[Event "Chess.com Global Championship Finals 2022"] [Site ""] [Date "2022.11.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Anish Giri"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "YT3AiEYl"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation } 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bh6 c6 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. h4 Nbd7 11. h5 Bxh5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rxh5 gxh5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qg5+ Ng6 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. Qc5 Rd6 20. b3 h4 21. a4 Re6 22. Kb2 a5 23. Bd3?! { (1.92 → 1.10) Inaccuracy. Nd1 was best. } (23. Nd1 Nd5 24. Bc4 Re5 25. Qxc6 Rd8 26. Bxd5 Rdxd5 27. Ne3 Rd6 28. Qc3 f6 29. Qc8 Rde6) 23... h6?! { (1.10 → 1.91) Inaccuracy. Re5 was best. } (23... Re5 24. Qb6) 24. Ne2 Ne5 25. Bf5?! { (1.87 → 1.11) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } (25. Nf4 Nxd3+ 26. Nxd3 Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg7 28. Nf4 Rd6 29. Qe5 Kf8 30. f3 Ke8 31. Nd3 Nd7) 25... Ned7 26. Qc4 Nb6 27. Qd3 Re5 28. Bh3 Nbd5?! { (0.79 → 1.62) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (28... c5 29. c4) 29. Nd4 e6 30. Nxc6 Rg5? { (1.31 → 2.80) Mistake. Re4 was best. } (30... Re4 31. f3 Re3 32. Qb5 Nf4 33. Qb7 Rf8 34. Nxa5 Re2 35. Nc6 Nd3+ 36. Kc3 Nf4 37. Nd4) 31. Qd4 Ra6 32. Ne5 Rb6?! { (2.76 → 3.69) Inaccuracy. Nb4 was best. } (32... Nb4 33. Nd7 Rg6 34. c3 Nd5 35. Ne5 Rg5 36. Nf3 Rc6 37. c4 Nb4 38. Nxg5 hxg5 39. f4) 33. c4 Rb4 34. Nc6 e5 35. Qa7 Nf4 36. Nd8 Nh7 37. Nxf7 Kf6?? { (5.72 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf8 was best. } (37... Kf8 38. Nd6 Rg7 39. Qa8+ Ke7 40. Qc6 Nxh3 41. Nf5+ Kd8 42. Qa8+ Kc7 43. Qxa5+ Kc8 44. Qxb4) 38. Nxg5?? { (Mate in 10 → 5.19) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nd6 was best. } (38. Nd6 Nd3+ 39. Kc3 Rxb3+ 40. Kxb3 Nc5+ 41. Ka2 Nd7 42. Qxd7 e4 43. Ne8+ Kg6 44. Qg7+ Kh5) 38... Nxg5 39. Qxa5 Ne4 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. a5 Nxf2 42. a6 N2d3+ 43. Kc3 e4 44. a7 Ne2+ 45. Kd2 { White wins. } 1-0