawn.} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
Bxd5 11. e4 Be6 12. Qxc5 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qa3 O-O 15. Rd1 $1 Nxd4 $5 {He
fights for his last chance.} 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bb1 $1 Bc5 $5 18. b4 $1 Qxd1+ $2
{Ivanchuk misses the best opportunity.} (18... Bxf2+ $1 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Qe3
Qxb4 {brings practical chances.}) 19. Kxd1 Bxf2 20. Nf4 Bc4 21. Bd3 Rfd8 22.
Ke2 Bxd3+ 23. Kxf2 Rc2+ 24. Kf3 Bc4 25. Rc1 Rxa2 26. Qc3 b5 27. Ra1 Rdd2 28.
Rxa2 Rxa2 29. h4 h5 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 f6 32. e5 Kf7 33. exf6 exf6 34. Qe3
Rc2 35. Qa7+ {Shirov led by half-a-point on Carlsen and Nakamura.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Bg2 $5 ({Known is} 12. c4) 12...
e5 13. c3 Rad8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nc4
19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Bc1 Rfe8 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nd4 Ne6 25.
Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nd5 28. a3 $1 {White prepares c4.} Qc8 $6 ({
Preferable is} 28... Be5 29. c4 {(Tiviakov).}) 29. b4 $5 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31.
c4 Nc7 32. Qd3 $1 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe7 34. Bg5 Qe6 35. h4 {The two bishops rule in
the open position.} g6 36. Qd4 a6 37. Bh3 f5 38. Qa7 $5 Qc8 39. Qd4 Bf8 40. Bf6
Ne6 41. Qe5 Kf7 42. c5 $1 {Black suffers from restriction.} Qc7 43. Qc3 Bg7 $2
({Better is} 43... b6) 44. Bxg7 Nxg7 45. Bf1 $1 {The remaining bishop shows
superiority to the knight.} f4 $5 46. Bc4+ Ke8 47. g4 Qe7 48. Kg1 $6 h5 $6 ({
Tiviakov misses the chance} 48... h6 $1 49. Qd4 g5) 49. Qd3 Qf6 50. g5 Qf5 51.
Qd6 f3 52. Qb8+ Ke7 53. Qd6+ $5 Ke8 54. Bd3 $1 Qg4+ 55. Kf1 Qg2+ 56. Ke1 Qg1+
57. Kd2 Qxf2+ 58. Kd1 Qg1+ 59. Kc2 Qf2+ 60. Kb3 Qe3 61. Ka4 $1 Qe7 62. Bxg6+
Kf8 63. Qb8+ Ne8 64. Qf4+ Kg8 65. Bxh5 Nc7 66. Bxf3 Nb5 67. g6 a5 68. h5 axb4
69. h6 {The young Caruana played a fine positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3
Be7 $5 ({Known is} 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 b5) 9. Qa4 c6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 $5 ({
More active is} 11. Qd3 $1) 11... Ba6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 14. Qc2 b4
15. Na4 Rc8 16. O-O c5 17. d5 $1 {Carlsen gives a pawn for the initiative.}
exd5 18. Bh3 $6 ({Commentators prefer} 18. Rfd1 $1) 18... Bb5 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Rfd1 d4 21. Bf5 Ne5 $1 {The fight for the initiative leads to another
sacrifice.} 22. Bxh7+ ({Kramnik had planned} 22. Bxc8 $6 d3 $5) 22... Kg7 23.
Nxe5 fxe5 24. Bf5 Rc6 25. Qe4 Rh8 $5 {He does not care about a pawn again.} 26.
Qxe5+ Bf6 27. Qe4 Re8 $1 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Be4 c4 $1 {Kramnik plays the game of
his life.} 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 {Black rules in the centre.} 31. Qh5 Re5 32. Qh6+ Ke7
$6 ({Best is} 32... Kg8 $1 33. Qf4 Qd5 {and Black attacks (Kramnik).}) 33. e4
$6 (33. Qd2 $1 Qd5 34. f3 c3 35. Qd3 Bb5 36. Nb6 {brings chances for both
sides.}) 33... d3 $1 34. Qe3 Bxe4 35. Nb6 $4 {Carlsen blunders a knight.} (35.
Re1 $1 Bc6 36. Qc5+ Qd6 37. Qxc4 d2 38. Red1 Re4 39. Qc5 Re2 40. Kf1 Qxc5 41.
Nxc5 Bb5 42. Kg2 Bd4 43. Ne4 Bc6 44. Kf1 Rxe4 45. Rxd2 {leads to a better
endgame for Black (Kramnik).}) 35... Bb7 $1 36. Qf4 Qxb6 37. Qxc4 Re2 38. Rf1 {
Carlsen resigned before ..Bd4 could be played. Kramnik joined the lead with
Shirov.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 $5 14. Qe1 $5
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 {Black counters in the centre.} 17. Qh4 $5 {
White wants to attack on the kingside.} Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 $1 19. Bd3 $2 {Rook
d4 becomes exposed.} h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 {Black has a positional edge.} 21. f5 $5
Rcf8 22. Rg1 Nc5 $1 (22... e5 $6 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Qe4 {brings
little advantage for Black (Carlsen).}) 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 $5 Nf4 25. Qg3
Qe7 $1 {Black controls square e2.} 26. Rxf4 $5 {White prolongs the game by a
sacrifice of the exchange.} (26. h3 d4 $1 27. Nb1 $5 h5 28. Rg5 h4 $1 29. Qxh4
Nxd3 30. cxd3 Rg6 31. Rg4 Qxh4 32. Rxh4 Rf2 {wins for Carlsen.}) 26... Rxf4 27.
Ne2 Rf1 28. Nd4 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re8 30. h4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Kf7 33.
Kf2 Kf6 34. g3 Bc8 35. c3 Bg4 36. Bc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bb3 Ke5 39. Bc2
Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Bd7 41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Bb3 g4 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Bc2 a5 45. Bd1 Ke4 {
Carlsen's best game in Corus 2010!} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 ({Usual is} 10. e6) 10... Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 $5
13. Be2 Na5 14. Qb4 Nac4 15. O-O f6 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qe8 19.
Qc5 Rc8 20. a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23. g4 Be4 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1
c6 26. Ng5 Bd5 27. e4 Bb3 28. Bc4+ e6 29. Nxe6 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Kh8 $4 {Dominguez
breaks down under time pressure.} ({Correct is} 30... Bxe5 $1 31. Ng5+ Kh8 32.
Nf7+ Kg7 {(Krasenkow)} 33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxc6 {and equality.}) 31. Nxg7 Kxg7
32. e6 Rb7 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Rxc6 Qf8 36. Rc8 Re8 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38.
Qf6 Qc8 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qc5 41. Kh4 Qb4 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. e7 Qe1+ 44. Kg5
Qe3+ 45. Qf4 {Carlsen caught up with the leader Kramnik.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{World champion Anand had won a lucky game against Shirov and drawn the rest.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qc1 Na5 $5 18. Qe3 {Vishy choses a little known
line.} Bf8 $6 {Kramnik has forgotten his preparation and makes a slight error.}
({Better is} 18... Bf5) 19. c4 $1 Qd8 (19... Nxc4 $2 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Nd2 {
costs material (Anand).}) 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Qg3 Nc6 24.
Ng4 Qg6 25. d5 Na5 26. Bxc7 Bc2 $6 (26... Bc5 $1 27. Bf1 h5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.
Ne3 Qxg3 30. Bxg3 Bd7 {blockades the centre as compensation for the pawn 
(Anand).}) 27. Rc1 $1 Nb3 $2 (27... Bf5 {avoids the next move.}) 28. Rxc2 $1 {
A fine positional sacrifice decides the game.} Qxc2 29. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 30. Nxf7+
Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ {It is not a threefold repetition,
because pawn f7 has been captured.} Kh8 34. Be5 $1 {Vishy plays a great attack.
} Qg6 35. Bg4 $5 Rxc4 $6 (35... Rcd8 36. Nf5 Nc5 {offers more resistance.}) 36.
Qxb3 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6 39. f4 $5 Bxe5 40. fxe5 gxh6 41. Qe3 Qb1
42. d6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Qf4 Rf1 45. Bf3 {Anand had spoiled Kramnik's
tournament. Carlsen led by half-a-point on Kramnik and Shirov at the end of
the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Qe6+ 7. Qe2
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nd4 9. Bd1 e5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d3 g6 12. Re1 $5 {White has the
two bishops.} ({Known is} 12. f4) 12... Bg7 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. c3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc6
16. Bc2 Rd6 17. Ng5 Ncd8 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5 Nc5 22. Rd1
h6 23. Be3 hxg5 24. Bxc5 b6 25. Be3 Bf6 26. a4 Kb7 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Re1 Red8 29.
b4 a5 30. bxa5 Nxa5 31. Rab1 Ka6 32. Red1 Rd6 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. Bd2 Ka7 35. g4
Nb7 36. Bb3 Rcd6 37. Bf7 Be7 38. Bc1 Nc5 39. Bc4 Nb7 40. Ba3 c5 41. Kf1 Na5 42.
Bb5 Bf6 43. Kg2 Kb7 44. Re1 Kc7 45. Rbd1 e4 $2 {Even Tiviakov can lose his
patience.} ({Better is} 45... Nc6) 46. d4 $1 Rd5 47. Rb1 cxd4 48. cxd4 Rxd4 $6
(48... Kb7 49. Rec1 Rxd4 50. Bb4 Rb8 {defends well.}) 49. Ba6 $1 Rb8 50. Rec1+
Kd7 51. Bc5 $1 Rd5 52. Bxb6 $5 Nc6 $2 53. Bc4 $6 (53. a5 $1 {wins more quickly.
}) 53... Rd2 54. Rd1 Bc3 55. Be3 Rxb1 56. Rxb1 Rc2 57. Bb3 Re2 58. Kf1 Rb2 59.
Rxb2 Bxb2 60. gxf5 gxf5 61. Bxg5 {White has won a pawn.} Nd4 62. Bd1 Bc3 63. h4
Ke6 64. h5 Kf7 65. Be3 Nc6 66. Bb3+ Kf6 67. Bd5 Ne5 68. Bb6 $1 Kg5 69. a5 Nd7
70. Bc7 Nc5 71. Bf7 Na6 72. Bd8+ Kh6 73. Bg6 Nc5 74. Bb6 Bb4 75. Bxf5 Kxh5 76.
Bxe4 $5 Nxe4 77. a6 Nd2+ 78. Kg2 Nc4 79. Bd4 {The fight for the tournament
victory was exciting. Shirov accepted the offer of a draw, when he could have
won. Carlsen lost a pawn but managed to draw and triumphed. Final standings:
Carlsen 81/2/13, Kramnik and Shirov 8, Anand and Nakamura 71/2, Karjakin and
Ivanchuk 7, Leko and Leinier Dominguez 61/2, Caruana 51/2, Short and Van Wely
5, Tiviakov and Smeets 41/2.} 1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Giri was allowed to participate in the B-group, after his excellent
performance in the C-group during the previous year.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Bf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd4
$5 Re8 $1 {Black has the initiative.} 11. Na3 $5 Nf5 12. Nac2 Nc5 13. Nb3 Bd7
14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bd3 a5 16. Rb1 h6 17. Bd2 b6 18. Qf3 Nd6 19. b3 Be5 20. h3 f5
21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rbe1 Rae8 24. Qh5 $6 g6 25. Qf3 Nf7 26. Bf4 Kg7 $1
27. Qg3 $6 ({More solid is} 27. Kf1 Qd6 28. g3 Ng5 29. Qg2) 27... Bxf4 28. Qxf4
Ne5 $1 29. Qd2 f4 $1 30. Be4 $2 ({Correct is} 30. f3 {Giri would have answered}
h5 {followed by g5-g4.}) 30... Bxh3 $1 31. Qc3 ({The pointe is} 31. gxh3 f3 $1
32. Re3 Qg5+ {and mate.}) 31... Bg4 {Giri won the B-group by 9/13.} 0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Erwin L'Ami showed a fine performance in the B-group.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 h6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nd7 9. Bf4 c6 10.
Bc4 Bg7 11. Kc2 Nc5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. f3 b6 $5 ({Known is} 13... Bxc4 14. Nxc4
O-O) 14. a4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. h5 g5 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Nd3 $1 17.
Bg3 g5) 17. Be5 $1 Rhg8 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Ne5 {White has an edge.} Rd6 $5 20.
b4 Nd7 21. Ng4 Re6 $2 {Negi gives up the control over the d-file.} (21... Rh7
$1 {overprotects pawn h6.}) 22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd2 f5 $5
26. Rhd1 $1 e6 27. exf5 exf5 28. Rd6 $1 {Black is going to lose a pawn.} c5 $5
29. Rxh6 cxb4 30. Rc6+ $1 Rc7 ({Or} 30... Kb7 31. Rdd6 $1) 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32.
cxb4 Re2+ 33. Kd3 $1 Re6 ({The pointe is} 33... Rxg2 34. Rh1 $1 Rg3 35. h6) 34.
Rc1+ Kd7 35. Rc5 {The organisers were impressed by Erwin's wonderful play and
invited him for the A-group in 2011.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The seventy-third tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee from 15 until 30 i
2011. Tata Steel was the new name of the sponsor.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5
Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qc4 $5
Rac8 17. Rfd1 $6 (17. f3 $1 Nf6 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rad1 {keeps an edge (Stohl).}
) 17... f5 $1 18. c3 Qd8 19. Qb5 b6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6 22. Rab1 e4 23.
b4 Nd7 24. Rb3 Be5 25. a3 Rf7 $5 {Black develops quietly.} 26. c4 $6 {The
queen will become imprisoned.} axb4 27. axb4 Ra8 $1 28. Bc3 $5 Bxc3 29. Rxc3
Ra2 30. Re3 g6 31. Bf1 Qf6 32. Rde1 $6 Kg7 $6 (32... f4 $1 33. Rxe4 f3 34. gxf3
Qxf3 {attacks forcefully.}) 33. R3e2 Ra3 34. Qc6 h5 35. Re3 Ra7 36. h3 h4 37.
Rb3 Ra2 38. Rbe3 $6 g5 $2 ({Anand misses the win} 38... Rxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 Qd4
40. Ke2 f4) 39. R3e2 Ra7 40. Qc8 Ne5 41. Rc2 $2 (41. Qe8 {offers more
resistance.}) 41... Rf8 42. Qe6 Qd8 $1 {Black catches a queen.} 43. c5 bxc5 44.
bxc5 Rf6 45. Qxe5 dxe5 46. d6 g4 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. g3 hxg3 49. fxg3 Qa5 50.
Rec1 Qa3 51. Rc3 Qb2 52. R1c2 Qb4 {The world champion made a fine start.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Erwin L'Ami was allowed to participate in the A-group after fine results in
the B-group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 c5 12. a3 $5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3
c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. Rf3 Ra6 16. Rg3 {White has the initiative on the kingside.
Black counters on the other flank.} Qe7 $1 17. Qe1 Rfa8 {Anand manoeuvres well.
} 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Rxg4 Nd7 $1 {The knight wants to control e4.}
21. e4 $5 dxe4 $5 ({The alternative is} 21... Nf6 $1 22. Rg5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4
24. Rxb5 {and a battle (Marin).}) 22. d5 f6 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Qg3 Nc5 $1 25. Bf5
Nd3 $1 {Black takes no risk.} 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd3 Rd6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Rxe8+
Qxe8 30. f5 Rxd5 31. Rd4 {Erwin drew with the world champion, a fine result.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15.
Na3 $5 ({Known is} 15. c4) 15... Nexd5 $5 16. h3 $1 Bh5 $1 (16... Bxf3 $6 17.
Qxf3 Ne7 18. Bg5 {favours White.}) 17. exd5 e4 18. Bg5 Bxf3 $1 19. Qd2 $1 (19.
gxf3 $2 Qxh3 20. fxe4 Qg3+ $1 21. Kh1 Qxg5 {wins for Black.}) 19... e3 $5 (
19... Qf5 $1 20. Nc4 Be2 $1 21. Qxe2 Qxg5 {leads to equality.}) 20. Bxe3 Bxe3
21. fxe3 Be4 22. Rxf6 $1 Bxc2 23. Rf4 Bg6 24. Nc4 {White has netted a pawn.}
Ra8 25. Na5 Rfe8 26. Ra3 Be4 27. c4 g5 $5 28. Rf1 g4 29. h4 $5 Qe7 30. Qf2 Bg6
31. b4 h5 32. Rc3 Qe5 33. Rb3 Qe4 34. Rc3 Qe5 35. Rfc1 Be4 36. Qf4 g3 $5 37.
Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Ra3 Kg7 39. Rf1 Ree8 40. Rfa1 Re5 $2 (40... Bg6 $1 41. Nc6 Rxa3
42. Rxa3 Re4 43. Nd4 Rxh4 {draws (Atalik).}) 41. Nb3 Rxa3 42. Rxa3 Bxd5 $1 43.
Nd2 $1 (43. cxd5 $2 Rxe3 {brings a horrible position for White.}) 43... Be6 44.
e4 Bg4 45. Rxg3 f5 46. Re3 Re8 47. Kf2 Ra8 48. exf5 Ra2 49. Rd3 Bxf5 50. Rd5
Be6 51. Rg5+ Kh6 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Kd4 Ra1 54. g3 Rd1 55. Kc3 Rg1 56. b5 Rc1+
57. Kd3 Bf7 58. Nb3 $3 Rd1+ (58... Bxc4+ 59. Kd2 Rg1 60. Nd4 {moves similar to
the game.}) 59. Ke2 Rb1 60. Nd4 $1 Bxc4+ 61. Kd2 d5 62. Nf5+ Kh7 63. Rxh5+ Kg6
64. Rg5+ Kf6 65. Ne3 Rb2+ 66. Kd1 Be2+ 67. Kc1 Rxb5 68. Kd2 $1 ({Avoids} 68.
Nxd5+ $2 Kf7 69. Rf5+ Ke6 70. Rf2 Rxd5 71. Rxe2+ Kf5 72. Re8 Kg4 73. Rg8+ Kh5 {
and Black escapes (Atalik).}) 68... Rb2+ 69. Kc3 Rb5 70. Nxd5+ Kf7 71. Re5 Bg4
72. Re7+ Kf8 73. Re4 Bf5 $5 {White takes a second pawn anyway.} 74. Nxc7 Rc5+
75. Rc4 Re5 76. Rf4 Ke7 77. Kd4 Ra5 78. Nd5+ Ke6 79. Nc3 $18 Ra8 80. g4 Bh7 81.
Ke3 Rc8 82. Ne2 Ke5 83. Ra4 Rb8 84. Nd4 Rb1 85. Ra5+ Kf6 86. Kf4 Rf1+ 87. Nf3
Bc2 88. Kg3 Rb1 89. Ra6+ Kg7 90. Nd4 Bd3 91. Rd6 Kf7 92. Kf4 Ra1 93. h5 {
Nakamura took the lead by 21/2/3 after a long fight.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nec6 13. Ne2 Na5 14. Qb4 e5
15. O-O Be6 16. Nd4 $1 {Anand brings a fine novelty.} ({Known is} 16. Rfd1)
16... exd4 17. cxd4 {White has the two bishops and two centre pawns as
compensation for a piece.} Nbc6 18. Qc3 Ne7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Bf2 a6 $2 {Black
misses the main threat.} (20... f5 $1 {(prevents Bg3)} 21. d5 Bxd5 22. exd5
Nxd5 {tries to survive.}) 21. Bg3 $1 Qc8 22. Bf1 $1 b6 ({The pointe is} 22...
