[Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2009.08.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2009.08.21"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bxc4 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. h3 Rb8 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bf1 Bb7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Rad1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. e5 Ne8 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf6 exf6 20. Bf4 Qc8 21. Bg3 Qd7 22. Re6 Nc8 23. Rde1 Nc7 24. R6e2 Qf7 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bf4 f5 27. h4 Rfe8 28. Bd2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Nb6 30. g3 Ncxd5 31. Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5+ Nxd5 33. Ba5 Rd7 34. Ne1 Kf7 35. Rd2 Nf6 36. f3 Ng8 37. Rd3 Ne7 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. Rxc3 Nc6 40. Nc2 a5 41. Kf2 Ra7 42. a3 Rb7 43. g4 f4 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Kd2 g5 46. h5 Ne5 47. Ne1 a4 48. bxa4 Ra7 49. Rb3 Rxa4 50. Nc2 Ra6 51. Ke2 d5 52. Rb8 d4 53. Re8+ Kd5 54. Rd8+ Kc4 0-1 [Event "Russia vs China (Rapid)"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2009.08.22"] [Round "7"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2009.08.21"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Ne5 a6 11. c3 cxd4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. g3 f5 16. Bg2 Bc5 17. Qd3 b5 18. O-O Kf7 19. a4 Rhd8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Rfd1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Bf1 Rd6 25. Be1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rb8 27. b4 Be7 28. Ra1 Ne4 29. f3 Nd6 30. Ra7 Rc8 31. Bf2 Rxc3 32. Bc5 Ke8 33. Bxb5+ Nxb5 34. Rxe7+ Kd8 35. Rxe6 Rxf3 36. Rg6 f4 37. Kg2 Rd3 38. gxf4 Rd7 39. Kf3 Ke8 40. Rb6 Nc3 41. Rd6 Rb7 42. f5 Kf7 43. Rd8 g5 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. f6+ Kh7 46. Kg4 Nd5 47. Kf5 Nxb4 48. f7 Kg7 49. Ke4 1-0 [Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 8. h4 a6 9. a3 b5 10. h5 h6 11. Rh3 Bb7 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Qd4 15. c3 Qd5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Rd8 18. Nb6 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Be7 20. Rg3 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rxg5 Rh7 24. Nc4 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Rc5 Kd7 27. g4 e5 28. Ne3 Nd4 29. Ra5 Kd6 30. Bxa6 Bc6 31. Bc4 f5 32. Nxf5+ Nxf5 33. gxf5 Rxh5 34. f6 Rf5 35. Ra6 Kc7 36. Ke1 Bb7 37. Re6 Bc8 38. Re7+ Kd6 39. Re8 Bd7 40. f7 1-0 [Event "Russia vs China (Blitz)"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. d5 Na5 12. Qb4 c6 13. a4 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Ba6 17. Qxa5 Bxe2 18. Qxa8 Bxd1 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nd4 e5 21. Nc6 Re8 22. Bd2 Be2 23. Bc3 f6 24. f4 Bb5 25. Nb4 d4 26. exd4 exf4 27. Ra5 Be2 28. Nd5 g5 29. Ra7 Bc4 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. Rc7 Bd3 33. g4 h5 34. d5 hxg4 35. Bxf6+ Kg8 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. d6 Kxf6 38. d7 Rd8 39. Nc6 Bc5+ 40. Kg2 Bb6 41. Rb7 Be4+ 42. Kf1 Bxc6 43. Rxb6 Rxd7 44. Rxc6+ Kf5 45. Rc5+ Ke4 46. Rxg5 Kf3 47. Ke1 Rb7 48. Rc5 Rxb2 49. Rc3+ Kg2 50. Rc4 Kxh2 51. Rxf4 g3 52. Rh4+ Kg1 53. Rh3 g2 54. Rh4 Rb8 0-1 [Event "Russia - China"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2012.07.