1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7!? [Theory is relatively well established after 11...Ba6 , when White is supposed to maintain an edge. With his last move, Black declares his intentions to enter a less explored territory.]

12.d5 Nd7 13.Qc2!? [This move was introduced in practice recently by Bacrot. White retreats his queen on a less exposed square, waiting for Black to declare his intentions. After the more straightforward 13.c4 e6 14.Qc2 Rfe8 15.Bg5 Nf6 16.Bd3 h6 17.Bd2 exd5 18.exd5 Re7 19.a4 Rae8 Black had sufficient counterplay in Navara-Jansa, Karlovy Vary 2005.]

13...Rad8 [Deviating from Bacrot's previous game, which continued with 13...Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.c4 e6 16.Bb2 Qc7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.a4 with a stable advantage, which White failed to convert into a win in Bacrot-Navara, Gothenburg 2005. We can see that Navara adopted 11...Qc7, too possibly under the impression of the fact that he could not prove an advantage with White.]

14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bh6 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.a4 e6 18.dxe6?! [Possibly missing Black's strong repyl. 18.c4 , consolidating the centre, would have left White in control of the position.]

18...Nf6! [Of course, 18...fxe6 would have left Black with a terrible structure.]

19.Ng5 h6 20.Nxf7 Bxe4 21.Qb3 Rxf7 22.exf7 Bxb1 23.Rxb1 Qxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.f3 Rd2 27.a5 bxa5 28.Ra1 Rc2 29.Bd3 Rd2 30.Bc4 Rc2 31.Bd3 Rd2 32.Bc4 1/2-1/2