The Seventh Seal

Magnus Carlsen – Fabiano Caruana
World Chess Championship match game 7; London, November 18, 2018
Queen’s Gambit Declined D37

He who plays against himself, whether with White or with Black, does not plays the game through to mate. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nd2. Carlsen deviates from 12. Rd1 as in the second game, but Caruana shows himself well prepared to catch the difference. 10. ... Qd8 11. Nb3 Bb6!?TN 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. 0-0 Bd7 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bc6 18. Nxc4 Bc7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nd5 23. Qd4 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qd7 26. Bd3 b6 27. f3 Bb7 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. e4 Qc7

30. e5 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Ba6 32. Nd6 Qxc3 33. bxc3 f6 34. f4 Kf8 35. Kg1 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kd7 37. Ke3 Bf1 38. Kf2 Ba6 39. Ke3 Bf1 40. Kf2 ½ : ½.

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Fabiano Caruana (right) agreed to a draw in the seventh game of their World Chess Championship match in London, United Kingdom. Photo: Nadia Panteleeva/World Chess.