[Event "???? ?? ?????? ??????Ð"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2023.04.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Egrnegr200"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,90,19,-12,-9,-12,-13,-13,-35,-19,4,26,31,36,42,26,26,3,39,29,28,24,56,19,33,15,29,30,59,45,43,35,78,79,91,84,87,79,76,63,78,70,75,88,69,65,66,55,54,54,51,53,44,53,53,51,63,67,40,36,31,10,82,79,80,83,47,53,63,52,63,67,75,79,69,40,38,40,38,38,18,13,11,6,5,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 {[%eval 23,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 29,0]} 2. Nc3 {[%eval 3,0]} e5 {[%eval 32,0]} 3. Nf3 {[%eval 0,0]} Nc6 {[%eval 18,0]} 4. e4 {[%eval 3,0]} Bc5 {[%eval 14,0]} 5. Nxe5 {[%eval 5,0]} Nxe5 {[%eval 6,0]} 6. d4 {[%eval 11,0]} Bb4 {[%eval 0,0]} 7. dxe5 {[%eval 0,0]} Nxe4 {[%eval 8,0]} 8. Qf3 {[%eval 9,0]} Nxc3 {[%eval 4,0]} 9. bxc3 {[%eval 19,0]} Bc5 {[%eval 75,0][%csl Gc4,Gc3,Ge5,Gg7][%CAl Gf3g3,Gg3g7] Inaccuracy. Ba5 was best. ????, ?? ????? ?????????? ??????. ???? ?????? ?????? ?? ??????, ??? ????????? ???????. ? ? ?????, ? ? ?????? ???? ???? ???????? ? ???? ??????. ? ????? ?????? ?????, ? ? ?????? ???? ???????????? ? ???????? ?????? g7.} (9... Ba5) 10. Qg3 {[%eval 65,0] ??? ?????? ???. ??? ?????? ??????? ?????? ????? g7. ?????? ?????? ???? ????? ??f8, ??????? ?????.} Kf8 $1 {[%eval 5,0][%CAl Gg3g7,Gf8g7] ?????? ???! ?????? ?????? ???? ??????????, ??? ???????? ??? ?????. ???????? ???????, ??? ?????? ?????????? ???????????, ?? ????????????? ?????? ??????? ?????? ? ?????????.} 11. Be2 {[%eval 33,0][%CAl Gc1f4,Ga1d1,Gd1d8] ?? ?????? ???????, ?????? ????? ????????? ????? ?? ?2, ? ?? ?? d3.????? ???? ????? ????????, ??? ?? d3. ????????, ????? ?????? ???????? ?????? ????? d ??? ?????.} d6 {[%eval 38,0]} 12. Bf4 {[%eval 16,0] ????? ???????? ????????? ??????, ? ?????? ?????????? ???? ???????? ????????. ?????? ???????? h5 c ?????? ?? ??????????? ??????.} Qe7 {[%eval 43,0] ?? ????? ?? ????????? ? ???? ????????? ?? ????? E. ????? ???? ???????????? ? ??????????.} 13. Rd1 {[%eval 39,0][%CAl Gd1d8,Gd8e7] ??? ? ? ???????, ????? ????????? ????? ?? d1. ?? ??? ??? ?????? ????? ????? ? ????? d, ?? ?????? ??? ?? ????????????.} h5 $1 {[%eval 4,0][%CAl Ge7e1,Gh5h4,Gg7g2,Gc5f2] ?????? ???????? ????? ?? ??????????? ??????! ?????? ????? ????????? ??? ????? ???????: ?? ???????????? ?????? ? ?? ????? E.} 14. O-O {[%eval 37,0] ??? ????? ????????????. ??? ?????????, ??? ??? ?????????? ?? ????? ? ?????? ???? ??????.} h4 $1 {[%eval 42,0] ?????????? ?????! ?????? ????????? ????? ???????????? ?? ??????????? ??????.} 15. Qd3 {[%eval 39,0] ??? ?????? ?????? ?? ?????????? ????. ?????????????, ??? ?????? ???????? ????? ?? d6( ? ?????? ???????????? ?????). ??? ????????, ??? ?????? ???????? ?????, ?????? ??? ?? ?????????? ????????! ?????? ???????? ?? ?? ????? ??????, ???????? ????? ?? ????? ???????? ??? ????? ???? ? ?????? ?????? ??-?? ?????? ?????.} g5 {[%eval 41,0] ?? ????? ????? ? ?????, ?? ??????????, ???????? ?? ???? ????. ????????? ????????? ??? ??????? ??? ??????? ?????? ??? ?????.} 16. exd6 {[%eval 49,0] ? ??? ?????! ?????? ??????? ????.} cxd6 {[%eval 44,0] ? ??? ?????? ???? ?????- ???????????? ??????? ??? ?????. ??????? ?????? ????? ????? ??????, ????? ???? ?????????? ? ????????.} 17. Bxd6 {[%eval 5,0] ???? ????????? ? ????????.} Qxd6 {[%eval 5,0]} 18. Qxd6+ {[%eval 41,0]} Bxd6 {[%eval 56,0]} 19. Rxd6 {[%eval 62,0]} Be6 {[%eval 32,0][%csl Gc4,Gc3,Ga2][%CAl Ge6c4,Ga8c8,Gc8c4,Gc4a2,Gc5c3] ??????? ???? ??????- ????????? ?????? ????? ?????.} 20. f4 {[%eval 36,0] ????? ????????? ?????? ????? ? ????????? ????? F.