[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2021.12.08"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. h3 Be7 13. Nf3 h5 14. Ne2 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. g3 Be7 17. Kg2 Bf5 18. c3 c5 {½-½ (39) Carlsen,M (2855)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Stavanger 2021}) 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nf6 {To avoid Nd5 6...Nc6 injects fresh life into this line.} 7. d4 Nc6 8. c3 {[#] White is slightly better.} d5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({ Predecessor:} 8... Bf5 9. f3 h5 10. h4 O-O-O 11. Qxe7 Nxe7 12. Kf2 g6 13. Nh3 Nh7 14. Bc4 d5 {½-½ (41) Maghsoodloo,P (2706) -Aronian,L (2782) Kolkata 2021} ) 9. Nd2 Nd8 10. Nf3 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Re1 Rxe1+ 15. Nxe1 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. g3 g6 18. Ng2 Re8 19. f3 Nh5 20. Kf2 c6 21. g4 Ng7 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 g5 24. Ne2 f5 25. h3 Kf7 26. Rh1 h6 27. f4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Rxh6 {[#] Threatens to win with Bg6+.} Bf5 {Inhibits Bg6+.} 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Rh7+ Ng7 32. fxg5 {Nf4 is the strong threat.} Kg6 33. Rh3 Kxg5 34. Rg3+ Kf6 35. Rf3+ Ke7 36. Nf4 Kd6 37. Ng6 Re6 38. Ne5 Ne8 39. Rf7 {[#]} Rf6+ 40. Rxf6+ Nxf6 41. Ke3 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2