[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022"] [White "Rapport,Richard"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"] [Site "Madrid"] [Round "7.1"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2022.06.25"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "86"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qb3 Bg4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nxe4 Qxd4 13. Qxb7 Qxe4 14. Qxa8 Bh3 15. gxh3 Qg6+ 16. Kh1 Qe4+ 17. Kg1 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Qe4+ 19. f3 Qd3 20. Kg2 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Qd3 {Nepo's h-pawn. An attack can continue in the endgame:} 22. Nd2 $2 {This winning try brings White into large difficulties.} ({The repetition draw} 22. Kg2 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Qd3 24. Kg2 {was called for.} )Qd7 23. Ne4 $6 (23. Re1 {is the lesser evil, e.g.} Bh4 24. Re4 Bf6 25. Nb3 Na6 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Kg2 Kg8 28. Be3 h6 {and Black is better, but his attack is not as strong as in the game.} )Na6 24. Qxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bf4 Qxh3 26. Rad1 h6 $6 (26... h5 $19 {was even stronger.} )27. Bg3 $2 (27. Be3 {is more tenacious, but after} Qe6 28. Bxa7 Qxc4 29. b3 Qe2 {Black's attack continues.} )Nc5 28. Rfe1 Ne6 29. a3 $6 {Very slow, but the engines give Black a winning advantage anyway.} h5 (29... Nf4 $5 $19 )30. Rd3 Qf5 31. b4 h4 $1 {The most dangerous man comes closer and closer.} 32. Bb8 (32. Bxh4 {is met by} Nf4 33. Rd4 Ng6 34. Nd2 Nxh4 35. Rxh4 Qd3 36. Ne4 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1 Qxa3 $19 )Ng5 (32... c5 $5 $19 {is favored by the engines, but Nepo's move wins as well.} )33. Rde3 Nxe4 ({Of course not} 33... Nxf3 $4 34. Rf1 $11 )34. fxe4 Qf2 35. h3 Be7 36. Bh2 (36. Bxa7 {is met by} Bg5 37. Bc5 Bf4 38. R3e2 Qf3+ 39. Rg2 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1 Bh2+ 41. Rxh2 Qg3+ $19 )Bg5 37. Bg1 Qd2 38. R3e2 Qd3 39. Be3 Bf6 $1 { The bishop must remain as attacking potential and to destroy the defensive coordination of White's rooks.} ({Of course not} 39... Bxe3 $4 40. Rxe3 Qxc4 41. e5 {and White will be able to defend.} )40. Bxa7 $6 {This loses by force. But White is lost in any case, e.g.} (40. Rf2 Bc3 41. Ree2 Be5 42. Rg2 Qd7 43. Kg1 Qxh3 $19 {and Nepo's h-pawn will decide the day.} )Qxh3+ 41. Kg1 ({ After} 41. Rh2 Qf3+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ $19 {White loses one of his rooks.} )Qg3+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kh1 {runs into} Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Bc3 44. Re3 Qg4+ 45. Kf2 Qf4+ 46. Kg2 Bxe1 47. Rxe1 Qg3+ 48. Kf1 Qf3+ 49. Bf2 h3 $19 )h3 43. Bg1 (43. b5 h2 44. Rxh2 Qxh2 45. bxc6 Bh4 $19 )Bh4 ({After} 43... Bh4 44. Rf2 (44. Bh2 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Bxe1 $19 )h2 {Nepo's h-pawn has the last word due to} 45. Rxh2 Qxe1+ $19 )0-1