} Ke7 {[%eval 39,0]} 21. Rd4 {[%eval 4,0]} gxf4 {[%eval 37,0]} 22. Rfxf4 {[%eval 26,0]} h3 {[%eval 5,0]} 23. g4 {[%eval 26,0] ????? ???? ???????? ????? ????? ????????????????, ??????? ???????? ??????? ? ?????? ?????.} Rac8 {[%eval 35,0]} 24. Kf2 {[%eval 33,0] ??? ??????? ?????? ?? ?????? ?????, ?????? +0.2} Rc5 {[%eval 5,0]} 25. a4 {[%eval 22,0] ????? ??????????? ????????????.} Ra5 {[%eval 33,0]} 26. Bd1 {[%eval 43,0] ?????? ????????? ???????? ?? ????? ?????, ?? ????? ????????.} b6 {[%eval 39,0] ?????? ???????????. ??? ????? ??????, ?? ?????????, ??? ???.} 27. Kg3 {[%eval 36,0] ??? ?? ?????? ?????. ???? ???? ??????? ?? ????? h3, ?? ???? ??? ?????????? ??-?? ????????????? ???????? ????? ?4.} Rh6 {[%eval 28,0] ??????? ?????.} 28. Rfe4 {[%eval 14,0]} Kf8 {[%eval 22,0] ?????? ?????? ????????, ????? ?? ????? ??????? ??.} 29. Rd8+ {[%eval 8,0]} Kg7 {[%eval 16,0]} 30. Ra8 {[%eval 0,0] ?????? ?????? ????? ?????? ??????? ?? ????? ?4 ? ???????? ??, ?????? ????? ????? ? ????? ?????? ????? ?7.} Rc5 {[%eval 8,0] ?????? ?????????? ?????? ?????.} 31. Rxa7 {[%eval 5,0]} Bxc4 {[%eval 5,0][%CAl Gc5c3,Gc4e6] ????? ?????????, ??????? ?????.} 32. Rae7 {[%eval 0,0] ??? ????? ??????? ??????? ? ???? ? ???????.} Rhc6 {[%eval 0,0]} 33. R7e5 {[%eval 0,0]} Rxe5 {[%eval 0,0]} 34. Rxe5 {[%eval 0,0]} Bb3 {[%eval 0,0]} 35. Bxb3 {[%eval 0,0]} Rxc3+ {[%eval 0,0]} 36. Kh4 {[%eval 0,0]} Rxb3 {[%eval 0,0]} 37. Rb5 {[%eval 0,0]} Ra3 {[%eval 0,0]} 38. Rxb6 {[%eval 0,0]} Rxa4 {[%eval 0,0]} 39. Kxh3 {[%eval 0,0] ????? ???????????? ????????? ???????? ???? ???????? ????????? ????????.} f5 {[%eval 0,0]} 40. gxf5 {[%eval 0,0]} Rf4 {[%eval 0,0] ???????? ?????? ??????? ?????, ??? ?????????? ?????} 41. Rb5 {[%eval 0,0]} Kf6 {[%eval 0,0]} 42. Kg3 {[%eval 0,0]} Rxf5 {[%eval 0,0]} 43. Rxf5+ {[%eval 0,0]} Kxf5 {[%eval 0,0]} 44. h4 {[%eval 0,0]} Kg6 {[%eval 0,0]} 45. h5+ {[%eval 0,0]} Kxh5 {[%eval 0,0] ?????.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Nepo - Ding, WCC 2023: Game 10 - Liren v"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2023.04.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/rowrulz"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,90,15,-13,-12,-35,-35,-24,-16,-16,31,25,34,34,26,51,36,24,18,31,31,36,56,15,19,32,31,30,51,43,35,40,87,85,70,79,69,69,69,69,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,61,54,58,54,53,53,53,53,51,51,43,53,31,29,3,83,83,86,71,72,63,75,79,50,42,43,40,40,30,15,19,15,8,6,6,3,3,3,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 (4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:04] Was game}) 4... Bc5 (4... Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04] leads to a similar structure from game}) 7. b4 Bb6 {Has been a high-level battle ground recently}) 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 (8. Qd4) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc5 $5 {Seemingly a surprise to Ding} (9... Ba5 {Is the main line. Caruana was speculating that Ding was intending to castle queenside} 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O $5 {Carlsen, M. - Caruana, F., 1/2-1/2, FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, 2019, https://lichess.org/1OdQ8CAQ} (11. Be2 d6 12. Rd1 Bd7 {has been fairly reliable for black})) (9... Be7 10. Qg3 g6 {Carlsen, M. - Nepomniachtchi, I., 1/2-1/2, Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019, https://lichess.org/H3kWf8rs Was surely checked by team Ding} (10... Kf8 {Appears to be a worse version for black as in the game - the bishop is more passive on e7})) 10. Qg3 Kf8 {Ding was clearly out of preparation here. Quite a direct approach from team Nepo. Black has ideas of ...d6 to free the position and also ...h5!?