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Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2795) – Ding,Liren (2788)
FIDE World Championship 2023 Astana (15.4), 30.04.2023
[TA]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4

[8.a3 0–0 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 ½–½ Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Ding,L (2799) Airthings Masters Prelim rapid 2022 (14)] 8…Bd7 The main line 8…Bd7 scores better than 8…b4. 9.h3 C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves. 9…0–0 10.Be3 Na5 11.Ba2 The position is equal. 11…bxa4 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.Bb1 [#]

13…Qe8!?N [%mdl 8] [#] An interesting novelty. [Predecessor: 13…c5 14.Nxa4 Nc6 15.Bc1 c4 16.Nc3 cxd3 17.cxd3 Nb4 18.d4 Qc7 19.Bg5 h6 ½–½ Safarli,E (2694)-Tomashevsky,E (2722) EU-Cup 32nd Novi Sad 2016 (4.4)] 14.b3! [%cal Rc3a4] 14…c5 15.Nxa4 Nc6 16.Nc3 a5 17.Nd2 Be6 18.Nc4 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bd2 Nxc3 21.Bxc3 Bxc4 22.bxc4 Bd8 23.Bd2 Bc7 24.c3 f5 25.Re1 Rd8 [25…Qg6!? [%cal Rg6d6]] 26.Ra2 Qg6 27.Qe2 Qd6 [%cal Ye5e4]

28.g3 Rde8 29.Qf3 e4 30.dxe4± Ne5 [%csl Yc4,Yf3] 31.Qg2 [31.Qd1!? [%cal Re4f5]] 31…Nd3 32.Bxd3 Qxd3 33.exf5 Rxe1+ 34.Bxe1 Qxc4 [#]

35.Ra1 [35.Rd2!±] 35…Rxf5= 36.Bd2 h6 37.Qc6 Rf7 [37…Be5!? [%cal Rc4d3]] 38.Re1 [%cal Yd2h6] 38…Kh7! 39.Be3 [39.Qe4+ simplifies 39…Qxe4 40.Rxe4 Kg6 41.Be3] 39…Be5 40.Qe8 Bxc3 [40…Qxc3? 41.Rc1 Qb3 42.Qxe5+-] 41.Rc1 [%cal Yc1c3] 41…Rf6! 42.Qd7 Qe2 aiming for …Be1. 43.Qd5 Bb4 44.Qe4+ Kg8 [%cal Yf6f2] 45.Qd5+ Kh7 46.Qe4+ Rg6 47.Qf5 [47.h4² stays ahead.] 47…c4µ [%cal Yc5c4,Yc4c3][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening …Qd3. 48.h4? [48.Qf4µ]

48…Qd3–+ 49.Qf3 [49.Qh3 was worth a try.] 49…Rf6 [¹49…Bd2 50.Rxc4 Bxe3] 50.Qg4 c3 51.Rd1 Qg6 52.Qc8 [52.Qe2 is tougher.] 52…Rc6 53.Qa8 And now Rd8 would win. 53…Rd6 [53…c2 54.Rc1 Ba3]54.Rxd6 Qxd6 [%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQB 55.Qe4+ Qg6 56.Qc4 Qb1+ 57.Kh2 a4 58.Bd4 a3 [Better is 58…Qb3µ 59.Qc7 Bf8 60.Bxc3 a3]

59.Qc7 [%mdl 8192] [#] [59.h5= and White has nothing to worry. 59…Bf8 60.Qf7] 59…Qg6! 60.Qc4 c2 …Bd2 would be deadly. 61.Be3 Repels Bd2 61…Bd6 62.Kg2? [62.Qd5] 62…h5 [%cal Yh6h5,Yh5g4,Yg4g3][%mdl 32] Hoping for …Be5. 63.Kf1 Be5 [¹63…a2 64.Qxa2 Qe4 65.Kg1 Bc5 66.Bd2 Qd3 67.Qf7 Qxg3+ 68.Kh1 Qh3+ 69.Kg1 Qg4+ 70.Kf1 Qd1+ 71.Kg2 Qxd2 72.Qxh5+ Kg8 73.Qe8+ Bf8 74.Qe6+ Kh8 75.Qc6 c1Q 76.Qf3 Be7 77.Qh5+ Kg8 78.Qe8+ Kh7 79.Qh5+ Qh6 80.Qxh6+ Kxh6 81.Kf3 Qe1 82.Kg3 Bxh4+ 83.Kf4 Qe2 84.Kf5 Bg5 85.f3 Kh5 86.f4 g6#] 64.g4 hxg4 Black mates. 65.h5 Qf5 66.Qd5 g3 67.f4 a2 [%mdl 64] Promotion 68.Qxa2 Bxf4

Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.25 (precise) 0–1