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2012.07.02"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Nd1 Be7 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 Qa5 12. c3 b4 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bf2 Rb8 15. Bh4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Na4 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qc1 O-O 19. Qa3 Nc6 20. Qc1 Na7 21. Qe3 Bd7 22. h4 Nb2 23. h5 Ba4 24. Nf2 Bc2 25. h6 g6 26. Ng4 Nb5 27. Rfc1 Bd3 28. Bxd3 Nxd3 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nd7 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Qc7 32. Nf6 Qe7 33. Ng5 Nc7 34. Ngxh7 Rfd8 35. Qe1 Ne8 36. Nxe8 Kxh7 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Rc2 Rb5 39. Kh2 Rdb8 40. Qg3 Rb1 41. f5 exf5 42. Nxd5 Qf8 43. Qg5 Re1 44. Rc1 Re2 45. Rf1 Qd8 46. Ne7 Qf8 47. Nd5 Qd8 48. Nf6 Rbb2 49. Rg1 Rb6 50. Ne4 Qxg5 51. Nxg5 Rb7 52. Rd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel"] [Site "Biel SUI"] [Date "2013.07.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2013.07.22"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 Qe8 8. g4 c6 9. Bg2 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 Nfd7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Rd1 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. b3 h5 17. gxh5 Qxh5 18. f4 Qh6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Qd2 Be8 21. Nde2 Bh5 22. Qxd6 Ne6 23. Bf3 Rf6 24. Qd2 Rg6+ 25. Kh2 Bg4 26. Ng1 Rd8 27. Qe1 Rd7 28. Nce2 Bc3 29. Qg3 Bf6 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Bxg4 Rxg4 32. Qf3 Rg7 33. Ng3 Qg6 34. Nh5 Rh7 35. Qg3 Kf7 36. Qxg6+ Kxg6 37. Nxf6 Nxf6 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. Nf3 Kh5 40. Nd2 Rg7+ 41. Kh2 Nxd2 42. Bxd2 Rd7 43. Be3 a6 44. Kg2 Rd3 45. Re1 Rc3 46. Re2 a5 47. Kf2 a4 48. Rd2 axb3 49. axb3 Rxb3 50. Rd6 Nf8 51. Rf6 Nh7 52. Rxf5+ Kg6 53. Re5 Nf6 54. f5+ Kf7 55. Re6 Ne8 56. Rh6 Rb4 57. Bg5 Rxc4 58. Kf3 Rc5 59. Rh7+ Kg8 60. Rxb7 Rxf5+ 61. Kg4 Rf7 62. Rb8 Rf8 63. Rd8 Kg7 64. Kg3 Rf5 65. h4 Nf6 66. Bxf6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel"] [Site "Biel SUI"] [Date "2013.07.31"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2012.07.22"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3 Rb8 9. Rb1 f6 10. d3 Be6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nb3 O-O 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Na6 20. Qd2 Nd4 21. Qb2 Nb3 22. Rc3 Nbxc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Rb8 26. c6 Qc7 27. d4 exd4 28. Qxd4 b4 29. Ra1 a5 30. Bd5 Bf7 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qd6 Rc8 33. Rxa5 b3 34. Qb4 h6 35. Qb7 Rc7 36. Ra7 b2 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Qxb2 Rxc6 39. Qb1+ f5 40. Ra5 g6 41. Qd3 Rc7 42. Rd5 Re7 43. Rd6 h5 44. f3 Qg7 45. Kf2 Qf7 46. Qd2 Qe8 47. h3 Qb5 48. Qd3 Qe8 49. Rd4 Qc6 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Qc7 52. Kg2 Qe5 53. Rd7 Rxd7 54. Qxd7+ Kh6 55. Qd2+ f4 56. Qd3 g5 57. Qe4 Qc5 58. Kf1 Qc1+ 59. Kf2 Qc5+ 60. e3 fxe3+ 61. Qxe3 Qc2+ 62. Kg3 Qc7+ 63. Kh3 Qc6 64. Qe4 Qc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hainan Danzhou GM"] [Site "Danzhou CHN"] [Date "2016.07.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2778"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2016.07.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Na4 Bd4 10. c3 Bf6 11. O-O Ne5 12. Be2 O-O 13. f4 Nd7 14. Qc2 c5 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bf2 Bb5 19. Rab1 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Re1 Bc4 22. b3 Be6 23. a4 Rfd8 24. b4 Bc4 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Bg5 29. a5 g6 30. Qe4 Qe6 31. Bxc5 h5 32. Bd4 Rb3 33. Ra1 c5 34. a6 Bxa6 35. Qa8+ Qc8 36. Rxa6 Rb8 37. Bf2 Kg7 38. Qc6 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 40. Qe4 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"] [Site "Sharjah UAE"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2749"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2017.02.