} (10... O-O $6 11. Bg5 (11. Bh6 g6 12. Bxf8 Bxf8 {Gives reasonable compensation for the exchange}) 11... Be7 12. Bh6 g6 13. h4 $36) 11. Be2 {In this completely fresh position there are alternatives at every juncture. Developing the kings bishop immediately is natural as white wants to evacuate the king from the centre} (11. Bd3 d6 12. Bf4 dxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bxc7 Qe7+ 15. Kf1 {Was an interesting line discussed by Caruana}) 11... d6 (11... h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. O-O h4 $5 14. Bxh4 d6 {With a messy position}) 12. Bf4 Qe7 (12... h5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Rd1 h4 15. Bxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 {Is a typical endgame that could arise where the question is does white have chances to press with the extra doubled c-pawn}) 13. Rd1 h5 14. O-O (14. exd6 {Heading directly to the endgame is certainly a valid option} cxd6 (14... Bxd6 $4 15. Rxd6 cxd6 16. Bxd6 $18) 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rd4 Be6 19. Kd2 {White can try and exploit the fact he hasn't castled yet to use the king on the queenside} Rac8 20. Re1 Rc5 $14 {White has what winning chances there are - I'm not sure how significant these are especially against a well prepared opponent} 21. Bf3 b6 22. Kc2 Kf6 23. Bd5 {Does look very pleasant for white}) 14... h4 15. Qd3 g5 {Trying to force the typical endgame} 16. exd6 (16. Be3 Qxe5 {looks good for black}) 16... cxd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Be6 $14 {White is a pawn up but clearly has a weak queenside structure and black is nicely centralised and solid. Ding doesn't really manage to pose many problems from here} 20. f4 Ke7 21. Rd4 gxf4 22. Rfxf4 h3 23. g4 Rac8 24. Kf2 (24. Bf3 Rhd8 $1 (24... b6 $6 25. Bd5) 25. Bxb7 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Rb8) 24... Rc5 25. a4 Ra5 26. Bd1 b6 27. Kg3 Rh6 28. Rfe4 Kf8 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rc5 31. Rxa7 Bxc4 32. Rae7 Rhc6 33. R7e5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Bb3 $1 35. Bxb3 Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 Rxb3 37. Rb5 Ra3 38. Rxb6 Rxa4 39. Kxh3 f5 $1 {The simplest immediately liquidating} 40. gxf5 Rf4 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Kg3 Rxf5 43. Rxf5+ Kxf5 44. h4 Kg6 45. h5+ Kxh5 {A very high quality game and a confident hold with the black pieces for Nepo who edges one step closer to the title. Nepo chose a relatively rare line with 9...Bc5!? which Ding seemed not to be prepared for. Despite this Ding made some good logical moves and the position reached an endgame where white was a pawn up but had a poor pawn structure and it seemed that black was never really in great danger. Somewhat disappointing for Ding that he couldn't put more pressure on with the white pieces but there are still 4 games remaining and the tension is likely to increase from here} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Europe-Echecs"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2023.04.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventCountry "KAZ"] [SourceTitle "europe-echecs.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,90,19,-12,-9,-12,-13,-13,-35,-19,4,26,31,36,42,26,26,3,41,39,40,43,67,7,20,53,38,22,58,27,37,21,78,85,83,86,86,86,86,77,79,75,79,82,80,65,59,58,55,62,63,63,51,44,51,38,67,48,55,47,37,6,96,77,82,68,57,42,46,57,56,52,58,75,75,38,40,40,40,42,19,17,9,9,11,9,4,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 ({Au lieu de} 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 {1-0 Ding,L (2788)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2795) FIDE World Championship 2023 Astana (4) comme dans la quatrième partie.