1. e2e4  1... c7c5  2. g1f3  2... b8c6  3. f1b5  3... e7e6  4. e1g1  4... c6d4 Another rare line issued by Carlsen. 5. f3d4  5... c5d4  6. c2c3  6... a7a6  7. b5d3  7... f8c5 Black's plan is to hold his pawn on d4 as long as he can. 8. b2b4  8... c5a7  9. b1a3  9... g8e7  10. a3c2  10... d4c3  11. d2c3  11... d8c7  12. c3c4 Now White has no more than a slight advantage. 12... e8g8  13. c1e3  13... a7e3  14. c2e3  14... b7b6  15. a1c1  15... a6a5  16. a2a3  16... a5b4  17. a3b4  17... c8b7  18. d1d2  18... c7f4  19. f1d1  19... f8d8  20. d3b1 Now, it's a real pawn sacrifice, 20... h7h6 but Magnus turned it down. 21. d2d4  21... f4c7 Carlsen's choice forced him to bring his queen back—an accomplishment on Nepo's part. 22. e4e5  22... a8a4  23. d4h4 perhaps taking my advice to attack Calsen's king at every opportunity too close to the heart, Nepo embarked on a speculative pawn sacrifice. 23... g8f8  24. e3g4  24... a4b4  25. g4h6  25... b4b1 The refutation. 26. c1b1  26... e7g6  27. h4g5  27... g7h6  28. g5h6  28... f8e8 The black king is safe and the counterattack is coming. Everybody thought Carlsen was going to take this game. 29. d1d6  29... c7c4  30. d6b6  30... b7e4  31. b6b4  31... c4e2  32. b1c1  32... e4c6  33. h2h4  33... e2e5  34. h4h5  34... g6e7  35. b4g4 Yet, the position remained tough to play, especially under time pressure. 35... d8a8  36. g4g7  36... e8d8 There must have been some kind of hallucination involved on Magnus' part. 37. g7f7 The tables have turned, now it's White who's winning, but this wasn't the last twist in this convoluted tale. 37... a8a1  38. c1a1  38... e5a1  39. g1h2  39... e7f5  40. h6g5 Ian, who had over three minutes against Magnus' mere seconds, could have used some of his clock advantage to find a better move. 40... d8c7  41. h5h6  41... a1e5 Now Black has enough resources to bother the white king. 42. h2h3  42... e5a1  43. g5f4  43... f5d6  44. f7g7  44... a1h1  45. f4h2  45... h1c1  46. h3g4  46... c1c4  47. h2f4  47... c4e2  48. g4h3  48... e6e5 At this moment neither player had time to think. 49. f4g4  49... e2f2  50. h6h7  50... f2e3 It was all about this check, now it's either a draw by perpetual or an awkward position for the white rook. 51. h3h2  51... e3h6  52. g4h3  52... h6f4  53. g7g3 Ian gamely presses on. 53... d6f7  54. h7h8q  54... f7h8  55. h3h8  55... d7d5  56. h8g7  56... c7d6  57. g7g6  57... d6c5  58. g6c2  58... c5d6  59. c2c3  59... d5d4  60. c3a3 