[Event "Aimchess Meltwater Champions"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.10.16"] [Round "9"] [White "D Gukesh"] [Black "M Carlsen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2856"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 { C11 French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation } a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Qf2 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. f5 exf5 16. Nf4 Ne7 17. e6 f6 18. Rac1?! { (-0.19 → -1.19) Inaccuracy. Rad1 was best. } (18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxe6 22. Rxf5 O-O 23. Re1 h6 24. h3 Rfd8) 18... O-O 19. c3 Qd6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. cxb4 Ne4 22. Qe3 axb4 23. Nd4 Rxa2 24. Nb5 Qe5 25. Rc7?! { (-1.48 → -2.11) Inaccuracy. Qd4 was best. } (25. Qd4) 25... Re8?? { (-2.11 → 4.22) Blunder. Ng6 was best. } (25... Ng6 26. Nd3 d4 27. Nxe5 dxe3 28. Nd3 Rd8 29. Rd7 Raa8 30. Nxb4 Rxd7 31. exd7 Rd8 32. Nd5) 26. Qb6 Ng5 27. Rxe7 Rea8 28. Qc7 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 { White wins. } 1-0