The 2002 Sinquefield Cup started with one decisive game, and 4 draws. The one decisive game involved Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi , and resulted in another victory for Carlsen. Having gone through the game a few times, I'm still not sure what really happened, as Carlsen's position did not look appreciably better, until Nepo kind of fell apart. If I had to criticise a move 23 ... c5 did not look right to me, although Stockfish thinks it is perfectly fine. The problem I had with this move was that it created a target for White to aim at, and eventually Black misplayed the defence. Of course just sitting on the position might have resulted in a different set of problems for Black, and a different kind of conclusion.
Sinquefield Cup chess24.com (1.4), 02.09.2022
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Be4 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bb4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. f3 Nf8 16. Kf2 Ne6 17. Bg3 Ke7 18. h4 a6 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Bf2 Bd6 21. Bd3 Bb8 22. Na4 Bd6 23. Be1 c5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Bd2 Rhe8 27. b4 Bb6 28. b5 a5 29. Bxa5 Bxa5 30. Rxa5 Kd6 31. Kf2 Re7 32. Rd1 Rh8 33. g5 Nd7 34. Ra4 Nc5 35. Rg4 Kc7 36. Bb1 Re5 37. Ba2 f6 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Bxd5 Nd3+ 41. Kg3 Ne5 42. Rf4 Rd8 43. b6+ 1-0
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