[Event "FIDE Candidates 2022"] [Site "Madrid ESP"] [Date "2022.06.27"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2806"] [Annotator "Speelman,Jonathan"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A13"] [Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Catalan Defense Accepted"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/E5069VUJ/gLSS2Dxc"] [Orientation "white"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rd4 O-O 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qd2 (17. Ng5 { I found this while streaming but without much conviction. The best reply is } 17... Nc5! (17... Bxg2? 18. Rxd7 Qc6 19. R7d6 Qb7 20. f3) (17... g6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qd2 $16)) 17... Nc5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 { This looks a tad better for White to me though of course engines can hold easily. } 19... Nce4 (19... Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Ne5 (21. b3 Ne4) 21... Bxa2 22. b4 Na4 23. Bb7) 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. a4 (22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. f5 { and thought thta White might get an edge. } 23... Nf6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. f3 (25. e3) (25. R1d2 Rc5 26. Nd3 Rg5+ 27. Kf1 e5) 25... Rc5 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Rxd7 Rc2 28. Kf2 Rxb2 (28... Rf7 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. R8d2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rf5 32. Rd6 Rb5 33. b3 Ra5 34. a4 b5 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. Rxe6 Rxb3 37. Rxa6) 29. Ra7 Kh8 30. Rdd7 Rg8 31. Rxa6) (22. b3) 22... a5 23. e4 { I don't like this at all but Ding is very good at these poitions and may well at least not be wrong. } 23... Bb3 24. R1d3 Rc1+ 25. Bf1 Bc2 26. Rc3 Rd1 (26... Nxe4 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Rxe4 Rxb2 { Surely can't be too bad for black but Rd1 is much cleverer. }) 27. Rxd1 Bxd1 28. Rc4 Rd8 (28... Bb3 29. Rd4 Rc8 { looks pretty comfortable for Black }) 29. Nc6 Rd2 30. Nxa5 g6 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Nc4 Rc2 33. b4 Rc1 34. Nxb6 Rb1 35. Kg2 Rxb4 36. a5 Rb3 { This is what I wanted to play but in fact Nh5 is better. } 37. Rc1! { A very strong idea after which the a pawn gives White the advantage. } 37... Bf3+ 38. Kg1 Ra3 39. Nc4 Ra2 40. Ne5 Bxe4 (40... Bh5! { preparing to defnd f6 by g5 was a veyr hard move to make just before the time contorl but nevertheless bettrter. }) 41. Rc7 Nd5 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 (42... Kh6 43. Ng4+ Kh5 44. f3! Bxf3 45. Ne5 $18) 43. a6 Nb4 44. Ra7 Nc6 45. Rc7 Nd4 46. f3 Nxf3+ 47. Nxf3 Bxf3 48. a7 Bd5 49. h4 Ra4 50. Bb5 Ra5 51. Rd7 Ra2 52. Kf1 Bg2+ 53. Ke1 Bd5 54. Kd1 Kh8 55. Kc1 Be4 56. Rc7 Ra5 57. Bd7 Ra1+ 58. Kb2 Rb1+ 59. Ka2 Rb6 60. Ka3 Kg8 61. Ka4 1-0