[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"] [White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"] [Black "Carlsen,Magnus"] [Site "Dubai"] [Round "1.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2021.11.26"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2855"] [PlyCount "89"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. h3 Na5 9. Nxe5 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. d3 d5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 12. exd5 Qxd5 {} 13. Qf3 Bd6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxe5. White is slightly better.} 14. Kf1 $1 Rfb8 {Threatens to win with ...Qxe5.} 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 c5 {[#]} 17. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Ng4 f5 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Re2 Re8 22. Nf3 Rf8 23. Re6 {1-0 (61) Bellegotti,G (2415)-Sychov,A (2196) ICCF email 2016} )Rd8 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Rec1 Rac8 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. Be3 Ne7 22. Bf4 (22. Nc3 {is more complex.} Nf5 23. Ne4 Bf8 24. g4 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 g6 26. Ke2 )Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Rc6 25. Re1 Nf5 26. c3 Nh4 27. Re3 Kf8 28. Ng2 Nf5 29. Re5 g6 30. Ne1 (30. Ke2 { is interesting.} Ng7 31. Nf4 Rf6 32. Re4 b4 33. Ra5 )Ng7 31. Re4 f5 32. Re3 Ne6 33. Ng2 b4 34. Ke2 Rb8 35. Kd2 bxc3+ 36. bxc3 Rxb3 37. Kc2 Rb7 38. h4 Kf7 39. Ree1 {The position is equal.} Kf6 40. Ne3 Rd7 41. Nc4 {[#] Ne5 is the strong threat.} Re7 42. Ne5 Rd6 43. Nc4 Rc6 44. Ne5 Rd6 45. Nc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2