Ding Liren-Topalov, Game 1

Don't worry, I'll post about day 1 of the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz next, but in the meantime let's remember the other elite event. Ding Liren and Veselin Topalov are playing a four-game classical match in Wenzhou, China, and Ding has won game 1 with Black. He was worse much of the way, but in the battle of the tacticians he outplayed Topalov in the complications to take an early lead. A further feather in his cap: Ding has become the 14th player to surpass the elite 2800 barrier. Here is game 1, with some comments on the last part of the game.