[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2024.01.27"] [Round "12.4"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E51"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Ragozin Variation"] [StudyName "2024 Tata Steel"] [ChapterName "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/jonbbAZH/iDDDbkS0"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Be7 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Qa4 Bc4?! (11... Bb7! 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxe5 16. Qe4 (16. Bxa8? Qxa8 17. Rg1 Qf3 $17 (17... Nf3+? { would be an easy "autopilot" move to calculate, and indeed there is nothing remarkable about Black's position after White returns the Exchange with } 18. Ke2 Nxg1+ 19. Rxg1) 18. Qb5 { is necessary to stop ... Ne5-d3+, but now } 18... Qe4 19. Bc3 Nf3+ 20. Ke2 c6 21. Qd3 Qg4 { and Black will continue to exert significant pressure! }) 16... c6! 17. Qxe5 cxd5 18. Bc3 Bf6) 12. b3 Bd3 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Qd4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bg6 17. Bxd5 $16 { That's just a pawn! } 17... c6 18. Bg2 Qc8 19. e6 f6 { From here, White is able to keep the extra pawn, although Black puts up considerable resistance well into the endgame. } 20. Qd7 Ba3 21. Rd1 Bf5 22. Qxc6 Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Bd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rfc8 26. Kd2 Rc7 27. Kd3 Rac8 28. Bd4 Kf7 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. e4 Rc2 31. Rd2 Rc1 32. f4 Bb4 33. f5+ Ke7 34. Re2 Rd1+ 35. Ke3 Rcc1 36. e5 fxe5 37. Rxe5+ Kf7 38. g4 Rc7 39. Re6 Rd7 40. Be5 Rg1 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Bd2+ 43. Ke4 Rd7 44. Bg3 Bb4 45. Rc6 Bc5 46. g5 Kf8 (46... Re7+ 47. Kd3 Rd1+ 48. Kc2 Rxe2+ 49. Kxd1 { is not a miracle save, as } 49... Rxa2 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. Be5 $18 { tightens the screws around Black's king. }) 47. g6 hxg6 48. fxg6 Re7+ 49. Be5 Re8 50. Kf5 Rf1+ 51. Kg4 Rg1+ 52. Kh5 Be7 (52... Rd8 53. b4! Bxb4 54. Rf2+ Ke8 55. Rf7 $18) 53. h4 { Strategically, White is winning, and Black lacks the requisite activity to offer meaningful resistance to White's eventual plan of simplifying into a winning endgame. } 53... Rh1 54. Bg3 Rd8 55. Rce6 Bc5 56. Bc7 Rc8 57. Bf4 Rd1 58. R2e4 a5 59. Kg4 Rg1+ 60. Kf5 Rd8 61. Bg5 Rf1+ 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kh5 Rc8 64. Rc4 Ra8 65. Rf4+ Kg8 66. Rfe4 Rf8 67. Re2 Rgf1 68. Re8 Bb4 69. Rxf8+ Kxf8 70. Rc2 Bc5 71. Kg4 Rg1+ 72. Kf5 Rf1+ 73. Ke6 Ke8 74. Re2 Rg1 75. Re5 Kf8 76. Rd5 Re1+ 77. Kf5 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0