Nac6 23. Bd6 {(Anand).}) 23. Rab1 Nb3 24. Rxb3 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 bxc5 26. d5 Ng6
27. Qb6 f5 28. Bxa6 Qd7 29. Bb5 Qf7 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qxc5 Rc8 32. Qd4 Rfd8 33.
a4 {Anand and Nakamura shared the lead by 3/4.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bd2 g6 11. Ne4 O-O-O 12. a4 $5 Ba6 13. Qe3 $1 Qxe5 $1 14.
Bc3 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Rhe8 16. f3 d5 {Black gains back his piece.} 17. a5 $6 ({
Better is} 17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxa7 Qxb2 19. Qxa6+ Kd7 {
Black has an advantage, despite the two minus pieces.} 20. Rd1 Qxb4+ 21. Kf2
Rxe4 $1 {Another sacrifice follows.} 22. fxe4 Qc5+ 23. Ke1 Qb4+ 24. Kf2 Qc5+
25. Ke1 Nb2 $1 {Black plays for a win with a few pieces.} 26. exd5 $2 ({
Preferable is} 26. Qe2 Nxd1 27. Qxd1 {(Tadic).}) 26... Qc3+ 27. Rd2 Qc1+ $2 (
27... Re8+ $1 28. Be2 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qxd2 {wins for Black (Postny).}) 28. Ke2
Re8+ 29. Kf3 Qxd2 30. Qxc6+ Kd8 31. Qf6+ Re7 32. Kg4 $2 (32. Kg3 $5 Nd3 33.
Bxd3 Qxd3+ 34. Kh4 Ke8 $1 35. Rf1 $1 {defends properly.}) 32... Nd1 $1 33. Qh8+
Kd7 34. Bb5+ c6 $1 35. Bxc6+ Kc7 36. d6+ Qxd6 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Bf3 h5+ 39.
Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 Qe6+ 41. Kh4 g5+ $1 42. Kxg5 Qg6+ 43. Kf4 f6 $1 {Kramnik won
a great game. Anand and Nakamura joined the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 Bd6 $5 11. Be3 Nf6 $1 12. f4 Ng4 {Black counters.}
13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f6 15. Nce2 Qe7 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Ng3 Qf7 18. b3 Bg4 19.
Rde1 Bd7 {The chances are about equal.} 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 ({
The alternative is} 22. Nxe5 $5 Qd5 23. Nh5) 22... Qg6 23. Qa7 $6 {The queen
moves offside.} (23. c3 $1 {strengthens the control over the centre.}) 23...
Bb4 $1 24. Rd1 Bc8 25. Qf2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rf8 27. Qe2 Be7 28. Rf1 h6 29. Nd4 $5
c5 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Nf3 Be6 $1 32. Nf1 $6 ({More active is} 32. Ne4 $5 b5 33.
c4) 32... b5 33. c4 $2 (33. Qd2 c4 34. Nd4 {keeps the defence closed.}) 33...
bxc4 34. bxc4 Qb1 $1 {White can do little.} 35. h3 Qc1 $1 36. N3d2 Be7 $5 37.
Kh2 $5 Bg5 38. g3 Qc2 $1 {The pins are awful.} 39. a3 Qf5 40. g4 Bf4+ 41. Kg2
Qxe5 42. Qxe5 Bxe5 {The two bishops rule the position.} 43. Ne3 Bb2 44. Nb1 Kf7
45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke4 Kg5 47. Nd5 Bxd5+ 48. cxd5 Kh4 49. Nd2 Bxa3 {Aronian
restricted his opponent terribly.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 Bh6 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Qxf4
Bc6 $6 ({Known is} 21... Nc5 $2 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rfe1) ({More solidity brings
} 21... Nf8 $5 22. Rfe1 Ne6 $1) 22. Qd4 $5 (22. Rfe1 $1 {gains more advantage.}
) 22... Kb8 $5 23. Rfe1 $1 Rhe8 24. Re7 $5 ({Even better is} 24. Qf4+ $1 Kc8
25. Re7) 24... Qa5 $1 25. Rxf7 $5 Bxa4 26. Bxd5 $5 Qc5 $1 27. Qf4+ Ne5 28. Be4
Rd7 29. Rg7 Bb5 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Bg6 Rf8 32. Re1 Qd6 33. Qxe5 Rxf6 34. Qxd6+
Rxd6 {Black has compensation for the pawn in the endgame.} 35. Bf7 Rd2 36. Bxc4
Rxb2 37. h4 Bg4 $2 {He wastes time.} (37... a5 38. h5 Rc2 $1 39. Bd3 Rc6 {
offers more resistance (Krasenkow).}) 38. Kg2 $5 a5 39. Re5 Rc2 40. Rb5+ Kc7
41. Bd5 Rd2 42. Bf7 Bd7 $5 43. Rxa5 Bc6+ 44. Kf1 Bf3 {Black has given a pawn
for the counter.} 45. Ra1 Kd6 46. Bb3 Rd3 47. Rb1 Kc5 48. Ke1 Kb5 49. Bd1 Bxd1
50. Rxd1 Rc3 $6 ({The last try in the rook ending gives} 50... Ra3 $5 51. h5 b3
52. h6 Ra6 53. h7 Rh6 54. Rd7 $1 b2 55. Rb7+ {and White wins.}) 51. h5 b3 52.
Kd2 Rc8 53. Rc1 Rf8 54. f4 Kb4 55. Rh1 $1 Ka3 56. Ke3 b2 57. g4 Rc8 58. Rb1 $1
Ka2 59. Rxb2+ Kxb2 60. h6 Kc3 61. g5 $1 {Smeets cannot stop the passed pawns.
Nakamura took the sole lead again.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Qd2 N8d7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. h5 $5 {White has the initiative.} Rfe8 $5 18. Ka1 $5
Bf8 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... Nbc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 {(Stohl).}) 19. Nd4 Qc5 $6 (
19... Nec4 $5 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Bc1 $1 {also favours White 
(Kovacevic).}) 20. g6 $1 {A crushing charge happens.} Nec4 $6 (20... h6 $5 21.
Qe1 Nbc4 22. Qg3 f6 {defends well.}) 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qd3 fxg6 (22... h6 $5
23. gxf7+ Bxf7 {offers more resistance.}) 23. hxg6 h6 24. Qg3 Qb6 25. Bc1 Qa5
$5 26. Rdf1 $5 Ne5 (26... Qe5 $1 27. Qd3 $1 {continues the attack.}) 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 30. g7 $1 Be7 ({The pointe is} 30... Bxg7
31. Nf5 $1 Rc7 32. Nxh6+ Kh7 33. Ng4+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ {(Stohl).}) 31. Rxh6 Nf7 32.
Qg6 $1 Nxh6 33. Qxh6 Bf6 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Qxf6+ Ke8 37. Re1+ {
White delivers mate in one. Nakamura and Carlsen led by half-a-point on
Carlsen, Aronian, Kramnik and Vachier Lagrave.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 dxc4 $5 ({Theory is} 10... e5) ({My preference has} 
10... b5 $1) 11. bxc4 b6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16.
Qc2 h6 17. Bc3 Rab8 18. Red1 Ba6 19. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 20. Bd3 f5 $5 21. g3 Bb4 $2 (
21... Be7 $1 {prevents Nh4.}) 22. Bxb4 (22. Nh4 $5 Rf6 23. d5 {attacks 
(Moradiabiadi).}) 22... axb4 23. Rxb4 c5 24. Rbb1 cxd4 25. exd4 {White has
grabbed a pawn.} Bb7 26. d5 $1 Nc5 27. Bf1 Rbd8 28. Bg2 Rf6 29. Nd4 exd5 30.
Nb5 Qf7 31. cxd5 f4 $5 32. a5 $1 Rc8 $2 (32... f3 $1 33. Bf1 Rxd5 34. axb6 Qf8
{offers more resistance.}) 33. Na7 $1 Rf8 34. Rxb6 fxg3 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 (35...
gxh2+ 36. Kh1 Qxf6 37. Qxc5 {costs a piece.}) 36. hxg3 Nd7 37. Nc6 Qd6 38. Re1
Ba6 39. Qc3 Nc5 40. Ne5 Kg8 41. Ng6 Rf6 42. Nf4 {The Dutch audience liked the
success of the 17-years-old Giri.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 cxd4 $5 ({Known is} 11... N7b6) 12. Qxd4
$1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O N5b6 $6 {The black pieces hinder each other.} ({
Better is} 14... N5f6 $5 15. Bg3 b5) 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qh5 $5 17. Bg3 $5 e5
$1 18. Qb4 e4 19. Ne1 a5 20. Qd4 Nc5 21. Rb1 Nxb3 22. Qxb6 Nc5 23. c4 Be6 $1 {
He liberates his position.} 24. Rd5 $1 Bxd5 25. Qxc5 Red8 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Qc2
{The chances are almost equal.} b5 28. Qb2 b4 29. Be5 Qd2 $5 30. Qa1 ({The
pointe is} 30. Bxg7 Qxb2 31. Bxb2 Rd2 $1) 30... Qe2 31. Bd4 Rab8 32. h3 f6 33.
Rb2 Qb5 34. Qb1 Qd5 35. Qd1 Rbc8 36. Rd2 Qe6 37. Kh2 Rd7 38. g3 Rdc7 39. Bb2 $5
Qxa2 $1 40. Be5 Qxd2 $6 ({Better is} 40... Rc1 $1 41. Qxc1 Rxc1 42. Rxa2 fxe5
43. Rxa5 $1 Rxe1 44. Rb5 Rb1 45. Rxe5 b3 46. Rxe4 Rf1 47. Rb4 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Rb2
49. Rb7 $1 {drawn (Krasenkow).}) 41. Qxd2 fxe5 42. Qd5+ Rf7 43. Kg2 Rcf8 44. h4
Kh8 45. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 46. Kh3 b3 47. Nd3 b2 $1 48. Qb7 $1 (48. Nxf2 Rxf2 {draws.})
48... R8f7 $2 ({Correct is} 48... a4 $1 49. Nxb2 a3 50. Nd3 a2 $1 51. Qa6 Rd2
52. Nxe5 {(Krasenkow)} Kh7 $1 {and Black escapes.}) 49. Qb5 a4 50. Nxb2 a3 51.
Nd3 Rf1 52. Qa4 Rh1+ 53. Kg4 {Aronian, Anand, Kramnik and Nakamura shared the
lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. e4 $5 {He makes an entertaining move.} ({Usual
is} 11. Be2) 11... bxc4 12. e5 Qc7 $5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Bg5 a5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6
16. Na4 {White occupies c5.} Ba6 17. Nc5 Rfb8 18. Rac1 h6 19. a3 $6 (19. Ne5 $1
{gains a plus.}) 19... Nd7 $1 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Nc3 Qf5 22. Qe2 $5 Qf4 23. Rc2
Rd8 24. Rcd2 Rab8 25. g3 Qc7 26. Qe3 Bb7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. dxe5
Rxd2 30. Rxd2 c5 {The extra pawn has little value in the endgame.} 31. f4 g5
32. Kf2 gxf4 33. gxf4 Bc6 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Rd6 Be8 36. Rd2 Bc6 37. h4 $5 {He
should accept the repetition.} Ke7 38. Rd6 Bh1 39. Na4 $6 ({Preferable is} 39.
Ra6 Rxb2 40. Rxa5) 39... Rb3+ 40. Kd2 Rf3 41. Nxc5 $2 (41. Ra6 $1 Rxf4 42. Rxa5
Rxh4 43. Rxc5 {brings drawing chances (Krasenkow).}) 41... Rxf4 42. Ra6 Rxh4
43. Rxa5 h5 $1 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 44. Ke3 Rh2 $5 45. Ra7+ Kf8
46. Rc7 ({Or} 46. Nd7+ Kg7 47. Nf6 Kg6 $1) 46... Rxb2 47. Nd7+ Kg7 48. Rxc4
Rb3+ 49. Kf2 Rxa3 50. Rh4 Bc6 51. Nf6 Rf3+ 52. Ke2 Rf5 53. Nxh5+ Kg6 54. Ng3
Rxe5+ 55. Kf2 Ra5 56. Rg4+ Kf6 57. Rg8 Ra2+ 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Rc8 Ra3+ 60. Kf2
Bd5 61. Nf1 Ra2+ 62. Ke3 f5 63. Nd2 f4+ 64. Ke2 Kd4 65. Rf8 e5 66. Ke1 e4 {The
Dutchman scored a fine victory.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. a4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. Qd4 Nc6 15.
Qd2 Ne5 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Re1 $5 (19. Rxa8 Qxa8 {drew
in Mberggren - Juggernaut, internet 2007.}) 19... Ng6 20. Rff1 b4 21. Nd5 Nxe4
$5 {Black shows ambition.} 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxb4 Nh4 {He tries to start an
attack.} 24. Bf3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Qd7 $1 26. Bf4 $1 ({The pointe is} 26. fxe4 Ra4
$1) 26... Ra4 27. Qb6 Nf6 $5 28. Qxd6 Qg4 $1 {Black keeps the initiative.} 29.
Nd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qc8 {He makes an
effort to win.} 34. Qf2 Qb7+ 35. Kg1 Ne4 36. Qd4 Re8 37. Re2 $5 h6 $1 38. h3 $5
Re6 39. Kh2 f5 $5 40. b4 $2 {White misses a useful restriction.} (40. Qc4 $1
Qf7 41. Qd5 {applies a pin (Nepomniachtchi).}) 40... Kh7 $1 41. Re3 Rg6 $5 42.
Re2 $5 Qb5 43. Re1 $5 Rc6 $5 {Black hesitates.} 44. Rxe4 $5 fxe4 45. Qxe4+ Rg6
46. Bg3 Qd7 $1 47. h4 h5 48. c4 $5 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qc3 50. Qf4 Qxb4 51. Qf5 Qxc4
52. Qxh5+ Rh6 {The simplification has led to a won ending.} 53. Qf3 Qe6+ 54.
Kh2 Rf6 55. Qd3+ Rf5 56. Qc2 Qd5 57. Bf2 Kh6 58. Be3+ Kg6 59. Bf2 Kf6 60. Bg3
Rf1 61. Bf2 Rd1 62. Qc3+ Qe5+ 63. Qxe5+ Kxe5 {The rest is easy.} 64. h5 Kf6 65.
Bh4+ Kf5 66. Be7 Rd7 {Carlsen was out of the race for the first place. Anand
and Nakamura joined the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8.
O-O b6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Na3 Bb7 $5 (11... Ba6 {drew in Nogueiras -
Andersson, Sarajevo 1985.}) 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nd6 Qb8 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qa3 Ba6 16.
Ne5 b5 17. Qxa5 $2 {White makes a positional error.} Qxd6 18. Rc6 Qb8 19. Rxa6
Rxa6 20. Qxa6 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxb5 Rb8 23. Qd3 Rxb2 {Black has an edge.}
24. Qe3 $5 {Kramnik sacrifices a pawn for a run by the a-pawn.} Qxe3 25. fxe3
Rxe2 26. a4 Rc2 27. a5 Rc7 28. a6 Ra7 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Rb1 Ke7 31. Rb7+ $1 Rxb7
32. axb7 Nd7 {Carlsen can play for a win in the knight versus bishop ending.}
33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Bb5 Nb8 35. Be8 Ke7 36. Bb5 f6 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Be8 Kc7 39. Bf7
Kxb7 40. Bxe6 Kc6 {Black has kept his extra pawn.} 41. Bg8 h6 42. Kg4 $5 Nd7
43. Kf5 Ne5 44. h3 $6 ({Slightly better is} 44. h4 $1 Kd6 45. h5 {(Müller).})
44... Kc5 45. g4 $6 {The pawns should not go to white squares.} Kd6 $1 46. Bh7
Ke7 47. Bg8 g6+ $1 48. Kf4 Nf7 49. Bh7 g5+ $5 50. Kg3 ({The pointe is} 50. Kf5
$4 Nd6+ 51. Kg6 Nc4) 50... Nd6 51. Bg8 Ne4+ 52. Kg2 Kd6 {The king goes
forwards again.} 53. Kf3 Kc5 54. Bh7 Nc3 55. Bd3 Kb4 56. Ba6 Kb3 57. Bb7 $2 (
57. Bd3 $1 Kb2 58. Kf2 Kc1 59. Ke1 {stops the black king.}) 57... Kc2 58. Ba6
Kd1 59. Bb7 $6 ({Or} 59. Bc8 $5 Kd2 60. Bb7 Kc1 $1 61. Bc8 Kd1 62. Bf5 Ke1 {
and the king penetrates (Müller).}) 59... Kd2 $3 {Zugzwang arises.} 60. Bc6 Ke1
$1 {The king can go further.} 61. Bb7 Kf1 62. Ba8 Kg1 63. Kg3 Ne4+ 64. Kf3 Nd2+
65. Kg3 Nf1+ 66. Kf3 Nd2+ 67. Kg3 Nc4 68. Bxd5 Nxe3 69. Bb7 Nf1+ 70. Kf3 Kh2
71. Kf2 Nd2 72. Bg2 Nc4 73. Bf1 Ne5 74. Ke3 Kg1 75. Be2 Kg2 $1 76. Ke4 Kxh3 77.
Kf5 Kh4 {The king ends the encircling manoeuvre.} 78. Bd1 Nc4 $1 79. Ke4 ({The
pointe is} 79. Kxf6 Ne3 80. Be2 Nxg4+ 81. Kg6 h5 82. Bd1 Ne3 $1 83. Bxh5 Ng4 $1
{and White is in zugzwang (Müller).}) 79... Nd6+ 80. Kd5 f5 $1 {Carlsen wins
beautifully.} 81. Kxd6 fxg4 82. Ke5 g3 83. Bf3 Kh3 84. Kf5 g2 85. Bxg2+ Kxg2 {
Kramnik was out of the race for the first place.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg4 $5 {This
novelty was suggested by Karpov.} 8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 {It has become harder
for White to attack h5.} 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. a3 $6 {Square b3 become
available.} f6 13. Be3 Qb3 $1 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Ne2
$5 {Ian sacrifices a pawn.} (17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O-O {
favours Black (Nakamuru)..}) 17... fxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qg5 Bf5
21. g4 $2 hxg4 22. fxg4 Be4 $2 ({Nakamura misses} 22... Be7 $1 23. Qxg7 Rh7 24.
Qg8+ Kd7 25. Bxb6 Rxg8 26. Bxc7 Be4 $1) 23. Rh3 Be7 24. Qxg7 $2 (24. Qe3 Bd5
25. h5 Rf8 26. Nc3 {offers more resistance.}) 24... Rh7 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5
Bxh4+ 27. Ng3 Nd7 28. Bd4 $6 ({Preferable is} 28. Bc7 $5 Bg6 29. Bg2) 28... Bf3
$1 29. g5 Bg4 30. g6 Rh6 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Rc3 Bf3 33. Rxf3 Rxd4 34. Bh3 Ne5
35. Rf6 Nd3+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 e5 38. Rf7 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rxg3 40. Bd7+ Kd8 41.
Bf5 Nxg6 42. Rg7 Rb8 43. b4 b5 44. Bxg6 Rg5 {Nakamura took the sole lead by
this win.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8
15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxb3 17. Bxb6 Nd2 18. Qd3 Qxb6 19. Qxd2 Qc5 $5 (19...
