[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2021.11.28"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 {10...Nd7 gains popularity.} 11. Nf1 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} h6 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Ne3 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 14. c4 bxc4 15. Nxc4 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rb8 16. Ncxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Kh7 18. Bxf7 Qd6 19. Bc3 Red8 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. Nf7 Qe7 { 1-0 (41) Arakhamia Grant,K (2447)-Yildiz Kadioglu,B (2244) Rijeka 2010}) 16. Rc1 a5 17. Bc3 Bc8 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Be6 21. h3 ({Reject} 21. Bxa5 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxa5 $17) 21... c6 {The position is equal.} 22. Bc2 d5 $1 { [#]} 23. e5 $1 dxc4 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. exf6 Bb4 26. fxg7 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kxg7 28. Kf1 Rab8 29. Rb1 Kf6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Bxb1 $11 {Endgame KB-KB} Ke5 33. Ke2 f5 34. Bc2 f4 35. Bb1 (35. f3 {looks sharper.} Bd7 36. Be4 c5 37. Bc2 Bc6 38. h4) 35... c5 36. Bc2 Bd7 37. f3 Kf6 38. h4 Ke5 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Kf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2