The 2023 FIDE World Championship between GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Ding Liren will take place from the 9th to the 29th of April 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The match will consist of 14 games, a score of 7 1⁄2 or higher will determine the 2023 World Chess Champion.
The time control for each game is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the
next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting
from move 61.
In July 2022, current World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen decided to not defend his title.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “Round: Ian Nepomniachtchi – Ding Liren”]
[Site “https://lichess.org“]
[Date “2023.04.30”]
[White “Ian Nepomniachtchi”]
[Black “Ding Liren”]
[Result “*”]
[UTCDate “2023.04.30”]
[UTCTime “09:58:57”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C84”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 { C84 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation } b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Na5 11. Ba2 bxa4 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Bb1 Qe8 14. b3 c5 15. Nxa4 Nc6 16. Nc3?! { (0.39 → -0.37) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (16. c3 Be6 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bf6 22. Re1 Bxd4) 16… a5 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nc4 d5?! { (-0.36 → 0.42) Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best. } (18… Qd7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 g6 21. Bh2 Nh5 22. Ne2 Bxc4 23. dxc4 Bf6 24. Ra2 Be5 25. Bxe5) 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2? { (0.36 → -1.03) Mistake. Nxd5 was best. } (20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. c3 Qd8 22. Bc2 g6 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. Rfa1 Bf8 26. Qd2 h5) 20… Nxc3?! { (-1.03 → -0.13) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } (20… Nf4 21. Bxf4) 21. Bxc3 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Bd8 23. Bd2 Bc7 24. c3 f5 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Ra2 Qg6 27. Qe2 Qd6 28. g3 Rde8 29. Qf3 e4?! { (-0.22 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } (29… Kh8 30. Qd5 Qf6 31. Be3 Ne7 32. Qxc5 Bd6 33. Qxa5 f4 34. Bc5 Bxc5 35. Qxc5 Nf5 36. d4) 30. dxe4 Ne5 31. Qg2 Nd3 32. Bxd3 Qxd3 33. exf5 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Qxc4 35. Ra1?! { (0.77 → 0.14) Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best. } (35. Rd2) 35… Rxf5 36. Bd2 h6 37. Qc6 Rf7 38. Re1 Kh7 39. Be3 Be5 40. Qe8 Bxc3 41. Rc1 Rf6 42. Qd7 Qe2 43. Qd5 Bb4 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qd5+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ Rg6 47. Qf5 c4 48. h4?? { (-0.48 → -2.90) Blunder. Qf4 was best. } (48. Qf4 c3) 48… Qd3 49. Qf3?! { (-2.93 → -3.90) Inaccuracy. Qh3 was best. } (49. Qh3 c3) 49… Rf6?! { (-3.90 → -2.53) Inaccuracy. Bd2 was best. } (49… Bd2 50. Rd1 c3 51. Kh2 a4 52. h5 Rf6 53. Qa8 a3 54. Qa4 Qd5 55. Kg1 Qf5 56. Bd4) 50. Qg4 c3 51. Rd1 Qg6 52. Qc8?! { (-2.58 → -3.34) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (52. Qe2 Re6 53. h5 Qe4 54. Qa2 c2 55. Rd4 Qxd4 56. Qxe6 Qd3 57. Kg2 a4 58. Bc1 a3) 52… Rc6 53. Qa8 Rd6?? { (-3.66 → -1.52) Blunder. c2 was best. } (53… c2 54. Rc1 Ba3 55. Ra1 Bc5 56. Bf4 Bb6 57. Rc1 Qe4 58. Kh2 a4 59. Re1 Qf3 60. Qxa4) 54. Rxd6 Qxd6 55. Qe4+ Qg6 56. Qc4 Qb1+ 57. Kh2 a4 58. Bd4 a3 59. Qc7?? { (0.00 → -3.32) Blunder. Bxg7 was best. } (59. Bxg7 Kxg7 60. Qc7+ Kf8 61. Qc8+ Kf7 62. Qb7+ Kf6 63. Qb6+ Ke5 64. Qb8+ Kd4 65. Qd8+ Kc4) 59… Qg6 60. Qc4 c2 61. Be3 Bd6 62. Kg2?! { (-2.07 → -3.29) Inaccuracy. Qd5 was best. } (62. Qd5) 62… h5 63. Kf1?? { (-3.26 → -7.04) Blunder. Qd5 was best. } (63. Qd5 a2 64. Qxa2 Qe4+ 65. Kh2 Qxh4+ 66. Kg1 Qe4 67. Qa7 c1=Q+ 68. Bxc1 Qe1+ 69. Kh2 Qxc1) 63… Be5? { (-7.04 → -3.73) Mistake. a2 was best. } (63… a2 64. Qa4 Qd3+ 65. Kg2 Ba3 66. Qd4 Qxd4 67. Bxd4 c1=Q 68. Be5 Qd1 69. Kh2 Bd6) 64. g4? { (-3.73 → -6.06) Mistake. Kg2 was best. } (64. Kg2 Bb2) 64… hxg4 65. h5 Qf5 66. Qd5 g3 67. f4 a2 68. Qxa2?! { (-16.64 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg2 was best. } (68. Kg2 a1=Q) 68… Bxf4 *
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