[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [White "Vachier Lagrave,Maxime"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Round "7.2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2020.03.25"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2774"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. e4 {} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 {6...Qa5 is the modern continuation.} 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 {The position is equal.} Rg8 11. Bb5+ {[#]} Kf8 $146 {White must now prevent ...c4.} ({ Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. e6 Qxf4 16. exd7+ Kxd7 17. Bxf4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 {1-0 (36) Bartel,M (2629)-Jaroch,K (2254) Zgierz 2017} )12. Bd3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. d4 bxc5 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ne2 c4 19. 0-0 Rb6 20. Qc2 Rh8 (20... Ra6 $14 )21. a4 $16 Ke8 22. Rb4 Nc6 23. f4 Ne7 ({But not} 23... Nxb4 $6 24. cxb4 Qa6 25. b5 $14 )24. Rfb1 f5 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Bc1 Kf7 {White stays focused until the end.} (26... Rf8 $14 )27. Ba3 Rhb8 {} 28. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 {[#]} 29. g4 $1 Rxb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. gxf5 {Threatens to win with Rxb5.} Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 exf5 33. Ng3 Qb6 (33... Qa3 $142 )34. Nxf5+ $18 Kf8 35. Qa1 Qe6 {[#]} (35... Kg8 $142 36. Ne7+ Kh8 )36. Ng3 $1 Qg4 $2 (36... Qb6 {was necessary.} 37. Qa3+ Kf7 )37. Kg2 Qxf4 38. Qxa7 Ke7 39. Qa3+ Kd8 40. Qd6 g5 {intending ...g4.} 41. hxg6 h5 42. g7 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 62%.} 1-0