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42,43,48,40,45,42,38,43,42,41,38,37,37,41,37,38,41,44,42]Annotations by GM Elshan Moradiabadi1.Nf3...The only uneventful game of the match. Ding plays a Reti, for which Nepo was prepared. The most recent game in this well-known line was played between Nakamura and Wesley So. Ding tried something different on move 17, but Nepo knew how to react. He correctly gave up a pawn to disentangle in his pieces and then forced a rook trade to achieve a drawn opposite-colored bishop ending.1....d52.g3Nf63.Bg2e64.O-OBe75.c4O-O6.b3c57.cxd5Nxd58.Bb2Nc69.d4cxd410.Nxd4Nxd411.Qxd4Bf612.Qd2Nf413.gxf4Qxd214.Nxd2Bxb215.Rad1Bf616.Nc4Rb817.Ne5...17.Nd6b618.Be4Rd819.Nxc8Rbxc820.Rxd8+Bxd821.Rd1Bf622.Rd7a523.e3g624.Rb7Bd825.Bd3Kf826.Bc4a427.Kg2axb328.axb3and the players agreed to a draw in Nakamura – So, Chess.
com, 2023.17....Rd818.Rxd8+Bxd819.Rd1Be720.Nd7Bxd721.Rxd7Kf822.Bxb7Rd823.Rc7a524.Rc4Bb425.Rc2Rd226.Rxd2Bxd227.e3Bb428.Kf1Ke729.Ke2Kd630.Kd3Be131.Ke2Bb432.Kd3Be133.Ke21/2-1/2 The game is a draw.1/2-1/2