1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Bf2 Nde5 12. Nf4 Bh6!? Miedema had some experience with this line already: 12... Be6 13. Nfd5 Na5 14. c5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rdc8 18. c6 bxc6 19. Ba6 Rf8 20. Bc7 Nc5 21. Be2 Nab7 22. dxc6 Rac8 23. Be5 Nd6 24. Kf2 Rxc6 ended in a draw in Miedema-Pruijssers, Dieren 2006 Joe Gallagher, who wrote several books on the KID (but mainly plays poker these days), opted for 12... b6 13. Nfd5 e6 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Rb7 17. Ne8 Bf8 18. Bh4 h6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. Bxf6 Rd7+ 22. Kc1 Bc5 and eventually drew his game against Elsness, Gothenburg 2005 13. Bg3 e6 14. Be2 b6 15. Kf2 Bg7 16. Rhd1 Ba6 16... Nd4 17. Nb5 Nec6 looks interesting. 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nd4 19. b3 Rac8 20. Rd2? Nxe2 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kxe2 # 22... Rc8? I wonder if the notation is correct because Merijn wouldn't have missed 22... Nxf3 but perhaps he tried to win in a different way. 23. Rd1 Rc2+ 24. Rd2 Rxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Bh6 26. Kc2 This is probably winning for White already. 26... Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Nd7 28. Bd6 f6 29. Kd3 Kf7 30. Kd4 h5 31. f4 f5 32. e5 Ke8 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. Kf3 h4 35. g3 Kg7 36. g4 Kf7 37. g5 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kh3 Kg7 40. Kxh4 Kf7 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. h4 Kf7 43. h5 gxh5 44. Kh4 Kg6 45. b4 1-0

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. h4 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. h5 f6 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Qe2 Kb7 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. O-O-O f5 14. h6 g6 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Ng5 Nc6 18. g4 Na5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 Rg6

21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. h7 Bb4 23. Nb1 Nc4 24. Rd3 Be7 25. h8=Q Rxh8 26. Rxh8 Nb4 27. Nc3! Nxd3+ 28. cxd3 Nxb2!? A surprising move but Black certainly gets compensation. 29. Kxb2 Bb4 30. Rh1! Perhaps this solid retreat was what the Belgian grandmaster had missed. 30... Ka6 31. Rc1 c5 32. a4 Ka5 33. Ra1 c4 34. dxc4 dxc4

35. Rd1? Now Black is winning suddenly. Computers give 35. Nf3 Qc6 36. Nd2 Ka6 but I'm not sure if White is winning. 35... Bxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Qxa4 37. Rb1 Qa3+ 38. Kxc4 Qa2+ 39. Rb3 Qc2+ 40. Rc3 b5+ 41. Kc5 Qxc3+ 42. Kd6 b4 43. Bd8+ Kb5 44. Nxe6 b3 45. Nc7+ Kc4 46. d5 b2 47. e6 b1=Q 48. e7 Qb6+ 49. Kd7 Qe5 0-1