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GAME 1
Giri, Anish (2749) - Gukesh (2725)
Tata Steel Masters (chess24.com) [4] 2024.01.16
A28 English, four knights, Capablanca variation
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Rb1 a5 12.a3 Nd4 13.e3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 c6 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Rfd1 Qd7 17.Na4 Qc7 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Rfd8 20.b5 Rxd3 21.Rxd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Rxa4 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Bxc6 Ra7 25.Bd5 Qd8 26.h4 h5 27.Rb5 Rd7 28.Qb3 Qe7 29.Bc6 Rd6 30.Rb8+ Rd8 31.Rb7 Qe6 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Be4 g5 34.Bh7+ Kh8 35.hxg5 Bxg5 36.Bg6 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Rd2 38.Kf1 h4 39.gxh4 Bf6 40.Rf7 Bg7 41.h5 Rd8 42.Re7 Bf6 43.Rxe6 Rf8 44.Bf5 Kg7 45.Kg2 Kh6 46.Bg4 Kg5 47.Kg3 Rf7 48.Rb6 Rf8 49.Rb7 Kh6 50.Ra7 Bg7 51.Bf3 Rf5 52.Rb7 Rf8 53.Be4 Rf6 54.Rd7 Rf8 55.Ra7 Rf6 56.Ra2 Rf8 57.Kg4 Rf6 58.Bf5 Rb6 59.Ra7 Rc6 60.Kf3 Rc4 61.Bd3 Rc6 62.Ke4 Rf6 63.f3 Bh8 64.Bc4 Rb6 65.Bf7 Bg7 66.Bg6 Rb4+ 67.Kf5 Rb3 68.Ra6 Rb8 69.Bf7+ Kh7 70.Kg5 Bf8 71.Bg6+ Kh8 72.Re6
GAME 2
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2769) - Donchenko, Alexander (2643)
Tata Steel Masters (chess24.com) [4] 2024.01.16
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxb4 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Qc7 15.O-O-O Bb7 16.Be4 O-O 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Ndc6 a5 19.Qxe7 axb4 20.Qxd7 Qb6 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Nd5 Qf2 23.b3 Rad8 24.Qb5 Qxg2 25.Qf1 Qg5+ 26.f4 Qh5 27.Qc4 Rc8 28.Qxb4 Rxc2+ 29.Kxc2 Rc8+ 30.Nc3 Qf3 31.Rd3 Qg2+ 32.Kb1 Qxh1+ 33.Nd1 Qxh2 34.Qd2 Qh4 35.Ka2 h5 36.a5 Kh7 37.f5 Qf6 38.fxg6+ fxg6 39.Nb2 Rc5 40.b4 Rf5 41.Nd1 h4 42.Ka3 Rf4 43.Nc3 Rf2 44.Qd1 Rf1 45.Qd2 Qe6 46.Qa2 Qe1 47.Qc4 Qc1+ 48.Kb3 Rf4 49.Qc7 Rf2 50.Rd7 Qc2+ 51.Ka3 Qc1+ 52.Ka4 Qa1+ 53.Kb5 Qf1+ 54.Ka4 Qa1+ 55.Kb5 Qf1+ 56.Ka4 Qa1+
GAME 3
Wei Yi (2740) - Maghsoodloo, Parham (2740)
Tata Steel Masters (chess24.com) [4] 2024.01.16
B12 Caro-Kann, advance variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Nec6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Na3 O-O 11.c4 Rd8 12.Nb5 Qxc5 13.Nc7 dxc4 14.Qc1 Nxe5 15.Nxa8 Nbc6 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Qc3 Rxa8 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.b3 b5 20.bxc4 Rc8 21.Rac1 bxc4 22.Rfd1 Kf8 23.Rd4 Bd3 24.Rd7 Ke8 25.Rb7 Be4 26.Rb4 Qg5 27.g3 Bd5 28.Rcb1 f6 29.Qc2 a5 30.Rb5 Qh5 31.Qa4 Kf7 32.Rxa5 Rd8 33.Ra7+ Kg6 34.Qc2+ Kh6 35.Qd2+ Kg6 36.Qc2+ Kh6 37.Qd2+ Kg6 38.Ra3 Qf5 39.Re1 Rb8 40.g4 Qb1 41.h4 Qb6 42.h5+ Kf7 43.Qe3 Qxe3 44.fxe3 Be4 45.Ra7+ Ke8 46.Rc1 Bd3 47.Rc3 g5 48.Rca3 Rc8 49.Rg7 Kf8 50.Raa7 c3 51.Raf7+ Ke8 52.Rb7 Kf8 53.Rgf7+ Ke8 54.Rbe7+ Kd8 55.Rb7 Ke8 56.Rfe7+ Kf8 57.Rec7 Rxc7 58.Rxc7 c2 59.a4 h6 60.a5 f5 61.Kf2 Ke8 62.gxf5 exf5 63.Ke1 g4 64.Kd2 Be4 65.a6 g3 66.Ke1 Kd8 67.Rc3 Ke7 68.a7 Kf6 69.Rxc2
Timestamps:
0:00 Hello Everyone
01:06 Anish Giri vs Gukesh
14:00 Nepo vs Donchenko
28:15 Wei Yi vs Parham Maghsoodloo
40:00 Pairings and Standings
42:00 Contributions
World Chess Champion Ding Liren returns for the 86th edition of the Tata Steel Masters, a 14-player single round-robin taking place from 13-28 January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move from move 1. A tie for first place will be decided by two blitz (3+2) games. If still tied, the players keep playing single "sudden death" games where White gets 2.5 minutes and Black 3 minutes until one side wins. The monetary prizes will be shared evenly. Official website: www.tatasteelchess.com
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@4:40 White Bishop takes pawn on f7... Wins Black Queen

