[Event "WCh 2023"] [White "Nepomniachtchi,I"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Site "Astana KAZ"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "Robert Ris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2023.04.21"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "163"] {[%evp 0,45,25,16,10,25,17,16,25,18,30,-5,-18,-10,28,13,13,3,0,-8,-3,-5,18,26,8,-9,5,17,-2,3,3,16,18,9,-6,1,-8,-11,19,9,20,-7,-4,-21,0,0,0,12]} 1. e4 e5 (1... e6 {Game 7} )2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 {Game 1} (6. d3 {Game 5} ))4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 (6... d6 )7. Nbd2 (7. exd5 Qxd5 )dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 (8... Qe7 9. b4 {1/2-1/2 (80) Nakamura,H (2736) -Ding,L (2799) Chess.com INT 2021} )9. a4 (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 (11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 $11 )Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 $11 )Qe7 10. Qc2 (10. Qe2 )Nb8 (10... Bg4 $6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 $16 )11. Re1 (11. Bd3 h6 {1/2-1/2 (42) Carlsen,M (2832)-Kramnik, V (2808) Leuven 2017} )(11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 b6 13. h3 Bb7 {0-1 (24) So,W (2773)-Nakamura,H (2760) Chess.com INT 2022} )Rd8 12. h3 h6 (12... c6 $6 13. Bf1 $14 )13. Nf1 c6 (13... Nh5 $6 14. Ne3 c6 {1-0 (45) Gopal,G (2580) -Gupta,A (2625) Pardubice 2017} 15. Bf1 $14 )14. Bc4 Na6 15. Ng3 Qc7 (15... Bd6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. b4 $14 )16. Ba2 (16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nc5 18. b4 Be6 $15 )(16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Be3 Nc5 18. b4 Ncxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bb6 Qxb6 21. Qxe4 Re8 22. Nxe5 Be6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Qf3 axb4 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qc7 27. Nd7 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 bxc3 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ Kh8 31. Ne5 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 (31) De la Rosa Solorzano,J (2426)-Genga,S (2424) ICCF email 2021} )b5 (16... Bf8 )17. Qe2 Rb8 $6 (17... Bf8 $1 18. axb5 (18. Nh4 Nc5 )cxb5 19. Qxb5 Nc5 $1 )18. Nh4 $1 Bf8 (18... bxa4 $2 19. Bc4 $16 )19. Qf3 bxa4 20. Bxh6 Nc5 (20... gxh6 $2 21. Qxf6 $18 )21. Ng6 (21. Bg5 $5 Rd3 $1 22. Qe2 Nh7 23. Be3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxb2 25. Re2 $14 )Rxb2 (21... Rd3 22. Be3 Bd6 )22. Nxf8 Rxf8 (22... Kxf8 $4 23. Qxf6 $1 $18 )23. Bg5 $6 (23. Bc4 $5 $14 )(23. Bxg7 $2 Kxg7 24. Qe3 Ne6 $1 25. Nf5+ (25. Bxe6 )Kh8 26. Qh6+ Nh7 $17 )(23. Qe3 $5 gxh6 (23... Ne6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qc1 $1 $16 (25. Bg5 Nh7 ))24. Qxc5 (24. Qxh6 Rxa2 $1 25. Rxa2 Nh7 26. Nh5 f6 27. Re3 Kh8 28. Rg3 Rf7 29. Rd2 Ne6 30. Qg6 Rf8 31. Qh6 Rf7 $11 )Qb6 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Bc4 $14 )(23. Be3 $6 Nb3 $1 )Nh7 24. Bc1 (24. Be3 Nb3 $1 )Rb5 $6 (24... Rc2 $1 25. Bb1 (25. Ba3 $2 Nb3 $1 26. Bxb3 axb3 27. Bxf8 Nxf8 $17 )Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nb3 $11 )(24... a3 $2 25. Bxb2 axb2 26. Rab1 Ba6 27. Red1 Rb8 28. Qe3 $18 )25. Ba3 Re8 (25... Rd8 )26. Bc4 (26. c4 Rb4 27. Bxb4 $2 axb4 $19 )(26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. c4 )Be6 27. Bxe6 $6 (27. Bxb5 cxb5 28. Qe3 (28. Rad1 Qb6 )Nd7 (28... Rc8 29. Nf5 $16 )29. Rab1 $16 )Nxe6 28. Nf5 c5 29. Qe2 (29. c4 $2 Rb3 )Rb3 30. Qc4 Qc6 31. Bc1 Nf6 32. Qxa4 (32. Rxa4 $2 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxa4 34. Qxe5 Qb4 $15 )Qxa4 33. Rxa4 Rxc3 34. Bb2 Rb3 35. Bxe5 Rb4 (35... Nd7 )36. Rxa5 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Nxe4 38. Ra4 Nd4 39. Bxd4 cxd4 40. Rxd4 g6 41. Ne3 Kg7 42. Rb4 Ng3 43. Rb7 (43. fxg3 Rxe3 )Nf5 44. Ng4 (44. Nxf5+ gxf5 )Re7 45. Rb5 Re1+ 46. Kh2 Re2 47. Rb7 Nd6 48. Ra7 Kf8 49. Kg3 f5 50. Kf3 (50. Nf6 Ne4+ 51. Nxe4 Rxe4 )Re7 51. Ra8+ (51. Rxe7 fxg4+ )Re8 52. Rxe8+ Kxe8 53. Ne5 g5 54. h4 gxh4 55. Kf4 h3 (55... Ne4 $4 56. Nd3 $18 (56. f3 $2 Nf2 $11 ))(55... Ke7 56. Ng6+ Kf6 57. Nxh4 Ne4 )56. gxh3 Ke7 57. Nc6+ Kf6 58. Nd4 Ne4 59. f3 Nf2 60. h4 (60. Nxf5 Nxh3+ $11 )Nd3+ 61. Kg3 Kg6 62. Ne6 Kf6 63. Nf4 Nb4 64. Kf2 Ke5 65. Ke3 Nc2+ 66. Kd2 Nd4 (66... Kxf4 67. Kxc2 Kxf3 68. h5 Kg2 69. h6 f4 70. h7 f3 71. h8=Q f2 $11 )67. Nd3+ Kf6 68. Ke3 Nc2+ 69. Kf4 Nd4 70. Kg3 Ne2+ 71. Kf2 Nd4 72. Nf4 Ke5 73. Ne2 Ne6 74. Kg3 Kf6 75. Kg2 Kg7 76. Kf2 f4 77. Kg1 Kg6 78. Kg2 Kh6 (78... Kh5 $4 79. Kh3 Kg6 80. Kg4 )79. Nc1 Kh5 80. Kh3 Nd4 81. Nd3 Nxf3 82. Nxf4+ 1/2-1/2