This is game 4 of the World Chess Championship Match 2018, fully annotated. It is between Magnus Carlsen with White against Fabiano Caruana with Black.
This game features an English Opening. To learn more about the English Opening, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.
Carlsen,Magnus (2835) - Caruana,Fabiano (2832)
World Chess Championship 2018 London (4), 13.11.2018
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 [6...Be7 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxd5 c6 9.Nxe7 Qxe7 10.d4 Ng4 11.0–0 h5 12.h3 Nf6 13.e4 Be6 14.d5 Bd7 15.Bg5 cxd5 16.exd5 0–0 17.Qxh5 Qe5 18.Qh4 Rfe8 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qb4 Kg7 21.Rfe1 Iljin,A (2522)-Poobesh Anand,S (2367)/Kochin 2004/CBM 103 ext/1–0]
7.0–0 0–0
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8.d3N [8.Qb3 Be6 9.Qxb7 Nxc3 10.Qxc6 Nxe2+ 11.Kh1 Nxc1 12.Qxc5 Nd3 13.Qc3 e4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxd2 16.Bxe4 Rab8 17.b3 Bh3 18.Bg2 Rfe8 19.Qxc7 Bxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Qd5+ 21.Kg1 a5 22.Rad1 Qb5 Desboeufs,C (1599)-Ruetsch,J (1270)/St Chely d'Aubrac 2005/CBM 107 ext/0–1 (57)]
8...Re8 9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3
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10...Nd4 White has a cramped position
11.b4 White threatens to win material: b4xc5
11...Bd6 12.Rb1 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 a6 14.a4
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14...c6 Prevents intrusion on d5
15.Re1 Bd7 16.e3 Qf6 17.Be4 Bf5 18.Qf3 Bxe4 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.dxe4
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20...b5 Black threatens to win material: b5xa4
21.Red1
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White threatens to win material: Rd1xd6
21...Bf8 22.axb5 axb5 23.Kg2 Red8 24.Rdc1 Kg7 25.Be1 Rdc8 26.Rc2 Ra4 27.Kf3 h5 28.Ke2 Kg6 29.h3 f5 30.exf5+ Kxf5 31.f3 Be7 32.e4+ Ke6 33.Bd2 Bd6 34.Rbc1 ½–½
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