[Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"] [White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"] [Black "Ding,Liren"] [Site "Astana"] [Round "1.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2023.04.09"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "97"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 13,97,11,20,0,0,0,0,2,4,0,9,18,31,23,36,4,15,18,18,12,26,27,27,28,30,33,39,39,35,32,29,27,37,35,38,44,40,40,79,76,75,76,76,72,80,66,62,23,31,0,0,0,52,44,52,13,15,15,17,0,29,36,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:49]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:0:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:25]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:9:17]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:0:35] C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation.} exd4 {[%emt 0:1:28]} 9. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:42]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:4:0]} 11. Qe3 {[%emt 0:0:36] [#]} Bg4 $146 {[%emt 0:7:55]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne6 12. Bg3 Bc5 13. Qc3 Qe7 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Rad1 {½-½ Groszpeter,A (2446)-Pinter,J (2540) HUN-chT 1516 2015 (8.7)} )12. Nd4 {[%emt 0:3:40]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:8:46][%cal Yc5e4]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:24:3]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:2:7] [#]} 14. Nf5 {[%emt 0:3:7]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:5:33]} (14... Bxf5 15. exf5 )15. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:5:18]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 16. Bg3 {[%emt 0:0:42]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:1:12]} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:4:4]} f6 {[%emt 0:1:2]} 18. h3 {[%emt 0:3:34]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:56]} 19. Kh2 {[%emt 0:2:17]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:14:45]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:5:17]} b6 {[%emt 0:7:2]} 21. a3 {[%emt 0:7:53]} a5 {[%emt 0:4:6]} 22. Ne2 {[%emt 0:5:4]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:10:8]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 24. Rd3 {[%emt 0:0:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:8:25]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:2:14]} c6 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 26. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:2:44]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 27. Qf4 {[%emt 0:0:18] Hoping for Qb8.} b5 {[%emt 0:5:2]} 28. Qb8 {[%emt 0:3:24]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:0:38] Black is weak on the dark squares} 29. Bd6 {[%emt 0:14:25] White is more active.} Qd7 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 30. Ng3 {[%emt 0:6:57][%cal Ye2g3,Yg3f5,Yf5d4][%mdl 32]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:1:27]} 31. f4 {[%emt 0:1:49]} h5 {[%emt 0:3:38]} 32. c3 {[%emt 0:2:21]} c4 {[%emt 0:0:59]} (32... h4 $11 33. Nf5 Bg6 )33. h4 $14 {[%emt 0:2:41]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 34. Qb7 {[%emt 0:4:32][%csl Yc6,Yf7]} (34. Qxd8 {simplifies} Nxd8 35. a4 Nb7 36. Ba3 )Be8 {[%emt 0:0:42]} (34... Qxd6 $2 35. Qxf7 Qxf4 36. Qxe6 $18 )35. Nf5 {[%emt 0:0:22]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:0:49]} 36. Qb8 {[%emt 0:1:4][%cal Ya3a4]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:1:28]} 37. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:3:38]} Nxd8 $11 {[%emt 0:0:2][%cal Ye6d8,Yd8b7,Yb7c5,Yc5d3][%mdl 4128] Endgame KBN-KBN} 38. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:46]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:0:33] The position is equal.} 39. e5 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:1:46]} 40. Kg3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 41. Bc7 {[%emt 0:9:56]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:4:54]} 42. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:0:41]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:2:18]} 43. Bb4 {[%emt 0:5:14]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:13:34] ...c5 is the strong threat.} 44. e6+ {[%emt 0:0:15][%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:0:6] aiming for ...c5.} 45. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:0:4] Black must now prevent Nd8+.} Bd7 {[%emt 0:1:15]} 46. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 47. Kf3 {[%emt 0:2:10]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:7:43]} 48. g3 {[%emt 0:1:54]} Nc1 {[%emt 0:3:26]} 49. Ke3 {[%emt 0:1:5] Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2