Rac8 20. Rab1 Qc7 {drew in Aleksandrov - Melkumyan, Dubai 2009.}) 20. Re4 Rad8
21. c4 f5 $6 {Hereafter, White takes the initiative by a pawn sacrifice.} (
21... e5 $5 {takes no risk.}) 22. Re5 $1 Qxc4 23. Rc1 Qa6 $5 24. Rce1 Qd6 $2 (
24... e6 $1 25. Qe3 Rd6 26. dxe6 Qxa2 27. h4 {(Vachier Lagrave)} Qa4 $1 {leads
to an open battle.}) 25. h4 $1 Rd7 26. h5 $1 gxh5 $5 27. Rxf5 e5 28. Qg5+ Rg7
29. Qxh5 Rge7 (29... Qg6 $5 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Rfxe5 Rd8 {brings a minus pawn
in the double rook ending.}) 30. Qf3 $1 Rg7 31. Rf6 Qd8 32. d6 $1 e4 33. Qf5
Rd7 $5 34. Re3 $1 Rxd6 35. Rg3+ Kh8 36. Rg7 $1 {Nakamura and Anand drew their
games in the penultimate and last rounds, so the top did not change. The final
standings became: Nakamura 9/13, Anand 81/2, Aronian and Carlsen 8, Kramnik
and Vachier Lagrave 71/2, Giri and Ponomariov 61/2, Nepomniachtchi and Wong
Hao 6, Grischuk, L'Ami and Smeets 41/2, Shirov 4.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Navara and McShane shared the lead, when the last round began. They battled
for victory in the B-group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6
6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. e3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Nd7 $5 11. b4 h6 $6 {Black
loses time.} ({Navara prefers} 11... f5 $5 12. Ng5 Nf6) 12. Be3 a6 13. Nd2 f5
14. f3 f4 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bf2 h5 17. c5 g5 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bb6
Qd7 21. Qa4 $6 {White keeps the initiative, despite the exchange of queens.}
Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Bd7 23. Nab2 Nc8 24. Rac1 Rf7 $5 25. Bd8 Rf8 26. Bc7 Ne8 27. Nb6
Nxb6 28. Bxb6 Bf6 {Black defends passively.} 29. Nc4 h4 30. g4 $5 Bb5 31. Rf2
Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Bd8 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 {White controls the open file.} 34. Bf1 Rf7 35.
Rfc2 Kf8 36. a4 Rdd7 37. Rc8 Rc7 38. R2xc7 Rxc7 39. Rb8 $1 {The last winning
attempt.} Ke7 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Nf6 42. b6 Rc1 $1 43. Rxb7+ {He has gained
a pawn temporarily.} Nd7 44. Rc7 Rb1 45. b7 Kd8 46. Rc8+ Ke7 47. Rg8 Kf7 $1 48.
b8=R ({The pointe is} 48. Rxg5 Nf6 49. Rf5 Kg6 {drawn (Navara).}) 48... Rxb8
49. Rxb8 Nxb8 50. Bb5 Ke7 51. Kf2 Kd8 52. Ke2 Kc7 53. Kd3 Kb6 54. Kc4 Ka5 55.
h3 Na6 56. Bxa6 Kxa6 57. Kb4 Kb6 {McShane won the B-group on tiebreak. He
would not play in the A-group in 2012, because he got a full-time job. Navara
did participate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The seventy-fourth tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee from 14 until 29 i
2012.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bf4
Nb6 8. Qd3 Bxf3 $5 ({Known is} 8... Nbd5) 9. gxf3 Nfd5 10. Be5 $2 {Black will
win material.} ({Preferable is} 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 {(Krasenkow).}) 10... f6
11. Bg3 Nb4 12. Qb1 ({The pointe is} 12. Qd1 $6 Qxd4 $1) 12... Qxd4 {Black has
gained a pawn.} 13. Bh3 e5 14. O-O Be7 15. Rd1 Qc4 16. e3 Qf7 17. f4 exf4 18.
Bxf4 O-O 19. a3 N4d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 f5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Nf6 24. Qe5
Kh8 25. Re1 Bd8 26. Be6 Qg6 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Bxf5 Nd5 29. Be4 Bf6 30. Re2 Nb6
31. Rc1 Rfe8 32. f3 a5 33. b4 $6 {He weakens the a-file.} axb4 34. axb4 Nd5 35.
Be1 Nf4 $5 36. Rec2 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Re2 $5 Nxe4 39. fxe4 Rad8 40. b5 cxb5
41. Rb1 Rd5 $5 42. Bg3 Rc5 43. Bd6 Rg5+ 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Bf4 Rc5 46. e5 g5 47.
exf6 Rxf6 48. Re7 $6 (48. Rb4 $5 Rcf5 49. Kg3 gxf4+ 50. Kf3 {offers more
resistance.}) 48... Rxf4+ 49. Kg2 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 Rh4 $6 51. Rd1 $1 Rc8 52. Kg3 $6
(52. Rxb7 $1 Rxh2 53. Kg4 b4 54. Kxg5 Rg8+ 55. Kf4 {nears a draw.}) 52... b6
53. Rb7 Rb4 54. Rxb6 Rc7 55. h4 $5 gxh4+ 56. Kh3 Kg7 57. Rd3 Kf7 58. Re3 Kg7
59. Rf3 Rf7 60. Rd3 Rf6 61. Rb8 Rc6 62. Rf3 Kh6 63. Rb7 Kg6 64. Rb8 Rc5 65.
Rg8+ Kh5 66. Rg7 h6 67. Rg1 Rd4 68. Kh2 b4 69. Rg8 Rc2+ 70. Kh3 Rc3 {Young
Giri started with a win against the challenger of the world champion.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 Nc7 11. d5 c5 12. b4 $5 ({Known is} 12. Rb1) 12... cxb4
13. Qxb4 Na6 14. Qb1 Bd7 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. e3 Nc5 18. a4 Qa5 19. Ba3
a6 20. Bb4 Qd8 21. Nd4 Nxa4 $5 ({More solid is} 21... Nfe4) 22. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 23.
dxe6 Qe8 24. Bxb7 $5 Rb8 25. Bxa6 $5 {White delivers a positional sacrifice.} (
{The alternative is} 25. Qc2 Rxb7 26. Rxa4 {and Black has little advantage.})
25... Nc3 $1 26. Bxc3 $1 Rxb1 27. Rdxb1 {White has fine compensation for the
queen.} g5 28. Rb7 Ng8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rb5 Qg6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Rxc5 Qxe6 $5
33. Nf3 Qd6 34. Nd4 Kh8 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Rac1 f4 37. Bc8 Qa7 38. Ne6 $1 {White
controls the central area.} Rf6 39. exf4 gxf4 40. Rc7 Qa4 $2 (40... Qb6 $1 41.
Nxf4 Rxf4 $1 42. gxf4 Qg6+ 43. Kf1 Qd3+ 44. Ke1 Qe4+ {leads to perpetual check.
}) 41. Nxf4 Rd6 42. Be6 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kg2 Nf6 45. Rxe7 Qe1 46. Rf7
Qe4+ 47. f3 Qd4 48. Kh3 Qe5 $2 (48... Qb2 49. Bc4 Qc3 50. Ne6 h6 {tries to
survive.}) 49. Kh4 $1 {A strangulation starts.} Qd4 50. Bg4 Qe5 51. Ne6 h6 52.
Rf8+ Ng8 53. f4 Qb2 54. Kh3 Qa1 55. Bh5 Kh7 56. Rf7+ Kh8 57. Bg6 Nf6 58. Rf8+
Ng8 59. Bf7 {Aronian took the lead by 2/2.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 g6 $5 {
Castling is usual.} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qd2 $5 h5 $6 {Black prevents 10.g4.} 10. Bd3
$1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {H5 has become a slight weakness.} Nbd7 12. Nge2 $5 a5 13. O-O
O-O 14. f3 b5 $6 {Aronian weakens the queenside.} 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 {White
occupies the centre.} Nc5 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Be3 b4 $5 19. Nb1 $5 Nh7 20. Nd2 Rc8
21. Rad1 Bh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Nc4 Bg7 24. b3 Qe7 $6 {He makes an opportunistic
move.} 25. Qg2 $5 (25. e5 $1 {gains more advantage.}) 25... Nc7 $5 26. Nxa5 $5
{Carlson has won a pawn.} Rfe8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bd2 Red8 29. Nf4 Qa7 $2 ({
Correct is} 29... Qc7) 30. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 31. Nxd5 Rc2 32. Kh1 Bf8 33. e6 $1 Qa8
({The pointe is} 33... fxe6 $2 34. Qe4 $1) 34. exf7+ $6 (34. e7 $1 {triumphs.})
34... Kh8 35. Nf4 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 $5 Rxd4 37. Rf2 Rd6 38. Bc1 $1 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2
Rxd1 $1 40. Bb2+ $1 Nf6 $1 ({Not} 40... Bg7 $4 41. Nxg6#) 41. Bxf6+ Kh7 42. Ne6
Bd6 $1 43. Be5 Be7 44. f8=Q Bxf8 45. Nxf8+ Kh6 46. Ne6 $6 (46. Ke2 Rg1 47. Ne6
{wins more easily.}) 46... g5 $1 {Aronian fights back.} 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4
Kg6 49. Nd4 Rd3 $5 50. Nc6 Rd2+ 51. Ke3 Rxa2 52. Bd6 Ra1 53. Kd4 Rg1 $6 {Black
misses the best defence.} ({Better is} 53... Rh1 $1 54. Be7 Rh3 55. Ne5+ Kf5
56. Nd3 Rg3 57. Kc4 Rg4+ 58. Kb5 Rg3 59. Nc5 Rg4 60. Bd8 $1 Rd4 61. Bg5 Rg4 62.
Be7 $1 {White has achieved zugzwang by losing a tempo. The main line is} Rg7
63. Bd8 Rg8 64. Nb7 Kg4 65. Kc4 $1 Rxd8 66. Nxd8 Kxh4 67. Kd3 Kg3 68. Ke2 h4
69. Kf1 Kf3 70. Nc6 {and White wins (Shipov).}) 54. Kc5 Kf5 55. Nxb4 Rc1+ 56.
Kd4 Re1 57. Nc6 $1 Re4+ 58. Kd5 Rxh4 59. b4 Rh1 60. b5 Rb1 61. Nd4+ Kg4 62. Kc6
Rc1+ 63. Kd7 $1 Rb1 64. Kc7 h4 65. b6 Kh3 $5 66. b7 Kg2 67. Nf5 h3 68. Nh4+ $1
{Carlsen took the sole lead by 21/2/3.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rd1 e6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Ng1 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. e5 h6
15. a3 Na5 $5 ({Known is} 15... Qd7) 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc5 Nbc4 18. Bc1 Nxe5 19.
b4 {White has the pawn majority on the queenside.} Nac6 20. Ne4 a6 21. h3 $5 f5
$5 22. Nd6 Nf7 23. Nc4 e5 $5 {He could exchange the rooks.} 24. Rde1 Kh7 25.
Bb2 Re8 26. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rad8 28. Bb2 e4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. f3 Qf6 31.
fxe4 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 (33... fxe4 $2 34. Rf4 Re8 35. Nd2 {
favours White.}) 34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. Kg3 Rd4 36. Na5 g5 $5 37. Kf2 Rd3 38. Re1 $5
Rxa3 39. Rxe4 Kf6 $6 (39... Nd8 $5 40. Rd4 Nc6 $1 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Nxc6 bxc6
43. Rd6 Ra4 44. Rxc6 Rxb4 45. Rxh6 a5 46. Rg6 g4 $1 {seems to be sufficient
for a draw.}) 40. Nxb7 Ne5 {Black has counter-play for the pawn.} 41. Rd4 Ke7
42. Nd6 Rb3 43. Nc8+ $5 Kf7 44. Nd6+ Ke6 $1 45. Nc4 $1 Nd3+ $2 {He should
exchange the knights.} ({Better is} 45... Nxc4 46. Rxc4 Kd7 47. Rd4+ Kc7 48.
Rd6 Kb7 $1 49. Rb6+ Ka7 50. Rxh6 Rxb4 51. Rh7+ Kb8 52. Rg7 a5 53. Rxg5 a4 {and
Black fights for survival in the rook ending (Krasenkow).}) 46. Kg1 Nf4 47.
Rd6+ Ke7 48. Ne5 Rb2 49. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 50. Kf1 Rb2 51. Rxh6 Nd5 52. Rd6 Ne3+ 53.
Ke1 Nc2+ 54. Kd1 Nxb4 55. Rb6 Kf8 56. Rb8+ Kg7 57. Nc4 Rb3 58. c6 {Aronian and
Carlsen shared the lead by 3/4.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Bh4 d5 12. Ne1 $5 {White has not achieved an
advantage in the opening.} Ne7 13. g4 $6 {He weakens the kingside.} Nc4 14.
Bxc4 dxc4 15. Ng2 b5 $1 {Ivanchuk goes forwards.} 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. Nc3 Rxb2 18.
Na4 $5 Rb4 19. Nc5 $6 (19. c3 $5 Bxg4 $1 20. Qxg4 Rxa4 {(Marin)} 21. Ne3 $1 Qc8
22. Qg2 {brings counter-play for a pawn.}) 19... c3 20. Qe2 $2 (20. Nb3 {
defends the centre.}) 20... Nc6 $1 21. a3 Re8 $1 22. Qxe8+ $5 Qxe8 23. axb4
Bxg4 24. Bf2 Qd8 25. Nb3 Nxb4 26. Rxa7 Nxc2 27. Rc1 Qb8 28. Ra2 Nb4 29. Ra4 Nd5
30. Nc5 Bf8 31. Rca1 c2 32. Nd3 Qb5 33. Nc1 Bh3 34. Ra5 Qc4 35. R1a4 Qc3 {
Ivanchuk had scored his first win.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. e3 $5 (12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd5 {
ended as a draw in Oll - Khalifman, Parnu 1996.}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14.
Bb2 Bf6 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20.
Qf5 g6 $5 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. h4 a5 23. e4 $1 {He attacks the hanging pawns by a
temporary sacrifice.} dxe4 24. Nc4 $1 Qe6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc7 Qd5 $5 27. Ne3
Qd2 28. Rc2 Rd7 $5 29. Qxc5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 h5 $2 31. Qe5 $1 {He applies a strong
pin.} Qb4 32. Rc5 $6 (32. Bh3 $1 {decides the game quickly.}) 32... Qd2 $6 33.
Rc2 Qb4 34. Qg5 $6 Nh7 35. Qf4 Qd4 36. Bh3 Re7 37. Rc7 Qf6 38. Rc5 Qb6 39. Rc2
Qa6 40. Rd2 Qf6 41. Qb8 Nf8 42. Qd8 Ne6 $2 (42... Re5 {protects pawn a5.}) 43.
Bxe6 Rxe6 44. Qxa5 Ba6 45. Nd5 Qe5 46. Qc7 Bd3 47. Qxe5+ Rxe5 48. Nf4 Ba6 49.
Nd5 Bd3 50. Nb4 Bf1 51. Nc2 Rb5 52. Ne3 Bd3 53. Rb2 Kf6 54. a4 Ra5 55. Ra2 Ke5
56. b4 Ra7 57. Ra3 Kd4 58. b5 Kc5 59. Rc3+ Kd4 $6 (59... Kb4 $5 60. b6 $1 Rb7
61. Rc7 $1 Ba6 62. Rxb7 Bxb7 63. g4 $1 {(Krasenkow)} hxg4 64. Nxg4 Kxa4 65. Ne5
Kb5 66. Nxf7 Kxb6 67. Kg3 Kc5 68. Kf4 Kd5 69. Kg5 $1 {wins for White.}) 60. b6
$1 Rxa4 61. b7 Rb4 62. Rc4+ $1 {Aronian took the sole lead again.} ({The
pointe is} 62. Rc4+ $1 Bxc4 63. Nc2+) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rfd1 $5 Be7 13. Ng5 $1 Rh6
$5 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 {Black has a passive game.} 15. Kf1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Ne4
Be7 18. Re1 c5 $1 19. c4 Nd4 20. Nc3 Ra6 21. Rd1 c6 $5 22. Be3 b5 23. a3 b4 $2
(23... bxc4 $1 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Rb6 26. Na4 $5 c3 $1 27. Nxb6 cxb2 28.
Rd1 axb6 29. a4 Bg5 $1 30. Rb1 Bc1 {equalises.}) 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Bxd4 bxc3
26. Bxc3 Ra4 27. Ke2 Rxc4 28. Ra1 Bc5 {He protects his weaknesses.} 29. g3 $1
Bb6 $1 30. Kd3 Rc5 31. f4 Rb5 32. b4 g6 33. g4 {Kamsky moves forwards over a
broad front.} hxg4 34. hxg4 Kd7 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 c5 $2 {This blunder will
cost a pawn.} ({Right is} 36... Ke8 $1 37. Ra2 Rd5+ 38. Ke4 Rd1 {and Black
defends himself properly.}) 37. Kc4 Kc6 38. Rd1 $1 Bc7 ({Kritz analyses} 38...
cxb4 39. Rd6+ Kb7 40. Kxb5 bxc3 41. Rd1 $1 Be3 42. Rd7+ Kc8 43. Rd3 Bd2 44. e6
{and White wins.}) 39. Rd5 $1 a6 40. Rxc5+ Rxc5+ 41. bxc5 a5 42. f6 $1 {He
triumphs in the bishop ending.} Kd7 43. Kd5 a4 44. c6+ Kd8 45. Bb4 Bb8 46. e6
Ke8 47. Bd6 {Aronian and Carlsen shared the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd5 b4 11. Bxa8 bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxa2 13. Qe2 Be7 $5 {
Gashimov delivers a novelty in a sharp variation.} 14. Kd2 $6 {He allows a
counter.} ({Preferable is} 14. h4 $1 Ne5 15. Kd2) 14... Nxe4+ $1 15. Qxe4 Bxg5+
16. f4 d5 $1 17. Ra1 $6 ({Better is} 17. Qe3 $1) 17... Qxa1 18. Rxa1 dxe4 19.
fxg5 h6 {Black has an edge.} 20. g6 $1 f5 21. Nxe6 Ke7 22. Nf4 {White has
regained the pawn.} Rd8 $6 (22... Nb6 $1 23. Nd5+ Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. c4 Rd6
{keeps more advantage (Postny).}) 23. Bd5 $6 (23. Nd5+ $1 Kf8 24. Ke3 Ne5 25.
h3 {defends properly.}) 23... Nb6 24. c4 Nxc4+ $1 25. Kc3 $6 (25. Ke2 Ne5 26.
c4 {offers more resistance.}) 25... Ne3 $1 26. Bf7 Rd6 27. Ra5 Bd7 28. Re5+ Kf6
29. Rc5 Kg5 $1 30. g3 Nf1 31. h4+ Kg4 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33. Nxd5 Kxg3 34. Nf6 e3 35.
Bc4 Bb5 36. Nh5+ Kf2 37. Nxg7 Bxc4 38. Kxc4 e2 {Giri started a number of
losses. The most remarkable event in Wijk aan Zee was the stranding by a ship
off the coast.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2
Qa5 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. b4 Be7 14. f4 Qe6 $5
(14... Qb8 15. f5 d6 {was played in Kribben - Logdahl, corr. 2006.}) 15. Be3 $1
{White has sacrificed a pawn for the initiative.} Bxb4 $2 (15... Ne8 $1 16. f5
Qf6 17. a3 b6 {defends stubbornly.}) 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. Nxa8 {He has a rook for
two pawns temporarily.} b6 18. Rb1 $1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb8 Bb7 21. Rxf8+
Kxf8 22. Qb3 $1 {He has a winning advantage.} g6 23. Rb1 Bxa8 24. Qb8+ Kg7 25.
Qxa7 e3 26. Bf3 d5 27. Re1 $5 Qd6 28. Qxa8 d4 29. Qa3 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qd3
Qe8 32. g3 h5 33. Bg2 Qa4 34. a3 Qa5 35. Bf3 Qa6 36. Be2 Qa5 37. Qb1 Qd2 38.