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Bishop on f6 is defending Queen

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26:30 what about rook to g2 attacking the knight and preparing pawn push??

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Nepo dodging bullets. 😅

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That first game i would've blundered so many times lol

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31:11 That tactic is absolutely beautiful, and it’s only possible because of Maghsoodloo’s earlier Kf8. Just stunning, thanks for showing!

[@Lightn0x]

Surprised you didn't comment anything about the Qb6 move at 16:58. It seems so much better to me to take the queen trade, and after Rxd7 you can play Rxa4 and the position looks much better than what we get with Qb6. I thought I was missing something so I ran it through the engine, and even the engine favors Qxd7 over Qb6 by almost a full point.

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I think agad didn't cover because he thought Qxd7 doesn't favour black because black is already down a pawn

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@4.45 min anish just missed a discovered check by the bishop to win the queen and agadmator missed it too

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Nepo is a stupendous tactician

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In Nepo vs Donchenko... Nepo blocked with the knight very quickly .. he didnt really invested much time into it .. i think Donchenko was very low on time too

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At move 26 Giri should have played Bxf7 check!

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(first game)

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I would place the second game third, but all the games were amazing!

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42 mins....my life is now complete

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Wei Yi really a good player.

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Did someone play the Darkness Opening and get destroyed?

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I will say this...from the chess I've seen over the past 3 years or so I'm very surprised by the result of the game between Gukesh and Giri. Giri seemed to be trending every slightly down over the past decade and Gukesh has been playing like he was shot out of a rocket the last 3 years. Great win for Giri.

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At 4.44 bishop takes pawn check wins the black queen!????

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Bishop takes back. But then, at 11:03, why not ... Kxh5?

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Parham: I am playing *incredible* chess! Opponents: We don't care. Mate in 3.

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Anish is like a chess encyclopedia. Gukesh could not find any surprises for him.

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At 37:22 I would G7 check, then after the king moves I would give back the rook with G2. Probably the pawn on C3 would beat me though

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39:48 nice

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Parham is a wild man

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I almost forget that Giri existed in competitive chess world until this video.

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Parham did not take the form from Wei after the match.

[@Bhanukirandatta]

At 5:00, Anish could have captured pawn with bishop to check and capture qeeen?

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I am a simple man too, its 12:22am here in India and I'm 14 min into the video. Go Agad

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"You think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding."

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I wonder why at 11.02 Gukesh didn't take the h5 pawn

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Nice games

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Even though I am devoted to agadmator's videos I just don't have it in me to watch any chess recap 42 mins long unless of course it is a match between magnus and hikaru.

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I haven’t verified with an engine, but at 5:10 when explaining that “trade of rooks is best”, didn’t you forget about Bxf7 check winning the undefended queen?

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After a while I'm gonna watch 40 mint video in one go

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5:10 Instead of capture, Rook to B7 is very deadly and can win easily after promoted into a pig

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caption 🔥

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4:40 Bishop takes f7 with check. Wins the Queen no?

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LOL 😂 'He his playing brilliant chess its just his opponents dont seem to care'

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I died on that one 🤣🤣....

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#suggestion gukesh vs Nepo Tata steel 2024 The NxC6 as a moment to pause the video, can't wait

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4:42 can someone explain me what if bishop captured pawn on f7 with check ...

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at first game, when you asked to pause the video, I found QC2, with the same idea. Does it work or am I missing something?

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Great Games appreciated Enjoy your Day Agadmator if no other Tata steel games maybe one of your own 😊 Enjoy your Day Suggestion # Hans Neiman first win of tata tournament

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Hello. On min 0446 white bishop should capture with check

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@11:01 - why can’t black capture pawn on h5?