[Event "Meltwater Tour "] [White "So,Wesley"] [Black "Carlsen,Magnus"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator "Nagesh Havanur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2022.11.14"] [PlyCount "36"] [Setup "1"] [FEN "4r3/3R1p1k/4bPpp/pp2P3/P3BQ2/1q5P/6P1/6K1 w - - 0 37"] 37. Re7 Rxe7 {Carlsen gets rid of the menacing rook on e7 and hopes to neutralise the threat of the emerging White pawn on e7 with his queen and bishop.} ({Engines offer a spectacular line with} 37... Rg8 $1 38. axb5 a4 39. Kh2 a3 40. Qg3 Qxb5 41. Rxe6 $1 a2 42. Re7 a1=Q 43. Bxg6+ $1 Rxg6 44. Rxf7+ Kh8 45. Rf8+ Kh7 $11 {Not easy for a human player to find it just before reaching time control.} )38. fxe7 Qd1+ $4 {A tempting move to gain time on clock and a losing blunder as now the queen is far from defending the squares around the king.} ({He missed} 38... Bd7 $1 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. e8=Q+ Bxe8 41. Qxe8+ Kg7 42. Qxb5 Qxb5 43. axb5 a4 44. b6 a3 45. b7 a2 46. b8=Q a1=Q+ 47. Kh2 Qd4 {White is still a pawn up. However, he enjoys only a slender advantage on account of the activity of the Black queen.} )39. Kh2 Qd7 40. axb5 $2 {Obvious and wrong. It helps his adversary to prolong the struggle. But let us remember that Wesley So was just reaching the time control.} ({He missed an immediate win with} 40. Qf6 $1 bxa4 41. Bxg6+ $1 fxg6 42. Qf8 a3 43. e8=Q Qxe8 44. Qxe8 a2 45. Qe7+ Kh8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qxa5 $18 )Qxe7 41. b6 a4 42. b7 Qc7 43. Qg3 h5 44. Qa3 h4 45. Qb2 $2 {This allows Carlsen to prolong the struggle.} (45. Qd6 $1 Qc1 46. Bxg6+ $1 (46. b8=Q $2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ $11 )Kxg6 47. b8=Q $18 { would have clinched the issue.} )Bb3 46. Bd5 Qb8 47. Qd4 $2 {This squanders all advantage.} ({With} 47. Be4 $16 {he would have avoided exchange of bishops and retained a positional plus.} )Bxd5 48. Qxd5 Kg7 49. g3 a3 50. gxh4 Qc7 51. Qb3 Qxe5+ 52. Kg2 a2 53. Qxa2 Qe4+ 54. Kg3 Qxb7 {Now it's a draw, though the players fought on for 113 moves!} 1/2-1/2