Qe1 $6 Qa2 39. g4 $2 hxg4 $2 ({Black misses the opportunity} 39... Nxg4 $1 40.
Bxg4 hxg4 {(Marin).}) 40. Qg3 Qxe2 41. Qe5 d3 42. Rxf6 Kh6 43. Rxf7 Qe1+ 44.
Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kxg4 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 {Aronian could take a lead of one
point on the field because Carlsen lost.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Nb6 $5 ({Usual is} 8... c5) 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Ng5 $1 fxg5 12. Bxh5
Bd7 $5 13. Bf3 Rxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Bd6 $5 {Aronian's second had analysed this
position in 2011.} 15. Qe4 Bc6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 $5 (18. e4 {
occupies the centre.}) 18... h6 19. Qg3 d5 20. Nc3 $5 {Giri retreats.} Rf8 21.
Ne2 Rf5 22. Kg2 $6 ({Aronian had planned} 22. Qb8+ $5 Nc8) (22. Kh1 $1 Nd7 23.
f4 $1 {(the freeing move)} gxf4 24. Nxf4 e5 25. Ng6 Qf6 26. f4 $1 {defends
well.}) 22... Nd7 $1 23. Rh1 $2 ({Preferable is} 23. Rfd1 Nf8 24. Kf1) 23...
Nf8 $1 {A brilliant knight manouevre occurs.} 24. h4 $5 Ng6 $1 25. f4 Nxh4+ 26.
Kf1 Qb4 $1 {He attacks on two fronts.} 27. Rb1 Be8 $6 (27... Qd2 {continues
the charge.}) 28. Nc3 Qe7 $5 29. b4 Rf8 30. Rb2 Bg6 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. fxg5 Nf3+
33. Kd1 hxg5 34. Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc1 Bg6 36. a4 $6 (36. Na4 $5 Re8 37. b5 e5 38. b6
{offers more resistance.}) 36... Rd8 37. Ne2 e5 $1 38. Qg4 exd4 39. exd4 Re8
40. Qd7 c3 41. Ra2 Ne1 $3 {A magnificent sacrifice decides.} 42. Rxe1 Qf4+ $1
43. Kd1 ({The pointe is} 43. Nxf4 Rxe1#) 43... Qe4 {Aronian led by one point
on Ivanchuk.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7 7. O-O e5 8. d4
b5 $5 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rac8
15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh4 $5 Nc4 20. Nf5 $5 {
Carlsen makes sacrifice one.} Nxb2 21. Bh4 $5 {Number two is delivered.} Nxd1
22. Bxf6 Nxc3 {The captures continue.} 23. Qg4 Bxe4 $6 ({Better is} 23... Re6
$1 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. Bxe6 Qxf6 {and Black gains material.}) 24.
Nxh6+ $2 {The opportunism reminds of Tal.} (24. Nxg7 $1 Kh7 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26.
Rd1 $1 {fights (Ramirez Alvarez).}) 24... Kh7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 $2 (25... Bd3 $1
26. Re1 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nf4 {wins for Black.}) 26. Nxf7 gxf6 27. f4 Bg6 28. Qh4+
Kg7 29. fxe5 Ne4 30. Rxf6 $1 Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Ng5+ Kh6 34.
Ne6 $5 {White could force perpetual check.} Rxe6 35. Qxe6 Re8 36. Qf6 Be7 $2 {
He gives a pawn.} 37. Qxa6 b4 38. Qc4 Bf8 39. g4 Kh7 40. e6 Bd6+ {Carlsen has
a queen and three pawns for a rook and two bishops.} 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Qc7 Kg8
43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Qf4+ $5 Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kg8 46. h4 Rd8 47. Qc4 Bd3 $6 48. Qc6 Bb1
$2 {The tables turn.} ({Right is} 48... Kg7) 49. h5 $5 (49. Qb7 $1 Re8 50. Qd7
Kf8 51. Qd1 {ends the game (Ramirez Alvarez).}) 49... Bxa2 50. Qe4 $1 Kh8 51.
h6 $1 Bf6 52. e7 Re8 53. Qf4 $1 Bg7 54. hxg7+ Kxg7 55. g5 Kg8 56. Qf6 {Carlsen
and Radjabov joined the second place.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Na4 Qd6 $5 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. d4 $5 e4 $1 14. Nd2
Bf7 15. Nc3 $5 Qh6 {Black has the initiative.} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18.
Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nf1 Rd6 20. b4 $5 axb4 21. axb4 Rd7 22. Bd2 $5 Bd6 $5 (22... Bxb4
23. d5 Rxd5 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Qxc7 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nd3 27. Qxb7 {exchanges a lot.
}) 23. b5 Ne7 24. Ra7 b6 25. Rda1 Qe6 $1 26. Ra8 Rdd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ng3
Bxg3 29. hxg3 Nd5 30. Ra7 h6 31. Qa2 Qe8 32. Qc4 Qh5 33. Ra1 Kh7 34. Bb4 Qg6
35. Be1 h5 36. Rc1 h4 $1 {Black attacks on the kingside.} 37. gxh4 f4 $5 38.
Qe2 $2 (38. Bd2 f3 39. g3 Qf5 {(Marin)} 40. Kh2 g5 41. Rh1 {defends properly.})
38... f3 $1 39. Qf1 Qg4 40. g3 g5 $1 41. Kh2 gxh4 42. Qh3 Qxh3+ 43. Kxh3 hxg3
44. Kxg3 Rg8+ {Black has a won ending.} 45. Kh2 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rg6 47. Ra1 Rg8 $1
48. Rc1 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rh6 Ra8 51. Rh7+ Kg6 52. Rh4 Nf6 53. Bb4 Kg5 54.
Rf4 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Ng4+ {Van Wely suffered a defeat after ten draws.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. Nf3
c6 9. Nc3 f5 10. h3 $5 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nfe4 14. O-O Nf7
15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Bh2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 a5 $5 19. Na4 b5 $5 20. Nc5 $5
Qe7 21. Rac1 $5 Qxe5 22. f4 Qd6 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nb3 Bd7 25. Qc5 Qg6 26. Kh2
h5 27. Nd4 Rac8 28. b4 {White blockades as compensation for the pawn.} axb4 29.
axb4 h4 30. Ne2 Rf6 31. Ra1 Rcf8 32. Qe7 R8f7 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rg1 Qh6 35. Ra7
Rf8 36. Qc7 R6f7 37. Qe5 Re8 38. Qc3 g5 $1 39. Rf1 Qd6 40. Kg1 Ref8 41. Qc5 Qh6
42. f5 Kg8 43. f6 $6 g4 $1 44. hxg4 h3 45. Nf4 hxg2 $6 46. Kxg2 $2 (46. Nxg2 $1
Bxg4 47. Rf4 {fights for a draw.}) 46... Qxf6 47. Kg3 Rh7 48. g5 Qxg5+ 49. Kf2
Rxf4+ 50. exf4 Rh2+ 51. Ke3 Qg3+ 52. Kd4 Qg7+ 53. Ke3 Rh3+ {Aronian led by one
point on the field.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. a3 Bg4 14. Be2 d5
$5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxf2 17. Rde1 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Rf7 19. g3 Raf8 20. Rhe1
Qd8 21. Qd4 b5 22. Kb1 Qd7 23. h5 Bg5 24. a4 Re8 $5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qd3 Rfe7
27. Bd4 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Bf6 $2 30. Qf2 $2 ({They miss} 30. Bxa7 $1)
30... Bxd4 31. Qxd4 {White has little advantage in the queen ending.} h6 32. b3
Qf7 33. Qe5 a6 34. Kb2 Kh7 $2 ({Better is} 34... Qd7 35. Ka3 a5) 35. Qd6 $1
Qxh5 36. Qxa6 Qe8 37. Qb7 Qe5 $5 38. Qxb5 h5 $6 ({Black should try} 38... Qxg3
39. Qxd5 Kg6 {and he fights for his last chance.}) 39. Qd3+ Kh6 40. b4 g5 41.
b5 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. b6 Qb8 44. Qa6 Qd6 45. Qb5 d4 46. b7 dxc3+ 47. Ka2 Qe6+
48. Ka1 {Young Caruana was becoming a top ten player. The final standings
became: Aronian 9/13, Carlsen, Radjabov and Caruana 8, Ivanchuk and Nakamura
71/2, Kamsky 7, Karjakin 61/2, Van Wely 51/2, Gelfand, Topalov and Gashimov 5,
Navara and Giri 41/2.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Two Dutchmen met in the first round of the B-group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3
Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Bf6 12. Qd3 d5 13. Rfd1 $5 Qd6 14. Qf3 c6 15. Rac1 Nd7 $2 {This
move is refuted.} 16. Bb4 $1 Nxe5 $5 (16... Qxb4 17. Nxd7 Rf7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6
19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc2 $1 {also favours White (L'Ami).}) 17. Bxd6 Nxf3 18. Bxf8
Nxd4 19. e3 Ne2 20. Rc2 Kxf8 21. Rxe2 {White has gained an exchange for a pawn.
} Ke7 22. Rc2 Kd6 23. b4 a5 $6 {White will conquer the b-file.} 24. cxd5 exd5
25. Rdc1 $1 Rc8 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Rb1 $1 d4 $6 {He opens the position.} 28. Kf3
dxe3 29. Kxe3 Re8+ 30. Kf4 Bd4 31. Kxf5 Bxf2 32. Rd1+ Kc7 33. Rdd2 $1 Bb6 34.
Re2 Rf8+ 35. Kg4 Bd4 36. Re6 c5 37. Ra6 Kb7 38. Rxa5 Kc6 39. a4 Kd5 40. Ra7 Ke4
$5 {Desperation.} 41. a5 $1 Rc8 42. a6 c4 43. Rd7 c3 44. a7 Ra8 45. Ra2 Ke3 46.
Ra3 $1 {Zugzwang!} h6 ({The pointe is} 46... Kd3 47. Ra4 $1) 47. Ra2 Bf6 48.
Kf5 Bd4 49. Ke6 Bf6 50. Kf5 Bd4 51. g4 Bf6 52. h3 Bd4 53. h4 Bf6 54. g5 hxg5
55. hxg5 Bd4 56. Kg6 {The final zugzwang occurs.} Be5 57. Re7 {L'Ami had a
fine start and competed at the top. Eventually, Harikrishna won the B-group.}
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The seventy-fifth Tata Steel tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee from 12
until 27 i 2013. Many world class grandmasters participated in the Jubilee
event.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 h6 $5 12. c4 Qe7 13. Ne5 Bxg2
14. Kxg2 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qf3 Ne8 19. b3 Nd6 20.
d5 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Nf5 21. Re1 Qf6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bf4 Nh4+
$1 24. gxh4 Rf8 25. Rad1 Rxd1 $5 (25... Rdf7 $1 {forces the draw.}) 26. Rxd1
Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 {White has a better rook ending.} 28. Kg3 Rf5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 (
29... Rf8 $6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {leads to a difficult pawn ending.}) 30. Rd7 Rc5
31. Re7 $1 Kg6 $1 ({The alternative is} 31... e5 $6 32. Kf3 Kg6 33. Ke4 Kf6 34.
Rd7 h5 35. Rd5 $1 {and Black has problems.}) 32. Rxe6+ Kf7 33. Re4 a5 34. Kg4
Kf6 35. f4 c6 36. h5 b5 $1 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Rf5 39. Rd4 Rc5 40. h3 Ke6 41.
Re4+ Kf6 42. h4 Rf5 43. Re8 Rc5 44. Ra8 Ke6 45. Ra6 Kf6 $6 ({Better is} 45...
Kf7 $1 46. Kg3 Kf6 47. Kf3 Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kf8 {drawn (Sumets).}) 46. Ra7 $1 g6
47. hxg6 Kxg6 48. Ra8 Kf6 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (48... h5+ $1 49. Kf3 Kf5
{fights for the last chance.}) 49. Rf8+ Ke6 50. Re8+ Kf6 51. Re5 $1 Rxc4 52.
Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rxa5 Kf6 54. Ra8 c5 55. a5 Ra4 56. a6 c4 57. a7 Kg7 58. Kf3 c3 59.
Ke3 {The Dutch champion made a poor start.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 {Anand opens quietly.} Re8 $5 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 Be6
13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Nd5 Re8 15. c4 Nb8 $5 ({More active is} 15... Nd4 $1 16. Be3
c6) 16. Bd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 c6 18. Qb3 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Nd7 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Rc3 $5
Nf6 22. Qb3 Qb7 23. Rec1 Rac8 24. h3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 d5 $1 26. Nxe5 dxe4 27. d4
Qd5 28. Be3 {White has the initiative.} Bd6 29. Ng4 Re6 $5 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31.
Kh1 $5 Be7 $6 (31... Bf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 {equalises.}) 32. Qc7 Re6 33. Qb8+ Kh7
34. Rc8 Bd6 $2 (34... Kg6 35. Qg3+ Kh7 36. Qb8 {brings a perpetual.}) 35. Rh8+
$1 Kg6 36. Qg8 $1 {White threatens Rxh6+!} Kf6 37. Rh7 Ke7 38. Qxg7 Qh5 39.
Bg5+ $1 Kd7 ({The pointe is} 39... Qxg5 40. Qxf7+ Kd8 41. Qd7# {(Postny).}) 40.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 41. Rxf7+ {Anand utilised the tactical chance.} (41. Rxf7+ Ke8 42.
Rf6 $1 {leads to a won endgame.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Qxb2 14. Rc1 Bf5
15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rb1 $1 {Carlsen improves the theory.} Bc3+ 18.
Kd1 Re8 $5 ({The pointe is} 18... b6 19. Rb3 Bd4 20. Bd3 {and White has an
advantage.}) 19. Rxb7 Na6 20. a3 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 ({Or} 21... Rxb8 22. Kc2
Be5 23. Bc1 {(Krasenkow).}) 22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Kc2 Bd4 24. Rb1 Nb6 25. Bf4 Be5 26.
Re1 Kg7 27. Bg3 Re7 28. f4 Bf6 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Be1 h5 31. g3 Bf6 32. Kb3 Kg6
33. h3 $1 {White will play 34.g4. Carlsen scored his first win.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 c5 $5 {Anand is going to charge
over the whole board.} ({The alternative} 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1
Qxg5 {drew in Wojtaszek - Negi, Bundesliga 2011.}) 13. Nxh7 Ng4 14. f4 (14. h3
Bh2+ $1 15. Kh1 Qh4 {leads to great complications.}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 $6 ({
Anand has prepared} 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. h3 dxc3 17. hxg4 Nf6) 15... Bc5 $1 16.
Be2 $2 ({Correct is} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxf8 Nxd3 18. h3 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Ndf2+ 20.
Rxf2 Nxf2+ 21. Kh2 Kxf8 {and Black has little advantage (Anand).}) 16... Nde5
$3 {He finds a brilliancy.} 17. Bxg4 ({The pointe is} 17. fxe5 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1
Qg1+ 19. Rxg1 Nf2# {(Anand).}) 17... Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 19. Nxf8 f5 $1 {Qh7+
is prevented!} 20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 (21. Ne5 Nxh2 $1 {wins for Black.}) 21...
Qxg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 $6 Be3 $1 {Black threatens 24...Qxh3#. This great
game by the world champion reminds of the classic encounter Rotlewi -
Rubinstein, Lodz 1907.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {Carlsen plays the quiet Ponziani.} Nf6 4. d4 d5 5.
Bb5 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nc5
12. b4 $5 ({Known is} 12. f4) 12... Nb7 $5 13. f4 a5 14. f5 $1 {Carlsen
sacrifices a pawn for the initiative.} axb4 15. cxb4 Bxb4 16. Qg4 Bc3 17. Rac1
Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxa2 19. e6 f6 20. Nb3 {He blockades the black pawns.} Be8 21.
Nc5 Nd6 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. Rf2 Ra5 $2 ({Wiser is} 23... Rxf2 24. Qxf2 Bh5) 24. Nb3
Rb5 25. Bc5 Bh5 26. Qc3 $1 {White controls the centre.} Qe8 $5 27. Qe3 $5 Qa8
$6 (27... Ne4 $1 28. Bxf8 Nxf2 29. Nd4 Ng4 30. Qg3 Qxf8 31. Nxb5 {(Marin)} Ne5
$1 32. Nxc7 Qe7 {offers more resistance.}) 28. Nd4 $1 Rxc5 ({Or} 28... Ra5 29.
Bxd6 cxd6 30. Nxc6 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 32. Rf1) 29. Rxc5 Ne4 30. Nxc6 Nxf2 31.
Kxf2 Qa2+ 32. Kg3 Re8 33. h3 $1 Qa6 34. Qc3 Be2 35. Rxd5 Bb5 36. Nb4 Qb7 37.
Qc5 Ba4 $5 38. Rd7 $1 Qe4 39. Rxc7 {White has gained a pawn.} h5 40. Kh2 Kh7
41. Qf2 Rg8 42. Na6 Be8 43. Rc5 Qd3 44. Nb4 Qd6+ 45. Kh1 Qd1+ 46. Qg1 Qd6 47.
Nd5 Rf8 48. Qd4 Kh8 49. Rc8 Bc6 {Anand, Carlsen and Karjakin shared the first
place by 3/4.} ({Harakrishna notices} 49... Bc6 50. Nxf6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Na5 $5 ({Known is} 12... Rb8 {
(Karjakin - Aronian, Bejing 2012).}) 13. d4 $1 Bf8 14. h3 h6 15. Bd3 bxc3 16.
bxc3 c5 17. d5 Qc7 $5 ({More active is} 17... Nh5 $1) 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4
Reb8 20. Nd2 Be8 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. a5 $1 {He prevents ..Nb6.} Nf6 23. Nc4 Bb5 24.
Nb6 $1 Ra7 25. Qe2 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nd7 27. Nc4 $1 {The blockader returns.} Rab7
28. Bd2 Rb5 29. Rf1 Be7 30. f4 {He takes the initiative on the kingside.} Bf6
31. g3 R8b7 32. Kg2 Nf8 33. Rf2 Ng6 34. Raf1 Qe7 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. Rg2 Qc7 37.
Rfg1 Rb3 {Black has little counter-play.} 38. f5 Nf8 39. h4 Qd7 $2 ({Better is
} 39... Nh7 $1 40. Kh3 Bd8 41. g4 f6 {and Black stops the advance (Postny).})
40. g4 $1 g5 $5 ({The pointe is} 40... Bxh4 41. g5 hxg5 42. Bxg5 Bxg5 43. Rxg5
g6 44. Qh3 Rb1 45. R1g2 Kg7 46. Rh5 $1 {and White wins.}) 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. g5
hxg5 43. Bxg5 Bg7 44. h5 R8b4 $5 45. hxg6 {Leko played a fine game.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nc3 Nc7 15.
Be3 Qe8 16. Nd2 $5 ({Theory is} 16. Rd2) 16... Rb8 17. Nc4 b5 $5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5
19. Qxb5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Qxd7 Ba8 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 {The
chances are equal.} 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 f6 26. Nc4 Rd8 $2 {There is no need
for a gift in the endgame.} 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bxc5 {White has grabbed a pawn.}
a6 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd3 g5 32. Kd4 h5 33. b3 Bc7 34. Bb6 Bd6 35. Bd8
Bb4 36. a3 Be1 37. Ke3 Bc3 38. Bc7 Bc6 39. Kd3 Ba1 40. f4 Bb5 41. a4 Bc6 42.