}) 4... Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc5 $5 {9...Fc5 change de 9...Fa5 que Fabiano Caruana mentionne que Magnus Carlsen a été le premier joueur à jouer, contre lui. — Le placement du Fou en c5 a surpris Ding Liren.} (9... Ba5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb2 Rb8 13. Bd3 b5 14. cxb5 Bb7 15. Qh3 g6 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Rhe1 Bc6 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Bxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Qa3+ 21. Kd2 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qg4+ 23. Kd2 Qb4+ 24. Ke2 Qg4+ 25. Kd2 Qb4+ {½-½ Carlsen,M (2876)-Caruana,F (2812) FIDE Grand Swiss ENG 2019}) 10. Qg3 {Après 11 minutes.} Kf8 {Ian Nepomniachtchi est dans sa préparation.} (10... O-O $6 11. Bh6 g6 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. Bd3 d6 14. O-O Be6 {et les Noirs ont à peine des compensations suffisantes pour la qualité.}) (10... g6 $5 {affaiblit trop les cases noires.} 11. Bd3 d5 $6 (11... d6 $5 12. Bg5) 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Qh4+ Kd7 15. Qf4 Ke8 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Bc4 Qd7 18. Rd1 $18 {1-0 (34) Leitao,R (2592)-Svane,R (2615) Titled Tuesday INT blitz 2021}) 11. Be2 {Après 14 minutes.} (11. Bf4 d6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Be2 h5 {1-0 (49) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Cardoso Cardoso,J (2414) Titled Tuesday INT blitz 2020}) 11... d6 {A tempo.} 12. Bf4 Qe7 $5 {Après 10 minutes. Ian Nepomniachtchi serait-il arrivé au bout de sa préparation ? La question se pose parce que si les Blancs jouent ici 13.Td1, après 13...h5, qui semble nécessaire à un moment ou un autre, le Russe retrouverait sa partie contre Cardoso, mais avec un tempo de moins dans la finale !} (12... h5 $1 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Rd1 h4 15. Bxd6+ cxd6 16. Qxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 (17... Be6 18. Rd4 Rc8 19. O-O g6 20. Rb1 b6 21. a4 {½-½ (21) Tseng,W (2484)-Panitevsky,I (2551) W-ch40 ICCF email 2020}) 18. Rd4 Be6 19. Kd2 Rac8 20. Re1 Rhd8 21. Kc2 h3 22. gxh3 Kf6 23. h4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 26. Kd3 {½- (49) ½ (49) Davies,G (2491)-Mousessian,J (2471) Atlantic corr ICCF 2001}) 13. Rd1 h5 {Selon Étienne Bacrot, Ian Nepomniachtchi a joué 12...De7!? trop vite.} 14. O-O $5 {Un nouveau coup.} (14. h4 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bg4 16. Bxg4 $6 hxg4 17. Kd2 $6 Re8 18. Rhe1 Qd7+ 19. Kc1 {avec avantage noir, même si 1-0 (49) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) - Cardoso,Jose Gabriel (2414), Titled Tuesday INT, 2020}) 14... h4 {Logique après 13...h5, mais la poussée a coûté 14 minutes. 1h20-1h29.} 15. Qd3 {En moins de 2 minutes.} g5 {Force l'entrée en finale.} 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 {Et nous obtenons pratiquement la même position que dans les deux parties par email, mais avec un pion noir en g5 et le petit roque des Blancs.} Be6 $1 {La machine n'accorde qu'un insignifiant 0.22 aux Blancs ; le pion de plus de Ding Liren étant doublé.} 20. f4 $5 ({L'alternative était} 20. Rb1 Ke7 21. Rd4 b6 22. Rb5 Rag8) 20... Ke7 21. Rd4 gxf4 22. Rfxf4 h3 $1 23. g4 {La nécrologie de Jacques Chamouillet (1783-1873), publiée dans « La Stratégie » nous apprend qu'il était un joueur solide, peu aventureux, et qu'il serait l'auteur de la célèbre maxime « un pion est un pion ».