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 h6 9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Nh7 12. a5 h5 13. Ra3 Nd7 14. Nh3 Rb8 15. Be2 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Ra2 Ne5 18. Nf2 a5 19. O-O Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rfa1 Nc4 22. Qe2 Ra8 23. Bc1 Rfb8 24. Nfd1 Nf8 25. Ra4 Rb4 26. b3 Nb6 27. Qxa6 Rxa6 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Rxb3 30. Rb5 c4 31. Kf1 Nfd7 32. Bf4 Ne5 33. Be3 Nbd7 34. Ke2 Ra3 35. Rb4 Rb3 36. Ra4 Nb6 37. Ra6 Ned7 38. Kd2 f5 39. Kc2 fxe4 40. fxe4 Be5 41. h3 Kf8 42. Nb1 Rb4 43. Nd2 Ke8 44. Nf3 Bf6 45. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Team Chess Championship"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2017.06.24"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "164"] [EventDate "2017.06.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rfe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Na3 c6 19. Nc2 a5 20. Rd1 Kf8 21. Rd4 Ke7 22. Rf4 Rf5 23. Ra4 Kd6 24. Ke2 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Ra8 26. Ne3 Re5 27. Ke2 Kc7 28. Kd2 Kb6 29. Bf1 Re4 30. Ra3 Rae8 31. Bd3 R4e6 32. Ra4 Rf6 33. Ng4 Rf3 34. Be2 Rf5 35. Bd3 Rf3 36. Be2 Rf5 37. f4 h5 38. Ne5 d6 39. Nf3 c5 40. Ng5 d4 41. Bd3 Rf6 42. Be4 h4 43. Rc4 Re7 44. Rc1 d5 45. Bxd5 Rf5 46. Bc4 hxg3 47. hxg3 f6 48. Ne6 Rh5 49. Re1 Rh2+ 50. Re2 Rxe2+ 51. Kxe2 Kc6 52. g4 Kd6 53. f5 gxf5 54. gxf5 Rh7 55. a4 Rh5 56. Bd3 Rh2+ 57. Ke1 Rh3 58. Kd2 Rh2+ 59. Ke1 Rh3 60. Kd2 Rh2+ 61. Be2 Rf2 62. Nd8 Kc7 63. Ne6+ Kd6 64. Ng7 Rg2 65. Ne8+ Ke5 66. Nc7 Kxf5 67. Na6 Ke5 68. Nxc5 f5 69. Nd3+ Kd6 70. Ke1 Rg1+ 71. Kd2 Rg2 72. Ke1 Rg1+ 73. Bf1 Rg3 74. b4 axb4 75. Nxb4 Ra3 76. Bb5 Kc5 77. Nd3+ Kb6 78. Ke2 f4 79. Kf3 Ka5 80. Kxf4 Rxa4 81. Bxa4 Kxa4 82. Ke4 Kb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Blitz Championship"] [Site "Riyadh KSA"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "15.2"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. h3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. b3 Bf8 13. Bb2 b6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qc1 a6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Ba3 c5 20. Nd2 Bc6 21. Nf3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bb2 b4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Nxe5 Re8 28. Re3 Bd6 29. Ng4 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Qe7 31. Qd2 Qe6 32. Ne3 Be4 33. c3 Qxb3 34. cxb4 cxb4 35. Qd4 Bf8 36. Ng4 Qe6 37. Nxh6+ Qxh6 38. Qxe4 Qd2 39. Qd4 Qe2 40. g3 b3 41. h4 Qe6 42. h5 f6 43. Kg2 Qc6+ 44. f3 Qc2+ 45. Kh3 Qf5+ 46. Kg2 Qxh5 47. g4 Qc5 48. Qe4 Qc2+ 49. Qxc2 bxc2 50. Kf1 Bd6 51. Bc1 Kf7 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Kxc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2019.01.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Bf5 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ba5 Qa6 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Bf1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d/^Ivoire (Rapid &"] [Site "Abidjan CIV"] [Date "2019.05.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2019.05.08"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne8 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Ra5 Rb4 19. Nf1 Nb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Rxb5 Rd4 22. Qa5 f5 23. Qc7 Be5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Ra5 Rb4 26. Ra8 Nb6 27. Raa1 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxb6 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Qxe2 31. Qxd6 Qxb2 32. Rd1 c4 33. Qc6 Rf8 34. Qxc4 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Bg4 36. d6+ Rf7 37. Rb1 Be2 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Ne3 Bf3 42. h3 Bc6 43. Nd5 Re8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Nxh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8 47. Qg5 Re6 48. d7 Re1+ 49. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 50. Kh2 Ke7 51. Qc5+ 1-0 [Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d/^Ivoire (Rapid &"] [Site "Abidjan CIV"] [Date "2019.05.11"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 h5 4. h3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Be6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Nge2 d5 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Qd7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Rc1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ne7 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Qf3 c6 21. b4 a6 22. a4 f6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Kf7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rc4 Rde8 27. Bd2 Rxe1 28. Bxe1 g6 29. Bc3 Re8 30. Bd4 Qe6 31. Ra4 Re7 32. Ra6 Qe4 33. Bc5 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rc7 35. g4 h4 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. f4 f5+ 38. Kf3 Nf6 39. Bf2 fxg4+ 40. hxg4 h3 41. Ra1 Rb7 42. Bd4 0-1 [Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d/^Ivoire (Rapid &"] [Site "Abidjan CIV"] [Date "2019.05.12"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nbd2 a5 15. Qb1 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Nb4 17. f4 a4 18. Bd1 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 c5 20. dxc5 Qc7 21. Rc1 f6 22. e6 d4 23. Bxd4 Qxf4 24. Nf3 Rfd8 25. a3 Rxd4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. c6 Rc4 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Qc1 Qxe6 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Rc1 Bd6 32. Kh1 Bf4 33. Nd4 Qe3 34. Rd1 g6 35. Qc5 Qe4 36. Qxb5 Be5 37. Qb7 Rc7 38. Qa8+ Kf7 39. Qh8 g5 40. Nf3 Bf4 41. Re1 Qf5 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Nd4 Qd3 44. Ne6+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kh6 47. Nxc7 Qg3 48. Kg1 Bxc7 49. Qe3 Qh2+ 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Qd3+ Kh6 52. Re7 Bb6+ 53. Ke2 Qxg2+ 54. Kd1 Qh1+ 55. Kc2 Qxc6+ 56. Kb1 f5 57. Qxf5 1-0 [Event "GCT Croatia"] [Site "Zagreb CRO"] [Date "2019.07.01"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 Nb6 16. Qb3 Qf6 17. Be3 Qg6 18. Bf2 h5 19. e4 h4 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Rae1+ Kd8 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. d5 c5 25. a4 Bxa4 26. Qa3 Re8 27. b4 Rc8 28. bxc5 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 hxg3 30. hxg3 dxc5 31. Kg2 Qc2 32. Qe3 Rc7 33. Qe6 Rd7 34. d6 Kc8 35. Rh1 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.08.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nh4 a4 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Nc4 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qa7 15. Qf3 e4 16. dxe4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bd3 d5 19. Bf4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 23. Kh2 Qb6 24. Rd1 Qxb2 25. f6 Qxc3 26. fxg7 Qc6 27. Qf5 Re8 28. Bxh6 Qxh6 29. Qxf2 Qg5 30. Kh1 Re4 31. Rf1 Qe7 32. Qd2 Kxg7 33. Qb2+ Qe5 34. Qxb7 Re1 35. Qf3 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 c5 37. Qc4 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qb4 39. Qd3 a3 40. Qg3+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ Kg7 42. Qg3+ Kh7 43. Qd3+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Kolkata Rapid & Blitz"] [Site "Kolkata IND"] [Date "2019.11.