Na5 Bg2 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Bb8 Bf1+ 45. Kc5 Bc3 46. Nc4 Be2 47. f5 Be1 48. Nb6+
Ke8 49. b4 Bf2+ 50. Kc6 Bxb6 $2 {Leko should not exchange the minor pieces.} ({
Better is} 50... Bd3 51. Nc8 Bg1 52. Nd6+ Kf8) 51. Kxb6 Kd7 52. Kb7 Bd3 53. Ba7
Bc2 $2 {He makes the fatal error.} ({Preferable is} 53... h4 54. gxh4 gxh4 55.
h3 $1 Kd6 $1 56. Bf2 $1 Ke5 57. Bxh4 Kxf5 58. Kb6 {(Krasenkow)} Ke5 59. Kc5 f5
60. b5 axb5 61. axb5 f4 62. b6 Be4 {and the position will be hard to win for
White.}) 54. Kxa6 Bxa4 55. b5 Bc2 56. Bd4 Bd3 ({Or} 56... Kc8 57. b6 Kb8 58.
Bxf6 Bd3+ 59. Ka5 Bxf5 60. Bxg5 {(Krasenkow).}) 57. Bxf6 Kc8 58. Bxg5 Bxf5 59.
Ka7 {White will create a second passed pawn and win easily.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. c3 Qe7 12. Na3 Na5 $5 ({Known is} 12... Bxa3 13.
Rxa3 b4) 13. Bc2 b4 14. Nb1 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 {Black has a pleasant game.} 16.
Nbd2 Ba7 17. Re1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qf6 20. Qe2 Rfb8 21. Rab1 Bc8 22.
Nf1 Rxb1 $6 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Bxb8 {The exchanges have cost time. Carlsen
utilises the opportunity.} 25. Ne3 $1 Ba7 26. d4 $1 {White takes the
initiative.} g4 $5 27. Nd5 $1 Qd8 28. Nh4 c6 29. Ne3 h5 30. Nhf5 Qf6 31. Qd3
Bb6 32. Bb1 Kf8 33. Ba2 Bc7 {White's pieces are active.} 34. Qb1 Ke8 35. Qb4 d5
$2 {The centre should remain closed.} ({Better is} 35... Kf8 36. Bb1 Ke8 {
(Carlsen).}) 36. Bb1 $1 exd4 37. cxd4 dxe4 38. Bxe4 Be6 39. Qc5 Kd7 40. d5 cxd5
41. Nxd5 Bxd5 42. Qxd5+ Kc8 43. Ne3 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qxa4 45. Qa8+ Kd7 46. Nd5 $5
Bd8 $2 47. Bf5+ Ke8 48. Qc8 $1 {Carlsen had won his third game and took the
sole lead.} (48. Qc8 Nc6 49. Bd7+ {gains a piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. axb5 cxb5 $5 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qb1 h6 14. Be3 Ng4
$1 15. O-O $5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 e5 $1 {Black has a positional edge.} 17. Nb3 Bb4
18. Qa2 $6 {White plays hide and seek.} O-O 19. Na5 Ba8 20. Kh1 Bxa5 21. Qxa5
Qxa5 22. Rxa5 f5 $1 23. Rxa6 $1 (23. Nd2 $2 fxe4 $1 {wins for Black (Krasenkow)
.}) 23... fxe4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Ra1 exd4 27. exd4 Nb6 28. Ra5 $2
({Better is} 28. Kg1 Nc4 29. Bc6 b4 30. Ra4 Nxb2 31. Rxb4 {and White fights
for survival.}) 28... Rxd4 $1 {Black threatens mate and attacks a piece.} 29.
Bc2 Rb4 30. Bd3 Ra8 31. Rxb5 Ra1+ 32. Ng1 Rxb5 33. Bxb5 Rb1 34. h3 Rxb2 {He
has an extra exchange in the ending.} 35. Bc6 Kf7 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. Kh2 Nc4 38.
Kg3 Ne3 {Anand defeated Van Wely and joined the lead with Carlsen.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. Be4 Nd7 $1 {Black improves the theory.} (9... Nc6 10. O-O O-O-O {
occurred in Nakamura - Zarnicki, Minneapolis 2005.}) 10. Bxb7 $5 {Aronian
accepts the challenge.} Rb8 11. Bd5 c6 12. Be4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 {Black has a sufficient compensation for the pawn.}
17. Kd1 Kd7 18. Kc2 f5 19. d3 Rhf8 20. Rg1 g6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Rad1 Ke6 23. Bc1
Rb6 24. f4 Ra6 $6 ({Preferable is} 24... exf4 25. Rge1+ Kf6) 25. fxe5 Rxa2+ $4
(25... Kxe5 26. c5 Bc7 {is alright.}) 26. Kb1 $1 Rxf2 27. exd6 Rb7+ 28. Ka1
Kxd6 ({She has planned} 28... Rb6 {but} 29. c5 Ra6+ 30. Kb1 {does not lead to
perpetual check.}) 29. Rd2 Rf3 30. Re1 Rd7 31. Kb1 g5 32. Kc2 f4 33. Ba3+ Kc7
34. d4 g4 35. d5 cxd5 36. cxd5 h5 37. Be7 g3 38. Re5 Re3 39. d6+ Kc6 40. Rxh5 {
Hou Yifan blundered a piece in the endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Carlsen meets a main competitor.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5.
c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 11. Ne4 O-O
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $5 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 Nd5 $1 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Rfc1 Rfe8 17. Qc4
Nc7 18. h4 a4 19. Bb4 Nb5 20. Kg2 h6 21. Bc5 g6 22. Qb4 Bf6 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Rc4
Ra6 25. Qd1 b6 26. Bb4 c5 27. Bd2 Nc7 28. Rcc1 Nd5 29. Qh1 $5 Be7 30. Kg1 {
White has created a battery.} Rd8 31. Rc2 Qe6 32. Qg2 Ra7 33. Re1 Rad7 34. Kh2
Rc8 35. Qh3 Qxh3+ 36. Kxh3 h5 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Kg2 Ra6 39. b3 axb3 40. Rxb3 Bf6
41. Rc4 Rd6 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. a4 {The chances are about equal.} Nc3 $6 ({
Preferable is to wait by} 43... Kg7) 44. Bf4 $1 Re6 45. e3 $1 Nxa4 $6 (45...
Kg7 46. exd4 cxd4 {does not lose material.}) 46. Bd5 $1 Re7 47. Bd6 b5 $5 48.
Bxe7+ Bxe7 49. Rxb5 Nb6 50. e4 $5 {He returns the exchange.} Nxc4 51. Rb8+ Kg7
52. Bxc4 {White has a plus.} Ra7 53. f4 Bd6 54. Re8 Rb7 55. Ra8 Be7 56. Kg2 Rb1
57. e5 Re1 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. Re8 Bf8 60. Rc8 Be7 61. Ra8 Rb2+ 62. Kf3 Rb1 63. Bd5
Re1 64. Kf2 Rd1 65. Re8 Bf8 66. Bc4 Rb1 67. g4 $5 {Carlsen tries a
breakthrough, as a last effort to win.} hxg4 68. h5 Rh1 $2 ({Right is} 68...
gxh5 $1 69. f5 h4 70. f6+ Kg6 $1 71. Rxf8 Kf5 72. Rh8 Rb2+ 73. Kg1 Rb1+ {and
Black delivers perpetual check (Marin).}) 69. hxg6 fxg6 70. Re6 $1 Kh6 71. Bd5
Rh2+ ({Or} 71... Ra1 72. Be4 Kh5 73. Re8 Bh6 74. Rh8 {and White wins 
(Petronijevic).}) 72. Kg3 Rh3+ 73. Kxg4 Rxd3 74. f5 Re3 75. Rxg6+ Kh7 76. Bg8+
$1 Kh8 77. Kf4 Rc3 78. f6 d3 79. Ke3 c4 80. Be6 Kh7 81. Bf5 Rc2 82. Rg2+ Kh6
83. Rxc2 dxc2 84. Bxc2 Kg5 85. Kd4 Ba3 86. Kxc4 Bb2 87. Kd5 Kf4 88. f7 Ba3 89.
e6 Kg5 90. Kc6 Kf6 91. Kd7 Kg7 92. e7 {Carlsen regained the sole lead by his
fourth win.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {Hou Yifan tries the Ponziani too.} Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5.
e5 Nd5 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. cxd4 Bg4 9. Be3 f6 $5 10. O-O Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12.
e6 $6 Qd6 $1 {Pawn e6 becomes a target.} ({The pointe is} 12... Qxe6 $5 13. Ng5
$1 fxg5 14. Qxh5+ g6 15. Qxg5 {and White has the initiative (Marin).}) 13. Nc3
O-O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Nb5 Qxe6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Rc1 Bb4 19. Re3 g5 20.
Bh2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qc2 Bxf3 $5 23. Rxf3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Be5 $1
Rd2 26. Qf5+ Qd7 27. Qxf6 Re8 28. Bg3 Rd4 29. Rf1 g4 30. hxg4 Rxg4 31. Rf4 h5
32. Rxg4 hxg4 33. Rc1 c3 34. bxc3 Bc5 {Black has returned the pawn for a
positional advantage.} 35. Qg5 b6 36. c4 Re4 37. Qg6 Re2 38. Kf1 Qd2 39. Qxg4+
$5 Kb8 40. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 41. Qe1 Qxc4+ 42. Qe2 Qxa4 43. Be5 Bd4 44. Bxd4 Qxd4 {He
has an additional pawn in the queen ending.} 45. g4 Qd5 46. Qe8+ Kb7 47. Qa4 b5
48. Qxa5 Qd1+ 49. Qe1 Qxg4 50. Qe5 Qc4+ 51. Kg2 Qc6+ 52. Kf1 b4 53. f4 b3 54.
f5 Ka6 55. Qa1+ Kb6 56. Qh8 Qc1+ 57. Kg2 Qc2+ 58. Kh1 b2 59. Qb8+ Ka5 60. Qa7+
Kb4 61. Qb7+ Ka3 62. Qf3+ Qb3 63. Qa8+ Qa4 64. Qf3+ Ka2 65. Qd5+ Ka1 66. Qe5 c5
{Carlsen increased the lead to one point.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 b5 {
Erwin makes an odd move.} 8. Bb3 Bd6 $5 ({Known is} 8... c5) 9. Nf4 Bxf4 $5 10.
Bxf4 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 $5 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qb6 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Nbd7 16.
Rac1 Nd5 17. Bd6 N7f6 18. Bc5 $1 {A bishop blockades the weakling c6.} Qb8 19.
f3 h6 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Ba3 e5 22. b3 Qb6 23. Nc3 N7f6 $6 ({Better is} 23... Nxc3
$1 24. Qxc3 Re8 $1 {(Gormally).}) 24. Bc5 $1 Qc7 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bd4 Qe7 27.
Re1 Qd6 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Nd5 30. Be5 Qa3 31. h4 f6 32. Bd4 Kh7 33. Bxd5
Rxd5 ({The pointe is} 33... cxd5 $2 34. h5 $1 Bxh5 35. Qh4 $1 Bf7 36. Rc7 Kg8
37. Ree7 Rf8 38. Bxf6 {and White wins.}) 34. Rxc6 {White has gained a pawn.}
Qb4 35. Rc4 Qd6 36. Bc5 Qd8 37. Kh2 a6 38. Be7 Qb8+ 39. Qg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Ra7
41. Rc6 a5 42. Bc5 Rad7 43. Be3 R7d6 44. Rc4 Re6 45. Kf2 Rde5 46. Rc3 Be8 47.
Bd2 a4 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. b4 $1 Bb5 $5 50. Be3 h5 51. Rc7 Kg6 52. Ra7 Rd5 53.
Kg3 Rd3 54. Bc5 Ra3 $5 {L'Ami could defend passively.} ({The alternative is} 
54... Rd7 $1 55. Ra5 Rb7 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. g4 hxg4 58. fxg4 Ke6 {and the black
defence will be hard to break (Gormally).}) 55. Bf8 $1 Rxa2 56. Kf4 $1 Kh7 57.
Rxg7+ Kh8 58. Kf5 $1 {The final attacks starts.} Rc2 59. Kxf6 a3 $2 {The fatal
mistake is made.} (59... Rc6+ $1 60. Kg5 Rc8 61. Rb7 Rxf8 62. Rxb5 Ra8 63. Rd5
a3 64. Rd1 a2 65. Ra1 Rg8+ 66. Kf6 Rxg2 67. b5 Rb2 68. Kg6 Rxb5 69. Rxa2 Rb6+
70. Kxh5 Kg7 {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 60. Ra7 $5 a2 61. g3 Rc6+ 62. Kg5
Kg8 63. Bc5 Ba6 64. Bd4 Rd6 65. Ba1 {Carlsen scored his sixth win.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 e5 8. Nf5
Nc6 9. Bg2 g6 10. Ne3 Be6 $5 11. Ncd5 $1 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Qb5+
Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Bb4 $5 Nc5 18. O-O-O O-O 19. h5 Bf6 $1 20.
Kb1 Kg7 21. Nf1 $5 Bg5 22. Ng3 b6 {Black has equalised.} 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Ne4
Rcd8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rh3 Rf4 {She takes the initiative.} 27. Ra3 Rxg4 28. Bf3
Rf4 29. Rxa7 Rxf3 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Rxe7+ Kf6 32. Re6+ $1 Kf5 33. Rd2 {White
has saved pawn f2.} g4 34. c3 $2 ({Correct is} 34. a4 $1 c4 35. Re2 Rh3 36. Kc1
c3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 {(Ftacnik)} 38. Re7 {and Black has little advantage.}) 34...
Kg5 $6 (34... Rh8 35. Rxd6 Rh2 {wins for Black.}) 35. Re2 Rdf8 36. Rxd6 Rxf2 $5
37. Rxe5+ R8f5 38. Re3 R5f3 39. Re5+ Rf5 40. Re3 R2f3 $5 41. Ree6 Rf6 42. Re5+
R3f5 43. Rxf6 Rxe5 44. Rf1 Rxd5 45. Kc2 Rf5 $6 (45... g3 $1 46. b4 cxb4 47.
cxb4 Kg4 {wins for Black.}) 46. Rg1 c4 47. Kd2 Rf2+ $1 48. Ke3 Rxb2 49. Ra1 g3
$1 50. Kf3 g2 51. Kg3 Rxa2 $1 52. Rb1 Kf5 53. Kh2 Ke4 54. Rd1 Kf3 55. Rd6 Ra5
$1 {The former world champion among women played a fine rook ending.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Na2 Bd6 11. Qxc4 Nb6 $5 ({Known is the freeing move} 11...
e5) 12. Qc2 Qxa4 $2 {Greed will become fatal.} ({Correct is} 12... Qf5 13. Qb3
Qd5 14. Qd1 {(Giri)} Qh5) 13. b3 $1 Qa5 $5 14. Ne5 $2 (14. e4 $1 {conquers the
centre.}) 14... Nbd7 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rd1 e5 $5 18. Nc3 $1 exd4 {
Black grabs another pawn.} 19. Ba3 $1 c5 $2 ({Giri analyses} 19... Qe5 20. Bxf8
Nxf8 21. Ne4 $1 Nd5 $1 22. f4 {and White has the initiative.}) 20. e3 $1 d3 $5
21. Rxd3 Qb8 22. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. Bb2 $1 {White has a decisive
attack.} a5 25. Ra4 $5 Re8 26. Rg5 g6 27. Bd5 Kf8 28. Rf4 {Giri scored a win
at last.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Na4 b5 8. cxb6
Nxb6 9. Bd2 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 $5 (11... Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2
Bd6 {drew in Nielsen - Krivoshey, Bundesliga 2003.}) 12. Rc1 $6 ({Preferable is
} 12. Bd3 $1 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Bc3) 12... Rb8 $1 13. Bd3 Qxb2 $1 14. O-O Bd6
15. Ne5 $5 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 c5 $1 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxa6 $6 ({Better is the pawn
sacrifice} 18. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 19. Be2 {(Aronian).}) 18... c4 $1 19. a4 $1 Bb4 20.
Bc1 Nf6 21. f3 O-O 22. e4 Ne8 23. Bb5 Rb6 {Black has a positional advantage.}
24. Bf4 Nd6 25. Rb1 Ba5 26. Kf1 $5 f6 27. Rcb2 Rfb8 28. h4 c3 $2 29. Re2 $2 (
29. Rb3 $1 dxe4 30. Bd7 $1 {(Aronian)} e5 $1 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Be6+ $1 Kh8 33.
Bxe5 c2 34. Rc1 Rxb3 35. Bxb3 Rxb3 36. Bxd6 Rc3 37. Ke2 {leads to a draw.})
29... e5 $1 30. dxe5 $5 Nxb5 $1 31. axb5 d4 $1 32. Rd1 Rxb5 33. Rc2 d3 $2 (
33... fxe5 {wins easily.}) 34. Rxd3 Rb1+ 35. Bc1 $2 (35. Kf2 $1 R8b2 36. Rxb2
$1 cxb2 37. Rb3 {draws.}) 35... R8b2 36. Rcxc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rd2 38. Rc8+ Kf7
39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Kg1 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rbxc1 43. Rxh7 Rd7 44. Rh6 Rcc7
45. Rh8 Rh7 46. Re8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 Rxh4+ 48. Kg3 Rh1 {Aronian competed for the
second place.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. g3 h5 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
b5 $5 (8... h4 9. Bg2 h3 10. Bf1 {was played in Nunn - Short, Wijk aan Zee
1990.}) 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Bg2 Bg4 $5 11. f3 Be6 12. c3 h4 13. Nc2 Bxd5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 13... Na5 $5 14. f4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7) 14. exd5 Na5 15. f4 $1
Nf5 $5 16. g4 $5 h3 17. Be4 Nh4 $5 ({The alternative is} 17... Qh4+ 18. Kf1 Ne7
19. Qe2 f6) 18. O-O g6 19. Kh1 Bg7 $5 ({Or} 19... f5 $1 20. Bd3 e4 21. Be2 Bg7
{(Tadic).}) 20. f5 $5 gxf5 21. gxf5 Ng2 $2 (21... Bf6 $1 {offers more
resistance.}) 22. f6 $1 Bf8 ({The pointe is} 22... Bxf6 23. Qf3 Rh4 24. Bg5 $1
{(Gormally).}) 23. Qf3 $1 {Nakamura has been outplayed.} Qc7 24. Nb4 Nb7 25.
Nc6 $1 Nc5 26. Bf5 Nd7 27. Bg5 Rg8 28. Qh5 Nb6 29. Be6 $1 Rxg5 30. Qxg5 fxe6
31. dxe6 $1 {Carlsen would draw the last game. His score of 10/13 equalised
Kasparov's record in Wijk aan Zee 1999.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Nd5 12. Qb3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Qf3 Qb6
13. Bb3) 12... Qc7 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Kf1 $5 Rd8 16. Rc2 a6 17. a4
Nf6 18. Kg2 c5 $5 19. Be2 Rd7 20. Bf3 O-O 21. Rb1 $1 Rb8 22. Rcb2 Nd5 23. a5 $5
cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd8 25. Qd3 Bd6 26. Qe2 Qe7 27. Be4 Rc8 28. Qf3 Bb8 $5 29. Bxd5
$5 exd5 30. Bb4 Qd8 31. Bc5 Qxa5 32. Rxb7 Qd8 33. Qe2 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Rc6 35. Qb2
Bd6 $5 36. Qb4 $5 Bxc5 $2 ({Correct is} 36... Bc7 $1 37. Qb3 Qc8 38. Ra7 Qe6)
37. dxc5 Rc8 38. Ra7 $1 Qf6 $5 39. Qb7 $1 Qe6 40. Rxa6 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 $1 Qe5+ 42.