} Rac8 {Boris Gelfand : « Les joueurs jouent bien dans les positions supérieures et moins bien dans les positions inférieures, c'est pourquoi nous voyons beaucoup de parties décisives. »} 24. Kf2 {Daniil Dubov [sur la finale de la dixième partie] : « Ce genre de parties montre vraiment votre mentalité et à quel point vous êtes déterminé à tout gagner. C'est exactement le genre de parties où Magnus [Carlsen] s'est avéré être le meilleur. »} Rc5 25. a4 Ra5 26. Bd1 b6 {Kateryna Lagno : « C'est un match très étrange... Je crois que Ian est clairement le favori maintenant, mais rien n'est encore décidé. »} 27. Kg3 {Après 22 minutes.} Rh6 {A tempo. 0h36-1h00.} 28. Rfe4 Kf8 29. Rd8+ Kg7 $1 ({Surtout pas} 29... Ke7 $2 {à cause de} 30. Rd5 $1 {avec un avantage décisif !} Ra6 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rxc5 $18) 30. Ra8 {Il faudrait une grosse faute de Ian Nepomniachtchi pour que Ding Liren gagne cette partie, mais le Chinois ne court aucun risque à presser autant que possible.} Rc5 {Une Tour doit absolument être active.} 31. Rxa7 Bxc4 (31... Rxc4 $2 32. Rxc4 Bxc4 33. Rc7 {serait pratiquement gagnant pour les Blancs après} Bd5 34. c4 Be4 35. c5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 {[%csl Ga4,Rh3]}) 32. Rae7 Rhc6 $1 {Le coup de Sesse.net, pas du tout évident à voir !} 33. R7e5 (33. Kxh3 Be6 34. Be2 Rxc3+ 35. Kh4 Kf8 36. Ra7 Ra3 $11 {ne donnait que l'égalité.}) 33... Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Bb3 $1 35. Bxb3 Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 Rxb3 37. Rb5 Ra3 38. Rxb6 Rxa4 39. Kxh3 f5 40. gxf5 {Et nous obtenons la fameuse finale avec deux pions de plus, mais nulle parce que les pions sont sur les colonnes « f » et « g ».} Rf4 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Kg3 Rxf5 43. Rxf5+ Kxf5 44. h4 Kg6 45. h5+ Kxh5 {« Si nous considérons les deux camps au début d'une partie, nous voyons un exact équilibre de la position, du rapport de force, du territoire et de la liberté d'action. Le joueur en premier menace généralement de détruire l'équilibre, tandis que le joueur en second cherche constamment à le maintenir, aucune des parties n'y gagnant un avantage tant qu'il est conservé. On reconnaît ainsi la loi de l'égalité ou du match nul. Toute partie conduite logiquement, combien même le jeu peut être prolongé, ou aussi varié soit-il, doit se terminer par un match nul. » William Cluley en 1857 (The Philosophy of Chess)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh"] [Site "Astana KAZ"] [Date "2023.04.23"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [Annotator "Crowther,Mark"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2023.04.09"] {[%evp 0,90,36,-13,-12,-35,-35,-9,-16,-15,31,38,30,34,21,14,46,31,43,43,36,32,54,22,22,22,58,22,59,37,37,53,86,86,75,65,65,66,68,68,68,68,68,80,82,66,66,62,51,47,77,51,51,51,40,53,53,47,37,50,46,7,57,60,64,54,46,56,75,75,75,47,42,42,42,39,28,28,28,11,6,5,4,4,4,5,3,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 {Allowing a fork trick but it turns out this isn't too bad for black.} 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 {is recently more successful than 8.Qd4.} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc5 {This move seemed to come as a surprise to Ding.} ({Relevant:} 9... Ba5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb2 Rb8 13. Qe3 b6 14. Bd3 Qe6 15. Qg3 Re8 16. Rhe1 b5 17. c5 b4 18. c4 b3 19. axb3 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 a5 21. Bd2 Ba6 22. Qh4 g6 23. Qd4 Rb7 24. Bxa5 Reb8 25. b4 Rxb4+ 26. Bxb4 Rxb4+ 27. Kc3 Rb8 28. Be4 Qe8 29. Bd5 Bb7 30. Rb1 Ba8 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Bxa8 Qxa8 33. Qxd7 Qa1+ 34. Kb4 Qxe5 35. Kb5 h5 36. Kc6 Qxh2 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qf6 Qxg2+ 39. Kxc7 {Niemann,H (2688)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Saint Louis 2022 1-0}) 10. Qg3 Kf8 11. Be2 d6 {Played after some thought. Nepomniachtchi was probably just checking he recalled things correctly. This whole variation is a sharp attempt at getting equality. But black has taken some risks the might rebound on him later.