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2019.11.22"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Rc8 16. h3 Bh5 17. a4 cxd4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb2 Nbd7 20. Bxd4 Ne5 21. Bb1 Nfd7 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. g4 Bg6 24. Qxb5 h5 25. Ra7 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nc6 27. Ra4 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Nc5 29. Rc4 Rb8 30. Qc6 Re8 31. e5 Bxb1 32. Rxb1 Bxe5 33. N4f3 Nd3 34. g5 d5 35. Rh4 g6 36. Qa6 Nc5 37. Qf1 Bg7 38. Qh3 Ne4 39. Kg2 Nxg5 40. Qh2 Nxf3 41. Nxf3 Re4 42. Rd1 Rxh4 43. Qxh4 Bf6 44. Qa4 Qd6 45. Rc1 d4 46. Qc6 Qf4 47. Qd7 Qxc1 0-1 [Event "GCT Kolkata Rapid & Blitz"] [Site "Kolkata IND"] [Date "2019.11.25"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. Ne5 c5 16. Bf4 cxd4 17. Nxg6 e5 18. Nxe5 dxc3 19. Ng6 cxb2 20. Rb1 Nxg6 21. Bxc7 Rb7 22. Bd6 Rd8 23. Qc2 Be6 24. Ba3 Rdb8 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qe4 Rb6 27. Bc5 Ra6 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxa2 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Qc4 Ra1 32. Qc7+ Ne7 33. Qf4+ Kg6 34. Qxb8 Rxb1 35. Qb3 Kf7 36. Qc2 Rc1 37. Qxb2 Rc5 38. Qd4 Ra5 39. g4 h5 40. Kg3 hxg4 41. hxg4 a6 42. f3 Rd5 43. Qf4+ Kg7 44. Qc7 Kf7 45. f4 a5 46. Kh4 Ke8 47. Qb8+ Kf7 48. Qa7 Ke8 49. g5 Rf5 50. Kh5 Kf7 51. Kh6 Rxf4 52. Kh5 Rf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Kolkata Rapid & Blitz"] [Site "Kolkata IND"] [Date "2019.11.26"] [Round "16.5"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bd4 9. Rb1 a6 10. Be2 b5 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O c6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Re1 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nd7 17. a4 Qb8 18. h3 h6 19. Rec1 Qb7 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Ne2 d5 22. Ng3 Kh7 23. f3 d4 24. Bf2 bxc4 25. dxc4 a5 26. bxa5 Qc7 27. Be1 Nc5 28. Qd1 Nb7 29. Nf1 Nxa5 30. Bxa5 Qxa5 31. Ra1 Rcb8 32. f4 Rb4 33. f5 Bxc4 34. Nd2 Bd3 35. Ra3 Qa6 36. Qh5 Rb2 37. Nf3 f6 38. Nxe5 fxe5 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Rxc6 Rxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Qxc6 42. Rxd3 Rxa4 43. Kh2 Qa6 44. Rd2 Kh7 45. Rc2 Qf6 46. Qg3 Ra1 47. Rg2 Rc1 48. Qb3 Qh4 49. Qf3 Rc3 50. Qg4 Qxg4 51. Rxg4 Re3 52. Kg2 d3 53. Kf2 d2 0-1 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 a5 16. Rb2 axb4 17. axb4 Bd8 18. c4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qc2 Re8 21. g3 bxc4 22. Qxc4 c6 23. Nf4 Bg5 24. Ne2 d5 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Qb3 h5 27. b5 h4 28. b6 h3 29. Kh1 Reb8 30. Rfb1 Bd8 31. Qb5 Qg4 32. Qxd5 Ra5 33. Qc6 Rc5 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Ng1 Rxb6 36. Qxd8 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Rc1 38. Qh4+ Qxh4 39. gxh4 Rd1 40. f3 1-0 [Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.04.27"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2020.04.18"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Re1 Nf6 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 Bxc4 14. d4 Be6 15. b3 Rb4 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Ba3 Rbb8 19. Na4 Rdc8 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxe7 Bc6 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 a6 25. f4 h6 26. Kf2 Bb5 27. Ke3 Rd8 28. Rcc7 Rd3+ 29. Ke4 Rd2 30. Rxf7 Re8+ 31. Kf5 Bd3+ 32. Kg4 Rxh2 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Bd6 Rf2 35. Bc5 Rd2 36. Bb4 Rc2 37. Rxc2 Kxg7 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rxh6 Re2 41. Rd6 Re3 42. Kh4 Be2 43. g4 Rf3 44. Rd4 Rf2 45. Kg5 1-0 [Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.04.27"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D70"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.04.