[Event "FIDE World Championship Match 2024"] [Site "Singapore SGP"] [Date "2024.12.07"] [Round "10"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Gukesh Dommaraju"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: London System"] [StudyName "Ding-Gukesh Singapore 2024 Game 10"] [ChapterName "Game 10"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/b2rlci1P/2yTPWGGe"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/KlangenFarben"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 { Perhaps the most unenterprising choice of square for White's dark-squared bishop (DSB);it comes out to assault nothing in particular. } 3... e6 4. e3 c5 { .Black rightly contests the center, } 5. Be2 Bd6 (5... Qb6!? { with the notion of grabbing the pawn the became undefended with White's 3rd move. Black will then have to defend for the next few dozen moves: } 6. O-O Qxb2 7. c4 Be7 (7... Qxa1?? 8. Qc2 { and the Black queen is trapped. }) 8. Nbd2 O-O { with a fair fight on: Black has an extra pawn but his queen is well offside: } 9. a4 Nc6 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. h3 a6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Ra1 { and White's considerably more developed army makes for full compensation for the material deficit. Playing in this manner is much like the Poisoned Pawn variation of the Sicilian Defense, a favorite of Fischer's that has stood the test of time and demands considerable complexity. }) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. c4 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 dxc4 { Other moves do not accomplish as much as this simple direct confrontation of the queens. } 10. Bxc4 Nh5 11. Bg5 { This simplly gives up the fight and settles for nothing more than a half-point. } (11. Ne4!? { at least tries to muddy the waters: } 11... Nxf4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxc5 b6 14. Rad1 Nd5 (14... bxc5 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. exf4 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Rd1 Nxe5 19. fxe5) 15. Ne4 Nc7 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Nd6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kf8 { and Black's position is tight but defensible. }) 11... Be7 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ (13. Qc2!? { is the last time White can try to make progress: } 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxe4 { with slight prospects for future complications. }) 13... Bxf6 14. Qxd8 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8) 14... Rxd8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rac1 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 { Once there is not enough material on the board to threaten the kings, they come to the center and become active participants in the endgame. } 19. Kf1 Kg7 20. a3 f5 21. Ke1 Kf6 22. Be2 Ne7 23. g3 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Nd2 Nd6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Bc6 28. f4 b6 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Kc3 Kd6 31. b4 f6 32. Kd4 h6 33. Bb3 Bb7 34. Bc4 Bc6 35. Bb3 Bb7 36. Bc4 Bc6 { Both sides circumvent the "no draws until move 40" by repeating the position three times, a draw by rule that cannot be forbidden. } 1/2-1/2