Kg1 Rxc5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Qxf7 {White has gained a pawn and resists the next
counter.} Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. f3 $1 Rc2+ $2 (46... Qc2+ $5 47. Kg3 Qc7+ $1
48. Qxc7 Rxc7 49. h4 Re7 {tries to survive in a rook ending.}) 47. Kg3 Qe5+ 48.
f4 $1 Qxe3+ 49. Kh4 g5+ $5 50. Kxg5 {Caruana played a poor tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Bb3 h5 {Black makes a doubtful move.} 18. g4 $1
{Karjakin improves the theory.} ({Known is} 18. Rhe1) 18... e5 19. Qg1 $1 {The
attack on the kingside increases.} Nf4 $1 20. Re1 $1 {The rook prevents the
check on e2.} hxg4 21. fxg4 Bc8 {The black pieces hinder each other.} 22. Qg3
$1 {The queen enters.} a5 $5 (22... Rb8 23. Rhf1 $1 Rd4 24. Qh4 {brings a
strong white attack.}) 23. Qh4 $1 a4 $6 (23... Kg7 24. Ne4 $1 Bxg4 25. Qf6+ Kg8
26. Rhf1 $1 a4 27. Bc4 {also wins for White (Kr Szabo).}) 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 25.
Ne4 $1 {Karjakin climbed in the standings.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4
Be6 15. Ne2 $5 Qb8 $5 {Anand plays passively.} 16. b3 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Rfe8 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... Rxe6) 19. Bg6 $1 Re7 20. c4 Nd7 21. Rac1
Nf8 22. Bd3 {White has the initiative.} Kf7 $5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rc6
Nf6 26. a4 e5 27. f3 $1 {Black suffers from restriction in the endgame.} Rd8
28. Kf2 e4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Bc4+ Kg6 $5 31. Ke3 Kh7 $6 ({The aggressive} 31...
Kg5 $1 32. Rc5+ Kh4 {is alright.}) 32. Rc5 Red7 33. a5 Rd2 34. Re2 Rd1 35. a6
Nd7 $2 (35... Ra1 36. b5 Ra3+ 37. Kf2 Ra4 {defends properly.}) 36. Rc7 $1 Ne5
37. Be6 $5 ({Even better is} 37. Rc2 Nxc4+ 38. R2xc4 R1d7 39. b5) 37... Kg6 38.
Rxa7 R1d6 39. Ba2 Nc6 40. Rb7 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Bf7+ Kf5 43. Re1 Rd2+ 44.
Kg1 Kf4 45. Bc4 g6 46. a7 Kg3 47. Bf1 $1 Nf3+ 48. gxf3 exf3 49. Rf7 {The final
standings became: Carlsen 10/13, Aronian 81/2, Anand and Karjakin 8, Leko 71/2,
Nakamura 7, Harikrishna 61/2, Giri, Wang Hao and Van Wely 6, Hou Yifan 51/2,
Caruana 5, L'Ami 4, Sokolov 3. Carlsen's rating increased to a record level of
2872.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Great battles were fought in the B-group.   Richard Rapport was a great
Hungarian chess talent. He encountered the two-fold Dutch champion Smeets.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 a6 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O Bd6 15.
Qc2 h6 16. e4 $5 {White has no advantage in the Meraner.} (16. Nd2 O-O 17. e4
dxe4 18. Nxe4 {drew in Gelfand - Tukmakov, Wijk aan Zee 1993.}) 16... dxe4 17.
Bxe4 O-O 18. Qc3 Re8 19. Bc2 Qf6 20. Bb2 Re7 21. Rbe1 Rae8 22. Re3 $5 Rxe3 23.
fxe3 Qe7 24. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 $5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd4 c5 $1 27. bxc5 Qg5 $1 28. Be4
$6 ({Preferable is} 28. e4 $5 Nc4 29. Bc1) 28... Nc6 29. Qd7 $2 (29. Qd3 $1 Nb4
$1 (29... Qxc5 30. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 31. Bg6+ Ke7 32. Qe4+ Ne5 33. Qxb7+ {draws})
30. Qd7 Rxe4 31. Qxf7+ Kh7 32. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Re7 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 {
defends properly.}) 29... Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Qg4 $1 Qg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 {
Black has an extra pawn in the endgame.} 33. Bf3 Na5 34. Bc3 Bxf3 35. Bxa5 Bc6
36. Kg1 Re5 37. Bb4 f6 38. Rf2 (38. Re1 $5 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Kf7 40. Kf1 Ke6 41.
g3 Kd5 42. Bf2 b4 43. Ke2 f5 {brings two distant passed pawns.}) 38... Re4 39.
Rb2 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Rd2 Rf4+ 42. Kg3 Rxb4 43. Rd6+ Ke5 44. Rxc6 Rc4 45. Rc7
Kd4 $1 46. Rxg7 ({Or} 46. c6 b4 {and Black wins the rook ending.}) 46... b4 $1
47. Kg4 b3 48. Rb7 Kc3+ 49. Kf5 b2 50. Rxb2 Kxb2 51. Kxf6 Rxc5 52. h3 Kc3 53.
g3 Kd4 54. Kg6 Ke4 55. h4 g4 $1 {Smeets played a solid game.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The decisive game was played in the last round.} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5
cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bf6 10. Be3
Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Bb1 b6 15. Nc3 $5 Ba6 16. Rf2 Rc8
17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Qf3 f6 19. Qh3 g6 20. Qxe6+ Kg7 21. Nf3 Bh6 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Qh3
Qd6 24. e4 Rce8 25. d5 Qc5 26. Na4 Qa5 27. b3 Bb5 28. Nc3 f5 29. Nxb5 Qxb5 30.
Nd4 Qc5 31. Ne6+ Rxe6 32. dxe6 fxe4 33. Qg3 Bd2 34. e7 Rxf2 $1 35. Qxf2 Qxf2+
36. Kxf2 Bxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Kf7 38. Kd2 Kxe7 39. a3 Nd3 40. Bxd3 exd3 41. Kxd3 {
The chances are equal in the pawn ending.} Ke6 42. Kc4 a6 43. a4 Kd6 44. b4 Ke5
$2 (44... g5 45. g4 Kc6 {draws easily.}) 45. h4 h5 46. a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Kd6 48.
Kd4 Kc6 $1 49. Ke5 Kb5 50. Kf6 Kxa5 51. Kxg6 Kb6 52. Kxh5 a5 53. g4 a4 54. g5
a3 55. g6 a2 56. g7 a1=Q 57. g8=Q {Rapport has won his game at this moment.
Naiditsch has to triumph too.} Kc7 58. Qf7+ Kd8 59. Kg6 Qg1+ 60. Kh7 Qb1+ 61.
Kg8 Qg1+ 62. Qg7 Qh2 63. Qf8+ Kd7 64. Qf7+ Kd8 65. h5 Qg3+ $1 66. Qg6 Qf4 $1
67. Qf7 {The position is a theoretical draw.} Qg4+ $2 {But Black can make a
mistake easily.} ({Right is} 67... Qg3+ $1) 68. Kf8 Qb4+ 69. Kg7 Qg4+ 70. Qg6
Qd7+ 71. Kf8 Qd4 72. Qg5+ $1 Kc8 73. h6 $1 Qb4+ 74. Kg7 Qd4+ 75. Qf6 Qd7+ 76.
Kf8 Qd3 77. Qe6+ Kb8 78. Qe8+ Ka7 79. Qf7+ Ka6 (79... Ka8 $1 {prolongs the
game.}) 80. h7 Qd4 81. Qg6+ Ka5 82. Qh5+ $1 {Naiditsch and Rapport scored 9/13,
half-a-point ahead of Smeets and Movsesian. Naiditsch won on tie-break.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The 76th Tata Steel tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee from 11 until 26 i
2014. Twelve men participated in the main group. The decided games by the top
three have been analysed.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rae1 Bd5
13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb5 Qc8 $5 15. Qb3 Nb4 16. Nd2 c6 17. e4 $1 {White opens the
game for his bishops.} dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Bd2 Nd5 21. Re2 Bf6
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 $5 Bxd4 25. Bf4 Rfd8 26. Rc7 $2 (26. Rd2
Bf6 27. Rcd1 d4 28. Bc7 Rd7 29. Bb6 {will regain the pawn.}) 26... b6 27. Ree7
Bxb2 28. Rxf7 Rac8 29. Rb7 Rc4 30. Rfc7 Bd4 31. Be3 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxe3 33. fxe3
d4 34. exd4 Rxd4 {Black has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} 35. Rb7 Rb4 $1
36. Kg2 h5 37. Kf3 Kh7 38. h4 $2 {White should control square g4.} Kg6 ({Best
is} 38... Rxa4 $1 39. Rxb6 Rb4 $1 40. Ra6 a4 41. Ke3 Kg8 42. Ra7 Rg4 $1 {
Hereafter, the black king goes to b8 and Black wins (Marin).}) 39. Rd7 Kf6 40.
Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ Ke6 $6 (41... Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kh7 {introduces the above
mentioned win.}) 42. Rg5 Kf7 43. Rxh5 Rxa4 44. Rh8 Rb4 45. Ra8 g5 $2 46. hxg5
Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. g4+ Kh4 49. Rg6 a4 50. Rg7 b5 51. Rg8 a3 52. g6 $2 ({
Correct is} 52. Ra8 $1 Ra4 53. Rxa4 $1 bxa4 54. g6 a2 55. g7 a1=Q 56. g8=Q {
drawn.}) 52... Kg5 53. g7 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Ra8 Kxg7 56. Kf5 Rf3+ 57. Ke4
Rc3 58. Kf5 Rc5+ 59. Kf4 Rc4+ 60. Kf5 Ra4 {Karjakin won the rook ending.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Aronian was the star of the event.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 $5 ({Known is} 9... Nc6)
10. O-O Qa5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. Bg3 $1 {White has a plus.} exd4 14.
Nxd4 Nb6 15. Qc7 $1 Bxd4 {Black has to liberate his play.} 16. exd4 Bf5 $5 (
16... Be6 17. Qxb7 Rad8 18. Be5 {also brings a white advantage (Krasenkow).})
17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qxb7 {White has gained a pawn.} Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qa6 Qe4
21. Be5 Rf8 22. h3 f6 23. Bg3 Rff7 24. f3 Qf5 25. Rac1 Kg7 26. Kh2 Rfe7 27. Rc5
Nd5 28. Qa5 Qe6 $5 29. Re1 $1 Qf7 30. Re4 $1 Ne3 $1 31. Bf2 Nf5 32. Qd2 $2 Re6
$2 (32... Rxe4 $1 33. fxe4 Qe7 $3 {regains the pawn.}) 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. d5
Qd6+ 35. Kg1 Rb7 36. Qe1 Ne7 37. Ra5 Nxd5 38. Qd1 Rd7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Bxa7 g5
$6 (40... Qa3 41. Qxd5 Qxa7+ 42. Kf1 {will be harder to win for White.}) 41. a4
Qa6 42. Bd4 Qc4 43. Qa1 Qc2 44. a5 Nf4 45. Bf2 Ne2+ 46. Kh2 Nf4 47. Qf1 Nd3 48.
Bd4 Qd2 49. Bg1 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qc4 51. Qa1 Qc2 52. Be3 h6 53. a6 Qe2 54. Qg1 Qa2
55. a7 Nb4 56. Qd1 Nd5 57. Qd2 Qa1+ 58. Bg1 {Aronian showed his usual patience.
} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. cxd5 Nxd3+ $5 13. Qxd3 Qxd5 14. Ne4 Nc6
15. Bh6 Qa5+ $2 ({Preferable is} 15... Re8 $5) 16. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rd8
18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg5 h5 $6 ({Better is} 19... Bxg5+ 20. Nfxg5 $1 h5) 20. g4 $2
(20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. g4 {wins for White (Giri).}) 20... Bxg5+ 21. Nfxg5 $6 {He
captures with the wrong knight.} Nxe5 22. gxh5 Nc4+ 23. Ke1 Bd7 24. b3 Na5 $2 (
{Right is} 24... Ne5 $1 25. f4 Nf7 26. hxg6 Nxg5 27. Nxg5 Kg7 {(Giri).}) 25.
Rc1 Bc6 26. hxg6 $1 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Kg7 28. Rc7+ Kxg6 29. Rg1+ Kf5 30. f3 e5 $5
31. Rg5+ Kf4 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Rh7 {Black will be mated in one.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Ra7 13. Bc3 $5 Be4 14. Qc1 Qa8 15.
Nbd2 Bd5 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Ne1 Na4 18. Nb3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Ra2 $1 Nxc3 21.
Qxc3 e5 22. Nf3 exd4 23. Nfxd4 Raa8 24. Rc2 Nd5 $5 25. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 {
White has a better position.} Rfe8 27. Rd1 Nb6 28. Na5 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Rd3
Rac8 31. Rc6 Rb8 32. Kf1 h5 33. h3 Kf6 34. Nd2 Kg7 35. Ndb3 Re6 36. Kg2 Kf8 37.
f4 Ree8 38. Kf3 Red8 39. Rc2 Rd7 40. e4 $1 {He advances slowly.} Ke8 $2 (40...
f6 $1 {stops the e-pawn.}) 41. e5 $1 Be7 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Rd2+ Ke8 44. Nc6 Ra8
45. Nba5 f5 $2 (45... Kf8 {defends passively.}) 46. g4 $1 hxg4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+
48. Kxg4 {The kingside has been opened.} Kf7 49. Rh2 Bf8 50. f5 $5 Nd5 $5 51.
f6 Nxf6+ $5 {The rest has no point.} 52. exf6 Kxf6 53. Rf2+ Ke6 54. Re2+ Kd5
55. Rd2+ Ke4 56. Nb7 Ke3 57. Rd7 Re8 58. Rxc7 Bh6 59. Nc5 Rf8 60. Re7+ Kd2 61.
Re6 Rf1 62. Na7 Be3 63. Rxa6 Ke2 64. Rxg6 Rf4+ 65. Kh3 Rf3+ 66. Rg3 Rf7 67.
Nxb5 Bf2 68. Rb3 Rf4 69. Nc3+ Kf1 70. Rb1+ Be1 71. Rxe1+ $1 {Karjakin suffered
his first defeat.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The fourth round happened at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10.
Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 g4 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Qxd8
Rxd8 17. O-O Nd4 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. f3 gxf3 $5 (20... Nd4 {has
been played in Smirnov - Yuffa, St Petersburg 2011.}) 21. gxf3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bf2 {White has the better bishop in the endgame.} a6 25.
Kf1 Kg8 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Be3 Ke6 28. Na4 Bf8 $6 ({More solid is} 28... Kd7 $1)
29. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 30. Nc5+ Kf7 (30... Kd6 $2 31. Nxb7+ $1 Nxb7 32. Nf5+ {costs
a pawn.}) 31. Kd3 $1 Bf4 32. h3 Bg5 $2 ({Better is} 32... Bc1 33. b3 Bh6 34.
Nf5 Bf8) 33. Nf5 Ne6 $6 (33... Kg6 34. a4 h5 {defends passively.}) 34. Nxe6 $2
{Aronian misses the win.} (34. Nxb7 $1 Nf4+ 35. Kc4 Nxh3 36. b4 Ng1 37. Nc5
Nxf3 38. Nxa6 {wins for White.}) 34... Kxe6 35. Kc4 b6 36. a4 Bd2 37. b3 h5 $6
{A pawn is weakened.} 38. b4 a5 $1 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Kb5 Kd7 $2 {Nakamura
blunders under time pressure.} ({Correct is} 40... Be1 $1 41. Ng7+ Kf7 {and
White cannot capture the pawn.}) 41. Ng7 h4 42. Nf5 Be1 43. Ne3 Ke6 44. Nc4 {
Aronian took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3
c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. Qg3 fxe5 $5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Bf4 $6 ({The long variation} 12.
Be2 $1 Ne4 $5 13. Bh5+ $1 g6 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kf8 16. f3 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Qxe5 18. fxe4 Qxc3+ 19. Bd2 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Qg7 $1 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Qe8+ Kh7 23.
Qh5+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 12... Qa5 $2 13. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 14. Bc7 $1 Qa4
15. Kd1 $2 {He should capture pawn g7.} O-O 16. f3 e5 $1 17. Bxe5 Bf5 $1 18.
Ra2 Rf7 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Re1 Re8 21. f4 Nf6 $5 22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. h5
$5 h6 25. Kd2 Qb5 26. a4 Qb7 27. a5 a6 28. Qg4 Qa7 $2 {Black should keep the
control over the open file.} 29. Rb2 $1 Bf5 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Rb6 $5 Rc8 32. Reb1
Qa3 33. Rb7 $5 Qa4 $1 34. R1b2 $1 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Qxc2+ 36. Ke1 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+
38. Kf1 $1 Qd3+ $6 (38... Bd3+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qxh5+ 41. Qh3 {(Szabo)}
Qxh3+ 42. Kxh3 g5 {offers more resistance.}) 39. Qxd3 cxd3 40. g4 $1 Be4 41. f5
c5 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. f6 Rc6 44. Ke1 $1 {Karjakin compensated his previous loss.
} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Qe1 Rb8 $5 14. Qg3 Nh5 15.
Qf2 Nf6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh2 {White proceeds the game.} Qe7 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. g4
Nf6 20. Raf1 Nh7 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nh4 c4 23. d4 b4 24. Ndf3 b3 $5 25. axb3 cxb3
26. Bd3 Bb5 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. dxe5 Nc4 $1 {The chances are equal.} 29. exd6 $6
({Preferable is} 29. e6 $1 Qxe6 30. Nf5 $1 Qxe4 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. Nxf7 Qxe3 33.
Re1 Qa7) 29... Nxd6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Ng5 32. Rh2 Rb7 33. Nc6 $2 {This
move has no use.} ({Right is} 33. Nhf3 $1 Ngxe4 34. Nd3 $1) 33... Nc4 $1 34.
Nd4 b4 35. Rc1 Ra8 $5 36. cxb4 Rxb4 37. Nhf3 Nxf3+ 38. Nxf3 Ra2 39. Rb1 Nxe3
40. Re2 Nc2 41. Nd2 Ra7 42. e5 Nd4 43. Re3 Rc7 44. Nf3 Ne6 $1 {The black
pieces are well placed.} 45. Ne1 Rd7 46. Nd3 $5 Rc4 47. Nf2 $6 (47. Rf1 Rc2 48.
Rf2 {activates a rook.}) 47... Nc5 $1 48. Rf1 Rc2 49. Kg2 Rd3 $5 50. Kf3 Rxe3+
51. Kxe3 Rxb2 52. Rd1 Kf8 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. Rb8 Rc2 $5 55. Ne4 Nxe4 56. Kxe4 b2
{Black has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} 57. h4 Kd7 58. h5 g5 59. Kd5 Rd2+
60. Kc5 Ke7 61. Rb6 Rd1 $1 {Giri sacrifices a rook temporarily in order to
open the defence.} 62. Rxb2 Ke6 63. Rf2 Rd5+ 64. Kc4 Rxe5 65. Kd3 f5 66. gxf5+
Kf6 $1 (66... Rxf5 $2 67. Ra2 Ke5 68. Ra4 $1 {draws (Postny).}) 67. Ra2 Kxf5
68. Ra6 Re6 69. Rxe6 Kxe6 70. Ke4 Kf6 71. Kf3 Ke5 $1 {Giri occupied the second
place.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Be3 $5 {The
Berlin Defence has led to an equal endgame.} Bf5 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Na3 Rhe8 $1
16. Bxa7 Bxa3 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. bxa3 Re4 $1 {Capture on c2 would have drawn
quickly. Aronian wants a battle.} 19. c3 Rxa4 20. Bd4 g6 21. f3 Kd7 22. Kf2 Kd6
23. h3 c5 24. Bf6 Kd5 25. g4 Be6 26. Kg3 Kc4 27. Kh4 Bd5 28. f4 Ra6 29. Bg7 Re6
$1 30. a4 $1 f6 31. a5 g5+ $1 32. Kh5 $5 (32. fxg5 fxg5+ 33. Kh5 {draws easily.