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. d5 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na7 15. h4 Nb5 16. Nge2 e6 17. h5 exd5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Nef4 Bf7 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. a3 g5 24. Nc7 Qe5 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 26. Nd5 h6 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Qb4 Kh7 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Qe7 Qg6 31. Qxb7 Rc6 32. Qd7 Rc5 33. Ne7 Qf6 34. Nf5 1-0 [Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.04.27"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2020.04.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Re8 8. a4 a5 9. Bd2 b6 10. Bc3 Ng4 11. O-O f6 12. Bd2 g5 13. h3 Nh6 14. h4 Nf7 15. hxg5 fxg5 16. Nh2 Re6 17. Ne3 Rg6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rf6 20. Qg4 h6 21. Qh3 Qd7 22. Ng4 Rxf5 23. Nf6+ 1-0 [Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.04.27"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2020.04.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 Bf8 10. h4 b5 11. Ne3 Nc5 12. h5 a5 13. g4 Ne6 14. Nf5 a4 15. a3 c5 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qd2 c4 19. Qxf4 Ra6 20. d4 Bb7 21. e5 Qd5 22. Rg3 c5 23. Ne3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. c3 cxd4 26. cxd4 f6 27. g5 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 fxe5 29. O-O-O e4 30. Rf5 b4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Rb5 Bd6 33. Kb1 Rf8 34. Nxc4 Rxf2 35. Re1 Rf4 36. g6 hxg6 37. hxg6 Rf6 38. Rg5 Bc7 39. Rc5 Rac6 40. Rxe4 Rxg6 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Rc8 Rxc5 43. dxc5 Bf4 44. c6 Ke7 45. Nb6 Kd6 46. Ka2 Be5 47. Nxa4 Rg4 48. Ka3 Rc4 49. Nb6 Rxc6 50. Nc4+ Kd5 51. Ne3+ Kd6 52. Nc4+ Kd5 53. Rxc6 Bxb2+ 54. Kxb2 Kxc6 55. Ne3 g5 56. Kc3 g4 57. Nxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2020.05.06"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2020.05.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 b5 12. Bxc5 Rc8 13. Bd4 Bxf3 14. Bxg7 Bxe4 15. Bh6 Qb6 16. f3 Bf5 17. g4 Bd7 18. h4 Be8 19. h5 f6 20. hxg6 Bxg6 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Bxb5 Nd7 23. Kf2 Rab8 24. Be2 Qa3 25. Bd4 Rb2 26. Qe3 Ne5 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qxe5 Qd6 29. Qxd6 exd6 30. Rhe1 Re8 31. Rcd1 Rc8 32. Kg3 Rxc3 33. a4 a5 34. Bf1 Rb4 35. Re6 Rxa4 36. Rxd6 Raa3 37. Rf6 Kg7 38. d6 Rc8 39. d7 Rd8 40. Re6 Rb3 41. Re5 Rb7 42. Bb5 Bc2 43. Rd2 Bg6 44. Re8 Rbb8 45. Rde2 1-0 [Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2020.05.08"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.05.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Be3 Be7 22. Re1 Bb4 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Bxd5 25. Nc4 Rfe8 26. f3 Kg8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kf2 Rc8 29. Ne3 Bxb3 30. axb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.06.21"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2020.06.21"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qd3 Be7 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ng3 Nb4 16. Qe2 d3 17. Qe4 b5 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bb7 20. Qxb5 Rfd8 21. b3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bg5 23. Kg2 Bd2 24. Re4 Rd5 25. Qc4 Qd7 26. Qa4 Qd8 27. Re2 Rd4 28. Qa6 Qd5 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Ne4 Qxe5 32. Qxa7 Rd5 33. Qe7 f5 34. Nxd2 Qe2 35. Ne4 Rxd1 36. Qxe6+ Kf8 37. Qxf5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. a4 Qf1+ 43. Kg3 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.06.