[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2024.01.28"] [Round "18.1"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening"] [StudyName "2024 Tata Steel"] [ChapterName "Wei, Yi - Gukesh, D."] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/jonbbAZH/wWUoabpM"] [Orientation "white"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Qe7 9. O-O Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Nc3 c6 13. b4 h5 14. h3 Bf5 15. b5 d4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Qe3 Qd7 20. Kh2 h4 21. gxh4 Rfe8 22. Qg5 Qd6+ 23. Qg3 Rad8 24. Rad1 Bc4 25. Rg1 Nh5 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Bf3 Nf6 28. Rg5 Kf8 29. Rc5 Bd5 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. d4 Rf6 32. Rd3 Nb4 33. Rb3 Nd5 34. h5 g6 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Kg3 Ne7 37. Be4 Rd6 38. Rc4 Red8 39. Rbb4 Kf7 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. Ke3 R8d7 42. Rb8 Re6 43. Kd3 Red6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rb8 Kf6!? { A roughly equal endgame in Wei's fourth blitz game of the day and Gukesh's fifth (after each had to win a classical). Needless to say, things are tense. } (45... c5! { is simplest: } 46. Rxc5 Rxd4+ 47. Ke3 Ra4) 46. Kc3 { Anticipating ... c6-c5 while allowing the knight to come to d5 with tempo. } 46... Re6?! (46... Nd5+ 47. Kb3 Ne7) 47. f3 Nd5+ 48. Kb3 Ne7 49. h4 { A bit of a "rope-a-dope" maneuver, inviting the knight to attack a pawn on the wrong part of the board. } 49... Nf5? 50. Kc3 Nd6 (50... Nxh4 51. Bxc6 Re3+ 52. Kb4 Rf7 53. Rg8 $18 { and the d-pawn is coming through. }) 51. Bxc6! { The point! } 51... Rc7 52. Rc5 Re3+ 53. Kd2 Ra3 54. Bd5 { and White has won a crucial second pawn, and, with it, the tournament! } 54... Rd7 55. Rc6 Ra5 56. Bb3 Ke7 57. Rg8 Kf6 58. Re8 Kf5 59. Be6+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0