}) 32... gxf4 33. Ra4+ Kxc3 34. Rxf4 Kb3 35. Rxf6 Re3 36. h4 c4 37. Rf5 Rd3 38.
a6 c3 39. a7 c2 40. Bh6 Bc6 41. Bg5 Rd6 42. Re5 Ba8 43. Rc5 c6 $1 {He keeps
the fight going.} 44. Rf5 $2 ({Correct is} 44. Be3 $1 Rd3 45. Bg5) 44... Rd7 $2
(44... Kb2 $1 {wins for Black.}) 45. Rf3+ $2 (45. Ra5 $1 Rd5 46. Rxd5 cxd5 47.
Bd2 $1 d4 48. Kh6 d3 49. Kxh7 Kb2 50. g5 c1=Q 51. Bxc1+ Kxc1 52. g6 d2 53. g7
Be4+ 54. Kh6 $1 d1=Q 55. g8=Q Qd6+ 56. Kg7 $1 {draws (Ftacnik).}) 45... Ka2 $1
({He avoids} 45... Kb2 $2 46. Bf6+ $1) 46. Rf2 Kb2 $1 47. Be3 Re7 48. Bf4 Rxa7
49. Rf1 c5 50. Kh6 Be4 51. h5 Bd3 52. Rg1 c4 53. g5 c3 54. Bc1+ Kb3 $1 55. Be3
Re7 56. Bc1 Re2 57. Kg7 Rd2 $1 {Aronian kept the sole lead.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qa3 Qa5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Rb1 b6 13. d4 Qxa3 14. Bxa3 Bg4
15. dxc5 $5 ({Known is} 15. Bb5 Rfc8 16. dxc5 bxc5) 15... Bxc3 16. Ba6 Rab8 17.
Rdc1 Bxf3 $2 ({Preferable is} 17... bxc5 18. Bxc5 Bb2) 18. gxf3 Bd2 19. Rd1 Bc3
20. Kg2 $1 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Bb4 22. Be3 Bd6 23. Rbc1 Nb4 24. Bc4 Rfc8 25. f4 Kf8
26. a3 Nc6 27. Ba6 Bxa3 $1 {Black seems to solve his problems.} 28. Rc4 $1 Rd8
$6 (28... Rc7 29. Rd3 Bd6 30. Rdc3 Nb4 31. Rxc7 Bxc7 32. Rxc7 Nxa6 33. Rxa7 Nb4
{offers more resistance.}) 29. Ra1 Bb2 30. Raa4 $1 {The knight lies under
attack.} Rd6 31. e5 $1 Re6 32. Rc2 Nd8 $6 (32... Rb4 33. Ra2 Bd4 34. Bc8 Nd8
35. Bxd4 Rxd4 {defends appropriately (ChessBase).}) 33. Bxa7 Ra8 34. Bb5 $1
Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rxe5 36. Be3 {Aronian increased his lead to one point.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Bf4 Nd5 $5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 $5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14.
Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 {White has some pressure.} Qb5 $5 16. Bxd5 exd5 {Black has
an isolated pawn in the centre.} 17. e3 Rfc8 $5 18. b3 h6 19. Rfd1 Rc5 20. Kg2
a5 21. Rac1 $1 Rac8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Qe5 Qc6 24. Rd4 b6 25. Qf5 Qe6 26. Qd3
Qc6 27. Qf5 Qe6 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. h4 $1 {Karjakin continues the game.} b5 $5 30.
a3 $1 g6 $2 31. Qd2 $2 (31. e4 $1 Rc3 32. exd5 $1 Rxd3 33. dxc6 Rc3 34. Rc4 $1
bxc4 35. b4 $1 {wins elegantly.}) 31... Rc3 32. Rxd5 Rxb3 33. Qd4 Kh7 34. h5 $1
gxh5 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36. Rf5 Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qf4 Qg4 40. Qc7+ $1
Kg6 41. Rf4 Qe6 42. Qxa5 {White has a positional advantage in the endgame.}
Qc6+ 43. e4 Qe6 44. Qa8 Rc3 45. Kh2 Rc5 46. Qf8 Rc4 47. Qd8 Rxe4 48. Qd3 f5 49.
Qxb5 Rxf4 50. gxf4 {He has a better queen ending.} h4 51. Qe5 Qc6 52. Qe3 Kh5
53. f3 Qg6 $1 54. Qe1 Qc6 55. Qe5 Qg6 56. Qe1 Qc6 57. Kg2 h3+ $2 {Black gives
away a pawn.} (57... Qc8 {draws.}) 58. Kg3 $1 h2 59. Qh1 Qc5 60. Qxh2+ Kg6 61.
a4 Qa7 62. Qa2 Qg1+ 63. Qg2 Qe1+ $5 64. Qf2 Qa1 65. Qb6+ $1 Kh5 66. Qe3 Qh8 ({
The pointe is} 66... Qxa4 67. Qe6 $1) 67. a5 $1 Qg8+ 68. Kh3 Qa8 69. Qb3 Qe8 $5
70. a6 $1 Qe7 71. Qb1 Kg6 72. Qg1+ Kh5 73. a7 Qa3 74. Kg3 Qa5 75. Qe3 Qd8 76.
Qe5 $1 {Karjakin joined the second place with Giri.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
b5 9. Bg5 $5 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nec3 Rc8 12. Bg2 Be7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 Nb6
$1 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Bh3 Rb8 $6 ({Better is} 16... Nfd7 $1) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
O-O-O b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bc8 21. f4 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 Kf8 $5 23. fxe5 fxe5
24. Rh2 Kg7 25. Rf2 Rh6 26. Qxa6 $5 {White gains a pawn.} b3 $1 {Boris
counters.} 27. axb3 Rxb3 28. Qc6 Qa7 29. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 30. cxb3 Rg6 31. b4 Qf3
$5 32. Qc3 $5 Qf2 $2 ({Right is} 32... Qxg3 33. Qxg3 Rxg3 34. Kc2 Kf6 35. Re1
Ke7 {and Black fights for survival.}) 33. Rd3 Rf6 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Ka2 Qa7+ 36.
Kb3 Rf1 37. Rf3 Ra1 38. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 39. Rxe3 {White has a won rook ending.}
Kg6 40. b5 Ra8 41. Kb4 Rb8 42. Rf3 $5 e4 43. Rf1 e3 44. Kc4 $5 (44. Re1 $1 {
wins easily.}) 44... Rc8+ 45. Kd3 Rc5 46. b4 Rxd5+ 47. Kxe3 Rxb5 48. Rf4 {
White has not spoiled the win.} d5 49. Kd3 Rb7 50. Kc2 Rb8 51. Kc3 Rb7 52. Rf8
Rc7+ 53. Kb3 $1 Rd7 54. b5 d4 55. Kc2 $1 d3+ ({The pointe is} 55... Rb7 56.
Rg8+ Kf5 57. Kd3 $1 {(Karjakin).}) 56. Kd2 Rd5 57. Rg8+ Kh6 58. Rg5 Rd4 59. Rc5
Kg6 60. b6 $1 {Karjakin neared Aronian.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The ninth round was played at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven. Aronian led
by half-a-point on Karjakin. Their encounter became the decisive game of the
tournament.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5
14. Rc1 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Qd6 $5 ({Karjakin
played} 18... Ne4 $6 {against Leko in Zug 2013.}) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. cxd5 exd5
$5 21. Bxd5 Bxe5 $5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Nh5 {White exerts some
pressure.} Qh6 25. Qg4 Qg6 26. Qh3 $5 Rad8 27. Nf4 Qf6 28. Be4 g6 29. Nd5 Qg7
30. Rbc1 Kh8 $2 ({Right is} 30... Rfe8 $1 31. Qh4 g5 $1 32. Qh5 Nd4 {and
equality (Giri).}) 31. Nxb6 $1 axb6 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 {White has gained a
pawn.} Rd2 34. Qh4 Rxa2 35. Qb4 h5 36. Qxb6 Ra1 37. Rcc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Qb2 $1
39. Rd1 Kh7 40. Qb5 Kg7 41. Qd3 Rb8 42. Rb1 $1 Qe5 43. Qd2 h4 $5 44. Qb2 $1
Qxb2 45. Rxb2 {The rook stands behind the pawn in a well-known ending.} Rb4 46.
Kf1 Kf6 47. Ke2 Kf5 $5 {He counters.} (47... Ke5 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Kc3 Re4 50. b4
Kc6 51. Ra2 hxg3 52. hxg3 {strongly favours White.}) 48. Kd3 g5 49. Kc3 Rb7 50.
b4 Kg4 $5 51. b5 Kh3 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. f4 $1 Kg4 54. b6 f5 55. Kd4 Kxf4 56. Rb3
$1 h3 57. Kd5 Kg4 58. Kc6 Rb8 59. Rg3+ $1 Kh4 60. b7 f4 61. Rg7 {Aronian
increased his lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Bd2 {happened in Topalov -
Kasimdzanov 2013.}) 11... c5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 $5 {Aronian had prepared
this move.} 14. exd5 Nd4 15. bxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 dxc5 {Levon aimed at this
position.} 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. a4 f5 $1 20. Bb3 $6 ({Preferable is} 
20. Qh5 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rfxe8) 20... e4 $1 21. dxe4 c4 $1 22. Ba2 Qh4 $1 {A
bishop has been locked up and Black takes the initiative.} 23. e5 $1 (23. g3 $6
Ne5 $1 24. Qe2 Qxe4 {favours Black (Aronian).}) 23... Bxe5 24. g3 Qg4 25. Qxg4
fxg4 26. c3 $2 (26. Rad1 Rf3 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bb1 {defends properly.}) 26...
Bf6 27. Bb1 b4 $1 {The attack on the queenside becomes strong.} 28. Re3 $5 Rad8
29. Bf5 h5 30. Rd1 b3 31. Bc1 Bg5 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Re2 Bxc1 34. Rxc1 Nc5 $1 35.
a5 Rfe8 36. Kf1 g6 37. Rce1 Kg7 38. d6 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Rd7 41. Re8
Rxd6 42. Ke2 Rd3 {Aronian had won the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 h6 5. h3 g5 6. Bh2 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O $5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Bd3 Rb8 $5 10. O-O Qe8 11. Re1 Qh5 12. Qc2 g4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Bb5 Kh8
15. Qb3 Nd8 $5 16. Bg3 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qb4 Ne6 19. Rad1 c5 $5 20. Qb3 $5
Nc7 21. Be2 Be6 22. Bc4 Bd7 23. Be2 $5 f4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Bh4 Bc6 26. Be7 $5
Rf7 $5 27. Bc4 Nd5 28. Bh4 $5 Rf5 $5 29. Bd3 Rff8 30. Bb1 Rbe8 31. Rxe8 $5 Rxe8
32. Ne4 $2 {Time trouble rages for both players.} Nde3 $2 33. fxe3 Bxe4 34.
Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxb7 Qg6 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qd5 $2 Re6 {Black sets a trap.} 38.
exf4 $4 (38. Ne1 $1 Nxe3 39. Qf3 {equalises.}) 38... Bd4+ $1 {The final
standings became: Aronian 8/11, Giri and Karjakin 61/2, Dominguez, Caruana and
So 6, Harikrishna 51/2, Van Wely and Nakamura 5, Gelfand 41/2, Rapport and
Naiditsch 31/2.} ({Van Wely has planned} 38... Bd4+ 39. cxd4 Qb1+ 40. Be1 Qxe1+
41. Nxe1 Rxe1#) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan "]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Fourteen players participated in the Challengers Group. The Dutchman Timman
scored well. If he wins in the eleventh round and Saric draws, Jan will join
the lead.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 e6 7. e5 {
Both sides want to battle.} Ne8 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. dxe6 Qxe6
12. Be3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Be4 dxe5 13. Qd5) 12... dxe5 $1 {Black counters and
sacrifices an exchange.} 13. Bxc5 e4 14. Ng5 Qe5 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 $5
17. O-O fxe4 18. Re1 Bf5 {He has to develop.} 19. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 20. Nc3 Nf6 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qf3+ (22. Qd8+ $1 Qe8 23. Qxe8+ Kxe8 24. Rxe4+ {gains an edge.})
22... Qf5 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 {The endgame is about equal.} Na6 25. Re2 Rc8
26. Rd1 $1 Rxc4 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. g3 Rc7 $2 ({Preferable is} 29...
Nc5 30. Rc7 Bf8) 30. Ree7 $1 Rc1+ $6 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. Rxh7 Bc5 33. Rxb7 Rc2 34.
Rhf7+ Ke5 35. a3 Bb6 36. b4 Nc7 37. Rb8 Nd5 38. Re8+ Kd6 39. Rf3 g5 $5 40. h3
$1 Ra2 41. Re4 Nc3 $6 42. Re1 $6 (42. Rd3+ $1 Nd5 43. Kf3 Rxf2+ 44. Kg4 {wins
quickly (Stohl).}) 42... Nd5 $5 43. h4 $1 g4 44. Rf8 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nc4 46. Rf6+
Kd5 47. Rf5+ Kd6 48. Re4 Nb2 49. Rf6+ $5 Kd5 50. Rxg4 Nd3 51. Rg5+ Ke4 52. Rgf5
Rxa3 53. Kg2 $1 Ra2 54. h5 Be3 55. Rf7 $5 Rb2 56. b5 Rc2 57. R5f6 Bd4 58. Re7+
Kd5 59. Rf5+ Kd6 60. Ref7 Ne5 61. R7f6+ Ke7 62. Rf4 Be3 63. R4f5 Bd4 64. Rf8
Ng4 65. R5f7+ Ke6 66. Rf4 Bc5 67. R8f7 Bd6 68. Rf3 Rb2 69. h6 Rxb5 70. Rg7 Nf6
71. g4 Be5 72. h7 Rb8 73. Rh3 Rh8 74. g5 $2 {Timman encounters the same
problem like in his great days: He fails ro deliver the final blow.} (74. Rh6
Bf4 75. g5 {wins for White.}) 74... Nd5 75. Rh6+ Kf5 76. Rg8 Ne7 77. Rxh8 Bxh8
78. f4 Kxf4 79. Re6 ({Or} 79. g6 Kg5 80. g7 Bxg7 81. h8=Q Bxh8 82. Rxh8 {drawn.
}) 79... Nf5 80. g6 Kg5 {The final standings at the top of the B-group became:
Saric 10/13, Timman and Jobava 81/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The seventy-seventh Tata tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee from 10 until
25 i 2015. Thirteen men and one woman participated in the main group.
Seventeen significant wins have been analysed. The Masters Group played two
external rounds in Rotterdam and the Hague (Mauritshuis).} 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 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 a5 15. a4 $5 b4 16. cxb4 axb4
17. Bg5 Be7 $5 18. Bc4 Nc5 $1 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bb5 Rf8 21. Nd2 Ba6 22. Nb3
Bxb5 23. Nxc5 $1 Be8 $1 {The chances are equal.} 24. Nd3 Qb8 25. b3 Bg5 26. Nf1
$1 c6 $6 ({Preferable is} 26... Bd7) 27. Nb2 $6 (27. Qg4 $1 {gains a plus.})
27... f5 28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. exf5 d5 30. Ne3 $1 {White has a sufficient pressure
against the centre.} Qb7 $2 (30... h6 {protects a bishop.}) 31. Nd3 $1 Rae8 32.
Qg4 $1 {White threatens b4 and g5.} Bxe3 33. fxe3 $1 Bd7 {Black has to lose a
pawn.} 34. Qxb4 Qa8 35. g4 Qa6 36. Nc5 Qd6 37. e4 Rc8 38. Rac1 Rfd8 39. exd5 e4
40. Re3 Qh6 41. Qe1 Bxf5 42. gxf5 Rxd5 43. Nxe4 {Caruana led by 2/2.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qe2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Rc8 $5 ({Better is} 9... Qc7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 {(Ehlvest -
Radulov, Leningrad 1984)} e5) 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. Nb3 $1 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Na4 $1 e5
14. g5 $5 (14. Bb6 $1 Bxg4 15. Qxa6 Qb8 16. Bb5 {favours White.}) 14... Bg4 15.
Qg2 $1 Bxd1 16. Bxa6 $1 Nd7 17. Rxd1 $6 ({Preferable is} 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Rxd1
) 17... Ra8 $6 ({Correct is} 17... Rb8 $1 18. f5 Be7) 18. Bb5 Be7 19. f5 Qb7 $2
({The alternative is} 19... O-O $5 20. f6 Rfb8 21. c4 Bf8) 20. c4 $1 O-O $6 21.
f6 $1 Bd8 22. Rxd6 Ncb8 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 {Ivanchuk also won
in the next round and led by 31/2/4. Thereafter, he slowed down.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Rb8 9. c4 Nf4 $5 {Aronian plays a fine novelty.} 10. Qe3 Ng6 11. f4 f6 12.
Qxa7 $1 {So takes the risky way.} Rb7 13. Qf2 fxe5 14. f5 Nf4 15. Qf3 $5 ({A
fine alternative is} 15. a3 $1 Qf7 16. g3) 15... Qf7 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf6 18.
g4 $1 {So wants the initiative.} d5 $1 19. g5 e4 $5 ({Preferable is} 19... Nd7
$1 20. Qh3 Nb6) 20. Qh3 $1 Ng8 $4 ({Correct is} 20... Nd7 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bxg6
hxg6 23. Qxh8 Nc5 {(Tadic).}) 21. Bh5 g6 22. fxg6 Bxh3 23. gxf7+ Kd7 24. fxg8=Q
Rxg8 25. Rg1 Bd6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Bf7 Rf8 28. Bxd5 Rb4 29. g6 hxg6 30. Rxg6
Rd4 31. Bxe4 Re8 32. Kf2 Rf8+ 33. Ke1 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 {The previous
winner Aronian did poorly.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 a5 6. b5 a4 7. e3 $5 ({Known is} 
7. a3) 7... Nf6 8. Be2 c6 $6 ({Preferable is} 8... O-O 9. O-O Nbd7) 9. bxc6
bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Nc3 a3 13. Bc1 Nbd7 14. Rb1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4
16. Nd2 (16. Qxe4 $6 Nc5 $1 17. Qh4 Bf6 18. Qh6 Bg7 {draws (Tadic).}) 16... Nf6
17. Rb3 Bf5 18. Rxa3 {White grabs a pawn.} h5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. a3 h4 21. Bb2
h3 22. g3 Qc8 23. Re1 $5 Rb8 24. Bc3 Nh7 25. a4 Ng5 26. Rb1 Ra8 27. Qd1 $5 c5
28. Rb6 Qe6 $2 {Carlsen plays opportunistically.} (28... Kh7 29. Qa1 Bg4 {
defends properly.}) 29. g4 $1 cxd4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 e3 32. gxf5 gxf5 33.
Nf1 exf2+ 34. Kxf2 Ne4+ 35. Ke1 $1 {The king finds a safe haven.} Qf6 36. Qd3
Rxa4 37. Rb1 Qh4+ 38. Ng3 Kf7 39. Qf3 Kg7 40. Qf4 $5 Qxf4 41. Nh5+ Kf7 42. Nxf4
Ng5 43. d5 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 {The world champion had been
beaten.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 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 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Be3 Na6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. O-O-O h6 $5
15. Nf3 $1 (15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Bxh6 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxh6 19. Ng5 {
equalises.}) 15... Nc5 16. Nh4 $5 (16. g4 $1 Ba4 17. Rdg1 {gains a plus.})
16... Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qc2 Ng5 $1 19. Bd3 e4 20. Be2 {White has little
advantage.} Rc8 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... Rb8 $5 21. Kb1 c5 22. dxc6 bxc6 {
(Ding Liren).}) 21. Kb1 c5 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Qd2 Be6 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 {
Ding has compensation for the pawn.} Ra6 (25... b5 $1 26. cxb5 Ra6 $1 27. Ng6
Bxa2+ 28. Kc2 Rf7 29. bxa6 Qa4+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 26. Rd2 b5 $6 27.