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2020.06.20"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. e4 Rb8 12. a4 Re8 13. f3 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Nb5 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Bf4 Rbd8 18. g4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bb5 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Qxa5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. Kh1 Qa4 26. Bxd6 f5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qd4 29. Rxb5 Qxe4 30. Rb3 f4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Nd1 Rd7 33. Rd3 g5 34. Nc3 Re5 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Kg2 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rde7 39. d6 Rd7 40. Rb5 Kf6 41. Rxe5 Kxe5 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. Rxg5 Rxd6 44. Rg6+ Ke5 45. Rxd6 Kxd6 46. Kf3 Ke5 47. Nb5 b6 48. Na7 1-0 [Event "Legends of Chess"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.07.22"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. h4 f6 10. Rh3 fxe5 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Re3 d6 13. Qf3 e4 14. Qd1 d5 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5+ Bc6 20. Rxe4+ Be7 21. Qd5 Rd8 22. Bxc6+ Kf8 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rd3 Kg7 26. Rf3 Qxb2 27. Rf7+ Kh6 28. g4 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Bb4 30. Rd4 Rhe8+ 31. Kf3 Qh1+ 32. Kg3 Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Re3+ 34. fxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Bf3 1-0 [Event "Legends of Chess"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.07.22"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nf4 Nc5 9. h4 e5 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 Bxc4 14. Qa4 d5 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qc2 Qe8 18. b3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bxa1 20. Ba3 Bd4 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Bxe4 Qd6 23. Rd1 Qxg3+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Bg2 Qxh4 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Qf3 Bg7 28. Qg3 Qe7 29. Re1 Qc5 30. Bc4 Rf8 31. Kg2 Bd4 32. f3 Kg7 33. Qh4 Bf6 34. Qg4 Rd8 35. Qe6 Qg5+ 36. Qg4 h5 37. Qxg5 Bxg5 38. a4 Bf4 39. a5 Kf6 40. a6 Be5 41. Re3 Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd4 43. Re1 g5 44. Re3 Rh4 45. Rd3 Rh2+ 46. Kg1 Rb2 47. Rd7 h4 48. Rh7 Kf5 49. Rf7+ Kg6 50. Re7 Kf5 51. Rf7+ Bf6 52. Rxc7 Bd4+ 53. Kf1 h3 54. Rh7 Rf2+ 55. Ke1 h2 56. Be2 Rg2 57. Kd2 Be5 58. f4 Kg6 59. Rh3 Bxf4+ 0-1 [Event "Legends of Chess"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.07.22"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Rd1 d4 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. d3 Bh4 13. Qf4 c5 14. Nd6 Be7 15. Nxb7 Qc7 16. Nd6 Nc6 17. Nc4 Ndxe5 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Bf3 g5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Bxc6 Bf6 24. Re1 Qxc6 25. Nxe5 Qb7 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Nxf3 c4 28. dxc4 d3 29. cxd3 Rxd3 30. Rab1 a5 31. b3 Kg7 32. Red1 Rfd8 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rc1 Bd8 35. Kg1 Bc7 36. Kf1 e5 37. Ke2 e4 38. Nd2 f5 39. Rd1 Bb6 40. g4 Kf6 41. gxf5 Kxf5 42. Nxe4 Rxd1 43. Ng3+ Kf4 44. Kxd1 Bxf2 45. Nh5+ Kg5 46. Ke2 Bb6 47. Ng3 Kf4 48. Nh5+ Kg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Skilling Open"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.11.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2020.11.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Opera Euro Rapid"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2021.02.07"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2021.02.06"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Nb1 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2021.04.27"] [Round "14"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2774"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ne2 exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. Nec3 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. O-O Bd4+ 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Nxd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng3+ 