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Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 4: Praggnanandhaa Tops the Standings

I want to point the attention to the last move of Pragg against Mendoca. Commentators thought 46. Kh2 was just a way of showing how desperate lost the position is but there is in fact a hidden idea behind.

After 46.Kh2, g4 white planned 47.Re7+ which immediately liquidates to a pawn-endgame with extra knight for white.

46.Re7+ doesn't work yet due to 46... Bxe7 47.dxe7 Rd1+ 48.Kh2 Re1 and it is only a draw.

I think such small treasures stay often below the surface for the public and that is of course a pity.
The leaderboard pic is wrong i think, it doesn't have the gukesh and alexey match recorded.