What on Earth Happened Here!? - Ding Liren vs Ian Nepomniachtchi - World Chess Championship ROUND 2
105The 2023 FIDE World Championship between GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Ding Liren will take place from the 9th to the 29th of April 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The match will consist of 14 games, a score of 7 1⁄2 or higher will determine the 2023 World Chess Champion.
The time control for each game is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the
next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting
from move 61.
In July 2022, current World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen decided to not defend his title.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"]
[Site "Astana, Kazakhstan"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Liren, Ding"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian"]
[Termination "Unknown"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 { E10 Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian } d5 4. h3 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Na5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. e4 c4 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Bd2 Rg8?! { (-0.71 → -0.02) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } (15... O-O-O 16. Qe1) 16. Rc1?! { (-0.02 → -0.62) Inaccuracy. Qe1 was best. } (16. Qe1) 16... O-O-O 17. Bd3?! { (-0.82 → -1.70) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (17. Qe2 Kb8 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. e5 fxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 h5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 17... Kb8 18. Re1?! { (-1.24 → -2.04) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (18. Be3 e5 19. d5 f5 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qe2 fxe4 22. Nd2 Rxd5 23. Nxc4 f5 24. Nb6 Qg7) 18... f5 19. Bc2 Nc6 20. Bg5 Rxg5 21. Nxg5 Nxd4 22. Qh5 f6 23. Nf3? { (-2.12 → -4.00) Mistake. Nxh7 was best. } (23. Nxh7 Bc5 24. Bd1 Bd6 25. Qh4 Be7 26. Nxf6 fxe4 27. Qg5 Ka7 28. Bg4 Rf8 29. Qe3 Bxf6) 23... Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxe4?! { (-3.58 → -2.79) Inaccuracy. b3 was best. } (24... b3 25. Rd2) 25. Rd2? { (-2.79 → -4.75) Mistake. Rcc1 was best. } (25. Rcc1 Bc5 26. Qh4 Rg8 27. Kh1 Qg7 28. Rg1 Bd5 29. a5 Ka8 30. Rxc4 Bxf2 31. Qxf2 Bxc4) 25... Bd6 26. Kh1?! { (-4.58 → -6.76) Inaccuracy. Rdd1 was best. } (26. Rdd1 c3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Nd4 c2 29. Nxc2 Bxc2 30. Rc1 Bf4 31. a5 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd6) 26... c3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Rd4 c2 29. Qh6 e5 { Black wins. } 0-1
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