Excuse me, Edna, did you by chance see 柯洁 (Kē Jié)?

Stelios Halkias – Georg Meier
6th World Rapid Chess Championship; ar-Riyāḍ (Riyadh), December 26, 2017
Queen’s Gambit Declined D30

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 0-0 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Re1 b6 11. a3 Bb7. The same position can be reached by transposition from both the Tarrasch Defence and the Panov Attack of Caro-Kann Defence. 12. Ba2 Qd7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qc8!? This hypermodern manoeuvre constitutes an obvious improvement over 14. ... Ng4 15. Rad1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bf6 17. d5 that should have put Black in trouble, Bricard – Lepelletier, 71st French Chess Championship, Auxerre 1996. 15. Rad1 Qa8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bf6 19. h4 h6 20. Be4 Rfe8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Qb5 Qc8 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rc1 a6 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxb2. Apparently, the game doesn’t call for any detailed comments, for it looks very drawish. 29. Rc6 Re6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. a4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Nd2 Kd7 34. Ke2 Kc6 35. Nb3 Kd5 36. Kd3 h5! 37. f3 Be5

38. Nd2? This is really a flashy error. Correct seems 38. g4 g6 39. Nc1 so as to neutralise 39. ... Bg3 by 40. Ne2. 38. ... Bg3 39. Ne4 ½ : ½. Strangely Meier agrees to a draw, whereas by 39. ... Bxh4 he could have played for the win a Pawn up at zero risks. Maybe he wanted to avoid the limelight of the first boards.