The final round of the Tata Steel event is starting shortly. As I have been busy with other chess events, I've only caught up with the some of the games from the tournament. Unlike the 'high altitude' Super-duper GM events, the make of the field in this event does lend itself to more exciting (but possibly less correct) chess.
In the following game, Black allows White to build up quite the attacking position, but it doesn't really kick off until 22, after Black allowed White to kick off the final attack with a piece sacrifice. While it could be argued that Black missed the strength of the sacrifice, a more sensible strategy would have been to avoid the position all together. But then we would not have seen the queen sac at the end!
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Masters Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (12.3), 01.02.2025
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Qe7 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nh4 Nb6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. a5 Nc4 18. Na4 Nd6 19. Nc5 a6 20. Rfc1 Bc8 21. Qb3 Nb5 22. Nxa6+ bxa6 23. Rxc6 Rd7 24. Nf5 Qd8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. a6 Ra7 27. Qxb5+ Ka8 28. Nd6 Bd7 29. Qb7+ 1-0
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