[Event "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2862"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "Peter,Doggers"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3 Bg4 (8... Be6 9. O-O dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 b5 12. Bb2 a5 13. a3 Qd3 { Kasimdzhanov,R (2657)-Vidit,S (2718) Isle of Man 2019}) 9. Qc2 dxe4 $146 (9... Bxb4 10. cxb4 Nxb4 11. Qb1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 Nh5 14. h3 Be6 {Gulbas,C (2393)-Zor,A (2167) Kemer 2018}) 10. dxe4 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. O-O Ne7 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. Nh4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 (19. Ndf3 $5) 19... Bxg6 20. Nf1 Rd8 21. Qf3 c5 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Ng3 $6 ({Afterward the game, Carlsen regretted allowing ...c4, which means} 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Ng3 { is the alternative. If White is still better, it's just a tiny advantage.}) 23... c4 24. Bc2 h6 25. Be3 Qc6 {Black is fine now.} 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 g6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Ra1 Ra8 {Engines even prefer Black slightly here.} 30. Qe2 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qd2 h5 34. Kh2 Qc6 35. Qe2 Qe6 36. g3 Bd8 37. Kg2 Bb6 38. Bg5 Nh7 39. Bc1 Nf6 40. Bg5 Nh7 41. Bc1 Nf6 42. Bg5 1/2-1/2