Carlsen's Masterpiece Carlsen vs So, 2018  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 75 moves, 1-0 Kramnik's Opening Salvo in the Candidate's Kramnik vs Grischuk, 2018  (A48) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0 Great Queen and Pawn Endgame Karjakin vs Mamedyarov, 2018  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 71 moves, 0-1 The Highlight of So's Year So vs Carlsen, 2018  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 44 moves, 1-0 Precise Endgame by Vitiugov A Gara vs Vitiugov, 2018 (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 49 moves, 0-1 Nice Rook and Pawn Endgame Grind V Kunin vs S Horn, 2018 (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 60 moves, 1-0 Another Rook and Pawn Win P Palachev vs A Esipenko, 2018  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 48 moves, 0-1 Elegant Rook and Pawn Ending V S Gujrathi vs L Johansson, 2018  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 1-0 Wojtaszek's Best at Isle of Man Wojtaszek vs Adams, 2018  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 45 moves, 1-0 Passed Pawns For Both Players = Epic Battle Grischuk vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2018 (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 64 moves, 1-0 The WCC Shows How the Caro-Kann is Done Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2018  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 40 moves, 0-1 Grind!Aronian Converts Extra P's Against Karjak's Determined D Aronian vs Karjakin, 2018  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 69 moves, 1-0 Final position Shows Nepo's Successful Expansion Nepomniachtchi vs Kramnik, 2018  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0 The Master of the Berlin Grinds Out a Win Shirov vs Kramnik, 2018 (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 59 moves, 0-1 Jako Blasts His Way to a Win Jakovenko vs Nepomniachtchi, 2018  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 33 moves, 1-0 Karjak's Best Game of the Year Karjakin vs Topalov, 2018  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 49 moves, 1-0 One Brilliancy Among Many for Shankland This Year Shankland vs A Rakhmanov, 2018  (A13) English, 42 moves, 1-0 Mamed's Best in an Up and Down Year Mamedyarov vs Caruana, 2018  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0 18 games