[Event "WR Chess Masters"] [Site "Dusseldorf, Germany"] [Date "2023.02.25"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2793"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E61"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/wy4VAHLx/QJ3UG45s"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. b4 exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. b5 a6 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rfe1 c6 19. Rab1 Raa8 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re5 h6 23. Rbe1 f6 24. R5e4 Bf7 25. Nh2 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 h5 27. Nf1 Rd8 28. Qe1 Rd7 29. Ne3 Nb6 30. Qc3 Nd5 31. Qe1 Nc7 32. Bxf7 Rxf7 33. Nc2 Rd7 34. h4 Kf7 35. Qe3 Ne6 36. a3 Ng7 37. Qb3+ Qd5 38. Qd3 Ne6 39. Nb4 Qd6 40. Qb3 Re7 41. Nc2 Kf8 42. Qe3 Ng7 43. Rxe7 Qxe7 44. Qg3 Qe4 45. Qd6+ Kf7 46. Ne3 Qe7 47. Qb8 Qd7 48. a4 Ne6 49. Nc4 Ke7 50. Na5 Nd8 51. Qf4 Qd6 52. Qe4+ Kf7 53. Qb1 Qc7 54. Qb4 Qe7 55. Qb3+ Kg7 56. Qb6 Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Nf7 58. Nxb7 Qxf2 59. a5?? (59. Nd8! { Surprisingly, Black is very close to constructing a mating net against White's king. Accordingly, snapping off the knight is a much higher priority than one might intuit. } 59... Qxh4+ 60. Kg1 Nh6 (60... Qe1+ 61. Kh2 g5 62. Qa7 { holds equality, as Black is unable to bring his knight into the game via the same ...Nf7-h6-g4 maneuver before White trades it off. } (62. Qc7?? Qh4+ 63. Kg1 Qxd4+ $17)) 61. Qc7+) 59... Qxh4+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 g5! 62. Qc7 (62. a6 Nh6 63. Qc7+ Kg6 64. a7?? Ng4+ 65. Kh3 Qh4#) (62. Qa7 Nh6!) 62... Qh4+ 63. Kg1 Qxd4+ 64. Kf1 Qd1+ 65. Kf2 Qd2+ 66. Kf1 g4 67. a6 Qd3+ 68. Kf2 Kg6 69. Qxc6 Ne5 70. Qc1 g3+ 71. Ke1 Qe4+ 72. Kf1 Qf5+ 73. Kg1 Qf2+ 74. Kh1 Qd4 75. Qc5 Qh4+ 76. Kg1 Nf3+! { Finally, the knight shows its true purpose. } 77. Kf1 (77. gxf3 Qh2+ 78. Kf1 g2+ $19) 77... Qh1+ 78. Ke2 Qxg2+ 79. Ke3 Qf2+ 80. Ke4 Ne5 81. Qd5 Qf3+ 82. Kd4 Nc6+ { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1