[Event "World Chess Championship 2018"] [Site "London"] [Date "2018.11.24"] [Round "11"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/8Hnpk28i/E498oR5r"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 8,109,48,19,13,17,13,9,12,0,12,10,8,1,35,15,41,27,37,33,31,25,22,20,20, 19,20,17,19,22,20,24,20,17,20,4,8,5,6,11,8,10,18,0,46,56,57,42,66,60,63,60,64, 58,56,55,51,55,61,61,66,57,58,50,54,50,50,52,57,54,58,57,49,34,40,32,33,33,40, 35,33,33,34,38,41,39,40,32767,36,39,32,32,38,35,35,36,37,32,35,0,35,32767, 32767,39] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 { C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves } 8... Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 { LiveBook: 3 Games } 12. Kb1 $146 (12. Bg5 Qa5 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 { 1/2-1/2 (46) Giri,A (2772)-Motylev,A (2675) Tbilisi 2017 }) 12... Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 h6 15. Nh4 { After this move, Caruana spent a bit quite a bit of time thinking. Grandmaster Maurice Ashley in his commentary speculated that maybe Caruana and his team had not looked at this particular line in much detail. } 15... Rfe8 16. Ng6 Ng4 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 { A lot of simplications already. It is looking drawish already. } 20... Rd7 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Rd8 23. Rd2 Bxc4 24. Kc1 b6 25. Bf4 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 a6 27. a3 Kf8 28. Bc7 b5 29. Bd6+ Ke8 30. Bxc5 { Black is a pawn down but there is little prospect of white winning in this endgame. } 30... h5 31. Ke3 Kd7 32. Kd4 g6 33. g3 Be2 34. Bf8 Kc6 35. b3 Bd1 36. Kd3 Bg4 37. c4 Be6 38. Kd4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Bg4 40. c5 Be6 41. Bh6 Bd5 42. Be3 Be6 43. Ke5 Bd5 44. Kf4 Be6 45. Kg5 Bd5 46. g4 hxg4 47. Kxg4 Ba2 48. Kg5 Bb3 49. Kf6 Ba2 50. h4 Bb3 51. f4 Ba2 52. Ke7 Bb3 53. Kf6 Ba2 54. f5 Bb1 55. Bf2 $14 Bc2 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2