[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [White "Nesterov,Arseniy"] [Black "Giri,Anish"] [Site "Baku"] [Round "2.3"] [Annotator ""] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2023.08.04"] [WhiteElo "2554"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "88"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 7. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 8. Ne2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:2]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:0:3]} b6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 12. Bb5 {[%emt 0:0:1]Nowadays more popular than 12.Qd2.} Rc8 {[%emt 0:2:12]} 13. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:2:28]} 14. d5 {[%emt 0:0:6][#]} Bb7 $0 $146 {[%emt 0:1:14]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd7 15. Qd2 e6 16. Nf4 Re8 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Nd3 c4 19. Nb4 a5 20. Nc2 b5 )15. c4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 16. Qa4 {[%emt 0:3:25]} exd5 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 17. exd5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:1:55]} 18. Qb3 {[%emt 0:2:15]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:0:25]} Re8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 20. a5 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:2:16]} 21. axb6 {[%emt 0:6:11]} axb6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} (21... Qxb6 $0 $15 22. Qa2 Be5 )22. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:0:30]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:1:59]} 23. Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:32]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:3:8]} 24. Rb1 {[%emt 0:4:18]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:0:50]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:4:17]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:0:55]} 26. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:16]} (26. Qd1 $0 $11 )Bf5 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 27. Qb5 {[%emt 0:1:22][#]} (27. Rbc1 $0 $17 )Rxe3 $1 {[%emt 0:1:0]} 28. fxe3 {[%emt 0:0:30]} Bxb1 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 29. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 30. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:39]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:4:34]} 31. Nxb1 {[%emt 0:3:26][#]} Qa2 $1 {[%emt 0:0:43]} ({ But not} 31... Rxc4 32. d6 Qa2 33. Kh1 $0 $18 (33. d7 Rc2 $0 $16 ))32. Qe4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 33. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 34. Na3 {[%emt 0:0:26]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 35. e4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 36. Nc2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:1:30]} 37. Na3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:0:33]} 38. Nb5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 39. Nc7 {[%emt 0:0:14]} c4 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 40. Rc1 {[%emt 0:0:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:55]} 41. Ne6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 42. Rd1 $2 {[%emt 0:0:13]} (42. Rc2 )c3 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 43. Nd4 $0 $19 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 44. d6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} c2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 0-1