
Loek van Wely plays 33….d2 and there’s no saving Hikaru Nakamura
76th Tata Steel Chess 2014 Round 7: Levon Aronian consolidated his lead despite a draw with Boris Gelfand and the game of the day was Loek van Wely beating Hikaru Nakamura. The other decisive game was Richard Rapport beating Pentala Harikrishna. Read a full report on
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[…] 1.e4 c6 2.♘c3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.♘xe4 ♗f5 5.♕f3 ♗g6 6.♘e2 e6 7.c3 ♕d5 8.♘2g3 ♘d7 9.h4 h6 10.♗d3 ♘gf6 11.♘xf6+ gxf6 12.♕xd5 cxd5 13.♗e2 ♗d6 14.h5 ♗c2 15.♘f1 a6 16.b3 ♖c8 17.♗d2 ♖g8 18.♘e3 ♗h7 19.c4 dxc4 20.♘xc4 ♗f8 21.♖c1 ♖d8 22.♗f3 ♘b8 23.♘a5 ♖xd4 24.♘xb7 ♗a3 25.♖c7 ♘d7 26.♘a5 ♘e5 27.♘c6 ♘xf3+ 28.gxf3 ♖d5 29.b4 ♖gg5 30.♗xg5 fxg5 31.O-O ♔f8 32.♖e1 ♗b2 33.a4 ♗c3 34.♖e3 ♗f6 35.♔g2 ♗c2 36.♘e5 ♗xe5 37.♖xc2 ♗d6 38.♖e4 ♔e7 39.♖c6 a5 40.bxa5 ♖xa5 41.♖b6 ♖a7 42.♖b5 ♔d7 43.♖d4 ♔c6 44.♖c4+ ♔d7 45.♔f1 ♗c7 46.♔e2 ♔d6 47.♔d3 ♔d7 48.♖d4+ ♔c6 49.♖c4+ ♔d7 50.♔c2 ♔d6 51.♔b3 ♗a5 52.♖d4+ ♔e7 53.f4 gxf4 54.♖xf4 f5 55.♖f3 ♗c7 56.♖d3 ♔f6 57.♖d7 ♔g5 58.♖e7 ♗b6 59.f4+ ♔xf4 60.♖xe6 ♗e3 61.♖xh6 ♖f7 62.♖g6 ♔f3 63.h6 ♗d4 64.h7 ♖xh7 65.♖xf5+ ♔e4 66.♖fg5 ♖e7 67.a5 ♗e5 68.♔c4
[…] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 d6 6.g4 ♘ge7 7.♘b3 a6 8.h4 b5 9.♗g2 ♗b7 10.g5 ♖c8 11.♕e2 h5 12.a4 b4 13.♘a2 g6 14.♗f4 ♗g7 15.♖d1 ♘e5 16.♘xb4 ♘c4 17.♘d3 ♕b6 18.O-O O-O 19.♘d2 ♖fd8 20.♘xc4 ♖xc4 21.♘e5 dxe5 22.♗e3 ♖cd4 23.c3 ♗c6 24.b3 ♕xb3 25.cxd4 exd4 26.♗f4 ♕xa4 27.♕f3 ♗b5 28.♖a1 ♕b4 29.♖fd1 d3 30.♖ab1 ♕a3 31.♗f1 ♘c6 32.♕g3 ♕a2 33.♖bc1 d2 34.♖xd2 ♖xd2 35.♗xb5 axb5 36.♗xd2 ♘d4 37.♖c8+ ♔h7 38.♕c7 ♕b1+ 39.♗c1 ♘f3+ 40.♔g2 ♘xh4+ 41.♔h3 ♕xe4 42.♕f4 ♕h1+ 43.♕h2 ♕b7 44.♖d8 ♗e5 45.f4 ♕f3+ 46.♕g3 ♕h1+ 47.♕h2 ♕f3+ 48.♕g3 ♕h1+ 49.♕h2 ♕xc1 50.fxe5 ♕xg5 51.♕f4 ♕xd8 52.♕xf7+ ♔h6
[…] 1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♘f6 3.♘c3 ♘xe4 4.♕h5 ♘d6 5.♗b3 ♗e7 6.♕xe5 O-O 7.d4 ♘c6 8.♕f4 ♘a5 9.♗d5 ♘e8 10.♗f3 ♘c6 11.♘d5 ♗d6 12.♕d2 b6 13.♘e2 ♘f6 14.♘e3 ♖e8 15.O-O ♗f8 16.c4 g6 17.b3 ♗g7 18.♗b2 ♗b7 19.♖ae1 d6 20.♘c3 ♕d7 21.♘ed5 ♖xe1 22.♖xe1 ♖e8 23.♘xf6+ ♗xf6 24.♖xe8+ ♕xe8 25.♘d5 ♗d8 26.g3 ♘a5 27.h4 ♗xd5 28.♗xd5 ♘c6 29.h5 ♘e7 30.♗f3 ♘f5 31.d5 ♕f8 32.♗g4 ♕h6 33.♕e1 ♘g7 34.♕c3 ♔f8 35.hxg6 hxg6 36.b4 ♘e8 37.♗c1 ♗g5 38.f4 ♗f6 39.♕d3 ♕h8 40.♔g2 ♗c3 41.a3 a5 42.♗d7 axb4 43.axb4 ♗b2