} 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Rd1 h5 {[#]} 14. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h4 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bg4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rhe1 Qd7+ 19. Kc1 Ba3+ 20. Kb1 Qf5+ 21. Ka1 Qc2 22. Rb1 f6 23. Rb3 Rxe5 24. Reb1 Re2 25. Rxa3 Rd2 26. Qxc7 Rd1 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28. Qxb7+ Kg6 29. Qb3 Rxb1+ 30. Qxb1 Qxb1+ 31. Kxb1 Rxh4 32. c5 g3 33. fxg3 Rc4 34. Kc2 Rxc5 35. Rxa7 Rg5 36. Rd7 Rxg3 37. Rd2 Kf7 38. a4 Rg4 39. Kb3 Re4 40. a5 f5 41. a6 f4 42. a7 Re8 43. Kb4 Ra8 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Cardoso Cardoso,J (2414) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 14... h4 15. Qd3 g5 {Nepomniachtchi wasn't sure he had this in his preparation but this idea was certainly there.} (15... h3) 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 {This is probably the best but this isn't much, if anything at all, for white.} (17. Bc1) (17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3) 17... Qxd6 18. Qxd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Be6 20. f4 Ke7 21. Rd4 gxf4 22. Rfxf4 (22. h3) 22... h3 23. g4 Rac8 24. Kf2 Rc5 25. a4 (25. Bf3) 25... Ra5 26. Bd1 b6 (26... Ra6 {was another try but not better than b6.} 27. Rd3) 27. Kg3 Rh6 28. Rfe4 Kf8 {This position is equal and black has a huge margin for error. Only the situation of this being a match for the World Championship added jeopardy.} 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rc5 31. Rxa7 Bxc4 32. Rae7 Rhc6 33. R7e5 {Basically the players decide to call this off.} Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Bb3 35. Bxb3 Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 Rxb3 37. Rb5 Ra3 38. Rxb6 Rxa4 39. Kxh3 f5 40. gxf5 Rf4 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Kg3 Rxf5 43. Rxf5+ Kxf5 44. h4 Kg6 45. h5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship 2023"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.04.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Rafael"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [TimeControl "7200+30"] {[%evp 0,90,21,-10,-9,-18,-14,-3,-3,-1,37,26,31,31,23,34,34,18,11,31,40,50,57,30,56,43,47,15,62,23,38,36,78,78,71,78,78,78,70,65,65,66,84,90,70,60,67,58,45,57,53,51,57,57,60,55,52,51,51,37,35,36,65,71,75,75,61,53,83,83,64,41,41,39,37,24,24,17,15,12,7,8,8,5,3,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 {Another new opening in the match. This is a popular line in the English these days and one of my favorites for playing with White. A curious feature of modern chess is that you can quickly become an opening specialist just by playing online. It's my case with this English System: despite never having played it over the board, I've already played it in 61 online games, facing Caruana, Nakamura, and Kamsky, among other notable grandmasters. Maybe after so many games, my charm with this line has been a little broken, but the truth is that I don't consider it good enough to be used in the world championship.} Bc5 (4... Bb4 {is the main line and it leads to a more positional game after} 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6) 5. Nxe5 {This is White's only decent attempt, and it leads to forcing play.} Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 {Nowadays nearly everyone plays this move.} (8. Qd4 {is also possible, but after} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 {Grandmaster practice shows that Black has no problems.} (9... Ba5 {is dubious because of} 10. Ba3 $1 {[%c_effect a3;square;a3;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]})) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc5 $5 {[%c_effect c5;square;c5;type;Interesting;persistent;true] Ding confessed to being surprised by this move; even so it has been seen several times, even in a blitz game by Nepomniachtchi with the white pieces.} (9... Ba5 {is the main move, when the critical position from the modern theory standpoint arrives after} 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O $5 {[%c_effect c1;square;c1;type;Interesting;persistent;true]}) 10. Qg3 {The critical move: Black cannot castle, so how to defend the g7-pawn $2} Kf8 $1 {[%c_effect f8;square;f8;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] Another move that took Ding by surprise. He was expecting 10...g6.} (10... O-O $2 {[%c_effect g8;square;g8;type;Mistake;persistent;true] is clearly bad due to} 11. Bg5 (11. Bh6 {is also good.}) 11... Be7 12. Bh6) (10... g6 $6 {[%c_effect g6;square;g6;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true] Ding said in the press conference that he expected this move, but it's clearly worse than the move played in the game. I have faced 10...g6 twice on Titled Tuesday and won both games, a true testament of how bad Black's position is after it.} 11. Bd3 $1 {[%c_effect d3;square;d3;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] The most accurate.} (11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Bg5 Be7 {was not so clear in Leitao-Pesotskiy, Titled Tuesday 2022.}) 11... d5 (11... d6 12. Bg5 {White is already nearly winning: Sarana-Ognean, Titled Tuesday 2021.}) 12. Bg5 {with an overwhelming advantage in Leitao-Svane, Titled Tuesday 2021.}) 11. Be2 (11. Bf4 {This is the move Nepomniachtchi played when he had this position, but we will have a move order transposition.} d6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Be2 h5) 11... d6 12. Bf4 Qe7 {Other options are available and certainly Nepomniachtchi considered them, but this move seems the most precise road to equality.} (12... dxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bxc7 Qe7 {This is another version of the c7-pawn sacrifice and is also enough to hold the game.} 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 {Black should make a draw without problems in the endgame.}) (12... h5 {This dynamic advance is also possible immediately.}) 13. Rd1 h5 $1 {[%c_effect h5;square;h5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] Black wants to bother the white queen with h5-h4. In some lines the rook can be developed through the h6-square. Nepomniachtchi knew this well, as when he played the white side of this position, he soon got a lost position after this move. But to me it's very surprising that Ding was out of book at this point. Shouldn't he study all of his opponent's recent games, including the blitz ones $2} 14. O-O {This novelty is the best attempt to achieve an advantage.} (14. h4 $6 {[%c_effect h4;square;h4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bg4 $1 {[%c_effect g4;square;g4;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] This is another interesting idea of the h5-move. Black gets a fine position, for instance:} 16. O-O (16. Bxg4 $6 {[%c_effect g4;square;g4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} hxg4 {was unpleasant for White in Nepomniachtchi-Cardoso Cardoso, Titled Tuesday 2020.