Rc1 $6 (27. g4 $1 {attacks.}) 27... Qf7 {Ding's offer of a draw is not
accepted.} 28. Ng6 Bf6 29. Qh6 $2 ({Right is} 29. Qh5 $1 Rc8 30. Nf4 {and the
exchange of queens.}) 29... Rb8 $1 30. Nf4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 $5 (31. Bxc4 bxc4 32.
Qh5 Rab6 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {wins for Black.}) 31... bxc4 32. Nd5 Bg7 $1 33. Qg5 c3
$1 34. Bc4 cxd2 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Ke8 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qxf5+ Kg8 39. Kc2
$2 (39. Qe6+ Kxh7 40. Qxe4+ Kh8 41. Qh4+ Kg8 42. Qc4+ Kf8 43. Qf4+ Ke7 44. Qe4+
Be5 {wins for Black.}) 39... Rxb2+ 40. Kd1 Rb1+ $1 {Ding is a fine attacker.}
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Rac1 Bf5
15. e4 Bg4 16. Qb3 $6 (16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. exd5 {gains an advantage (Pliester
- Pribyl, Pardubice 1998).}) 16... Qe6 $1 17. Qxe6 $5 fxe6 18. e5 $1 {The
advance ..e5 has to be prevented.} Nd5 $5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Ng5 ({Not} 20. Rxd5
$2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 g5 $1) 20... e6 21. f3 h6 $1 22. fxg4 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Nxe5 24.
Bf4 Nc6 25. g5 $2 ({Correct is} 25. Rc2) 25... Bxb2 {Thank you!} 26. Rc2 ({Or} 
26. Rb1 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Bb6 $1) 26... Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Rad8 28. Rb1 Rf7 29. Bh3 Re8
30. Re2 e5 31. Rb5 Ref8 32. Be6 exf4 33. Rxb7 f3 $1 34. Rd2 Kg7 35. Bxf7 Rxf7
36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rd3 f2 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. h4 Bb6 40. Rf3 Ne5 41. Rf6+ Ke7 42.
a4 Bd4 43. g4 Nxg4 44. Rf4 Nh2 $1 {Carlsen started a comeback.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. a3 Rfd8
$5 {Many moves have been played in this position.} 15. b4 Nc8 $5 16. Na4 b6 17.
Nb2 Ne7 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. a4 a5 20. b5 Re8 $5 21. Rc3 Bf5 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Nd2
Rd7 $6 24. g3 $6 Nf8 $6 (24... Qe6 {prevents the next exchange.}) 25. Bg4 $1
Nh7 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Qf3 $1 Qg5 28. h4 Qe7 29. Rc6 Nf6 30. Nf4 g6 $2 {Black
weakens his kingside: He should have made a waiting move.} 31. h5 $1 Kg7 32.
hxg6 fxg6 33. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Bxg3 35. Qg2 Bd6 36. Nc4 {White has a
superior position.} Rf8 $2 (36... Qd8 37. f4 {(Krasenkow)} Kh7 38. Ne5 Rg7 {
defends accurately.}) 37. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. dxe5 Qxe5
41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Rc4 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Rh8 44. Rf4+ Ke8 45. Re6+ Re7 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7
47. Re4+ {Carlsen won again.} ({The pointe is} 47. Re4+ Kd8 48. Rd4+ {(White
attacks the king and the rook)} Qxd4 49. Qg5+) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Be3
e5 $6 9. O-O $6 (9. Nxe5 $1 Nxe4 10. Qf3 f5 11. Bf4 {favours White.}) 9... O-O
10. a3 Qe7 11. Qb1 $5 ({Known is} 11. Qe2) 11... Nh5 $5 12. b4 f5 $6 {Carlsen
makes a premature move.} ({Preferable is} 12... Nf4 $1) 13. bxc5 f4 14. Bd2
bxc5 15. Qb3+ $6 (15. Na4 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 15... Be6 16. Qa4 Rac8 $5 ({More
solid is} 16... Qd7) 17. Qa5 g5 $1 {He gives a pawn for he attack!} 18. Na4 g4
19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxc5 Qf6 21. Nh2 $5 f3 $1 22. Nxg4 ({The pointe is} 22. gxf3
$2 Bxf3 $1) 22... Qg6 23. Qe7 $1 fxg2 24. Rfb1 Qxg4 25. Qg5 Qe2 26. Qe3 Qg4 27.
Qg5 Qxg5 $1 {He plays for a win.} 28. Bxg5 Nf4 29. Bxf4 $2 ({Right is} 29. Kh2
$1 Bf6 30. Bh6 Bg7 {and a repetition of moves.}) 29... exf4 30. Kxg2 f3+ 31.
Kf1 $2 (31. Kh3 $5 Bxa1 32. Rxa1 Kf7 33. Nc5 {offers more resistance (Stohl).})
31... Rf4 $1 32. c3 Rd8 $1 33. d4 Bh6 34. Ke1 Rxe4+ 35. Kd1 c5 $1 36. Kc2 (36.
Nxc5 Re2 {wins for Black.}) 36... cxd4 37. Kd3 Re2 38. c4 Rxf2 39. Rd1 Re2 {
Carlsen defeated the world's numbers two and three in two successive rounds.}
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Two world champions meet.} 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 $5 Qa7 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. Ne3 Nc6
19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 $1 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 $6 ({Preferable is} 
29... Qb7) 30. Nb2 $1 Nc5 31. Nd1 Rdf8 32. Qe1 Rd8 33. Nc3 Rfd7 34. Qd1 Na6 35.
Qh5 $1 Nc7 $6 ({More active is} 35... Nc5 $5) 36. Rg3 Kh8 37. Rdd3 Re7 38. Rg6
Qe8 39. Rdg3 Rdd7 $6 ({Correct is} 39... Qf8) 40. Nd1 $6 (40. Na4 $1 Na8 41.
Qg4 {restricts the black position.}) 40... Rf7 41. Qe2 Rf4 42. Qe3 b5 43. Nb2
$1 Rdf7 44. c5 $1 Qc6 45. Nd3 b4 46. Qe2 Rh4 47. R6g4 Rxg4 48. Qxg4 Kg8 49. Qh5
Nb5 50. Rg4 $2 (50. cxd6 Nxd6 51. Qxh6 Nxe4 52. Qg6 $1 Nxg3 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54.
Nxe5+ Kf6 55. Nxc6 {gains a pawn (Stumenkovic).}) 50... Nc3 51. Qxh6 Nxe4 $2 (
51... Qxe4 $1 52. Rxe4 gxh6 53. Rg4+ Kh7 54. cxd6 Rd7 55. Nxe5 Rxd6 {almost
equalises.}) 52. Qxe6 Nxf2 $2 (52... Nxc5 {prolongs the game.}) 53. Nxe5 $1
Nxh3+ 54. Kh2 $1 {Carlsen and Ivanchuk joined the lead by 5/7.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Qd2 $5 Nc6 8.
f3 h5 $5 9. Bb5 Qd6 10. Nge2 Bh6 11. Qd1 Bf5 12. Bc1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Rc8 14. Qd2
O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Rfe8 17. O-O e5 18. c3 h4 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. b4 $1
Rce8 21. Nd4 h3 22. g3 Bc8 23. Nc5 Nd7 24. Nd3 R5e7 25. Rfe1 c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5
27. Nf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Ne6 30. Nfxe6 Bxe6 31. Kf2 Bd7 32. Qb1
Qc7 33. Qb3 Bc8 34. a3 a5 35. Qb2 $5 Ba6 36. Nc2 Qa7+ 37. Ne3 Bc4 38. f4 Kh7
39. g4 $5 Qe7 40. Qc1 $5 Qe4 41. f5 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 gxf5 43. gxf5 Bd3 44. Qe1 Bxf5
45. Nxf5 $2 ({Better is} 45. Qf2 $1 Qg5+ 46. Qg3 Qxg3+ 47. hxg3 Be6 48. Kh2 Kg6
49. g4) 45... Qxf5 46. Qg3 Kh6 $1 47. Qb8 Qf3 48. Qh8+ Kg6 49. Qg8+ Kf6 50.
Qd8+ Ke5 {Carlsen took the sole lead.} (50... Ke5 51. Qe7+ Kf4 52. Qxf7+ Ke3
53. Qxf3+ Kxf3 {wins for Black (Ftacnik).}) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Nc4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bg5 $5 Bg4 14.
Qd2 Nd7 $1 15. d4 exd4 $6 ({Preferable is} 15... Be6) 16. cxd4 {The white
bishops have been activated.} Nf6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Be5 $1 Be6 $6 (18... b5 19.
Bb3 c5 20. Bc2 c4 {counters on the queenside.}) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. d5 $1 c6 $2 (
{Better is} 20... Bf5 21. Qb4 Rfd8) 21. Qh6 $1 {White has a decisive attack on
the kingside.} cxd5 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Bd3 f5 24. Rfe1 Ra4 25. Bxf5 Rh4 26. Qe3
Re8 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rxd5 $1 exd5 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Rc4 31. g3 Rc2 32. b3
d4 33. Rd7 $1 {He wins the rook endgame easily.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 a5 $5 (10... d5 {happened in Adams - Kramnik, Paris
2013.}) 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. b3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Ra8 $5 14. c3 Bc5 15. d4 Bb6 $5 16. dxe5
dxe5 17. c4 Nh7 $5 ({Preferable is} 17... Bd4 $1 18. Nxd4 exd4) 18. Qe2 $5 Nf8
19. Be3 c5 $5 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Nh5 Qe7 22. Nh2 Kh7 $5 23. Qf3 f6 24. Ng4 Bxg4
25. Qxg4 Red8 $6 ({Better is} 25... g6 $1 26. Ng3 a4 {(Tadic).}) 26. Qf5+ Kh8
27. f4 $1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Qe6 $2 (29... Re8 30. Rd3 Ne6 31. Bxh6
gxh6 32. Qg6 Rf8 33. Nf4 $1 Qg7 $1 {defends properly.}) 30. Rd3 $1 Re8 31. Nxg7
$1 Kxg7 32. Qh5 $1 Nh7 ({Or} 32... Qxe4 33. Rg3+ Ng6 34. Qxh6+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke6
36. Re3) 33. Bxh6+ Kh8 34. Qg6 Qg8 35. Bg7+ $1 Qxg7 36. Qxe8+ Qf8 37. Qe6 Qh6
38. e5 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Rg3 {Carlsen led by one point after six wins in a
row. He will draw the remaining games.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 $1 {Giri's novelty makes a slight
improvement.} ({Usual is} 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5) 19... g5 $5 20. Bf2 g4 21.
fxg4 $5 Bxd2 $2 ({Correct is} 21... hxg4 $1 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3
Qh5) 22. Qxd2 f4 23. gxh5 {White has a material advantage.} Ng5 24. Bh4 $1 {He
has to return a pawn.} ({Not} 24. Bf3 $4 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxh5) 24... Nxe4 25.
Qc2 Bf5 26. g4 $1 Ng3 ({The pointe is} 26... fxg3 $2 27. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 28. Qxe4
{(Giri).}) 27. gxf5 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 e4 29. f6 Kh8 ({Or} 29... f3 30. Bxf3 $1 exf3
31. Qg6+ Qxg6 32. hxg6) 30. Nf2 $5 f3 31. Bd1 Qxh5 32. Qxe4 Nc3 33. Qd4 $1 Rf7
(33... Nxb1 $2 34. f7+ Kh7 35. Bc2+ Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Qf6#) 34. Qxc3 Qxh4
35. Bxf3 Ra2 $5 36. Rb2 $5 Rxb2 37. Qxb2 Qxf6 38. Qxf6+ Rxf6 39. Kg2 {The
endgame will take a long time.} 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 $1 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 {Giri started a winning streak.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 exf4 8.
Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ng4 $5 ({Theory is} 10... Be6) 11. Nd5 Nce5 12.
h3 Nxf3 $5 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Bg5 $5 ({Preferable is} 15. Qe3 $1 c6
16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. f4) 15... f6 16. Be3 c6 17. f4 $1 Nf7 18. f5 $1
gxf5 $5 19. Nf4 $1 Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 $1 Rae8 21. Rhg1 Kh8 ({Not} 21... fxe4 $2 22.
Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bc4 $1) 22. Rxg7 $6 {This move should have cost the advantage.}
Kxg7 23. Nh5+ Kg6 $2 ({Right is} 23... Kh8 $1 24. Bc3 Ne5 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26.
Bxe5 Kg7) 24. Rg1+ Ng5 25. Nf4+ Kg7 26. h4 h6 27. Bh5 $5 Bf7 28. exf5 Bxh5 29.
Nxh5+ Kf7 30. hxg5 fxg5 $2 (30... hxg5 31. Bc3 Re3 $1 32. Bxf6 Rh3 33. Rxg5
Rxh5 34. Rxh5 Kxf6 {probably draws (Szabo).}) 31. Ng3 $5 Rd8 32. Rh1 Rd4 33.
Rxh6 Rfd8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rh2 Rg4 36. Ne2 Rd5 37. Rf2 Kf7 38. b3 b5 39. b4 c5
$5 40. a3 $5 cxb4 41. axb4 a5 42. Nc3 Re5 43. bxa5 b4 44. Na2 Rxa5 45. Nxb4
Rg1+ $5 46. Kb2 g4 47. Nd3 Rb5+ 48. Kc3 g3 49. Rf3 Rb7 50. Bf4 g2 51. Rg3 Re7
$5 52. Ne5+ $1 {Giri had defeated Saric in the previous round and will win
against So in the next round. He reached the sole second place at the end of
the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Carlsen and Giri produced draws in the last round.} 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
11. c5 Nf6 12. Bb5 $5 Qe7 13. g4 $5 Na6 $1 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nxc5 16. g5 $2
({Correct is} 16. gxf5 c6 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bd3) 16... Ne8 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18. b4
Ne4 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. f3 Ng3 21. Rg1 f4 22. Nxc7 Qe7 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Ne6 Rfe8
25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bb2 Qxg5 27. Rd1 Rad8 28. Rd5 Qf5 29. Kd2 Qxh3 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 {Ding
Liren joined the second place.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Be3 Nb6 $5 {Vachier Lagrave makes
an aggressive move.} ({Known is} 12... Nc5) 13. b3 d5 $1 {A pawn sacrifice
follows.} 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 {Maxime has reached the end
of his preparation.} 17. c4 Qd6 $5 {He wants to win.} 18. a5 $5 f5 19. Qd3 h4
20. g4 $6 {He weakens his kingside.} O-O 21. Nc3 $6 ({Preferable is} 21. gxf5
Bxf5 22. Qd2 {(Vachier-Lagrave).}) 21... e4 $1 22. Qe3 Bd8 $1 23. Bxe4 $5 {The
pawns have to be stopped by a sacrifice.} fxe4 $5 24. Nxe4 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4
26. f3 Be7 27. Kf2 Rcf8 28. Ke3 Be8 $1 29. c5 Bb5 30. b4 $1 Rxe4+ $1 {The king
is lured forwards.} 31. Kxe4 Re8 $1 32. Kf4 ({Or} 32. Kd4 Bf6#) 32... g5+ 33.
Kf5 Kf7 $1 34. Rfe1 Bd3+ 35. Re4 (35. Ke5 Bxc5# {catches the king.}) 35... Bf6
{Vachier-Lagrave delivers mate in one. He joined the second place.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

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 $5 ({
Known is} 14... Kg7) 15. O-O Nd7 16. Ne1 Ndf6 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Qf6)
17. Nd3 Qe8 $5 18. Rfe1 g5 $2 (18... c4 $1 19. Nc1 Qe5 20. Bxc4 Qg5 {gives a
pawn for activity.}) 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. d6 Kh8 21. Bd1 $5 g4 $2 (21... Nd7 $1
22. Ne4 c4 23. Nb4 {(So)} Ndf6 24. Nxg5 Bf5 {defends well.}) 22. Rxe5 Qg6 23.
Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 gxh3 25. Rg5 Qf7 26. Be5 Bd7 $5 27. Bb3 $1 Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6
29. Re1 Qf7 30. Nd5 Nh5 $5 31. Bxg7+ Nxg7 32. Re7 $1 {So joined the second
place too. The final standings became: Carlsen 9/13, Vachier-Lagrave, Giri, So
and Ding Liren 81/2, Ivanchuk 71/2, Caruana 7, Radjabov 6, Wojtaszek and
Aronian 51/2, Hou Yifan 5, Saric 41/2, Van Wely 4, Jobava 3.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 77"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The most remarkable player among the 14 Challengers was the 15-years-old
Chinese Wei Yi.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Na4 c4 11. Be2 c3 12. Qd1 cxb2 13. Nxb2 Be7 14.
O-O O-O 15. Bd3 f5 $6 (15... a5 {was played in Motylev - Wang Hao, Guangzhou
2010.}) 16. g4 $1 a5 ({An interesting line is} 16... fxg4 $5 17. Nd2 h5 18. Bg6
Rf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Rc1 {and White has little advantage.}) 17. gxf5 exf5 18.
Qe2 Nb6 19. Kh1 a4 20. Rg1 {Both players are active on the flanks.} a3 21. Nd1
Na4 $6 ({More solid is} 21... Be6) 22. Rg3 $5 {He wants to attack.} Rf7 23. Qg2
Nc3 $2 ({Better is} 23... Nb2 $1 24. Nf2 g6 {(Wei Yi).}) 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Bb5
$1 Qb6 26. Rg1 $1 Bf8 27. Rh3 $1 g6 ({The pointe is} 27... Qxb5 28. Rxh7 Kxh7
29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. Ng5) 28. Ng5 $1 Qxb5 29. Nxf7 Ne7 30. Nh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxh6 {
White has gained an exchange and continues the attack.} Ra7 32. Qh3 Qe2 33.
Rxh7 Qxc2 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Rxg6+ $1 {Wei Yi charged brilliantly.}
(36. Rxg6+ Kd7 37. Qxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rg7+ Ke6 39. Rh6# {finishes elegantly.}) 1-0

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

{Wei Yi plays against the Dutch female champion.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qg3 h5 9. O-O-O h4 10. Qh3 b5
11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. f5 Bb7 14. Rhf1 e5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Kb1 $5 (16. Bg5
$1 {was played in Saric - Giri (round 10).}) 16... Rc8 $2 (16... Nf6 $1 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. exd5 {(Ftacnik)} Rc8 19. c3 Rh5 {achieves equality.}) 17. f6 $1 Nxf6
18. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Bb6 $1 Qc6 (19... Qxb6 $2 20. Qxd7# {ends quickly.}) 20.
Na5 Qe6 21. Nxb7 Rb8 $2 {Exchange of queens prolongs the game.} 22. Nd5 $1 Rxb7
23. Qc3 $1 Qc6 24. Nxf6+ $1 {The young Chinese plays brilliantly.} Ke7 ({Or} 
24... Qxf6 25. Qc8+ Ke7 26. Bc5+) 25. Bd8+ $1 Ke6 ({The pointe is} 25... Kxd8
26. Qxc6) 26. Qh3# {Anne Haast allows a charming finish. Wei Yi won the
Challengers Group and will play in the Masters next year.} 1-0