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 d5 4.♘c3 ♗b4 5.♗g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c5 8.axb5 cxd4 9.♗xf6 gxf6 10.♕xd4 ♘d7 11.♕xc4 ♗c5 12.♗e2 ♗b7 13.O-O ♖c8 14.♕d3 ♗b6 15.♘a4 ♘c5 16.♕xd8+ ♖xd8 17.♘xc5 ♗xc5 18.♖fc1 ♗b6 19.♖c4 ♔e7 20.♔f1 ♖d6 21.e5 ♖d5 22.exf6+ ♔xf6 23.♖f4+ ♔e7 24.♗c4 ♖h5 25.h3 ♖c8 26.b3 ♗c7 27.♖xa7 ♗xf4 28.♖xb7+ ♖c7 29.♖b6 ♖d7 30.♔e2 ♗d6 31.♖a6 ♗b4 32.h4 ♖c5 33.♖a8 ♗c3 34.g3 h6 35.♗d3 ♖cc7 36.♖a6 ♖d6 37.♖a8 ♗d4 38.♘xd4 ♖xd4 39.♗c4 ♖d8 40.♖xd8 ♔xd8 41.g4
[…] 1.♘f3 ♘f6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6 4.g3 ♗a6 5.b3 ♗b4+ 6.♗d2 ♗e7 7.♗g2 c6 8.O-O d5 9.♕c2 ♘bd7 10.♖d1 O-O 11.a4 h6 12.♘a3 c5 13.♕b2 ♗b7 14.b4 dxc4 15.♘xc4 cxb4 16.♗xb4 ♖c8 17.♘d6 ♗xd6 18.♗xd6 ♖e8 19.a5 ♗e4 20.axb6 ♖c2 21.♕b5 ♕xb6 22.♕xb6 axb6 23.e3 ♖ec8 24.♘e1 ♗xg2 25.♘xc2 ♖xc2 26.♔xg2 ♘e4 27.♗e7 b5 28.♖f1 ♘b6 29.♖ac1 ♖a2 30.♖a1 ♖c2 31.♔g1 ♘d5 32.♗c5 ♘ec3 33.♖a7 h5 34.♖b7 g5 35.g4 hxg4 36.♗d6 ♖a2 37.♖e1 ♘e4 38.♗g3 b4 39.♖c1 ♘dc3 40.♔g2 ♘xg3 41.hxg3 ♘e4 42.♖f1 ♘d2 43.♖xb4 ♘xf1 44.♔xf1 ♔g7 45.♖b1 ♔g6 46.e4 ♖d2 47.♖b4 ♖a2 48.♖c4 f6 49.♔e1 ♔f7 50.♔f1 ♔g6 51.♔e1 ♔f7
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.♘f3 g6 3.♗f4 ♗g7 4.e3 O-O 5.♗e2 d6 6.O-O b6 7.a4 a6 8.h3 ♗b7 9.c3 ♘bd7 10.♘bd2 e6 11.♗h2 ♕e7 12.a5 b5 13.c4 bxc4 14.♘xc4 ♖fb8 15.♕a4 ♘d5 16.♖fe1 ♘7f6 17.♘fd2 ♕d7 18.♕a3 ♗c6 19.♖ac1 ♘b4 20.♘b6 cxb6 21.♕xb4 ♗f8 22.axb6 ♘d5 23.♕a5 ♘xb6 24.♖c2 ♘d5 25.♖ec1 ♗a4 26.b3 ♗xb3 27.♘xb3 ♖xb3 28.♗c4 ♖b7 29.♗xd5 exd5 30.♕xd5 ♕b5 31.♕f3 a5 32.♗f4 ♕d7 33.♕d5 ♕b5 34.♕f3 ♕d7 35.♖c6 ♖ba7 36.♔h2 a4 37.♖c7 ♕e6 38.♖b7 d5 39.♖xa7 ♖xa7 40.♕e2 a3 41.♕b5 a2 42.♖a1 h5 43.♕b8 ♕a6 44.♕b3 ♕a5 45.g4 h4 46.♔g2 ♕b4 47.♕c2 ♕c4 48.♕b2 ♗b4 49.♗e5 ♖a8 50.g5 ♔f8 51.♗f6 ♔g8 52.♗e5 ♗c3 53.♖xa2 ♕xa2 54.♕xc3 ♕c4 55.♕b2 ♕c6 56.♕e2 ♖a1 57.♕b2 ♖a8 58.♕e2 ♕e6 59.♕f3 ♕f5 60.♕xd5 ♕xg5+ 61.♔f3 ♕h5+ 62.♔g2 ♕g5+ 63.♔f3 ♕f5+ 64.♔g2 ♖c8 65.♕f3 ♕xf3+ 66.♔xf3 f6 67.♗d6 ♖c2 68.e4 g5 69.d5 ♔f7 70.♗b8 ♖c3+ 71.♔g2 ♖d3 72.♗c7 ♔g6 73.♗b6 f5 74.exf5+ ♔xf5 75.♗a7 ♖xd5 76.♗b6 ♖d3 77.♗a7 ♖b3 78.♗c5 ♖d3 79.♗b6 ♖a3 80.♗c5 ♖b3 81.♗d4 g4 82.hxg4+ ♔xg4 83.♗e3 h3+ 84.♔h2 ♖b7 85.♗d4 ♖f7 86.♗c5 ♔f3 87.♗d4 ♖h7 88.♗e3 ♖g7 89.♗d4 ♖g6 90.♗e3 ♖g8 91.♗d4