}) (16. f3 Re8 17. fxg4 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Rd8+ Re8 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8 21. gxh5 Rh6 {with a likely draw in this endgame with opposite-colored bishops.}) 16... Rh6 $5 {[%c_effect h6;square;h6;type;Interesting;persistent;true]} (16... Re8 17. Rd5 {and now} c6 $2 {[%c_effect c6;square;c6;type;Mistake;persistent;true] is a mistake due to} 18. Rxc5 $1 {[%c_effect c5;square;c5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} Qxc5 19. Bd6+) 17. Bxg4 hxg4 (17... Rg6 $2 {[%c_effect g6;square;g6;type;Mistake;persistent;true] This is bad after} 18. Rd7 $1 {[%c_effect d7;square;d7;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]}) 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bf4 Qxh4 20. Qxh4 Rxh4 {with an equal endgame.}) 14... h4 15. Qd3 g5 {It's always difficult to advance the pawns in front of the king, but this is a decent move since it invites White to go to an endgame a pawn up, but with excellent drawing chances.} (15... h3 {is also possible, although it doesn't change the character of the game after 16.g3 and it also gives White other options.} 16. Bf3 $5 {[%c_effect f3;square;f3;type;Interesting;persistent;true]} (16. g3 Be6 {is more or less equal.}) 16... hxg2 17. Rfe1 {with big complications.}) (15... Be6 {is also an option.}) 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 (17. Be3 {White can play this to keep the queens on the board, but it doesn't lead to an advantage after} Bxe3 18. fxe3 Be6) 17... Qxd6 18. Qxd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 {White wins a pawn, but his queenside pawn structure is weak.} Be6 20. f4 $1 {[%c_effect f4;square;f4;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] This is the only chance, trying to exploit Black's kingside. But Nepomniachtchi defends with confidence.} Ke7 21. Rd4 gxf4 22. Rfxf4 h3 23. g4 Rac8 24. Kf2 {The king heads to g3, keeping the h3-pawn under pressure.} Rc5 $1 {[%c_effect c5;square;c5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] Preparing to attack the queenside.} 25. a4 (25. Bf3 $5 {[%c_effect f3;square;f3;type;Interesting;persistent;true] is a possible plan, trying to bring the bishop to d5. Black should be careful, but a draw is in sight after} Ra5 26. Rd2 Ra3 $1 {[%c_effect a3;square;a3;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 27. Bxb7 (27. Rc2 Rc8) 27... Rxc3 28. Bd5 Rg8 29. Bxe6 fxe6 {White is unable to exploit the material advantage because Black's rooks are very active.}) 25... Ra5 26. Bd1 b6 27. Kg3 Rh6 {Black has a fortress. White is unable to improve the position.} 28. Rfe4 Kf8 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rc5 31. Rxa7 (31. Be2 Ra5) (31. Bb3 Rc7) 31... Bxc4 32. Rae7 Rhc6 (32... Be6 33. Re3 Rc4 {is also good enough for a draw.}) 33. R7e5 (33. Kxh3 Be6 34. Re3 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. Bf3 Rd4 {is also a draw as White cannot keep a material advantage.}) 33... Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Bb3 $1 {[%c_effect b3;square;b3;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] The final touch.} 35. Bxb3 Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 Rxb3 37. Rb5 Ra3 38. Rxb6 Rxa4 39. Kxh3 f5 $1 {[%c_effect f5;square;f5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 40. gxf5 Rf4 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Kg3 Rxf5 43. Rxf5+ Kxf5 44. h4 Kg6 45. h5+ Kxh5 {A good result for Nepomniachtchi, showing once again his excellent preparation and drawing without major problems. Time is running out for Ding, but a lot can happen in four games.} 1/2-1/2