1. d2d4  1... g8f6 Nepomniachtchi explained at the press conference that yesterday he was very motivated about this game, but this morning when he woke up he found that the motivation had disappeared. Or if we have to quote  Vysotsky: \"Today, the muse came here to visit me, before I could relax,  she had to go.\" It sounds even better in Russian. 2. c2c4  2... g7g6  3. f2f3  3... e7e6  4. e2e4  4... c7c5  5. d4d5  5... d7d6  6. f1d3 Not the main move here. 6... f8g7  7. g1e2  7... e6d5  8. c4d5  8... b8d7  9. e2c3 This seemingly unusual move is a  novelty and one might wonder why would the kingside knight stand on the  road of its colleague and obstruct it? The thing is that White often finds little to no work for the e2 knight, whereas it will be tremendously  strong on c4. The ambitious move in the game tries to solve this problem  at once, leaving the c4 square available for the queenside knight. The  only problem is that this wastes too much time and Black is immediately  trying to make the best use of it. 9... a7a6  10. a2a4  10... f6h5  11. e1g1  11... g7d4  12. g1h1  12... d7e5 \"This is very strong.\"  (Ding) 13. c3e2  13... d8h4  14. e2d4  14... e5d3 Nepomniachtchi said he suffered from \"too much knowledge.\" 15. d1d3  15... h5g3  16. h1g1  16... g3f1  17. d4c2 White is trying to trap the knight.  17... f1h2  18. d3e3 The most accurate and now indeed the black knight has nowhere  to go. 18... e8g8  19. e3g5 \"I just missed this.\" (Nepomniachtchi) 19... h2f3  20. g2f3  20... h4h3  21. c1f4 Continuing energetically. Black is already lost  here. 21... h3f3  22. b1d2  22... f7f6  23. g5g6  23... h7g6  24. d2f3 \"At first I thought this is playable, if I can trade a few pawns.\" (Nepomniachtchi) \"But you  cannot.\" (Ding) 24... c8g4  25. f3d2 \"A very strong move.\" (Nepomniachtchi) The idea is not to  trade the light pieces. 25... g4e2  26. g1f2  26... e2d3  27. c2e1  27... c5c4  28. f4d6 The  white pieces help their pawns run towards the promotional rank. 28... f8e8  29. e1d3  29... c4d3  30. d6c7 