[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [White "Grischuk,Alexander"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Round "9.2"] [Annotator "Karsten Müller"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. h3 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bc4 e5 15. 0-0 Qd6 16. f4 Rb8 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 Re8 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Rbf1 Bd7 22. Bc4 Rbc8 23. Bb3 Bb5 24. R1f2 a5 25. d6 Bc4 {"No risk, no fun" - Sometimes the attacker has the choice between a direct draw and a risky continuation. Grischuk chose the risk, but Nepo opted out:} 26. Rxf7 $5 {The exchange sacrifice can be accepted and is risky. The computer favors Black from now on, but to me it seems White's d-pawn should give enough compensation.} (26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxf7 {leads more or less forced to a perpetual by White's rooks in seventh heaven:} d3 (27... Rxd6 28. Re7 $11 )28. Re7 Rxd6 29. Rff7 d2 30. Rg7+ $11 )Bxb3 {Now it is clearly drawn again.} ({The critical option was} 26... Bxf7 27. Rxf7 a4 {when in a human game all 3 results are possible, while objectively it should still be a draw, e.g.} 28. Bd5 (28. Be6 $2 Rxd6 29. Rc7+ Rxe6 30. Rxc8+ Kf7 31. Rc7+ Re7 32. Rc4 Rxe4 33. Rxa4 Ke6 34. Rb4 Kd5 35. Rxb7 d3 36. Kf2 h5 37. Rd7+ Kc4 $19 )Kh8 (28... d3 29. Kf2 Rf8 (29... Kh8 30. d7 Rc7 31. Be6 Rc6 32. Re7 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxd7 34. Ke1 $11 )30. Rf3+ Kg7 31. Ke3 $11 )29. d7 Rc7 30. Be6 Rc6 31. Bg4 Kg8 32. Re7 Kf8 33. Rxh7 Rf6 34. e5 Rf7 35. Rh4 Kg7 36. e6 Re7 37. Bf3 Rxe6 38. Rxd4 b5 39. Bg4 Re1+ 40. Kh2 $11 )27. axb3 Rxd6 28. e5 Rb6 29. Rd7 Rf8 30. Ra2 Rxb3 31. Rxa5 Re3 32. Rb5 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Rf7 34. Rbxb7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Rxe5 36. Rxd4 Re7 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Kh2 Rf7 39. Kg1 Re7 40. Kh2 Rf7 41. Re4 1/2-1/2