16. Kg1 Nxf1 17. Nc2 Nxh2 18. Qe3 O-O 19. Qg5 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qh3 21. Bf4 Qxf3 22. Nd2 f6 23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. Nxf3 Bg4 25. Nd2 Be2 26. Kf2 Bd3 27. Ne1 c4 28. Bxd6 Rfe8 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Bc7 Kf7 31. Ra3 Rac8 32. d6 Ke6 33. Rxd3 Kd7 34. Nc4 Rxc7 35. Nb6+ 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "14.6"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Kb1 a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 a4 17. g4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. c4 Ba3 20. Be1 Nf4 21. Qc2 Rfd8 22. h5 c5 23. Bc3 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Bb4 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. a3 Qc5 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Nf3 Qd6 30. Ka1 b6 31. g5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 f5 33. Qb7 Rd7 34. Qa8+ Rd8 35. Qxa4 Qe7 36. Nf3 Qb7 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Kh7 39. Qb3 Kh6 40. c5 Nd5 41. Ne5 Qc7 42. Qg3 Kxh5 43. Qh2+ Kg5 44. Nf3+ Kf6 45. Qxc7 Nxc7 46. cxb6 Na6 47. b4 Ke7 48. Kb2 Kd6 49. Kc3 Kc6 50. Nd4+ Kxb6 51. Nxe6 g6 52. a4 1-0 [Event "Airthings Masters"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2022.02.22"] [Round "14.5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 a5 16. Rb2 axb4 17. axb4 Bd8 18. c4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qc2 c6 21. Nf4 Qb7 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. g3 Ra3 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Ra8 27. Rc1 g6 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Ra2 30. Kf1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 c5 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Rc8 Rc2 38. h4 h5 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Rc7 Kf6 41. Rc6+ Ke7 42. e5 Kd7 43. Rf6 Ke7 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. f4 Rg2 46. Rc6 Re2+ 47. Kf3 Rd2 48. Ke3 Rg2 49. Rxc5 Rxg3+ 50. Ke4 Rh3 51. Rc7+ Ke8 52. d4 Rxh4 53. Rc8+ Kd7 54. Rg8 Rh1 55. d5 Re1+ 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Ke3 Re1+ 58. Kf2 Rd1 59. d6 h4 60. Rh8 g5 61. Rh7 gxf4 62. Rxf7+ Ke6 63. Rxf4 Kxe5 64. Rxh4 Rxd6 65. Rh3 Rf6+ 66. Rf3 Rxf3+ 67. Kxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Madrid ESP"] [Date "2022.06.17"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Liren Ding"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2806"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2022.06.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 Ng4 13. Bb2 Qh5 14. h4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Nxe3 16. dxe3 Bf5 17. Na4 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Nc7 19. Nc4 Re6 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21. Rd4 h6 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Kh2 Bg4 24. Na5 Rf6 25. Kg1 g5 26. Nxb7 gxh4 27. Nc5 h3 28. Rxe4 hxg2 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. f4 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qxa1 32. Kxg2 Bh3+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2022"] [Site "Madrid ESP"] [Date "2022.06.26"] [Round "8"] [White "I Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2806"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2022.06.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Qf3 c6 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 f5 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Kg7 20. g3 Kf6 21. Bd3 h5 22. Kg2 Rh8 23. Kf3 fxg3 24. hxg3 h4 25. Rh1 hxg3 26. fxg3 a5 27. a4 Bb4 28. Ref1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Ke5 30. Rh4 Rg8 31. Rg4 Rxg4 32. Kxg4 f6 33. Kf3 f5 34. Ke2 Bc3 35. Kf3 Bb4 36. Ke2 Bc3 37. Kf3 Bb4 1/2-1/2